- Kevin Hodges (baseball)
Infobox MLB retired
name=Kevin Hodges
position=Pitcher
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1973|6|24
city-state|Houston|Texas
debutdate=April 24
debutyear=by|2000
debutteam=Seattle Mariners
finaldate=September 30
finalyear=by|2000
finalteam=Seattle Mariners
stat1label=Win-Loss record
stat1value=0-0
stat2label=ERA
stat2value=5.19
stat3label=Strikeout s
stat3value=7
teams=
*Seattle Mariners (2000)
*Yakult Swallows (NPB) (2001-03)
*Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (NPB) (2005)Kevin Hodges (born
June 24 ,1973 ) is a former major league baseball player fromHouston, Texas . He is a right-handed pitcher.He is the older brother of
Trey Hodges , who also played in the major leagues andNippon Professional Baseball .Biography
Hodges was drafted by the
Kansas City Royals , and made his major league debut with theSeattle Mariners in 2000. He was signed by theYakult Swallows in mid-2001, and contributed to the team's league championship as part of the starting rotation. He led the JapaneseCentral League with 17 wins in 2002, (tied withKoji Uehara ) but was released at the end of 2003. He played a season with theSamsung Lions in theKorean Baseball Organization in 2004, and returned to Japan to play for theTohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in 2005.He returned to the United States in 2006, and played with the
Bridgeport Bluefish in the Atlantic League.External links
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