He primarily played second base, and was a solid contact hitter, with a .311 batting average over nine major league seasons.

He was traded along with Bob Seeds to the Chicago White Sox in exchange for Bill Cissell and Jim Moore in 1932.

During his nine-year career, Hodapp appeared in 791 games and had a .311 batting average (880-2826) with 28 home runs and 429 RBI.

His father was John Hodapp, an undertaker born in Cincinnati of immigrant parents from Stadelhofen Baden, Germany, and his mother was Lena (Helena) Kneuven, born in Carthage (Cincinnati) Ohio, of Lower Saxon and Dutch immigrant parents.

Hodapp was raised in the Carthage neighborhood of Cincinnati and attended St. Xavier High School.