Hi, and welcome to another edition of Dodgers Dugout. My name is Houston Mitchell and let's get right to No. 13 in our countdown.
The 25 greatest Dodgers, No. 13: Gil Hodges (71 first-place votes, 10,160 points)
He was the most loved member of the Boys of Summer Dodgers, or as teammate Clem Labine put it, "Not getting booed at Ebbets Field was an amazing thing. Those fans knew their baseball, and Gil was the only player I can remember whom the fans never, I mean never, booed."
In 1952, Hodges went 0 for 21 in the World Series, but even then, the fans remained solidly on his side.