1871 Troy Haymakers season

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.

1871 Troy Haymakers
League	National Association of Professional Base Ball Players
Ballpark	Haymakers' Grounds
City	Troy, New York
Managers	Lip Pike, Bill Craver

Regular season

Picture of the 1871 Troy Haymakers

Season standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB
1	Philadelphia Athletics (C)	28	21	7	0	376	266	+110	.750	—
2	Chicago White Stockings	28	19	9	0	302	241	+61	.679	2
3	Boston Red Stockings	31	20	10	1	401	303	+98	.661	2
4	Washington Olympics	32	15	15	2	310	303	+7	.500	7
5	New York Mutuals	33	16	17	0	302	313	−11	.485	7.5
6	Troy Haymakers	29	13	15	1	351	362	−11	.466	8
7	Fort Wayne Kekiongas	19	7	12	0	137	243	−106	.368	9.5
8	Cleveland Forest Citys	29	10	19	0	249	341	−92	.345	11.5
9	Rockford Forest Citys	25	4	21	0	231	287	−56	.160	15.5

Source: Baseball Reference
(C) Champions

Record vs. opponents

1871 National Association Records 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

Manager Lip Pike

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 Bellán	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	249.0	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	0.00	0

References

• 1871 Troy Haymakers season at Baseball Reference