Shanty Hogan

James Francis Hogan

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 240 lb.

Born: March 21, 1906 in Somerville, MA
High School: Somerville HS (Somerville, MA)
Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1925. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 23, 1925
Teams (by GP): Giants/Braves/Senators 1925-1937

Final Game: June 13, 1937
Died: April 7, 1967 in Boston, MA
Buried: Oak Grove Cemetery, Medford, MA
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Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG	PB	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	Awards
1925	BSN	NL	19	OF	5	4	2	8	8	0	0	0	1.000	1.60	.968	2.48
1925	BSN	NL	19	RF	3	3	1	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	1.67	.968	2.27
1925	BSN	NL	19	LF	2	1	1	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.50	.967	2.25
1926	BSN	NL	20	C	4	4	4	27	18	5	4	0	.852	5.75	.971	4.40	0	4	2	33%	44%
1927	BSN	NL	21	C	61	59	52	273	215	54	4	3	.985	4.41	.974	4.43	2	18	25	58%	39%
1928	NYG	NL	22	C	124	119	84	456	389	57	10	11	.978	3.60	.979	4.42	3	39	24	38%	45%	MVP-8
1929	NYG	NL	23	C	93	91	63	340	286	47	7	5	.979	3.58	.974	4.34	5	33	18	35%	42%
1930	NYG	NL	24	C	96	93	84	440	386	46	8	5	.982	4.50	.976	4.57	3	35	25	42%	44%
1931	NYG	NL	25	C	113	110	71	525	469	54	2	10	.996	4.63	.980	4.64	3	21	27	56%	46%
1932	NYG	NL	26	C	136	133	102	603	522	71	10	11	.983	4.36	.979	4.66	9	50	36	42%	45%
1933	BSN	NL	27	C	95	92	67	337	280	56	1	11	.997	3.54	.982	4.35	4	8	24	75%	46%
1934	BSN	NL	28	C	90	82	54	349	291	53	5	8	.986	3.82	.985	4.85	3	20	22	52%	44%
1935	BSN	NL	29	C	56	54	31	202	175	25	2	2	.990	3.57	.976	4.78	2	26	11	30%	44%
1936	WSH	AL	30	C	19	18	14	92	83	8	1	5	.989	4.79	.979	4.78	1	9	8	47%	36%
1937	WSH	AL	31	C	21	20	15	95	76	17	2	2	.979	4.43	.980	5.04	1	8	11	58%	37%
	12 Seasons			C	908	875	641	3739	3190	493	56	73	.985	4.06	.979	4.57	36	271	233	46%	43%
	1 Season			OF	5	4	2	8	8	0	0	0	1.000	1.60	.968	2.48
	1 Season			RF	3	3	1	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	1.67	.968	2.27
	1 Season			LF	2	1	1	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.50	.967	2.25
	13 Seasons			TOT	913	879	643	3747	3198	493	56	73	.985	4.04	.979	4.56	36	271	233	46%	43%

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	C	LF	RF	OF	PH
1925	BSN	NL	19	9	4	9	5	0	2	3	5	4
1926	BSN	NL	20	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	0
1927	BSN	NL	21	71	59	71	61	61	0	0	0	10
1928	NYG	NL	22	131	119	131	124	124	0	0	0	7
1929	NYG	NL	23	102	91	102	93	93	0	0	0	9
1930	NYG	NL	24	122	93	122	96	96	0	0	0	26
1931	NYG	NL	25	123	110	123	113	113	0	0	0	10
1932	NYG	NL	26	140	133	140	136	136	0	0	0	4
1933	BSN	NL	27	96	92	96	95	95	0	0	0	1
1934	BSN	NL	28	92	82	92	90	90	0	0	0	2
1935	BSN	NL	29	59	54	59	56	56	0	0	0	3
1936	WSH	AL	30	19	18	19	19	19	0	0	0	0
1937	WSH	AL	31	21	20	21	21	21	0	0	0	0
	13 Seasons			989	879	989	913	908	2	3	5	76

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1928 NL (8, 21%) 0.21 Career Shares (727th)	Def. Games as C s c a p y 1928 NL 124 (2nd) 1931 NL 113 (2nd) 1932 NL 136 (1st)	Putouts as C s c a p y 1928 NL 389 (3rd) 1930 NL 386 (4th) 1931 NL 469 (2nd) 1932 NL 522 (1st)	Assists as C s c a p y 1932 NL 71 (4th) 1934 NL 53 (5th)
Errors Committed as C s c a p y 1928 NL 10 (2nd) 1932 NL 10 (4th)	Passed Balls s c a p y 1929 NL 5 (5th) 1932 NL 9 (3rd) 1933 NL 4 (5th)	Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y 1928 NL 39 (5th) 1930 NL 35 (4th) 1932 NL 50 (1st)	Caught Stealing as C s c a p y 1927 NL 25 (5th) 1932 NL 36 (2nd) 1934 NL 22 (5th)
Caught Stealing %† s c a p y 1927 NL 58.1 (1st) 1931 NL 56.3 (2nd) 1933 NL 75.0 (1st) 1934 NL 52.4 (3rd) Career 46.2 (65th)	Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y 1930 NL 4.50 (3rd) 1931 NL 4.63 (3rd) 1932 NL 4.36 (3rd)	Fielding % as C s c a p y 1929 NL .979 (3rd) 1930 NL .982 (5th) 1931 NL .996 (1st) 1932 NL .983 (4th) 1933 NL .997 (1st) 1934 NL .986 (5th)	Youngest s c a p y 1925 NL born 1906-03-21 (5th) 1926 NL born 1906-03-21 (9th)

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