Jim Hegan

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 195lb (188cm, 88kg)

Born: August 3, 1920 in Lynn, MA us

Died: June 17, 1984 in Lynn, MA

Buried: Swampscott Cemetery, Swampscott, MA

High School: Lynn English HS (Lynn, MA)

Debut: September 9, 1941 (Age 21-037d, 9,097th in major league history)
vs. PHA 5 AB, 2 H, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 4, 1960 (Age 39-336d)
vs. SFG 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1942 season

Full Name: James Edward Hegan

Nicknames: Shanty

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Relatives: Father of Mike Hegan

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.6

4772

1087

.228

550

RBI

525

OBP

.295

SLG

.344

OPS

.639

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1946 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	6 (5)	Apr 25	CLE		CHW	L,2-11	GF	22	4.0	5	0	0	5	1
2	9 (2)	Apr 28	CLE	@	DET	W,3-1		7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	17 (7)	May 7	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-2	GF	11	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
4	27 (9)	May 17 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,4-9	GF	16	4.0	4	0	0	4	0
5	30 (2)	May 20	CLE		NYY	W,4-3	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	36 (5)	May 26 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,2-0	GF	10	3.0	3	0	0	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	50 (13)	Jun 9 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-7	CG	39	8.1	7	1	1	9	0
8	64 (13)	Jun 25	CLE		NYY	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
9	65	Jun 26	CLE		NYY	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
10	66	Jun 28	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
11	67	Jun 29	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
12	68	Jun 30 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-7	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
13	69	Jun 30 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	T,5-5	CG	43	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	70	Jul 1	CLE		SLB	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
15	71	Jul 2	CLE		SLB	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
16	72	Jul 3	CLE		SLB	W,6-0	CG	41	9.0	11	1	0	12	1
17	73	Jul 4 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
18	75 (1)	Jul 5	CLE	@	DET	L,5-7	GS	28	6.0	4	1	0	5	0
19	76	Jul 6	CLE		CHW	L,2-3	GS	28	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
20	78 (1)	Jul 7 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
21	79	Jul 11	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-9	CG	41	8.0	8	1	0	9	0
22	80	Jul 13	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
23	81	Jul 14 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,10-11	CG	42	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
24	83 (1)	Jul 16	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
25	84	Jul 17	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
26	85	Jul 18	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
27	86	Jul 19	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
28	87	Jul 20	CLE	@	WSH	W,10-2	CG	0	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
29	88	Jul 21 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-2	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
30	89	Jul 21 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-7	CG	0	8.0	9	0	0	9	0
31	90	Jul 23	CLE		PHA	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	91	Jul 24	CLE		PHA	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	9	2	0	11	1
33	92	Jul 25	CLE		PHA	W,9-8	CG	45	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
34	93	Jul 26	CLE		WSH	L,4-5	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
35	94	Jul 27	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
36	95	Jul 28 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
37	96	Jul 28 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
38	97	Jul 29 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,1-2	CG	41	10.0	6	0	0	6	0
39	98	Jul 29 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,4-8	GS	19	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	99	Jul 30	CLE		BOS	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
41	100	Jul 31	CLE		BOS	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	9	2	0	11	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	101	Aug 1	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
43	102	Aug 2	CLE		NYY	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
44	103	Aug 4	CLE		NYY	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
45	104	Aug 6	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-11	GS	33	5.0	2	1	0	3	0
46	105	Aug 7	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	43	8.2	4	1	0	5	0
47	106	Aug 8 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
48	107	Aug 8 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	0	9.1	7	1	0	8	1
49	108	Aug 9	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
50	109	Aug 10	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
51	110	Aug 11 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	38	8.2	6	0	1	7	0
52	111	Aug 11 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	32	7.0	7	0	0	7	0
53	112	Aug 12	CLE		DET	L,2-3	CG	39	10.0	5	1	0	6	0
54	113	Aug 13	CLE		DET	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
55	114	Aug 14	CLE		DET	W,6-5	CG	0	12.0	5	1	0	6	0
56	115	Aug 15	CLE		SLB	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
57	116	Aug 17	CLE		CHW	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
58	117	Aug 18 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,4-6	GS	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
59	118	Aug 18 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,13-3	CG	38	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
60	119	Aug 20	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	7	1	0	8	0
61	120	Aug 21	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
62	121	Aug 22	CLE	@	PHA	L,6-8	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
63	122	Aug 23	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-1	CG	0	8.2	2	0	0	2	0
64	123	Aug 24	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-0	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
65	125 (1)	Aug 25 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-13	CG	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
66	126	Aug 26	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	5	1	1	7	1
67	127	Aug 28	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	8	2	1	11	0
68	128	Aug 29	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-9	CG	42	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
69	129	Aug 31	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	130	Sep 1	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
71	131	Sep 2 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-9	CG	0	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
72	133 (1)	Sep 3 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
73	136 (2)	Sep 5	CLE	@	DET	L,0-10	CG	0	8.0	6	2	0	8	1
74	137	Sep 6	CLE	@	DET	L,0-9	CG	0	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
75	138	Sep 7	CLE		SLB	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
76	140 (1)	Sep 8 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
77	141	Sep 10	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
78	142	Sep 11	CLE		NYY	W,11-2	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
79	143	Sep 12	CLE		BOS	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
80	144	Sep 13	CLE		BOS	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
81	146 (1)	Sep 15 (2)	CLE		PHA	L,0-2	CG	29	7.0	7	1	0	8	1
82	147	Sep 18	CLE		WSH	L,1-8	GS	0		3	1	0	4	0
83	148	Sep 19	CLE		WSH	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
84	151 (2)	Sep 22 (1)	CLE		DET	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
85	153 (1)	Sep 25	CLE		CHW	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
86	154	Sep 27	CLE	@	DET	W,9-8	GF	0		6	0	0	6	0
87	155	Sep 28	CLE	@	DET	L,3-7	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
88	156	Sep 29	CLE	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
							87gm		705.0	486	47	5	538	11