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.

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	CLE		CHW	L,2-3	CG	50	11.0	13	2	0	15	0	C
2	2	Apr 18	CLE	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	48	11.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
3	4 (1)	Apr 21	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3		9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
4	5	Apr 23	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
5	7 (1)	Apr 25	CLE	@	KCA	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
6	8	Apr 26	CLE		DET	L,0-5	GS	36	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
7	11 (2)	Apr 28 (2)	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG	37	10.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
8	12	Apr 30	CLE		WSH	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	13	May 1	CLE		WSH	W,7-6	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
10	14	May 4	CLE		BOS	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
11	17 (2)	May 7	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
12	18	May 8	CLE		NYY	W,10-4	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
13	19	May 10	CLE		KCA	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
14	20	May 11	CLE		KCA	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
15	23 (2)	May 15	CLE	@	BAL	W,11-8	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
16	24	May 16	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	45	10.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
17	25	May 17	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-1	GF	6	1.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
18	27 (1)	May 19	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
19	28	May 21	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
20	30 (1)	May 24	CLE		CHW	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
21	32 (1)	May 26 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,0-1	CG	39	10.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
22	33	May 26 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,4-3	GF	12	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR C
23	34	May 27	CLE	@	DET	L,5-11	GF	14	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR C
24	35	May 28	CLE	@	DET	W,4-3	GS	29	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
25	36	May 29	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-4	GS	32	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
26	38 (1)	May 30 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
27	39	May 31	CLE	@	KCA	L,1-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	43 (3)	Jun 5	CLE		NYY	L,3-13	CG	45	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
29	45 (1)	Jun 7	CLE		WSH	L,7-11	GS	38	7.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
30	49 (3)	Jun 11	CLE		BOS	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
31	52 (2)	Jun 14	CLE		BAL	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
32	53	Jun 15	CLE		BAL	L,3-8	GS	32	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
33	55 (1)	Jun 16 (2)	CLE		BAL	W,5-1	GS	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	87 (31)	Jul 19	CLE		NYY	L,1-9	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
35	88	Jul 20	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
36	89	Jul 21 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
37	91 (1)	Jul 24 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
38	92	Jul 24 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	36	8.2	5	0	0	5	0	C
39	93	Jul 25	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	42	9.1	9	0	0	9	0	C
40	94	Jul 26	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-10	GS	33	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
41	96 (1)	Jul 28	CLE	@	BOS	L,8-9	GF	8	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
42	97	Jul 29	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	103 (5)	Aug 4 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	46	8.2	4	0	0	4	0	C
44	106 (2)	Aug 7	CLE	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
45	111 (4)	Aug 11 (2)	CLE		KCA	L,8-9	GS	31	6.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
46	114 (2)	Aug 15	CLE		CHW	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	C
47	115	Aug 16	CLE	@	KCA	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
48	116	Aug 17	CLE	@	KCA	L,3-4	CG	38	8.1	4	0	0	4	0	C
49	122 (5)	Aug 23	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	GS	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
50	124 (1)	Aug 25 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
51	125	Aug 25 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
52	126	Aug 27	CLE		BAL	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
53	127	Aug 28	CLE		BAL	L,6-19	GS	39	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
54	128	Aug 29	CLE		BAL	W,13-4	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
55	129	Aug 30	CLE		DET	W,6-5	CG	39	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
56	130	Aug 31	CLE		DET	L,7-8	CG	47	10.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	131	Sep 1	CLE		DET	L,1-6	GS	26	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
58	136 (4)	Sep 8	CLE	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
							58gm		421.0	287	14	0	301	4