Ron Hodges

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 185lb (185cm, 83kg)

Born: June 22, 1949 in Rocky Mount, VA us

Died: November 24, 2023 in Roanoke, VA

Draft: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 6th round of the 1970 MLB June Amateur Draft from Appalachian State University (Boone, NC), the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (15th) of the 1971 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Appalachian State University (Boone, NC), the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (10th) of the 1971 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Appalachian State University (Boone, NC) and the New York Mets in the 2nd round of the 1972 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Appalachian State University (Boone, NC).

High School: Franklin County HS (Rocky Mount, VA)

School: Appalachian State University (Boone, NC)

Debut: June 13, 1973 (Age 23-356d, 13,362nd in major league history)
vs. SFG 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1984 (Age 35-100d)
vs. MON 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1974 season

Full Name: Ronald Wray Hodges

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.1

1426

342

.240

119

RBI

147

OBP

.342

SLG

.322

OPS

.663

OPS+

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

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1983 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	NYM		PHI	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
2	2	Apr 7	NYM		PHI	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
3	3	Apr 9	NYM		STL	L,0-5	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
4	4	Apr 12	NYM	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	44	9.2	5	0	0	5	0	C
5	5	Apr 13	NYM	@	PHI	L,9-10	CG	43	8.2	2	0	0	2	0	C
6	6	Apr 14	NYM	@	STL	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
7	7	Apr 15	NYM	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
8	9 (1)	Apr 20 (1)	NYM		PIT	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
9	11 (1)	Apr 22	NYM	@	ATL	L,4-5	CG	42	8.2	0	1	0	1	0	C
10	12	Apr 24 (1)	NYM	@	ATL	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
11	14 (1)	Apr 26	NYM	@	CIN	L,0-7	CG	42	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
12	16 (1)	Apr 29	NYM		ATL	W,6-5	CG	34	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
13	17	Apr 30	NYM		ATL	L,1-6	GF	8	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	18	May 1	NYM		ATL	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
15	20 (1)	May 3	NYM		HOU	L,4-7	GS	30	7.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
16	21	May 4	NYM		HOU	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
17	22	May 6	NYM		CIN	W,7-4	CG	49	13.0	11	1	1	13	0	C
18	27 (4)	May 11	NYM	@	HOU	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
19	29 (1)	May 13	NYM	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	33	8.1	5	2	0	7	0	C
20	31 (1)	May 16	NYM	@	PIT	W,11-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
21	32	May 17	NYM		SDP	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
22	34 (1)	May 19	NYM		SDP	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
23	36 (1)	May 22	NYM		LAD	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
24	39 (2)	May 25	NYM		SFG	L,6-7	GF	7	2.0	2	1	0	3	0	PH C
25	40	May 27	NYM	@	SDP	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
26	43 (2)	May 30	NYM	@	SFG	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	46 (2)	Jun 2	NYM	@	LAD	L,4-5	GF	16	3.2	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
28	47	Jun 3	NYM	@	LAD	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
29	48	Jun 4	NYM	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
30	49	Jun 5	NYM	@	LAD	W,4-2	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
31	50	Jun 7	NYM	@	CHC	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
32	52 (1)	Jun 9	NYM	@	CHC	W,6-4	CG	48	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
33	53	Jun 10	NYM		MON	W,4-2	CG	69	17.0	8	1	1	10	0	C
34	55 (1)	Jun 12	NYM		MON	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
35	56	Jun 13	NYM		CHC	L,3-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
36	57	Jun 14	NYM		CHC	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
37	58	Jun 15	NYM		CHC	L,4-7	GS	28	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
38	60 (1)	Jun 18	NYM	@	MON	W,6-1	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
39	61	Jun 19	NYM	@	MON	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
40	63 (1)	Jun 20 (2)	NYM		STL	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
41	64	Jun 21	NYM		STL	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
42	69 (4)	Jun 25	NYM		PHI	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
43	71 (1)	Jun 26 (2)	NYM		PHI	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
44	72	Jun 28 (1)	NYM	@	STL	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
45	73	Jun 28 (2)	NYM	@	STL	L,1-8	GF	21	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
46	74	Jun 29	NYM	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
47	75	Jun 30	NYM	@	STL	L,1-6	GS	35	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	76	Jul 1	NYM	@	PHI	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
49	77	Jul 2 (1)	NYM	@	PHI	L,5-6	GF	11	2.2	0	1	0	1	0	C
50	78	Jul 2 (2)	NYM	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
51	79	Jul 3	NYM	@	PHI	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
52	81 (1)	Jul 8	NYM		HOU	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	5	0	2	7	0	C
53	86 (4)	Jul 14	NYM		CIN	W,7-4	GF	10	3.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
54	87	Jul 15	NYM	@	HOU	L,0-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
55	88	Jul 16	NYM	@	HOU	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
56	89	Jul 17	NYM	@	HOU	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
57	90	Jul 18	NYM	@	ATL	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	C
58	94 (3)	Jul 22	NYM	@	CIN	W,3-2	GS	25	6.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
59	95	Jul 23	NYM	@	CIN	L,3-7	GS	29	6.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
60	98 (2)	Jul 26	NYM		ATL	W,2-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
61	99	Jul 27	NYM		ATL	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	C
62	101 (1)	Jul 29	NYM		PIT	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
63	102	Jul 30	NYM		PIT	L,3-6	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
64	103	Jul 31 (1)	NYM		PIT	W,7-6	GS	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
65	104	Jul 31 (2)	NYM		PIT	W,1-0	GF	17	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	105	Aug 2	NYM		MON	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
67	106	Aug 3	NYM		MON	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
68	107	Aug 4	NYM		MON	L,1-2	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
69	108	Aug 5	NYM	@	CHC	W,9-4	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
70	109	Aug 6	NYM	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
71	111 (1)	Aug 8	NYM	@	MON	W,6-5	GF	23	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
72	112	Aug 9	NYM	@	MON	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
73	113	Aug 10	NYM	@	MON	L,3-5	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
74	114	Aug 12	NYM		CHC	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
75	116 (1)	Aug 14	NYM		CHC	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
76	117	Aug 15	NYM	@	PIT	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
77	119 (1)	Aug 17	NYM	@	LAD	L,1-4	GS	29	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
78	120	Aug 19	NYM	@	SFG	W,7-6	GF	8	2.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
79	121	Aug 20	NYM	@	SFG	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
80	123 (1)	Aug 22	NYM	@	SDP	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
81	124	Aug 23	NYM	@	SDP	W,8-3	GS	24	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
82	126 (1)	Aug 26	NYM		SFG	L,1-12	CG	46	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
83	128 (1)	Aug 28	NYM		SFG	L,2-7	GS	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
84	129	Aug 29 (1)	NYM		LAD	L,1-6	GF	8	2.0	1	1	1	3	0	C
85	130	Aug 29 (2)	NYM		LAD	L,3-7	GS	27	6.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
86	131	Aug 30 (1)	NYM		LAD	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	135 (3)	Sep 3	NYM		SDP	W,4-3	GF	22	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
88	136	Sep 4	NYM		SDP	L,5-7	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
89	137	Sep 5	NYM		PHI	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	C
90	139 (1)	Sep 7	NYM		PHI	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
91	143 (3)	Sep 12	NYM	@	PHI	L,1-2	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
92	146 (2)	Sep 15	NYM		STL	W,6-4	GS	23	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
93	147	Sep 16	NYM		CHC	L,4-7	GF	12	3.2	2	0	0	2	0	C
94	149 (1)	Sep 18	NYM		CHC	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
95	150	Sep 19	NYM		PIT	W,5-4	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
96	161 (10)	Oct 2 (1)	NYM		MON	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
							96gm		685.1	360	45	12	417	4