Many children work hard to please their parents, but what I truly longed for was good times that were about us, not about me. That is the real hole the Dodgers filled in my life.
"As player"
*Los Angeles Dodgers/Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers (, –)
*New York Mets (–)
"As manager"
*Texas Rangers (baseball)/Washington Senators (–)
*New York Mets (–)
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*8× Major League Baseball All-Star Game/All-Star (1949 Major League Baseball All-Star Game/1949–1955 Major League Baseball All-Star Game/1955, 1957 Major League Baseball All-Star Game/1957)
*3× World Series champion (, , )
*3× Gold Glove Award (1957–1959)
*Hit List of Major League Baseball hitters with four home runs in one game/4 home runs in one game on August 31, 1950
*New York Mets#Retired numbers/New York Mets #14 retired
*New York Mets Hall of Fame
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"Gilbert Ray Hodges", ne "Hodge" (April 4, 1924 – April 2, 1972) was an American first baseman and manager (baseball)/manager in Major League Baseball who played most of his career for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers.
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