# Happy Iott
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{{short description|American baseball player (1876-1941)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Happy Iott
|image=
|position=[Center fielder](/source/Center_fielder)
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{birth date|1876|7|7}}
|birth_place=[Houlton, Maine](/source/Houlton%2C_Maine), U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1941|2|17|1876|7|7}}
|death_place=[Island Falls, Maine](/source/Island_Falls%2C_Maine), U.S.
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=September 16
|debutyear=1903
|debutteam=Cleveland Naps
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=September 18
|finalyear=1903
|finalteam=[Cleveland Naps](/source/Cleveland_Indians)
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[Batting average](/source/Batting_average_(baseball))
|stat1value=.200
|stat2label=[Home run](/source/Home_run)s
|stat2value=0
|stat3label=[Runs batted in](/source/Run_batted_in)
|stat3value=0
|teams=
*[Cleveland Naps](/source/Cleveland_Indians) ({{baseball year|1903}})
}}
'''Frederick Bidds "Happy" Iott''' (July 7, 1876 – February 17, 1941) was an American professional [baseball](/source/baseball) [center fielder](/source/center_fielder). He played in [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) with the [Cleveland Naps](/source/Cleveland_Indians) in 1903. He was born in [Houlton, Maine](/source/Houlton%2C_Maine), and pitched for the town team there. In 1897, he was on the Houlton team that won the state championship.[[http://www.cary.lib.me.us:81/GenDB/resources/Pioneer/1957-8-15-Centennial_Edition/G_Page06.pdf "Famous Houlton Baseball Team, State Champions 60 Years Ago"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110911204112/http://www.cary.lib.me.us:81/GenDB/resources/Pioneer/1957-8-15-Centennial_Edition/G_Page06.pdf |date=2011-09-11 }}, July 15, 1957.]
Known as "Happy Jack," Iott played professional baseball in the [New England League](/source/New_England_League) in 1902 and 1903. In the latter season, he hit .317 for the Fall River Indians and won the league batting title.[[https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/leader.cgi?type=bat&id=12921 "1903 New England League Batting Leaders"]. ''baseball-reference.com''. Retrieved 2010-12-01.] Iott was then acquired by the major league [Cleveland Naps](/source/Cleveland_Indians). He played three games for Cleveland from September 16 to September 18 and got 2 [hits](/source/Hit_(baseball)) in 10 [at bat](/source/at_bat)s.[[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/i/iottha01.shtml "Happy Iott Statistics and History"]. ''baseball-reference.com''. Retrieved 2010-12-01.]
Iott returned to Fall River in 1904 and also played in the [Connecticut State League](/source/Connecticut_League) before retiring from baseball.[[https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=iott--001fre "Happy Iott Minor League Statistics & History"]. ''baseball-reference.com''. Retrieved 2010-12-01.] He died in [Island Falls, Maine](/source/Island_Falls%2C_Maine), in 1941.