Former Minor League Baseball team in Nashville, Tennessee
Minor league baseball team
Nashville Vols
1901–1963
(1901–1961, 1963)
Nashville, Tennessee
Team logo
Cap insignia
Minor league affiliations
Class
Double-A (1946–1961, 1963)
Class A1 (1936–1945)
Class A (1902–1935)
Class B (1901)
League
South Atlantic League (1963)
Southern Association (1901–1961)
Major league affiliations
Team
Los Angeles Angels (1963)
Minnesota Twins (1961)
Cincinnati Reds (1955–1960)
New York Giants (1952–1954)
Chicago Cubs (1943–1951)
Brooklyn Dodgers (1938–1940)
Cincinnati Reds (1936–1937)
New York Giants (1934–1935)
Minor league titles
Dixie Series titles (4)
1940
1941
1942
1949
League titles (9)
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1949
1950
1953
Pennants (8)
1901
1902
1908
1916
1940
1943
1948
1949
First-half titles (2)
1934
1943
Second-half titles (1)
1944
Team data
Name
Nashville Volunteers (1908–1961, 1963)
Nashville Baseball Club (1901–1907)
Ballpark
Sulphur Dell (1901–1961, 1963)
The Nashville Vols were a Minor League Baseball team that played in Nashville, Tennessee, from 1901 to 1963. Known as the Nashville Baseball Club during their first seven seasons, they became the Nashville Volunteers (regularly shortened to Vols) in 1908 in reference to Tennessee's nickname, "The Volunteer State". The Vols played their home games at Athletic Park, which had been home to the city's professional baseball teams since 1885 and was renamed Sulphur Dell in 1908.
The Nashville club was formed as a charter member of the Southern Association in 1901 and remained in the league until it disbanded after the 1961 season. The circuit operated at several classifications: Class B (1901), Class A (1902–1935), Class A1 (1936–1945), and Double-A (1946–1961). Over 61 seasons in the Southern Association, the Vols won eight league pennants, nine playoff championships, and four Dixie Series titles. The team sat out the 1962 season, primarily due to the league's collapse, but returned for a final campaign in the Double-A South Atlantic League in 1963 before ceasing operations altogether.
During 35 seasons, Nashville was not affiliated with any Major League Baseball team. Across 27 seasons, they served as a farm club for six major league franchises: the New York Giants (1934–1935, 1952–1954), Cincinnati Reds (1936–1937, 1955–1960), Brooklyn Dodgers (1938–1940), Chicago Cubs (1943–1951), Minnesota Twins (1961), and Los Angeles Angels (1963). A total of 28 managers led the club and its more than 1,200 players. Over 62 seasons, the Vols played 9,015 regular-season games and compiled a win–loss record of 4,569–4,446 (.507). They qualified for postseason playoffs on 16 occasions in which they had a record of 108–74–1 (.593). Combining all 9,198 regular-season and postseason games, Nashville's all-time record was 4,677–4,520–1 (.509).
became the Nashville Volunteers (regularly shortened to Vols) in 1908 in reference to Tennessee's nickname, "The Volunteer State". The Vols played their...
to 1951. The club was originally called the Nashville Black Vols, named after the all-white NashvilleVols of the minor league Southern Association, but...
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The NashvilleVols were a Minor League Baseball team that played in Nashville, Tennessee, from 1901 to 1963. They were established as charter members...
the Vols playing their home games at Sulphur Dell, the minor Negro league Nashville Stars played there in 1942, as well as the Nashville Black Vols/Cubs...
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longest-operating baseball team, first known only as the Nashville Baseball Club and later renamed the NashvilleVols (short for Volunteers, the state nickname), was...
The 1908 NashvilleVols season was the 15th season of minor league baseball in Nashville, Tennessee, and the NashvilleVols' 8th season in the Southern...
The NashvilleVols were a Minor League Baseball team that played in Nashville, Tennessee, from 1901 to 1963. They were established as charter members...
as white-only minor league teams, such as the Southern Association's NashvilleVols. Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Roy Campanella are known to have played...
seven games. After managing in the minor leagues with the Double-A NashvilleVols and Triple-A Seattle Rainiers, Sisler became a coach for Cincinnati...
first opportunity to manage came in 1932 as the playing skipper of the NashvilleVols of the Southern Association. He interrupted that assignment late in...
rivals, the New York Giants, who became the parent club of the Vols in 1952. The Vols played at Sulphur Dell, which was famous for its short right field...
other Nashville businessmen, including country music star Eddy Arnold, formed Vols, Inc. The company sold 4,876 shares of stock at $5 each. Vols, Inc....
him to the Cincinnati Reds affiliate, the Nashville Volunteers, in a trade for Tiny Chaplin. From Nashville, he was sent to the Durham Bulls, where the...
The NashvilleVols were a Minor League Baseball team that played in Nashville, Tennessee, from 1901 to 1963. They were established as charter members...
managed the 1908 Southern champion NashvilleVols. Ferdinand E. Kuhn hired him to the position as manager of the Nashville club. "Bill Bernhard Stats". Baseball-Almanac...
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