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Gil
Hodges		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 210
 
Born: April 4, 1924 in Usa, IN, PRINCETON
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1944   
All-Star Selections 1944    1946    1949    1951    1952    1954    1955    1957    1958   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1943 19 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6
1944 20 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6
1945 21 NYA AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6
1946 22 NYA AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7
1947 23 NYA AL $ 3,664,286   6 6 6 9 9 9 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7
1948 24 NYA AL $ 3,664,286   7 7 7 9 9 9 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7
1949 25 NYA AL $ 5,290,000   7 7 7 9 9 9 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7
1950 26 NYA AL $ 5,290,000   6 6 6 9 9 9 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7
1951 27 NYA AL $ 5,290,000   7 7 7 9 9 9 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7
1952 28 NYA AL $ 5,290,000   7 7 7 10 10 10 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7
1953 29 MIN AL $ 8,340,000   7 7 7 10 10 10 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7
1954 30 MIN AL $ 8,340,000   6 6 6 9 9 9 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
1955 31 MIN AL $ 8,340,000   6 6 6 9 9 9 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7
1956 32 MIN AL $ 8,340,000   5 5 5 9 9 9 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
1957 33 MIN AL $ 6,750,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 6
1958 34 MIN AL $ 6,750,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
1959 35 MIN AL $ 6,750,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
1960 36 MIN AL $ 6,750,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,340,000   7 7 7 10 10 10 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7
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
1943 19 NYA AL 49 184 25 49 8 1 7 36 0 0 16 37 .266 .317 .435 .752 24.2 3.0
    AAA   106 409 88 138 24 3 36 97 4 1 69 72 .337 .433 .675 1.108 107.6  
1944 20 NYA AL 139 508 76 130 26 4 21 91 1 0 71 78 .256 .344 .447 .790 77.1 11.0
1945 21 NYA AL 118 411 64 101 14 2 24 84 0 0 50 92 .246 .324 .465 .789 63.6 9.5
1946 22 NYA AL 141 492 98 132 21 3 28 99 0 0 74 78 .268 .363 .494 .856 86.7 14.5
1947 23 NYA AL 157 540 92 120 22 0 30 87 1 0 79 90 .222 .320 .430 .750 72.1 7.8
1948 24 NYA AL 156 549 79 154 23 5 32 78 1 0 67 74 .281 .358 .515 .874 93.1 9.4
1949 25 NYA AL 148 541 116 159 30 5 46 136 0 0 86 81 .294 .390 .623 1.012 120.5 22.9
1950 26 NYA AL 155 552 101 157 28 3 43 126 1 0 76 80 .284 .370 .580 .950 109.5 21.9
1951 27 NYA AL 150 539 94 140 24 2 40 112 0 0 72 53 .260 .346 .534 .881 94.0 14.6
1952 28 NYA AL 147 525 85 136 28 1 31 90 0 1 62 71 .259 .335 .493 .828 84.8 12.0
1953 29 MIN AL 144 508 101 135 30 3 31 109 0 2 72 74 .266 .356 .520 .876 93.3 17.0
1954 30 MIN AL 150 517 86 139 29 4 41 114 0 0 62 80 .269 .349 .578 .927 99.9 19.9
1955 31 MIN AL 144 535 104 152 34 2 40 127 0 0 49 72 .284 .343 .579 .923 98.4 20.7
1956 32 MIN AL 147 474 81 120 30 2 30 75 0 0 59 89 .253 .334 .515 .849 80.1 15.6
1957 33 MIN AL 149 509 86 134 26 2 28 88 1 1 58 122 .263 .336 .487 .823 82.1 17.1
1958 34 MIN AL 141 506 79 123 25 7 20 71 1 1 54 116 .243 .316 .439 .754 70.9 10.7
1959 35 MIN AL 147 498 59 111 23 2 20 66 0 0 42 144 .223 .288 .398 .686 54.7 5.2
1960 36 MIN AL 136 471 54 116 26 2 24 93 2 1 36 121 .246 .301 .463 .763 61.1 11.0
18 Years Sim 2518 8859 1480 2308 447 50 536 1682 8 6 1085 1552 .261 .340 .504 .844 1466.4 243.8
1 Years AAA 106 409 88 138 24 3 36 97 4 1 69 72 .337 .434 .675 1.109 107.6  
162 Game Average 569 95 148 28 3 34 108 0 0 69 99 .261 .340 .504 .844 94.3  
Career Highs 157 552 116 159 34 7 46 136 2 2 86 144 .294 .390 .623 1.012 120.5  
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   5835 990 1573 308 35 351 1127 6 5 679 968 .270 .345 .515 .859 1024.3
vs LH   3024 490 735 139 15 185 555 2 1 406 584 .243 .332 .482 .814 498.4
Home 1255 4338 760 1172 235 29 293 900 6 4 506 745 .270 .345 .540 .885 796.7
Away 1263 4521 720 1136 212 21 243 782 2 2 579 807 .251 .336 .469 .805 726.0
RISP   2251 0 585 102 12 162 1063 0 0 336 409 .260 .347 .532 .879 428.0
Pinch Hitting   213 37 65 8 3 15 61 0 0 29 28 .305 .386 .582 .968 45.6
Close/Late   1041 161 281 52 5 56 182 0 0 159 203 .270 .368 .491 .859 188.4
Mar/Apr 413 1478 259 400 79 10 97 293 1 3 168 252 .271 .345 .535 .880 266.8
May 429 1487 252 393 75 8 89 291 2 1 188 252 .264 .345 .505 .850 259.9
June 419 1440 271 387 83 3 92 260 1 1 205 233 .269 .358 .522 .881 268.3
July 406 1430 217 382 58 12 89 255 3 1 164 263 .267 .342 .511 .854 249.3
August 441 1570 254 384 77 9 84 293 0 0 198 281 .245 .327 .466 .793 246.2
Sep/Oct 410 1454 227 362 75 8 85 290 1 0 162 271 .249 .323 .487 .810 232.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1943 19 NYA AL C 17 17 153.0 78 7 2 0 .977 5.00 2 1 .500 12 0.3
    LF 16 16 143.0 30 1 0 1 1.000 1.95 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    1B 15 15 119.0 131 15 2 19 .986 11.04 0 0 .000 0 0.2
1944 20 NYA AL C 131 131 1174.7 574 48 12 0 .981 4.77 41 17 .415 1 6.1
    LF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1945 21 NYA AL C 71 65 596.7 290 24 6 0 .981 4.74 27 10 .370 1 3.3
    1B 44 43 353.0 421 34 3 39 .993 11.60 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1946 22 NYA AL C 122 121 1071.0 516 36 6 0 .989 4.64 56 18 .321 2 6.5
    LF 16 0 25.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 3.24 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1947 23 NYA AL LF 123 120 1038.7 223 3 1 3 .996 1.96 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    RF 15 14 134.0 32 2 0 1 1.000 2.28 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 8 5 48.3 69 2 0 7 1.000 13.22 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 3 3 24.3 4 5 1 1 .900 3.33 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 2 1 9.3 1 3 0 1 1.000 3.86 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 4 0 6.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1948 24 NYA AL LF 141 139 1191.0 255 6 0 1 1.000 1.97 0 0 .000 0 3.1
    1B 5 0 12.0 19 0 0 3 1.000 14.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1949 25 NYA AL LF 140 138 1213.0 229 1 3 0 .987 1.71 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    1B 4 0 11.0 21 1 0 3 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 1.7 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1 0 .000 0 0.0
1950 26 NYA AL LF 96 95 821.3 146 2 0 1 1.000 1.62 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    C 48 46 403.7 176 12 3 1 .984 4.19 13 6 .462 0 0.9
    1B 7 0 12.7 16 2 0 1 1.000 12.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1951 27 NYA AL C 134 132 1177.7 562 58 18 1 .972 4.74 56 22 .393 3 5.1
    LF 5 2 20.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.77 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 2 0 3.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 12.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1952 28 NYA AL C 133 131 1173.3 617 54 15 1 .978 5.15 46 13 .283 3 3.6
    LF 6 0 14.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.63 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 3 0 7.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1953 29 MIN AL C 134 131 1172.0 567 39 12 2 .981 4.65 32 10 .313 2 4.7
    LF 8 0 13.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1954 30 MIN AL C 134 133 1168.3 530 49 9 1 .985 4.46 39 17 .436 1 6.9
    1B 10 0 26.0 37 2 0 5 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1955 31 MIN AL C 134 130 1165.3 576 34 6 0 .990 4.71 35 11 .314 0 4.2
    LF 5 0 8.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.04 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 2 0 3.0 3 0 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1956 32 MIN AL C 122 120 1082.7 599 37 4 0 .994 5.29 42 11 .262 1 4.5
    LF 15 0 26.7 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.36 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1957 33 MIN AL C 138 128 1176.0 715 35 9 0 .988 5.74 31 11 .355 3 3.1
    LF 9 0 20.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.18 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 1 0 1.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.77 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1958 34 MIN AL C 131 128 1164.7 651 37 8 3 .989 5.32 32 10 .313 5 6.1
    1B 4 0 10.0 11 1 0 0 1.000 10.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 2 0 4.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1959 35 MIN AL C 129 124 1105.3 789 39 11 1 .987 6.74 40 15 .375 1 4.8
    1B 10 0 17.0 19 4 1 1 .958 12.18 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 2 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1960 36 MIN AL C 123 118 1039.0 714 37 8 0 .989 6.51 34 10 .294 1 5.7
    LF 4 2 22.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.64 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 2 0 4.3 4 0 0 1 1.000 8.31 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1708 1655 14833.9 7956 547 130 10 .985 5.16 527 182 .345 36 65.7
  LF 591 512 4570.0 917 14 4 6 .996 1.83 0 0 .000 0 8.8
  1B 119 63 629.7 763 62 6 80 .993 11.79 0 0 .000 0 1.5
  RF 15 14 134.0 32 2 0 1 1.000 2.28 0 0 .000 0  
  3B 3 3 24.3 4 5 1 1 .900 3.33 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 2 1 9.3 1 3 0 1 1.000 3.86 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   2438 2248 20201.2 9673 633 141 99 .987 4.59 527 182 .345 36 76.1
Career Highs   155 143 1260.7 808 59 18 39 1.000 7.26 56 22 .500 12  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1943 19 NYA AL 6 19 5 4 0 0 3 7 0 0 4 5 .211 .333 .684 1.018
1945 21 NYA AL 6 24 3 7 1 0 2 4 0 0 1 3 .292 .320 .583 .903
1954 30 MIN AL 13 50 6 12 3 0 4 10 0 0 6 8 .240 .316 .540 .856
1955 31 MIN AL 12 46 4 7 1 0 0 5 0 0 7 12 .152 .259 .174 .433
1956 32 MIN AL 7 23 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 .130 .259 .217 .477
Career Post-Season Batting 44 162 21 33 5 1 9 27 0 0 22 31 .204 .294 .414 .708
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.
Slugging Pct
1946-7-.494
1948-4-.515
1949-2-.623
1950-5-.580
1951-8-.534
1953-8-.520
1954-6-.578
1955-6-.579
1956-7-.515
CAR-38-.504
 OPS
1949-3-1.012
1950-6-.950
1953-10-.876
1954-7-.927
1955-6-.923
1956-9-.849
 XR
1949-8-120.5
1955-8-98.4
CAR-28-1466.4
 Games
1947-2-157
1948-6-156
1950-7-155
CAR-21-2518
 At-Bats
CAR-29-8859
 Runs
1949-8-116
1955-6-104
CAR-22-1480
Total Bases
1948-8-283
1949-3-337
1950-5-320
1954-7-299
1955-5-310
CAR-21-4463
 Doubles
1955-9-34
 Triples
1948-10-5
1958-2-7
 Homeruns
1944-6-21
1945-7-24
1946-6-28
1947-2-30
1948-3-32
1949-1-46
1950-2-43
1951-3-40
1952-9-31
1953-6-31
1954-4-41
1955-5-40
1956-8-30
1957-10-28
CAR-8-536
 RBIs
1946-10-99
1949-6-136
1950-7-126
1951-9-112
1953-5-109
1954-7-114
1955-2-127
1960-9-93
CAR-11-1682
 Strikeouts
1945-4-92
1946-10-78
1947-3-90
1948-10-74
1949-6-81
1950-9-80
1952-9-71
1957-9-122
1958-10-116
1959-7-144
CAR-30-1552
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 128    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 67    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by New York (A) in 1943
Had first career hit on 8/7/1943, off Dave Koslo (CIN)
Hit first career homerun on 8/20/1943, off Bucky Jacobs (TAM)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/1/1943, hitting .450 with 3 HR, 11 RBI
Injured on 10/10/1943 with a Broken Hand, out for 4 weeks
Was selected to the 1944 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1944
Injured on 8/8/1945 with a Strained Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 5-6 weeks
Drove in 6 runs against Pittsburgh on 9/22/1945
Was selected to the 1946 Allstar game
Injured on 8/29/1946 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for 2-3 weeks
2/1/1947: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,664,286 through salary arbitration
2/1/1948: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,664,286 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1948, hitting .385 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
2/1/1949: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,071,429 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1949, hitting .429 with 4 HR, 10 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Minnesota on 4/21/1949
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1949, hitting .400 with 4 HR, 16 RBI
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 6/7/1949
Was selected to the 1949 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1950, hitting .348 with 5 HR, 8 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/19/1950, hitting .462 with 4 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1951 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 5/26/1952, hitting .524 with 5 HR, 9 RBI
6/1/1952: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $8,340,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1952 Allstar game
Traded from New York (A) to Minnesota on 3/3/1953 (Going to NYA: C Roy Campanella. Going to MIN: C Gil Hodges)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Boston (A) on 6/3/1953
Hit 3 homeruns against New York (A), driving in 4 runs on 6/29/1953
Had 5 hits with 7 RBI against New York (A) on 8/9/1953
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1953, hitting .409 with 3 HR, 11 RBI
Was selected to the 1954 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 6/16/1955, hitting .522 with 4 HR, 9 RBI
Was selected to the 1955 Allstar game
Won World Series with Minnesota in 1955
6/1/1956: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $6,750,000 per year, for 4 years
Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against Seattle on 5/27/1957
Won Player of the Week award on 6/2/1957, hitting .526 with 5 HR, 12 RBI
Was selected to the 1957 Allstar game
Had 2000th career hit on 6/1/1958, off Dick Hall (NYA)
Was selected to the 1958 Allstar game
Had 500th career homerun on 6/17/1959, off Carl Scheib (OAK)
Injured on 5/20/1960 with a Inflamed Achilles Tendon, out for 1-2 weeks
10/4/1960: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $4,500,000 per year, for 1 years
 
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