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.

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	CLE		CHW	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
2	2	Apr 14	CLE	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
3	4 (1)	Apr 16	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-9	GS	36	7.0	2	1	0	3	1	C
4	6 (1)	Apr 17 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
5	7	Apr 18	CLE	@	KCA	W,11-9	GS	21	4.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
6	8	Apr 19	CLE	@	KCA	L,7-8	GF	13	1.2	3	0	0	3	0	C
7	9	Apr 22	CLE		DET	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
8	10	Apr 23	CLE		DET	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	C
9	11	Apr 24	CLE		DET	L,4-6	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
10	12	Apr 26	CLE		WSH	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
11	13	Apr 27	CLE		WSH	W,6-5	CG	66	17.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
12	14	Apr 29	CLE		BAL	L,2-5	GF	9	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
13	15	Apr 30	CLE		BAL	W,5-2	GS	24	7.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	16	May 1 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
15	18 (1)	May 2	CLE		BOS	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
16	19	May 3	CLE		NYY	W,7-4	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
17	20	May 4	CLE		NYY	L,5-11	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
18	22 (1)	May 7	CLE		KCA	W,9-3	GS	28	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
19	23	May 8 (1)	CLE		KCA	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
20	25 (1)	May 10	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-6	GF	32	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
21	26	May 11	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
22	29 (2)	May 15 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
23	30	May 17	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-10	CG	43	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
24	33 (2)	May 21	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	GS	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
25	34	May 22	CLE	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
26	36 (1)	May 26 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
27	37	May 26 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,10-9	GF	16	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR C
28	38	May 28	CLE	@	KCA	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
29	39	May 29	CLE	@	KCA	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
30	40	May 30 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,9-1	GS	29	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
31	41	May 30 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	39	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
32	42	May 31	CLE		BAL	W,2-1	GF	21	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	PR C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	43	Jun 1	CLE		BAL	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
34	45 (1)	Jun 3	CLE		WSH	L,1-3	GS	29	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
35	48 (2)	Jun 5 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
36	50 (1)	Jun 8	CLE		BOS	L,4-5	CG	48	12.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
37	51	Jun 9	CLE		BOS	L,2-4	GS	32	7.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
38	53 (1)	Jun 11	CLE		NYY	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
39	54	Jun 12 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,10-2	CG	33	9.0	5	2	0	7	2	C
40	55	Jun 12 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,7-3	CG	44	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
41	56	Jun 14 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-4	GF	12	3.0	5	0	0	5	0	PH C
42	57	Jun 14 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
43	58	Jun 15	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-7	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
44	59	Jun 16	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
45	60	Jun 17 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-6	GS	35	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
46	61	Jun 17 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-2		8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
47	62	Jun 18	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-4	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
48	64 (1)	Jun 21	CLE	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
49	65	Jun 22	CLE	@	BAL	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
50	67 (1)	Jun 24	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-2	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	C
51	68	Jun 25	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
52	69	Jun 26 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
53	70	Jun 26 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
54	71	Jun 28	CLE		KCA	W,7-5	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
55	72	Jun 29	CLE		KCA	L,4-12	GF	8	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	73	Jul 1	CLE		CHW	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
57	74	Jul 2	CLE		CHW	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
58	76 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		DET	W,6-5	CG	61	15.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
59	78 (1)	Jul 5	CLE	@	KCA	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
60	80 (1)	Jul 7	CLE	@	KCA	W,9-1	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
61	81	Jul 8	CLE	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
62	82	Jul 9	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-6	GS	24	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
63	83	Jul 10 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-2	GS	29	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
64	84	Jul 10 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-4	GS	27	7.0	8	0	0	8	1	C
65	85	Jul 14	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	GS	30	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
66	86	Jul 15	CLE		NYY	L,3-4	CG	38	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
67	89 (2)	Jul 17 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
68	90	Jul 19	CLE		WSH	L,1-8	CG	46	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
69	91	Jul 20	CLE		WSH	L,4-6	GS	22	4.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
70	96 (4)	Jul 24 (2)	CLE		BAL	W,5-2	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
71	98 (1)	Jul 27	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-6	GS	32	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
72	99	Jul 28	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	45	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
73	100	Jul 29	CLE	@	BAL	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
74	102 (1)	Jul 31 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	104 (1)	Aug 2	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	38	9.1	6	0	0	6	0	C
76	106 (1)	Aug 4	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
77	107	Aug 5	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-7	GS	23	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
78	108	Aug 6	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-6	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR C
79	109	Aug 7	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-9	GS	30	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
80	110	Aug 9	CLE		DET	W,4-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR C
81	111	Aug 10	CLE		DET	W,6-4	GF	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR C
82	112	Aug 11	CLE		DET	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
83	113	Aug 12 (1)	CLE	@	KCA	W,17-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
84	115 (1)	Aug 13	CLE	@	KCA	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
85	116	Aug 14	CLE	@	KCA	L,3-7	GS	32	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
86	117	Aug 16	CLE	@	DET	L,0-7	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
87	121 (3)	Aug 20	CLE		KCA	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
88	125 (3)	Aug 25	CLE		NYY	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
89	126	Aug 26	CLE		NYY	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
90	127	Aug 27	CLE		NYY	W,7-6		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR C
91	128	Aug 28 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,2-8	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
92	131 (2)	Aug 31	CLE		BAL	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	15	0	0	15	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	132	Sep 2	CLE		CHW	L,1-8	GS	35	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
94	133	Sep 3	CLE		CHW	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
95	134	Sep 4 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,5-3	GF	13	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	PH C
96	135	Sep 4 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
97	137 (1)	Sep 5 (2)	CLE		KCA	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	C
98	138	Sep 7	CLE	@	BAL	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
99	139	Sep 8	CLE	@	BAL	W,5-3	GF	21	5.0	6	0	0	6	0	PR C
100	140	Sep 9	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
101	141	Sep 10	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-7	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
102	142	Sep 11 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
103	143	Sep 11 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
104	144	Sep 13 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
105	145	Sep 13 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	C
106	146	Sep 14	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
107	147	Sep 16	CLE		DET	L,0-3	GS	30	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
108	148	Sep 17	CLE		DET	L,1-3	GS	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
109	149	Sep 18	CLE		DET	L,3-10	GS	38	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
110	150	Sep 20	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
111	151	Sep 21	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
							111gm		825.1	583	34	2	619	12