Barn Owls, Bovines, Broilers, Cheesers, Cow Tippers, Crop Dusters, Farmhands, Haymakers, and War Pigs. The Haymakers only finished 6th, though, and the team's captaincy switched to Bill Craver. He also composed various sacred and secular cantatas including the popular "The Haymakers" (1857). There is now a team in the Albany Twilight League known as the Troy Haymakers. He played for the Mansfield Haymakers of the Interstate League in 1897. King played for the Chicago White Stockings and Troy Haymakers. Friedman later became coach of the Troy Haymakers of the ABL (1938/39). The Troy Haymakers were an American professional baseball team. The school's sports teams were called the Haymakers. Bellan played for the Haymakers until 1862; in 1861 it joined the National Association. The Troy Haymakers folded, and Troy had no team for seven seasons. That team was given the nickname "Haymakers" by a defeated New York City team.