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A VALUED DRAFT PICK
Date: 1962-1963
The Mets selected Gil Hodges as the 14th pick of the 1961 expansion draft, and the veteran 1B spent the final two seasons of his playing career with New York City’s new baseball team. Hodges would return to the Mets clubhouse as manager in 1968.
Courtesy of the Topps Company
