Happy Finneran

{{Short description|American baseball player (1890–1942)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Happy Finneran

|image=1922 Zeenut Happy Finneran.jpg

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{birth date|1890|10|29}}

|birth_place=East Orange, New Jersey, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1942|2|3|1890|10|29}}

|death_place=Orange, New Jersey, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=August 20

|debutyear=1912

|debutteam=Philadelphia Phillies

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 1

|finalyear=1918

|finalteam=New York Yankees

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=25–33

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=3.30

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=168

|teams=

• Philadelphia Phillies (1912–1913)
• Brooklyn Tip-Tops (1914–1915)
• Detroit Tigers (1918)
• New York Yankees (1918)

}}

Joseph Ignatius Finneran (October 29, 1890 – February 3, 1942), nicknamed "Happy" or "Smokey Joe",{{Cite web |title=Baseball Player Nicknames |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/friv/baseball-player-nicknames.shtml |access-date=2023-04-27 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}} was a pitcher who played for 5 seasons in Major League Baseball in the 1910s.

He made his major league debut for the Philadelphia Phillies on August 20, 1912, in a relief role in a losing effort versus the Chicago Cubs.{{Cite web |title=Philadelphia Phillies vs Chicago Cubs Box Score: August 20, 1912 |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN191208201.shtml |access-date=2023-04-27 |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}