Happy Foreman

{{Short description|American baseball player (1899–1953)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

| image =

| name=Happy Foreman

| position=Pitcher

| bats=Left

| throws=Right

| birth_date={{birth date|1897|7|20}}

| birth_place=Memphis, Tennessee

| death_date={{death date and age|1953|2|13|1897|7|20}}

| death_place=New York, New York

|debutleague = MLB

| debutdate=September 3

| debutyear=1924

| debutteam=Chicago White Sox

|finalleague = MLB

| finaldate=June 25

| finalyear=1926

| finalteam=Boston Red Sox

|statleague = MLB

| stat1label=Win–loss record

| stat1value=0–0

| stat2label=Earned run average

| stat2value=3.18

| stat3label=Strikeouts

| stat3value=4

| teams=

• Chicago White Sox ({{mlby|1924}})
• Boston Red Sox ({{mlby|1926}})

}}

August G. Foreman (July 20, 1899 – February 13, 1953) was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played between {{mlby|1924}} and {{mlby|1926}} for the Chicago White Sox (1924) and Boston Red Sox (1926). Listed at 5' 7", 160 lb., he batted and threw left-handed. He attended Chamberlain-Hunt Academy in Port Gibson, Mississippi.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/foremha01.shtml |title=Happy Foreman Stats |publisher=Baseball-Reference.com |date= |accessdate=2020-02-04}}

Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Foreman was Jewish, and the last of 16 major leaguers nicknamed ″Happy″.{{cite journal |title=Big League Jews|journal=Jewish Sports Review |date=January–February 2020 |volume=12 |issue=137 |page=18}}[http://www.thejewishweek.com/viewArticle/c36_a15421/News/New_York.html The Jewish Week]{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/foremha01.shtml|title= Baseball Reference – Happy Foreman Statistics|accessdate=2008-06-08

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In a two-season career, Foreman posted a 3.18 ERA in six appearances, including four strikeouts, nine walks, three games finished, and 11⅓ innings of work. He did not have a decision.

Foreman died in New York, New York at the age of 55.