Wallace Louis Bray (known professionally as Happy Hogan; October 13, 1877 – May 17, 1915) was an American minor league baseball catcher and manager in the early 20th century.
His team, the Sacramento Solons, moved to the Pacific Coast League (PCL) as a founding member in 1903, and Hogan remained in the PCL for the rest of his career.
[2] Although Hogan was a very poor hitter[1] (his lifetime batting average is .180 and slugging average is .217),[3] he was a good catcher,[2] had a scrappy larger-than-life personality and was a well-known figure in the beginning days of the PCL,[1] was the longest-serving player from the PCL's founding year (1903–1914), and managed the Vernon/Venice Tigers (1909–1915), dying in harness.
[6] As a manager, Hogan was an advocate of the controversial innovation of uniform numbers.
[7] Hogan contracted pneumonia[2] and died on May 17, 1915, in Los Angeles at age 37.