James John Hannan (January 7, 1940 in Jersey City, New Jersey) is an American retired

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who pitched in

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from 1962 to 1971 for the Washington Senators, Detroit Tigers and Milwaukee Brewers. The

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stood tall and weighed . Hannan began his baseball career at St. Peter's Preparatory School, which inducted him in 2005 into the first class of its athletic hall of fame.Hague, Jim
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'', May 17, 2005. Accessed July 9, 2018. "Hannan spent 10 years in the big leagues, after beginning his baseball career in Jersey City, attending St. Peter's Prep. Last week, Hannan's trip down memory lane included a stop back in his hometown, when he was among 19 former great athletes and coaches honored in the inaugural class of the St. Peter's Prep Athletic Hall of Fame at the induction dinner at Puccini's in Jersey City." He attended the

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and signed with the

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in time for the 1961 minor league season. After posting a 17–7

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and leading the Class D

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in strikeouts, he was selected by Washington in the first-year player draft. His MLB service, which lasted all or part of ten years, began the following season. In his best campaign, 1968 for Washington, Hannan posted a 10–6 ( 3.01) record in 25 games pitched for a last-place team that lost 96 games. After the 1970 campaign, he was included in a multi-player trade with the Detroit Tigers in which he, fellow right-hander Joe Coleman,

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and

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were sent to Detroit for former 30-game-winner

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and three other players. Coleman, Brinkman and Rodríguez were three of the Senators' top players; they became mainstays in Detroit and helped lead the Tigers to the

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championship. McLain was acquired as an attendance-booster for the struggling Senators. He had gone a combined 55–13 for the Tigers in 1968–69 but spent the beginning of 1970 under suspension for gambling allegations. Upon returning, he could not approach his old form, and with the 1971 Senators, he lost 22 games and the team went 63–96 and abandoned Washington for Dallas–Fort Worth. For his part, Hannan only got into seven games for the 1971 Tigers and was effective in middle relief, before being traded to the Brewers, where he finished his career with 21 appearances, 20 in relief, for Milwaukee. During his MLB career, Hannan appeared in 276 games, with 101 starting assignments. He compiled a 41–48 record, with a career

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of 3.88, allowing 807 hits and 408 bases on balls in 822 innings pitched. He

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438, and posted nine complete games, four

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and seven saves.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hannan, Jim 1940 births Living people Baseball players from Jersey City, New Jersey Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players Detroit Tigers players Hawaii Islanders players Major League Baseball pitchers Milwaukee Brewers players Notre Dame Fighting Irish baseball players Olean Red Sox players Richmond Virginians (minor league) players St. Peter's Preparatory School alumni Syracuse Chiefs players Toronto Maple Leafs (International League) players Washington Senators (1961–1971) players