Joan Hodges, the widow of former Mets manager and Hall of Famer Gil Hodges, died on Saturday night after a long illness.
Joan Hodges, the widow of former Mets manager and Hall of Famer Gil Hodges, died on Saturday night after a long illness, the Mets announced on Sunday. She was 10 days shy of her 96th birthday.“We are thankful that Joan was able to see Gil inducted into the Hall of Fame in July,” Mets president Sandy Alderson said in a statement. “That meant so much to her and the entire Mets and Hodges family.
She was a true baseball fan and still followed her two favorite teams, the Mets and Dodgers. We send our condolences to her daughters, Irene and Cindy, her son Gil Jr. and the rest of the Hodges family.”Gil Hodges and Joan Hodges appear after their wedding on Dec. 26, 1948.Gil Hodges, an eight-time All-Star for the Brooklyn Dodgers who led the Mets to their first World Series championship in 1969, died in 1972 at the age of 47.
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