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	25-42 / in Starts: 23-29
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	58 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 4 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 184 PAs	11
Actual Runners on Base	104 (45-41-18) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 184 PAs	18
Avg. Runners on Base	119 (61-38-19)

Most Driven In
L Fleming	4
L Boudreau	2
K Keltner	2
O Grimes	1
R Mack	1
R Weatherly	1
J Heath	0

Most Driven In By
O Hockett	4
R Weatherly	2
L Boudreau	1
A Milnar	1
J Bagby	0
O Grimes	0
R Embree	0
R Mack	0

1942 Batting Game Log

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1942 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	17	17 (16)	May 2	CLE	@	WSH	W,12-3	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					8						C
2	18	32 (14)	May 19	CLE		PHA	W,4-1	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	7	.41	0.038	1.79	0.10%	0.59	C
3	19	33	May 21	CLE		BOS	L,3-8	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.375	.750	7	.65	-0.047	3.30	-0.14%	0.11	C
4	20	34	May 23	CLE		SLB	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.300	.300	.600	7	1.11	-0.057	4.75	-0.15%	-0.44	C
5	21	35	May 24 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,2-3	CG	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.417	.462	.417	.878	7	2.23	0.058	9.21	0.14%	0.97	C
6	22	37 (1)	May 25	CLE		CHW	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.375	.412	.438	.849	7	1.52	-0.053	5.28	-0.11%	-0.47	C
7	23	38	May 26	CLE		CHW	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.316	.350	.368	.718	8	.78	-0.058	2.54	-0.11%	-0.40	C
8	24	39	May 27	CLE		CHW	L,7-9	GS-9	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.318	.375	.364	.739	8	1.10	0.015	3.80	0.03%	0.23	C
9	25	40	May 28	CLE	@	DET	L,2-6	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.292	.346	.333	.679	8						C
10	26	41	May 29	CLE	@	DET	L,3-14	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.259	.310	.296	.607	8	1.09	-0.088	3.68	-0.18%	-1.05	C
11	27	43 (1)	May 30 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.313	.300	.613	8	1.12	-0.004	3.08	-0.01%	-0.11	C
12	28	44	May 31 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-5	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.250	.294	.281	.575	8	1.36	-0.064	3.44	-0.10%	-0.58	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
13	29	46 (1)	Jun 2	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	5	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	.278	.333	.333	.667	8	.35	-0.005	.74	-0.01%	1.92	C
14	30	47	Jun 4	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.302	.300	.602	8	1.05	-0.107	2.38	-0.15%	-0.95	C
15	31	48	Jun 5	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.233	.298	.279	.577	8	1.21	-0.030	4.03	-0.06%	-0.13	C
16	32	49	Jun 6	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.222	.286	.267	.552	8	1.17	-0.092	3.59	-0.17%	-0.97	C
17	33	50	Jun 7 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.208	.269	.250	.519	8	1.65	-0.125	4.19	-0.19%	-0.91	C
18	34	51	Jun 7 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-13	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.273	.240	.513	8	.52	-0.016	1.57	-0.03%	-0.04	C
19	35	52	Jun 8	CLE	@	NYY	L,10-11	GS-9	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.288	.259	.547	8	1.14	-0.009	2.73	-0.01%	0.38	C
20	36	53	Jun 9	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-6	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.211	.274	.246	.520	8	1.67	-0.212	2.07	-0.16%	-2.10	C
21	37	54	Jun 10	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.203	.266	.237	.503	8	1.09	-0.054	1.33	-0.04%	-0.38	C
22	38	55	Jun 11	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-6	GS-9	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.279	.270	.549	8	1.62	0.269	2.71	0.27%	1.69	C
23	39	56	Jun 12	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.212	.268	.258	.525	8	.94	-0.091	1.65	-0.10%	-0.75	C
24	40	57	Jun 13	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.232	.284	.275	.559	8	1.07	0.067	1.73	0.07%	0.66	C
25	41	69 (11)	Jun 26	CLE		BOS	L,2-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.232	.284	.275	.559	8						C
26	42	71 (1)	Jun 28 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,3-8	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.273	.264	.537	8	.32	-0.025	.53	-0.03%	-0.56	C
27	43	73 (1)	Jun 29	CLE	@	CHW	W,11-5	CG	5	4	2	4	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.317	.316	.633	8	1.10	0.236	1.66	0.22%	2.73	C
28	44	74	Jun 30	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.302	.300	.602	8	.60	-0.058	.96	-0.06%	-0.89	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
29	45	75	Jul 1	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.289	.286	.575	8	.13	-0.018	.22	-0.02%	-1.16	C
30	46	76	Jul 2	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-5	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.295	.292	.587	8	.83	-0.020	1.60	-0.02%	-0.01	C
31	47	77	Jul 3	CLE		DET	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.293	.301	.594	8	.65	-0.006	1.50	-0.01%	-0.45	C
32	48	79 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	CLE		DET	T,3-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.237	.282	.289	.570	8	.86	-0.084	1.90	-0.11%	-0.66	C
33	49	80	Jul 5 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-10	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.237	.282	.289	.570	8						C
34	50	81	Jul 5 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.228	.271	.277	.548	8	.54	-0.058	1.22	-0.08%	-1.16	C
35	51	82	Jul 9	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-5	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.273	.279	.552	8	1.04	-0.030	2.43	-0.04%	-0.29	C
36	52	86 (3)	Jul 12 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.226	.274	.274	.548	8	.55	-0.004	1.43	-0.01%	-0.22	C
37	53	87	Jul 13	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-7	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.270	.269	.538	8	.41	-0.020	1.36	-0.04%	-0.38	C
38	54	88	Jul 15	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.225	.271	.270	.541	8	.65	-0.004	2.93	-0.01%	-0.12	C
39	55	89	Jul 16	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-8	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.225	.271	.270	.541	8						C
40	56	91 (1)	Jul 19 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-7	GS-11	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.217	.262	.261	.523	8	1.46	-0.138	2.13	-0.12%	-1.18	C
41	57	95 (3)	Jul 23	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	CG(11)	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	.218	.262	.261	.522	8	2.21	-0.111	2.59	-0.08%	-0.85	C
42	58	96	Jul 24 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	1	.213	.256	.254	.510	8	.64	-0.060	.50	-0.03%	-0.99	C
43	59	97	Jul 24 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,5-4	10-GF(12)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.220	.262	.260	.522	7	2.35	0.066	2.21	0.04%	0.63	PR C
44	60	98	Jul 25	CLE		WSH	L,6-10	9-GF(13)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	1	1	.218	.265	.258	.523	7	3.88	-0.156	3.77	-0.09%	-0.67	PH C
45	61	102 (3)	Jul 28	CLE		BOS	L,1-3	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.218	.265	.258	.523	8						C
46	62	103	Jul 29	CLE		BOS	W,7-6	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.213	.259	.252	.511	8	.70	-0.055	.13	-0.01%	-0.64	C
47	63	104	Jul 30	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.209	.261	.248	.509	8	2.98	0.125	1.13	0.03%	0.58	C
48	64	105	Jul 31	CLE		PHA	L,4-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.205	.261	.242	.503	8	1.30	0.036	.55	0.01%	0.43	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
49	65	109 (3)	Aug 9 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-11	4-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.201	.257	.239	.496	8	.32	0.028	.16	0.01%	0.28	C
50	66	110	Aug 9 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.255	.237	.492	8	3.79	-0.188	1.40	-0.04%	-0.79	C
51	67	111	Aug 10	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-3	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.255	.237	.492	8						C
52	68	113 (1)	Aug 11 (2)	CLE		DET	L,2-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.255	.237	.492	8						PR
53	69	118 (4)	Aug 16 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,1-6	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.204	.259	.241	.499	8	.43	-0.003	.04	0.00%	-0.18	C
54	70	122 (3)	Aug 22	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.203	.257	.239	.496	8	1.54	-0.043	.01	0.00%	-0.30	PH
55	71	125 (2)	Aug 25 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	9-GF(11)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.203	.257	.239	.496	5						PR C
56	72	128 (2)	Aug 27	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.199	.252	.234	.486	8	.88	-0.070	.00	0.00%	-0.57	C
57	73	129	Aug 28	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.207	.258	.241	.499	8	.87	-0.022	.00	0.00%	-0.21	C
58	74	130	Aug 29	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.201	.252	.235	.486	8	1.03	-0.118	.00	0.00%	-1.50	C
59	75	132 (1)	Aug 30 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.199	.248	.232	.480	8	.98	-0.048	.00	0.00%	-0.38	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	76	137 (4)	Sep 5 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-6	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.197	.247	.230	.477	8	.16	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.16	C
61	77	139 (1)	Sep 6 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.197	.247	.230	.477	8						C
62	78	142 (2)	Sep 9	CLE		PHA	L,4-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.195	.244	.227	.471	8	1.06	-0.052	.00	0.00%	-0.43	C
63	79	144 (1)	Sep 12	CLE		BOS	L,6-8	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.192	.241	.224	.465	8	1.17	-0.074	.00	0.00%	-0.51	C
64	80	145	Sep 13 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,1-9	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.195	.243	.226	.469	6	.25	-0.014	.00	0.00%	-0.12	C
65	81	147 (1)	Sep 14	CLE		NYY	L,3-8	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	.198	.244	.228	.473	6	1.32	-0.032	.00	0.00%	-0.49	C
66	82	148	Sep 16	CLE		WSH	W,5-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.199	.244	.229	.473	8	.42	-0.028	.00	0.00%	-0.71	C
67	83	149	Sep 17	CLE		WSH	W,6-5	CG(11)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.194	.243	.224	.467	8						C
68	84	152 (2)	Sep 24 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.194	.243	.224	.467	8						C
							25-42		184	170	10	33	5	0	0	11	11	0	31	0	3		3	3	2	3	.194	.243	.224	.467		1.08	-1.717	1.91	-1.58%	-14.64

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