Jim Hegan
Portrait of Jim Hegan, catcher for the Cleveland Indians. Bowman series. Printed on front: "Jim Hegan." Printed on back: "Jim Hegan. Catcher, Cleveland Indians. Born: Lynn, Mass., Aug. 3, 1920. Height: 6-2. Weight: 190. Bats: right. Throws: right. One of the best fielding catchers in baseball. Topped American League backstops in 1951 with a percentage of .991. Hits a long ball. Slammed 6 home runs and 17 doubles in the '51 campaign. His batting average was .238. Broke into majors with Indians in 1941. No. 187 in the 1952 series Baseball picture cards. Get a $1.00 value baseball cap of your favorite major league team by sending 5 wrappers and 50 cents to Bowman baseball, P.O. Box 234, New York 23, N.Y. State size: small, medium or large. [Copyright] 1952 Bowman Gum Division, Haelan Laboratories, Inc., Phila. 44, Pa. Ptd. in U.S.A."
- Resource ID:
- hr001689
- Subject:
- Hegan, Jim (James Edward), 1920-1984
- Catchers (Baseball)--Ohio--Cleveland
- Cleveland Indians (Baseball team)
- Baseball cards
- Publisher:
- Haelan Laboratories. Bowman Gum Division
- Date:
- 1952
- Format:
- 1 baseball card : col. ; 2 x 3.25 in.
- Department:
- Ernie Harwell Sports Collection
- Location:
- Baseball cards-Bowman-1952-Hegan, Jim
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.