# Bert Hodges

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For the Welsh cricketer, see [Bert Hodges (cricketer)](/source/Bert_Hodges_(cricketer)).

**Edward Burton Hodges** (May 25, 1917 – January 8, 2001) was an American [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) [third baseman](/source/Third_baseman). Listed at 5' 11", 170 lb., he batted left-handed and threw right-handed.[1]

Born in [Knoxville, Tennessee](/source/Knoxville,_Tennessee), Hodges started his [minor league](/source/Minor_League_Baseball) career in 1937 with the [Elizabethton Betsy Red Sox](/source/Appalachian_League#Complete_team_list_.281937-55.2C_1956-present.29), playing for them three years before joining the [Greenville Buckshots](/source/Cotton_States_League#Fourth_stage_.281936-1941.29) (1940) and the [Memphis Chickasaws](/source/Memphis_Chicks_(Southern_Association)) (1941). He entered the major leagues in 1942 with the [Philadelphia Phillies](/source/Philadelphia_Phillies), appearing in eight games from April 14 to 26.[2]

Hodges had two [singles](/source/Single_(baseball)) in eleven [at bats](/source/At_bat) for a .182 [average](/source/Batting_average_(baseball)), but did not score a [run](/source/Run_(baseball)) or drive one in.[1]

He returned to Memphis in 1942 and played one more season with them in 1947. In 797 minor league games, he hit .292 with 234 [extra-base hits](/source/Extra-base_hit), including 23 [home runs](/source/Home_run).[2]

Hodges died in Knoxville, Tennessee, at the age of 83.

## Sources

1. ["Baseball-Reference.com – Major league profile"](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hodgebe01.shtml)

1. ["Baseball-Reference.com – Minor league career"](https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=hodge-001edw)

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