Ralph Hodgin

Elmer Ralph Hodgin

Positions: Outfielder and Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 167 lb.

Born: February 10, 1915 in Greensboro, NC (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1939
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Bees 1939-1948

Final Game: October 3, 1948
Died: October 4, 2011 in Burlington, NC
Buried: Guilford Memorial Park, Greensboro, NC
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Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1939	BSN	NL	24	OF	9	6	6		15	15	0	0	0	1.000		1.67	.975		2.32
1939	BSN	NL	24	RF	7	5	5		11	11	0	0	0	1.000		1.57	.973		2.11
1939	BSN	NL	24	LF	2	1	1		4	4	0	0	0	1.000		2.00	.975		2.15
1943	CHW	AL	28	3B	56	56	53		163	34	120	9	7	.945		2.75	.951		3.17	MVP-33
1943	CHW	AL	28	OF	42	41	40		89	87	2	0	0	1.000		2.12	.977		2.47	MVP-33
1943	CHW	AL	28	RF	25	24	24		49	48	1	0	0	1.000		1.96	.973		2.21	MVP-33
1943	CHW	AL	28	LF	17	17	16		40	39	1	0	0	1.000		2.35	.979		2.40	MVP-33
1944	CHW	AL	29	3B	82	82	81		310	77	215	18	22	.942		3.56	.954		3.34	MVP-31
1944	CHW	AL	29	LF	33	33	32		94	93	1	0	0	1.000		2.85	.972		2.35	MVP-31
1944	CHW	AL	29	OF	33	33	32		94	93	1	0	0	1.000		2.85	.974		2.47	MVP-31
1946	CHW	AL	31	OF	57	56	56		119	114	3	2	0	.983		2.05	.977		2.36
1946	CHW	AL	31	LF	49	48	48		103	98	3	2	0	.981		2.06	.974		2.24
1946	CHW	AL	31	RF	8	8	8		16	16	0	0	0	1.000		2.00	.972		2.10
1947	CHW	AL	32	OF	41	41	40		102	99	2	1	0	.990		2.46	.979		2.47
1947	CHW	AL	32	LF	40	40	39		99	96	2	1	0	.990		2.45	.976		2.36
1947	CHW	AL	32	RF	1	1	1		3	3	0	0	0	1.000		3.00	.977		2.10
1948	CHW	AL	33	OF	79	78	76		199	184	9	6	0	.970		2.44	.975		2.51
1948	CHW	AL	33	RF	40	40	38		92	84	3	5	0	.946		2.18	.971		2.14
1948	CHW	AL	33	LF	39	36	36		96	92	3	1	0	.990		2.44	.975		2.34
1948	CHW	AL	33	CF	2	2	2		9	8	1	0	0	1.000		4.50	.978		3.00
	6 Seasons			OF	261	255	250		618	592	17	9	0	.985		2.33	.976		2.45
	6 Seasons			LF	180	175	172		436	422	10	4	0	.991		2.40	.975		2.32
	2 Seasons			3B	138	138	134		473	111	335	27	29	.943		3.23	.953		3.27
	5 Seasons			RF	81	78	76		171	162	4	5	0	.971		2.05	.972		2.15
	1 Season			CF	2	2	2		9	8	1	0	0	1.000		4.50	.978		3.00
	6 Seasons			TOT	399	393	384		1091	703	352	36	29	.967		2.64	.966		2.74
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos
1939	BSN	NL	24	RF
1939	BSN	NL	24	LF
1943	CHW	AL	28	3B
1943	CHW	AL	28	RF
1943	CHW	AL	28	LF
1944	CHW	AL	29	3B
1944	CHW	AL	29	LF
1946	CHW	AL	31	LF
1946	CHW	AL	31	RF
1947	CHW	AL	32	LF
1947	CHW	AL	32	RF
1948	CHW	AL	33	RF
1948	CHW	AL	33	LF
1948	CHW	AL	33	CF
	6 Seasons			LF
	2 Seasons			3B
	5 Seasons			RF
	1 Season			CF
	6 Seasons			TOT

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	3B	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR
1939	BSN	NL	24	32	6	32	9	0	2	0	7	9	22	1
1943	CHW	AL	28	117	97	117	97	56	17	0	25	42	20	0
1944	CHW	AL	29	121	115	121	115	82	33	0	0	33	6	0
1946	CHW	AL	31	87	56	87	57	0	49	0	8	57	30	0
1947	CHW	AL	32	59	41	59	41	0	40	0	1	41	18	0
1948	CHW	AL	33	114	78	114	79	0	39	2	40	79	35	0
	6 Seasons			530	393	530	398	138	180	2	81	261	131	1

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

				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%
1948	CHW	AL	33	3	0	3	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	7	3	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	4	0	18	8	44.4%	10	0	0.0%	2	699	57%	86%	27%	66	62%
	1 Season			3	0	3	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	7	3	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	4	0	18	8	44.4%	10	0	0.0%	2	699	57%	86%	27%	66	62%
	MLB Averages																														43.0%			2.5%			61%	82%	31%		52%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

				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%
1948	CHW	AL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	12	0	7	1	0	2	1	0	3	0	0	3	2	0	30	16	53.3%	14	0	0.0%	0	687	59%	83%	29%	90	54%
	1 Season			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	12	0	7	1	0	2	1	0	3	0	0	3	2	0	30	16	53.3%	14	0	0.0%	0	687	59%	83%	29%	90	54%
	MLB Averages																														57.0%			2.6%			61%	82%	31%		50%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1943 AL (33, 0%) 1944 AL (31, 1%) 0.01 Career Shares (1497th)	Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y 1944 AL 18 (5th)	Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1948 AL 5 (5th)	Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y 1944 AL 3.56 (2nd)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1943 AL (33, 0%)
1944 AL (31, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1497th)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1944 AL 18 (5th)

Errors Committed as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1948 AL 5 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1944 AL 3.56 (2nd)

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