The strip was created by Jack Berrill, who modeled and named Thorp after baseball player Gil Hodges and Olympic athlete Jim Thorpe.
On September 28, in a game against the Colorado Rockies, Loney went 4 for 5 with 9 runs batted in, which tied a 56-year Dodgers franchise record for RBI in a single game, held by Gil Hodges.
Gilberto Gil | Gil Kane | Gil Evans | Gil Bellows | Gil Shaham | Rosemarie Gil | Cherie Gil | Jim Hodges | Gil Vicente | Gil Garcetti | Gil Amelio | Nicolas Hodges | Johnny Hodges | Gil Vicente F.C. | Gil Scott-Heron | Gil Hodges | Gil Gutknecht | Gil Elbaz | Julian Gil | Gil-galad | William Hodges | Lake Hodges | Joseph Hodges Choate | Gil Thorp | Gil Portes | Gil Montandon | Gil Kerlikowske | Gil Grissom | Gil Álvarez Carrillo de Albornoz | Gerónimo Gil |
A more mature Snider became the "trigger man" in a power-laden lineup which boasted players Jackie Robinson, Pee Wee Reese, Gil Hodges, Billy Cox, Roy Campanella, Carl Erskine, Preacher Roe, Carl Furillo, Clem Labine, and Joe Black.
He would spend the next decade as a scout for the Mets, except for the 1972 season, when he was appointed to fill the vacancy on the coaching staff left by Yogi Berra's promotion to manager following the sudden death of Gil Hodges.