# 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
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago White Stockings | 67 | 17 | .798 | — | 37‍–‍5 | 30‍–‍12 |
| Providence Grays | 52 | 32 | .619 | 15 | 31‍–‍12 | 21‍–‍20 |
| Cleveland Blues | 47 | 37 | .560 | 20 | 24‍–‍19 | 23‍–‍18 |
| Troy Trojans | 41 | 42 | .494 | 25½ | 20‍–‍21 | 21‍–‍21 |
| Worcester Worcesters | 40 | 43 | .482 | 26½ | 24‍–‍17 | 16‍–‍26 |
| Boston Red Caps | 40 | 44 | .476 | 27 | 25‍–‍17 | 15‍–‍27 |
| Buffalo Bisons | 24 | 58 | .293 | 42 | 13‍–‍28 | 11‍–‍30 |
| Cincinnati Stars | 21 | 59 | .263 | 44 | 14‍–‍25 | 7‍–‍34 |

### Record vs. opponents

1880 National League recordvte 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
## 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 | 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 |

### 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 |
| 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 |

#### 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 |