Kevin Hodges (baseball)

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Kevin Hodges (born June 24, 1973) is a former major league baseball player from Houston, Texas. He is a 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.