Gil Hodges
Gil Hodges
Full name: Gilbert Raymond Hodges Born: April 4, 1924, Princeton, Indiana Died April 2, 1972, West Palm Beach, Florida Buried at Holy Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York Born: as: Gilbert Ray Hodge First Game: October 3, 1943; Final Game: May 5, 1963 Managed First Game: May 23, 1963 ; Managed Final Game: September 30, 1971 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 1.5" Weight: 200 TSN Manager of the Year Won Major League Gold Glove as first baseman (1957) NL Gold Glove as 1B
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Gil Hodges
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Pitcher Matchups
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
1943 BRO N 1943 BRO N 1947 BRO N 1947 BRO N 1948 BRO N 1948 BRO N 1949 BRO N 1949 BRO N 1950 BRO N 1950 BRO N 1951 BRO N 158 582 118 156 25 3 40 103 93 99 5 1 13 9 7 .268 .374 .527 3.2 1951 BRO N 1952 BRO N 1952 BRO N 1953 BRO N 1953 BRO N 1954 BRO N 154 579 106 176 23 5 42 130 74 84 1 5 19 13 3 3 .304 .373 .579 3.1 1954 BRO N 1955 BRO N 10 16 2 1 .289 .377 .500 1.8 1955 BRO N 1956 BRO N 1956 BRO N 1957 BRO N 1957 BRO N 1958 LA N 1958 LA N 1959 LA N 1959 LA N 1960 LA N Daily Splits 101 197 22 39 8 1 8 30 26 1 37 1 4 3 0 5 5 0 1 .198 .291 .371 -0.9 1960 LA N 1961 LA N Daily Splits 109 215 25 52 4 0 8 31 24 1 43 0 2 4 0 4 5 3 1 .242 .313 .372 -1.0 1961 LA N 1962 NY N Daily Splits 54 127 15 32 1 0 9 17 15 1 27 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 .252 .331 .472 0.2 1962 NY N 1963 NY N Daily Splits 11 22 2 5 0 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .227 .320 .227 0.0 1963 NY N Splits 2071 7030 1105 1921 295 48 370 1274 943 31i1137 25 56 50i 0i 12i165 63 34i .273 .359 .487 13.8 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
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World Series Batting Record World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1947 BRO N Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1947 BRO N
1949 BRO N Daily Splits 5 17 2 4 0 0 1 4 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .235 .278 .412 1949 BRO N
1952 BRO N Daily Splits 7 21 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 6 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 .000 .192 .000 1952 BRO N
1953 BRO N Daily Splits 6 22 3 8 0 0 1 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .364 .440 .500 1953 BRO N
1955 BRO N Daily Splits 7 24 2 7 0 0 1 5 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .292 .357 .417 1955 BRO N
1956 BRO N Daily Splits 7 23 5 7 2 0 1 8 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .304 .407 .522 1956 BRO N
1959 LA N Daily Splits 6 23 2 9 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .391 .417 .609 1959 LA N
Total Splits 39 131 15 35 2 1 5 21 17 1 22 0 2 1 0 3 4 1 1 .267 .349 .412 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting Record All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1949 NL Daily Splits 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 1949 NL
1951 NL Daily Splits 1 5 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 1.000 1951 NL
1953 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1953 NL
1954 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1954 NL
1955 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 1955 NL
1957 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1957 NL
Total Splits 6 12 3 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .583 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1943 BRO N 1947 BRO N 1948 BRO N 1948 BRO N 1949 BRO N 156 1336 80 7 142 .995
1950 BRO N 159 .994
1951 BRO N 158 1365 126 12 171 .992
1952 BRO N 116 11 152 .992
1953 BRO N 1953 BRO N 1954 BRO N 154 1381 132 7 129 .995
1955 BRO N 1955 BRO N 1956 BRO N 138 1190 103 10 105 .992
1956 BRO N 1956 BRO N 1957 BRO N 1317 115 14 115 .990
1957 BRO N 1957 BRO N 1958 LA N 134 .992
1958 LA N 1958 LA N 1958 LA N 1959 LA N .992
1959 LA N 1960 LA N Daily 1B 94 41 34 447.1 403 33 2 40 0 .995
1960 LA N 1961 LA N Daily 1B 100 48 44 527 454 37 1 44 0 .998
1962 NY N Daily 1B 47 30 24 288.1 315 32 5 23 1 .986
1963 NY N Daily 1B 10 6 5 56 61 8 0 7 0 1.000
Total 1B 1910 125i 107i 1318.2i15344 1281 126 1614 1i .992
Total OF 79 102 3 5 1 .955 53 1 25
Total C 64 242 24 8 7 4 .971
Total 3B 32 5i 2i 55 i 34 57 6 10 0i .938
Total 2B 1 0 0 0 0 -
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1949 BRO N Daily 1B 5 5 5 44 38 3 0 0 0 1.000
1952 BRO N Daily 1B 7 7 7 64 60 6 1 4 0 .985
1953 BRO N Daily 1B 6 6 6 51.1 47 4 1 2 0 .981
1955 BRO N Daily 1B 7 7 7 60 74 4 0 11 0 1.000
1956 BRO N Daily 1B 7 7 7 61 54 5 0 8 0 1.000
1959 LA N Daily 1B 6 6 6 53 53 3 0 6 0 1.000
Total 1B 38 38 38 333.1 326 25 2 31 0 .994
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1949 NL Daily 1B 1 0 0 6 8 2 0 1 0 1.000
1951 NL Daily 1B 1 1 1 9 6 0 0 0 0 1.000
1953 NL Daily 1B 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1954 NL Daily 1B 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total 1B 4 1 1 19 16 2 0 1 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
Managerial Record Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
1963 WAS A 1964 WAS A 1965 WAS A 1966 WAS A 1967 WAS A 1968 NY N 1969 NY N 1970 NY N 1971 NY N Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
League Championship Series Managerial Record League Championship Series Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
1969 NY N 3 3 0 1.000 27 15
World Series Managerial Record World Series Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
1969 NY N 5 4 1 .800 15 9
All-Star Game Managerial Record All-Star Game Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
1970 NL 1 1 0 1.000 5 4
Transactions Transactions
Signed as an amateur free agent by Brooklyn Dodgers (1943).
Selected by New York Mets from Los Angeles Dodgers in the expansion draft (October
10, 1961 ).
Traded by New York Mets to Washington Senators in exchange for Jim Piersall (May 23,
1963 ).
Traded by Washington Senators to New York Mets in exchange for Bill Denehy and
$100000 (November 27, 1967 ).
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