List of Nashville Vols no-hitters

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Tom Rogers, pitched a nine-inning perfect game for the Nashville Vols on July 11, 1916.

The Nashville Vols were a Minor League Baseball team that played in Nashville, Tennessee, from 1901 to 1963.[1] They were established as charter members of the newly organized Southern Association in 1901.[2] Known as the Nashville Baseball Club for their first seven seasons, the team did not receive their official moniker, the Nashville Volunteers, until 1908.[3] However, the team was, and is, commonly referred to as the Vols. Their final season in the Southern Association was 1961.[1] After sitting out the 1962 season, Nashville returned for a final campaign as a part of the South Atlantic League in 1963.[1]

Over the Vols' 62 seasons of play, its pitchers pitched seven no-hitters, which includes one perfect game. A no-hit game occurs when a pitcher (or pitchers) allows no hits over the course of a game.[4] A perfect game, a much rarer feat, occurs when no batters reach base by a hit or any other means, such as a walk, hit by pitch, or error.[4] The feats were accomplished by a total of seven different pitchers.[5] Four occurred at Nashville's home ballpark, Athletic Park, better known as Sulphur Dell from 1908.[6] Three were pitched in road games. Six occurred while the team was a member of the Southern Association and one as a member of the South Atlantic League.

The team's first no-hitter was Bill Dammann's 8–0 win over the Shreveport Giants at Nashville's Athletic Park on July 9, 1902, in a rain-shortend 5-inning game.[5] The second was thrown by John Duggan on September 10, 1908.[5] The third was pitched by Charlie Case on August 31, 1909.[5] On July 11, 1916, Tom Rogers pitched the first and only perfect game in team history. In all, Rogers struck out 4 of the 27 Chattanooga Lookouts batters he faced.[7] The fifth no-hitter was pitched by Zeke Lohman on July 25, 1920.[5] The sixth occurred nearly 30 years later on July 21, 1951, when Umberto Flammini fired a no-hitter against the Atlanta Crackers.[5] The seventh and final no-hit game was Edward Kikla's gem on July 17, 1963.[5]

No-hitters[]

Table key
Score Game score with Vols runs listed first
BR Number of base runners by the opposing team
(#) Number of innings in a game that was shorter or longer than 9 innings
£ Pitcher was left-handed
Perfect game Perfect game
No-hitters
No. Date Pitcher Score BR Opponent Location Catcher Notes Ref.
1 July 9, 1902 Bill Dammann£ 8–0 (5) 5 Shreveport Giants Athletic Park Ike Fisher
  • First Vols no-hitter
  • First Vols no-hitter at Athletic Park (later Sulphur Dell)
  • First Vols no-hitter by a left-handed pitcher
  • Largest margin of victory in a Vols no-hitter (tie; 8 runs)
 [8]
2 September 10, 1908 John Duggan 1–0 2 Little Rock Travelers Sulphur Dell Ed Hurlburt
  • First Vols no-hitter by a right-handed pitcher
  • Smallest margin of victory in a Vols no-hitter (tie; 1 run)
 [9]
3 August 31, 1909 Charlie Case 1–0 7 New Orleans Pelicans Pelican Park James Seabough
  • First Vols no-hitter in a road game
  • Shortest interval between no-hitters in franchise history
    (11 months and 21 days)
  • Smallest margin of victory in a Vols no-hitter (tie; 1 run)
 [10]
4 July 11, 1916 Tom RogersPerfect game 2–0 0 Chattanooga Lookouts Sulphur Dell Gabby Street [11]
5 July 25, 1920 Zeke Lohman 6–0 (7) 3 Atlanta Crackers Sulphur Dell Bubber Jonnard [12]
6 July 21, 1951 Umberto Flammini£ 2–0 1 Atlanta Crackers Ponce de Leon Park Bob Brady
  • Longest interval between no-hitters in franchise history
    (30 years, 11 months, and 26 days)
 [13]
7 July 17, 1963 Edward Kikla£ 8–0 (7) 3 Augusta Yankees Jennings Stadium Ray Bond [14]

References[]

Specific
  1. ^ a b c "Nashville, Tennessee Encyclopedia". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
  2. ^ Weiss, Bill; Wright, Marshall (2001). "Top 100 Teams". Minor League Baseball. Retrieved September 11, 2015.
  3. ^ "'Volunteers' is the New Name for Nashville's Baseball Club". The Nashville American. Nashville. February 29, 1908. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ a b "MLB Miscellany: Rules, Regulations and Statistics". Major League Baseball. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g McGill, Chuck. "Minor League No-Hitters". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  6. ^ Nipper, Skip (January 14, 2015). "Grantland Rice Named "Sulphur Dell" On This Day". 262 Down Right. Archived from the original on February 2, 2015. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
  7. ^ "Tom Rogers' Perfect Game - July 11, 1916" (PDF). 2015 Nashville Sounds Media Guide. Nashville Sounds. 2015. p. 204. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 7, 2015. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  8. ^ "Rain Could Not Save Shreveport". The Nashville American. Nashville. July 10, 1902. p. 6.
  9. ^ "No Hit Game for J. Duggan". Nashville Banner. Nashville. September 11, 1908. p. 12.
  10. ^ "No-Hit No-Run Game Pitched". The Nashville American. Nashville. September 1, 1909. p. 8.
  11. ^ "Perfect Game by Tom Rogers". Nashville Banner. Nashville. July 12, 1916. p. 10.
  12. ^ Horn, Blinkey (July 26, 1920). "Zeke Lohman Hurls Fourth No-Hit Game of Year in Dixie". The Tennessean. Nashville. p. 6.
  13. ^ "Flammini Foils Crax with No-Hitter". The Tennessean. Nashville. July 22, 1951. p. 19-A.
  14. ^ "Vols' Kikla No-Hits Augusta". The Tennessean. Nashville. July 18, 1963. p. 48.
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