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.

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
2	2	Apr 14	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
3	3	Apr 15	CLE		DET	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
4	4	Apr 17	CLE		CHW	L,1-8	GS	28	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
5	5	Apr 18	CLE		CHW	L,2-6	CG	26	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
6	6	Apr 21	CLE	@	BAL	W,2-1	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR C
7	8 (1)	Apr 23	CLE	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
8	9	Apr 24	CLE	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
9	10	Apr 25	CLE	@	DET	W,10-9	CG	53	10.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
10	11	Apr 29	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
11	12	Apr 30	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-4	GF	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	13	May 1	CLE	@	NYY	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
13	14	May 2 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	44	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
14	16 (1)	May 4	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
15	17	May 5	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
16	18	May 6	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
17	19	May 8	CLE	@	BAL	W,5-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
18	21 (1)	May 10	CLE		NYY	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	7	2	2	11	1	C
19	22	May 11	CLE		NYY	L,3-5	GS	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
20	23	May 12	CLE		NYY	L,4-5	GS	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
21	24	May 13	CLE		WSH	W,8-7	GS	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
22	25	May 14	CLE		WSH	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
23	26	May 15	CLE		WSH	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	6	3	0	9	1	C
24	27	May 16 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,12-7	CG	46	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
25	29 (1)	May 18	CLE		BOS	W,6-3	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	C
26	31 (1)	May 21	CLE		BAL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
27	33 (1)	May 23 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,14-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
28	34	May 23 (2)	CLE		BAL	W,2-1	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
29	35	May 25	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
30	36	May 26	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-5		6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR C
31	37	May 28	CLE		DET	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
32	39 (1)	May 30	CLE		DET	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
33	40	May 31 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,4-6	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
34	41	May 31 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	42	Jun 2	CLE	@	NYY	W,8-7	CG	42	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
36	43	Jun 3	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
37	44	Jun 4	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
38	45	Jun 5	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	40	11.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
39	46	Jun 6 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
40	48 (1)	Jun 8	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
41	50 (1)	Jun 10	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
42	51	Jun 11	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
43	52	Jun 12	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
44	53	Jun 13 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
45	55 (1)	Jun 14	CLE	@	BOS	W,13-5	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
46	56	Jun 15	CLE		WSH	W,9-3	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
47	57	Jun 16	CLE		WSH	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
48	58	Jun 17	CLE		WSH	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
49	60 (1)	Jun 19	CLE		BOS	L,3-6	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
50	61	Jun 20 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
51	63 (1)	Jun 22	CLE		PHA	L,1-4	GS	29	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
52	64	Jun 23	CLE		PHA	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
53	66 (1)	Jun 25	CLE		NYY	L,0-11	GS	34	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
54	67	Jun 26	CLE		NYY	L,9-11	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
55	68	Jun 27	CLE		NYY	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
56	69	Jun 29	CLE	@	BAL	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
57	70	Jun 30	CLE	@	BAL	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	71	Jul 2 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
59	72	Jul 2 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
60	73	Jul 3	CLE		CHW	W,5-4	CG	54	15.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
61	74	Jul 4	CLE		CHW	W,2-1	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
62	75	Jul 5 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,13-6	GF	20	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
63	76	Jul 5 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	37	10.1	4	1	0	5	0	C
64	77	Jul 6	CLE		BAL	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
65	78	Jul 7	CLE		BAL	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
66	79	Jul 8	CLE		BAL	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
67	80	Jul 9	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
68	81	Jul 10	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
69	82	Jul 11 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
70	83	Jul 11 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-8	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
71	84	Jul 15	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
72	85	Jul 16	CLE	@	PHA	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
73	86	Jul 17	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
74	88 (1)	Jul 18 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
75	89	Jul 19	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
76	90	Jul 20	CLE	@	BOS	T,5-5	GS	33	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
77	91	Jul 21	CLE	@	BOS	T,7-7	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
78	92	Jul 22 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
79	94 (1)	Jul 23	CLE	@	NYY	W,8-2	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
80	95	Jul 24	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	44	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
81	96	Jul 25	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	43	10.1	3	0	0	3	0	C
82	97	Jul 27	CLE		BOS	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
83	98	Jul 28	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
84	99	Jul 29	CLE		BOS	L,2-10	GS	40	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
85	100	Jul 30	CLE		WSH	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
86	101	Jul 31	CLE		WSH	W,6-0	CG	30	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	102	Aug 1 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
88	103	Aug 1 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,5-4	GF	9	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
89	104	Aug 3	CLE		NYY	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
90	105	Aug 4	CLE		NYY	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
91	106	Aug 5	CLE		NYY	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
92	107	Aug 6	CLE		PHA	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
93	108	Aug 7	CLE		PHA	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
94	109	Aug 8 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
95	110	Aug 8 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,5-2	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
96	111	Aug 10	CLE	@	DET	L,0-4	GS	30	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
97	112	Aug 11	CLE	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
98	113	Aug 12	CLE	@	DET	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
99	114	Aug 13	CLE		BAL	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
100	115	Aug 14	CLE		BAL	W,4-3	GS	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
101	117 (1)	Aug 15 (2)	CLE		BAL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
102	118	Aug 17	CLE		DET	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
103	119	Aug 18	CLE		DET	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
104	120	Aug 19 (1)	CLE		DET	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
105	121	Aug 19 (2)	CLE		DET	L,2-8	GF	18	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
106	122	Aug 20	CLE	@	BAL	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
107	123	Aug 21	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
108	124	Aug 22	CLE	@	BAL	W,12-1	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
109	125	Aug 24	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
110	126	Aug 25	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-3	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
111	127	Aug 26	CLE	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
112	128	Aug 27	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-3	GF	16	3.2	1	0	0	1	0	C
113	129	Aug 28	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
114	130	Aug 29 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
115	131	Aug 29 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-1	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
116	132	Aug 30	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4	GF	17	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
117	133	Aug 31	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
118	134	Sep 1	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
119	135	Sep 2	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS	29	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
120	136	Sep 3	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
121	137	Sep 4	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-8	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
122	138	Sep 5	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-2	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
123	139	Sep 6 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
124	140	Sep 6 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-3	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR C
125	141	Sep 8	CLE		PHA	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
126	142	Sep 9	CLE		PHA	W,5-4	GS	26	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
127	143	Sep 10	CLE		BOS	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	C
128	144	Sep 11	CLE		BOS	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
129	145	Sep 12 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
130	146	Sep 12 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
131	147	Sep 14	CLE		WSH	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
132	148	Sep 17	CLE	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
133	149	Sep 18	CLE	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
134	153 (3)	Sep 22	CLE		CHW	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
135	154	Sep 24	CLE		DET	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
136	155	Sep 25	CLE		DET	W,11-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
137	156	Sep 26	CLE		DET	L,7-8	CG	59	13.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
							137gm		1113.1	661	49	4	714	9