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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.

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1953 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	CLE		CHW	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
2	2	Apr 16	CLE	@	DET	W,11-8	CG	43	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
3	3	Apr 17	CLE	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	38	8.1	2	2	0	4	0	C
4	4	Apr 18	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	42	8.0	8	1	2	11	0	C
5	5	Apr 21	CLE		SLB	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
6	7 (1)	Apr 25	CLE		DET	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
7	9 (1)	Apr 26 (2)	CLE		DET	W,12-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
8	11 (1)	Apr 29	CLE		PHA	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	12	May 1	CLE		BOS	L,1-8	GS	30	7.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
10	13	May 2	CLE		BOS	L,1-5	GS	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
11	14	May 3 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
12	16 (1)	May 5	CLE		NYY	L,1-11	GS	26	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
13	17	May 8	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
14	18	May 9	CLE	@	SLB	W,3-2	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
15	20 (1)	May 11	CLE		CHW	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
16	21	May 12	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-7	GS	33	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
17	25 (3)	May 17 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
18	26	May 17 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,9-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR C
19	27	May 20	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-8	GS	29	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
20	28	May 23	CLE		SLB	W,5-1	GF	19	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
21	29	May 24 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
22	30	May 24 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,9-8	GF	18	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
23	31	May 26	CLE		DET	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
24	32	May 27	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
25	33	May 28	CLE	@	SLB	L,5-7	GS	33	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
26	34	May 29	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
27	36 (1)	May 30 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	39	8.1	5	0	0	5	0	C
28	37	May 31	CLE	@	DET	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	38	Jun 2	CLE		BOS	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	C
30	39	Jun 3	CLE		BOS	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
31	40	Jun 4	CLE		BOS	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
32	41	Jun 5	CLE		PHA	W,3-2	CG	44	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
33	44 (2)	Jun 7 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,4-3	GS	32	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
34	45	Jun 9	CLE		WSH	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
35	47 (1)	Jun 11	CLE		WSH	L,1-2	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
36	48	Jun 12	CLE		NYY	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
37	49	Jun 13	CLE		NYY	L,4-9	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
38	50	Jun 14 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,2-6	GS	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
39	51	Jun 14 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,0-3	GS	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
40	52	Jun 16	CLE	@	PHA	L,7-9	GS	27	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
41	54 (1)	Jun 18	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-4	GF	15	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	PR C
42	55	Jun 19	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
43	56	Jun 20	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	3	1	1	5	0	C
44	58 (1)	Jun 22 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
45	59	Jun 22 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-2	GF	14	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	PR C
46	61 (1)	Jun 23 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	35	9.2	5	1	0	6	0	C
47	62	Jun 24	CLE	@	BOS	W,13-9	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
48	63	Jun 25	CLE	@	BOS	W,15-4	GS	36	8.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
49	65 (1)	Jun 27	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
50	66	Jun 28	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	68 (1)	Jul 1	CLE	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
52	70 (1)	Jul 3	CLE		DET	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
53	72 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	CLE		DET	L,1-6	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
54	73	Jul 5 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,7-6	GF	15	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
55	76 (2)	Jul 7	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
56	80 (3)	Jul 10 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-16	GS	28	6.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
57	81	Jul 11	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	42	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
58	84 (2)	Jul 16	CLE		PHA	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
59	85	Jul 17	CLE		PHA	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
60	86	Jul 18	CLE		PHA	L,3-9	GS	30	7.0	1	0	1	2	0	C
61	87	Jul 19 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,0-2	GS	18	5.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
62	95 (7)	Jul 26 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,7-6	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR C
63	96	Jul 28	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-4	GS	27	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
64	98 (1)	Jul 30	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
65	99	Jul 31	CLE	@	PHA	W,12-6	GF	11	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	102 (2)	Aug 2 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
67	103	Aug 4	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-0	GS	25	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
68	105 (1)	Aug 6	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
69	106	Aug 7	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
70	107	Aug 8	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS	28	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
71	110 (2)	Aug 12	CLE		CHW	W,7-4	GS	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
72	111	Aug 13	CLE		CHW	L,3-7	CG	49	10.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
73	112	Aug 14	CLE	@	SLB	W,8-7	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
74	113	Aug 16 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,6-7	GS	22	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
75	116 (2)	Aug 19	CLE	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
76	117	Aug 20	CLE	@	DET	W,13-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
77	118	Aug 21 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
78	119	Aug 21 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,3-2	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR C
79	120	Aug 22	CLE		SLB	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
80	121	Aug 23 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
81	123 (1)	Aug 25	CLE		WSH	L,4-8	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
82	124	Aug 26	CLE		WSH	W,9-5	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
83	125	Aug 27	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	CG	38	11.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
84	126	Aug 28	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
85	127	Aug 29	CLE		NYY	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
86	128	Aug 30 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,6-5	GS	27	7.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
87	130 (1)	Aug 31	CLE		BOS	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	131	Sep 1	CLE		BOS	W,13-3	CG	38	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
89	132	Sep 2	CLE		PHA	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
90	133	Sep 3	CLE		PHA	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
91	134	Sep 4	CLE		CHW	T,6-6	CG	50	10.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
92	135	Sep 5 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,0-2	GS	30	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
93	137 (1)	Sep 6	CLE		CHW	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
94	138	Sep 7 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
95	139	Sep 7 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,10-7	GF	10	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
96	140	Sep 9	CLE	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
97	142 (1)	Sep 11	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-6	GF	11	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
98	143	Sep 12	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-4	GS	28	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
99	145 (1)	Sep 14	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-8	GS	17	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
100	146	Sep 15	CLE	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
101	147	Sep 16	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
102	148	Sep 17	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
103	149	Sep 20 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,6-8	GS	35	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
104	151 (1)	Sep 22	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
105	152	Sep 23	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
							106gm		790.1	399	42	11	452	3