1880 Troy Trojans

Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1879 / 1881

41-42, Finished 4th in National League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bob Ferguson (41-42)
Scored 392 runs, Allowed 438 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 37-46

Ballparks: Haymakers' Grounds & Riverside Park ·
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 105 · one-year: Batting - 110, Pitching - 111

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1879 / 1881 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Team Batting

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Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Bill Holbert	25	60	221	212	18	40	5	1	0	8			9	18	.189	.222	.222	.443	48	47		0
2	1B	Ed Cogswell	26	47	220	209	41	63	7	3	0	13			11	10	.301	.336	.364	.700	133	76		0
3	2B	Bob Ferguson#	35	82	356	332	55	87	9	0	0	22			24	24	.262	.312	.289	.601	101	96		0
4	SS	Ed Caskin	28	82	340	333	36	75	5	4	0	28			7	24	.225	.241	.264	.505	68	88		0
5	3B	Roger Connor*	22	83	353	340	53	113	18	8	3	47			13	21	.332	.357	.459	.816	169	156		0
6	OF	Patrick Gillespie*	28	82	363	346	50	84	20	5	2	24			17	35	.243	.278	.347	.625	106	120		0
7	OF	John Cassidy	25	83	364	352	40	89	14	8	0	29			12	34	.253	.277	.338	.616	103	119		0
8	OF	Jake Evans?	23	47	187	180	31	46	8	1	0	22			7	15	.256	.283	.311	.595	98	56		0
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	1B	Bill Tobin*	25	33	140	136	14	22	1	1	0	8			4	20	.162	.186	.184	.370	23	25		0
10	OF	Buttercup Dickerson*	21	30	121	119	15	23	2	2	0	10			2	3	.193	.207	.244	.450	49	29		0
11	UT	Buck Ewing	20	13	46	45	1	8	1	0	0	5			1	3	.178	.196	.200	.396	32	9		0
12	UT	Bill Harbridge*	25	9	27	27	3	10	0	1	0	2			0	3	.370	.370	.444	.815	170	12		0
13	UT	Terry Larkin	24	6	23	20	1	3	1	0	0	1			3	4	.150	.261	.200	.461	56	4		0
14	1B	Dan Brouthers*	22	3	13	12	0	2	0	0	0	1			1	0	.167	.231	.167	.397	35	2		0
15	C	Joe Straub	22	3	13	12	1	3	0	0	0	3			1	3	.250	.308	.250	.558	88	3		0
16	C	Mike Lawlor?	26	4	10	9	1	1	0	0	0	0			1	1	.111	.200	.111	.311	7	1		0
17	C	James Haley?		2	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0			1	2	.000	.125	.000	.125	-54	0		0
18	UT	Dick Higham*	28	1	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	33	1		0
19	C	Fatty Briody?	21	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0		0
20	C	Bill Ahearn?	22	1	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	67	1		0
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
21	P	Mickey Welch	20	66	256	251	25	72	20	3	0	27			5	24	.287	.301	.390	.691	128	98		0
22	P	Tim Keefe	23	12	44	43	4	10	3	0	0	3			1	12	.233	.250	.302	.552	83	13		0
23	P	Frank Mountain	20	2	9	9	1	2	0	0	0	0			0	4	.222	.222	.222	.444	48	2		0
		Team Totals	25.7	83	3127	3007	392	755	114	37	5	253			120	260	.251	.280	.319	.598	98	958		0
		Rank in 8 NL teams				5	5	4	5	5	6		1	1	1	4	3	2	4	3		5				1
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1	SP	Mickey Welch	20	34	30	.531	2.54	65	64	1	64	4	0	574.0	575	321	162	7	80		123			26	2387	98	1.141	9.0	0.1	1.3	1.9	1.54
2	SP	Tim Keefe	23	6	6	.500	0.86	12	12	0	12	0	0	105.0	68	27	10	0	16		39			1	397	293	0.800	5.8	0.0	1.4	3.3	2.44
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
3		Terry Larkin	24	0	5	.000	8.76	5	5	0	3	0	0	38.0	83	65	37	1	10		5			9	207	29	2.447	19.7	0.2	2.4	1.2	0.50
4		Frank Mountain	20	1	1	.500	5.29	2	2	0	2	0	0	17.0	23	17	10	0	6		2			1	81	49	1.706	12.2	0.0	3.2	1.1	0.33
5		Jake Evans	23	0	0		13.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	11	8	6	0	0		0			0	21	21	2.750	24.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
		Team Totals	20.6	41	42	.494	2.74	83	83	2	81	4	0	738.0	760	438	225	8	112		169			37	3093	91	1.182	9.3	0.1	1.4	2.1	1.51
		Rank in 8 NL teams		4	5		6				2	6	6	7	5	5	6	4	7		8
Rk	Pos		Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB

* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Pos Summary
Bill Ahearn	22	1		9	2	5	2	0	.778	7.00	7							C
Fatty Briody	21	1		10	4	3	3	0	.700	7.00	8							C
Dan Brouthers	22	3		28	25	0	3	1	.893	8.33								1B
Ed Caskin	28	84		445	97	297	51	16	.885	4.69	1							SS-C
John Cassidy	25	83		170	130	18	22	1	.871	1.78								OF-2B
Ed Cogswell	26	47		510	475	15	20	18	.961	10.43								1B
Roger Connor	22	83		335	116	159	60	10	.821	3.31								3B
Buttercup Dickerson	21	31		95	78	8	9	3	.905	2.77								OF-SS
Jake Evans	23	48		88	69	11	8	4	.909	1.67								P-OF
Buck Ewing	20	14		66	48	7	11	0	.833	3.93	5							C-OF
Bob Ferguson	35	82		607	294	255	58	38	.904	6.70								2B
Patrick Gillespie	28	82		220	185	14	21	5	.905	2.43								OF
James Haley	--	2		20	11	4	5	0	.750	7.50	17							C
Bill Harbridge	25	10		55	38	10	7	2	.873	4.80	12							C-OF
Dick Higham	28	2		1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.50	2							OF-C
Bill Holbert	25	61		412	268	107	37	6	.910	6.15	45							C-OF
Tim Keefe	23	12		29	7	22	0	0	1.000	2.42								P
Terry Larkin	24	8		17	5	11	1	2	.941	2.00								P-OF-SS
Mike Lawlor	26	4		30	18	8	4	0	.867	6.50	19							C
Frank Mountain	20	2		4	0	4	0	0	1.000	2.00								P
Joe Straub	22	3		27	13	9	5	0	.815	7.33	7							C
Bill Tobin	25	33		321	297	8	16	25	.950	9.24								1B
Mickey Welch	20	67		145	36	86	23	4	.841	1.82								P-OF
Team Totals	25.6	83		3644	2217	1061	366	135	.900	4.30	123
Rank in 8 NL teams							4	1	6
	Age	G	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Batters

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

	Age	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos Summary
Bill Ahearn?	22	1	4	-0	0	0	-2	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.329	.499	0.0	-0.2	0			/2
Fatty Briody?	21	1	4	-1	0	0	-2	0	-3	-0.2	0	-3	-0.2	.266	.499	-0.1	-0.2	-1			/2
Dan Brouthers*	22	3	13	-1	0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.443	.499	0.0	-0.1	-0		Free Agency	/3
Ed Caskin	28	82	340	-11	0	0	4	6	-1	-0.2	10	9	0.9	.498	.499	0.6	0.9	5			*6/2
John Cassidy	25	83	364	0	0	0	-1	-5	-5	-0.6	11	6	0.6	.493	.497	0.7	-0.6	7			*O/4
Ed Cogswell	26	47	220	8	0	0	-2	0	6	0.5	7	12	1.2	.512	.503	1.4	-0.2	14			3
Roger Connor*	22	83	353	24	0	0	-7	3	20	1.9	11	30	3.0	.523	.512	3.7	-0.4	37		Free Agency	*5
Buttercup Dickerson*	21	30	121	-6	0	0	4	-2	-3	-0.3	4	1	0.1	.490	.498	-0.3	0.2	-3			O/6
Jake Evans?	23	47	187	-0	0	0	1	-3	-2	-0.3	6	3	0.3	.495	.499	0.3	-0.2	2			O/1
Buck Ewing	20	13	46	-3	0	0	0	0	-3	-0.3	1	-1	-0.1	.479	.498	-0.1	0.0	-1		Free Agency	2/O
Bob Ferguson#	35	82	356	1	0	0	-5	2	-2	-0.3	11	9	0.9	.498	.499	1.4	-0.4	14			*4
Patrick Gillespie*	28	82	363	2	0	0	6	-5	2	0.2	11	13	1.3	.503	.501	0.8	0.1	7			*O
James Haley?	--	2	8	-1	0	0	-4	0	-5	-0.4	0	-5	-0.4	.279	.497	-0.1	-0.3	-1			/2
Bill Harbridge*	25	9	27	2	0	0	0	0	2	0.2	1	3	0.3	.522	.501	0.3	0.0	3			/2O
Dick Higham*	28	1	5	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.469	.500	0.0	0.0	-0			/2O
Bill Holbert	25	60	221	-11	0	0	7	4	-1	-0.1	7	6	0.6	.499	.500	-0.1	1.0	-1			*2/O
Tim Keefe	23	12	44	-2	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.1	1	1	-0.1	.497	.500	0.0	0.0	1		Free Agency	1
Terry Larkin	24	6	23	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	1	0	-0.1	.491	.500	-0.1	0.0	0			/1O6
Mike Lawlor?	26	4	10	-1	0	0	-4	0	-5	-0.4	0	-4	-0.4	.392	.497	0.0	-0.3	-0			/2
Frank Mountain	20	2	9	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.469	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0			/1
Joe Straub	22	3	13	-0	0	0	-2	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.433	.499	0.0	-0.2	0			/2
Bill Tobin*	25	33	140	-11	0	0	-3	0	-14	-1.5	4	-10	-1.0	.455	.491	-0.7	-0.3	-7			3
Mickey Welch	20	66	256	6	0	0	0	7	13	1.2	8	21	1.2	.520	.508	1.3	-0.0	21		Free Agency	*1/O
Team Total	25.6	752	3127	-7	0	0	-11	10	-9	-1.5	95	86	7.5	.499	.500	8.9	-1.1	97
	Age	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Acquired	Pos Summary

Team Player Value--Pitchers

League Register · WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Acquired
Jake Evans	23	4.0	1	0	8	18.00	4.69	-0.18	0.00	105.0	5.12	-6	-0.3	1.0	-0.0	-0.3	-5	.151	.498
Tim Keefe	23	105.0	12	12	27	2.31	4.69	-0.12	0.00	105.0	5.04	33	3.8		-0.1	4.6	38	.817	.523		Free Agency
Terry Larkin	24	38.0	5	5	65	15.39	4.69	-0.18	0.00	105.0	5.11	-43	-2.1		-0.0	-1.8	-41	.084	.487
Frank Mountain	20	17.0	2	2	17	9.00	4.69	-0.15	0.00	105.0	5.08	-7	-0.5		-0.0	-0.4	-6	.233	.497
Mickey Welch	20	574.0	65	64	321	5.03	4.69	-0.13	0.00	105.0	5.06	6	0.7	1.0	-0.6	4.9	35	.510	.504		Free Agency
Team Total	20.6	738.0	85	83	438	5.34	4.69	-0.13	0.00	105.0	5.06	-17	1.5	1.0	-0.7	7.0	20	.518	.502
	Age	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary	Acquired

1879 / 1881 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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