1880 Troy Trojans season

The 1880 Troy Trojans improved slightly from the previous season, finishing with a 41–42 record and in 4th place in the National League.

1880 Troy Trojans
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1879)
Location
Haymakers' Grounds (since 1880) Troy, New York (since 1879)
Other information
Manager(s)	Bob Ferguson
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Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Chicago White Stockings	67	17	0.798	—	37–5	30–12
Providence Grays	52	32	0.619	15	31–12	21–20
Cleveland Blues	47	37	0.560	20	24–19	23–18
Troy Trojans	41	42	0.494	25½	20–21	21–21
Worcester Worcesters	40	43	0.482	26½	24–17	16–26
Boston Red Caps	40	44	0.476	27	25–17	15–27
Buffalo Bisons	24	58	0.293	42	13–28	11–30
Cincinnati Stars	21	59	0.263	44	14–25	7–34

Record vs. opponents

1880 National League Records Sources:
Team	BOS	BUF	CHI	CIN	CLE	PRV	TRO	WOR
Boston	—	9–3–1	3–9	7–5	5–7	5–7–1	7–5	4–8
Buffalo	3–9–1	—	1–11	5–5–2	3–9	2–10	1–11	9–3
Chicago	9–3	11–1	—	10–2–1	8–4	9–3–1	10–2	10–2
Cincinnati	5–7	5–5–2	2–10–1	—	3–9	2–10	1–10	3–8
Cleveland	7–5	9–3	4–8	9–3	—	3–9	9–3	6–6–1
Providence	7–5–1	10–2	3–9–1	10–2	9–3	—	7–5	6–6–1
Troy	5–7	11–1	2–10	10–1	3–9	5–7	—	5–7
Worcester	8–4	3–9	2–10	8–3	6–6–1	6–6–1	7–5	—

Roster

1880 Troy Trojans
Roster
Pitchers Tim Keefe Terry Larkin Frank Mountain Mickey Welch		Catchers Bill Ahearn Fatty Briody Buck Ewing James Haley Bill Harbridge Bill Holbert Mike Lawlor Joe Straub		Infielders Dan Brouthers Ed Caskin Ed Cogswell Roger Connor Bob Ferguson Bill Tobin		Outfielders John Cassidy Buttercup Dickerson Jake Evans Patrick Gillespie Dick Higham		Manager Bob Ferguson

Player stats

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Bill Holbert	60	212	40	.189	0	8
1B	Ed Cogswell	47	209	63	.301	0	13
2B	Bob Ferguson	82	332	87	.262	0	22
3B	Roger Connor	83	340	113	.332	3	42
SS	Ed Caskin	82	333	75	.225	0	28
OF	John Cassidy	83	352	89	.253	0	29
OF	Pete Gillespie	82	346	84	.243	2	24
OF	Jake Evans	47	180	46	.256	0	22

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Bill Tobin	33	136	22	.162	0	8
Buttercup Dickerson	30	119	23	.193	0	10
Buck Ewing	13	45	8	.178	0	5
Bill Harbridge	9	27	10	.370	0	2
Dan Brouthers	3	12	2	.167	0	1
Joe Straub	3	12	3	.250	0	3
Mike Lawlor	4	9	1	.111	0	0
James Haley	2	7	0	.000	0	0
Dick Higham	1	5	1	.200	0	0
Bill Ahearn	1	4	1	.250	0	0
Fatty Briody	1	4	0	.000	0	0

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Mickey Welch	65	574	34	30	2.54	123
Tim Keefe	12	105	6	6	0.86	43
Terry Larkin	5	38	0	5	8.76	5
Frank Mountain	2	17	1	1	5.29	2

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Jake Evans	1	0	0	0	13.50	0

References

• 1880 Troy Trojans season at Baseball Reference