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+

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 92 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 2 walk-off, 10 tying, 25 go ahead

3 Tms
CLE	90
CHC	1
DET	1

Platoon
vs RHP	53
vs LHP	39

Home/Road
Home	57
Away	35

Outs
2	37
1	33
0	22

8 Opps
PHA/KCA	20
WSH	16
NYY	14
BOS	11
DET	11
BAL/SLB	10
CHW	9
SFG	1

62 Pitchers
Bobby Shantz	7
Eddie Lopat	5
Joe Ostrowski	3
Camilo Pascual	3
Ray Scarborough	3
Don Johnson	2
Walt Masterson	2
Sandy Consuegra	2
Al Sima	2
Marlin Stuart	2
Billy Pierce	2
Sam Zoldak	2
Tom Ferrick	2
Marion Fricano	2
Jack Harshman	2
Chuck Stobbs	2
Art Houtteman	2
Dick Fowler	2
Duane Pillette	2
Lou Kretlow	1
Clem Dreisewerd	1
Tex Hughson	1
Early Wynn	1
Fritz Dorish	1
Bob Porterfield	1
Steve Gromek	1
Dave Madison	1
Paul Calvert	1
Al Gettel	1
Billy O'Dell	1
Frank Papish	1
Mel Parnell	1
Bob Hooper	1
Bob Savage	1
Bud Byerly	1
Connie Grob	1
Whitey Ford	1
Leo Kiely	1
Forrest Thompson	1
Connie Marrero	1
Earl Johnson	1
Willard Nixon	1
Johnny Schmitz	1
Howie Judson	1
Carl Scheib	1
Ike Delock	1
Pete Gebrian	1
Bryan Stephens	1
Dave Sisler	1
Vic Raschi	1
Lou Brissie	1
Dean Stone	1
Allie Reynolds	1
Art Ceccarelli	1
Dizzy Trout	1
Bill Harrington	1
Al Benton	1
Al Aber	1
Troy Herriage	1
Tom Brewer	1
Hal Newhouser	1
Karl Drews	1

10 Parks
ClevelandStd (CLE)	57
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	7
Tiger Stad (DET)	7
Yankee Stad (NYC)	6
Munic. Stad (KAN)	4
Fenway Pk (BOS)	4
GriffithStad (WAS)	3
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	2
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	1
3Com Park (SFO)	1

Where Hit
7	46
8	2
9	2
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	88
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	56
1--	17
-2-	6
12-	5
123	4
--3	3
1-3	1

142 RBI
RISP	19
0 on	56
1 on	26
2 on	6
3 on	4
Any on	36

Inning
1	2
2	16
3	6
4	19
5	7
6	15
7	9
8	9
9	7
Extra	2

1-3	24
4-6	41
7-end	27

RelScore
+4..	15
+3	7
+2	13
+1	11
Tied	21
-1	11
-2	4
-3	2
-4..	8

Ahead	46
Tied	21
Behind	25

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
C	92

OrderPos
8th	81
7th	11

Leverage
High Lev	12
Medium Lev	27
Low Lev	53

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1941	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1941-09-09	CLE	@	PHA	Tom Ferrick	ahead 11-5	t 9	1	---	1	8	2	0.002	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1947	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1947-06-06	CLE		PHA	Bob Savage	ahead 1-0	b 2	2	1--	2	8	2	0.177	82%		Home Run; K. Keltner Scores
3	3	2	1	1947-06-20	CLE	@	BOS	Tex Hughson	tied 0-0	t 2	2	1--	2	8	2	0.199	67%		Home Run; J. Gordon Scores
4	4	3	1	1947-06-26	CLE		CHW	Frank Papish	ahead 1-0	b 6	2	1--	2	7	2	0.182	91%		Home Run; K. Keltner Scores
5	5	4	1	1947-08-13	CLE	@	CHW	Pete Gebrian	ahead 6-4	t 6	0	---	1	7	2	0.082	88%		Home Run
1948	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	1948-04-20	CLE		SLB	Sam Zoldak	ahead 2-0	b 4	2	--3	2	8	2	0.121	90%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Robinson Scores
7	7	2	1	1948-05-31 (1)	CLE		SLB	Clem Dreisewerd	tied 3-3	b 6	0	---	1	8	2	0.164	74%		Home Run
8	8	3	1	1948-06-13	CLE	@	NYY	Eddie Lopat	behind 1-5	t 9	0	1--	2	8	2	0.044	8%		Home Run; W. Judnich Scores/unER
9	9	4	1	1948-06-29	CLE	@	DET	Al Benton	ahead 5-1	t 9	0	---	1	8	2	0.010	99%		Home Run
10	10	5	1	1948-07-08	CLE		CHW	Al Gettel	ahead 5-0	b 3	1	1--	2	8	2	0.040	97%		Home Run; W. Judnich Scores
11	11	6	1	1948-07-15 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	Dick Fowler	behind 1-2	t 5	2	---	1	8	2	0.137	45%		Home Run
12	12	7	1	1948-07-21 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	Karl Drews	tied 8-8	t 8	1	123	4	8	2	0.281	96%		Home Run; J. Gordon Scores; K. Keltner Scores; W. Judnich Scores
13	13	8	1	1948-07-31	CLE		BOS	Earl Johnson	behind 4-5	b 7	1	-2-	2	8	2	0.363	77%		Home Run; L. Boudreau Scores
14	14	9	1	1948-08-03	CLE		WSH	Forrest Thompson	tied 3-3	b 6	0	---	1	8	2	0.164	74%		Home Run (Deep RF)
15	15	10	1	1948-08-05	CLE		WSH	Ray Scarborough	tied 0-0	b 3	0	---	1	8	2	0.113	67%		Home Run (LF-CF)
16	16	11	2	1948-08-05	CLE		WSH	Tom Ferrick	ahead 2-0	b 8	1	---	1	8	2	0.037	97%		Home Run (Deep LF)
17	17	12	1	1948-08-12 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	Bryan Stephens	ahead 21-1	t 6	1	---	1	8	2	0.000	100%		Home Run
18	18	13	1	1948-09-17	CLE		WSH	Walt Masterson	tied 0-0	b 2	2	1--	2	8	2	0.195	72%		Home Run; K. Keltner Scores
19	19	14	1	1948-09-18	CLE		WSH	Early Wynn	tied 1-1	b 4	2	-2-	2	8	2	0.218	76%		Home Run; W. Judnich Scores
1949	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
20	20	1	1	1949-05-28	CLE		CHW	Howie Judson	tied 0-0	b 3	0	---	1	8	2	0.113	67%		Home Run
21	21	2	1	1949-05-30 (2)	CLE		SLB	Joe Ostrowski	ahead 3-0	b 6	2	--3	2	8	2	0.062	97%		Home Run; R. Boone Scores
22	22	3	1	1949-06-30	CLE		DET	Art Houtteman	behind 2-8	b 4	1	1--	2	8	2	0.065	13%		Home Run; B. Kennedy Scores
23	23	4	1	1949-07-16	CLE		PHA	Lou Brissie	behind 1-3	b 4	2	12-	3	8	2	0.345	65%		Home Run; J. Gordon Scores; L. Boudreau Scores
24	24	5	1	1949-07-19	CLE		NYY	Duane Pillette	tied 4-4	b 9	0	---	1	8	2	0.359	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run
25	25	6	1	1949-08-01	CLE	@	BOS	Mel Parnell	ahead 2-0	t 4	2	---	1	8	2	0.091	77%		Home Run
26	26	7	1	1949-08-31 (1)	CLE		PHA	Bobby Shantz	tied 6-6	b 14	1	---	1	8	2	0.418	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run
27	27	8	1	1949-09-14	CLE	@	PHA	Bobby Shantz	behind 0-1	t 2	2	---	1	8	2	0.105	46%		Home Run
1950	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
28	28	1	1	1950-05-07	CLE	@	WSH	Connie Marrero	ahead 4-3	t 4	2	---	1	8	2	0.113	69%		Home Run
29	29	2	1	1950-06-06	CLE	@	NYY	Don Johnson	ahead 7-1	t 3	2	---	1	8	2	0.027	95%		Home Run
30	30	3	1	1950-06-11 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	Bobby Shantz	ahead 4-3	t 10	2	--3	2	8	2	0.138	95%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Boudreau Scores
31	31	4	1	1950-06-17	CLE		PHA	Bob Hooper	ahead 5-2	b 5	2	---	1	8	2	0.055	92%		Home Run; J. Hegan Scores/unER
32	32	5	1	1950-06-18 (1)	CLE		PHA	Dick Fowler	ahead 3-0	b 4	0	---	1	8	2	0.053	91%		Home Run
33	33	6	1	1950-06-18 (2)	CLE		PHA	Carl Scheib	ahead 14-0	b 3	1	123	4	8	2	0.000	100%		Home Run; L. Doby Scores; J. Gordon Scores; R. Boone Scores
34	34	7	1	1950-06-22	CLE		NYY	Joe Ostrowski	ahead 3-2	b 4	2	---	1	8	2	0.108	75%		Home Run
35	35	8	2	1950-06-22	CLE		NYY	Joe Ostrowski	ahead 4-2	b 7	1	---	1	8	2	0.061	93%		Home Run
36	36	9	1	1950-06-28	CLE	@	SLB	Don Johnson	ahead 9-2	t 7	2	12-	3	8	2	0.010	100%		Home Run; R. Boone Scores; B. Ávila Scores
37	37	10	1	1950-07-01	CLE		DET	Paul Calvert	ahead 6-4	b 8	0	---	1	8	2	0.035	97%		Home Run
38	38	11	1	1950-07-09 (1)	CLE	@	DET	Art Houtteman	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	---	1	8	2	0.089	68%		Home Run
39	39	12	1	1950-07-30 (1)	CLE		BOS	Walt Masterson	ahead 4-2	b 5	0	---	1	8	2	0.072	88%		Home Run
40	40	13	1	1950-08-01	CLE		WSH	Al Sima	ahead 7-2	b 7	1	---	1	8	2	0.009	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
41	41	14	1	1950-09-29	CLE	@	DET	Marlin Stuart	ahead 5-1	t 6	1	---	1	8	2	0.042	94%		Home Run
1951	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
42	42	1	1	1951-04-18	CLE	@	DET	Dizzy Trout	behind 1-2	t 9	0	---	1	8	2	0.334	50%		Home Run
43	43	2	1	1951-05-14	CLE	@	NYY	Eddie Lopat	behind 3-7	t 7	1	---	1	8	2	0.038	8%		Home Run
44	44	3	1	1951-06-02	CLE		WSH	Sandy Consuegra	ahead 2-0	b 2	0	1--	2	8	2	0.107	88%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Kennedy Scores
45	45	4	1	1951-06-08	CLE		BOS	Willard Nixon	ahead 6-1	b 6	1	---	1	8	2	0.013	99%		Home Run
46	46	5	1	1951-06-14	CLE	@	PHA	Sam Zoldak	tied 1-1	t 6	2	1--	2	8	2	0.287	75%		Home Run; H. Simpson Scores
47	47	6	1	1951-07-13	CLE		NYY	Vic Raschi	behind 2-6	b 4	2	12-	3	8	2	0.239	37%		Home Run; A. Rosen Scores; H. Simpson Scores
1952	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
48	48	1	1	1952-05-17	CLE		WSH	Sandy Consuegra	ahead 4-0	b 4	1	---	1	8	2	0.033	96%		Home Run (Deep LF)
49	49	2	1	1952-05-21	CLE		BOS	Ray Scarborough	tied 0-0	b 2	2	1--	2	8	2	0.218	74%		Home Run; B. Kennedy Scores
50	50	3	1	1952-07-25	CLE		WSH	Bob Porterfield	behind 0-2	b 2	2	1--	2	7	2	0.221	51%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Glynn Scores
51	51	4	1	1952-09-03	CLE		DET	Dave Madison	behind 4-6	b 5	2	12-	3	7	2	0.435	69%		Home Run; L. Easter Scores; H. Simpson Scores
1953	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
52	52	1	1	1953-04-25	CLE		DET	Hal Newhouser	tied 2-2	b 7	0	---	1	8	2	0.208	79%		Home Run (Deep RF)
53	53	2	1	1953-05-17 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	Bobby Shantz	tied 1-1	t 2	1	1-3	3	8	2	0.196	76%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Kennedy Scores; B. Glynn Scores
54	54	3	1	1953-06-13	CLE		NYY	Eddie Lopat	behind 1-8	b 7	1	---	1	8	2	0.006	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
55	55	4	1	1953-07-16	CLE		PHA	Marion Fricano	ahead 4-1	b 4	1	---	1	8	2	0.055	91%		Home Run (Deep LF)
56	56	5	1	1953-08-20	CLE	@	DET	Ray Scarborough	ahead 9-5	t 6	1	1--	2	8	2	0.050	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Strickland Scores
57	57	6	1	1953-08-23 (1)	CLE		SLB	Duane Pillette	tied 1-1	b 2	2	---	1	8	2	0.115	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
58	58	7	1	1953-08-26	CLE		WSH	Chuck Stobbs	ahead 3-1	b 4	2	---	1	8	2	0.083	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
59	59	8	1	1953-09-04	CLE		CHW	Billy Pierce	behind 0-1	b 2	2	---	1	8	2	0.116	51%		Home Run (Deep LF)
60	60	9	1	1953-09-07 (1)	CLE		SLB	Marlin Stuart	ahead 1-0	b 8	0	---	1	8	2	0.071	94%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1954	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
61	61	1	1	1954-04-18	CLE		CHW	Billy Pierce	behind 0-1	b 4	2	---	1	8	2	0.145	51%		Home Run (Deep CF)
62	62	2	1	1954-05-16 (1)	CLE		PHA	Marion Fricano	behind 1-2	b 2	2	1--	2	8	2	0.220	63%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Strickland Scores
63	63	3	1	1954-05-31 (2)	CLE		CHW	Fritz Dorish	tied 3-3	b 8	0	---	1	8	2	0.268	87%		Home Run (Deep LF)
64	64	4	1	1954-06-26	CLE		NYY	Eddie Lopat	tied 2-2	b 2	1	---	1	8	2	0.114	64%		Home Run (Deep LF)
65	65	5	1	1954-07-08	CLE		BAL	Lou Kretlow	tied 0-0	b 3	1	---	1	8	2	0.124	65%		Home Run (Deep LF)
66	66	6	1	1954-07-17	CLE	@	PHA	Al Sima	ahead 2-0	t 4	2	---	1	8	2	0.094	81%		Home Run (Deep LF)
67	67	7	1	1954-07-21	CLE	@	BOS	Tom Brewer	behind 1-6	t 4	2	12-	3	8	2	0.150	23%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Philley Scores; G. Strickland Scores
68	68	8	1	1954-07-24	CLE	@	NYY	Allie Reynolds	ahead 2-0	t 4	1	---	1	8	2	0.090	82%		Home Run (Deep LF)
69	69	9	1	1954-07-30	CLE		WSH	Camilo Pascual	ahead 6-3	b 6	0	1--	2	8	2	0.048	98%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Dente Scores
70	70	10	1	1954-09-10	CLE		BOS	Leo Kiely	ahead 3-1	b 4	2	---	1	8	2	0.083	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
71	71	11	1	1954-09-18	CLE	@	DET	Steve Gromek	ahead 2-1	t 7	1	---	1	8	2	0.134	82%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1955	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
72	72	1	1	1955-04-14	CLE	@	DET	Al Aber	ahead 4-3	t 9	0	---	1	8	2	0.088	93%		Home Run (Deep LF)
73	73	2	1	1955-06-11	CLE		NYY	Eddie Lopat	behind 4-5	b 4	1	---	1	8	2	0.135	53%		Home Run (Deep CF)
74	74	3	1	1955-07-02	CLE		CHW	Jack Harshman	behind 0-1	b 6	1	---	1	7	2	0.185	54%		Home Run (Deep LF)
75	75	4	1	1955-07-05	CLE	@	KCA	Bobby Shantz	behind 2-3	t 8	0	---	1	7	2	0.249	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
76	76	5	1	1955-07-17 (2)	CLE		BOS	Ike Delock	ahead 4-2	b 6	1	-2-	2	8	2	0.090	95%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Locklin Scores
77	77	6	1	1955-08-12 (1)	CLE	@	KCA	Bill Harrington	ahead 3-0	t 1	1	123	4	8	2	0.117	94%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Rosen Scores; L. Doby Scores; G. Strickland Scores
78	78	7	1	1955-08-13	CLE	@	KCA	Art Ceccarelli	tied 1-1	t 4	1	---	1	8	2	0.130	60%		Home Run (Deep LF)
79	79	8	1	1955-08-14	CLE	@	KCA	Bobby Shantz	behind 0-3	t 2	2	1--	2	8	2	0.159	35%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Doby Scores
80	80	9	1	1955-09-11 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	Whitey Ford	behind 0-1	t 2	1	---	1	7	2	0.107	48%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1956	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
81	81	1	1	1956-06-02	CLE	@	WSH	Connie Grob	ahead 10-0	t 8	2	123	4	8	2	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); P. Ward Scores; J. Busby Scores; R. Colavito Scores
82	82	2	1	1956-06-03 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	Camilo Pascual	behind 2-4	t 7	2	---	1	8	2	0.106	23%		Home Run (Deep LF)
83	83	3	1	1956-07-01 (1)	CLE		CHW	Jack Harshman	ahead 1-0	b 2	1	---	1	8	2	0.094	73%		Home Run (Deep LF)
84	84	4	1	1956-07-25	CLE		WSH	Camilo Pascual	ahead 3-0	b 6	2	1--	2	7	2	0.069	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Colavito Scores
85	85	5	1	1956-07-27	CLE		BAL	Johnny Schmitz	tied 2-2	b 6	1	---	1	7	2	0.173	72%		Home Run (Deep LF)
86	86	6	1	1956-08-18	CLE		KCA	Troy Herriage	ahead 6-1	b 5	2	1--	2	7	2	0.031	98%		Home Run (Deep LF); P. Ward Scores
1957	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
87	87	1	1	1957-06-05	CLE		NYY	Bobby Shantz	behind 1-11	b 5	0	---	1	8	2	0.003	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
88	88	2	1	1957-06-11	CLE		BOS	Dean Stone	behind 1-6	b 5	1	-2-	2	8	2	0.078	15%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Carrasquel Scores
89	89	3	1	1957-08-25 (1)	CLE		WSH	Chuck Stobbs	tied 2-2	b 8	0	---	1	8	2	0.271	87%		Home Run (Deep LF)
90	90	4	1	1957-08-29	CLE		BAL	Billy O'Dell	ahead 4-0	b 1	2	-2-	2	8	2	0.070	94%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Carrasquel Scores
1958	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
91	91	1	1	1958-07-19	DET	@	BOS	Dave Sisler	ahead 4-3	t 9	1	---	1	8	2	0.097	92%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1960	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
92	92	1	1	1960-05-30 (2)	CHC	@	SFG	Bud Byerly	behind 1-4	t 8	2	-2-	2	7	2	0.106	15%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. Thomas Scores

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