List of Nashville Vols no-hitters

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]

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

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
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 [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 Rogers 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. "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. "MLB Miscellany: Rules, Regulations and Statistics". Major League Baseball. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  5. 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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