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Dec 6, 2021 · Gil Hodges was a slugging first baseman who could help his team with his bat and his glove. He helped lead the Dodgers to two World Series titles. Harry Harris/Associated Press. By Tyler...
Apr 1, 2022 · April 1st, 2022. Bill Ladson. @ ladsonbill24. NEW YORK -- Saturday marks 50 years since the passing of Gil Hodges, who died on April 2, 1972, just two days prior to his 48th birthday. This July, he will be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame -- an honor many feel was long overdue.
Dec 6, 2021 · Former Dodgers slugger Gil Hodges, who won championships as a player in Brooklyn (1955) and Los Angeles (1959) and managed the New York Mets to the 1969 World Series title, was one of four...
Jan 4, 2012 · Those fans knew their baseball, and Gil was the only player I can remember whom the fans never, I mean never, booed.”1 — Clem Labine “… epitomizes the courage, sportsmanship and integrity of America’s favorite pastime.” — back of a 1966 Topps baseball card “Gil Hodges is a Hall of Fame man.”2 — Roy Campanella
Dec 5, 2021 · For one of the most accomplished individuals in Major League history, it had all been fruitless. • Complete Hall of Fame coverage. That changed on Sunday. The Hall of Fame’s Golden Days Era panel voted to induct Hodges into Cooperstown posthumously, ending a wait of more than 52 years since he first appeared on a ballot.
Gil Hodges Bio. Fullname: Gilbert Raymond Hodges; Born: 4/04/1924 in Princeton, IN; College: Saint Joseph's College (IN) Debut: 10/03/1943; Hall of Fame: 2021; Died: 4/02/1972
Gil Hodges was born on Friday, April 4, 1924, in Princeton, Indiana. Hodges was 19 years old when he broke into the big leagues on October 3, 1943, with the Brooklyn Dodgers. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items ...
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