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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.

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	PHI		CIN	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
2	2	Apr 14	PHI	@	MLN	L,3-4	GS	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
3	3	Apr 16	PHI	@	MLN	L,3-7	GS	24	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
4	5 (1)	Apr 18	PHI	@	CIN	W,14-9	GF	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
5	6	Apr 19	PHI	@	CIN	L,5-12	GS	23	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
6	7	Apr 22	PHI		MLN	L,0-2	GS	31	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
7	10 (2)	Apr 25	PHI		PIT	L,2-4	GS	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
8	11	Apr 26 (1)	PHI		PIT	L,2-9	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
9	13 (1)	Apr 29	PHI		LAD	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	17 (3)	May 3 (1)	PHI		CHC	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
11	18	May 3 (2)	PHI		CHC	W,5-4	GF	8	2.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
12	19	May 5	PHI		STL	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
13	23 (3)	May 9	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-9	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
14	24	May 10 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
15	27 (2)	May 12	PHI	@	LAD	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	5	4	0	9	1	C
16	28	May 13	PHI	@	SFG	L,0-6	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
17	29	May 14	PHI	@	SFG	L,0-8	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
18	30	May 15	PHI	@	STL	L,2-8	GS	29	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
19	32 (1)	May 19	PHI	@	CHC	L,7-8	GF	6	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	C
20	33	May 20	PHI	@	CHC	L,5-7	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
21	34	May 21	PHI	@	CHC	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
22	35	May 22	PHI		MLN	L,5-10	GS	30	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
23	36	May 23	PHI		MLN	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
24	37	May 24 (1)	PHI		MLN	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	48 (10)	Jun 4	PHI		CHC	L,2-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
				Player went from Philadelphia Phillies to San Francisco Giants
26	65	Jun 19	SFG		MLN	W,4-3	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
27	68 (2)	Jun 22	SFG		PIT	W,4-1	GS	24	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
28	71 (2)	Jun 25	SFG		PIT	L,1-3	GF	8	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
29	75 (3)	Jun 29	SFG	@	LAD	W,6-4	GF	22	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	77 (1)	Jul 2	SFG	@	CHC	L,4-10	GS	26	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
31	80 (2)	Jul 5 (1)	SFG	@	STL	L,2-4		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
32	88 (7)	Jul 16 (2)	SFG	@	PHI	W,1-0	GS	28	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
33	90 (1)	Jul 18	SFG	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
34	93 (2)	Jul 21	SFG		LAD	L,0-1	GF	8	2.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	105 (11)	Aug 4	SFG		MLN	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
36	117 (11)	Aug 17	SFG	@	CIN	W,6-3	GF	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
37	127 (9)	Aug 27 (1)	SFG	@	PHI	L,2-7	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
38	128	Aug 27 (2)	SFG	@	PHI	L,1-2	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	132 (3)	Sep 2	SFG		CHC	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
40	133	Sep 3	SFG		CHC	W,8-5	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
41	135 (1)	Sep 5	SFG		STL	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
42	137 (1)	Sep 7	SFG		STL	W,4-2	GF	14	4.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
43	138	Sep 9	SFG		PIT	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
44	140 (1)	Sep 11	SFG		PHI	L,0-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
45	146 (5)	Sep 17	SFG		MLN	W,13-6	GS	32	7.0	8	1	1	10	0	C
46	150 (3)	Sep 22	SFG	@	CHC	L,4-5	GF	8	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	C
							46gm		254.0	156	17	3	176	3