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.

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	CLE		CHW	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
2	2	Apr 18	CLE	@	DET	L,0-2	GS	24	6.0	2	1	0	3	0
3	4 (1)	Apr 22	CLE		SLB	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
4	5	Apr 23	CLE		SLB	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
5	7 (1)	Apr 25	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
6	8	Apr 26	CLE		DET	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	7	1	0	8	0
7	9	Apr 28	CLE		DET	L,0-3	GS	30	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
8	11 (1)	May 2	CLE		BOS	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
9	12	May 3	CLE		BOS	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
10	13	May 4	CLE		WSH	L,3-6	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	14	May 9	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-3	GS	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
12	15	May 10	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-8	GS	36	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
13	16	May 11	CLE	@	SLB	W,16-1	GS	22	6.0	5	1	0	6	1
14	17	May 13	CLE	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	7	0	1	8	0
15	19 (1)	May 16	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-2	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
16	20	May 17	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	36	9.2	3	2	0	5	1
17	21	May 18	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-3	GS	27	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
18	22	May 19	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-4	GS	27	6.0	6	1	1	8	0
19	23	May 20	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-2	GS	27	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
20	24	May 23	CLE		SLB	L,3-5	GS	37	9.0	8	1	1	10	0
21	26 (1)	May 27	CLE	@	DET	L,2-4	GS	26	6.0	3	1	0	4	0
22	27	May 29	CLE	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
23	28	May 30 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-4	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
24	29	May 30 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	30	May 31	CLE		NYY	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	31	Jun 1	CLE		NYY	L,9-11	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	32	Jun 3	CLE		WSH	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
28	33	Jun 4	CLE		WSH	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0
29	35 (1)	Jun 6	CLE		PHA	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
30	36	Jun 8 (1)	CLE		PHA	L,0-4	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	37	Jun 8 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
32	39 (1)	Jun 10	CLE		BOS	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0
33	40	Jun 11	CLE		BOS	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
34	41	Jun 13	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	15	0	0	15	1
35	42	Jun 15 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
36	43	Jun 15 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-6	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
37	44	Jun 17	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
38	45	Jun 18	CLE	@	WSH	W,9-3	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	1
39	46	Jun 19	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-3	GS	21	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
40	47	Jun 20	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
41	48	Jun 21	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-9	GS	24	4.0	3	0	0	3	0
42	49	Jun 22 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
43	50	Jun 22 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
44	51	Jun 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	6	1	1	8	0
45	52	Jun 25	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-3	GS	28	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
46	53	Jun 26	CLE		CHW	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
47	54	Jun 27	CLE		CHW	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
48	55	Jun 28	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
49	56	Jun 29	CLE		CHW	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	57	Jul 1	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
51	58	Jul 2	CLE		DET	L,5-6	CG	43	9.0	6	2	0	8	1
52	59	Jul 3	CLE		DET	L,5-6	GS	32	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
53	60	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		DET	W,13-6	GS	12	3.0	3	0	0	3	0
54	63 (2)	Jul 6 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
55	64	Jul 6 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
56	65	Jul 10 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
57	66	Jul 10 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0
58	67	Jul 11	CLE		PHA	L,2-4	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
59	68	Jul 12 (1)	CLE		PHA	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
60	70 (1)	Jul 13 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,8-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
61	72 (1)	Jul 14	CLE		BOS	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
62	73	Jul 15 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,4-9	GS	23	5.0	2	0	0	2	0
63	74	Jul 15 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
64	75	Jul 16	CLE		NYY	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
65	76	Jul 17 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,1-3	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
66	77	Jul 17 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
67	78	Jul 18	CLE		WSH	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
68	79	Jul 20 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,0-1	GS	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	0
69	81 (1)	Jul 22	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	4	0	1	5	0
70	82	Jul 23	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
71	83	Jul 24	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
72	84	Jul 25	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
73	86 (1)	Jul 27	CLE	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
74	87	Jul 29	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-1	GS	23	5.1	4	0	0	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	90 (2)	Aug 1	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-3	GF	17	4.0	3	0	0	3	0
76	91	Aug 2 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS	44	11.0	8	1	0	9	0
77	92	Aug 2 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	31	7.0	1	2	0	3	1
78	93	Aug 3	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	39	8.1	6	0	0	6	0
79	94	Aug 5	CLE	@	DET	W,8-4	GS	26	6.0	3	0	0	3	0
80	95	Aug 6 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,6-13	GS	19	4.0	6	0	0	6	0
81	96	Aug 6 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,5-7	GS	19	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
82	97	Aug 8	CLE		SLB	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
83	98	Aug 9 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
84	99	Aug 9 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,5-4	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
85	100	Aug 10 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
86	102 (1)	Aug 11	CLE		DET	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
87	103	Aug 12 (1)	CLE		DET	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0
88	105 (1)	Aug 13	CLE	@	CHW	L,7-8	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
89	106	Aug 15	CLE	@	SLB	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
90	107	Aug 16	CLE	@	SLB	W,8-2	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
91	108	Aug 17 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,6-7	GS	23	5.0	1	1	0	2	0
92	109	Aug 17 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-3	GF	9	3.0	2	0	0	2	0
93	110	Aug 19 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,13-2	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
94	112 (1)	Aug 20 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,4-3	CG	52	12.0	3	0	0	3	0
95	113	Aug 20 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,7-6	GF	20	4.0	3	0	0	3	0
96	114	Aug 21	CLE		NYY	L,3-9	GS	40	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
97	116 (1)	Aug 22 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	1
98	117	Aug 23	CLE		NYY	L,6-13	GS	18	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
99	118	Aug 24 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,2-11	CG	48	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
100	120 (1)	Aug 25	CLE		BOS	W,10-8	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
101	121	Aug 26	CLE		PHA	L,1-2	GS	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
102	122	Aug 27	CLE		PHA	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
103	123	Aug 28	CLE		CHW	L,2-4	CG	49	12.0	2	1	0	3	0
104	124	Aug 31 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
105	125	Aug 31 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
106	126	Sep 1 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0
107	128 (1)	Sep 2	CLE		SLB	W,3-2	GS	26	7.0	5	0	0	5	0
108	130 (1)	Sep 3 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
109	131	Sep 4	CLE		CHW	L,2-4	CG	42	10.0	2	4	0	6	0
110	133 (1)	Sep 6	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	6	0	1	7	0
111	134	Sep 7	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
112	135	Sep 8	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-3	GS	27	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
113	136	Sep 10	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-7	GS	21	5.0	3	0	0	3	0
114	137	Sep 11 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-8	CG	42	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
115	138	Sep 11 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-8	GS	21	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
116	139	Sep 12	CLE	@	BOS	W,11-6	CG	46	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
117	140	Sep 13	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	1
118	141	Sep 14 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,9-11	CG	41	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
119	142	Sep 14 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	T,4-4	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
120	143	Sep 15	CLE	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	41	11.0	5	0	0	5	0
121	144	Sep 16 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	0
122	146 (1)	Sep 17	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
123	147	Sep 18	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
124	148	Sep 20 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	GS	24	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
125	149	Sep 20 (2)	CLE	@	DET	T,5-5	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
126	150	Sep 22 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
127	151	Sep 22 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	1
128	152	Sep 23	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
129	153	Sep 24	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
130	154	Sep 25	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
131	155	Sep 26	CLE		DET	L,2-5	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
132	156	Sep 27	CLE		DET	L,2-4	CG	44	9.0	6	1	0	7	0
133	157	Sep 28	CLE		DET	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
							133gm		1012.0	566	54	7	627	14