1879 Troy Trojans season

1879 Troy Trojans
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Manager(s) Horace Phillips, Bob Ferguson
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The 1879 season was the National League debut for the Troy Trojans. They finished the season 19–56, last in the league.

Regular season

Season standings

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Providence Grays 59 25 0.702 — 34–8 25–17
Boston Red Caps 54 30 0.643 5 29–13 25–17
Buffalo Bisons 46 32 0.590 10 23–16 23–16
Chicago White Stockings 46 33 0.582 10½ 29–13 17–20
Cincinnati Reds 43 37 0.537 14 21–16 22–21
Cleveland Blues 27 55 0.329 31 15–27 12–28
Syracuse Stars 22 48 0.314 30 11–22 11–26
Troy Trojans 19 56 0.253 35½ 12–27 7–29

Record vs. opponents

1879 National League Records

Sources:

Team BOS BUF CHI CIN CLE PRV SYR TRO
Boston — 9–3 4–8 7–5 10–2 4–8 9–3 11–1
Buffalo 3–9 — 6–6–1 7–3 8–4 6–6 5–3 11–1
Chicago 8–4 6–6–1 — 3–8 8–4 5–7–1 8–1 8–3–2
Cincinnati 5–7 3–7 8–3 — 8–4 2–10 8–4–1 9–2
Cleveland 2–10 4–8 4–8 4–8 — 4–8 4–7 5–6
Providence 8–4 6–6 7–5–1 10–2 8–4 — 10–2 10–2
Syracuse 3–9 3–5 1–8 4–8–1 7–4 2–10 — 2–4
Troy 1–11 1–11 3–8–2 2–9 6–5 2–10 4–2 —

Roster

1879 Troy Trojans
Roster
Pitchers

Catchers

 Infielders Outfielders Manager

Player stats

Batting

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 Reilley, CharlieCharlie Reilley 62 236 54 .229 0 19
1B Brouthers, DanDan Brouthers 39 168 46 .274 4 17
2B Hawkes, ThornyThorny Hawkes 64 250 52 .208 0 20
3B Doscher, HermHerm Doscher 47 191 42 .220 0 18
SS Caskin, EdEd Caskin 70 304 78 .257 0 21
OF Evans, JakeJake Evans 72 280 65 .232 0 17
OF Hall, AlAl Hall 67 306 79 .258 0 14
OF Mansell, TomTom Mansell 40 177 43 .243 0 11

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
Clapp, AaronAaron Clapp 36 146 39 .267 0 18
Ferguson, BobBob Ferguson 30 123 31 .252 0 4
Nelson, CandyCandy Nelson 28 106 28 .264 0 10
Taylor, SandySandy Taylor 24 97 21 .216 0 8
Shoupe, JohnJohn Shoupe 11 44 4 .091 0 1
Cassidy, JohnJohn Cassidy 9 37 7 .189 0 1
Kelly, KickKick Kelly 6 22 5 .227 0 0
Holbert, BillBill Holbert 4 15 4 .267 0 2

Pitching

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
Bradley, GeorgeGeorge Bradley 54 487 13 40 2.85 133
Salisbury, HarryHarry Salisbury 10 89 4 6 2.22 31
Goldsmith, FredFred Goldsmith 8 63 2 4 1.57 31
McManus, PatPat McManus 2 21 0 2 3.00 6
Gardner, GidGid Gardner 2 14 0 2 5.79 3

Other 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
Brouthers, DanDan Brouthers 3 21 0 2 5.57 6

References

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