finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date image article_title debutteam name throws
1885 right 30 march 1938 ozone park , new york new york , new york 1881 july 9 .243 166 51 second baseman new york metropolitans batting average runs runs batted in august 23 8 may 1856 dasher troy.jpg dasher troy
 detroit wolverines dasher troy right
dasher troy

john joseph `` dasher '' troy -lrb- may 8 , 1856 -- march 30 , 1938 -rrb- , was an american professional baseball player from 1877 to 1888 .
he played five seasons of major league baseball , principally as a second baseman , for the detroit wolverines -lrb- 1881 -- 82 -rrb- , providence grays -lrb- 1882 -rrb- , new york gothams -lrb- 1883 -rrb- , and the new york metropolitans -lrb- 1884-85 -rrb- .
he appeared in 292 major league games , 257 of them as a second baseman , and compiled a .243 batting average with 42 doubles , 20 triples , four home runs and 51 runs batted in .
after retiring from baseball , troy operated the beer concession at the polo grounds in the 1890s and later opened a café in his old home neighborhood at tenth avenue and 39th street in manhattan .
