Ralph
Hodgin
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 175
 
Born: February 10, 1916 in Usa, NC, GREENSBORO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1943    1944   
All-Star Selections 1942    1950   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1939 23 BSN NL     6 6 6 2 2 2 6 7 6 2 3 3 9 10 10
1940 24 TAM AL     7 7 6 2 2 2 6 7 7 2 3 3 9 9 9
1941 25 BSN NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 6 7 7 3 3 3 9 9 9
1942 26 BSN NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 2 2 2 6 7 7 3 3 3 9 9 9
1943 27 BSN NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 3 3 9 9 9
1944 28 BSN NL $ 300,000   9 9 8 3 3 3 7 7 7 2 3 3 9 9 9
1945 29 SDP NL $ 2,078,571   8 8 8 3 3 3 7 8 8 2 3 2 9 9 9
1946 30 SDP NL $ 2,078,571   9 9 8 3 3 3 7 8 7 2 3 3 8 9 9
1947 31 CLE AL $ 2,078,571   9 9 8 3 3 3 7 8 7 2 3 3 8 8 8
1948 32 CLE AL $ 2,900,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 7 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8
1949 33 CLE AL $ 2,900,000   9 9 8 4 4 4 6 7 7 2 3 3 8 8 8
1950 34 CIN NL $ 3,400,000   8 8 7 3 3 3 5 6 6 2 3 2 7 7 7
1951 35 CIN NL $ 3,400,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5 2 3 2 6 6 6
1952 36 CIN NL $ 3,400,000   7 7 6 1 1 1 4 5 5 2 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 6 1 1 1 4 5 5 2 3 2 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,400,000   9 9 8 4 4 4 7 8 8 3 3 3 9 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1939 23 AAA   126 480 46 151 31 5 4 64 3 4 26 21 .315 .350 .425 .775 65.3  
1940 24 AAA   129 510 64 166 36 2 2 63 5 3 40 27 .325 .375 .416 .790 74.4  
1941 25 BSN NL 133 441 52 140 26 0 3 48 1 0 20 27 .317 .348 .397 .744 54.1 9.9
1942 26 BSN NL 156 554 66 191 34 4 2 65 0 0 32 36 .345 .383 .431 .814 79.1 14.9
1943 27 BSN NL 133 483 52 143 18 3 6 55 0 0 35 31 .296 .348 .383 .731 62.5 11.3
    AAA   2 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .250 .333 .250 .583 0.4  
1944 28 BSN NL 153 570 54 191 26 5 5 63 0 0 37 34 .335 .377 .425 .801 83.5 15.1
1945 29 SDP NL 134 448 51 131 26 4 9 68 0 0 29 30 .292 .335 .429 .763 58.6 9.5
1946 30 SDP NL 140 423 55 117 19 4 6 49 0 0 27 28 .277 .321 .383 .704 45.4 5.5
1947 31 SDP NL 67 181 19 53 9 2 1 29 0 0 12 11 .293 .338 .381 .720 21.9 4.1
  CLE AL 27 95 9 24 5 0 2 11 0 0 7 6 .253 .301 .368 .669 10.2 0.9
  TOT   94 276 28 77 14 2 3 40 0 0 19 17 .279 .326 .377 .702 32.1 5.0
1948 32 CLE AL 154 622 100 204 42 7 16 94 0 0 29 67 .328 .359 .495 .854 98.8 15.5
1949 33 CLE AL 152 532 58 142 21 9 5 76 0 0 21 40 .267 .296 .368 .664 52.1 3.4
1950 34 PIT NL 94 296 36 100 21 1 6 46 0 0 17 25 .338 .373 .476 .850 46.9 7.4
  CIN NL 55 216 19 54 7 2 3 24 0 0 13 23 .250 .294 .343 .637 20.5 1.0
  TOT   149 512 55 154 28 3 9 70 0 0 30 48 .301 .340 .420 .760 67.4 8.4
1951 35 CIN NL 149 549 57 168 22 1 7 80 0 0 23 70 .306 .335 .388 .723 63.3 7.0
1952 36 CIN NL 126 432 48 118 9 5 6 41 0 0 18 74 .273 .305 .359 .664 44.8 4.4
12 Years Sim 1673 5842 676 1776 285 47 77 749 1 0 320 502 .304 .341 .408 .750 741.6 109.9
3 Years AAA 257 998 110 319 67 7 6 127 8 8 67 48 .320 .365 .419 .784 140.1  
162 Game Average 565 65 171 27 4 7 72 0 0 30 48 .304 .341 .408 .750 71.8  
Career Highs 156 622 100 204 42 9 16 94 1 0 37 74 .345 .383 .495 .854 98.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3951 467 1237 191 28 54 526 1 0 233 302 .313 .353 .417 .769 545.3
vs LH   1891 209 539 94 19 23 223 0 0 87 200 .285 .318 .391 .709 221.8
Home 831 2818 330 873 136 24 40 366 1 0 157 252 .310 .348 .418 .765 383.8
Away 842 3024 346 903 149 23 37 383 0 0 163 250 .299 .336 .400 .736 383.3
RISP   1447 0 447 68 10 18 614 0 0 121 129 .309 .357 .407 .764 205.9
Pinch Hitting   216 11 60 8 0 1 37 0 0 7 20 .278 .298 .329 .626 20.1
Close/Late   686 57 224 34 5 5 86 0 0 49 66 .327 .371 .413 .783 99.2
Mar/Apr 284 1046 119 323 53 10 10 127 0 0 44 80 .309 .339 .407 .746 133.5
May 301 1075 122 313 53 10 18 138 0 0 61 94 .291 .332 .409 .741 138.1
June 291 1059 111 306 54 7 14 152 1 0 60 90 .289 .330 .393 .723 130.1
July 271 900 112 272 43 7 7 115 0 0 47 83 .302 .335 .389 .724 111.5
August 275 982 124 323 38 7 10 103 0 0 69 93 .329 .374 .412 .787 143.2
Sep/Oct 251 780 88 239 44 6 18 114 0 0 39 62 .306 .339 .447 .787 110.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1941 25 BSN NL LF 104 99 853.7 162 6 2 3 .988 1.77   2.2
    RF 3 1 17.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.12    
    CF 8 0 14.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93    
    3B 6 0 10.0 1 6 0 0 1.000 6.30   0.2
1942 26 BSN NL LF 139 134 1162.3 216 3 1 2 .995 1.70   1.8
    RF 4 0 11.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.59    
    3B 3 0 7.3 0 4 0 1 1.000 4.91   0.1
    CF 4 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57    
1943 27 BSN NL LF 124 121 1032.3 248 7 1 4 .996 2.22   1.9
    RF 3 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
    CF 3 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
    3B 2 0 5.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
1944 28 BSN NL LF 145 145 1235.7 281 6 1 4 .997 2.09   2.6
    RF 3 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
1945 29 SDP NL 3B 70 64 562.0 33 136 9 10 .949 2.71   1.8
    CF 41 36 322.0 112 2 0 2 1.000 3.19   1.7
    RF 13 7 87.0 23 0 0 0 1.000 2.38    
1946 30 SDP NL 3B 54 46 413.0 24 113 10 11 .932 2.99   0.9
    LF 24 21 180.0 34 0 1 0 .971 1.70   1.1
    CF 22 19 167.7 56 0 0 0 1.000 3.01    
    RF 11 7 78.0 14 1 0 0 1.000 1.73    
    2B 1 0 3.0 2 2 0 1 1.000 12.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1947 31 SDP NL 3B 31 31 242.3 14 76 3 6 .968 3.34   1.3
    CF 14 9 83.7 22 0 0 0 1.000 2.37   0.4
    LF 10 3 34.7 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.59   0.0
    RF 7 1 22.9 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.36   0.0
  CLE AL 3B 13 12 127.3 7 40 2 3 .959 3.32   0.5
    CF 6 4 44.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.45   0.3
    LF 4 1 18.3 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.46   0.0
    RF 3 1 12.1 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.23   0.0
  TOT   3B 44 43 369.6 21 116 5 9 .965 3.34   1.8
      CF 20 13 127.7 34 0 0 0 1.000 2.40   0.7
      LF 14 4 53.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.55   0.0
      RF 10 2 35.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.31   0.0
1948 32 CLE AL 3B 136 136 1195.0 89 317 24 31 .944 3.06   2.8
    CF 15 10 95.3 32 2 0 0 1.000 3.21   0.4
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1949 33 CLE AL 3B 129 128 1096.7 89 287 28 24 .931 3.09   3.3
    LF 11 0 14.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.1
    CF 3 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1950 34 PIT NL 3B 86 80 641.0 47 161 13 14 .941 2.92   1.5
    LF 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 0.6 1 0 0 0 1.000 15.00   0.0
  CIN NL 3B 51 47 467.7 34 117 9 10 .944 2.91   1.4
    LF 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 0 0 0.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   3B 137 127 1108.7 81 278 22 24 .942 2.91   2.9
      LF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
      RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1951 35 CIN NL 3B 132 125 1100.3 73 253 17 22 .950 2.67   4.5
    SS 11 11 95.0 21 19 2 5 .952 3.79   0.3
    CF 1 1 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    LF 2 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1952 36 CIN NL 3B 115 109 961.0 59 266 14 23 .959 3.04   3.6
    LF 3 0 7.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.0
  3B 828 778 6828.6 470 1777 129 155 .946 2.96   21.8
  LF 569 524 4544.0 965 22 6 13 .994 1.95   9.6
  CF 117 79 754.7 243 4 0 2 1.000 2.95   2.8
  RF 48 17 241.3 55 1 0 0 1.000 2.09   0.0
  SS 13 11 98.0 21 19 2 5 .952 3.67   0.3
  2B 1 0 3.0 2 2 0 1 1.000 12.00   0.0
Career Totals   1576 1409 12469.6 1756 1825 137 176 .963 2.58   34.5
Career Highs   152 146 1292.3 282 319 28 31 .997 3.07    
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1942-1-.345
1944-3-.335
1948-3-.328
Games
1942-4-156
At-Bats
1944-8-570
1948-1-622
Hits
1942-2-191
1944-3-191
1948-1-204
Total Bases
1948-4-308
Singles
1942-3-151
1944-1-155
1948-2-139
1950-9-114
1951-5-138
Doubles
1942-5-34
1948-3-42
Triples
1948-6-7
1949-3-9
1952-9-5
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 31    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 34    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 38th overall pick, by Tampa Bay in 1939
Traded from Tampa Bay to Boston (N) on 7/1/1939 (Going to TAM: P Spud Chandler, P Lefty Mills, 2B Billy Herman. Going to BSN: 2B Johnny Hodapp, LF Ralph Hodgin)
Traded from Boston (N) to Tampa Bay on 2/1/1940 (Going to BSN: P Red Phillips. Going to TAM: P Jess Dobernic, LF Ralph Hodgin)
Injured on 5/24/1940 with a Pulled Hamstring Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Tampa Bay to Boston (N) on 4/2/1941 (Going to BSN: LF Ralph Hodgin, LF Don Ross, 1B Jake Jones. Going to TAM: P Randy Gumpert)
Had first career hit on 4/2/1941, off Mel Harder (NYG)
Hit first career homerun on 4/14/1941, off Lee Stine (PIT)
Injured on 4/30/1941 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for one week
Was selected to the 1942 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1943
Won Gold Glove at Leftfield in 1944
2/1/1945: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,078,571 through salary arbitration
Traded from Boston (N) to San Diego on 2/7/1945 (Going to SDP: LF Ralph Hodgin, P Fred Hutchinson, C Ernie Lombardi. Going to BSN: P Ox Miller)
2/1/1946: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,078,571 through salary arbitration
2/1/1947: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,078,571 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/15/1947 with a Inflamed Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 4 weeks
Traded from San Diego to Cleveland on 7/31/1947 (Going to SDP: P Dick Conger. Going to CLE: CF Ralph Hodgin)
9/1/1947: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $2,900,000 per year, for 2 years
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1948, hitting .565 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Brooklyn on 7/27/1949
Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 2/3/1950 to a 3-year deal worth $3,400,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1950, hitting .579 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1950 Allstar game
Traded from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati on 7/31/1950 (Going to CIN: 3B Ralph Hodgin, P Dan Bankhead. Going to PIT: P Sandy Ullrich)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1952, hitting .481 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
9/1/1952: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $450,000 per year, for 1 years