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.

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	LAD	@	SFG	L,0-8	CG	41	8.0	10	1	1	12	0	1B
2	2	Apr 16	LAD	@	SFG	W,13-1	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
3	3	Apr 17	LAD	@	SFG	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
4	4	Apr 18	LAD		SFG	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
5	5	Apr 19	LAD		SFG	L,4-11	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
6	6	Apr 20	LAD		SFG	L,2-12	CG	45	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
7	7	Apr 22	LAD		CHC	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	11	1	0	12	3	1B
8	8	Apr 23	LAD		CHC	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
9	9	Apr 24	LAD		CHC	L,2-15	CG	47	9.0	14	1	0	15	1	1B
10	10	Apr 25	LAD		STL	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
11	11	Apr 26	LAD		STL	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	12	2	0	14	4	1B
12	12	Apr 27	LAD		STL	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	4	1B
13	13	Apr 29	LAD		PIT	L,1-7	CG	39	9.0	15	3	0	18	1	1B
14	14	Apr 30	LAD		PIT	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	15	May 1	LAD		PIT	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
16	16	May 2	LAD		PIT	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
17	17	May 3	LAD		PIT	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
18	18	May 4 (1)	LAD		PHI	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	3	1B
19	19	May 4 (2)	LAD		PHI	W,15-2	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	3	1B
20	20	May 5	LAD		PHI	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	10	0	1	11	2	1B
21	21	May 6	LAD		PHI	W,7-6	CG	57	14.0	16	1	0	17	1	1B
22	22	May 7	LAD		PHI	L,3-9	CG	46	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
23	23	May 9	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-11	CG	40	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
24	24	May 10	LAD	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG	34	8.2	9	0	0	9	1	1B
25	25	May 12	LAD		SFG	L,3-12	CG	49	9.0	10	2	0	12	2	1B
26	26	May 13	LAD		SFG	L,9-16	CG	56	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
27	27	May 14	LAD	@	CHC	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	13	0	0	13	4	1B
28	28	May 15	LAD	@	CHC	W,4-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
29	29	May 16	LAD	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
30	31 (1)	May 18 (1)	LAD	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	40	8.0	8	3	0	11	1	1B
31	32	May 18 (2)	LAD	@	STL	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
32	33	May 20	LAD	@	MLN	W,6-3	CG	39	11.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
33	34	May 21	LAD	@	MLN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	13	0	1	14	2	1B
34	35	May 23	LAD	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	6	1	1	8	0	1B
35	36	May 24	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
36	37	May 26	LAD	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
37	38	May 27	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	8	0	1	9	0	1B
38	39	May 28	LAD	@	PIT	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B
39	40	May 30 (1)	LAD	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	34	8.2	13	0	0	13	3	1B
40	41	May 30 (2)	LAD	@	CHC	L,8-10	CG	41	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
41	42	May 31	LAD	@	CHC	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	43	Jun 1	LAD	@	CHC	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	7	2	0	9	2	1B
43	44	Jun 3	LAD		CIN	L,3-8	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
44	45	Jun 4	LAD		CIN	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
45	46	Jun 5	LAD		CIN	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
46	47	Jun 6	LAD		MLN	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	3	1B
47	48	Jun 7	LAD		MLN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B
48	49	Jun 8	LAD		MLN	W,12-4	CG	38	9.0	14	1	0	15	3	1B
49	50	Jun 10	LAD		PHI	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
50	51	Jun 11	LAD		PHI	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	3	1B
51	52	Jun 12	LAD		PHI	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
52	53	Jun 13	LAD		PIT	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
53	54	Jun 14	LAD		PIT	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
54	55	Jun 15	LAD		PIT	L,1-12	CG	46	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
55	56	Jun 17	LAD	@	PHI	L,6-9	CG	45	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
56	57	Jun 18	LAD	@	PHI	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	8	3	0	11	2	1B
57	60 (2)	Jun 21	LAD	@	PIT	L,7-11	CG	46	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
58	61	Jun 22 (1)	LAD	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
59	62	Jun 22 (2)	LAD	@	PIT	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	5	2	1	8	1	1B
60	64 (1)	Jun 24 (1)	LAD	@	CIN	W,13-10	GF	47	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	PH 1B
61	65	Jun 24 (2)	LAD	@	CIN	W,7-2	CG	46	11.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
62	66	Jun 26	LAD	@	MLN	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	3	1B
63	67	Jun 27	LAD	@	MLN	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
64	68	Jun 28	LAD	@	MLN	L,3-7	CG	42	8.0	4	1	0	5	3	1B
65	69	Jun 29	LAD	@	MLN	L,6-10	CG	40	8.0	6	2	0	8	3	1B
66	70	Jun 30	LAD	@	STL	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	71	Jul 1	LAD	@	STL	W,9-3	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	1	PH 1B
68	72	Jul 3 (1)	LAD		STL	L,2-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
69	73	Jul 3 (2)	LAD		STL	W,3-2	GF	10	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PR 1B
70	79 (5)	Jul 12	LAD		CIN	W,4-3	GF	10	3.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
71	80	Jul 13 (1)	LAD		CIN	W,3-0	GF	17	4.0	2	0	0	2	1	1B
72	81	Jul 13 (2)	LAD		CIN	W,3-2	GS	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	1	LF 1B
73	82	Jul 14	LAD		CIN	W,8-5	GF	10	3.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
74	85 (2)	Jul 17	LAD		PIT	W,5-3	GF	12	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
75	86	Jul 18	LAD		PHI	W,8-6	GS	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF 1B
76	87	Jul 19	LAD		PHI	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
77	88	Jul 20	LAD		PHI	W,6-0	GS	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF 1B
78	92 (3)	Jul 25	LAD	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
79	93	Jul 26	LAD	@	PHI	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
80	94	Jul 27 (1)	LAD	@	PHI	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
81	95	Jul 27 susp	LAD	@	PHI	L,2-6	GS	40	9.1	1	0	0	1	1	RF 3B 1B
82	96	Jul 29	LAD	@	MLN	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
83	97	Jul 30	LAD	@	MLN	L,3-4	GS	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF 1B
84	98	Jul 31	LAD	@	MLN	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
85	99	Aug 1	LAD	@	CIN	W,6-2	GS	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF 1B C
86	100	Aug 2	LAD	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
87	101	Aug 3 (1)	LAD	@	CIN	W,8-6	CG	42	10.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
88	102	Aug 3 (2)	LAD	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
89	103	Aug 4	LAD	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
90	104	Aug 5	LAD	@	STL	L,3-13	CG	45	8.0	8	1	0	9	3	1B
91	105	Aug 6	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
92	106	Aug 7	LAD	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
93	107	Aug 8	LAD		SFG	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
94	108	Aug 9	LAD		SFG	L,3-6	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
95	109	Aug 10	LAD		SFG	L,8-12	CG	51	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
96	110	Aug 12	LAD		CHC	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
97	111	Aug 13	LAD		CHC	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
98	112	Aug 14	LAD		CHC	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
99	113	Aug 15 (1)	LAD		STL	W,4-3	CG	44	11.0	16	1	0	17	1	1B
100	114	Aug 15 (2)	LAD		STL	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
101	115	Aug 17 (1)	LAD		STL	L,7-12	CG	49	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	3B
102	116	Aug 17 (2)	LAD		STL	W,9-3	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	3B
103	117	Aug 19 (1)	LAD		MLN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
104	118	Aug 19 (2)	LAD		MLN	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	3B
105	119	Aug 20	LAD		MLN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
106	120	Aug 21	LAD		MLN	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
107	121	Aug 23	LAD		MLN	W,10-1	CG	30	9.0	12	1	0	13	4	1B
108	122	Aug 24	LAD		CIN	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
109	123	Aug 25	LAD		CIN	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
110	124	Aug 26	LAD		CIN	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
111	125	Aug 27	LAD		CIN	L,7-8	CG	43	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
112	126	Aug 29	LAD	@	SFG	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
113	127	Aug 30 (1)	LAD	@	SFG	L,2-3	GS	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B 3B
114	128	Aug 30 (2)	LAD	@	SFG	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
115	129	Aug 31	LAD	@	SFG	L,2-14	CG	46	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
116	130	Sep 1 (1)	LAD	@	SFG	L,6-8	CG	43	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
117	131	Sep 1 (2)	LAD	@	SFG	L,5-6	GS	63	15.0	7	0	0	7	0	RF 1B
118	132	Sep 2	LAD		SFG	W,4-0	GS	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B 1B
119	133	Sep 3	LAD		SFG	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
120	134	Sep 4	LAD		SFG	L,3-13	CG	49	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	3B
121	135	Sep 5	LAD	@	STL	W,2-1	GS	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B 1B
122	136	Sep 6	LAD	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
123	137	Sep 7	LAD	@	STL	W,7-5	GS	39	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	3B 1B
124	141 (3)	Sep 12	LAD	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
125	142	Sep 13	LAD	@	PIT	L,4-9	CG	42	8.0	8	0	1	9	0	1B
126	143	Sep 14	LAD	@	MLN	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	8	3	0	11	1	1B
127	144	Sep 15	LAD	@	MLN	L,3-8	CG	42	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
128	145	Sep 16 (1)	LAD	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
129	147 (1)	Sep 19	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-1	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
130	149 (1)	Sep 21	LAD	@	CHC	W,2-1	GF	17	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 1B
131	151 (1)	Sep 24	LAD		STL	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
132	152	Sep 26 (1)	LAD		CHC	W,6-3	GF	13	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	1B
133	153	Sep 26 (2)	LAD		CHC	L,1-2	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
134	154	Sep 27	LAD		CHC	L,4-7	CG	40	9.0	9	1	1	11	2	1B
							147gm		1114.2	932	103	9	1044	137