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

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	17-22 / in Starts: 17-21
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	8 games
Most Games w/o HR	9 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games

Postseason Batting Game Log

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Postseason Batting Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1947	WS g7	Oct 6	BRO	@	NYY	L,2-5	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.50	-0.013	83.33	-1.15%	-0.10	PH
1949 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
2	1949	WS g1	Oct 5	BRO	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7	1.66	-0.159	86.99	-5.20%	-1.54	1B
3	1949	WS g2	Oct 6	BRO	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	7	1.25	-0.008	66.56	-0.34%	-0.09	1B
4	1949	WS g3	Oct 7	BRO		NYY	L,3-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.222	.125	.347	5	1.30	-0.011	81.47	-0.53%	0.01	1B
5	1949	WS g4	Oct 8	BRO		NYY	L,4-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.231	.167	.397	5	.83	-0.065	50.53	-2.41%	-0.38	1B
6	1949	WS g5	Oct 9	BRO		NYY	L,6-10	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.278	.412	.690	6	.41	0.012	14.43	0.28%	1.71	1B
1952 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
7	1952	WS g1	Oct 1	BRO		NYY	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7	.51	-0.038	26.48	-1.09%	-0.40	1B
8	1952	WS g2	Oct 2	BRO		NYY	L,1-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.143	.000	.143	7	.69	-0.021	36.43	-0.63%	-0.47	1B
9	1952	WS g3	Oct 3	BRO	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.000	.182	.000	.182	7	.82	-0.003	51.29	0.11%	0.12	1B
10	1952	WS g4	Oct 4	BRO	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.000	.214	.000	.214	7	1.74	-0.028	105.99	-0.97%	-0.01	1B
11	1952	WS g5	Oct 5	BRO	@	NYY	W,6-5	CG(11)	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.000	.263	.000	.263	8	1.37	0.033	113.20	2.21%	0.75	1B
12	1952	WS g6	Oct 6	BRO		NYY	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.227	.000	.227	7	1.19	-0.092	91.74	-4.26%	-0.60	1B
13	1952	WS g7	Oct 7	BRO		NYY	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	.000	.192	.000	.192	6	1.83	-0.098	304.17	-10.26%	-0.80	1B
1953 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
14	1953	WS g1	Sep 30	BRO	@	NYY	L,5-9	CG	5	5	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.600	.600	1.200	1.800	6	1.06	0.201	55.19	6.04%	1.71	1B
15	1953	WS g2	Oct 1	BRO	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	.625	.667	1.000	1.667	6	.95	0.072	50.26	2.00%	0.44	1B
16	1953	WS g3	Oct 2	BRO		NYY	W,3-2	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.600	.692	.900	1.592	4	1.44	0.084	59.79	1.92%	0.97	1B
17	1953	WS g4	Oct 3	BRO		NYY	W,7-3	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.429	.529	.643	1.172	4	.53	-0.041	32.09	-1.37%	-0.77	1B
18	1953	WS g5	Oct 4	BRO		NYY	L,7-11	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.444	.524	.611	1.135	6	.89	0.080	73.73	3.89%	0.48	1B
19	1953	WS g6	Oct 5	BRO	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.364	.440	.500	.940	5	.98	-0.099	75.41	-4.24%	-0.85	1B
1955 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	1955	WS g1	Sep 28	BRO	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	6	1.19	-0.048	62.35	-1.63%	-0.61	1B
21	1955	WS g2	Sep 29	BRO	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.143	.250	.143	.393	6	1.12	-0.038	59.64	-1.22%	-0.47	1B
22	1955	WS g3	Sep 30	BRO		NYY	W,8-3	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.083	.154	.083	.237	6	.48	-0.072	20.00	-1.66%	-1.65	1B
23	1955	WS g4	Oct 1	BRO		NYY	W,8-5	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.294	.438	.732	6	.80	0.230	48.60	7.92%	2.07	1B
24	1955	WS g5	Oct 2	BRO		NYY	W,5-3	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.316	.350	.474	.824	6	.52	0.024	42.64	1.09%	0.33	1B
25	1955	WS g6	Oct 3	BRO	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.333	.409	.742	6	.81	-0.036	72.45	-1.76%	-0.58	1B
26	1955	WS g7	Oct 4	BRO	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.292	.357	.417	.774	6	1.25	0.141	208.33	14.75%	0.69	1B
1956 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	1956	WS g1	Oct 3	BRO		NYY	W,6-3	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.250	1.750	5	.79	0.303	41.18	8.93%	2.70	1B
28	1956	WS g2	Oct 5	BRO		NYY	W,13-8	CG	5	3	2	3	2	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.714	.778	1.429	2.206	5	.86	0.302	45.75	8.94%	4.15	1B
29	1956	WS g3	Oct 6	BRO	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.600	.692	1.100	1.792	5	1.42	0.039	59.27	1.13%	0.60	1B
30	1956	WS g4	Oct 7	BRO	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.588	.857	1.445	5	1.23	0.018	74.93	0.61%	-0.29	1B
31	1956	WS g5	Oct 8	BRO	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.412	.500	.706	1.206	5	.85	-0.064	70.09	-2.91%	-0.49	1B
32	1956	WS g6	Oct 9	BRO		NYY	W,1-0	CG(10)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.350	.458	.600	1.058	5	1.78	-0.121	160.12	-6.01%	-0.61	1B
33	1956	WS g7	Oct 10	BRO		NYY	L,0-9	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.304	.407	.522	.929	5	.49	-0.040	82.22	-4.31%	-1.02	1B
1959 Postseason			Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
34	1959	WS g1	Oct 1	LAD	@	CHW	L,0-11	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	6	.25	-0.021	12.81	-0.61%	0.13	1B
35	1959	WS g2	Oct 2	LAD	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	6	.67	-0.066	35.31	-1.98%	-0.64	1B
36	1959	WS g3	Oct 4	LAD		CHW	W,3-1	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.364	.300	.664	5	1.48	0.046	92.92	1.57%	0.44	1B
37	1959	WS g4	Oct 5	LAD		CHW	W,5-4	CG	4	4	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.357	.400	.571	.971	5	1.05	0.384	67.49	13.63%	2.37	1B
38	1959	WS g5	Oct 6	LAD		CHW	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.444	.474	.722	1.196	5	1.47	0.323	71.90	10.10%	1.45	1B
39	1959	WS g6	Oct 8	LAD	@	CHW	W,9-3	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.391	.417	.609	1.025	5	.42	-0.052	38.07	-2.65%	-0.77	1B
									151	131	15	35	2	1	5	21	17	1	22	0	2	1		4	1	1	.267	.349	.412	.761

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