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.

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	DET	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
2	2	Apr 16	DET	@	CHW	W,5-4	GS	26	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
3	3	Apr 17	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
4	4	Apr 18	DET		CLE	L,5-7	CG	46	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
5	7 (2)	Apr 21	DET		CHW	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
6	8	Apr 22	DET		CHW	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
7	9	Apr 23	DET	@	KCA	W,8-2	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	C
8	10	Apr 24	DET	@	KCA	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
9	11	Apr 25	DET	@	CLE	L,2-12	GS	26	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
10	12	Apr 26	DET	@	CLE	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
11	14 (1)	Apr 29	DET	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	17 (2)	May 4 (1)	DET	@	BAL	L,3-4	GS	24	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
13	18	May 4 (2)	DET	@	BAL	L,0-4	GF	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
14	19	May 7 (1)	DET	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
15	21 (1)	May 8	DET	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
16	22	May 9	DET		KCA	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
17	23	May 10	DET		KCA	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
18	24	May 11	DET		KCA	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
19	25	May 13	DET		CLE	W,11-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
20	26	May 14	DET		CLE	L,8-9	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
21	27	May 15	DET		CLE	L,5-8	GS	12	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
22	28	May 16	DET	@	KCA	L,3-5	GS	27	7.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
23	31 (2)	May 20	DET		BAL	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
24	33 (1)	May 22	DET		NYY	L,4-5	GS	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
25	37 (3)	May 25 (2)	DET		WSH	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
26	41 (3)	May 30 (2)	DET		CHW	L,2-4	GS	33	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from Detroit Tigers to Philadelphia Phillies
27	42	Jun 1 susp	PHI		CIN	L,11-12	GF	11	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
				Player went from Philadelphia Phillies to Detroit Tigers
28	44	Jun 4	DET	@	BAL	L,4-6	GS	33	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
29	49 (4)	Jun 9	DET	@	BOS	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
30	50	Jun 11 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
31	52 (1)	Jun 12	DET	@	BOS	L,2-4	GS	31	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
32	54 (1)	Jun 14	DET	@	NYY	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
33	56 (1)	Jun 15 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
34	58 (1)	Jun 19	DET		WSH	L,3-4	GS	33	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
35	61 (2)	Jun 22	DET		NYY	L,0-15	GS	43	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	70 (8)	Jul 2	DET		KCA	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
37	71	Jul 4 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
38	72	Jul 4 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
39	73	Jul 5	DET	@	CHW	L,1-8	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
40	74	Jul 6	DET	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
41	75	Jul 10	DET	@	WSH	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
42	79 (3)	Jul 13 (2)	DET	@	BAL	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
43	85 (5)	Jul 19	DET	@	BOS	L,6-7	CG	48	11.1	7	0	0	7	0	C
44	87 (1)	Jul 20 (2)	DET	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
45	88	Jul 22	DET		NYY	L,3-13	CG	49	9.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
46	94 (5)	Jul 27 (2)	DET		WSH	L,1-6	GS	34	8.0	10	2	0	12	1	C
				Player went from Detroit Tigers to Philadelphia Phillies
47	92	Jul 28 (1)	PHI		SFG	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
48	95 (2)	Jul 30	PHI		STL	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
49	96	Jul 31	PHI		STL	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	98 (1)	Aug 2	PHI		CHC	L,5-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
51	99	Aug 3 (1)	PHI		CHC	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
52	101 (1)	Aug 5	PHI	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	41	8.2	6	0	0	6	0	C
53	102	Aug 6	PHI	@	CIN	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
54	104 (1)	Aug 8	PHI		MLN	W,7-6	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
55	106 (1)	Aug 10 (1)	PHI		MLN	L,7-8	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
56	117 (10)	Aug 21	PHI	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
57	118	Aug 22	PHI	@	STL	L,1-9	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
58	121 (2)	Aug 24 (2)	PHI	@	CHC	W,5-3	GS	24	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
59	123 (1)	Aug 27	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-5	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	130 (6)	Sep 2	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-3	GF	4	1.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
61	132 (1)	Sep 4	PHI		MLN	L,5-9	GF	17	4.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
62	135 (2)	Sep 7 (1)	PHI		CIN	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
63	137 (1)	Sep 9	PHI		LAD	W,4-3	GS	27	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
64	139 (1)	Sep 11	PHI		LAD	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
65	140	Sep 12 (1)	PHI		SFG	L,2-5	GS	28	7.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
66	144 (3)	Sep 15	PHI		STL	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
67	145	Sep 16	PHI		CHC	L,8-10	CG	50	10.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
68	147 (1)	Sep 19	PHI		PIT	L,2-4	GS	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
69	150 (2)	Sep 22 (2)	PHI		PIT	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
70	153 (2)	Sep 27	PHI	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
							70gm		518.0	315	27	2	344	5