- Jim Hegan
Infobox MLB retired
bgcolor1=#023465
bgcolor2=#990000
textcolor1=white
textcolor2=white
name=Jim Hegan
position=Catcher
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=August 3 ,1920
deathdate=death date and age|1984|6|17|1920|8|3
debutdate=September 9
debutyear=1941
debutteam=Cleveland Indians
finaldate=July 4
finalyear=1960
finalteam=Chicago Cubs
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.228
stat2label=Hits
stat2value=1087
stat3label=RBI
stat3value=525
teams=
*Cleveland Indians (by|1941-by|1957)
*Detroit Tigers (by|1958)
*Philadelphia Phillies (by|1958-by|1959)
*San Francisco Giants (by|1959)
*Chicago Cubs (by|1960)
highlights=
* All star in 1947, 1949-1952James Edward Hegan (
August 3 ,1920 —June 17 ,1984 ) was an Americancatcher and coach inMajor League Baseball who spent almost 40 years in a major league uniform. As a catcher, the team he is most identified with is theCleveland Indians . He played in Cleveland from 1941 to 1957, making the American League All-Star team five times and playing in the 1948 and1954 World Series . His last year was in 1960 with theChicago Cubs . His son, Mike, an All-Starfirst baseman who played in the majors from 1964-77, now is aradio broadcaster for the Indians.Jim Hegan was born in
Lynn, Massachusetts . He had a .228batting average in his career. When his active career ended in July by|1960, Hegan became the bullpen coach for theNew York Yankees , serving through the by|1973 campaign. He then moved with managerRalph Houk to theDetroit Tigers for five years, through by|1978. He finished his career in uniform back with the Yankees as a coach, and was serving as a scout for the Yanks when he died inSwampscott, Massachusetts , of a heart attack at the age of 63.It should be noted that the great Yankee catcher of years before,
Bill Dickey , once said "If I had been able to catch like Hegan I wouldn't have needed to hit." This quote is from either Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract or from Palmer and Thorne's Total Baseball.Hegan caught more twenty win seasons than any catcher, all-time.
ee also
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List of second generation Major League Baseball players ources
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