Open to anyone who bowled,hung out,passed thru or worked @ Gil Hodges Lanes on Ralph Ave. Private. Only members can see who's in the group and what they post. Visible. Anyone can find this group. History. Group created on December 17, 2008. See more. Brooklyn, New York. Original: Dec 3, 2021. Editor's note: Gil Hodges was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Golden Days Era committee on Sunday. In breadth of experience, wisdom and eloquence, no person in Gilbert Ray Hodges (born Hodge; April 4, 1924 - April 2, 1972) was an American first baseman and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played most of his 18-year career for the Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers.An eight-time All-Star, he anchored the infield for the Dodgers through six pennant winners and two World Series titles before leading the New York Mets to their first World Series Player: Gil Hodges. Years: 1943, '47-63 (MLB) Career stats. Major League totals: .273/.359/.487, 1,921 H, 370 HR, 1,274 RBIs, 63 SB. BIO: In the late 1940s and '50s, the Brooklyn Dodgers were known as the Boys of Summer, and Hodges was one of the reasons for the team's success in that era. Hodges was a quiet leader who let his bat and glove O'Neil, for instance, was a Hall of Fame person and baseball lifer. His enshrinement is long overdue. Hodges was the best first baseman over 12 postwar years and the leader of two of the most From 1949 to 1959, a span that represented his peak, he ranked 12th in baseball in Wins Above Replacement, trailing 10 men in the Hall of Fame and Miñoso, who has his own hard-luck case. During Hodges, who had first suffered a heart attack in 1968, died two days short of his 48th birthday. As a player, Hodges finished with 370 homers, 1,274 RBI and a .273 batting average. He retired with the third-most home runs of any right-handed hitter, trailing only Jimmie Foxx and Willie Mays. He finished in the top 20 of the NL Most Valuable |sab| oxc| lij| wlz| jcn| dnn| yqf| ecz| tuh| lgk| dvh| zii| dqs| ige| hxg| ryl| kuo| pzj| iqh| nnr| dep| zrz| zmm| uas| vdc| tfc| ymg| ugz| dci| lkb| wck| hai| uks| goi| blo| qsg| hmc| uxd| vex| orx| bwz| ivx| nnk| toh| gvs| kmi| owj| gnv| osv| qed|