Troy Trojans (MLB team)

This article is about the major league team from Troy, New York. For the minor league team, see Troy Trojans (minor league baseball). For the athletic teams of Troy University, see Troy Trojans.

Troy Trojans
Years 1879 - 1882
Based in Troy, New York (1879-1881) Watervliet, New York (1882)


Major league affiliations
National League
Ballpark
Troy Ball Clubs Grounds (1882) Haymakers' Grounds (1880-1881) Putnam Grounds (1879)
Team colors
Green, orange
Managers
Bob Ferguson (1879-1882) Horace Phillips (1879)
Major league titles
National League pennants: 0

The Troy Trojans were a Major League Baseball team in the National League for four seasons from 1879 to 1882. Their home games were played at Putnam Grounds (1879) and Haymakers' Grounds (1880-1881) in the upstate New York city of Troy, and at Troy Ball Clubs Grounds (1882) across the Hudson in Watervliet, or "West Troy" as it was known at the time.

Overall, the franchise won 131 games and lost 194. The Trojans, along with Worcester's unnamed NL team, were expelled from the league shortly before the end of the 1882 season, as Troy and Worcester were seen as too small for the league's ambitions, but were encouraged to play out the rest of their seasons as lame duck teams.

On September 28, 1882, only 6 fans appeared to watch Worcester host the Trojans in the second-to-last game of the season, then only 25 arrived for the last game between the two teams. Among games that have had at least one paying attendee, the attendance figure of 6 is the lowest attendance ever recorded at a Major League baseball game.^[1] In 1883 the New York Gothams, later becoming the New York and San Francisco Giants, took the Trojans' former slot in the National League. Four of the original Gotham players were former members of the disbanded Trojans, including three Hall of Famers, Buck Ewing, Roger Connor and Mickey Welch.

A previous team named the Union Base Ball Club Lansingburgh was organized in 1860, the successor to the Victories of Troy, and was a member of the National Association of Base Ball Players. That team was given the nickname Haymakers by a defeated New York City team.^[2]

Notable players for the Trojans included Hall of Famers Dan Brouthers, Connor, Ewing, Tim Keefe, and Welch.

Another Troy Trojans minor league team would continue play until at least 1916.

References

↑ Eduardo A. Encina, Taking a look back at baseball's lowest attended game before today, Baltimore Sun (April 29, 2015). Retrieved April 29, 2015.
↑ Kim, Ray. "When Troy Was A Major-League City". Retrieved Dec 16, 2013.

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Troy Trojans (MLB team)

Based in Troy, New York

The Franchise	Players

Ballparks	Putnam Grounds Haymakers' Grounds Troy Ball Clubs Grounds

Seasons	1879 1880 1881 1882

Histories of teams in Major League Baseball

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League

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Central	Chicago White Sox • Cleveland Indians • Detroit Tigers • Kansas City Royals • Minnesota Twins

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National
League

East	Atlanta Braves • Miami Marlins • New York Mets • Philadelphia Phillies • Washington Nationals

Central	Chicago Cubs • Cincinnati Reds • Milwaukee Brewers • Pittsburgh Pirates • St. Louis Cardinals I · II · III · IV

West	Arizona Diamondbacks • Colorado Rockies • Los Angeles Dodgers • San Diego Padres • San Francisco Giants

Relocated
teams

Milwaukee Brewers (1901) • Baltimore Orioles (1901–02) • Boston Braves (1870–1953) • St. Louis Browns (1902–53) • Philadelphia Athletics (1901–54) • New York Giants (1883–1957) • Brooklyn Dodgers (1883–1957) • Washington Senators (1901–60) • Milwaukee Braves (1953–65) • Kansas City Athletics (1955–67) • Seattle Pilots (1969) • Washington Senators (1961–71) • Montreal Expos (1969–2004)

Defunct
teams

New York Mutuals (1876) • Athletic of Philadelphia (1876) • Hartford Dark Blues (1875–76) • St. Louis Brown Stockings (1876–77) • Louisville Grays (1876–77) • Indianapolis Blues (1878) • Milwaukee Grays (1878) • Syracuse Stars (1878) • Cincinnati Red Stockings (1876–80) • Worcester Worcesters (1880–82) • Providence Grays (1878–85) • Buffalo Bisons (1879–85) • Cleveland Blues (1879–84) • Troy Trojans (1879–82) • St. Louis Maroons (1885–86) • Kansas City Cowboys (1886) • Detroit Wolverines (1881–88) • Indianapolis Hoosiers (1887–89) • Washington Nationals (1886–89) • Cleveland Spiders (1887–99) • Baltimore Orioles (1892–99) • Louisville Colonels (1892–99) • Washington Senators (1891–99)

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Troy Trojans (MLB team)

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