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.

Regular season

v t e 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

1880 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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	—

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

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

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

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

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	574.0	34	30	2.54	123
Tim Keefe	12	105.0	6	6	0.86	43
Terry Larkin	5	38.0	0	5	8.76	5
Frank Mountain	2	17.0	1	1	5.29	2

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