He played three more years of professional basketball for the Harrisburg Patriots and the Scranton Miners.

He spent the 1958-59 and 1959-60 seasons with the Scranton Miners of the Eastern Basketball Association.

He started his professional baseball career in 1908, when he played one game for the New York State League's Scranton Miners.

It kept this name until 1938 when the Scranton Miners move to Hartford, Connecticut.

The Scranton Miners became, under new ownership, the Scranton Apollos.

He also played seven seasons in the Minor leagues between 1909 to 1915, most of them with the Scranton Miners and Allentown.

He joined the Scranton Miners of the American Basketball League in 1948-49.

In 1926, Egan was the manager and president of the Scranton Miners.

Soon, the Scranton Miners offered him $100 a month and a $100 signing bonus to play ball.

He finished the 1916 season with the NYSL's Scranton Miners before retiring at age 40.