Baseball may be over, but check out our Football, Basketball, and Hockey Sites.
Return to the Baseball-Reference.com Home Page
Quick Index: Play Index | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaders | Awards | Postseason | Box Scores | Minors | Draft
  SportingNews.com | Stat of the Day | SR Blog | Tutorial Videos | All-Star | Travel | Bullpen Wiki | Random
You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Players > Happy Finneran

Happy Finneran
Joseph Ignatius Finneran (Smokey Joe)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 169 lb.

Debut August 20, 1912
Final Game September 1, 1918
Born October 29, 1890 in East Orange, NJ
Died February 3, 1942 in Orange, NJ

 About biographical information

BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this person (what's this?)
Oracle: Find all of this player's teammates.

Let people know you like this site. Sponsor this page for $5.

  

Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1912 21 PHI NL   0   2  14   4   0   0   8  1   46.3   50   27   13   2   10   10   1   2   194       0  2.53  3.60  143 1.295
 1913 22 PHI NL   0   0   3   0   0   0   3  0    5.0   12    7    4   0    2    0   0   1    28       0  7.20  3.32   46 2.800
 1914 23 BTT FL  12  11  27  23  13   2   4  1  175.3  153   77   62   6   60   54   6   4   711       0  3.18  3.20  101 1.215
 1915 24 BTT FL  10  12  37  24  12   1  11  2  215.3  197   90   67   2   87   68   9   9   886       0  2.80  3.03  108 1.319
 1918 27 TOT AL   3   8  28  15   4   0  10  1  128.0  156   69   63   7   43   36   2   2   497       0  4.43  2.81   63 1.555
         DET AL   0   2   5   2   0   0   3  1   13.7   22   17   15   0    8    2   0   1    64       0  9.88  2.66   27 2.195
         NYY AL   3   6  23  13   4   0   7  0  114.3  134   52   48   7   35   34   2   1   433       0  3.78  2.82   75 1.478
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .431  25  33 109  66  29   3  36  5  570.0  568  270  209  17  202  168  18  18  2316       0  3.30  3.08   93 1.351
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     9  12  42  25  11   1  13  1  221.3  220  104   81   6   78   65   6   6   899   0   0  3.30  3.08   93 1.351
 Career High     12  12  37  24  13   2  11  2  215.3  197   90   67   7   87   68   9   9   886   0   0  2.53  3.60  143 1.215

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1912 21 PHI NL  14   10    1    2   0  1   0    2   0      0   4  .200  .200  .400   58    4   0           0    
 1913 22 PHI NL   3    3    2    2   0  1   0    0   0      0   0  .667  .667 1.333  454    4   0           0    
 1914 23 BTT FL  27   55    0    7   0  0   0    4   0      0  19  .127  .127  .127  -27    7   4           0    
 1915 24 BTT FL  38   74    4   11   0  0   0    1   1      2  13  .149  .182  .149   -2   11   0           1    
 1918 27 TOT AL  29   42    4    9   1  0   0    3   0      1   7  .214  .267  .238   51   10   1           2    
         DET AL   6    3    0    0   0  0   0    2   0      0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
         NYY AL  23   39    4    9   1  0   0    1   0      1   7  .231  .286  .256   62   10   1           2    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      111  184   11   31   1  2   0   10   1  0   3  43  .168  .195  .196   14   36   5   0   0   3   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        269   16   45   1  3   0   15   1  0   4  63  .168  .195  .196   14   53   7   0   0   4   0
 Career High     38   74    4   11   1  1   0    4   1  0   2  19                          11   4   0   0   2   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1912 21 PHI NL   10    8    1   3.4   105| .200  .288| .200  .358| .400  .391| .600  .749|  58  .391  -0.8  -0.1     
 1913 22 PHI NL    3    1    3  80.8    95| .667  .274| .667  .339|1.333  .373|2.000  .713| 454  .996   1.2   0.1     
 1914 23 BTT FL   59   52    1   0.5    92| .127  .270| .127  .336| .127  .365| .254  .701| -27  .024  -8.8  -1.0     
 1915 24 BTT FL   77   63    2   0.8    85| .149  .261| .182  .328| .149  .350| .331  .678|  -2  .066  -9.1  -1.0     
 1918 27 TOT AL   46   34    3   2.4    83| .214  .262| .267  .334| .238  .334| .505  .668|  51  .334  -2.6  -0.3     
         DET AL    3    3    0   0.0    79| .000  .256| .000  .326| .000  .326| .000  .652|-100  .000  -0.7  -0.1     
         NYY AL   43   31    3   2.6    84| .231  .263| .286  .334| .256  .335| .542  .669|  62  .372  -1.8  -0.2     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       195  158   10   1.7    88| .168  .266| .195  .333| .196  .354| .391  .687|  14  .193 -20.1  -2.3     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1912 21 PHI NL P 14 3 11 0 0 1.000 .946 1.00 1.55 2.72 2.55 4 46.3 1913 22 PHI NL P 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.57 0.00 2.52 0 5.0 1914 23 BTT FL P 27 8 48 2 1 .966 .948 2.07 1.95 2.88 3.04 23 175.3 1915 24 BTT FL P 37 15 61 2 1 .974 .956 2.05 1.97 3.18 3.08 24 215.3 1918 27 TOT AL P 28 4 35 0 1 1.000 .951 1.39 1.85 2.74 2.82 15 128.0 DET AL P 5 1 7 0 0 1.000 .952 1.60 1.84 5.26 2.82 2 13.7 NYY AL P 23 3 28 0 1 1.000 .951 1.35 1.85 2.44 2.82 13 114.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1912 21 PHI NL P 14 3 11 0 0 1.000 .946 1.00 1.55 2.72 2.55 4 46.3 1913 22 PHI NL P 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.57 0.00 2.52 0 5.0 1914 23 BTT FL P 27 8 48 2 1 .966 .948 2.07 1.95 2.88 3.04 23 175.3 1915 24 BTT FL P 37 15 61 2 1 .974 .956 2.05 1.97 3.18 3.08 24 215.3 1918 27 TOT AL P 28 4 35 0 1 1.000 .951 1.39 1.85 2.74 2.82 15 128.0 DET AL P 5 1 7 0 0 1.000 .952 1.60 1.84 5.26 2.82 2 13.7 NYY AL P 23 3 28 0 1 1.000 .951 1.35 1.85 2.44 2.82 13 114.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 109 30 155 4 3 .979 .952 1.70 1.87 2.92 2.96 66 570.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 109 30 155 4 3 .979 .952 1.70 1.87 2.92 2.96 66 570
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Hits Allowed/9IP
1914 FL-7.85-8

Home Runs Allow.
1918 AL-7-1

Wild Pitches
1915 FL-9-4

Hit Batsmen
1915 FL-9-5

Games Finished
1918 AL-10-8

Gray Ink: Pitching - 2 (2411) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 8.0 (981) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 1.0 (1853) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


Similar Pitchers View in Pop-up

Compare Stats
  1. Jing Johnson (983)
  2. Marty O'Toole (973)
  3. Earl Yingling (973)
  4. Bill Steen (973)
  5. Byron Houck (973)
  6. Bruce Howard (972)
  7. Hank Thormahlen (972)
  8. Rube Bressler (971)
  9. Bill Sowders (970)
  10. Rube Manning (970)
Most Similar by Age 
  1. Mike Harkey (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jimmy Ring (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. George Chalmers (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

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

May, 1918: Purchased by the New York Yankees from the Detroit Tigers.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
View Happy Finneran's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

Other References 
Error?     Compare     Search Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Happy Finneran    

Viewed 8762 times through December 4, 2008.
Name and misspellings: Joseph Smokey Happy Ignatius Joe jose joseph Finneran

Pages Updated through October 30,2008. Pages designed and created by Baseball-Reference part of Sports Reference, Inc. (Copyright ©2000-2007).
Statistics may come from our work, the Baseball Databank, or other sources including SABR.org and RetroSheet.org..

You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Players > Happy Finneran
Quick Index: Play Index | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaders | Awards | Postseason | Box Scores | Minors | Draft
  SportingNews.com | Stat of the Day | SR Blog | Tutorial Videos | All-Star | Travel | Bullpen Wiki | Random
Return to the Baseball-Reference.com Home Page

Stats updated through October 30, 2008.


Copyright © 2000-2008 Sports Reference, LLC, All rights reserved.
A Sports Reference LLC Site : About BR | About Sports Reference | Privacy Statement | Conditions & Terms of Service

Partner With: FantasyPlayers.com. Contact Fantasy Sports Ventures for advertising information.