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