1871 Troy Haymakers season

1871 Troy Haymakers
Major League affiliations
National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (since 1871)
Location
Haymakers' Grounds (since 1871) Troy, New York (since 1871)
Other information
Manager(s)	Lip Pike, Bill Craver
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The Troy Haymakers played their first season in 1871 as a charter member of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players. They finished sixth in the league with a record of 13–15.

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

National Association	W	L	GB	Pct.
Philadelphia Athletics	21	7	--	.750
Chicago White Stockings	19	9	2.0	.679
Boston Red Stockings	20	10	2.0	.667
Washington Olympics	15	15	7.0	.500
New York Mutuals	16	17	7.5	.485
Troy Haymakers	13	15	8.0	.464
Fort Wayne Kekiongas	7	12	9.5	.368
Cleveland Forest Citys	10	19	11.5	.345
Rockford Forest Citys	4	21	15.5	.160

Record vs. opponents[]

1871 National Association Records v t Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
Team	BOS	CHI	CLE	FW	NY	PHI	ROC	TRO	WSH
Boston	—	1–3	3–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	3–0	3–2	3–1–1
Chicago	3–1	—	2–1	2–0	3–1	2–3	3–0	1–1	3–2
Cleveland	1–3	1–2	—	0–3	3–2	0–3	3–1	2–2	0–3
Fort Wayne	0–2	0–2	3–0	—	1–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–2
New York	2–2	1–3	2–3	2–1	—	2–3	3–1	1–3	3–1
Philadelphia	1–3	3–2	3–0	2–0	3–2	—	3–0	3–0	3–0
Rockford	0–3	0–3	1–3	1–1	1–3	0–3	—	1–2	0–3
Troy	2–3	1–1	2–2	1–1	3–1	0–3	2–1	—	2–3–1
Washington	1–3–1	2–3	3–0	2–1	1–3	0–3	3–0	3–2–1	—

Roster[]

1871 Troy Haymakers
Roster
Pitchers John McMullin		Catchers Mike McGeary Infielders Frank Abercrombie Edward Beavens Steve Bellán Ned Connor Bill Craver Dickie Flowers Clipper Flynn		Outfielders Steve King Lip Pike Tom York		Manager Bill Craver Lip Pike

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	Mike McGeary	29	148	39	.264	0	12
1B	Clipper Flynn	29	142	48	.338	0	27
2B	Bill Craver	27	118	38	.322	0	26
SS	Dickie Flowers	21	105	33	.314	0	18
3B	Steve Bellan	29	128	32	.250	0	23
OF	Tom York	29	145	37	.255	2	23
OF	Lip Pike	28	130	49	.377	4	39
OF	Steve King	29	144	57	.396	0	34

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
Ned Connor	7	33	7	.212	0	2
Edward Beavens	3	15	6	.400	0	5
Frank Abercrombie	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
John McMullin	29	249	12	15	5.53	12

Relief 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
Dickie Flowers	1	1	0	0	0.00	0

References[]

• 1871 Troy Haymakers season at Baseball Reference