finalyear bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1984 left bellflower , california 1984 september 28 4-3 4.77 59 pitcher minnesota twins pitching record earned run average strikeouts may 1 19 april 1958 ed hodge
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ed hodge

ed oliver hodge -lrb- born november 19 , 1964 in bellflower , california -rrb- is a former baseball pitcher who appeared in twenty-five games for the minnesota twins in 1984 .
in 1992 brent holland , president of the ed hodge fan club wilmington , nc chapter , led a group of laney high school students to sign a petition to have ed hodge inducted into the baseball hall of fame .
the petition gained traction and had over 591 signatures .
however , hodge was left off the ballot and never was elected to cooperstown .
