The 1908 Nashville Vols season was the 15th season of minor league baseball in

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, and the

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' 8th season in the

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. The Vols finished the previous season in last place, but this year won the league pennant, by defeating he

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1-0 on the last day of the season in a game dubbed by

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" The Greatest Game Ever Played In Dixie." This is also the season Rice dubbed the ballpark

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. The team's player-manager was Bill Bernhard. The team featured just two players from Tennessee: Pryor McElveen and

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led the league in

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s with six.

Before the season

The Vols finished last place in the Southern Association in 1907. A new group of men purchased the team, including Ferdinand E. Kuhn, James B. Carr, Thomas James Tyne, J. T. Connor, James A. Bowling, Robert L. Bolling, Rufus E. Fort, and William G. Hirsig. Well known attorney S. A. Champion supplied legal services. The group envisioned an ambitious project of stadium renovations at

, and managed to cull $50,000. Kuhn was selected to head the Board of Directors. He went on a trip to

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in Atlanta to observe a modern park and plan renovations. Kuhn hired Bill Bernhard as manager.

Schedule

Game log

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, , — , , Sulphur Dell, , , 1,500 , , 4–3, , W3 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb" , 8 , , April 28, , Birmingham, , 1–4 , , Fleharty, , Duggan (1–2), , — , , Sulphur Dell, , 1,500 , , 4–4, , L1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb" , 9 , , April 29 , , @ Montgomery, , 1–4 , ,

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, , Perdue (1–1), , — , , , , , , 4–5, , L2 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb" , 10 , , April 30 , , @ Montgomery, , 1–4 , , Stackpole, , Hess (1–1), , — , , , , , , 4–6, , L3 , - , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" , 11 , , May 1 , , @ Montgomery , , 5–0 , , Kellum (1–0) , , Merriman , , , , , , , , 5–6 , , W1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb" , 12 , , May 2 , , , @ Montgomery , , 1–3 , , , , , , , , , , , , 5–7 , , L1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" , 13 , , May 4 , , @ Birmingham , , 3–1 , , Duggan (2–2) , , McNeal, , , , , , , , 6–7 , , W1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb;" , 14, , May 7 , , @ Birmingham , , 1–4 , , Turner , , Perdue (1–2), , , , , , 450 , , 6–8 , , L1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb;" , 15 , , May 8 , , Atlanta , , 1–4 , , Ford , , Hess (1–2) , , — , , Sulphur Dell, , , , 6–9 , , L2 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" , 16 , , May 9 , , Atlanta , , 2–1 , , Kellum (2–0) , , McKenzie , , — , , Sulphur Dell, , 1,500 , , 7–9 , , W1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" , 17 , , May 11 , , Atlanta , , 4–2 , , Yerkes (1–0) , , Cummings , , — , , Sulphur Dell, , 1,500 , , 8–9 , , W2 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb;" , 18 , , May 12, , Atlanta , , 5–6 , , Ford , , Duggan (2–3) , , — , , Sulphur Dell, , 2.000 , , 8–10 , , L1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" , 19 , , May 14, , @ Memphis , , 6–2 , , Duggan (3–3) , , Chappelle , , , ,

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, , , , 9–10 , , W1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" , 20, , May 15, , @ Memphis , , 5–1 , , Hess (2–2) , , Savidge , , , , Russwood Park, , , , 10–10 , , W2 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" , 21, , May 16 , , @ Memphis , , 3–2 , , Hunter (2–1) , , Garrity , , , , Russwood Park, , , , 11–10 , , W3 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" , 22 , , May 18 , , @ Little Rock , , 5–3 , , Perdue (2–2) , , Connelly , , , , , , , , 12–10 , , W4 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb" , 23 , , May 19, , @ Little Rock , , 1–3 , , Hart, , Kellum (2–1) , , , , , , , , 12–11 , , L1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb" , 24 , , May 20 , , @ Little Rock , , 1–10 , , Eyler , , Hess (2–3) , , , , , , , , 12–12 , , L2 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bbb" , , , May 21 , , @ New Orleans , , 0–0 , , , , , , , , Athletic Park , , , , 12–12 , , L2 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb" , 25 , , May 22 , , @ New Orleans , , 1–4 , ,

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, , Hunter (2–2) , , , , Athletic Park , , , , 12–13 , , L3 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb" , 26 , , May 23 , , @ New Orleans , , 1–10 , , Guese , , Perdue (2–3) , , , , Athletic Park , , , , 12–14 , , L4 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb" , 27 , , May 24 , , @ New Orleans , , 0–5 , , Bartley , , Hess (2–4) , , , , Athletic Park , , , , 12–15 , , L5 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" , 28 , , May 25 , , @ Mobile, , 2–1 , , Kellum (3–1) , , Torrey , , , , Monroe Park , , , , 13–15 , , W1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" , 29 , , May 26 , , @ Mobile, , 10–4 , , Duggan (4–3) , , Beeker, , , , Monroe Park , , , , 14–15 , , W2 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" , 30, , May 29 , , Memphis, , 9–1 , , Hunter (3–2) , , Garrity, , , , Sulphur Dell, , 3,000 , , 15–15 , , W3 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb;" , 31 , , May 30 , , Memphis, , 0–1 , , Savidge , , Duggan (4–4), , , , Sulphur Dell, , 4,000, , 15–16 , , L1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb" , 32 , , May 30 , , Memphis, , 2–5 , , Chappelle , , Hess (2–5), , , , Sulphur Dell, , , , 15–17 , , L2 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb" , 33 , , May 31 , , @ Memphis, , 1–4 , , Shields , , Perdue (2–4), , , , Russwood Park , , , , 15–18 , , L3 , - , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" , 34 , , June 1 , , Memphis, , 3–1 , , Kellum (4–1) , , Garrity , , — , , Sulphur Dell, , 1,500 , , 16–18 , , W1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb;" , 35 , , June 2 , , New Orleans, , 2–5 , , Guese , , Yerkes (1–2), , — , , Sulphur Dell, , 1,800 , , 16–19 , , L1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" , 36 , , June 4 , , New Orleans, , 3–2 , , Duggan (5–4) , , Clark, , — , , Sulphur Dell, , 1,500 , , 17–19 , , W1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" , 37 , , June 5, , New Orleans, , 5–2 , , Duggan (6–4) , , Bartley, , — , , Sulphur Dell, , 1,800 , , 18–19 , , W2 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb" , 38 , , June 6, , Mobile , , 2–5 , , Beeker , , Kellum (4–2) , , — , , Sulphur Dell, , 2,800, , 18–20 , , L1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" , 39 , , June 8 , , Mobile , , 8–1 , , Perdue (3–4) , , Torrey , , — , , Sulphur Dell, , 1,400, , 19–20 , , W1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb" , 40 , , June 9 , , Mobile , , 1–3 , , Stockdale , , Yerkes (1–3), , — , , Sulphur Dell, , 1,500, , 19–21 , , L1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" , 41 , , June 10 , , Mobile , , 3–0 , , Duggan (7–4) , , Beeker , , — , , Sulphur Dell, , 1,200, , 20–21 , , W1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb" , 42 , , June 11 , , Little Rock , , 2–8 , , Eyler , , Bernhard (0–1) , , — , , Sulphur Dell, , 1,599, , 20–22 , , L1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" , 43 , , June 12 , , Little Rock , , 7–0 , , Perdue (4–4) , , Walters , , — , , Sulphur Dell, , 1,200, , 21–22 , , W1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb;" , 44 , , June 13 , , Little Rock , , 1–8 , , Eastman , , Kellum (4–3) , , — , , Sulphur Dell, , 1,500, , 21–23 , , L1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb;" , 45 , , June 15 , , Birmingham , , 0–6 , , Robitaille , , Duggan (7–5) , , — , , Sulphur Dell, , 1,100, , 21–24 , , L2 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" , 46 , , June 16 , , Birmingham , , 5–3 , , Perdue (5–4) , , Turner , , — , , Sulphur Dell, , 1,300, , 22–24, , W1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" , 47 , , June 17 , , Birmingham , , 6–0 , , Kellum (5–3), , Robinson, , — , , Sulphur Dell, , 1,500, , 23–24 , , W2 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" , 48 , , June 18 , , Montgomery , , 5–1 , , Bernhard (1–1), , Cristall, , — , , Sulphur Dell, , 1,500, , 24–24 , , W3 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" , 49 , , June 19 , , Montgomery , , 7–2 , , Duggan (8–5), , Guese, , — , , Sulphur Dell, , 1,500, , 25–24 , , W4 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" , 50 , , June 20 , , Montgomery , , 8–0 , , Perdue (6–4) , ,

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, , — , , Sulphur Dell, , 3,000, , 26–24 , , W5 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" , 51 , , June 22 , , @ Atlanta , , 5–4 , , Kellum (6–3), , Schopp, , — , , Ponce de Leon Park , , , , 27–24 , , W6 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" , 52 , , June 23 , , @ Atlanta , , 5–1 , , Perdue (7–4) , , , , — , , Ponce de Leon Park , , , , 28–24 , , W7 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb" , 53 , , June 23 , , @ Atlanta , , 1–4 , , Castleton , , Duggan (8–6), , — , , Ponce de Leon Park , , , , 28–25 , , L1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb" , 54 , , June 24 , , @ Atlanta , , 0–5, , Ford , , Bernhard (1–2), , — , , Ponce de Leon Park , , , , 28–26 , , L2 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb" , 55 , , June 25 , , @ Montgomery , , 3–4 , , Guese , , Kellum (6–4), , — , , , , , , 28–27 , , L3 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb" , 56 , , June 26 , , @ Montgomery , , 1–2 , , Thomas , , Perdue (7–5), , — , , , , , , 28–28 , , L4 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" , 57 , , June 27 , , @ Montgomery , , 3–2 , , Duggan (9–6) , , McCafferty , , — , , , , , , 29–28 , , W1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" , 58 , , June 30 , , Atlanta , , 3–1 , , Duggan (10–6) , , Ford , , — , , Sulphur Dell, , 1,500, , 30–28 , , W2 , - , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" , 59 , , July 1 , , Atlanta , , 5–0 , , Perdue (8–5) , , Schopp , , — , , Sulphur Dell, , 1,600 , , 30–28 , , W3 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" , 60 , , July 3 , , @ Birmingham , , 5–2, , Kellum (7–4) , , , , — , , , , , , 31–28 , , W4 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" , 61 , , July 4 , , @ Birmingham , , 5–2, , Duggan (11–6) , , , , — , , , , 1,500, , 32–28 , , W5 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb" , 62 , , July 5 , , @ New Orleans , , 1–2, , Clark , , Perdue (8–6) , , — , , Athletic Park , , , , 32–29 , , L1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" , 63 , , July 6 , , @ New Orleans , , 2–0, , Kellum (8–4) , , Breitenstein, , — , , Athletic Park, , , , 33–29 , , W1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" , 64 , , July 7 , , @ New Orleans , , 3–1, , Duggan (12–6) , , Bartley , , — , , Athletic Park , , , , 34–29 , , W2 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bbb;" , , , July 9 , , @ Mobile , , 0–0, , , , , , — , , Monroe Park , , , , 34–29 , , W2 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" , 65 , , July 10 , , @ Mobile , , 3–2, , Hunter (3–3) , , Gaskill, , — , , Monroe Park , , , , 35–29, , W3 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb" , 66 , , July 11 , , @ Mobile , , 1–2, , Hickman , , Kellum (8–5), , — , , Monroe Park , , , , 35–30 , , L1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" , 67 , , July 12 , , @ Mobile , , 6–3, , Bernhard (2–2), , Gaskill, , — , , Monroe Park , , , , 36–30 , , W1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bbb" , , , July 13 , , @ Little Rock , , 3–3, , , , , , — , , , , , , 36–30 , , W1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb" , 68 , , July 14 , , @ Little Rock , , 1–4, , Hart, , Hunter (4–3), , — , , , , , , 36–31 , , L1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb" , 69 , , July 15 , , @ Little Rock , , 1–2, , Eastman, , Duggan (12–7), , — , , , , , , 36–32 , , L2 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" , 70 , , July 15 , , @ Little Rock , , 5–4, , Kellum (9–5), , Buchanan, , — , , , , , , 37–32 , , W1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" , 71 , , July 17 , , @ Memphis , , 3–2, , Perdue (9–6), , Chappelle, , — , , Russwood Park , , , , 38–32 , , W2 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" , 72 , , July 18 , , @ Memphis , , 6–1, , Bernhard (3–2), , Shields, , — , , Russwood Park , , , , 39–32 , , W3 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" , 73 , , July 20, , Little Rock , , 2–1, , Duggan (13–7), , Neuer, , — , , Sulphur Dell, , 3,000 , , 40–32 , , W4 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb;" , 74 , , July 21 , , Little Rock , , 0–3, , Buchanan, , Perdue (9–7), , — , , Sulphur Dell, , , , 40–33 , , L1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" , 75 , , July 22 , , Little Rock , , 15–8, , Hunter (5–3), , , , — , , Sulphur Dell, , , , 41–33 , , W1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb" , 76 , , July 23 , , Mobile , , 0–2, , Hickman, , Kellum (9–6) , , — , , Sulphur Dell, , , , 41–34 , , L1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" , 77 , , July 25 , , Mobile , , 4–2, , Perdue (10–7), , Torrey , , — , , Sulphur Dell, , 1,800 , , 42–35, , W1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" , 78 , , July 26 , , @ Memphis , , 2–1, , Bernhard (4–2), , Garrity, , — , , , , , , 43–35 , , W2 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" , 79 , , July 27 , , New Orleans, , 3–1, , Kellum (10–6), , Bartley, , — , , Sulphur Dell, , 3,000, , 44–35 , , W3 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb" , 80 , , July 28 , , New Orleans, , 5–7, , Clark, , Hunter (5–4), , — , , Sulphur Dell, , 3,500, , 44–36, , L1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" , 81 , , July 29 , , New Orleans, , 2–0, , Bernhard (5–2), , Fritz, , — , , Sulphur Dell, , 2,500, , 45–36, , W1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb" , 82 , , July 30 , , Memphis , , 2–5, , , , Perdue (10–8), , — , , Sulphur Dell, , 2,000 , , 45–37 , , L1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb" , 83 , , July 31 , , Memphis , , 0–1, , Savidge, , Duggan (13–8), , — , , Sulphur Dell, , 1,800 , , 45–38 , , L2 , - , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" , 84 , , August 1 , , Memphis , , 3–0 , , Kellum (11–6) , , Schwenk , , , , Sulphur Dell, , 3,500 , , 46–38 , , W1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb" , 85 , , August 3 , , Birmingham , , 2–6 , , Bauer , , Perdue (10–9) , , , , Sulphur Dell, , 1,400 , , 46–39 , , L1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" , 86 , , August 4 , , Birmingham , , 15–2 , , Hunter (6–4) , , Robitaille , , , , Sulphur Dell, , 2,000 , , 47–39 , , W1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" , 87 , , August 5 , , Birmingham , , 13–1 , , Kellum (12–6) , ,

, , , , Sulphur Dell, , 2,000 , , 48–39 , , W2 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb" , 88 , , August 5 , , Birmingham , , 4–5 , , Turner, , Duggan (13–9) , , , , Sulphur Dell, , , , 48–40 , , L1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" , 89 , , August 6 , , Atlanta, , 6–0 , , Bernhard (6–2), , Radabaugh , , , , Sulphur Dell, , 2,000, , 49–40 , , W1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" , 90 , , August 7 , , Atlanta, , 2–1 , , Sitton (1–0), , Maxwell , , , , Sulphur Dell, , 3,500, , 50–40 , , W2 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" , 91 , , August 8 , , Atlanta, , 2–0 , , Hunter (7–4), , Viebahn, , , , Sulphur Dell, , , , 51–40 , , W3 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" , 92 , , August 10, , Montgomery, , 6–1 , , Duggan (14–9), ,

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, , , , Sulphur Dell, , 2,400, , 52–40 , , W4 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb;" , 93 , , August 11 , , Montgomery, , 1–3 , , Guese, , Kellum (12–7) , , , , Sulphur Dell, , , , 52–41 , , L1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" , 94 , , August 12 , , Montgomery, , 1–0 , , Bernhard (7–2), , Thomas , , , , Sulphur Dell, , 2,500, , 53–41 , , W1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb;" , 95 , , August 13 , , @ Atlanta, , 2–5 , , Viebahn, , Hunter (7–5), , , , Ponce de Leon Park , , , , 53–42 , , L1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" , 96 , , August 14 , , @ Atlanta, , 5–1 , , Sitton (2–0), , Ford, , , , Ponce de Leon Park , , , , 54–42 , , W1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb;" , 97 , , August 14 , , @ Atlanta, , 2–3 , , Johns, , Duggan (14–10), , , , Ponce de Leon Park , , , , 54–43 , , L1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" , 98, , August 15 , , @ Atlanta, , 3–1 , , Kellum (13–7), , Maxwell, , , , Ponce de Leon Park , , , , 55–43 , , W1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb" , 99 , , August 17 , , @ Montgomery, , 3–8 , , Thomas, , Sitton (2–1), , , , , , , , 55–44, , L1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" , 100 , , August 18 , , @ Montgomery, , 11–6 , , Perdue (11–9), , Juul, , , , , , , , 56–44, , W1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" , 101 , , August 19 , , @ Montgomery, , 6–3 , , Bernhard (8–2), , Guese, , , , , , , , 57–44, , W2 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bbb" , , , August 20 , , @ Birmingham, , 1–1 , , , , , , , , , , , , 57–44, , W2 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb" , 102 , , August 21 , , @ Birmingham, , 2–6 , , Ford, , Kellum (13–8), , , , , , , , 57–45, , L1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb" , 103 , , August 21 , , @ Birmingham, , 4–5 , , Thomas, , Sitton (2–1), , , , , , , , 57–46, , L2 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" , 104 , , August 22 , , @ Birmingham, , 3–1 , , Perdue (12–9), , Robitaille, , , , , , , , 58–46, , W1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb" , 105 , , August 22 , , @ Birmingham, , 0–7 , , Fleharty, , Perdue (12–10), , , , , , , , 58–47, , L1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb" , 106 , , August 24 , , @ Little Rock, , 1–2, , Eyler, , Bernhard (8–3), , , , , , , , 58–48, , L2 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" , 107 , , August 25 , , @ Little Rock, , 5–3, , Duggan (15–10), , Eastman, , , , , , , , 59–48, , W1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" , 108 , , August 26 , , @ Little Rock, , 4–0, , Perdue (13–10), , Buchanan, , , , , , , , 60–48, , W2 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" , 109 , , August 26 , , @ Little Rock, , 3–2, , Kellum (14–8), , Hart, , , , , , , , 61–48, , W3 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb" , 110 , , August 28 , , @ Memphis, , 1–2, , Schwenk, , Sitton (2–3) , , , , Russwood Park , , , , 61–49, , L1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb;" , 111 , , August 29 , , @ Memphis, , 1–5, , Savidge, , Bernhard (8–4), , , , Russwood Park , , , , 61–50, , L2 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bbb;" , , , August 30 , , @ Memphis, , 2–2, , , , , , , , Russwood Park , , 5,000 , , 61–50, , L2 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" , 112 , , August 31 , , @ New Orleans , , 2–0 , , Kellum (15–8) , , Bartley , , — , , Athletic Park , , 3,300 , , 62–50 , , W1 , - , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" , 113 , , September 1 , , @ New Orleans , , 1–0 , , Sitton (3–3) , , Fritz , , — , , Athletic Park , , 3,500 , , 63–50 , , W2 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb;" , 114 , , September 2 , , @ New Orleans , , 0–3 , , Breitenstein , , Duggan (15–11) , , — , , Athletic Park , , 3,500 , , 63–51 , , L1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bbb;" , , , September 2 , , @ New Orleans , , 0–0 , , , , , , — , , Athletic Park , , , , 63–51 , , L1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb;" , 115 , , September 3 , , @ Mobile , , 0–1 , , Hickman, , Perdue (13–11) , , — , , Monroe Park , , , , 63–52 , , L2 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" , 116 , , September 3 , , @ Mobile , , 2–0 , , Perdue (14–11), , Hixon, , — , , Monroe Park , , , , 64–52 , , W1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb;" , 117 , , September 5 , , @ Mobile , , 1–4 , , Fisher, , Kellum (15–9), , — , , Monroe Park , , , , 64–53 , , L1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" , 118 , , September 5 , , @ Mobile , , 10–0 , , Hunter (8–5), , , , — , , Monroe Park , , , , 65–53 , , W1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb" , 119 , , September 7 , , Memphis , , 1–4 , , Schwenk , , Sitton (3–4) , , , , Sulphur Dell, , 3,500 , , 65–54 , , L1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" , 120 , , September 7 , , Memphis, , 6–3 , , Duggan (16–11) , , Garrity , , , , Sulphur Dell, , 7,500 , , 66–54 , , W1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" , 121 , , September 8 , , Memphis, , 10–0 , , Perdue (15–11) , , Savidge , , , , Sulphur Dell, , , , 67–54 , , W2 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb" , 122 , , September 9 , , Little Rock, , 2–3, , Hart , , Kellum (15–10) , , , , Sulphur Dell, , , , 67–55, , L1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" , 123 , , September 10 , , Little Rock, , 1–0, , Duggan (17–11) , , Buchanan , , , , Sulphur Dell, , , , 68–55, , W1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" , 124 , , September 11 , , Little Rock, , 20–1, , Sitton (4–4) , , , , , , Sulphur Dell, , , , 69–55, , W2 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" , 125 , , September 12 , , Little Rock, , 11–1, , Perdue (16–11) , , Hart, , , , Sulphur Dell, , , , 70–55, , W3 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" , 126 , , September 14 , , Mobile, , 10–2, , Duggan (18–11) , , Beeker , , , , Sulphur Dell, , , , 71–55, , W4 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" , 127 , , September 15 , , Mobile, , 8–2, , Sitton (5–4) , , Fisher , , , , Sulphur Dell, , , , 72–55, , W5 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb" , 128 , , September 16 , , Mobile , , 10–1 , , Perdue (17–11) , , , , , , Sulphur Dell, , , , 73–55, , W6 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#fbb;" , 129 , , September 17 , , New Orleans , , 1–5 , , Bartley , , Bernhard (8–5), , , , Sulphur Dell, , 5,000 , , 73–56, , L1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" , 130 , , September 18 , , New Orleans , , 6–2 , , Duggan (19–11), , Phillips , , , , Sulphur Dell, , 5,000 , , 74–56, , W1 , - style="text-align:center; background-color:#bfb;" , 131 , , September 19 , , New Orleans , , 1–0 , , Sitton (6–4), , Breitenstein, , , , Sulphur Dell, , 10,700 , , 75–56, , W2 , - , - , ''Legend: = Win = Loss = No decision
Bold = Vols team member''
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Game summaries

April

= Opening day

= Sportswriter and Vanderbilt baseball coach

accompanied the team to Atlanta. President Kuhn ordered a line score hung up on a slate board outside Sulphur Dell, for local fans to follow the game.

June

= Mike McCormick leaves

= On June 15, team captain Mike McCormick had a heated exchange with fans and ultimately abandoned the team. Despite this, the Vols changed the team and went on a winning streak as a result. On June 20 in an 8–0 win over Montgomery, Butler hit a then-rare, outside-the-park home run.

July

= Seventeen inning contest

= The seventeen-inning game on July 9 against Mobile was declared a tie. Both pitchers received praise, and Hamilton Love wrote Perdue "has done more than any one man to hold up the team."

August

= Carl Sitton's debut

= On August 7, Southern Association rookie Sitton debuted against the Crackers, winning a close game 2–1 and striking out eight.

September

= Hub Perdue's doubleheader

= On September 3, Hub Perdue pitched a shutout until the final inning, when he let a run across. He then insisted on pitching the second game of a doubleheader, and pitched a shut-out win.

= John Duggan's no-hitter

= On September 10, Nashville's John Duggan pitched a

no-hitter In baseball, a no-hitter is a game in which a team was not able to record a hit. Major League Baseball (MLB) officially defines a no-hitter as a completed game in which a team that batted in at least nine innings recorded no hits. A pitcher wh ...

, the second in team history, against the

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. Only two Little Rock batters reached base, one via

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and another on a

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. Nashville's Pryor McElveen, who had earlier misplayed the ball at third, drove in Doc Wiseman in the sixth inning for the only

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of the game, a 1–0 win.

= Last game vs. New Orleans

= According to one account, "By one run, by one point, Nashville has won the Southern League pennant, nosing New Orleans out literally by an

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. Saturday's game, which was the deciding one, between Nashville and New Orleans was the greatest exhibition of the national game ever seen in the south and the finish in the league race probably sets a record in baseball history". Carl Sitton's spitball defeated

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1–0 in the "Greatest Game". Sitton pitched a complete-game, nine-strikeout, four-hit, shutout. Nashville scored in the bottom of the seventh inning. With two outs,

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Ed Hurlburt hit a

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. Then Sitton did too. Harry "Deerfoot" Bay bunted perfectly down the third base line to load the bases, Bay's fondest memory in his long baseball career. Doc Wiseman then drove in the winning run. Sitton was thrown out at home after Hurlburt scored. The time of the game was one hour and forty-two minutes.

Standings

Season standings

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Record vs. opponents

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Roster

Twenty-four players competed for the Vols over the course of the season. Of these, Daubert, Butler, Wiseman, Perdue, and Sitton were named by ''

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'' sportswriters

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and George Leonard to an all-time team consisting of top Nashville players from 1901 to 1919.

Player stats

Batting

Starters

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; AB =

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s; R = Runs; H =

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; AVG =

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; SLG =

Slugging percentage In baseball statistics, slugging percentage (SLG) is a measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats, through the following formula, where ''AB'' is the number of at bats for a given player, ...

; SB =

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Others

Pitchers

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Pitching

Starting pitchers

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; W = Wins; L = Losses; W% =

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Other pitchers

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Notes

References

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