BBL playerAustralia2011-12 to 2017-18
BJ Hodge
Right-handed bat · Right-arm medium
BJ Hodge, a batter, played seven BBL seasons for three clubs.
The arrival
BJ Hodge's first BBL season was 2011-12, with Melbourne Renegades.
That first season brought 4 matches and 180 runs.
The peak
The high point with the bat was 2016-17, for Adelaide Strikers: 286 runs at an average of 40.9, striking at 126.5 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 129.2, with 2 fifties, and a highest score of 56.
Measured against the league around it, though, the most destructive season was 2012-13: 270 runs at a strike rate of 142.9, 27 runs per hundred balls quicker than the BBL as a whole that year.
Club by club
2011-12, Melbourne Renegades. 4 matches and 180 runs.
2012-13 to 2013-14, Melbourne Stars. 13 matches and 489 runs.
2014-15 to 2016-17, Adelaide Strikers. 20 matches and 593 runs.
2017-18, Melbourne Renegades, second time round. 5 matches and 68 runs.
4 spells with three clubs in all. The longest was with Adelaide Strikers, 2014-15 to 2016-17.
How the runs came
Across the career, BJ Hodge struck at 131.3. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 123.3, so BJ Hodge scored about 8 runs per hundred balls faster than the typical batter of the time. 56% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 109 fours and 52 sixes.
The legacy
BJ Hodge made 42 BBL appearances, the last for Melbourne Renegades in 2017-18.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-12 (BBL|01) | Melbourne Renegades | 4 | 180 | 72* | 60.0 | 139.5 | 2/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2012-13 (BBL|02) | Melbourne Stars | 6 | 270 | 88 | 54.0 | 142.9 | 2/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2013-14 (BBL|03) | Melbourne Stars | 7 | 219 | 64* | 36.5 | 131.9 | 3/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2014-15 (BBL|04) | Adelaide Strikers | 3 | 63 | 42 | 31.5 | 123.5 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2015-16 (BBL|05) | Adelaide Strikers | 9 | 244 | 56* | 48.8 | 123.2 | 1/0 | – | – | – | 0 | ||
| 2016-17 (BBL|06) | Adelaide Strikers | 8 | 286 | 56 | 40.9 | 126.5 | 2/0 | 0 | 8.00 | – | 0 | ||
| 2017-18 (BBL|07) | Melbourne Renegades | 5 | 68 | 30* | 34.0 | 125.9 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 0 |
Franchise journey
- Melbourne Renegades: 2011-12
- Melbourne Stars: 2012-13 to 2013-14
- Adelaide Strikers: 2014-15 to 2016-17
- Melbourne Renegades: 2017-18
Sources
- CricArcade BBL season statistics