Nashville Vols
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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 Nash
The 1901 Nashville Baseball Club won the first Southern Association pennant.
The 1908 Nashville Vols won the Southern Association pennant on the last day of the season.
Tom Rogers pitched a perfect game for the Vols at Sulphur Dell on July 11, 1916.
The Sulphur Dell grandstand and infield in 1927
Nashville Centennials
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The Nashville Centennials were a Minor League Baseball team that played in the Class C Central League in 1897. They were located in Nashville, Tennessee, and were named in reference to the celebration
Nashville Vols
…competed in the same league from 1893 to 1894. In 1895, the Nashville Seraphs won the city's first professional championship in the Southern League. The Nashville Centennials played in the Central League in 1897 but relocated to Henderson, Kentucky, during the season before the league's collapse. Following a three-year absence…
The Nashville Seraphs represented Nashville in the Southern League in 1895.
The Tennessee Centennial Exposition is one of many attractions that may have drawn business away from the team.
The ballpark, shown here in 1937 after numerous renovations, was prone to flooding from the Cumberland River.