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Happy Finneran
Joseph Ignatius Finneran (Smokey Joe)

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Weight: 169 lb.

Born: October 29, 1890 in East Orange, NJ (All Transactions)
Debut: August 20, 1912
Final Game: September 1, 1918
Died: February 3, 1942 in Orange, NJ
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Standard Pitching

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1912	21	PHI	NL	0	2	.000	2.53	14	4	8	0	0	1	46.1	50	27	13	2	10	10	1	0	2	194	143	1.295	9.7	0.4	1.9	1.9	1.00
1913	22	PHI	NL	0	0		7.20	3	0	3	0	0	0	5.0	12	7	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	28	46	2.800	21.6	0.0	3.6	0.0	0.00
1914	23	BTT	FL	12	11	.522	3.18	27	23	4	13	2	1	175.1	153	77	62	6	60	54	6	0	4	711	101	1.215	7.9	0.3	3.1	2.8	0.90
1915	24	BTT	FL	10	12	.455	2.80	37	24	11	12	1	2	215.1	197	90	67	2	87	68	9	0	9	886	108	1.319	8.2	0.1	3.6	2.8	0.78

1918	27	TOT	AL	3	8	.273	4.43	28	15	10	4	0	1	128.0	156	69	63	7	43	36	2	0	2	497	63	1.555	11.0	0.5	3.0	2.5	0.84
1918	27	DET	AL	0	2	.000	9.88	5	2	3	0	0	1	13.2	22	17	15	0	8	2	0	0	1	64	27	2.195	14.5	0.0	5.3	1.3	0.25
1918	27	NYY	AL	3	6	.333	3.78	23	13	7	4	0	0	114.1	134	52	48	7	35	34	2	0	1	433	75	1.478	10.5	0.6	2.8	2.7	0.97
5 Seasons				25	33	.431	3.30	109	66	36	29	3	5	570.0	568	270	209	17	202	168	18	0	18	2316	93	1.351	9.0	0.3	3.2	2.7	0.83
162 Game Avg.				10	13	.431	3.30	42	26	14	11	1	2	221	221	105	81	7	78	65	7	0	7	900	93	1.351	9.0	0.3	3.2	2.7	0.83

BTT (2 yrs)				22	23	.489	2.97	64	47	15	25	3	3	390.2	350	167	129	8	147	122	15	0	13	1597	105	1.272	8.1	0.2	3.4	2.8	0.83
PHI (2 yrs)				0	2	.000	2.98	17	4	11	0	0	1	51.1	62	34	17	2	12	10	1	0	3	222	120	1.442	10.9	0.4	2.1	1.8	0.83
NYY (1 yr)				3	6	.333	3.78	23	13	7	4	0	0	114.1	134	52	48	7	35	34	2	0	1	433	75	1.478	10.5	0.6	2.8	2.7	0.97
DET (1 yr)				0	2	.000	9.88	5	2	3	0	0	1	13.2	22	17	15	0	8	2	0	0	1	64	27	2.195	14.5	0.0	5.3	1.3	0.25

AL (1 yr)				3	8	.273	4.43	28	15	10	4	0	1	128.0	156	69	63	7	43	36	2	0	2	497	63	1.555	11.0	0.5	3.0	2.5	0.84
FL (2 yrs)				22	23	.489	2.97	64	47	15	25	3	3	390.2	350	167	129	8	147	122	15	0	13	1597	105	1.272	8.1	0.2	3.4	2.8	0.83
NL (2 yrs)				0	2	.000	2.98	17	4	11	0	0	1	51.1	62	34	17	2	12	10	1	0	3	222	120	1.442	10.9	0.4	2.1	1.8	0.83

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos
1912	21	PHI	NL	14	10	10	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	4	.200	.200	.400	.600	58	4	0	0	1
1913	22	PHI	NL	3	3	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.333	2.000	454	4	0	0	/1
1914	23	BTT	FL	27	59	55	0	7	0	0	0	4	0	0	19	.127	.127	.127	.255	-27	7	0	4	1
1915	24	BTT	FL	38	77	74	4	11	0	0	0	1	1	2	13	.149	.182	.149	.330	-2	11	1	0	1

1918	27	TOT	AL	29	46	42	4	9	1	0	0	3	0	1	7	.214	.267	.238	.505	51	10	2	1	1
1918	27	DET	AL	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	/1
1918	27	NYY	AL	23	43	39	4	9	1	0	0	1	0	1	7	.231	.286	.256	.542	62	10	2	1	1
5 Seasons				111	195	184	11	31	1	2	0	10	1	3	43	.168	.195	.196	.390	14	36	3	5
162 Game Avg.				162	285	269	16	45	1	3	0	15	1	4	63	.168	.195	.196	.390	14	53	4	7

BTT (2 yrs)				65	136	129	4	18	0	0	0	5	1	2	32	.140	.159	.140	.299	-13	18	1	4
PHI (2 yrs)				17	13	13	3	4	0	2	0	2	0	0	4	.308	.308	.615	.923	146	8	0	0
NYY (1 yr)				23	43	39	4	9	1	0	0	1	0	1	7	.231	.286	.256	.542	62	10	2	1
DET (1 yr)				6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0

AL (1 yr)				29	46	42	4	9	1	0	0	3	0	1	7	.214	.267	.238	.505	51	10	2	1
FL (2 yrs)				65	136	129	4	18	0	0	0	5	1	2	32	.140	.159	.140	.299	-13	18	1	4
NL (2 yrs)				17	13	13	3	4	0	2	0	2	0	0	4	.308	.308	.615	.923	146	8	0	0

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG
1912	PHI	NL	21	P	14	14	3	11	0	0	1.000	1.00	.943	1.55
1913	PHI	NL	22	P	3	0	0	0	0	0		0.00		1.57
1914	BTT	FL	23	P	27	58	8	48	2	1	.966	2.07	.947	1.95
1915	BTT	FL	24	P	37	78	15	61	2	1	.974	2.05	.955	1.97
1918	TOT	AL	27	P	28	39	4	35	0	1	1.000	1.39	.949	1.85
1918	DET	AL	27	P	5	8	1	7	0	0	1.000	1.60	.950	1.84
1918	NYY	AL	27	P	23	31	3	28	0	1	1.000	1.35	.948	1.85
5 Seasons				P	109	189	30	155	4	3	.979	1.70	.950	1.87
5 Seasons				TOT	109	189	30	155	4	3	.979	1.70	.929	1.87

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1914 FL--7.854--8th	Home Runs s c a p y 1918 AL--7--1st	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1915 FL--.084--6th	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1915 FL--9--4th
Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1915 FL--9--5th	Games Finished s c a p y 1918 AL--10--8th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink Pitching - 2 (2371), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Hall of Fame Monitor Pitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Pitching - 8 (996), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

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Most Similar by Ages

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Mike Harkey (989) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jimmy Ring (987) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
George Chalmers (977) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

January 29, 1914: Jumped from the Philadelphia Phillies to the Brooklyn Tip-Tops.

May 19, 1918: Sent from the Detroit Tigers to St Paul (American Association) in an unknown transaction. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

May 24, 1918: Purchased by the New York Yankees from St Paul (American Association).

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Uniforms

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Name and misspellings: Joseph Smokey Happy Ignatius Joe Finneran

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 2 (2371), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 8 (996), Average HOFer ≈ 50