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.

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-2	GS	30	7.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
2	3 (1)	Apr 20	CLE		DET	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
3	4	Apr 21	CLE		DET	L,6-7	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR C
4	6 (1)	Apr 22 (2)	CLE		DET	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
5	8 (1)	Apr 26	CLE	@	KCA	W,14-2	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
6	9	Apr 27	CLE	@	DET	W,4-3	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR C
7	10	Apr 29 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	37	9.2	13	0	0	13	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	12 (1)	May 1	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
9	15 (2)	May 5	CLE	@	BAL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
10	16	May 7	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	41	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
11	17	May 8	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
12	18	May 9	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-5	GS	38	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
13	19	May 10	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
14	21 (1)	May 12	CLE		KCA	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
15	23 (1)	May 13 (2)	CLE		KCA	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
16	24	May 14	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
17	25	May 16	CLE		NYY	L,1-4	GS	36	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
18	26	May 18	CLE		WSH	L,4-5	GS	33	7.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
19	27	May 19	CLE		WSH	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	15	0	0	15	0	C
20	29 (1)	May 20 (2)	CLE		BAL	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
21	30	May 22	CLE		BOS	L,3-5	GS	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
22	31	May 23	CLE		BOS	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
23	32	May 25	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
24	33	May 27 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-5	GF	38	7.2	6	0	0	6	0	C
25	34	May 27 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
26	35	May 28	CLE		DET	L,1-3	GS	28	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
27	36	May 30 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,3-6	GS	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	38 (1)	Jun 1	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	C
29	39	Jun 2	CLE	@	WSH	W,15-0	CG	38	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
30	40	Jun 3 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	51	12.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
31	46 (5)	Jun 8	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-0	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
32	47	Jun 9	CLE	@	NYY	W,15-8	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR C
33	48	Jun 10	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-6	GS	28	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
34	49	Jun 11 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
35	51 (1)	Jun 12	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-9	GS	36	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
36	52	Jun 13	CLE	@	BOS	T,8-8	GS	39	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
37	53	Jun 14	CLE	@	BOS	L,9-10	CG	44	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
38	55 (1)	Jun 16	CLE		NYY	L,1-3	GS	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
39	56	Jun 17	CLE		NYY	L,4-9	CG	44	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
40	57	Jun 19	CLE		BOS	W,9-7	GF	29	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
41	58	Jun 20	CLE		BOS	W,5-4	GS	32	7.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
42	59	Jun 21	CLE		BOS	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
43	61 (1)	Jun 23	CLE		WSH	W,9-8	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR C
44	63 (1)	Jun 26	CLE		BAL	W,4-3	GS	25	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
45	66 (2)	Jun 29 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,2-13	GS	35	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
46	67	Jun 30	CLE		CHW	L,3-8	GS	25	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	68	Jul 1 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,7-6	GS	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
48	69	Jul 1 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
49	70	Jul 3	CLE		KCA	W,9-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
50	71	Jul 4 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
51	72	Jul 4 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
52	73	Jul 5	CLE	@	DET	L,7-13	GS	22	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
53	74	Jul 6	CLE	@	KCA	W,4-2	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
54	75	Jul 7	CLE	@	KCA	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
55	76	Jul 8	CLE	@	KCA	W,17-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
56	78 (1)	Jul 13	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-10	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
57	79	Jul 14	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	GF	33	6.1	2	0	0	2	0	C
58	80	Jul 15 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-7	GF	23	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
59	81	Jul 15 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-3	GS	29	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
60	83 (1)	Jul 18 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-7	GS	11	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
61	84	Jul 18 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,11-1	GF	6	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PR C
62	86 (1)	Jul 21 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
63	87	Jul 21 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
64	88	Jul 22	CLE	@	BAL	W,8-0	GF	11	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR C
65	89	Jul 24	CLE		WSH	W,11-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
66	90	Jul 25	CLE		WSH	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
67	91	Jul 26	CLE		WSH	W,1-0	CG	27	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
68	92	Jul 27	CLE		BAL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
69	94 (1)	Jul 29 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
70	95	Jul 29 (2)	CLE		BAL	W,4-0	GF	21	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
71	96	Jul 30	CLE		NYY	L,6-13	CG	46	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	98 (1)	Aug 1	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
73	100 (1)	Aug 3	CLE		BOS	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
74	102 (1)	Aug 5	CLE		BOS	L,1-2	CG	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
75	103	Aug 6	CLE	@	DET	L,0-9	CG	39	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
76	104	Aug 7	CLE	@	DET	W,5-2	GF	5	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH C
77	105	Aug 8	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-7	GS	51	12.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
78	106	Aug 9	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-9	CG	44	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
79	107	Aug 10	CLE	@	KCA	W,11-0	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
80	108	Aug 11	CLE	@	KCA	W,8-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
81	109	Aug 12	CLE	@	KCA	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	15	0	0	15	0	C
82	110	Aug 14	CLE		DET	L,4-6	GS	31	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
83	112 (1)	Aug 16	CLE		DET	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
84	114 (1)	Aug 18	CLE		KCA	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
85	115	Aug 19 (1)	CLE		KCA	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
86	116	Aug 19 (2)	CLE		KCA	W,2-1	GF	31	7.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
87	117	Aug 21	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
88	118	Aug 22	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
89	119	Aug 23	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
90	120	Aug 24	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
91	121	Aug 25	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-9	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
92	122	Aug 26	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
93	123	Aug 27	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
94	124	Aug 28	CLE	@	BAL	L,0-1	GS	26	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
95	125	Aug 29	CLE	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
96	126	Aug 31 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	128 (1)	Sep 1	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
98	129	Sep 2	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
99	130	Sep 3 (1)	CLE	@	KCA	L,2-5	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
100	131	Sep 3 (2)	CLE	@	KCA	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	C
101	133 (1)	Sep 7	CLE		CHW	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
102	134	Sep 8	CLE		CHW	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
103	135	Sep 9 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	10	1	1	12	0	C
104	137 (1)	Sep 11	CLE		BAL	W,3-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR C
105	138	Sep 12	CLE		BAL	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
106	140 (1)	Sep 14 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
107	141	Sep 14 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
108	142	Sep 15	CLE		BOS	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
109	143	Sep 16 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,3-10	GS	37	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
110	144	Sep 16 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
111	145	Sep 18 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,1-0	CG	38	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	C
112	147 (1)	Sep 19	CLE		WSH	W,6-0	CG	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
113	148	Sep 21	CLE	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
114	149	Sep 22	CLE	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
115	150	Sep 23	CLE	@	DET	L,1-11	GS	41	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
116	151	Sep 25	CLE		KCA	W,4-1	GS	32	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
117	152	Sep 26	CLE		KCA	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
							118gm		863.2	648	28	10	686	2