Hodapp was first signed to the Indianapolis Indians in 1924, and his brother Cliff played for the 1928 Quincy Indians. Johnny made his major league debut with the Cleveland Indians in 1925. He was traded along with Bob Seeds to the Chicago White Sox in exchange for Bill Cissell and Jim Moore in 1932. A year later, he was traded with Seeds to the Boston Red Sox. In 1933, he was traded to Rochester Red Wings, who sold him to the Columbus Red Birds before he even played a game. He finished the season with the Single-A Knoxville Smokies.\n', '

Hodapp\'s best year was in 1930, when he batted .354 with 121 runs batted in, leading the American League in hits (225) and doubles (51). Hodapp struck out only 136 times in 2,826 at-bats in his career, or once every 20.8 at-bats.\n', '

According to Baseball-Reference.com, Hodapp was the "first AL player to get two hits in an inning twice in a game," in a drubbing of the Yankees by the Indians by a score of 24–6 on July 29, 1928.\n', '

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