# 1879 Troy Trojans season

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

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Providence Grays | 59 | 25 | .702 | — | 34‍–‍8 | 25‍–‍17 |
| Boston Red Caps | 54 | 30 | .643 | 5 | 29‍–‍13 | 25‍–‍17 |
| Buffalo Bisons | 46 | 32 | .590 | 10 | 23‍–‍16 | 23‍–‍16 |
| Chicago White Stockings | 46 | 33 | .582 | 10½ | 29‍–‍13 | 17‍–‍20 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 43 | 37 | .537 | 14 | 21‍–‍16 | 22‍–‍21 |
| Cleveland Blues | 27 | 55 | .329 | 31 | 15‍–‍27 | 12‍–‍28 |
| Syracuse Stars | 22 | 48 | .314 | 30 | 11‍–‍22 | 11‍–‍26 |
| Troy Trojans | 19 | 56 | .253 | 35½ | 12‍–‍27 | 7‍–‍29 |

### Record vs. opponents

1879 National League recordvte 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
## 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 | Charlie Reilley | 62 | 236 | 54 | .229 | 0 | 19 |
| 1B | Dan Brouthers | 39 | 168 | 46 | .274 | 4 | 17 |
| 2B | Thorny Hawkes | 64 | 250 | 52 | .208 | 0 | 20 |
| 3B | Herm Doscher | 47 | 191 | 42 | .220 | 0 | 18 |
| SS | Ed Caskin | 70 | 304 | 78 | .257 | 0 | 21 |
| OF | Jake Evans | 72 | 280 | 65 | .232 | 0 | 17 |
| OF | Al Hall | 67 | 306 | 79 | .258 | 0 | 14 |
| OF | Tom 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 |
| Aaron Clapp | 36 | 146 | 39 | .267 | 0 | 18 |
| Bob Ferguson | 30 | 123 | 31 | .252 | 0 | 4 |
| Candy Nelson | 28 | 106 | 28 | .264 | 0 | 10 |
| Live Oak Taylor | 24 | 97 | 21 | .216 | 0 | 8 |
| John Shoupe | 11 | 44 | 4 | .091 | 0 | 1 |
| John Cassidy | 9 | 37 | 7 | .189 | 0 | 1 |
| Kick Kelly | 6 | 22 | 5 | .227 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill 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 |
| George Bradley | 54 | 487.0 | 13 | 40 | 2.85 | 133 |
| Harry Salisbury | 10 | 89.0 | 4 | 6 | 2.22 | 31 |
| Fred Goldsmith | 8 | 63.0 | 2 | 4 | 1.57 | 31 |
| Pat McManus | 2 | 21.0 | 0 | 2 | 3.00 | 6 |
| Gid Gardner | 2 | 14.0 | 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 |
| Dan Brouthers | 3 | 21.0 | 0 | 2 | 5.57 | 6 |