For the Australian rules football player, see Russ Hodges (footballer).
Russ Hodges
Hodges in 1955
Born
(1910-06-18)June 18, 1910
Dayton, Tennessee, U.S.
Died
April 19, 1971(1971-04-19) (aged 60)
Mill Valley, California, U.S.
Alma mater
University of Kentucky
Occupation
Sports announcer
Years active
1934–1970
Known for
Major League Baseball coverage The Giants won the pennant!
Children
2
Awards
Ford C. Frick Award (1980)
Russell Pleasant Hodges (June 18, 1910 – April 19, 1971)[1] was an American sportscaster who did play-by-play for several baseball teams, most notably the New York Giants / San Francisco Giants. He is perhaps best remembered for his call of Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard 'Round the World"—The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant!
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inducted as manager, played for Giants from 1921 to 1923. Broadcasters RussHodges, Lon Simmons, and Jon Miller are permanently honored in the Hall's "Scribes...
announcer from 1948 to 1964. He was known as "The voice of the Yankees." RussHodges had a brief stint with Mel Allen before he took over as the lead announcer...
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doing the Series along with the New York Giants' regular broadcaster, RussHodges. (Brickhouse had also called Giants games locally in 1946.) Brickhouse...
games behind the NL Champion Milwaukee Braves. Of the broadcast team, RussHodges left his former broadcasting partners in New York and for that season...
Baseball, teaming with lead announcer RussHodges, who moved with the team from New York. To complement Hodges' "Bye Bye Baby!" home run call, Simmons...
the San Francisco Giants' original broadcasting team (together with RussHodges and Lon Simmons) when the Giants moved west from New York in 1958, and...
midseason firing of manager John McNamara, who was replaced as skipper by Russ Nixon. The Reds fell to the bottom of the Western Division for the next few...
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broadcast boxing matches from New York's Madison Square Garden featuring RussHodges, Jack Drees, and Bill Nimmo. It finished at #26 for the 1950-1951 season...
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two-issue "Mel Allen's Sports Comics" series between 1949 and 1950. After RussHodges departed from the Yankee booth to become the longtime voice of the New...
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in 1954. He subsequently produced Giants radio broadcasts, hosted by RussHodges and Lon Simmons upon the team's move from New York by owner Horace Stoneham...
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