Gil Hodges
Gilbert Raymond Hodges
born Gilbert Ray Hodge
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: April 4, 1924 in Princeton, IN
High School: Petersburg (Petersburg, IN)
School: Saint Joseph's College
Signed
by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1943. (All Transactions)
Debut: October 3, 1943
Final Game: May 5, 1963
Died: April 2, 1972 in West Palm Beach, FL
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1943 BRO NL 19 3B 1 5 1 2 2 1 .600 3.00 .960 3.00
1947 BRO NL 23 C 24 95 79 12 4 2 .958 3.79 .981 4.37 0
1948 BRO NL 24 1B 96 903 830 60 13 85 .986 9.27 .990 8.94 MVP-30
1948 BRO NL 24 C 38 176 160 12 4 5 .977 4.53 .980 4.41 4 MVP-30
1949 BRO NL 25 1B 156 1423 1336 80 7 142 .995 9.08 .991 6.41 AS,MVP-11
1950 BRO NL 26 1B 153 1381 1273 100 8 159 .994 8.97 .990 6.54 AS,MVP-8
1951 BRO NL 27 1B 158 1503 1365 126 12 171 .992 9.44 .989 6.33 AS,MVP-16
1952 BRO NL 28 1B 153 1449 1322 116 11 152 .992 9.40 .990 6.54 AS,MVP-19
1953 BRO NL 29 1B 127 1132 1025 99 8 105 .993 8.85 .990 7.87 AS,MVP-14
1953 BRO NL 29 OF 24 40 37 2 1 1 .975 1.63 .980 2.11 18-0-6 AS,MVP-14
1954 BRO NL 30 1B 154 154 1391.2 1520 1381 132 7 129 .995 13.9 12.0 13.9 6.0 7.8 0 9.78 9.82 .991 6.47 6.49 AS,MVP-10
1955 BRO NL 31 1B 139 136 1211.0 1391 1274 105 12 126 .991 11.3 11.2 11.3 6.1 5.2 0 10.25 9.92 .991 7.43 7.19 AS
1955 BRO NL 31 OF 16 14 123.0 20 17 1 2 0 .900 -4.1 -40.0 -2.1 -0.3 -1.9 -2 1.32 1.13 .980 2.30 2.10 AS
1955 BRO NL 31 LF 8 8 63.0 12 10 1 1 1 .917 -1.7 -32.4 -0.7 -0.3 -0.5 -1 1.57 1.38 .975 2.11 1.82 AS
1955 BRO NL 31 RF 7 6 57.0 6 4 1 1 0 .833 -2.7 -56.8 -1.7 0.0 -1.7 -1 0.79 0.71 .983 2.07 1.86 AS
1955 BRO NL 31 CF 1 0 3.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 120.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 6.00 2.00 1.000 2.70 2.50 AS
1956 BRO NL 32 1B 138 121 1120.1 1303 1190 103 10 105 .992 7.2 7.7 7.2 4.6 2.6 0 10.39 9.37 .989 8.03 7.25
1956 BRO NL 32 OF 30 30 223.1 44 42 0 2 0 .955 1.1 5.9 0.1 -0.1 0.3 1 1.69 1.40 .977 2.28 2.05
1956 BRO NL 32 LF 22 22 169.1 36 35 0 1 0 .972 1.8 12.8 0.8 0.6 0.3 1 1.86 1.59 .972 2.07 1.70
1956 BRO NL 32 RF 8 8 54.0 9 8 0 1 0 .889 -0.7 -15.6 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 0 1.33 1.00 .978 2.00 1.80
1956 BRO NL 32 C 1 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 2.00 1.000 5.85 5.00 0 0 0 0
1957 BRO NL 33 1B 150 148 1350.1 1446 1317 115 14 115 .990 5.0 4.4 4.0 6.9 -2.8 1 9.54 9.55 .990 6.66 6.67 AS,MVP-7,GG
1957 BRO NL 33 3B 2 2 10.0 4 2 2 0 1 1.000 0.2 24.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 3.60 2.00 .950 2.97 2.70 AS,MVP-7,GG
1957 BRO NL 33 2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 5.00 AS,MVP-7,GG
1958 LAD NL 34 1B 122 99 940.2 984 907 69 8 134 .992 -1.4 -1.8 -2.4 -2.5 0.1 1 9.34 8.00 .990 9.54 8.11 GG
1958 LAD NL 34 3B 15 13 112.1 53 18 34 1 3 .981 2.4 25.6 2.4 1.5 0.9 0 4.17 3.47 .951 3.18 2.86 GG
1958 LAD NL 34 OF 9 9 60.2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.1 0 0.89 0.67 .983 2.25 1.96 GG
1958 LAD NL 34 RF 5 5 32.2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 14.7 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 1.10 0.80 .975 2.01 1.72 GG
1958 LAD NL 34 LF 4 4 28.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -17.1 -0.4 -0.5 0.1 0 0.64 0.50 .950 1.99 1.55 GG
1958 LAD NL 34 C 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 9.00 1.00 1.000 6.30 5.20 0 0 0 0 GG
1959 LAD NL 35 1B 113 106 952.1 965 891 66 8 77 .992 1.8 2.3 1.8 0.8 1.0 0 9.04 8.47 .988 9.45 8.04 MVP-18,GG
1959 LAD NL 35 3B 4 4 33.0 13 5 8 0 3 1.000 -1.0 -36.4 -1.0 0.0 -1.0 0 3.55 3.25 .946 2.97 2.65 MVP-18,GG
1960 LAD NL 36 1B 92 41 447.1 438 403 33 2 40 .995 3.1 8.3 3.1 3.5 -0.4 0 8.77 4.74 .990 9.57 8.20
1960 LAD NL 36 3B 10 5 55.0 22 8 11 3 2 .864 -0.6 -13.1 -0.6 -0.1 -0.5 0 3.11 1.90 .955 2.98 2.61
1961 LAD NL 37 1B 100 48 527.0 492 454 37 1 44 .998 -3.2 -7.3 -3.2 -0.7 -2.5 0 8.39 4.91 .990 9.82 8.57
1962 NYM NL 38 1B 47 30 288.1 352 315 32 5 23 .986 0.6 2.5 0.6 -1.1 1.7 0 10.83 7.38 .990 9.79 8.04
1963 NYM NL 39 1B 10 6 56.0 69 61 8 0 7 1.000 0.4 8.6 0.4 1.1 -0.7 0 11.09 6.90 .988 9.80 8.36
16 Seasons 1B 1908 889 8285.0 16751 15344 1281 126 1614 .992 38.7 5.6 36.7 24.7 12.0 2 18.06 8.71 .990 8.06 7.25
4 Seasons OF 79 53 407.0 110 102 3 5 1 .955 -3.0 -8.8 -2.0 -0.5 -1.5 -1 2.32 1.33 .979 2.28 2.07 52-1-26
4 Seasons C 64 0 3.0 274 242 24 8 7 .971 0.0 0.0 0 798.00 4.16 .981 6.00 4.42 4 0 0 0
3 Seasons (incomplete) LF 34 34 260.1 50 47 1 2 1 .960 -0.3 -1.4 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0 1.66 1.41 .972 2.07 1.71
5 Seasons 3B 32 24 210.1 97 34 57 6 10 .938 1.0 5.7 1.0 1.4 -0.4 0 3.89 2.84 .952 3.09 2.75
3 Seasons (incomplete) RF 20 19 143.2 19 16 1 2 0 .895 -3.0 -25.1 -2.0 -0.3 -1.7 -1 1.06 0.85 .979 2.03 1.80
1 Season 2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 5.40 5.00
1 Season CF 1 0 3.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 120.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 6.00 2.00 1.000 2.70 2.50
18 Seasons TOT 2084 966 8907.1 17232 15722 1365 145 1632 .992 36.6 4.9 35.6 25.6 10.0 -1 2 0 17.26 8.20 .981 7.68 6.89 52-1-26 4 0 0 0
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1943 BRO NL 19 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1947 BRO NL 23 28 28 28 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 BRO NL 24 134 134 134 0 38 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 BRO NL 25 156 156 156 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 BRO NL 26 153 153 153 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 BRO NL 27 158 158 158 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 BRO NL 28 153 153 153 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 BRO NL 29 141 141 141 0 0 127 0 0 0 18 0 6 24
1954 BRO NL 30 154 154 154 154 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 BRO NL 31 150 150 150 150 0 0 139 0 0 0 9 1 6 16 0 0
1956 BRO NL 32 153 151 153 153 0 1 138 0 0 0 22 0 8 30 1 0
1957 BRO NL 33 150 150 150 150 0 0 150 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 LAD NL 34 141 121 141 141 0 1 122 0 15 0 4 0 5 9 9 2
1959 LAD NL 35 124 110 124 124 0 0 113 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1960 LAD NL 36 101 46 101 101 0 0 92 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 21 1
1961 LAD NL 37 109 48 109 109 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0
1962 NYM NL 38 54 30 54 54 0 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1963 NYM NL 39 11 6 11 11 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
18 Seasons 2071 966 2071 2071 0 64 1908 1 32 0 53 1 25 79 86 3
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1954 BRO NL 30 6126 63% 79% 29% 379 96% 4 1386 80 1275 30 163 134 83 40 2 10 7 1 4 2 5 129 6 1 5 113 13 15 3 11 44 89%
1955 BRO NL 31 5173 64% 78% 30% 361 94% 1 1282 86 1180 17 163 101 69 22 1 5 12 1 8 3 8 131 2 2 2 121 6 9 1 8 20 100%
1956 BRO NL 32 4725 59% 79% 31% 295 96% 1 1191 66 1119 8 124 100 73 20 2 4 10 4 5 1 6 107 3 1 3 96 6 11 3 8 25 84%
1957 BRO NL 33 5756 64% 77% 30% 329 94% 2 1326 68 1240 19 136 115 86 21 0 3 14 2 7 5 10 115 6 2 3 103 13 12 3 9 28 79%
1958 LAD NL 34 4249 68% 76% 28% 191 94% 2 908 41 858 9 83 69 37 17 0 4 8 2 4 2 4 134 1 3 1 125 9 7 3 4 17 82%
1959 LAD NL 35 4156 64% 71% 27% 195 94% 1 888 45 833 11 75 69 52 13 2 1 8 1 5 2 5 77 1 2 2 70 6 6 3 3 18 89%
1960 LAD NL 36 1954 57% 72% 28% 98 93% 0 400 17 379 4 43 34 22 6 4 1 2 0 2 0 1 39 1 0 0 37 2 2 1 1 8 88%
1961 LAD NL 37 2357 64% 73% 26% 104 96% 0 452 27 416 8 40 36 27 5 1 4 1 0 1 0 1 46 0 0 0 41 1 5 0 5 15 100%
1962 NYM NL 38 1278 60% 80% 29% 84 93% 0 315 26 281 7 26 32 21 7 0 3 5 0 4 1 4 23 0 0 1 17 0 6 2 4 4 75%
1963 NYM NL 39 245 61% 76% 28% 9 100% 0 61 1 58 2 4 6 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 1 100%
10 Seasons 36019 63% 76% 29% 2045 95% 11 8209 457 7639 115 857 696 473 153 12 35 67 11 40 16 44 808 20 11 17 730 56 73 19 53 180 88%
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 94% 86%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1955 BRO NL 31 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 3 27.3% 8 0 0.0% 1 272 61% 77% 38% 28 36%
1956 BRO NL 32 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 10 9 90.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 737 64% 78% 37% 69 51%
1958 LAD NL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 119 71% 73% 33% 6 33%
3 Seasons 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 8 8 0 6 0 0 5 3 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 22 13 59.1% 9 0 0.0% 1 1128 64% 77% 37% 103 46%
MLB Averages 56.7% 2.3% 62% 78% 29% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1957 BRO NL 33 42 60% 76% 43% 4 75% 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1958 LAD NL 34 498 66% 77% 29% 56 88% 1 17 13 3 1 34 26 6 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 3 67%
1959 LAD NL 35 162 62% 75% 31% 13 77% 1 5 3 1 1 8 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 0%
1960 LAD NL 36 236 53% 74% 32% 23 78% 1 7 6 1 0 12 10 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 938 62% 76% 31% 96 83% 3 30 23 5 2 56 42 8 0 1 4 0 3 1 4 8 5 1 6 2 2 0 4 50%
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 89% 60%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1955 BRO NL 31 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 8 3 37.5% 5 0 0.0% 1 240 52% 78% 43% 24 17%
1956 BRO NL 32 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 4 66.7% 2 0 0.0% 0 234 64% 77% 38% 22 36%
1958 LAD NL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 136 63% 71% 36% 6 67%
3 Seasons 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 2 0 4 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 14 7 50.0% 7 0 0.0% 1 610 59% 76% 40% 52 31%
MLB Averages 42.6% 3.1% 62% 78% 29% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1956 BRO NL 32 8 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 LAD NL 34 3 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 11 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.88 4.39 95% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1956 BRO NL 32 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 LAD NL 34 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 40% 1.18 1.17

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1957 BRO NL 33 8 38% 88% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 8 38% 88% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 78% 26% 93%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1955 BRO NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 59% 88% 47% 3 67%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 59% 88% 47% 3 67%
MLB Averages 42.4% 2.1% 62% 78% 29% 57%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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