1948 Cleveland Indians JIM HEGAN Vintage Original Snapshot Photo

DATE: 1948

ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Type 1 Original - Printed from the original negative within about 2 years of when it was shot

TEAM: Cleveland Indians

SUBJECT: Jim Hegan

APPROXIMATE SIZE: 3-1/2"x5"

MARKS / STAMPING: Note piece missing from the left side of this one. Please bid accordingly.

NUMBER OF PHOTOS: 1

COMMENTS / CONDITION: Offered is an approximately 3-1/2"x5" vintage snapshot photo of Jim Hegan, pictured in his Cleveland Indians uniform circa 1948. The photo is guaranteed to be a vintage photo, not a modern day reproduction. See scans for further details including condition (very rough).

BIO: James Edward Hegan was born in 1920 in Lynn, MA and died in 1984 in Lynn, MA. He played major league baseball from 1941 to 1960 as catcher for the Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers, Philidelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants and the Chicago Cubs, appeared in the 1948 and 1954 World Series, and was selected 5 times as an All-Star. After his playing career ended, he was a New York Yankees coach from 1960 to 1973. He spent 1974 to 1978 on the Detroit Tigers coaching staff before rejoining the Yankees as a coach for two more seasons. He later spent time as a scout. He was the father of Mike Hegan.

SKU: L09955

Item: L09955