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.

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1950 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	CLE		DET	L,6-7	CG	47	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
2	3 (1)	Apr 22	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
3	4	Apr 23 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-6	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
4	5	Apr 23 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
5	6	Apr 28	CLE	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
6	7	Apr 29	CLE		SLB	L,1-5	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	8	May 2	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
8	9	May 3	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
9	10	May 4	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
10	11	May 6 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
11	13 (1)	May 7	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-10	CG	43	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
12	14	May 8	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
13	15	May 9	CLE	@	PHA	L,8-9	GS	17	4.0	1	1	0	2	1	C
14	16	May 10	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	C
15	17	May 11	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	46	10.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
16	18	May 12	CLE		CHW	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
17	19	May 13	CLE		CHW	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
18	20	May 14 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
19	29 (8)	May 22	CLE		NYY	L,2-7	GF	12	1.2	1	1	0	2	0	C
20	30	May 24	CLE		WSH	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	C
21	31	May 25	CLE		WSH	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
22	32	May 26	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
23	33	May 27	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
24	34	May 28 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
25	35	May 28 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
26	36	May 30 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
27	37	May 30 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	38	Jun 2	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-11	CG	44	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
29	39	Jun 3	CLE	@	BOS	L,9-11	CG	43	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
30	40	Jun 4	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-7	CG	37	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
31	41	Jun 5	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
32	42	Jun 6	CLE	@	NYY	W,16-2	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
33	43	Jun 7	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
34	44	Jun 8	CLE	@	WSH	L,6-7	CG	36	8.1	2	2	0	4	0	C
35	45	Jun 9	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-7	GS	27	6.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
36	47 (1)	Jun 11 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	45	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
37	48	Jun 11 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,6-9	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
38	49	Jun 13	CLE		BOS	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
39	50	Jun 14	CLE		BOS	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
40	51	Jun 15	CLE		BOS	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
41	52	Jun 16	CLE		PHA	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
42	53	Jun 17	CLE		PHA	W,8-7	CG	49	9.0	9	1	1	11	2	C
43	54	Jun 18 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
44	55	Jun 18 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,21-2	GS	11	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
45	56	Jun 20	CLE		NYY	L,2-8	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
46	57	Jun 21	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	C
47	58	Jun 22	CLE		NYY	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
48	59	Jun 23	CLE		WSH	W,13-4	GS	26	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
49	60	Jun 24	CLE		WSH	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
50	61	Jun 25 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
51	62	Jun 25 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,3-5	GS	32	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
52	63	Jun 27	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
53	64	Jun 28	CLE	@	SLB	W,18-2	GS	25	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
54	65	Jun 29	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
55	66	Jun 30	CLE		DET	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	67	Jul 1	CLE		DET	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
57	68	Jul 2 (1)	CLE		DET	L,5-8	CG	48	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
58	69	Jul 2 (2)	CLE		DET	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
59	70	Jul 3	CLE		SLB	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
60	72 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	C
61	73	Jul 5	CLE		CHW	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
62	74	Jul 6	CLE		CHW	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
63	75	Jul 7	CLE	@	DET	L,2-5	GS	29	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
64	76	Jul 8	CLE	@	DET	L,4-5	GS	32	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
65	77	Jul 9 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
66	78	Jul 9 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
67	79	Jul 14	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
68	80	Jul 15	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	47	9.2	5	1	0	6	1	C
69	81	Jul 16 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,10-13	CG	45	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
70	82	Jul 16 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-4	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
71	83	Jul 17 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,11-6	CG	40	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
72	84	Jul 17 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
73	85	Jul 18	CLE	@	PHA	W,10-2	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
74	86	Jul 19	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
75	87	Jul 20	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-2	GS	24	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
76	88	Jul 21	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
77	89	Jul 22	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-3	CG	42	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
78	90	Jul 23	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
79	91	Jul 25	CLE		PHA	W,7-6	GS	21	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
80	94 (2)	Jul 28	CLE		BOS	W,13-1	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
81	95	Jul 29	CLE		BOS	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
82	96	Jul 30 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,6-5	CG	47	10.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
83	98 (1)	Aug 1	CLE		WSH	W,8-2	CG	41	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
84	99	Aug 2	CLE		WSH	W,11-0	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
85	100	Aug 4	CLE		NYY	L,0-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
86	101	Aug 5	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
87	102	Aug 6	CLE		NYY	L,0-9	GS	21	4.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
88	103	Aug 9 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	43	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
89	104	Aug 9 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,8-10	GF	26	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
90	105	Aug 10	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
91	106	Aug 11	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
92	107	Aug 12	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-11	GS	20	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
93	108	Aug 13 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
94	109	Aug 13 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-7	GS	23	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
95	110	Aug 14	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
96	111	Aug 15	CLE		DET	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
97	112	Aug 16 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
98	114 (1)	Aug 17	CLE		SLB	W,5-4	GF	13	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	PR C
99	116 (1)	Aug 20 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
100	118 (1)	Aug 22	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
101	119	Aug 24 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
102	120	Aug 24 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
103	121	Aug 25	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
104	122	Aug 26	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
105	123	Aug 27	CLE	@	BOS	L,9-11	CG	41	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
106	124	Aug 28	CLE	@	BOS	L,14-15	CG	45	8.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
107	125	Aug 29	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	42	9.2	6	0	0	6	0	C
108	126	Aug 30 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
109	127	Aug 30 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-3	GS	25	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
110	128	Aug 31	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
111	129	Sep 2	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
112	130	Sep 3	CLE	@	SLB	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
113	131	Sep 4 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-7	GS	28	6.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
114	135 (3)	Sep 7	CLE	@	DET	T,13-13	CG	55	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
115	137 (1)	Sep 8 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,0-6	CG	37	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
116	138	Sep 9	CLE		SLB	L,1-2	CG	39	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
117	139	Sep 10	CLE		SLB	L,1-2	GS	28	7.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
118	140	Sep 12	CLE		NYY	W,8-7	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
119	141	Sep 13	CLE		NYY	L,3-10	CG	51	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
120	144 (2)	Sep 16	CLE		WSH	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
121	146 (1)	Sep 20 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	C
122	147	Sep 20 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
123	148	Sep 22	CLE		DET	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
124	149	Sep 23	CLE		DET	W,10-2	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
125	150	Sep 24	CLE		DET	W,2-1	CG	43	10.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
126	151	Sep 26	CLE		CHW	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
127	152	Sep 27	CLE		CHW	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
128	153	Sep 29	CLE	@	DET	W,12-2	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
129	154	Sep 30	CLE	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
							129gm		1060.1	656	64	5	725	14