Gil Hodges

Positions: First Baseman and Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 200lb (185cm, 90kg)

Born: April 4, 1924 in Princeton, IN us

Died: April 2, 1972 in West Palm Beach, FL

Buried: Holy Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY

High School: Petersburg HS (Petersburg, IN)

School: St. Joseph's College (Rensselaer, IN)

Debut: October 3, 1943 (Age 19-182d, 9,546th in major league history)
vs. CIN 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 SB

Last Game: May 5, 1963 (Age 39-031d)
vs. SFG 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2022. (Voted by Golden Days Era Committee)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season

Full Name: Gilbert Ray Hodges

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

43.8

7030

1921

370

.273

1105

RBI

1274

OBP

.359

SLG

.487

OPS

.846

OPS+

120

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1961 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	LAD		PHI	W,6-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
2	2	Apr 12	LAD		PHI	W,3-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
3	3	Apr 13	LAD		PHI	L,7-8	GF	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
4	6 (2)	Apr 16	LAD		PIT	W,13-6	GF	12	2.0	3	0	0	3	1	PH 1B
5	8 (1)	Apr 18	LAD		STL	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
6	9	Apr 19	LAD		STL	W,7-2	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
7	10	Apr 20	LAD		STL	L,2-11	CG	46	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
8	12 (1)	Apr 22	LAD		CIN	W,1-0	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
9	13	Apr 23	LAD		CIN	W,5-1	GF	10	2.0	2	1	0	3	0	1B
10	15 (1)	Apr 26	LAD		SFG	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
11	17 (1)	Apr 30 (1)	LAD	@	CHC	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	19 (1)	May 2	LAD	@	MLN	W,11-9	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
13	20	May 3	LAD	@	MLN	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
14	21	May 4	LAD	@	MLN	L,6-10	GF	18	2.1	2	1	0	3	0	1B
15	22	May 5	LAD	@	PIT	W,10-0	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
16	23	May 6	LAD	@	PIT	L,5-9	CG	43	8.0	6	3	0	9	2	1B
17	24	May 7	LAD	@	PIT	W,4-2	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	1B
18	25	May 8	LAD	@	PHI	W,4-3	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
19	27 (1)	May 10	LAD	@	PHI	W,6-0	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
20	33 (5)	May 17	LAD		MLN	W,2-1	CG	49	11.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
21	34	May 19	LAD	@	SFG	W,8-7	GF	7	2.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
22	35	May 20	LAD	@	SFG	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
23	36	May 21	LAD	@	SFG	W,3-2	GF	6	2.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH 1B
24	37	May 22	LAD	@	CIN	W,2-1	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
25	38	May 23	LAD	@	CIN	L,0-2	GF	4	1.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
26	40 (1)	May 25	LAD	@	STL	W,1-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
27	41	May 26	LAD	@	MLN	L,2-10	CG	42	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
28	42	May 27	LAD	@	MLN	L,8-10	CG	45	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
29	43	May 28	LAD	@	MLN	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
30	44	May 29	LAD		STL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
31	45	May 30	LAD		STL	W,5-3	CG	32	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
32	46	May 31	LAD		CIN	L,7-8	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	47	Jun 2	LAD		SFG	W,6-2	GS	31	7.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
34	48	Jun 3	LAD		SFG	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
35	51 (2)	Jun 6	LAD		PIT	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	16	2	0	18	2	1B
36	54 (2)	Jun 9	LAD		PHI	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
37	55	Jun 10	LAD		PHI	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
38	56	Jun 11	LAD		PHI	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
39	58 (1)	Jun 13	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
40	60 (1)	Jun 15	LAD		CHC	W,6-3		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
41	61	Jun 16	LAD		MLN	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
42	62	Jun 17	LAD		MLN	W,3-0	GF	11	3.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
43	64 (1)	Jun 20	LAD	@	CHC	W,3-0	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
44	65	Jun 21 (1)	LAD	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
45	67 (1)	Jun 22	LAD	@	CHC	L,5-7	GF	18	3.0	1	0	0	1	1	PH 1B
46	68	Jun 23	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-5	GS	24	6.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
47	69	Jun 24	LAD	@	CIN	W,9-7	GF	23	5.0	6	0	0	6	1	PH 1B
48	71 (1)	Jun 27	LAD	@	PIT	W,9-5	GF	12	3.0	5	0	0	5	1	PH 1B
49	72	Jun 28	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-9	CG	41	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
50	74 (1)	Jun 30	LAD	@	PHI	W,10-6	GF	23	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH 1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	75	Jul 1	LAD	@	PHI	W,5-2	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
52	76	Jul 2	LAD	@	PHI	W,2-1	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
53	77	Jul 3	LAD	@	MLN	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
54	78	Jul 4	LAD	@	MLN	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
55	83 (4)	Jul 8	LAD		CIN	W,10-1	GF	8	2.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
56	85 (1)	Jul 13	LAD		PHI	W,7-2	GF	7	2.0	3	0	0	3	1	PH 1B
57	86	Jul 14	LAD		PHI	L,5-7	GF	33	6.0	6	0	0	6	1	PH 1B
58	87	Jul 15	LAD		PHI	L,2-7	CG	38	9.0	5	3	0	8	0	1B
59	88	Jul 16	LAD		PIT	W,12-11	GF	33	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	PH 1B
60	89	Jul 17	LAD		PIT	W,6-4	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
61	90	Jul 19	LAD	@	CIN	W,8-3	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
62	92 (1)	Jul 21	LAD	@	STL	L,1-10	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
63	93	Jul 22	LAD	@	STL	W,5-4	GF	24	6.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
64	94	Jul 23	LAD	@	STL	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
65	95	Jul 25	LAD	@	PHI	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
66	96	Jul 26	LAD	@	PHI	W,6-1	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	1B
67	97	Jul 27	LAD	@	PHI	W,11-6	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
68	98	Jul 28	LAD	@	PIT	W,6-4	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	1B
69	99	Jul 29	LAD	@	PIT	W,5-4	GS	37	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
70	100	Jul 30	LAD	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	102 (1)	Aug 3	LAD		SFG	W,4-3	CG	35	10.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
72	103	Aug 4	LAD		CHC	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
73	104	Aug 5	LAD		CHC	W,7-6	CG	63	13.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
74	105	Aug 6	LAD		CHC	W,11-4	CG	38	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
75	106	Aug 8	LAD		MLN	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
76	107	Aug 9	LAD		MLN	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	7	1	1	9	0	1B
77	111 (3)	Aug 15	LAD		CIN	L,2-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
78	113 (1)	Aug 16 (2)	LAD		CIN	L,0-8	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
79	118 (4)	Aug 23	LAD	@	STL	L,7-8	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
80	120 (1)	Aug 25	LAD	@	CIN	W,7-2	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
81	121	Aug 26	LAD	@	CIN	W,10-6	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
82	122	Aug 27 (1)	LAD	@	CIN	L,5-6	GF	15	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 1B
83	125 (2)	Aug 30	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
84	126	Aug 31	LAD	@	MLN	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
85	127	Sep 1	LAD	@	MLN	W,4-3	GF	5	1.2	2	0	0	2	0	1B
86	128	Sep 2	LAD	@	MLN	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
87	129	Sep 3	LAD		SFG	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
88	130	Sep 4	LAD		SFG	W,4-0	GF	15	4.0	3	1	0	4	0	PH 1B
89	131	Sep 5	LAD		SFG	W,4-2	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
90	132	Sep 6	LAD		SFG	W,9-5	GF	15	4.0	2	0	0	2	1	PH 1B
91	133	Sep 8	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
92	136 (2)	Sep 11	LAD		PHI	W,6-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
93	140 (3)	Sep 15	LAD		MLN	W,11-2	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
94	141	Sep 16	LAD		MLN	W,8-7	GF	12	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
95	142	Sep 17	LAD		MLN	W,4-3	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
96	145 (2)	Sep 20	LAD		CHC	W,3-2	GS	42	11.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
97	146	Sep 22	LAD	@	STL	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
98	150 (3)	Sep 26 (2)	LAD	@	PIT	L,0-8	CG	40	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
99	152 (1)	Sep 28	LAD	@	PHI	W,10-0	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
100	153	Sep 30	LAD	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	19	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
							100gm		527.0	454	37	1	492	44