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+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	29-41 / in Starts: 27-34
Longest Hitting Streak	8 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	41 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 203 PAs	12
Actual Runners on Base	114 (57-35-22)
Avg. MLBer w/ 203 PAs	21
Avg. Runners on Base	124 (66-38-19)

Most Driven In
C Maxwell	2
A Kaline	2
R Bertoia	1
T Kazanski	1
Self	1
F Bolling	1
C FernÃ¡ndez	1
W Jones	1

Most Driven In By
F Bolling	6
R Ashburn	3
O Virgil	2
F Lary	2
B Martin	2
Self	1
D Cardwell	1
B Young	1

1958 Batting Game Log

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1958 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1527	1	Apr 15	DET	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	8	1.37	-0.102	3.59	-0.16%	-0.65	C
2	1528	2	Apr 16	DET	@	CHW	W,5-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	8	.72	-0.036	2.01	-0.06%	-0.32	C
3	1529	3	Apr 17	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.400	.333	.733	8	1.69	-0.008	5.21	-0.02%	0.52	C
4	1530	4	Apr 18	DET		CLE	L,5-7	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.357	.250	.607	8	1.12	-0.008	3.19	-0.01%	-0.17	C
5	1531	7 (2)	Apr 21	DET		CHW	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.294	.200	.494	8	1.74	-0.134	4.41	-0.21%	-1.11	C
6	1532	8	Apr 22	DET		CHW	W,8-2	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.286	.263	.549	8	.20	0.011	.56	0.02%	0.05	C
7	1533	9	Apr 23	DET	@	KCA	W,8-2	CG	5	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.308	.304	.612	8	.42	0.016	1.24	0.03%	-0.15	C
8	1534	10	Apr 24	DET	@	KCA	L,2-7	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.185	.267	.259	.526	8	.98	-0.195	3.25	-0.39%	-1.59	C
9	1535	11	Apr 25	DET	@	CLE	L,2-12	GS-5	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.290	.321	.612	8	.71	0.047	2.22	0.09%	0.41	C
10	1536	12	Apr 26	DET	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.294	.323	.617	8	.88	0.024	2.63	0.04%	0.22	C
11	1537	14 (1)	Apr 29	DET	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.270	.294	.564	8	.66	-0.048	1.99	-0.09%	-0.63	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	1538	17 (2)	May 4 (1)	DET	@	BAL	L,3-4	GS-7	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.282	.286	.568	8	.50	-0.006	1.31	-0.01%	-0.03	C
13	1539	18	May 4 (2)	DET	@	BAL	L,0-4	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.275	.278	.553	8	.44	-0.014	1.06	-0.02%	-0.56	C
14	1540	19	May 7 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.175	.250	.250	.500	8	.14	-0.019	.35	-0.03%	-1.27	C
15	1541	21 (1)	May 8	DET	@	WSH	L,1-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.163	.234	.233	.467	8	2.08	-0.313	4.97	-0.45%	-2.16	C
16	1542	22	May 9	DET		KCA	W,7-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.191	.255	.255	.510	8	.49	-0.035	1.04	-0.05%	0.35	C
17	1543	23	May 10	DET		KCA	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.180	.241	.240	.481	8	1.03	-0.085	2.31	-0.11%	-1.00	C
18	1544	24	May 11	DET		KCA	W,10-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.204	.259	.259	.518	8	.89	0.052	2.09	0.07%	1.20	C
19	1545	25	May 13	DET		CLE	W,11-1	CG	4	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.274	.293	.567	8	.25	0.040	.61	0.06%	0.01	C
20	1546	26	May 14	DET		CLE	L,8-9	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.217	.288	.283	.571	8	.38	-0.032	1.07	-0.05%	-0.39	C
21	1547	27	May 15	DET		CLE	L,5-8	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.213	.284	.279	.562	8	1.05	0.044	2.78	0.07%	0.38	C
22	1548	28	May 16	DET	@	KCA	L,3-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.271	.266	.537	8	1.06	-0.104	2.39	-0.14%	-1.39	C
23	1549	31 (2)	May 20	DET		BAL	L,4-6	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.260	.254	.514	8	.75	-0.059	1.12	-0.05%	-0.70	C
24	1550	33 (1)	May 22	DET		NYY	L,4-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.186	.250	.243	.493	8	1.64	-0.140	2.02	-0.10%	-1.17	C
25	1551	37 (3)	May 25 (2)	DET		WSH	W,6-3	CG	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.266	.274	.540	8	.58	0.086	.47	0.04%	1.39	C
26	1552	41 (3)	May 30 (2)	DET		CHW	L,2-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.259	.267	.526	8	1.03	-0.055	1.02	-0.03%	-0.52	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
				Player went from Detroit Tigers to Philadelphia Phillies
27	1553	42	Jun 1 susp	PHI		CIN	L,11-12	11-GF(13)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.197	.256	.263	.519	7	1.36	-0.034	1.36	-0.02%	-0.10	C
				Player went from Philadelphia Phillies to Detroit Tigers
28	1554	44	Jun 4	DET	@	BAL	L,4-6	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.250	.256	.506	8	.50	-0.024	.41	-0.01%	-0.28	C
29	1555	49 (4)	Jun 9	DET	@	BOS	L,4-9	CG	4	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.210	.273	.272	.544	8	.44	0.064	.35	0.03%	0.58	C
30	1556	50	Jun 11 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,7-0	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.293	.298	.591	8	.47	0.011	.39	0.01%	0.40	C
31	1557	52 (1)	Jun 12	DET	@	BOS	L,2-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.284	.287	.572	8	1.60	-0.128	1.42	-0.07%	-0.96	C
32	1558	54 (1)	Jun 14	DET	@	NYY	W,5-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.218	.284	.287	.572	8						C
33	1559	56 (1)	Jun 15 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.273	.275	.547	8	.50	-0.049	.99	-0.06%	-0.66	C
34	1560	58 (1)	Jun 19	DET		WSH	L,3-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.204	.267	.269	.536	8	.98	-0.049	1.68	-0.05%	-0.40	C
35	1561	61 (2)	Jun 22	DET		NYY	L,0-15	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.262	.263	.525	8	.40	-0.019	1.15	-0.03%	-0.45	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
36	1562	70 (8)	Jul 2	DET		KCA	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.202	.262	.263	.524	8	.28	-0.019	.31	-0.01%	0.47	C
37	1563	71	Jul 4 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-6	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.264	.265	.528	8	.59	-0.040	.66	-0.03%	-0.32	C
38	1564	72	Jul 4 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.263	.264	.527	8	.68	-0.041	.62	-0.02%	-0.22	C
39	1565	73	Jul 5	DET	@	CHW	L,1-8	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.202	.256	.257	.513	8	1.13	-0.091	.86	-0.04%	-0.78	C
40	1566	74	Jul 6	DET	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	.196	.250	.250	.500	8	.88	-0.044	.57	-0.02%	-0.40	C
41	1567	75	Jul 10	DET	@	WSH	L,3-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.191	.244	.243	.487	8	1.58	-0.089	1.52	-0.05%	-0.71	C
42	1568	79 (3)	Jul 13 (2)	DET	@	BAL	W,5-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.186	.244	.237	.481	8	1.06	-0.044	.70	-0.02%	-0.33	C
43	1569	85 (5)	Jul 19	DET	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG(12)	5	5	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.187	.242	.260	.503	8	1.40	-0.069	.60	-0.02%	-0.01	C
44	1570	87 (1)	Jul 20 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.190	.250	.262	.512	8	1.81	0.012	.87	0.00%	0.23	C
45	1571	88	Jul 22	DET		NYY	L,3-13	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.252	.264	.515	8	.39	-0.029	.16	-0.01%	-0.47	C
46	1572	94 (5)	Jul 27 (2)	DET		WSH	L,1-6	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.191	.248	.260	.508	8	.39	-0.021	.01	0.00%	-0.39	C
				Player went from Detroit Tigers to Philadelphia Phillies
47	1573	92	Jul 28 (1)	PHI		SFG	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.241	.252	.493	8	1.96	-0.200	2.64	-0.16%	-1.50	C
48	1574	95 (2)	Jul 30	PHI		STL	W,5-1	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.248	.261	.509	8	.45	0.028	.31	0.01%	0.35	C
49	1575	96	Jul 31	PHI		STL	W,4-3	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.191	.250	.262	.512	8	.76	0.004	.64	0.00%	0.00	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
50	1576	98 (1)	Aug 2	PHI		CHC	L,5-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.191	.250	.262	.512	8						C
51	1577	99	Aug 3 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,8-2	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.263	.266	.529	8	.45	0.061	.38	0.03%	1.01	C
52	1578	101 (1)	Aug 5	PHI	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.197	.263	.265	.528	8	.58	-0.010	.48	-0.01%	-0.13	C
53	1579	102	Aug 6	PHI	@	CIN	W,8-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.199	.262	.265	.527	8	.70	-0.011	.45	-0.01%	-0.56	C
54	1580	104 (1)	Aug 8	PHI		MLN	W,7-6	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.262	.265	.526	8	1.71	-0.068	2.26	-0.05%	-0.35	C
55	1581	106 (1)	Aug 10 (1)	PHI		MLN	L,7-8	GS-9	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.263	.272	.535	8	.97	0.057	1.92	0.07%	0.49	C
56	1582	117 (10)	Aug 21	PHI	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.269	.273	.542	8	1.69	-0.022	.04	0.00%	0.10	C
57	1583	118	Aug 22	PHI	@	STL	L,1-9	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.205	.269	.273	.542	8						C
58	1584	121 (2)	Aug 24 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	W,5-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.202	.266	.270	.535	8	1.06	0.012	.01	0.00%	0.15	C
59	1585	123 (1)	Aug 27	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.202	.266	.270	.535	8						C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
60	1586	130 (6)	Sep 2	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.202	.266	.270	.535	8						C
61	1587	132 (1)	Sep 4	PHI		MLN	L,5-9	7-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.201	.264	.268	.532	8	2.55	-0.058	.00	0.00%	-0.31	C
62	1588	135 (2)	Sep 7 (1)	PHI		CIN	L,4-6	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.202	.264	.274	.538	8	1.20	0.218	.00	0.00%	0.09	C
63	1589	137 (1)	Sep 9	PHI		LAD	W,4-3	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.261	.271	.531	8	1.25	-0.066	.00	0.00%	-0.59	C
64	1590	139 (1)	Sep 11	PHI		LAD	W,4-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.261	.271	.531	8						C
65	1591	140	Sep 12 (1)	PHI		SFG	L,2-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.198	.258	.267	.526	8	.92	-0.046	.00	0.00%	-0.39	C
66	1592	144 (3)	Sep 15	PHI		STL	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	3	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.210	.268	.290	.558	8	.52	0.100	.00	0.00%	1.40	C
67	1593	145	Sep 16	PHI		CHC	L,8-10	GS-10	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.268	.294	.562	8	.82	0.005	.00	0.00%	0.06	C
68	1594	147 (1)	Sep 19	PHI		PIT	L,2-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.265	.291	.557	8	.90	-0.046	.00	0.00%	-0.46	C
69	1595	150 (2)	Sep 22 (2)	PHI		PIT	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.261	.286	.548	8	1.24	-0.095	.00	0.00%	-0.74	C
70	1596	153 (2)	Sep 27	PHI	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.201	.256	.280	.537	8	.67	-0.066	.00	0.00%	-0.64	C
							29-41		203	189	19	38	12	0	1	12	14	1	48	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	.201	.256	.280	.537		.92	-1.979	1.22	-2.09%	-16.06

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