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.

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 20	CLE		SLB	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 23	CLE	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
3	3	Apr 24	CLE	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
4	4	Apr 25	CLE	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
5	5	Apr 26	CLE	@	CHW	W,12-11	CG	62	14.0	7	0	0	7	0
6	6	Apr 29	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	7	May 1	CLE		DET	L,3-10	CG	49	9.0	7	0	1	8	0
8	8	May 2	CLE		DET	L,2-4	GS	31	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
9	9	May 4	CLE	@	PHA	L,6-8	CG	46	9.2	5	0	0	5	1
10	11 (1)	May 7	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
11	12	May 8	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
12	13	May 9 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	39	10.0	5	1	0	6	1
13	14	May 9 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-5	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	15	May 10	CLE	@	BOS	W,12-7	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
15	16	May 11	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0
16	17	May 15	CLE		CHW	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
17	18	May 16 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,4-6	GS	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
18	19	May 16 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
19	20	May 18	CLE		PHA	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
20	21	May 19	CLE		PHA	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
21	22	May 20	CLE		BOS	W,13-4	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
22	23	May 21	CLE		BOS	L,5-11	CG	51	9.0	9	1	1	11	0
23	24	May 22	CLE		BOS	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	25	May 23 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,5-6	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
25	28 (2)	May 26	CLE		WSH	L,0-2	GS	29	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
26	29	May 28	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
27	30	May 29	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
28	32 (1)	May 30 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,13-8	GS	31	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
29	33	May 31 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
30	34	May 31 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,0-6	CG	43	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	35	Jun 2	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
32	36	Jun 4	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-0	CG	58	15.0	9	0	0	9	0
33	37	Jun 5	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
34	38	Jun 6 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
35	40 (1)	Jun 8	CLE	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	45 (4)	Jun 13	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
37	47 (1)	Jun 16	CLE		BOS	L,4-7	GS	38	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
38	49 (1)	Jun 18	CLE		PHA	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
39	50	Jun 19	CLE		PHA	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
40	51	Jun 20 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,4-3	GS	28	7.0	7	1	0	8	0
41	52	Jun 20 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,10-0	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
42	53	Jun 21	CLE		NYY	L,2-13	CG	49	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
43	54	Jun 22	CLE		NYY	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
44	56 (1)	Jun 24	CLE		NYY	L,0-4	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
45	57	Jun 25	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
46	58	Jun 26	CLE		WSH	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
47	59	Jun 27 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,2-5	GS	32	7.0	5	1	0	6	0
48	61 (1)	Jun 29	CLE	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	1
49	62	Jun 30	CLE	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	63	Jul 1	CLE	@	DET	L,5-9	GS	25	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
51	64	Jul 2	CLE	@	SLB	W,8-6	GF	20	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
52	65	Jul 3	CLE	@	SLB	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
53	66	Jul 5 (1)	CLE		DET	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
54	67	Jul 5 (2)	CLE		DET	L,5-7	GF	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	68	Jul 6	CLE		DET	L,0-9	GS	32	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
56	69	Jul 7	CLE		CHW	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
57	70	Jul 8	CLE		CHW	W,14-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
58	71	Jul 9	CLE		SLB	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
59	72	Jul 11 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
60	73	Jul 11 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,5-0	GF	15	4.0	6	0	0	6	0
61	74	Jul 15 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
62	75	Jul 15 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
63	76	Jul 16	CLE	@	PHA	L,5-10	GS	28	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
64	77	Jul 17	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
65	78	Jul 18 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
66	79	Jul 18 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-4	GS	23	5.0	4	1	0	5	0
67	80	Jul 19	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-6	CG	48	11.0	7	2	0	9	3
68	81	Jul 20	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
69	82	Jul 21 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-7	GS	29	6.0	1	2	0	3	1
70	83	Jul 21 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,12-8	CG	47	9.0	5	2	1	8	0
71	84	Jul 22	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	5	0	1	6	0
72	85	Jul 24 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	41	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
73	86	Jul 24 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
74	87	Jul 25	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
75	88	Jul 27	CLE		PHA	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	0
76	89	Jul 28	CLE		PHA	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
77	90	Jul 30	CLE		BOS	L,7-8	GS	39	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
78	91	Jul 31	CLE		BOS	W,10-9	GS	47	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	92	Aug 1 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,12-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
80	93	Aug 1 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
81	94	Aug 3	CLE		WSH	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
82	95	Aug 5	CLE		WSH	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
83	96	Aug 6	CLE		NYY	W,9-7	CG	46	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
84	97	Aug 7	CLE		NYY	L,0-5	GS	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
85	98	Aug 8 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
86	99	Aug 8 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
87	100	Aug 9	CLE	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
88	101	Aug 10	CLE	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
89	102	Aug 11 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
90	103	Aug 11 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-12	GS	25	4.0	1	1	1	3	0
91	104	Aug 12 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-8	GS	32	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
92	105	Aug 12 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,26-3	GS	19	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
93	106	Aug 13	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
94	107	Aug 14	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
95	108	Aug 15 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
96	109	Aug 15 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
97	110	Aug 17	CLE		SLB	W,8-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
98	111	Aug 18	CLE		SLB	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
99	112	Aug 20	CLE		CHW	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
100	113	Aug 21	CLE		CHW	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
101	114	Aug 22 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,1-8	GS	36	7.0	8	0	0	8	0
102	115	Aug 22 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,3-4	GS	28	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
103	116	Aug 24	CLE	@	BOS	L,8-9	CG	40	8.1	4	0	0	4	0
104	117	Aug 25	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
105	118	Aug 26	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
106	119	Aug 27 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
107	121 (1)	Aug 28	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	36	8.2	2	1	0	3	0
108	122	Aug 29 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
109	123	Aug 29 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-5	GF	16	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
110	124	Aug 30	CLE	@	WSH	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
111	125	Aug 31	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
112	126	Sep 1	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-1	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
113	127	Sep 3 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
114	128	Sep 3 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
115	129	Sep 4	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	45	9.2	3	0	0	3	0
116	130	Sep 6 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
117	131	Sep 6 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	25	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
118	132	Sep 8	CLE		DET	W,8-7	CG	54	11.0	5	1	0	6	0
119	133	Sep 9	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG	53	13.0	12	2	0	14	0
120	134	Sep 10	CLE		DET	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
121	135	Sep 11 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
122	136	Sep 11 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
123	137	Sep 12 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
124	138	Sep 12 (2)	CLE		SLB	T,3-3	GS	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
125	139	Sep 13	CLE		SLB	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	6	1	1	8	1
126	140	Sep 14	CLE		NYY	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
127	141	Sep 16	CLE		WSH	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
128	142	Sep 17	CLE		WSH	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
129	143	Sep 18	CLE		WSH	W,10-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
130	144	Sep 19 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
131	145	Sep 19 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
132	146	Sep 20	CLE		PHA	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
133	147	Sep 22	CLE		BOS	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
134	148	Sep 24	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
135	149	Sep 25	CLE	@	DET	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
136	150	Sep 26	CLE	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
137	151	Sep 28	CLE		CHW	W,11-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
138	152	Sep 29	CLE		CHW	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
139	153	Oct 1	CLE		DET	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
140	154	Oct 2	CLE		DET	W,8-0	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
141	155	Oct 3	CLE		DET	L,1-7	CG	47	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
142	156	Oct 4	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
							142gm		1209.1	637	76	7	720	17