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Jim Hegan
James Edward Hegan

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 195 lb.

Debut September 9, 1941
Final Game July 4, 1960
Born August 3, 1920 in Lynn, MA
Died June 17, 1984 in Lynn, MA

Father of Mike Hegan

Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1938. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1941 20 CLE AL  16   47    4   15   2  0   1    5   0  0   4   7  .319  .373  .426  115   20   2           0   1
 1942 21 CLE AL  68  170   10   33   5  0   0   11   1  3  11  31  .194  .243  .224   35   38   3           0   3
 1946 25 CLE AL  88  271   29   64  11  5   0   17   1  4  17  44  .236  .284  .314   71   85   3           1   8
 1947 26 CLE AL 135  378   38   94  14  5   4   42   3  1  41  49  .249  .324  .344   88  130   6           1   8 AS
 1948 27 CLE AL 144  472   60  117  21  6  14   61   6  3  48  74  .248  .317  .407   93  192   4           0  10 MVP-19
 1949 28 CLE AL 152  468   54  105  19  5   8   55   1  0  49  89  .224  .298  .338   69  158  12           0  12 AS
 1950 29 CLE AL 131  415   53   91  16  5  14   58   1  0  42  52  .219  .291  .383   74  159  12           0  11 AS
 1951 30 CLE AL 133  416   60   99  17  5   6   43   0  3  38  72  .238  .302  .346   79  144   3           0   6 AS
 1952 31 CLE AL 112  333   39   75  17  2   4   41   0  2  29  47  .225  .287  .324   74  108   2           0   4 AS
 1953 32 CLE AL 112  299   37   65  10  1   9   37   1  2  25  41  .217  .280  .348   70  104   4           1   8
 1954 33 CLE AL 139  423   56   99  12  7  11   40   0  1  34  48  .234  .289  .374   79  158   7   4       0  15 MVP-22
 1955 34 CLE AL 116  304   30   67   5  2   9   40   0  1  34  33  .220  .293  .339   67  103   7   7   5   0   7
 1956 35 CLE AL 122  315   42   70  15  2   6   34   1  1  49  54  .222  .327  .340   75  107   4   0   6   0   8
 1957 36 CLE AL  58  148   14   32   7  0   4   15   0  1  16  23  .216  .291  .345   74   51   2   1   1   0   4
 1958 37 TOT     70  189   19   38  12  0   1   13   0  0  14  48  .201  .256  .280   44   53   0   0   1   0   5
         DET AL  45  130   14   25   6  0   1    7   0  0  10  32  .192  .250  .262   38   34   0   0   1   0   5
         PHI NL  25   59    5   13   6  0   0    6   0  0   4  16  .220  .270  .322   57   19   0   0   0   0   0
 1959 38 TOT NL  46   81    1   14   2  0   0    8   0  2   4  20  .173  .207  .198    9   16   1   2   1   0   1
         PHI NL  25   51    1   10   1  0   0    8   0  1   3  10  .196  .232  .216   20   11   1   2   1   0   0
         SFG NL  21   30    0    4   1  0   0    0   0  1   1  10  .133  .161  .167  -11    5   0   0   0   0   1
 1960 39 CHC NL  24   43    4    9   2  1   1    5   0  0   1  10  .209  .244  .372   67   16   0   0   0   1   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 17 Seasons    1666 4772  550 1087 187 46  92  525  15 24 456 742  .228  .295  .344   73 1642  72  14  14   4 113
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        464   53  106  18  4   9   51   1  2  44  72  .228  .295  .344   73  160   7   1   1   0  11
 Career High    152  472   60  117  21  7  14   61   6  4  49  89  .249  .327  .407   93  192  12   7   6   1  15
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1941 20 CLE AL   53   35    7   5.4   102| .319  .269| .373  .345| .426  .397| .799  .742| 115  .556   1.0   0.1   0%
 1942 21 CLE AL  184  146    9   1.6    89| .194  .258| .243  .332| .224  .362| .467  .694|  35  .158 -14.5  -1.5  25%
 1946 25 CLE AL  292  222   23   2.8    91| .236  .257| .284  .330| .314  .369| .598  .699|  71  .322 -11.0  -1.1  20%
 1947 26 CLE AL  426  299   42   3.7    94| .249  .259| .324  .338| .344  .372| .668  .711|  88  .452  -6.2  -0.6  75%
 1948 27 CLE AL  524  372   61   4.4   104| .248  .270| .317  .355| .407  .391| .724  .746|  93  .476  -7.2  -0.7  66%
 1949 28 CLE AL  529  387   47   3.2   105| .224  .268| .298  .360| .338  .390| .636  .750|  69  .345 -22.9  -2.3 100%
 1950 29 CLE AL  469  347   46   3.5   111| .219  .275| .291  .361| .383  .412| .674  .773|  74  .347 -19.2  -1.8 100%
 1951 30 CLE AL  457  329   43   3.5    98| .238  .261| .302  .342| .346  .383| .648  .725|  79  .387 -13.3  -1.3   0%
 1952 31 CLE AL  364  266   30   3.0    91| .225  .253| .287  .332| .324  .369| .611  .701|  74  .361 -11.6  -1.2   0%
 1953 32 CLE AL  329  248   28   3.0   101| .217  .267| .280  .343| .348  .393| .628  .736|  70  .330 -13.7  -1.4  33%
 1954 33 CLE AL  468  351   46   3.5   100| .234  .268| .289  .344| .374  .391| .663  .735|  79  .412 -14.7  -1.5   0%
 1955 34 CLE AL  352  259   31   3.2   106| .220  .271| .293  .351| .339  .404| .632  .755|  67  .342 -15.2  -1.5   0%
 1956 35 CLE AL  368  258   36   3.7   108| .222  .270| .327  .352| .340  .411| .667  .763|  75  .387 -11.2  -1.1  50%
 1957 36 CLE AL  167  124   15   3.3    99| .216  .263| .291  .335| .345  .397| .636  .732|  74  .369  -5.5  -0.6   0%
 1958 37 TOT     203  156   13   2.2   104| .201  .269| .256  .338| .280  .413| .536  .751|  44  .223 -15.1  -1.5   0%
         DET AL  140  110    8   1.9   104| .192  .269| .250  .339| .262  .410| .512  .749|  38  .190 -11.6  -1.2   0%
         PHI NL   63   46    5   2.9   105| .220  .269| .270  .336| .322  .419| .592  .756|  57  .298  -3.5  -0.3   0%
 1959 38 TOT NL   88   73    4   1.5   105| .173  .270| .207  .336| .198  .418| .405  .754|   9  .108 -10.6  -1.1   0%
         PHI NL   57   45    3   1.8   106| .196  .271| .232  .337| .216  .420| .448  .757|  20  .149  -5.8  -0.6   0%
         SFG NL   31   28    1   1.0   103| .133  .268| .161  .333| .167  .414| .328  .747| -11  .052  -4.8  -0.5   0%
 1960 39 CHC NL   45   36    3   2.2    98| .209  .262| .244  .328| .372  .402| .616  .730|  67  .229  -2.2  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 17 Seasons     5318 3908  484   3.3   101| .228  .266| .295  .346| .344  .391| .639  .736|  73  .365 -193.1 -19.3  38%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1941 20 CLE AL   C   16     63   10    2    2  .973  .983  4.56  4.54                           1             
 1942 21 CLE AL   C   66    227   32    6    7  .977  .979  3.92  4.28                           4             
 1946 25 CLE AL   C   87    486   47    5   11  .991  .982  6.13  4.79                           8             
 1947 26 CLE AL   C  133    566   54    7   14  .989  .985  4.66  4.30                           7              AS
 1948 27 CLE AL   C  142    637   76    7   17  .990  .986  5.02  4.08                           6             
 1949 28 CLE AL   C  152    651   73    7   16  .990  .985  4.76  4.10                           4              AS
 1950 29 CLE AL   C  129    656   64    5   14  .993  .985  5.58  4.21                           3              AS
 1951 30 CLE AL   C  129    597   66    6    8  .991  .982  5.14  4.40                           7              AS
 1952 31 CLE AL   C  107    498   53    7    7  .987  .985  5.15  4.70                           3              AS
 1953 32 CLE AL   C  106    399   42   11    3  .976  .985  4.16  4.44                           5             
 1954 33 CLE AL   C  137    661   49    4    9  .994  .986  5.18  4.76                           3             
 1955 34 CLE AL   C  111    583   34    2   12  .997  .988  5.56  4.73                           8             
 1956 35 CLE AL   C  118    648   28   10    2  .985  .988  5.73  5.02  7.04  5.91   97  864.3   2  17   25  10
 1957 36 CLE AL   C   58    287   14    0    4 1.000  .991  5.19  5.11  6.43  5.92   48  421.0   3   9   12   7
 1958 37 TOT      C   70    315   27    2    5  .994  .989  4.89  5.29  5.94  6.03   61  518.0   7   8   15  10
         DET AL   C   45    211   19    1    4  .996  .990  5.11  5.34  5.86  6.01   43  353.3   5   4   10   7
         PHI NL   C   25    104    8    1    1  .991  .988  4.48  5.19  6.12  6.06   18  164.7   2   4    5   3
 1959 38 TOT NL   C   46    156   17    3    3  .983  .989  3.76  5.24  6.13  6.34   27  254.0   2   1   12   9
         PHI NL   C   25     84   11    1    2  .990  .989  3.80  5.24  5.51  6.34   18  155.3   1   1    8   7
         SFG NL   C   21     72    6    2    1  .975  .989  3.71  5.24  7.11  6.34    9   98.7   1   0    4   2
 1960 39 CHC NL   C   22     76    9    2    2  .977  .986  3.86  5.41  6.44  6.58   12  118.7   2   4   10   6

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1941 20 CLE AL   C   16     63   10    2    2  .973  .983  4.56  4.54                           1             
 1942 21 CLE AL   C   66    227   32    6    7  .977  .979  3.92  4.28                           4             
 1946 25 CLE AL   C   87    486   47    5   11  .991  .982  6.13  4.79                           8             
 1947 26 CLE AL   C  133    566   54    7   14  .989  .985  4.66  4.30                           7             
 1948 27 CLE AL   C  142    637   76    7   17  .990  .986  5.02  4.08                           6             
 1949 28 CLE AL   C  152    651   73    7   16  .990  .985  4.76  4.10                           4             
 1950 29 CLE AL   C  129    656   64    5   14  .993  .985  5.58  4.21                           3             
 1951 30 CLE AL   C  129    597   66    6    8  .991  .982  5.14  4.40                           7             
 1952 31 CLE AL   C  107    498   53    7    7  .987  .985  5.15  4.70                           3             
 1953 32 CLE AL   C  106    399   42   11    3  .976  .985  4.16  4.44                           5             
 1954 33 CLE AL   C  137    661   49    4    9  .994  .986  5.18  4.76                           3             
 1955 34 CLE AL   C  111    583   34    2   12  .997  .988  5.56  4.73                           8             
 1956 35 CLE AL   C  118    648   28   10    2  .985  .988  5.73  5.02  7.04  5.91   97  864.3   2  17   25  10
 1957 36 CLE AL   C   58    287   14    0    4 1.000  .991  5.19  5.11  6.43  5.92   48  421.0   3   9   12   7
 1958 37 TOT      C   70    315   27    2    5  .994  .989  4.89  5.29  5.94  6.03   61  518.0   7   8   15  10
         DET AL   C   45    211   19    1    4  .996  .990  5.11  5.34  5.86  6.01   43  353.3   5   4   10   7
         PHI NL   C   25    104    8    1    1  .991  .988  4.48  5.19  6.12  6.06   18  164.7   2   4    5   3
 1959 38 TOT NL   C   46    156   17    3    3  .983  .989  3.76  5.24  6.13  6.34   27  254.0   2   1   12   9
         PHI NL   C   25     84   11    1    2  .990  .989  3.80  5.24  5.51  6.34   18  155.3   1   1    8   7
         SFG NL   C   21     72    6    2    1  .975  .989  3.71  5.24  7.11  6.34    9   98.7   1   0    4   2
 1960 39 CHC NL   C   22     76    9    2    2  .977  .986  3.86  5.41  6.44  6.58   12  118.7   2   4   10   6

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
 Position Total   C*1629   7506  695   86  136  .990  .985  5.03  4.56              245 2176.0  75  39   74  42
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
 Overall Total      1629   7506  695   86  136  .990  .985  5.03  4.56
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1948   WS    CLE BSN     W   6  19   2   4  0  0  1   5   1   4  .211  .250  .368   1  0   1   0   0 
 1954   WS    CLE NYG     L   4  13   1   2  1  0  0   0   1   1  .154  .214  .231   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        1-1  10  32   3   6  1  0  1   5   2   5  .188  .235  .313   1  0   1   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1947   CLE AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1949   CLE AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1950   CLE AL       3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   3   0  0   0   0   0           
 1951   CLE AL       1   0   1  1  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1952   CLE AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 2/5      0   4   0   1  1  0  0   0   0   3   0  0   0   0   0  .250  .250  .500 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1947
1949
1950 *
1951 *
1952

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1948-AL-19-0.03
1954-AL-22-0.01
Car-1135-0.04 shares

Games
1949 AL-152-9

Triples
1954 AL-7-10

Strikeouts
1948 AL-74-5
1949 AL-89-3
1951 AL-72-5

Sac. Hits
1949 AL-12-6
1950 AL-12-7

Sac. Flies
1955 AL-7-5

Power/Speed Number
1948 AL-8.4-6

Oldest Player
1958 AL-37-10
1958 NL-37-8
1959 NL-38-8
1960 NL-39-4

      

Gray Ink: Batting - 2 (2083) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 10.9 (1555) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 71.0 (249) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

Before 1938 Season: Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent.

February 18, 1958: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Hank Aguirre to the Detroit Tigers for Hal Woodeshick and Jay Porter.

July 27, 1958: Traded by the Detroit Tigers to the Philadelphia Phillies for John Turk (minors) and cash.

June 14, 1959: Purchased by the San Francisco Giants from the Philadelphia Phillies.

January 21, 1960: Released by the San Francisco Giants.

May 28, 1960: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

July 27, 1960: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

September 2, 1960: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

October 1, 1960: Released by the New York Yankees.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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