Kevin Hodges
Pitcher
Born: June 24, 1973 (1973-06-24) (age 36) Houston, Texas
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 24, 2000 for the Seattle Mariners
Last MLB appearance
September 30, 2000 for the Seattle Mariners
Career statistics
Win-Loss record	0-0
Earned run average	5.19
Strikeouts	7
Teams
Seattle Mariners (2000) Yakult Swallows (2001-2003) (NPB) Samsung Lions (2004) (KBO) Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (2005) (NPB)

Kevin Hodges (born June 24, 1973 in Houston, Texas) is a former Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball right-handed pitcher.

He is the older brother of Trey Hodges, who also played in the major leagues and Nippon Professional Baseball.

[edit] Biography

Hodges was drafted by the Kansas City Royals, and made his major league debut with the Seattle Mariners in 2000. He was signed by the Yakult Swallows in mid-2001, and contributed to the team's league championship as part of the starting rotation. He led the Japanese Central League with 17 wins in 2002, (tied with Koji Uehara) but was released at the end of 2003. He played a season with the Samsung Lions in the Korean Baseball Organization in 2004, and returned to Japan to play for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in 2005.

He returned to the United States in 2006, and played with the Bridgeport Bluefish in the independent Atlantic League.

[edit] External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube
• Nippon Professional Baseball career statistics from Japanesebaseball.com

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