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.

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1951 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	CLE	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
2	2	Apr 18	CLE	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	40	10.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
3	3	Apr 20	CLE		SLB	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
4	4	Apr 21	CLE		SLB	L,1-9	CG	46	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
5	5	Apr 22 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,10-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
6	7 (1)	Apr 24	CLE		CHW	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
7	8	Apr 28	CLE	@	SLB	W,12-4	CG	41	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
8	9	Apr 29 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	11 (1)	May 1	CLE		BOS	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
10	12	May 2	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
11	13	May 4	CLE		PHA	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
12	14	May 5	CLE		PHA	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	8	3	0	11	0	C
13	15	May 6 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
14	17 (1)	May 7	CLE		WSH	L,10-11	CG	49	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
15	18	May 9	CLE		NYY	L,2-9	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
16	21 (2)	May 13 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,11-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
17	22	May 13 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	T,4-4	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
18	23	May 14	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-11	CG	39	8.0	8	1	1	10	1	C
19	24	May 16	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-11	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
20	25	May 17	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-1	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	PR C
21	27 (1)	May 19	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-9	CG	46	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
22	28	May 20 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
23	29	May 20 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-3	GF	7	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
24	30	May 22	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
25	31	May 24	CLE	@	WSH	W,16-0	CG	29	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
26	32	May 25	CLE		CHW	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
27	33	May 26	CLE		CHW	L,0-6	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
28	34	May 27 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
29	36 (1)	May 28	CLE	@	DET	W,9-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
30	37	May 29	CLE	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	28	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
31	38	May 30 (1)	CLE		DET	W,3-1	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	40 (1)	Jun 1	CLE		WSH	W,2-1	GS	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
33	41	Jun 2	CLE		WSH	W,12-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
34	42	Jun 3 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
35	44 (1)	Jun 4	CLE		NYY	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
36	45	Jun 5	CLE		NYY	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
37	47 (1)	Jun 7	CLE		PHA	W,6-3	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
38	48	Jun 8	CLE		BOS	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
39	49	Jun 9	CLE		BOS	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
40	50	Jun 10 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,6-9	CG	48	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
41	51	Jun 10 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,2-8	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR C
42	52	Jun 12	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
43	53	Jun 14	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
44	54	Jun 15	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
45	55	Jun 16	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
46	57 (1)	Jun 18	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-7	CG	47	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
47	58	Jun 19	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	44	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
48	59	Jun 20	CLE	@	BOS	W,14-8	GF	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR C
49	60	Jun 21	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
50	61	Jun 22	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
51	62	Jun 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,6-7	CG	45	8.2	3	0	0	3	0	C
52	63	Jun 24	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
53	64	Jun 26	CLE		SLB	W,6-4	CG	45	11.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
54	65	Jun 27	CLE		SLB	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
55	66	Jun 29	CLE		DET	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
56	67	Jun 30	CLE		DET	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
57	68	Jul 1 (1)	CLE		DET	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
58	70 (1)	Jul 2	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
59	71	Jul 3	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
60	72	Jul 4 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
61	73	Jul 4 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-3	GF	23	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	PR C
62	74	Jul 6	CLE	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
63	75	Jul 7	CLE	@	DET	L,3-13	GS	31	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
64	76	Jul 8 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
65	78 (1)	Jul 12	CLE		NYY	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
66	79	Jul 13	CLE		NYY	W,11-8	CG	44	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
67	80	Jul 14	CLE		NYY	W,8-0	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
68	82 (1)	Jul 15 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
69	83	Jul 16	CLE		WSH	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
70	84	Jul 17	CLE		BOS	W,8-6	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
71	85	Jul 18	CLE		BOS	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
72	86	Jul 19	CLE		BOS	W,5-4	CG	45	11.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
73	88 (1)	Jul 21	CLE		PHA	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
74	89	Jul 22 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
75	90	Jul 22 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,3-1	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR C
76	91	Jul 24	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
77	93 (1)	Jul 26	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
78	94	Jul 27	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	C
79	95	Jul 28	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	70	15.2	10	0	0	10	0	C
80	96	Jul 29	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4	GF	10	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR C
81	97	Jul 31	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	99 (1)	Aug 1 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
83	100	Aug 2	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
84	101	Aug 3	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-2	GF	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
85	102	Aug 4	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	C
86	104 (1)	Aug 5 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	33	8.0	4	2	1	7	0	C
87	105	Aug 7	CLE		SLB	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
88	106	Aug 8	CLE		SLB	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
89	107	Aug 10	CLE		CHW	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
90	108	Aug 11	CLE		CHW	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
91	110 (1)	Aug 13	CLE		DET	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
92	111	Aug 14	CLE		DET	W,6-5	CG	46	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
93	112	Aug 15	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
94	114 (1)	Aug 17 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
95	116 (1)	Aug 18	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
96	117	Aug 19 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
97	118	Aug 19 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-7	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
98	119	Aug 20	CLE		WSH	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
99	120	Aug 21	CLE		WSH	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
100	121	Aug 22	CLE		WSH	W,6-5	GS	36	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
101	122	Aug 23	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
102	123	Aug 24	CLE		NYY	L,0-2	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
103	124	Aug 25	CLE		NYY	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
104	125	Aug 26 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
105	126	Aug 26 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	GF	20	4.2	5	0	0	5	0	C
106	127	Aug 28	CLE		PHA	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
107	128	Aug 29	CLE		PHA	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
108	130 (1)	Aug 31	CLE		SLB	L,3-6	GS	33	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
109	131	Sep 1	CLE		SLB	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
110	132	Sep 2	CLE		SLB	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
111	133	Sep 3 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
112	135 (1)	Sep 4	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	CG	43	11.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
113	136	Sep 5	CLE		DET	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
114	137	Sep 7 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-4	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
115	138	Sep 7 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-0	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
116	139	Sep 8	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
117	140	Sep 9	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
118	141	Sep 11 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-5	GF	24	5.0	5	0	0	5	1	PR C
119	142	Sep 11 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,5-9	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
120	143	Sep 13	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-1	GS	30	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
121	144	Sep 15 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
122	146 (1)	Sep 16	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
123	147	Sep 17	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	35	8.1	7	1	0	8	0	C
124	148	Sep 18	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
125	149	Sep 19	CLE	@	BOS	W,15-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
126	150	Sep 21	CLE	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
127	151	Sep 22	CLE	@	DET	L,4-9	GS	27	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
128	152	Sep 23	CLE	@	DET	L,1-9	GS	32	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
129	153	Sep 25	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
							129gm		1058.1	597	66	6	669	8