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	Gil Hodges - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Gil Hodges (April 4 1924 - April 2 1972) was an American baseball player in Major League Baseball.
		Hodges was originally signed by the Dodgers as a third baseman.
		Hodges was one of the original 1962 Mets.
	www.bexley.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Gil_Hodges (431 words)

	Gil Hodges - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A native of Princeton, Indiana, Hodges was originally signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as a third baseman.
		A member of the 1955 World Series champion World Champion 1955 Dodgers, Hodges held the National League record for grand slams (14) for several years, and he is a member of the exclusive club of players that have hit four home runs in a single game.
		Hodges died suddently of a heart attack in West Palm Beach, Florida while managing the Mets during spring training in 1972, just two days short of his 48th birthday.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gil_Hodges (483 words)

	Gil Hodges
		Gil Hodges was the fourth manager in Mets history and the first to lead the Amazins' to a World Series.
		Hodges was at the Mets helm from 1968-71 and posted a 339-309 record.
		Hodges played 17 straight seasons in the big leagues, spending the bulk of his career with the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers.
	www.geocities.com /Colosseum/Field/3687/hodges.htm (219 words)

	TheDeadballEra.com :: Nice Guys: Gil Hodges
		Gil was a model of consistency, collecting 100 rbi or more in 7 straight seasons.
		Hodges reminded many people of another hometown player, the great Lou Gehrig, because he was quiet, big and strong and a very gentle person.
		Gil, who was referred to as "The Quiet Man" on occasion, was given the moniker, "Miracle Worker" after he piloted the '69 Mets to the World Championship.
	www.thedeadballera.com /NiceGuys_Hodges_Gil.htm (498 words)

	CNNSI.com - MLB Baseball - Grandson of Gil Hodges charged in death of man - Friday July 07, 2000 07:42 PM
		Hodges, 27, of Brooklyn, was charged Friday with second-degree manslaughter, vehicular manslaughter and driving under the influence.
		Hodges and the victim, Lance Marino, 27, of Brooklyn, were in the Northside Cafe in Brooklyn about 9:30 p.m.
		Hodges has numerous driving violations for speeding and for driving without a license, according to motor vehicle records.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /baseball/mlb/news/2000/07/07/hodges_grandson_ap (311 words)

	Baseball Fever - Gil Hodges HOFer anyone?
		The BBWAA seemed to favor Gil Hodges to the tune of voting a near consistent 60+% on the HOF ballots in the past.
		Hodges seems to have been the recipient of a fair number of votes for reasons passing his status as a good/great player.
		Gil's widow has been campaigning for him since he died, and now she's getting older and we have to get him in before SHE dies.
	www.baseball-fever.com /printthread.php?t=14149 (1678 words)

	BIOPROJ.SABR.ORG :: The Baseball Biography Project.
		Gil Hodges was born Gilbert Ray Hodge on April 4, 1924, in Princeton, Indiana, in the state's southwestern corner, just north of Evansville.
		Hodges had the proverbial "cup of coffee" with the 1943 team, making his debut on August 23, wearing uniform #4 instead of his customary #14 and playing third base instead of first.
		Hodges homered once in each Series; in the 1956 seven-game series loss to the Yankees, he had a hand in 12 of the Dodgers' 25 runs, and he batted.391 in the 1959 Los Angeles Dodgers series win over the Chicago White Sox.
	bioproj.sabr.org /bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=20&pid=6399 (3057 words)

	JockBio: Gil Hodges Biography
		Gil did so knowing he would soon be wearing another uniform, and gave the small bonus he received to his parents.
		Gil’s stats drooped a bit to 27 homers and 102 RBIs, but his average and slugging marks were still among the best at his position.
		Gil became eligible for Hall of Fame induction as a player in 1969, and at the time voters gave a fair amount of consideration to him.
	www.jockbio.com /Classic/Hodges/Hodges_bio.html (5242 words)

	Who Was Gil Hodges and Why Isn’t He a Hall of Famer?
		Hodges owns the distinction of capturing the most votes of any man who has not been elected to Cooperstown.
		Hodges is also on the short list of major-league sluggers who blasted four homers in one game.
		Hodges, who died in 1972, also managed the Miracle Mets to their improbable World Series victory in 1969.
	www.ballparkguys.com /columnist/articles/crino/Who_Was_Gil_Hodges.htm (1137 words)

	uExpress.com: Richard Reeves by Richard Reeves -- (01/03/2003) GIL HODGES: THERE WAS A MAN
		Those were Hodges' Mets, the team that had gone from a laughable last place the year before to world champions, defeating the then-mighty Baltimore Orioles in a five-game World Series that literally changed the air and attitude in New York.
		Before that, Hodges had played 16 seasons for the Dodgers -- missing four years as a decorated Marine in World War II -- a couple of them, unfortunately, after the team was moved to someplace on the West Coast, never to be heard from again.
		Now, Hodges, who died of a heart attack when he was 48, is one of 25 candidates on the ballot of the Veterans Committee of the Hall of Fame.
	www.uexpress.com /richardreeves?uc_full_date=20030103 (742 words)

	USATODAY.com - Hodges deserves Hall of Fame nod (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Joan Hodges holds fast to her rite of passage into the night, starting with rosaries and ending with a whispered act of contrition.
		Hodges surrendered two seasons to be a Marine on Okinawa, and Joan was married to him three years before he mentioned the medal he'd won for bravery.
		Hodges sent it back to the killing fields, telling the soldier he was more worthy of wearing it.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/columnist/oconnor/2002-12-16-oconnor_x.htm (741 words)

	Rob Neyer
		Rob says, "There's certainly an argument for Gil Hodges here," which is something like acknowledging that there may be an argument that the moon might not be made of green cheese.
		Hodges is clearly in front in both categories; while he was renowned for his leadership and remains a beloved Bum, Garvey was the irritating "Mr.
		Gil Hodges was at least as good a player as Steve Garvey -- quite possibly better -- and he played almost 300 more games as a Dodger.
	www.robneyer.com /book_03_LA.html (743 words)

	New York Mets News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Hodges isn't, but the focus will be on him in the upcoming election by the Hall of Fame Veterans Committee.
		Hodges played one game as a rookie in 1943, but was immediately drafted for 2 1/2 years of service as a Marine in World War II.
		The son of a coal miner, Hodges was quiet and unassuming.
	newyork.mets.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/nym/news/nym_news.jsp?ymd=20050228&content_id=952453&vkey=news_nym&fext=.jsp (683 words)

	Press Release Archives #106-01 - MAYOR GIULIANI AND JOAN HODGES UNVEIL "GIL HODGES WAY" IN BROOKLYN
		Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani today was joined by Joan Hodges, the widow of the late New York Mets legend Gil Hodges, New York City Sports Commissioner Kenneth J. Podziba, and Council Members Michael C. Nelson to unveil Gil Hodges Way in Brooklyn.
		Gilbert Raymond Hodges was born in Princeton, Indiana on April 4, 1924.
		Gil enlisted in the United States Marine Corps at the height of the war and received the Bronze Star for meritorious and heroic service.
	www.nyc.gov /html/om/html/2001a/pr106-01.html (555 words)

	Gil Hodges Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Gil Hodges was born on Friday, April 4, 1924, in Princeton, Indiana.
		Hodges was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on October 3, 1943, with the Brooklyn Dodgers, and his Major League Baseball stats for every season he played, along with his career totals are on this page.
		Gil Hodges's biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable) career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this Gil Hodges baseball statistics page.
	www.baseball-almanac.com /players/player.php?p=hodgegi01 (234 words)

	Santo, Hodges fall short in Hall voting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		TAMPA - Ron Santo, Gil Hodges and everyone else on the ballot fell short Wednesday as once again the baseball Veterans Committee failed to elect anyone to the Hall of Fame.
		Santo and Hodges came the closest with 65 percent - 75 percent was needed for induction - each falling eight votes shy.
		Hodges, the former Brooklyn first baseman and New York Mets manager, fell 11 votes short in 2003, when 61 votes were needed for election.
	www.azcentral.com /sports/diamondbacks/articles/0303bbfill0303.html (345 words)

	story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The fact that Hodges is not in the Hall is not merely an oversight, but a travesty, says Alevy.
		Hodges' statistics as a player and manager suggest Alevy is right: 370 lifetime home runs (30 or more in six seasons, four in one game), seven consecutive seasons with 100 or more runs batted in, a lifetime batting average of.273, and an average of.333 on eight National League All-Star teams.
		So committed to the Hodges crusade is D'Agostin that between September and November, he wrote 1,200 letters urging others to support the candidacy of Number 14.
	www.bayou.com /~brooklyn/tom.html (1292 words)

	The Sporting News: Behind the numbers. (baseball player Gil Hodges... @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Playing on one of the greatest teams to collectively take the field, Gil played first base so skillfully that Stan Musial once referred to him as "perhaps the best righthanded-fielding first baseman of his time." He was quiet and unassuming yet he stood out by virtue of his character, integrity and athletic ability.
		Hodges also led the league in fielding three times, won three Gold Gloves, participated in six All-Star Games, played in seven World Series and was voted the National League Manager of the Year in 1969 when he guided the Mets from obscurity to 100 regular-season victories and a world championship against the Orioles.
		Hodges' fans already know the most special quality about Gil was not his skill with a bat or a glove or even a manager's scorecard.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:16231731&refid=ip_almanac_hf (960 words)

	Gil Hodges - ProSportsDaily Forums
		Hodges is like our Phil Rizzuto and will eventually get his due and be enshrined into the HOF.
		Jones said no. Hodges told him, you must be to hurt to play, if you weren't you would have ran after that ground ball.
		Gil was one of the very few who did.
	www.prosportsdaily.com /forums/showthread.php?t=13562 (790 words)

	The Columnists.com has columns about entertainment, television, music, and screen classics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		I knew Hodges well as a New York sportswriter during his later years with the Dodgers, the Original New York Mets, his managerial days with Washington and his championship year as the Mets field leader with the Miracle Mets of 1969.
		She is Joan Hodges, his wife of 24 years and his widow ever since 1972, mother of their four children, and grandmother and great grandmother to eight more Hodges progeny.
		Hodges was finished in 1962 when he played for the Mets and moved to Washington as their manager in 1963.
	www.thecolumnists.com /allen/allen36.html (890 words)

	Gil Hodges (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Gilbert Raymond Hodges was born April 4, 1924 in Princeton IN.
		Gil was drafted to the Brooklyn Dodges on October 3, 1943.
		Gil’s amazing talent for playing the game of baseball made him very famous.
	www.avon.k12.in.us /All-Stars/as_mullen/as_mullen.htm (90 words)

	Gil Hodges \| BaseballLibrary.com
		During the 1952 WS loss to the Yankees, Hodges went a dreadful 0-for-21, and prayers were said for the beloved Dodger in churches all across Brooklyn.
		Gil's first homer is a 2-run shot off loser Warren Spahn in the second inning, adds a 2-run homer in the third off Norman Roy, another 2-run homer off Bob Hall in the sixth, and a 3-run shot off Johnny Antonelli in the eighth.
		Gil Hodges's 8th-inning HR, his 25th at Ebbets Field (a new club record), gives him 42 for the season, tying him with Duke Snider for the most by a Dodger.
	www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/H/Hodges_Gil.stm (2737 words)

	SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Gil Hodges
		Hodges and Santo came the closest with 65 per cent of the votes -- 75 per cent is needed for induction.
		Gil Hodges and Ron Santo fell eight votes shy of the necessary 75 percent, with each appearing on 52 ballots (65 percent) in totals announced Wednesday.
		Gil Hodges, Tony Oliva and Ron Santo were among the 25 candidates on that ballot.
	sports.surfwax.com /files/Gil_Hodges.html (4534 words)

	Dugout Memories Inc. Gil Hodges: Still waiting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Playing on one of the greatest teams to collectively take the field, Gil played first base so skillfully that Stan Musial once referred to him as " perhaps the best righthanded-fileding first baseman of his time." He was quiet and unassuming yet he stood out by virtue of his character, integrity and athletic ability.
		And while each of these men has said Hodges was every bit as valuable as any of his teammates, he remains, 22 years after his death, excluded from the Hall of Fame.
		Gil Hodges passed away at the age of 47.
	www.bayou.com /~brooklyn/hodges.html (905 words)

	SITT - Gil Hodges
		In 1952, the World Series was tough for the "Princeton Powerhouse." Gil couldn't get a base hit and the Catholic churches in Brooklyn had prayer vigils around the clock for divine indulgence.
		Hodges was a smooth fielder, as a lifetime.992 average would attest.
		Hodges became only the second man in the 20th century to hit four homers (off four different pitchers) in a nine-inning game.
	www.thediamondangle.com /sitt/hodges.html (351 words)

	OpinionJournal - Taste
		The Hall of Fame, that is. While the entire baseball world fixates on the ban on Pete Rose, a true injustice goes almost unheralded: the exclusion of Gil Hodges from baseball's Hall of Fame.
		Joan Hodges, who still lives in their home on Bedford Avenue (renamed Gil Hodges Way a few years back) recalls driving to Florida for spring training each year with their kids singing "The Marine Corps Hymn." "I think it was the first song he ever taught them," she says.
		When Joan suggested that maybe he was being too strict, she'd remind him that "they're only boys, Gil." Invariably he would remind her, yes, they were boys--but they were his boys.
	www.opinionjournal.com /taste?id=110002852 (555 words)

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