New Haven Blues (baseball)

The Bridgeport Giants, Danbury Hatters, Hartford, Springfield and Waterbury teams joined with New Haven in beginning league play on Saturday, April 30, 1887.

Troy then hit the ball off the center field fence and raced around the bases for an inside-the-park home run that won the game.

"[15] Beginning in 1889, after his playing career ended, Troy operated the beer concession area[16][17][18] at the Polo Grounds in New York City.

[24][25] 1889 manager Jack Burdock was a veteran player in the major leagues in 1888, where he had become injured and had earlier developed a drinking problem.

[26] In, 1881 a horse car accident had left Burdock was rendered unconscious and local newspapers reported that he was in critical condition.

The Albany Senators, Buffalo Bisons, Lebanon Cedars, Providence Clamdiggers, Rochester Hop Bitters, Syracuse Stars and Troy Trojans teams joined with New Haven in beginning league play.

[47] New Haven ended league play with a record of 21–38 under manager Ted Sullivan when the team disbanded July 12.

[51] New Haven ended their Naugatuck Valley League season 3.0 games behind the first place Bridgeport Victors, who were managed by Baseball Hall of Fame member Jim O'Rourke and 2.0 games behind the Torrington Tornados, managed by former New Haven player and all of fame member Roger Connor.

[53][54] As his career continued, Garvin developed a pitch that curved in the opposite direction of the typical curveball thrown by a right-handed pitcher.

[13] New Haven joined the Bridgeport Orators, Danbury Hatters, Derby Angels, Meriden Bulldogs, New Britain Rangers, New London Whalers and Waterbury Pirates teams in beginning league play on May 4, 1898.

Managed in 1899 by Thomas Reilly, New Haven finished 3.5 games ahead of the second place Waterbury Rough Riders in the final standings.

[13] In defending their championship from the season before, the New Haven Blues placed second in the 1900 Class F level Connecticut State League.

Canavan had been a major league player who had his most productive in 1894 with the Cincinnati Reds, when he hit 13 home runs to finish second to Baseball Hall of Fame member Hugh Duffy of the Boston Nationals.

After ten months, Canavan returned to his hometown of New Bedford, Massachusetts where he purchased and began a tenure as manager of the New Haven franchise in the Connecticut Baseball League.

[77][78][76] At age 43, Baseball Hall of Fame member Roger Connor returned to play for the 1901 New Haven Blues.

Connor began the 1901 season as the owner-manager player of the Waterbury Rough Riders in the Connecticut State League.

Ending the season with a final record of 70–39, the Blues placed first in the league standings, as New Haven was again managed by Jim Canavan.

[83] New Haven ended the season with a record of 52–57 to place sixth in eight-team Class D level "Connecticut League."

Managed by Jim Canavan, the Blues ended the season 17.0 games behind the first place Holyoke Paperweights in the final standings.

With a record of 69–47, New Haven continued play in their final full season under team owner and manager Jim Canavan.

[33][34] Following his tenure with New Haven, owner and manager Jim Canavan later became a scout for the Detroit Tigers, signing Jeff Tesreau among others.

[75] Playing under a new manager, the 1906 New Haven Blues placed third in the eight-team Connecticut State League final standings, rebounding from their seventh-place finish the season before.

No playoffs were held, as the Blues ended their last Connecticut State League season 30.5 games behind the first place Springfield Ponies in the standings.

[13] New Haven Blues manager Billy Lush had been the Yale College collegiate baseball coach beginning in 1905, with famed football pioneer Walter Camp as an advisor, leading the team to the Ivy League championship in his first season.

[110] Lush was also managing the Plattsburgh minor league franchise in 1905 and 1906, where one of his players in 1906 was Baseball Hall of Fame member Eddie Collins.

[113] Lush remained in charge of the Yale baseball team in 1906 and 1907, but was replaced by Tad Jones in 1908, when the college briefly decided to cease using professional coaches.

[121][122] No playoffs were held as New Haven finished 18.0 games behind the first place Hartford Senators in the final standings of the eight-team, Class B level league.

In June 1910, Reisigl was suspended for insubordination after he failed to show up for a team road trip to Hartford and did not offer an acceptable explanation in the aftermath.

No playoffs held and in a close race, New Haven ended the season 3.0 games behind the first place Waterbury Finnegans in the final standings.

[129] For their duration of play in the era, New Haven minor league teams hosted home games at the Howard Avenue Grounds.