The Nashville Cubs were a
Negro league baseball team that played in the minor league
Negro Southern League from 1945 to 1951.
The club was originally called the Nashville Black Vols, named after the all-white
Nashville Vols
The Nashville Vols were a Minor League Baseball team that played in Nashville, Tennessee, from 1901 to 1963. Known only as the Nashville Baseball Club during their first seven seasons, they were officially named the Nashville Volunteers (often sh ...
of the minor league
Southern Association
The Southern Association was a higher-level minor league in American organized baseball from 1901 through 1961. For most of its existence, the Southern Association was two steps below the Major Leagues; it was graded Class A (1902–1935), Cla ...
, but changed to the Cubs moniker in 1946. They were located in
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the most populous city in the state, 21st most-populous city in the U.S., and ...
, for the majority of their existence, but split part of the 1950 season between Nashville and
Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville ( , , ) is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 28th most-populous city in the United States. Louisville is the historical seat and, since 2003, the nominal seat of Jefferson County, on the Indiana border ...
, where they played as the Louisville Cubs.
[ While in Nashville, they played their home games at Sulphur Dell.][ The 1949 team won the second half of the season.][
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