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Gilbert Ray Hodges, ''ne'' Hodge〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Current and Former Players with Note Regarding Their Names )〕 (April 4, 1924 – April 2, 1972) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) first baseman and manager who played most of his 18-year career for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers. He was inducted into the New York Mets Hall of Fame in 1982. Hodges is generally considered to be the best defensive first baseman in the 1950s. He was an All-Star for eight seasons and a Gold Glove Award winner for three consecutive seasons. Hodges and Duke Snider are the only players to have the most home runs or runs batted in together during the decade with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Hodges was the National League (NL) leader in double plays four times and in putouts, assists and fielding percentage three times each. He ranked second in NL history with 1,281 assists and 1,614 double plays when his career ended, and was among the league's career leaders in games (6th, 1,908) and total chances (10th, 16,751) at first base. Hodges also managed the New York Mets to the 1969 World Series title, one of the greatest upsets in Fall Classic history.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Page 2's List for top upset in sports history )〕 In 2014, Hodges appeared for the second time as a candidate on the National Baseball Hall of Fame's Golden Era Committee election ballot〔http://baseballhall.org/hall-of-fame/2015-golden-era-committee-ballot〕 for possible Hall of Fame consideration in 2015. He and the other candidates all missed getting elected.〔 National Baseball Hall of Fame, 12/8/2014, "Golden Era Announces Results" () Retrieved April 23, 2015 〕 The Committee meets and votes on ten candidates selected from the 1947 to 1972 era every three years.〔 MLB.com, "''No one elected to Hall of Fame by Golden Era Committee''" () Retrieved April 24, 2015 〕 ==Early years== Hodges was born in Princeton, Indiana, the son of coal miner Charles and his wife Irene, (''nee'' Horstmeyer). He had an older brother, Robert, and a younger sister, Marjorie. The family moved to nearby Petersburg when Hodges was seven. He was a star four-sport athlete at Petersburg High School, earning a combined seven varsity letters in football, baseball, basketball and track. He declined a contract offer from the Detroit Tigers, instead attending Saint Joseph's College with the hope of eventually becoming a collegiate coach. Hodges spent two years (1941–1942 and 1942–1943) at St Joseph's, competing in baseball, basketball and briefly in football.〔(【引用サイトリンク】author=Bill Robertson )〕 He was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1943, and appeared in one game for the team as a third baseman that year. Hodges entered the United States Marine Corps during World War II after having participated in its Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program at Saint Joseph's. He served in combat as an anti-aircraft gunner in the battles of Tinian and Okinawa, and received a Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V" for heroism under fire. Following the war, Hodges also spent time completing course work at Oakland City University, near his hometown, playing basketball for the Mighty Oaks, joining the 1947–48 team after four games (1–3 record); they finished at 9–10. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gil Hodges」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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