Orioles farmhand Roy Hodge made it up to AA Bowie in 1995, but, by July, he was back down at high-A High Desert, The Victorville Daily Press wrote.
Joining him for the trip down was three others. Hodge told The Daily Press they all came down disappointed.
"But we realized that we can't do anything about it," Hodge told The Daily Press then. "The best thing for us to do is just to play well and hopefully get sent back up. If not, just have a good season and hope we win the whole thing."
Hodge spoke in his sixth pro season. He saw three more. He never made it higher than AA.
Hodge's career began in 1990, taken by the Orioles in the ninth round of the draft out of Shea High School in Rhode Island.
Hodge started with the Orioles at rookie Bluefield. He got into 26 games and hit .229. He then played 1991 in the rookie Gulf Coast League, then 1992 between Bluefield and single-A Kane County.
With Bluefield in July 1992, Hodge hit a go-ahead three-run home run in a game, The Johnson City Press wrote.
"I was looking for a fastball and he threw it high," Hodge told The Press afterward. "I just threw the head of the bat out."
Hodge played 1993 between high-A Frederick and single-A Albany, then 1994 back at Frederick. He made AA Bowie for 29 games in 1995, then played the rest at High Desert and Frederick.
Hodge played 1996 back at High Desert and Frederick, his last year in the Orioles system
For 1997, he turned to independent ball and Elmira. He got into 80 games and hit .272. He returned to Elmira for 1998 and also played at Waterbury. That August, he and his team worked to get back in the race after a losing streak.
"Personally, I feel confused," Hodge told The Elmira Star-Gazette. "Every day I come out here, I don't expect us to lose."
Hodge saw 75 games in all that year between Elmira and Waterbury. He hit .264 to end his career.
- Johnson City Press, July 22, 1992: Cards
- Victorville Daily Press, July 1, 1995: New kids in town
- Elmira Star-Gazette, Aug. 6, 1998: Pioneers extend skid with 8th straight loss
Made the Majors:1,423-32.0
Never Made Majors:3,024-68.0%-X
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