Troy Haymakers

[2] On the field it was one of the strongest teams in the nominally amateur National Association of Base Ball Players.

[4] During the former season, a forfeit win over the Haymakers on August 26 in Cincinnati was the only blemish on the record of the first professional team, the undefeated 1869 Red Stockings.

The rival amateur Association declined rapidly and soon left the government of baseball to the sole leadership of the professionals, but the early pros from Troy/Lansingburgh did not survive to take part.

That general area is now occupied by residences and schools, just north of the public playground called Knickerbacker Park.

The Haymakers were managed by Lip Pike, Bill Craver, and Jimmy Wood; they won 28 games and lost 25 for a winning percentage of .528.