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Jim Hegan
James Edward Hegan
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 3, 1920 in Lynn, MA
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1938. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1941
Final Game: July 4, 1960
Died: June 17, 1984 in Lynn, MA
Relatives: Father of Mike Hegan
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1941 20 CLE AL 16 53 47 4 15 2 0 1 5 0 0 4 7 .319 .373 .426 .798 115 20 1 0 2 2
1942 21 CLE AL 68 184 170 10 33 5 0 0 11 1 3 11 31 .194 .243 .224 .467 35 38 3 0 3 2
1946 25 CLE AL 88 292 271 29 64 11 5 0 17 1 4 17 44 .236 .284 .314 .597 71 85 8 1 3 2
1947 26 CLE AL 135 426 378 38 94 14 5 4 42 3 1 41 49 .249 .324 .344 .668 88 130 8 1 6 *2 AS
1948 27 CLE AL 144 524 472 60 117 21 6 14 61 6 3 48 74 .248 .317 .407 .724 93 192 10 0 4 *2 MVP-19
1949 28 CLE AL 152 529 468 54 105 19 5 8 55 1 0 49 89 .224 .298 .338 .635 69 158 12 0 12 *2 AS
1950 29 CLE AL 131 469 415 53 91 16 5 14 58 1 0 42 52 .219 .291 .383 .674 74 159 11 0 12 *2 AS
1951 30 CLE AL 133 457 416 60 99 17 5 6 43 0 3 38 72 .238 .302 .346 .648 79 144 6 0 3 *2 AS
1952 31 CLE AL 112 364 333 39 75 17 2 4 41 0 2 29 47 .225 .287 .324 .612 74 108 4 0 2 *2 AS
1953 32 CLE AL 112 329 299 37 65 10 1 9 37 1 2 25 41 .217 .280 .348 .628 70 104 8 1 4 *2
1954 33 CLE AL 139 468 423 56 99 12 7 11 40 0 1 34 48 .234 .289 .374 .662 79 158 15 0 7 4 *2 MVP-22
1955 34 CLE AL 116 352 304 30 67 5 2 9 40 0 1 34 33 .220 .293 .339 .632 67 103 7 0 7 7 5 *2
1956 35 CLE AL 122 368 315 42 70 15 2 6 34 1 1 49 54 .222 .327 .340 .667 75 107 8 0 4 0 6 *2
1957 36 CLE AL 58 167 148 14 32 7 0 4 15 0 1 16 23 .216 .291 .345 .636 74 51 4 0 2 1 1 2
1958 37 TOT 70 203 189 19 38 12 0 1 13 0 0 14 48 .201 .256 .280 .537 44 53 5 0 0 0 1 2
1958 37 DET AL 45 140 130 14 25 6 0 1 7 0 0 10 32 .192 .250 .262 .512 38 34 5 0 0 0 1 2
1958 37 PHI NL 25 63 59 5 13 6 0 0 6 0 0 4 16 .220 .270 .322 .592 57 19 0 0 0 0 0 2
1959 38 TOT NL 46 88 81 1 14 2 0 0 8 0 2 4 20 .173 .207 .198 .404 9 16 1 0 1 2 1 2
1959 38 PHI NL 25 57 51 1 10 1 0 0 8 0 1 3 10 .196 .232 .216 .448 20 11 0 0 1 2 1 2
1959 38 SFG NL 21 31 30 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 10 .133 .161 .167 .328 -11 5 1 0 0 0 0 2
1960 39 CHC NL 24 45 43 4 9 2 1 1 5 0 0 1 10 .209 .244 .372 .617 67 16 2 1 0 0 0 2
17 Seasons 1666 5318 4772 550 1087 187 46 92 525 15 24 456 742 .228 .295 .344 .639 73 1642 113 4 72 14 14
162 Game Avg. 162 517 464 53 106 18 4 9 51 1 2 44 72 .228 .295 .344 .639 73 160 11 0 7
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
CLE (14 yrs) 1526 4982 4459 526 1026 171 45 90 499 15 22 437 664 .230 .299 .349 .648 76 1557 105 3 71 12 12
PHI (2 yrs) 50 120 110 6 23 7 0 0 14 0 1 7 26 .209 .252 .273 .525 40 30 0 0 1 2 1
SFG (1 yr) 21 31 30 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 10 .133 .161 .167 .328 -11 5 1 0 0 0 0
CHC (1 yr) 24 45 43 4 9 2 1 1 5 0 0 1 10 .209 .244 .372 .617 67 16 2 1 0 0 0
DET (1 yr) 45 140 130 14 25 6 0 1 7 0 0 10 32 .192 .250 .262 .512 38 34 5 0 0 0 1
AL (15 yrs) 1571 5122 4589 540 1051 177 45 91 506 15 22 447 696 .229 .297 .347 .644 75 1591 110 3 71 12 13
NL (3 yrs) 95 196 183 10 36 10 1 1 19 0 2 9 46 .197 .236 .279 .515 38 51 3 1 1 2 1

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1948 27 CLE AL WS BSN W 6 21 19 2 4 0 0 1 5 1 0 1 4 .211 .250 .368 .618 7 0 0 1 0 1
1954 33 CLE AL WS NYG L 4 14 13 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .154 .214 .231 .445 3 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 10 35 32 3 6 1 0 1 5 1 0 2 5 .188 .235 .313 .548 10 0 0 1 0 1
2 WS 10 35 32 3 6 1 0 1 5 1 0 2 5 .188 .235 .313 .548 10 0 0 1 0 1
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1941 CLE AL 20 C 16 75 63 10 2 2 .973 4.56 .983 4.54 1
1942 CLE AL 21 C 66 265 227 32 6 7 .977 3.92 .979 4.28 4
1946 CLE AL 25 C 87 538 486 47 5 11 .991 6.13 .982 4.79 8
1947 CLE AL 26 C 133 627 566 54 7 14 .989 4.66 .985 4.30 7 AS
1948 CLE AL 27 C 142 720 637 76 7 17 .990 5.02 .986 4.08 6 MVP-19
1949 CLE AL 28 C 152 731 651 73 7 16 .990 4.76 .985 4.10 4 AS
1950 CLE AL 29 C 129 725 656 64 5 14 .993 5.58 .985 4.21 3 AS
1951 CLE AL 30 C 129 669 597 66 6 8 .991 5.14 .982 4.40 7 AS
1952 CLE AL 31 C 107 558 498 53 7 7 .987 5.15 .985 4.70 3 AS
1953 CLE AL 32 C 106 452 399 42 11 3 .976 4.16 .985 4.44 5
1954 CLE AL 33 C 137 121 1113.1 714 661 49 4 9 .994 3.0 3.2 3 5.74 5.18 .986 5.40 4.76 3 11 27 28 51% MVP-22
1955 CLE AL 34 C 111 91 825.1 619 583 34 2 12 .997 -2.0 -2.9 -2 6.73 5.56 .988 5.58 4.73 8 14 19 13 41%
1956 CLE AL 35 C 118 97 864.1 686 648 28 10 2 .985 -5.0 -6.9 -5 7.04 5.73 .988 5.91 5.02 2 17 25 10 29%
1957 CLE AL 36 C 58 48 421.0 301 287 14 0 4 1.000 -1.0 -2.9 -1 6.43 5.19 .991 5.92 5.11 3 9 12 7 37%
1958 TOT 37 C 70 61 518.0 344 315 27 2 5 .994 0.0 0.0 0 5.94 4.89 .989 6.03 5.29 7 8 15 10 40%
1958 DET AL 37 C 45 43 353.1 231 211 19 1 4 .996 0.0 0.0 0 5.86 5.11 .990 6.01 5.34 5 4 10 7 41%
1958 PHI NL 37 C 25 18 164.2 113 104 8 1 1 .991 0.0 0.0 0 6.12 4.48 .988 6.06 5.19 2 4 5 3 38%
1959 TOT NL 38 C 46 27 254.0 176 156 17 3 3 .983 2.0 9.4 2 6.13 3.76 .989 6.34 5.24 2 1 12 9 43%
1959 PHI NL 38 C 25 18 155.1 96 84 11 1 2 .990 2.0 15.5 2 5.50 3.80 .989 6.34 5.24 1 1 8 7 47%
1959 SFG NL 38 C 21 9 98.2 80 72 6 2 1 .975 0.0 0.0 0 7.11 3.71 .989 6.34 5.24 1 0 4 2 33%
1960 CHC NL 39 C 22 12 118.2 87 76 9 2 2 .977 0.0 0.0 0 6.45 3.86 .986 6.58 5.41 2 4 10 6 38%
17 Seasons C 1629 457 4114.2 8287 7506 695 86 136 .990 -3.0 -0.9 -3 17.94 5.03 .985 5.77 4.56 75 64 120 83 41%
17 Seasons TOT 1629 457 4114.2 8287 7506 695 86 136 .990 -3.0 -0.9 -3 17.94 5.03 .975 5.77 4.56 75 64 120 83 41%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1947
1949
1950 *
1951 *
1952

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1948-AL-19-3%
1954-AL-22-1%
0.04 Career Shares (1148th)

Games Played s c a p y
1949 AL--152--9th

Triples s c a p y
1954 AL--7--10th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1948 AL--74--5th
1949 AL--89--3rd
1951 AL--72--5th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1949 AL--12--6th
1950 AL--12--7th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1955 AL--7--5th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1948 AL--8.4--6th

Oldest s c a p y
1958 NL--born 1920-08-03--8th
1958 AL--born 1920-08-03--10th
1959 NL--born 1920-08-03--8th
1960 NL--born 1920-08-03--4th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 2 (2112), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 71 (252), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1565), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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 Jay Porter and Hal Woodeshick.

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.

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