- Troy Trojans (MLB team)
The Troy Trojans were a
Major League Baseball team in theNational League for four seasons from 1879 to 1882.Their home games were played at
Putnam Grounds (1879),Haymakers' Grounds (1880-1881), andTroy Ball Clubs Grounds (1882), all in the upstateNew York city of Troy.Players on the Trojans included Hall of Famers
Dan Brouthers ,Roger Connor ,Buck Ewing ,Tim Keefe , andMickey Welch .Overall, the franchise won 131 games and lost 194. They were disbanded after the 1882 season.
In 1883 the New York Gothams, later the New York and
San Francisco Giants , took the Trojans place in the National League. Nearly half of the original Gotham players were members of the recently disbanded Troy Trojans.ee also
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1879 Troy Trojans season
*1880 Troy Trojans season
*1881 Troy Trojans season
*1882 Troy Trojans season External links
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TRT/ Baseball-Reference.com]
* [http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1199421 Everything2]
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