List of Nashville Vols no-hitters

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

The Nashville Vols minor league baseball team was established in 1901 in Nashville, Tennessee. The Nashville Baseball Club, as it was known through 1907, was formed as a charter member of the newly organized Class B Southern Association in 1901.[1] The team did not receive their official moniker, the Nashville Volunteers, until 1908.[2] However, the team was, and is, commonly referred to as the Vols. Their last season in the Southern Association was 1961. After sitting out the 1962 season, the Vols returned for a final season as a part of the South Atlantic League in 1963.[3] During the Vols' 62 seasons of play, its pitchers pitched seven no-hitters, which includes one perfect game. The feats were accomplished by a total of seven different pitchers.[4][5] Four are known to have occurred at Nashville's home ballpark, Athletic Park, better known as Sulphur Dell from 1908.[6] Three 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 5–0 win over the Shreveport Giants at Nashville's Athletic Park on July 9, 1902.[4] The second was thrown by John Duggan on September 10, 1908.[4] The third was pitched by Charlie Case on August 31, 1909.[4] On July 11, 1916, Tom Rogers pitched the first and only perfect game in Vols franchise history. In all, Rogers struck out 4 of the 27 Chattanooga Lookouts batters he faced.[5] The fifth no-hitter was pitched by Zeke Lohman on July 25, 1920.[4] The sixth occurred nearly 30 years later on July 21, 1951, when Umberto Flammini fired a no-hitter against the Atlanta Crackers.[4] The eighth and final no-hit game was Edward Kikla's gem on July 17, 1963.[4]

Table key

Score
Game score with Vols runs listed first
(#)
Number of innings in a game that was shorter or longer than 9 innings
Indicates a perfect game
£
Pitcher was left-handed

No-hitters

Date Pitcher Score Opponent Location Notes Ref
July 9, 1902 Dammann, BillBill Dammann£ 8–0 (5) Shreveport Giants Athletic Park
  • 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)
 [4]
September 10, 1908 John Duggan 1–0 Little Rock Travelers Sulphur Dell
  • First Vols no-hitter by a right-handed pitcher
  • Smallest margin of victory in a Vols no-hitter (tie)
 [4]
August 31, 1909 Case, CharlieCharlie Case 1–0 New Orleans Pelicans Pelican Park
  • First Vols no-hitter in a road game
  • Shortest interval between no-hitters in franchise history
  • Smallest margin of victory in a Vols no-hitter (tie)
 [4]
July 11, 1916 Rogers, TomTom Rogers 2–0 Chattanooga Lookouts Sulphur Dell [4]
July 25, 1920 Zeke Lohman 6–0 (7) Atlanta Crackers Sulphur Dell [4]
July 21, 1951 Umberto Flammini£ 2–0 Atlanta Crackers Unknown
  • Longest interval between no-hitters in franchise history
 [4]
July 17, 1963 Edward Kikla£ 8–0 (7) Augusta Yankees Unknown
  • Largest margin of victory in a Vols no-hitter (tie)
 [4]

References

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Specific
  1. ↑ Traughber, Bill (May 23, 2011). "Looking Back: The 1901 Nashville Vols". Nashville Sounds. Minor League Baseball. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
  2. ↑ Nipper, Skip (October 1, 2013). "Name That Team". 262 Down Right. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  3. ↑ Weiss, Bill; Wright, Marshall (2001). "Top 100 Teams". Minor League Baseball. Retrieved September 11, 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 McGill, Chuck. "Minor League No-Hitters". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Tom Rogers' Perfect Game - July 11, 1916" (PDF). 2015 Nashville Sounds Media Guide. Nashville Sounds. 2015. p. 204. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  6. ↑ Nipper, Skip (January 14, 2015). "Grantland Rice Named "Sulphur Dell" On This Day". 262 Down Right. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
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