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.

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1942 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	17 (16)	May 2	CLE	@	WSH	W,12-3	GF	15	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
2	32 (14)	May 19	CLE		PHA	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
3	33	May 21	CLE		BOS	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
4	34	May 23	CLE		SLB	L,1-2	GS	26	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
5	35	May 24 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
6	37 (1)	May 25	CLE		CHW	L,1-5	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
7	38	May 26	CLE		CHW	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
8	39	May 27	CLE		CHW	L,7-9	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
9	40	May 28	CLE	@	DET	L,2-6	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
10	41	May 29	CLE	@	DET	L,3-14	GS	37	7.0	4	0	0	4	0
11	43 (1)	May 30 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
12	44	May 31 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	46 (1)	Jun 2	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
14	47	Jun 4	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
15	48	Jun 5	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
16	49	Jun 6	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-3	GS	26	7.0	3	1	0	4	0
17	50	Jun 7 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-4	GS	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
18	51	Jun 7 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-13	CG	46	8.0	8	0	1	9	0
19	52	Jun 8	CLE	@	NYY	L,10-11	GS	42	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
20	53	Jun 9	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-6	GS	27	6.0	4	0	0	4	1
21	54	Jun 10	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-3	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	55	Jun 11	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-6	GS	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
23	56	Jun 12	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
24	57	Jun 13	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
25	69 (11)	Jun 26	CLE		BOS	L,2-3	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	71 (1)	Jun 28 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,3-8	GS	37	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	73 (1)	Jun 29	CLE	@	CHW	W,11-5	CG	41	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
28	74	Jun 30	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	75	Jul 1	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
30	76	Jul 2	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
31	77	Jul 3	CLE		DET	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
32	79 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	CLE		DET	T,3-3	CG	39	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
33	80	Jul 5 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-10	GF	11	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	81	Jul 5 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
35	82	Jul 9	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
36	86 (3)	Jul 12 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-0	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
37	87	Jul 13	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-7	GS	32	7.0	3	2	0	5	1
38	88	Jul 15	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	89	Jul 16	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-8	GS	17	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	91 (1)	Jul 19 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-7	GS	45	10.0	3	4	0	7	0
41	95 (3)	Jul 23	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	CG	40	11.0	4	1	0	5	0
42	96	Jul 24 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
43	97	Jul 24 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,5-4	GF	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
44	98	Jul 25	CLE		WSH	L,6-10	GF	20	4.0	5	1	0	6	0
45	102 (3)	Jul 28	CLE		BOS	L,1-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
46	103	Jul 29	CLE		BOS	W,7-6	GS	33	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
47	104	Jul 30	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
48	105	Jul 31	CLE		PHA	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	10	1	1	12	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	109 (3)	Aug 9 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-11	GF	25	5.0	2	0	1	3	0
50	110	Aug 9 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	GF	14	3.1	0	1	0	1	0
51	111	Aug 10	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-3	GF	8	2.0	1	2	0	3	0
52	118 (6)	Aug 16 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,1-6	GS	34	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
53	125 (6)	Aug 25 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	GF	12	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
54	128 (2)	Aug 27	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-2	GS	29	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
55	129	Aug 28	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	30	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
56	130	Aug 29	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
57	132 (1)	Aug 30 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-2	GS	28	7.0	0	1	0	1	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	137 (4)	Sep 5 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-6	GF	9	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
59	139 (1)	Sep 6 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-3	GF	10	1.1	1	0	0	1	0
60	142 (2)	Sep 9	CLE		PHA	L,4-5	GS	26	7.0	7	0	0	7	0
61	144 (1)	Sep 12	CLE		BOS	L,6-8	GS	33	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
62	145	Sep 13 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,1-9	CG	51	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
63	147 (1)	Sep 14	CLE		NYY	L,3-8	GS	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
64	148	Sep 16	CLE		WSH	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
65	149	Sep 17	CLE		WSH	W,6-5	CG	0	11.0	6	0	0	6	0
66	152 (2)	Sep 24 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	GF	0		2	1	0	3	1
							66gm		450.0	227	32	6	265	7