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    Gilbert Raymond Hodges (born Hodge; April 4, 1924 – April 2, 1972) was an American first baseman and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played...
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    Brooklyn (redirect from Gil Hodges School)
    Brooklyn is a borough of New York City located at the westernmost end of Long Island in the State of New York. Formerly an independent city, the borough...
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    The Marine Parkway–Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge (originally and often referred to as the Marine Parkway Bridge) is a vertical-lift bridge in New York City...
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    National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Retrieved December 5, 2021. "Gil Hodges". National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Retrieved December 5, 2021...
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    single and sixth inning bases-loaded sacrifice fly, both by Gil Hodges. The RBIs by Hodges were set up by a double by Roy Campanella in the fourth and...
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    base coach Eddie Yost was acting manager for one game. The next day saw Gil Hodges take over as manager. The Senators ended the season with their worst season...
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  • Bud Fowler, while the Golden Days Era Committee elected Minnie Miñoso, Gil Hodges, Jim Kaat, and Tony Oliva. The inductees and other honorees composing...
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    his own, and the Yankee lead looked safe until a leadoff home run by Gil Hodges and two-run home run by pinch-hitter George Shuba chased Reynolds in the...
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  • Mets traded Denehy to the Washington Senators for the Senators' manager, Gil Hodges, who was then in the middle of a multi-year contract he had signed as...
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    shortstop Pee Wee Reese, who relayed to first baseman Gil Hodges to double up a surprised Gil McDougald to preserve the Dodger lead. Hank Bauer grounded...
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    (editor), Branch Rickey's Little Blue Book Thomas Oliphant, Praying for Gil Hodges: A Memoir of the 1955 World Series and One Family's Love of the Brooklyn...
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    and J. T. Snow. Mark Teixeira has won five Gold Gloves at the position. Gil Hodges, Eddie Murray and Jeff Bagwell are the only members of the Baseball Hall...
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    Robinson and George Shuba batted over .300, while Roy Campanella (97) and Gil Hodges (102) paced the team in RBIs. The Dodgers had no dominant pitchers with...
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    Hernández was the last Dodger to wear number 14 before it was retired for Gil Hodges on June 4, 2022. On February 2, 2021, Hernández signed a two-year, $14...
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  • threat. In the bottom of the 12th, Gil Hodges drew a walk with two out and nobody on. Joe Pignatano singled Hodges to second. Carl Furillo hit a ground...
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  • getting the only run he needed early when Jackie Robinson doubled and Gil Hodges singled. Yankee Stadium came alive in the ninth with Joe DiMaggio's leadoff...
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  • place in the National League East division. On April 2, 1972, manager Gil Hodges and coaches Rube Walker, Joe Pignatano and Eddie Yost, were returning...
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    schools operated by the New York City Department of Education: PS 193 Gil Hodges (grades PK-5) PS 197 The Kings Highway Academy (grades PK-5) PS 199 Frederick...
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  • only players on the team who garnered more than 400 at bats. Manager Gil Hodges also employed a platoon system like the Yankees of the Casey Stengel era...
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  • back with a Jackie Robinson homer in the second inning and a three-run Gil Hodges shot in the third, then won behind Sal Maglie's complete game. Neither...
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  • two playoff appearances each. Johnson and Gil Hodges are the only Mets managers to win a World Series: Hodges in 1969 against the Baltimore Orioles; and...
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    dropped the World Series in seven games to the New York Yankees. Led by Gil Hodges, Jackie Robinson, and Duke Snider, the high-powered Brooklyn offense scored...
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    Secretary of Defense. Ernest Hemingway, writer and war correspondent Gil Hodges, Hall of Fame baseball player and manager Leo Hoegh, former Governor of...
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    infielder, Chicago Cubs Jim Hickman, outfielder, St. Louis Cardinals Gil Hodges, infielder, Los Angeles Dodgers Jay Hook, pitcher, Cincinnati Reds Al...
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    Gil Hodges was one of the first Gold Glove recipients, in 1957...
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    game and hit a home run each time. Warren Spahn pitched the ball which Gil Hodges hit for the first of his four, the only Hall of Fame pitcher faced during...
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    Orioles. They played their home games at Shea Stadium and were managed by Gil Hodges. The team is often referred to as the "Amazin' Mets" (a nickname coined...
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    ERA for the Suns. By the time he returned to the Mets in 1969, manager Gil Hodges had a very capable young pitching rotation that included Tom Seaver, Jerry...
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    Louis Cardinals (12, 8–4) Red Schoendienst 1969 New York Mets (1, 1–0) Gil Hodges 4–1 Baltimore Orioles (3, 1–2) Earl Weaver 1970 Baltimore Orioles (4,...
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