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May 9, 1867 |
At a called meeting of the Nashville Baseball
Club, a resolution of tribute is passed to James Maguire, a worthy and
esteemed member of the club who had just died suddenly. Members
voted to wear the usual badge of mourning at all matches in which their
club is a party to during the current season. The resolution is
signed by James Boner, chairman, William Moore and James Doherty,
committeemen, and M. J. McKee, secretary |
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September 24, 1867 |
The Phoenix nine is victorious over the
Nashville base ball club 25-20 at the Phoenix team's home grounds
in Edgefield |
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March 24, 1885 |
An extra force of
workmen is put to work on the grounds of Athletic Park, grading the field
and laying off the diamond before Nashville's Southern League season
begins |
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March 30, 1885 |
In the first game scheduled between Indianapolis
and the Nashville Americans, the Indianapolis club wins 8-4 |
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March 31, 1885 |
Indianapolis outscores the Nashville 12-4 in the
second game between to the two teams |
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April 1, 1885 |
Before 1,500 spectators, the Nashville Americans
tops the Clevelands by a score of 15-7. The game begins at 3 PM. James Hillery
is the umpire. |
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April 2, 1885 |
Nashville beats Cleveland 3-2 in a second
exhibition game at Sulphur Spring park. The game lasts two hours
and ten minutes |
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May 4, 1885 |
After a long road trip to open the inaugural
Southern League season, Nashville loses its first home game to Columbus
3-2 |
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August 15, 1885 |
Louis Henke, first baseman of the Atlanta
baseball team, dies from injuries received in the game with the
Nashville club the day before. The game scheduled for today is
postponed |
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March 18, 1886 |
Nashville shuts out Memphis 8-0 |
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March 23, 1886 |
Nashville defeats Pittsburg 13-6.
Infielder Charles Marr is 4-4 at the plate and participates in two
double plays |
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March 26, 1887 |
George Washington Bradley, new manager of the
Nashville entry in the Southern League, pitches his team to an 11-10 win
against the visiting Shamrocks of Cincinnati as a prelude to opening day
against Memphis |
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January 14, 1895 |
Southern League president J. B. Nicklin presides
over an expansion meeting in Parlor 7 of the Read House in Chattanooga.
Franchises are awarded to W. H. Stallings for Nashville and Henry Powers
(who also owns the New Orleans club) for Chattanooga |
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July 27, 1895 |
Manager Doyle of the New York Baseball Club
receives a signed contract from Butler, an outfielder of Nashville of
the Southern League after New York paid $1,000 to gain his release.
Butler, who will play left field, had a batting average of .371 during
the season in Nashville and led the team with 34 stolen bases. He
will join New York in Washington |
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August 18, 1895 |
Pittsburg signs left-handed pitcher Samuel Moran
of the Nashville club. He will join his new team in
New York immediately. Moran pitched to a 22-12 record, striking
out 113 Southern League batters during the season |
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February 12, 1897 |
Representatives from Nashville, Terre Haute,
Washington, Evansville, Paducah, and Cairo meet in Evansville to
finalize plans for the Central League. W. L. Work is the Nashville
representative. Uniforms are selected as follows:
Evansville, cadet blue, white trimmings; Terre Haute, gray and blue;
Paducah, old gold and maroon; Washington, brown and red; Cairo, gray and
black; and Nashville, blue and maroon. Nashville will host
Evansville on opening day April 28th to open the season |
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October 20, 1900 |
The Southern Association of Baseball Clubs is
organized in Birmingham, AL. Franchises are granted to 6 cities:
Nashville, Chattanooga, Memphis, Shreveport, New Orleans, and
Birmingham. Applications are also received from Atlanta,
Montgomery, Little Rock, and Mobile |
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February 28, 1901 |
Meeting in Memphis, the Southern Association
franchise originally awarded to Atlanta is transferred to Selma.
The league's schedule is also finalized |
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May 6, 1901 |
After opening the season with a 3-game sweep in
Chattanooga, winning 15-14, 5-4, and 19-8, the Nashville club opens its
home season with Chattanooga |
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August 23, 1902 |
Nashville loses a doubleheader to Birmingham's
Irwin Wilhelm who tosses both games. Nashville is able to collect
only one hit in each game against Wilhelm, losing 0-5 and 1-5 |
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September 8, 1902 |
An agreement is signed in Memphis, TN that
the Southern league in 1903 will include teams from New Orleans, Mobile,
Birmingham, Montgomery, Savannah, Memphis, Atlanta, and Nashville, with
Little Rock, Shreveport, and Chattanooga eliminated. Although it
is announced that Ed Abbaticchio will become Nashville's manager as Newt
Fisher goes to Birmingham, Fisher remains as manager with the Vols well
into the 1905 season |
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November 20, 1902 |
The Cleveland club of the American League
purchases pitcher Hugh Hill from Nashville for $500. Hill was 6-5
in 1901 and 22-7 in 1902 |
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June 9, 1904 |
Clyde 'Red' Russell and Julius 'Doc' Wiseman are
taken ill after dinner at the Alcoa Hotel. Ice cream
was served after the meal and attending physicians attribute the
sickness to some preservative used in the milk or to ptomaine poisoning.
Southern League umpire W. C. Lack was one of twenty-two
guests who also became ill |
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July 19, 1904 |
Dan Lowney, Nashville shortstop, is arrested and
fined for throwing a bat at spectators in the grandstand in Memphis |
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March 30, 1905 |
The Nashville Baseball Club faced the New York
Giants in an exhibition doubleheader in Nashville with 2,500 fans in
attendance. Dummy Taylor and Christy Mathewson lead to Giants to
13-2 and 4-0 wins |
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April 4, 1905 |
The Chicago Americans defeat Nashville 6-2 in 1
hour and 40 minutes. The game was played at Peabody Field due to
the wet conditions at Athletic Park |
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July 7, 1905 |
At a meeting of
the company recently organized to purchase the Nashville baseball
franchise, Bradley Walker is elected president, W. W. Taylor,
vice-president, and W. H. Bordeiser is elected secretary and treasurer |
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September 1, 1905 |
Mike Finn resigns as manager of the Nashville
baseball club
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April 3, 1906 |
Nashville
wins over Pittsburg 3-1 at Athletic Park
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January 5, 1908 |
Bill Bernhardt is named as manager of the
Nashville Baseball Club |
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February 16, 1908 |
Cleveland announces that it will have 2
farm clubs in 1908; Toledo, managed by Bill Armour, and Nashville,
managed by Bill Bernhardt |
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April 5, 1908 |
The Nashville and Brooklyn baseball clubs are fined
$100 each for illegally drafting Finlayson from Lynn, MA, and he is
returned to Lynn subject to Class A draft. Having failed to draft the
player during the major league drafting dates, the Brooklyn management
is alleged to have requested Nashville to draft the player for them,
offering to pay expenses. This having been done by Nashville, the whole
transaction is declared illegal |
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September 10, 1908 |
Nashville Vols hurler Johnny Duggan
pitches a no-hitter with a 1-0 shutout over Little Rock at Sulphur Dell |
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March 29, 1909 |
The Chicago Cubs and the Nashville club
engage in a game with the Cubs beating Bill Bernhardt's Vols 3-0, with
Boston Red Sox players attending the game. The Cubs and Red Sox are
holding spring training in Nashville, and in the next two days the
Nashville Club will meet the Red Sox |
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September 19, 1910 |
New Orleans and Nashville complete their
game in Nashville in 42 minutes |
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September 23, 1910 |
William Bernhardt announces that he will
not manage the Nashville team next season. The Vols first baseman,
William Schwartz, will reportedly be offered the job to manage; he has
formerly managed at Akron |
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October 10, 1910 |
President Ford Kuhn of the Nashville Baseball
Club closes a deal with Bill Schwartz to manage the team next season.
Schwartz played first base for Nashville the latter part of the 1910
season |
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December 17, 1910 |
W. G. Hirsig is elected President of the Nashville
Baseball Club |
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August 18, 1911 |
Charles Cates pitches Nashville to a 4-2 win over Montgomery |
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May 23, 1912 |
Southern Association President William M.
Kavanaugh threatens to transfer games scheduled for Nashville to Little
Rock or some other city unless he hears from the officials of the
Nashville club regarding the status of a receivership hearing |
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March 20, 1913 |
The Philadelphia Athletics beat the
Nashville Vols 11-8, as Frank "Home Run" Baker hits a home run over the
centerfield fence at Sulphur Dell, and Eddie Collins hits an inside-the-park home run.
Egan, Barry, and Collins had become ill from eating 'planked' fish, but
Barry and Collins are able to participate in the game |
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March 18, 1914 |
Infielder Artie Hofman and outfielder Del Young
join the Federal League and are suspended by Nashville |
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February 11, 1915 |
Outfielder Bert King and
pitcher Heine Berger refuse
to sign 1915 contracts, holding out for more salary from the Nashville
club |
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August 21, 1915 |
Manager William Schwartz announces in
Mobile, AL that first baseman Eugene Paulette has been sold to the St.
Louis Browns. Paulette will not report until the end of the season.
Dick Kauffman, Gus Williams, and two additional players will report to
Nashville as part of the deal |
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September 1, 1915 |
Nashville
Vols centerfielder Floyd Farmer participates in 3 double plays.
The plays are scored as: Farmer to Stark (ss), Farmer to Rogers (p), and
Farmer to Paulette (1b) |
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December 20, 1915 |
Nashville acquires 3 players from the Quincy, IL
club: outfielder Sherrer, catcher Boegle, and pitcher Tretter. All are
secured under optional agreement |
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June 18, 1916 |
Nashville pitcher Tom Rogers hits Mobile third
baseman Johnny Dodge with a pitch, striking him in the face |
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June 19, 1916 |
Johnny Dodge, Mobile infielder who formerly played
with the Reds and Phillies in 1912 & 1913, dies from injuries suffered
from being hit by a pitch from Nashville's Tom Rogers the previous day |
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July 11, 1916 |
Tom Rogers pitches a perfect game for Nashville against
Chattanooga, striking out 4 and winning 2-0. The game time
is one hour and 25 minutes. The Vols manage only one hit against
Chattanooga's Jim "Lefty' Allen |
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September 11, 1916 |
The president of the Nashville club
re-signs Roy Ellam as manager for the 1917 season
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May 27, 1918 |
Nashville collects 27 hits in winning
against Chattanooga 20-0 |
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February 21, 1919 |
Roy Ellam is re-elected manager by the
directors of the Nashville baseball club |
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March 27, 1919 |
The Vols begin spring training at Sulphur
Dell with 13 players reporting. Wet grounds forced Manager Roy Ellam to
postpone workouts until March 28 |
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March 28, 1919 |
John D. Martin, president of the Southern
Association, arrives in Nashville to urge the State Supreme Court to
render an early decision in allowing Sunday baseball games |
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April 12, 1919 |
The Tennessee Supreme Court today renders a
decision which permits Sunday baseball in the state. The Court holds
that the blue laws of 1893 do not apply to baseball, as the game was
not then being played |
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March 26, 1920 |
Thomas T. Wilson, T. Clay Moore, J. B. Boyd,
Marshall Garrett, Walter Phillips, W. H. Pettis, J. L. Overton, and R.
H. Tabor charter a corporation, with the State of Tennessee, "Nashville Negro Baseball Association
and Amusement Company", for the purpose "of organizing base ball clubs
and encouraging the art of playing the game of baseball according to
high and honorable standards and of encouraging the establishment of a
league of clubs in different section(s) of the state; and also of
furnishing such amusements as usually accompanying base ball games and
entertainments. Said corporation to be located in Nashville,
Tennessee, and shall have an authorized capital stock of $5,000.00" |
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August 14, 1920 |
Harry Grabiner,
secretary of the Chicago White Sox, announces that pitcher George
Washington Payne and
catcher George Lees have been sent to the Nashville club to replace
pitcher
Clarence Clement "Shovel" Hodge and catcher Clarence
'Bubber' Jonnard while they are being
given a trial with the Alabaster Sox |
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October 5, 1920 |
Roy Ellam, manager of the Nashville club since the
1916 season, is dismissed, stating from his home in Conshohocken, PA "I
understand they charge me with not getting results" |
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June 25, 1921 |
Manager Hub Perdue is dismissed as manager and
second baseman Chick Knaupp is placed in temporary charge of the team |
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June 23, 1922 |
Vols catcher Gil Meyers is spiked by Little Rock
pitcher Wallace Warmoth in a play at first base, and Meyers' tendon is
severed above his ankle. The surgeon who operates on him states
that Meyers will be out of baseball for good |
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July 18, 1923 |
Lance Richbourg, is sent to Nashville from
Columbia, South Carolina and later converts to the outfield from third base |
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September 21, 1923 |
Hazen Cuyler, who batted .340 and led the league
in stolen bases with 68, reports to the Pittsburgh Pirates after being
purchased by the major league team. Cuyler led the Vols with a
.340 batting average and led the league in stolen bases with 68 during
the season |
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December 13, 1923 |
Vols catcher Eiffert is traded to London,
Ontario of the Michigan-Ontario League, for catcher Leo Mackey.
Harris, Fields, and Lankenau are sold to London |
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March 13, 1924 |
Nashville acquires pitcher Harry G. Shriver and
outfielder Bert Griffith from the Brooklyn team of the National League.
The purchase price is not disclosed |
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October 9, 1924 |
Former Nashville player Jake Daubert, after
disobeying his doctor's orders and playing in Cincinnati's last game of
the season in New York, dies from complications of an appendectomy
performed the week before |
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April 7, 1925 |
The Chicago White Sox win their 16th consecutive
spring training game in Nashville versus the Vols, 12-6 |
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July 7, 1925 |
At the player's own request, Chet Tolson is
returned to Nashville by the American League Cleveland club.
Tolson who had been acquired by Cleveland only the week before, states
that he is not ready for the major leagues |
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July 30, 1925 |
Nashville shortstop Johnny Bates gets
two hits in
a game against Atlanta, beginning a 46-game consecutive hit streak that
does not end until September 17, 1925 against Little Rock. During
his streak, Bates amasses 72 hits and 44 runs and ends the 1925 season
with a .349 mark |
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August 27, 1925 |
Kenesaw Mountain Landis, Commissioner of
Baseball, announces that has has found no justification for penalties to Vols players Fred Eichrodt and Lute Roy for allegations of attempts to
switch the two players to New Orleans for the remainder of the season to
enhance the Pelicans chances to win the championship. However, the
Commissioner states that Vols manager Jimmy Hamilton is "highly
censurable for encouraging Ralph McGill, sports editor of the
Nashville Banner, to
publish the story". Larry Gilbert, manager of the New Orleans club,
testified in Chicago |
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September 7, 1925 |
Evelyn Burnette,
niece of Nashville baseball club president J. A. G. Sloan, is killed
when the car driven by her uncle overturns on a curve of the Dixie
Highway in Tullahoma, Tennessee en route to Chattanooga for today's ball
game |
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October 25, 1925 |
The Vols announce that Jimmy Hamilton has
been retained as manager for a fourth season |
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February 12, 1926 |
Nashville Vols manager Jimmy Hamilton
purchases the Raleigh club of the Piedmont League. Hamilton will
remain as manager of the Nashville ball club for 1927 |
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March 25, 1927 |
The first contest held in the new 'turned-around'
ballpark is an exhibition game played between
the Nashville Vols and Minneapolis Millers. The Millers win 5-3
and Minneapolis right-fielder Dick Loftus hits the first home run in the
new park |
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March 26, 1927 |
The Toledo Mud Hens visit new Sulphur Dell and
player-manager Casey Stengel hits a triple against Nashville |
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April 1, 1927 |
Vols second baseman John Black pinch-hits for
the pitcher in the fourth inning and slugs Nashville's first home run in
Nashville's new ballpark in an exhibition game against the Milwaukee
Brewers |
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April 7, 1927 |
The 65th General Assembly of Tennessee adjourns
early to see Babe Ruth and the NY Yankees at Sulphur Dell. A
resolution had been adopted to invite Ruth to address the Senate, but he
sent word that it would be impossible for him to appear because of a
lack of time |
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April 12, 1927 |
On opening day of the Southern Association
schedule in Nashville, Atlanta Crackers outfielder George "Mule" Haas
slams the first regular-season home run hit at new Sulphur Dell.
Haas' blast comes in the second inning. Atlanta wins 10-2 before
7,535 loyal Nashville fans |
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June 27, 1927 |
Nashville defeats the Birmingham club 2-1 in 11
innings, snapping the Barons streak of 19 successive wins |
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March 22, 1928 |
The Minneapolis
Millers of the American Association option first baseman Jim Oglesby to
Nashville |
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March 24, 1928 |
The New York Yankees option right-handed
pitcher Louis McEvoy to the Vols |
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April 1, 1928 |
The Cincinnati Reds fall to the Vols 3-2 at Sulphur
Dell |
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December 7, 1928 |
Blackie Carter, outfield, and George Milstead,
left-handed pitcher, are purchased by Nashville from Toledo. Nashville
also sells Leo Mackey, catcher, to Mobile, and trades Oscar Fuhr,
left-handed pitcher, to New Orleans for Beans Minor, outfielder and
first baseman |
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April 5, 1929 |
Canton, managed by former Vol manager
Jimmy Hamilton, wins an exhibition victory from Nashville 17-11.
Due to field conditions at Sulphur Dell, the game is played at
Centennial Park |
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August 19, 1929 |
Clarence Rowland's Vols have recorded 20
wins to only 3 defeats in their past 23 games while hammering out 10
home runs and pulling to within a game and a half of first place |
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June 14, 1930 |
Vols first baseman Jim Poole hits 3 home runs, a
double, and a single against Mobile to set a new league record with 15 total bases |
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December 30, 1930 |
Clarence H. Rowland, manager of the
Nashville Club for the past 2 years, purchases the Reading, Pennsylvania club of
the International League. Rowland will operate and manage the
team in 1931 |
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May 18, 1931 |
The first regular
season night game is played at Sulphur Dell.
The Vols lose to Mobile, 8-1 |
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June 20, 1931 |
Fay L. Murray, part-owner of the American
Association Minneapolis Millers, purchases the Nashville Volunteers.
Joe Klugman is retained as manager and Edgar Allen as business manager |
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February 2, 1932 |
John W. "Moose" Clabaugh is sold to Baltimore of
the International League for $1,000 |
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April 5, 1932 |
The Nashville Vols defeat starting pitcher Ted Lyons and the
Chicago White Sox 8-4 as Stan Keyes lifts a 2-run homer over the
262-foot right field fence in the first inning |
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April 12, 1932 |
Attendance for opening day is 14,502
loyal fans. Seating capacity is 8,000 in the grandstands, and the
outfield is lined off with rope to accommodate the crowd |
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June 16, 1932 |
Stanley Keyes, a right-handed batting
outfielder, clears the centerfield fence just to the right of the flag
pole; the home run ball is estimated to have traveled 420 to 460 feet |
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July 7, 1932 |
Joe Klugman is released as manager of the
Vols, and Charlie "Chuck" Dressen is appointed as replacement |
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August 25, 1932 |
Nashville loses a seven-inning perfect
game to Memphis' George Grainger |
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December 31, 1932 |
Johnny Gooch, Nashville Vols catcher who batter
.334 during the 1932 season, is sold to the Boston Red Sox. The
Southern Association's new salary limit of $4,250 was the cause of the
sale, announced Vols vice-president Jimmy Hamilton |
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May 28,
1933 |
Lance Richbourg, Nashville outfielder,
hits four home runs in a doubleheader against Birmingham, three in the
first game |
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October 22, 1933 |
While managing a barnstorming team playing
in Mexico City, Mexico, Lance Richbourg is struck in the face by Cuban
umpire Senor Hernandez after Richbourg disputes a decision at home plate |
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February 22, 1934 |
The Nashville Vols announce plans are underway to
affiliate with Columbia, South Carolina, recently granted a franchise in the
Piedmont League whereby several Nashville players will be sent to
Columbia |
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February 24, 1934 |
Charles Dressen, manager of the Nashville Vols,
announces that he will leave the hospital where he has been treated for
typhoid fever since December 26th, and should be in good shape to resume
his position with the team when the club starts spring training on March
15th |
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April 7, 1934 |
Charles Dressen's Vols
wins against the New York
Yankees 5-4 in a game at Sulphur Dell. Before a crowd of 3,000, the
Yankees are stymied by the pitching of Hal Stafford, who relieved in the
5th inning and allowed only 4 hits through the last 5 innings, striking
out 5. James P. Dawson, New York Times reporter, describes Sulphur
Dell's unique feature as "the right field here is cut out of a hill and
is terraced, making it necessary for a fly-chaser to combine
hill-climbing ability with speed and accuracy in fielding the ball".
Dawson also reports that Babe Ruth "almost broke one of his legs
catching Rodda's fly on the climb in the first. The Babe slipped and
stumbled but climbed on and came up with the ball". Ruth is 2 for 4, as
is Lou Gehrig |
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April 8, 1934 |
Before a crowd of 5,000, the Vols beat Joe
McCarthy's New York Yankees 6-5 for the second day in a row. James P.
Dawson reports the game for the New York Times, saying that two home
runs at Sulphur Dell "cleared the high fence and a 30-foot wire
extension on the abbreviated mountain in right field". Babe Ruth goes 2
for 3, Lou Gehrig is 1 for 2, and Bill Dickey is hitless in 5 at-bats |
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July 28, 1934 |
Nashville Vols manager Chuck Dressen is
announced as new Cincinnati Reds manager, taking over for Bob O'Farrell
on July 30th. Lance Richbourg, Nashville outfielder, is named to take
Dressen's place as Nashville manager |
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September 18, 1934 |
Vols win first game of Southern
Association playoffs vs. New Orleans 17-11 in Nashville. Manager Lance
Richbourg leads his team before 9,000 fans as Nashville scores 13 runs in
the 7th
inning |
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September 21, 1934 |
The New Orleans Pelicans defeat the Vols 7-2 in
the Southern Association playoffs. Clay Bryant holds the Nashville
team to six hits |
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March 31, 1935 |
Alfred Cuccinello, who hit .320 for the Vols in
1934 and who is the younger brother of Brooklyn infielder Tony
Cuccinello, signs with the NY Giants |
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March 31, 1935 |
The New York Giants release two rookies to Nashville:
outfielder Jim Asbell and pitcher John Leonardo |
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May 10, 1935 |
John Gooch, who caught in the majors with
Pittsburgh, Brooklyn, and Cincinnati announces he is leaving the
Nashville team.
Frank Brazill, manager, has no comment |
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August 10, 1935 |
The Nashville Vols announce that Hal Stafford,
right-handed pitcher, is being farmed to Williamsport, Pennsylvania of the New
York-Penn League |
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November 16, 1935 |
Lance Richbourg, outfield for the
Nashville Vols, is named manager of the club for the 1936 season. This
will be his fourth time to manage the team, succeeding Johnny Butler |
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March 20, 1936 |
New York Giants defeat the Vols 19-8 in
Defuniak Springs, FL exhibition before 2,000 fans. Right-hander John
Intlekofor is chosen by Manager Lance Richbourg to start the game for
Nashville, and walks the first four batters he faces before being yanked |
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April 15, 1936 |
Player-manager Lance Richbourg scores
seven runs in a game
against Knoxville |
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June11, 1936 |
Nashville's
line-up strikes out seventeen times against
pitcher Jennings 'Jinx' Poindexter of Little Rock |
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June 19, 1936 |
Branch Rickey, general manager of St. Louis in
the National League announces that the Cardinals have purchased veteran
right handed pitcher Flint Rhem (4-3) from the Nashville club |
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September 7, 1936 |
The NY Giants purchase Nashville shortstop
George Scharein (.288), who will report to the major league club in the
spring |
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June 6, 1937 |
In Knoxville, Vols catcher Stuart Hofferth hits three successive
homers over the leftfield wall |
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June 14, 1937 |
Jim Bivin is traded by the Vols to Galveston of the
Texas League for outfielder Peck Hamel |
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October 9, 1937 |
Chuck Dressen, recently ousted manager of
the Cincinnati Reds, is named Nashville Vols manager. He signs a
one-year contract for $10,000, and has previously served as Nashville
manager before becoming the Reds manager |
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March 29, 1938 |
Fay Murray, president and owner of the
Nashville club, calls on Larry MacPhail in Clearwater, FL during spring
training. Accompanying Murray is Chuck Dressen, manager, and Jimmy
Hamilton, business manager. It is termed a social call by MacPhail |
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June 13, 1938 |
Nashville outfielder Harvey Walker makes an
unassisted double play against Little Rock |
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May 21, 1938 |
Ralph Birkofer, southpaw, joins the Vols and Jack
Kimball, veteran right-hander, is returned to Brooklyn. Kimball has won
only one game in his four starts this season |
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August 9, 1938 |
The Vols receive $25,000 and two players to be
named later from the Brooklyn Dodgers for pitcher Will Crouch (14-7) and
catcher Stuart Hofferth. Both will report to the Dodgers next spring |
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November 8, 1938 |
Fay Murray announces that Larry Gilbert, veteran
manager of the New Orleans Pelicans, is the new Nashville Vols manager
succeeding Charlie Dressen, who resigned after signing to become a coach
of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Murray said that Gilbert, who has been the
pilot of the Pelicans since 1923, will become a part owner of the club |
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April 9, 1939 |
On Easter Sunday, the Philadelphia Phillies and
Nashville Vols battle in Nashville, with the National League team
winning 12-9. The Phils collect 14 hits, while the Vols get 15 hits off of
Max Butcher and Elmer Burkhart |
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June 14, 1939 |
Larry McPhail, executive vice president of the
Brooklyn Dodgers announces that the Nashville Vols, Class A-1, will
continue their working agreement for 1939 |
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July 7, 1939 |
Larry Gilbert, Nashville manager, is named as coach
of the Cartwright team in a National Association game vs. the Doubleday
team to be played in Cooperstown, NY commemorating the one hundredth
year of baseball. The Doubledays and the Cartwrights combined have
players, managers, and coaches representing every minor league team in
the United States for the first time in history |
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August 14, 1939 |
The Brooklyn Dodgers acquire Charles Gilbert and
Calvin Chapman, both left-hand-hitting outfielders with the Nashville
Vols, paying $40,000 for the duo |
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September
25, 1939 |
The Nashville Vols win over Fort Worth in the 2nd
game of the Dixie Series 9-8 in 10 innings to knot the series at a game
apiece in the best-of-seven series |
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October 2, 1939 |
Fort Worth defeats the Vols 11-0 on a
one-hitter spun by pitcher Fred Marberry, in the 6th game of the Dixie
Series. Only four men reached base for the Nashville team, two
getting walks. The series is now tied 3-3 |
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March 2, 1940 |
Baron "Boots" Poffenberger is purchased by
the Nashville Vols from the Brooklyn Dodgers |
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April 12, 1940 |
With the weather around 39 degrees, the
Nashville Vols take a 6-0 lead and coast to a 12-8 opening day victory
over the Atlanta Crackers before a crowd of 8,206 chilly fans |
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June 30, 1940 |
After Commissioner Landis declares him a free
agent from the Detroit minor league system, pitcher Johnny Sain signs
with the Nashville club |
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July 8, 1940 |
The Southern Association All-Stars, with a
17-hit attack featuring home runs by Paul Richards and Rufe Hooks,
defeat the Nashville Vols 6-1 at Sulphur Dell before a crowd of 5,500.
Nashville's Boots Poffenberger is the losing pitcher |
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August 11-12, 1940 |
Oris Hockett, Nashville outfielder, plays in
three games in two days, garnering ten consecutive hits. On August 11th,
in the first game of a double-header in Memphis, he gets a hit in his
last at-bat; in the second game, he is 4-for-4. The next day, against Knoxville, Hockett is 5-for-5 |
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September 7, 1940 |
Nashville recalls
six players to report to
the team at the beginning of the 1941 season, including Woody Johnson,
pitcher from Wilkes-Barre of the Eastern League |
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September 10, 1940 |
Nashville sells Charley "Greek" George,
hard-hitting catcher, to the Chicago Cubs. George, who hit .335 in 140
games with the Volunteers, will report next spring. The Vols receive an
undisclosed amount of cash along with Julian Tubb, right-handed pitcher
who was 12-11 for Tulsa of the Texas League |
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September 11, 1940 |
In a Southern Association playoff game, George Jeffcoat, Nashville pitcher, strikes out
seven consecutive Chattanooga batters on his way to tallying a league
record eighteen
strikeouts |
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September 30, 1940 |
Nashville beats the Houston Buffs 5-3 to capture
the Dixie Series title after scoring two runs in the 10th inning on two
errors and a base hit |
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March 4, 1941 |
Fay L. Murray, 60-year-old owner of the Nashville
club, dies after a brief illness |
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March 9, 1941 |
Spring training begins for the Nashville Vols in
Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
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April 10, 1941 |
Chattanooga defeats the Vols 4-3 at home in the
season opener for both clubs. George Jeffcoat is the losing
pitcher even though he holds the Lookouts to five hits in the first eight
innings but falters in the 9th |
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April 13, 1941 |
Against Chattanooga, outfielder Marvin Felderman
bats three times in one inning |
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April 29, 1941 |
Thomas T. Wilson and Bertha Steele Wilson
charter a corporation, "Elite Giants Baseball Club, Incorporated" with
the State of Tennessee, "to maintain a club for social enjoyment,
gymnastics, and/or baseball, to engage in sports and games, such as
baseball, between other athletic clubs. It shall be the purpose of
said corporation to conduct ball games and charge as admission a fee to
the same, to organize a baseball team, the players of which are to be
paid a salary for their services, and to dispose of said players to
other teams, or persons, for a profit, to own; lease, or build a
baseball park, or grand stand for the purpose of conducting said games
and to erect, build, or lease, buildings or stands necessarily
incidental thereto; to sell such refreshments and provide such
entertainment as are usually sold and provided at baseball parks, and to
do this by concession, or otherwise." The value of the stock in
the new corporation is "Twenty five (25) shares of common voting stock,
with a par value of one hundred ($100.00) dollars a share." |
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June 20, 1941 |
Arnold Meers,
Nashville pitcher, issues twelve walks
to Knoxville batsmen |
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June 25, 1941 |
Boots Poffenberger, Nashville pitcher, is suspended
for 90 days after throwing at umpire Ed "Dutch" Hoffman during
the prveious
night's game. Boots was ordered off the field by the arbiter after
"continual griping and use of abusive language", and instead of leaving
the field turned and threw the ball at the umpire |
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July 27, 1941 |
In salute to recognition of his selection as the
outstanding minor league manager in 1940, Larry Gilbert, pilot of the
Nashville Southern Association's club, receives the Sporting News
award at ceremonies held at Sulphur Dell |
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August 1, 1941 |
The Chicago Cubs acquire Russell Meers,
left-handed pitcher, and catcher Marvin Felderman from the Nashville
Vols. Both will report to the Cubs at Catalina island in 1942 for
spring training |
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August 24, 1941 |
Lawrence M. Gilbert, Jr., son of Nashville manager
Larry Gilbert, dies at the age of 27. A heart ailment had forced him to
abandon sports, and had been confined to a local hospital for
some time |
|
August 25, 1941 |
Southern Association president Trammell Scott postpones Nashville's home contest vs. Little Rock
tonight out of respect to the family of Larry Gilbert, Jr., son of the Vols' manager |
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September 20, 1941 |
Mickey Kreitner, who spent the season at Americus,
Georgia in the Georgia-Florida League, joins the Nashville Vols in their
playoff run. Kreitner had been bat boy for Nashville during the
previous five years. |
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September 26, 1941 |
After finishing in second place in the Southern
Association, the Dixie Series is won by the Vols after winning their
fourth straight game from Dallas, 6-2. It is the second Dixie
championship won by the Vols |
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April 4, 1942 |
Before 3,500 fans, the NY Yankees route the
Nashville Vols 10-1. The Vols muster only six hits, while the
Yankees collect a total of 15 including a three run homer by Don Pulford. Charley English hits a home run in the bottom of the
fourth inning off Lefty Gomez |
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April 5, 1942 |
For the second straight day, the NY Yankees defeat
the Vols 11-6 at Sulphur Dell, under a barrage of 18 hits. Before 8,000
fans, Tommy Henrich, Charlie Keller, and Joe DiMaggio hit home runs.
John Drebinger, reporter for The New York Times, reports that "the
outfield here is sharply terraced and the long clouts of DiMaggio,
Keller, and Gordon had the Vol outfielders scampering up the slopes like
mountain goats". Joe McCarthy, Yankees manager, leaves for
Philadelphia immediately after the game to attend the funeral of his
brother |
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April 19, 1942 |
In the first inning of the second game of a
double-header in Knoxville, the first nine Nashville batters each get on
base with a hit, a walk, or an error; the same nine score in succession.
The order is: Roy Marion, Jim Shilling, Legrant Scott, Gus Dugas,
Charley English, Charley Workman, Mickey Kreitner, Johnny Mihalic, and
Dutch McColl |
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June 12, 1942 |
Vols Charley Workman, Hank Helf and Charles
Gassaway hit homers off Knoxville pitcher Steve Warchol on
three
straight pitches |
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July 25, 1942 |
Paul Erickson (1-6), 200-pound right handed
pitcher for the Chicago Cubs and from nearby Zion City, IL is optioned
to Nashville |
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August 1, 1942 |
The Vols acquire Bob Bowman, right handed
pitcher, on option from the Chicago Cubs. Bowman, is currently at
Toronto and will report to Birmingham on Sunday |
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August 27, 1942 |
Nashville scores
ten runs in the first inning
before the Lookouts can retire a batter. Final score:
Nashville 21, Chattanooga 6 |
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September 5, 1942 |
Right-handed pitcher George Jeffcoat (13-12) and
Outfielder Charley Workman who leads the Southern Association in homer
runs with 29 and batting average with .329, are sold to the Boston
Braves. The purchase price is not disclosed, both will report to the
major league team in the spring |
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February 27, 1943 |
1942 Southern Association batting champ Charlie
English, is sold to the LA Angels of the Pacific Coast League by the
Vols |
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July 9, 1943 |
Nashville defeats the Southern Association
All Stars, 3-2. It is the second All Star Game hosted by the Vols.
Mel Hicks, Johnny Mihalic, and Whitey Platt of the home team garner two
hits apiece |
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July 31, 1943 |
Although he will finish the season with the Vols,
first-year shortstop Ray Hamrick is sold to the Philadelphia Phillies
for undisclosed cash |
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August 18, 1943 |
In a 26-13 win over Atlanta, every Nashville
player gets at least one hit, scores at least one run, and all except
Charles Brewster knocks in at least one run; Charley Gilbert bats 8
times in the game |
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September 4, 1943 |
Nashville outfielder Ed Sauer, leading the Southern
Association in hitting with a .369 average and in stolen bases with 30,
is sold to the Chicago Cubs for cash, catcher Walter Ringhoffer and an
undisclosed player. Sauer,
recently voted the leagues MVP in a poll conducted by the Nashville
Banner, is to report at the end of the current Vols season |
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September 13, 1943 |
With a 12-hit barrage, the Vols beat four Pelicans
pitcher to win the Southern Association championship in New Orleans,
7-0. The series ends 4 games to 1 |
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September 15, 1943 |
Dale Alderson (13-7), right handed pitcher for
the Vols, is purchased by the Chicago Cubs |
|
September 16, 1943 |
Four Nashville Vols, fresh from winning the
Shaughnessy Playoffs for the Southern Association championship, report
to the Chicago Cubs in St. Louis: outfielders Eddie Sauer, Charley
Gilbert, and Mizell Platt along with pitcher Walter Signer |
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March 3, 1944 |
Charles Fred "Red" Lucas, sold to the NY Giants in
1922 by the Vols, returns to Nashville as pitcher, pinch-hitter, and
coach. The right-hander hurler Lucas, out of baseball in 1942 & 1943,
spent 15 years in the major leagues with the Boston Braves, Pittsburgh
Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, and NY Giants and with Chattanooga in the
Southern Association and other minor league teams |
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May 20, 1944 |
Two Chicago Cubs pitchers, Garth Mann and southpaw
John Burrows are optioned to Nashville |
|
June 11, 1944 |
The Vols acquire hard-hitting outfielder Manny
Salvatierra from the LA Angels of the PCL |
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June 16, 1944 |
Outfielder Ed McBee is sold to Portsmouth of the
Piedmont League |
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July 6, 1944 |
Vols pitcher Mack Stewart (18-5) is purchased by
the Chicago Cubs and pitcher Dale Alderson is optioned to Nashville |
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September 19, 1944 |
Charlie Brewster, Vols shortstop, is sold to the
Chicago Cubs for cash consideration. He had been traded to Nashville by
the Phillies for Ray Hamrick. His batting average is .341 |
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July 23, 1945 |
The Nashville Vols acquire pitcher Joe Strincevich from St. Paul of the American Association |
|
September 1, 1945 |
Right-handed pitcher Mack Stewart is recalled by
the Chicago Cubs, along with Charlie Brewster, .300 hitter for the year |
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March 8, 1946 |
Johnny Hudson, former NL infielder with the Giants,
Cubs, and Dodgers, is acquired by the Vols. Hudson last played
with the Montreal Royals in the International League and will probably
be used at 2nd base by the Nashville club |
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April 8, 1946 |
Today's exhibition game at Sulphur Dell between the
NY Yankees and Brooklyn Dodgers is cancelled due to morning rains and a
downpour which came 45 minutes before its scheduled start. The outlook
for the game called for 7,500 fans to turn out, as all reserved seats
were sold out and 4,000 fans were turned away |
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April 30, 1946 |
Robert 'Dutch' McCall strikes out 17 Atlanta
Crackers batters in a 9-5 victory for the Vols |
|
July 8, 1946 |
On successive pitches, Vols Pete Thomassie, Cy
Block, and Bill Manning hit home runs off Little Rock pitcher Bob Raney |
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August 3, 1947 |
Albert 'Rube' Walker, left-handed batting
catcher for the Vols, hits safely in his last two trips to the plate
against Little Rock. His string of 10 consecutive hits ends four
days later on August 7th, when in his second at-bat against the Chicks,
he hits a sizzling grounder to Ted Kluszewki who tosses to pitcher Dick
Mauney for the putout at first |
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December 12, 1947 |
Larry Gilbert announces that the Vols will spend
spring training in Pensacola, FL in 1948 |
|
April 16, 1948 |
Harold (Buster) Boguskie collects six hits on Opening Day, April 16,
1948, just missing collecting his 7th on a close play at first base |
|
May 26, 1948 |
Birmingham Barons first baseman Walt Dropo
makes three errors in a game versus the Vols in Nashville; the next
night, he repeats his feat by making another three errors at Sulphur Dell |
|
June 20, 1948 |
The Nashville Vols hosts the Southern
Association All Stars at Sulphur Dell. Al Todd field general is selected
to manage the All Star team |
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July 4, 1948 |
Nashville catcher
Forest "Smoky" Burgess collects three
doubles and two home runs in a 21-4 rout of Chattanooga |
|
July 28, 1948 |
In the 12th inning of the Southern Association All
Star Game hosted by Nashville, Charlie Gilbert smashes a home run to
give the Vols a 4-3 win |
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September 8, 1948 |
Larry Gilbert, in his final game, is honored for 25
years as a manager in the Southern Association |
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December 8, 1948 |
Rollie Hemsley is named manager of the Nashville
Vols, succeeding Larry Gilbert who moves to the front office |
|
July 12, 1948 |
The Southern Association All Stars crush the host
Vols 18-6 |
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April 15, 1949 |
In a game in Chattanooga on Opening Day, Carl
Sawatski hits a home run that travels at least 520 feet and bounces
among the railroad tracks outside Engel Stadium. It is considered
to be the longest homer ever hit by a Vols player |
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April 17, 1949 |
Nashville pounds pitcher Louis "Bobo" Newsom and
Chattanooga 7-1. The 41-year-old Newsom had joined Chattanooga
after winning 205 games in the major leagues and was hurling his first
minor league game since 1933 |
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June 13, 1949 |
Carl Sawatski hits a home run over the ice house
beyond the right field fence at Sulphur Dell |
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August 31, 1949 |
Setting a Southern Association season record, Carl Sawatski
smashes his fifth grand slam in a 24-4 win over Atlanta. It
is his 24th homer of the season |
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January 29, 1950 |
Veteran catcher Eddie Fernandes, is purchased
by the Vols from Oakland of the PCL. Fernandes will coach as well
as handle the second-line catching chores |
|
May 10, 1950 |
Nashville defeats Little Rock 7-1, dropping the
Travelers to their 21st consecutive defeat. The loss by Little
Rock sets a Southern Association record that had stood for 33 years |
|
May 11, 1950 |
Little Rock beats Nashville, ending their
record-setting 21-game losing streak. It is their 2nd win in 26
games |
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February 20, 1951 |
Harry S. "Steamboat" Johnson, colorful Southern
Association umpire for 27 years, dies in Memphis, TN at age 66 |
|
July 21, 1951 |
Pitcher Umberto Flammini of Nashville tosses a
no-hitter against the Atlanta Crackers, winning 2-0 |
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September 18, 1951 |
Al Lary, promising rookie right-hander for the Vols,
is sold to Springfield, MA of the International League. However, he will
pitch for the Vols throughout the 1952 season |
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October 11, 1951 |
The Nashville club signs a working agreement
with the NY Giants through the NY club's American Association farm club
at Minneapolis. The Vols recently terminated their agreement with the
Chicago Cubs |
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April 4, 1952 |
The NY Yankees defeat Larry Gilbert's Nashville
club 10-1 in front of 4,000 Vols fans, getting fifteen hits against
three
Nashville pitchers |
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July 11, 1952 |
Nashville Vols star Jim "Dusty" Rhodes is purchased
for $25,000 by the NY Giants and is to report to the team in Cincinnati on July
13th. The 25-year-old, 6-ft 178-pound left-handed line-drive pull
hitting right-handed outfielder leads the Southern Association in
batting with a .357 average. Through 82 games, Rhodes has 114 hits
including 14 homers, 4 triples, and 27 doubles; he has 62 RBIs and
scored 64 runs |
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January 3, 1953 |
Former Nashville outfielder Charles Workman, who
batted .353 for the Vols in 1948, dies in Kansas City of internal
hemorrhaging resulting from an ulcer |
|
April 6, 1953 |
12,059 fans turned out to see the Brooklyn Dodgers
defeat the Milwaukee Braves 3-1. Warren Spahn is the losing pitcher as
the Braves muster only one run on catcher Ebba St. Claire's home
run over the high right field wall. The Dodgers' Dick Williams doubles off the left
field wall and drives in two runs. Nashvillian Junior Gilliam is 2-4 to lead the Dodgers |
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April 7, 1953 |
Mickey Mantle hits a 420-foot 2-run double in the
7th inning as the NY Yankees beat the hometown Vols 9-1 before 2,693
fans. Louis Effrat, reporting in The New York Times, quotes one Yankee
player as describing playing in Sulphur Dell as "It's like playing in a
telephone booth", and quoted Casey Stengel, New York manager, recalling
that in 1912 when he was playing with Montgomery in a game at Sulphur
Dell, "I dragged the ball and it went over the right-field fence for a
homer". Yankee pitching coach Jim Turner, a native Nashvillian, is
honored at home plate before the game by Governor Frank G. Clement who
appointed Turner a Tennessee Colonel on the Governor's staff |
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February 13, 1954 |
"Tookie" Gilbert, 24-year-old backup first baseman
for the NY Giants and popular former Vol, announces his retirement from
baseball |
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April 4, 1954 |
In a 3 hour and six minute game played before
12,006 fans at Sulphur Dell, the Milwaukee Braves defeat the Brooklyn
Dodgers 18-14. Carl Furillo smacks a grand-slam, and George "Shotgun" Shuba, Duke Snider, and Ed Mathews each hit homers. Roy Campanella
pinch-hits and works the last inning behind the plate as Junior
Gilliam anchors 3rd and Jackie Robinson plays 1st |
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June 19, 1954 |
New Orleans wins in Nashville 9-7 in 16 innings |
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September 5, 1954 |
In a Labor Day doubleheader at home, Nashville's
Bob Lennon hits three homers to give him a league-record 64 homers for the
season |
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September 27, 1954 |
Joe Schultz, manager of Tulsa in the Texas League
for three years, is named manager of the Nashville Vols replacing Hugh
Poland. Larry Gilbert, general manager, also announces that the Vols are
ending their 3-year working agreement with the NY Giants, and have
signed a working agreement with the Cincinnati Reds for the 1955 season |
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January 22, 1955 |
Ted Murray and Larry Gilbert, co-owners of
Nashville in the Southern Association, confirm that they face the loss
of their franchise it has held since the league was organized in 1901. A
30-day option for the purchase of Sulphur Dell, the city's ball
park, has been obtained from them by a syndicate
in Nashville. Reportedly, the plan of the syndicate is to sell the
property for business purposes and demolish the grandstand. It is
reported that Knoxville, Tampa, and Jacksonville are anxious to obtain
the franchise |
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August 20, 1955 |
Earl D. Averill, 24-year-old Nashville catcher and
son of Hall of Famer H. Earl Averill, hits three consecutive home runs and
two
doubles to set a new league mark for total bases with sixteen |
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August 20, 1955 |
Nashville catcher
Earl D. Averill is named as defendant in $50,000 damage suit following a
fight in Chattanooga after Averill breaks the jaw of Chattanooga
shortstop Lyle Luttrell. Averill is arrested on the scene and
later released on $500 bond. He was later suspended for ten days and fined $50 |
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April 4, 1956 |
Only 7 days after Sulphur Dell is under fourteen
feet of water, Eddie Mathews hits three home runs to lead the Milwaukee Braves
over the Brooklyn Dodgers 10-8. Mathews' first homer off Don Newcombe is a 340-foot drive over the left field wall. Tom Lasorda relieves in
the 9th inning for the Dodgers. Sandy Amoros has two home runs and Hank
Aaron also has a homer as Johnny Logan has two doubles and a triple |
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April 8, 1956 |
The Brooklyn Dodgers beat the Milwaukee Braves 12-2
before an overflow crowd of 11, 933. Gil Hodges hits a home run, and the
Dodgers collect a total of 17 hits in the win. Del Rice,
catching for the Braves, lifts a high fly over the right-center-field
wall for a homer |
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April 7, 1957 |
The Cincinnati Reds defeat Washington 9-7 before
5,842 fans after the Nats lose a 5-0 lead. Joe Nuxhall, Hal Jeffcoat and
Raul Sanchez pitch for the Reds, while Roy Sievers belts a triple and
homer, driving in three runs. Herb Plews and Pete Runnels get two hits each |
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October 18, 1957 |
Nashville rehires Dick Sisler as player-manager for
the 1958 season. Sisler, who also plays first-base, led the Vols to a
3rd-place finish in 1957 |
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April 8, 1958 |
Jay Hook, bonus baby right-hander signed out of Northwestern
University by the Cincinnati Reds, is assigned to Nashville |
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April 23, 1959 |
A near free-for-all erupted between New Orleans
and Nashville players in the ninth inning of tonight's game. The
fight began when Vols catcher Eddie Irons, irritated at comments from
the Pelicans bench directed at him and pitcher Bill Beck, charged
towards the New Orleans dugout. There were no punches thrown, but
Irons and Pelicans pitcher Kelton Russell were ejected and each was
fined $5 |
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April 8, 1960 |
Nashville's Sulphur
Dell hosts an exhibition game between the Milwaukee Braves and the
Cincinnati Reds |
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April 10, 1961 |
Vice-president Lyndon Johnson throws out the first
pitch at today's game between the Vols and the Chattanooga Lookouts at
Sulphur Dell |
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August 16, 1961 |
Nashville outfielder Joe Christian collects four
doubles and a triple in a game with Macon |
|
September 7, 1963 |
The last professional baseball game
is played at Sulphur Dell, with the Vols of the South Atlantic League
facing Lynchburg in a double header |
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September 16, 1963 |
Facing a deficit of almost $22,000, the
directors of Vols, Inc. surrender their South Atlantic League franchise
without a dissenting vote. Board chairman Jack Norman will assign
a committee to look into the feasibility of retaining Sulphur Dell,
which would mean a continuation of the corporation which owns the
ballpark |
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March 3, 1964 |
46-year-old Fred Vaughn, who played second and
third base for the Nashville Vols in 34 games during the 1948 season is
fatally injured in an automobile accident near Lake Wales, Florida |
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February 17, 1965 |
Larry Gilbert, former Vols manager from 1939 to
1948, dies at Mercy Hospital in New Orleans. The cause is not given. He
was born in New Orleans December 3, 1891, and appeared in 72 games with
the Boston Braves hitting .268 in 1914. He returned to Boston in 1915
and hit .151 while playing in 45 games. Gilbert served as general manager
of the Vols after stepping down from managing, and retired from the
Nashville club in 1955 |
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April 29, 1967 |
John Butler, who managed the Nashville Vols for part
of the 1935 season, dies in Long Beach, California after suffering a
stroke |
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December 14, 2004 |
Rod Kanehl, former Nashville Vol
player, passes away in Palm Springs, California. Kanehl was the first NY Mets player to hit a home run
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August 30, 2007 |
Former Nashville Vols pitcher Hal Jeffcoat
passes away at the age of 83
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