John Joseph "Rip" Egan (July 9, 1871 – December 22, 1950) was a professional baseball player (pitcher) throwing right-handed and later an umpire.

On April 30, 1894, Egan made his major league debut with the Washington Senators.

Statistics were not kept during his first season with the Tigers, however, during his second Egan went 11–14 with a 3.36 earned run average (ERA), one shutout and 64 strikeouts in 29 games, 24 starts.

In 1898, Egan joined the Class-A Kansas City Blues, also of the Western League.

[6] In 1918, Egan began his managerial career with the minor league Milwaukee Brewers.

[7] During his time with the Brewers, it was reported that while riding the same train back to Milwaukee as the Kansas City Blues, Egan served alcohol to their pitcher until 3 a.m. in hopes of keeping the Blues from playing at full potential for the doubleheader they were scheduled to play the next day against the Brewers.

[5] During his time with the Red Sox, he was responsible for signing numerous players including Ray Champagne,[9] and Mickey Harris.

[10] The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette described Egan as having "one of the finest all-around records and backgrounds in baseball today" after he signed with the Pirates as a scout in 1946.

[11] On December 22, 1950, Egan died in Cranston, Rhode Island and was buried in Section 5, Lot 155 at St. Ann Cemetery.