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.

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1952 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	C
2	2	Apr 16	CLE	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
3	3	Apr 17	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
4	4	Apr 18	CLE		DET	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
5	5	Apr 19	CLE		DET	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
6	6	Apr 20 (1)	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
7	10 (3)	Apr 25	CLE		CHW	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
8	11	Apr 26	CLE	@	DET	L,0-13	CG	44	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
9	12	Apr 27	CLE	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
10	13	Apr 29	CLE	@	PHA	W,21-9	GS	21	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
11	14	Apr 30	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-3	GS	15	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	19 (4)	May 5	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-2	GF	9	2.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
13	22 (2)	May 8	CLE	@	NYY	W,12-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
14	24 (1)	May 11 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
15	26 (1)	May 13	CLE		NYY	W,10-6	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
16	28 (1)	May 16	CLE		WSH	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
17	29	May 17	CLE		WSH	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
18	30	May 18 (1)	CLE		PHA	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	C
19	32 (1)	May 21	CLE		BOS	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
20	33	May 22	CLE		BOS	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
21	35 (1)	May 24	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
22	36	May 25 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,5-7	GF	8	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
23	37	May 25 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
24	38	May 27	CLE		DET	L,4-6	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
25	39	May 28	CLE	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	6	2	1	9	0	C
26	40	May 29	CLE	@	DET	W,11-4	CG	39	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
27	41	May 30 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
28	42	May 30 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	43	Jun 2	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-2	GS	20	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
30	44	Jun 3	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
31	45	Jun 4	CLE	@	BOS	L,11-13	CG	45	8.0	10	0	1	11	0	C
32	46	Jun 5	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
33	47	Jun 6	CLE	@	PHA	W,11-4	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
34	48	Jun 7	CLE	@	PHA	W,14-0	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
35	49	Jun 8 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-12	CG	45	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
36	51 (1)	Jun 10	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
37	52	Jun 11	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	27	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
38	53	Jun 12	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
39	54	Jun 13	CLE		NYY	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
40	55	Jun 14	CLE		NYY	L,0-11	CG	47	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
41	56	Jun 15 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
42	58 (1)	Jun 17	CLE		WSH	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
43	59	Jun 18	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	GS	34	7.0	3	0	0	3	1	C
44	60	Jun 19	CLE		WSH	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
45	61	Jun 20	CLE		BOS	W,9-2	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
46	62	Jun 21	CLE		BOS	L,1-3	GS	28	7.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
47	64 (1)	Jun 22 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
48	65	Jun 24	CLE		PHA	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
49	66	Jun 25	CLE		PHA	L,9-11	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
50	67	Jun 27	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
51	69 (1)	Jun 29 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	71 (1)	Jul 1	CLE		SLB	W,4-3	GF	38	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
53	73 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,11-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
54	77 (3)	Jul 10	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-11	CG	43	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
55	79 (1)	Jul 12	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
56	80	Jul 13 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
57	81	Jul 13 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,2-1	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
58	83 (1)	Jul 15	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
59	84	Jul 16 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,7-8	GS	36	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
60	86 (1)	Jul 17 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,11-6	GF	16	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
61	87	Jul 17 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	5	1	0	6	0	C
62	88	Jul 18	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	4	2	1	7	0	C
63	90 (1)	Jul 20	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	55	11.2	6	0	0	6	0	C
64	91	Jul 22 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,3-7	CG	45	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
65	92	Jul 22 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,1-8	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
66	95 (2)	Jul 25	CLE		WSH	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
67	96	Jul 26	CLE		WSH	L,10-11	GS	41	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
68	98 (1)	Jul 27 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
69	99	Jul 29	CLE		BOS	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	13	2	1	16	0	C
70	100	Jul 30	CLE		BOS	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	103 (2)	Aug 2	CLE		PHA	L,4-6	GS	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
72	104	Aug 3 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
73	107 (2)	Aug 5 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	41	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
74	108	Aug 6	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
75	109	Aug 8	CLE	@	SLB	W,10-9	CG	49	12.0	9	2	0	11	2	C
76	110	Aug 9	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
77	112 (1)	Aug 13 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,2-5	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
78	113	Aug 13 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
79	114	Aug 15	CLE		SLB	W,7-6	GS	34	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
80	115	Aug 16	CLE		CHW	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
81	116	Aug 17 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
82	118 (1)	Aug 19	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	42	8.1	5	0	0	5	0	C
83	120 (1)	Aug 21	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
84	121	Aug 22	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-4	GF	19	4.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
85	122	Aug 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-1	GS	30	7.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
86	123	Aug 24	CLE	@	WSH	L,8-9	CG	70	15.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
87	125 (1)	Aug 26	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
88	126	Aug 27	CLE	@	PHA	L,5-6	GS	33	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
89	127	Aug 28 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,9-3	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
90	130 (2)	Aug 30	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-11	GS	28	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
91	131	Aug 31	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-3	GF	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	132	Sep 1 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
93	134 (1)	Sep 3	CLE		DET	L,8-11	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
94	136 (1)	Sep 5	CLE		CHW	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
95	139 (2)	Sep 7 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
96	140	Sep 9	CLE		PHA	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
97	143 (2)	Sep 12	CLE		BOS	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
98	144	Sep 13	CLE		BOS	L,3-4	GF	10	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
99	145	Sep 14	CLE		NYY	L,1-7	GF	16	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR C
100	146	Sep 16	CLE		WSH	W,4-3	CG	43	10.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
101	147	Sep 17	CLE		WSH	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
102	148	Sep 19	CLE		DET	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
103	149	Sep 20	CLE		DET	W,11-3	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
104	150	Sep 21	CLE		DET	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
105	151	Sep 22	CLE		DET	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
106	152	Sep 23	CLE		CHW	L,1-10	CG	44	9.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
107	153	Sep 24	CLE		CHW	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
							107gm		843.2	498	53	7	558	7