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

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

Relatives: Father of Mike Hegan

+10

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.6

4772

1087

.228

550

RBI

525

OBP

.295

SLG

.344

OPS

.639

OPS+

Feel like you're looking for a needle in a haystack?

Unleash the power of our game logs database by becoming a Stathead. Subscribers gain access to Player and Team Game Finders, which pros use to easily run customizable searches through over 100 years worth of game logs.

Become a Stathead

Summary

Team Record in Appearances	21-25 / in Starts: 14-13
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	32 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 0 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 88 PAs	8
Actual Runners on Base	45 (24-15-6)
Avg. MLBer w/ 88 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	54 (28-17-8)

Most Driven In
W Jones	4
W Post	2
C FernÃ¡ndez	1
S Anderson	1
A Rodgers	0
E Bressoud	0

Most Driven In By
A Schroll	1
J Davenport	0

1959 Batting Game Log

Click two rows to sum games (Clear)

1959 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	1597	1	Apr 10	PHI		CIN	W,2-1	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	8	1.16	-0.019	3.00	-0.03%	0.03	C
2	1598	2	Apr 14	PHI	@	MLN	L,3-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	8	1.12	-0.083	3.20	-0.14%	-0.57	C
3	1599	3	Apr 16	PHI	@	MLN	L,3-7	GS-7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	8	1.24	0.102	3.24	0.16%	1.07	C
4	1600	5 (1)	Apr 18	PHI	@	CIN	W,14-9	3-GF	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	8	.09	0.006	.23	0.01%	0.58	C
5	1601	6	Apr 19	PHI	@	CIN	L,5-12	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	8	.98	-0.048	2.84	-0.08%	-0.54	C
6	1602	7	Apr 22	PHI		MLN	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	8	.79	-0.040	2.17	-0.07%	-0.34	C
7	1603	10 (2)	Apr 25	PHI		PIT	L,2-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	8	.93	-0.045	2.12	-0.06%	-0.40	C
8	1604	11	Apr 26 (1)	PHI		PIT	L,2-9	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.278	.263	.278	.541	8	1.12	0.013	2.36	0.02%	0.07	C
9	1605	13 (1)	Apr 29	PHI		LAD	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.217	.227	.445	8	2.12	-0.215	4.70	-0.29%	-1.14	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
10	1606	17 (3)	May 3 (1)	PHI		CHC	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.185	.192	.377	8	1.21	-0.130	2.40	-0.16%	-0.87	C
11	1607	18	May 3 (2)	PHI		CHC	W,5-4	8-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.214	.192	.407	8	.52	0.011	.86	0.01%	0.21	C
12	1608	19	May 5	PHI		STL	W,8-7	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.194	.172	.366	8	.90	-0.067	1.60	-0.07%	-0.48	C
13	1609	23 (3)	May 9	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-9	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.172	.194	.172	.366	8						C
14	1610	24	May 10 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.152	.171	.152	.323	8	.48	-0.048	.91	-0.05%	-0.82	C
15	1611	27 (2)	May 12	PHI	@	LAD	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.139	.158	.139	.297	8	1.19	-0.091	2.05	-0.09%	-0.59	C
16	1612	28	May 13	PHI	@	SFG	L,0-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.139	.158	.139	.297	8						C
17	1613	29	May 14	PHI	@	SFG	L,0-8	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.128	.146	.128	.275	8	.22	-0.016	.29	-0.01%	-0.69	C
18	1614	30	May 15	PHI	@	STL	L,2-8	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.119	.136	.119	.255	8	.38	-0.029	.38	-0.02%	-0.72	C
19	1615	32 (1)	May 19	PHI	@	CHC	L,7-8	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.119	.136	.119	.255	8						C
20	1616	33	May 20	PHI	@	CHC	L,5-7	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.119	.136	.119	.255	8						C
21	1617	34	May 21	PHI	@	CHC	W,3-0	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.136	.149	.136	.285	8	1.28	0.032	.85	0.01%	-0.02	C
22	1618	35	May 22	PHI		MLN	L,5-10	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.146	.133	.279	8	.34	-0.010	.27	-0.01%	-0.23	C
23	1619	36	May 23	PHI		MLN	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.192	.204	.396	8	1.11	0.235	.76	0.10%	2.17	C
24	1620	37	May 24 (1)	PHI		MLN	W,6-0	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.232	.216	.448	8	.45	0.047	.35	0.02%	1.15	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
25	1621	48 (10)	Jun 4	PHI		CHC	L,2-3	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.196	.232	.216	.448	7						C
				Player went from Philadelphia Phillies to San Francisco Giants
26	1622	65	Jun 19	SFG		MLN	W,4-3	9-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.196	.232	.216	.448	7						C
27	1623	68 (2)	Jun 22	SFG		PIT	W,4-1	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.189	.224	.208	.432	8	.98	-0.095	5.26	-0.31%	-0.88	C
28	1624	71 (2)	Jun 25	SFG		PIT	L,1-3	11-12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.189	.224	.208	.432	7						C
29	1625	75 (3)	Jun 29	SFG	@	LAD	W,6-4	9-GF(13)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.220	.204	.424	7	2.35	-0.061	13.19	-0.21%	-0.25	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
30	1626	77 (1)	Jul 2	SFG	@	CHC	L,4-10	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.213	.196	.410	8	.68	-0.036	3.93	-0.12%	-0.45	C
31	1627	80 (2)	Jul 5 (1)	SFG	@	STL	L,2-4	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.179	.213	.196	.410	7						C
32	1628	88 (7)	Jul 16 (2)	SFG	@	PHI	W,1-0	GS-9	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.234	.237	.472	8	1.38	0.153	8.09	0.54%	1.16	C
33	1629	90 (1)	Jul 18	SFG	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.210	.250	.242	.492	8	.92	-0.023	7.18	-0.11%	0.03	C
34	1630	93 (2)	Jul 21	SFG		LAD	L,0-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.210	.250	.242	.492	7						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
35	1631	105 (11)	Aug 4	SFG		MLN	L,1-6	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.215	.254	.246	.500	8	.45	-0.031	4.40	-0.18%	-0.20	C
36	1632	117 (11)	Aug 17	SFG	@	CIN	W,6-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.250	.242	.492	8	.62	-0.014	4.76	-0.07%	-0.48	C
37	1633	127 (9)	Aug 27 (1)	SFG	@	PHI	L,2-7	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.212	.250	.242	.492	8						C
38	1634	128	Aug 27 (2)	SFG	@	PHI	L,1-2	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.212	.250	.242	.492	9						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
39	1635	132 (3)	Sep 2	SFG		CHC	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.240	.232	.472	8	.81	-0.065	7.79	-0.38%	-0.89	C
40	1636	133	Sep 3	SFG		CHC	W,8-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.203	.240	.232	.472	7						C
41	1637	135 (1)	Sep 5	SFG		STL	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.231	.222	.453	8	.46	-0.034	4.04	-0.18%	-0.35	C
42	1638	137 (1)	Sep 7	SFG		STL	W,4-2	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.228	.219	.447	7	.54	-0.013	4.27	-0.06%	-0.15	C
43	1639	138	Sep 9	SFG		PIT	W,7-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.217	.208	.425	8	.27	-0.027	2.23	-0.13%	-0.63	C
44	1640	140 (1)	Sep 11	SFG		PHI	L,0-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.217	.208	.425	8						C
45	1641	146 (5)	Sep 17	SFG		MLN	W,13-6	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.175	.209	.200	.409	8	.42	-0.039	10.07	-0.56%	-1.15	C
46	1642	150 (3)	Sep 22	SFG	@	CHC	L,4-5	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.173	.207	.198	.404	4	.34	-0.009	4.91	-0.08%	-0.10	C
							21-25		88	81	1	14	2	0	0	8	4	1	20	0	1	2	1	1	0	2	.173	.207	.198	.404		.85	-0.689	3.27	-2.59%	-6.48

Player Page Tricks and Tips

More Hegan Pages

Jim Hegan Overview

Minor Lg Stats

Batting Splits

Batting Game Logs

Fielding Game Logs

Batting Finders & Advanced Stats

Fielding Finders & Advanced Stats

Advanced Stats

More Jim Hegan Pages at Baseball Reference