Jim Hegan Baseball player

James Edward Hegan (August 3, 1920 – June 17, 1984) was an American professional baseball player, coach and scout. He played for seventeen seasons as a catcher in Major League Baseball from 1941 to 1942 and from 1946 to 1960, most notably for the Cleveland Indians. After his playing career was over, he became a coach and scout in a baseball career that spanned almost 40 years. While he was light-hitting as an offensive player, he was notable for being one of the best defensive catchers of his era and a capable handler of pitching staffs.

Personal facts

Jim Hegan
Birth dateAugust 03, 1920
Date of deathJune 17, 1984

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Baseball player

Career startSeptember 09, 1941
Career endJuly 04, 1960
batting sideRight
former teams
Chicago Cubs
Cleveland Indians
position
Catcher
teams
Chicago Cubs
Cleveland Indians
Detroit Tigers
Philadelphia Phillies
San Francisco Giants
throwing sideRight

Jim Hegan on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://books.google.com/books?id=UysDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA72&dq=jim+hegan+baseball+digest#v=onepage&q=jim%20hegan%20baseball%20digest&f=false
  2. http://books.google.com/books?id=YCwDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA72&dq=jim+hegan+baseball+digest#v=onepage&q=&f=false
  3. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13615570