It was announced on Sunday night that former Mets player and manager of the 1969 Miracle Mets Gil Hodges has been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame via the Golden Days Era ballot.
Hodges hit 370 home runs and had a 120 OPS+ in a big league career that started as a 19-year-old with the Brooklyn Dodgers and finished with the Mets.
Hodges was an outstanding fielder, winning the first three Gold Gloves ever awarded in his final three seasons as a full-time regular.
He was best known as a dominant power hitter, topping twenty home runs for eleven consecutive seasons, and he totaled thirty or more homers in six of those years. He was an eight-time All Star.
Hodges spent nine seasons as a manager including winning the World Series with the 1969 Miracle Mets.
Tony Oliva, Jim Kaat, and Minnie Miñoso were also inducted by the Golden Days Era committee.
Buck O’Neil and Bud Flower were inducted into the Hall of Fame from the Early Days Era ballot.
Congratulations to all the inductees especially Gil who is watching from heaven.
