{{Short description|American baseball player (1921–1998)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Jim Hearn |image=Jim Hearn 1953.jpg |caption=Hearn in about 1953. |position=Pitcher |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date|1921|4|11}} |birth_place=Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1998|6|10|1921|4|11}} |death_place=Boca Grande, Florida, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate= April 17 |debutyear= 1947 |debutteam=St. Louis Cardinals |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=May 15 |finalyear=1959 |finalteam= Philadelphia Phillies |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Win–loss record |stat1value=109–89 |stat2label=Earned run average |stat2value=3.81 |stat3label=Strikeouts |stat3value=669 |teams= * St. Louis Cardinals ({{mlby|1947}}–{{mlby|1950}}) * New York Giants ({{mlby|1950}}–{{mlby|1956}}) * Philadelphia Phillies ({{mlby|1957}}–{{mlby|1959}}) |highlights= * All-Star (1952) * World Series champion ({{wsy|1954}}) }} '''James Tolbert Hearn''' (April 11, 1921 – June 10, 1998) was an American professional baseball player who was a pitcher in Major League Baseball for 13 seasons (1947–1959). The right-hander was listed as {{convert|6|ft|3|in}} tall and {{convert|205|lb}}.
==Career== Born in Atlanta, Hearn attended Georgia Tech and signed with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1942. He spent two years in the minor leagues and three performing military service in the United States Army during World War II, before being called up in 1947. After compiling a 21–17 record for the Cardinals over all or parts of four seasons, he was placed on waivers and claimed by the New York Giants on July 10, 1950. He then went on to lead the National League in earned run average (2.49) and win 11 of 14 decisions for manager Leo Durocher that season.
Hearn was a member of the {{Baseball year|1951}} Giants' starting rotation, winning 17 games and helping them overcome a 13<small>{{fraction|1|2}}</small>-game mid-August deficit to the Brooklyn Dodgers to win the NL pennant. He defeated the Dodgers 3–1 in Game 1 of the NL pennant playoff and in the 1951 World Series, defeated the eventual champion New York Yankees 6–2 in his only start, in Game 3 at the Polo Grounds. He gave up only one earned run in the Series, for a Fall Classic ERA of 1.04.
Hearn pitched in New York for five more seasons where he compiled a 50–54 record through 1956. The following season he was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies, where he was used as a relief pitcher. On May 10 1959, he pitched 1<small>{{fraction|1|3}}</small> innings against the Pittsburgh Pirates and gave up two runs before the game was suspended.<ref>{{cite news|title=Phils Tip Bucs; 2nd Tilt Cut|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FekVAAAAIBAJ&pg=6264%2C104204|access-date=June 7, 2016|agency=Associated Press (AP)|work=Milwaukee Sentinel|date=May 11, 1959|location=Milwaukee, Wisconsin|page=4, part 2}}{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Pittsburgh Pirates 7, Philadelphia Phillies 6 (2)|url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1959/B05102PIT1959.htm|website=retrosheet.org|access-date=June 7, 2016|date=May 10, 1959}}</ref> He was given his unconditional release 12 days later.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jim Hearn Statistics and History|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hearnji01.shtml#trans|website=baseball-reference.com|publisher=sports-reference.com|access-date=June 7, 2016}}</ref> The suspended game was resumed in July, and Pittsburgh held on to win.<ref>{{cite news|title=Roberts Bests Bucs For Split|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zb4VAAAAIBAJ&pg=7204%2C500523|access-date=June 7, 2016|agency=Associated Press (AP)|work=Milwaukee Sentinel|date=July 22, 1959|location=Milwaukee, Wisconsin|page=3, part 2}}{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> Thus Hearn was charged with a loss, weeks after his career had ended.
==Statistics== Overall, Hearn appeared in 396 games, winning 109, losing 89, with an ERA of 3.81, 63 complete games, ten shutouts and eight saves. In 1,703<small>{{fraction|2|3}}</small> innings pitched, he allowed 1,661 hits and 655 bases on balls, with 669 strikeouts.
==Post-playing career== Hearn was a color commentator for CBC Television's Game of the Week in 1966. In 1969, he was television commentator announcer for the expansion Montreal Expos.<ref>{{cite news |title=Baseball |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5DVgAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA37 |access-date=17 October 2024 |work=The Phoenix |date=March 29, 1969}}</ref> An excellent golfer, he opened a golf school after his baseball career ended. He died at age 77 in Boca Grande, Florida.
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