Gil Hodges
Gilbert Raymond (born
Gilbert Ray Hodge) Hodges
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 200 lbs.
Born: April 4, 1924 in Princeton, IN
Signed: 1943 by the Brooklyn Dodgers
Acquired: via the Expansion Draft from the Los Angeles Dodgers, October 1961
Departed: traded to the Washington Senators for Jim Piersall,
May 1963
Acquired: traded from the Senators for Bill Denehy and
cash, November 1967
Died: April 2, 1972 in West Palm Beach, FL
I had finally, after years of hoping, given
up. I wrote: "It is way past time
for the Veterans' Committee to elect Gil to the Hall of Fame … but it looks
like it's not ever going to happen."
Then, dropping from the sky like a felicitous bit of manna, a Golden Age
committee voted Hodges into the Hall of Fame in the fall of 2021. Validation at last! Not only was Gil a feared slugger and superb
defensive player, he also guided the 1969 Mets to a miraculous World
Championship as a manager. Pictured is his card from the 1955 Topps set, and
there are several more fascinating items shown below. Words of praise for Gil's character appear on
the top of the list in his biography at the SABR website. Confirm it by clicking on the banner at the
bottom of the page.
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This is a list of the cards of this player
that I had in my Mets collection before I transferred the ownership of said
collection to another diligent and capable Mets fan. The cards that are listed
in light gray print and struck through are cards that were sold for charity
prior to my divestiture. The cards
listed in white text are the ones that still remained until that final
deal. Items listed in green I kept out
of the deal, just so I'd have something to display in my office and den. At the bottom and listed in orange text are
cards that I picked up after the dealing was done, in order to maintain a
certain continuity at this site; that is, so I'd have a card to show you at the
top of the page, and maybe in the autographs and game-used areas. If an orange card is struck through, it has
also departed the collection. I’m still
accepting donations, should you feel so moved.
Contact me by following this link: NYMHall.
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1954 Topps |
1954 Dan-Dee reprint |
1955 Red Man NL |
1967 Topps |
1947-66 Exhibits (Brooklyn cap)
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1952 Bowman |
1947-66 Exhibits |
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1960 Topps |
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1961 Nu-Card Scoops |
1970 Topps |
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1997 New York Legends lottery ticket |
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2015 Panini Diamond Kings |
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1949 Bowman #100 reprint
1950 Bowman #112
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1950 Bowman |
1951 Topps Red Backs |
1951 Bowman #7 reprint
1951 Topps Red Backs #31
1952 Bowman #80
1952 Bowman #80 reprint
Dover reprint of 1953 Bowman Color #92
1954 Dan-Dee Potato Chips reprint
1954 Topps Sports Illustrated Magazine Preview #102
1955 Bowman #158
1955 Red Man NL #3
1955 Topps #187
1957 Topps #80
1958 Topps #162
1959 Home Run Derby reprint
1959 Topps #270
1960 Topps #295
1960 Topps #388 (World Series
Game #4: "Hodges' Winning Homer")
1961 Nu-Card
Scoops #441
1961 Post Box #168
1961 Topps #460
1962 Jay
Publishing Mets
1962 Topps #85
1963 Jell-O #193
1963 Topps #68 ("Friendly
Foes;" with Duke Snider)
1963 Topps #245
1965 Topps #99
1966 Topps #386
1967 Topps #228
1968 Topps #27
1969 The News Portfolio of Stars by Stark reprint
1969 Topps #564
1970 Topps #394
1971 Topps #183
1972 Topps #465
1977 TCMA Renata Galasso #15
1979 TCMA Baseball History Series #43 ("Dodger Power"; with Duke Snider)
1979 TCMA Baseball History Series #71
1980 TCMA All Time Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers
#001 (blue
back)
1981 TCMA The 1960's #315, #407, #423
1981 TCMA The 1960's #482 (with Labine, Lavagetto, Craig, Zimmer, Neal, and Stengel)
1982 Renata Galasso 20 Years of New York Met
Baseball #10
1982 TCMA Baseball's Greatest Sluggers #14
1985 Circle K
Collectors' Series #29
1985 Sports Design Doug West #30
1986 Sports
Design J. D. McCarthy #19
1987 Hygrade Baseball's All-Time Greats1987 TCMA Baseball's Greatest Teams 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers #9
1988 Pacific Baseball Legends #87
1989
Bowman sweepstakes card (reprint of
1949 Bowman #100)
1989 Swell (CMC) Baseball Greats #33
1989 Topps #664 (Turn Back the Clock)
1989 Topps Tiffany #664 (Turn Back the
Clock)
1990 Swell (CMC)
Baseball Greats #132
1990 Target Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers #350
1991
Nobody Beats the Wiz Mets #185
1991 Pacific Nolan Ryan Texas Express #11 (with Nolan Ryan)
1991 Topps Archives #296 (reprint of 1953
Topps)
1993 Action Packed All-Star Gallery #137
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1987 Hygrade All-Time Greats |
1995 Sonic |
2003 Fleer Tradition |
2016 Panini Diamond Kings |
1994 Ron Lewis '69 Mets 25th Anniversary
Postcards #2 (02767 of 25,000)
1994 Spectrum Miracle of '69 #29, #34, #57
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1962 Salada coin |
1994 Ted Williams #11
1994 Ted Williams #148 (Swinging for the
Fences)
1994 Topps Archives #102 (reprint of
1954 Topps)
1995 Sonic #12
1995 Topps Brooklyn Dodgers Archives #4 (reprint
of 1952 Topps #36)
1995 Topps Brooklyn Dodgers Archives #106 (reprint of 1955 Topps #187)
1995 Topps Brooklyn Dodgers Archives #150 (reprint of 1956 Topps #145)
1996 Danbury Mint 22K Gold Cards #38
2000 Fleer Greats of the Game #2
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2001 Fleer Greats of the Game Dodger Blues (game-used uniform)
2001 Topps Archives #224 (reprint of 1960 Topps #388)2001
Topps Archives #313 (reprint of 1952
Topps #36)
2001 Topps Archives #404 (reprint
of 1963 Topps #245)
2001 Upper Deck Legends of New York #5
2001 Upper Deck Legends of New York #17 (Dem
Bums)
2001 Upper Deck SP Legendary Cuts #28
2001 Upper Deck SP Legendary Cuts Legendary Game
Jerseys #J-GH (game-used jersey)
2002 Fleer Greats
#43
2002 Fleer Mets 40th Anniversary
All-Amazin' Team #12002 Fleer Platinum Cornerstones #30 (with Eric Karros; 0762/1000)
2002 Topps Archives #48 (reprint of
1954 Topps #102)
2002 Topps Archives #177 (reprint of
1969 Topps #564)
2002 Topps Super Teams #87
2002 Topps Super Teams Retrofractor #87 (0767/1969)2002 Topps Tribute #48
2002 Upper Deck SP Legendary Cuts #31
2003 Fleer
Tradition #78
2004 Upper Deck Sweet Spot Classic #31
2005 Donruss Champions #168
2006 Hero Decks Mets Heroes
2010 Panini Century Collection #37 (game-worn uniform; 005/250)
2013 Hero Decks Mets Heroes
2013 Panini Golden Age Headlines #12
2015 Panini Diamond Kings #59
2016 Panini
Diamond Kings #62016 Panini Diamond Kings Minis #6
2019 Topps Archives #144
2021 Panini Absolute #61
2022 Baseball Hall of Fame Plaque Postcards
Other Gil Hodges memorabilia in my
collection:
1962 Salada plastic coin #146~1969 Rheingold beer tray with
commemorative calendar
~1969 tin coaster
1990 Nobody Beats the Wiz Mets Hall of Fame postcard
(with Casey Stengel)
1997 New York Legends lottery ticket
1999 Danbury Mint 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers
order form
2002 Mets ticket information
brochure
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"When Hodges managed the
Washington Senators, he learned once that four players were violating a
midnight curfew. Hodges believes in curfews and he summoned his ball club and
announced: 'I know who you were. You're each fined one hundred dollars. But a
lot of us are married and I don't want to embarrass anyone. There's a cigar
box on my desk. At the end of the day I'm going to look into that box and I
want to see four hundred dollars in it. Then the matter will be closed.'
Hodges gazed. At the end of the day, he looked into the cigar box. He found
$700." -- Roger Kahn 1 |
