| Nashville Cubs | |
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| Information | |
| League | Negro Southern League |
| Location | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Ballpark | Sulphur Dell |
| Established | 1945 |
| Disbanded | 1951 |
| Nickname(s) |
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The Nashville Cubs were a Negro league baseball team that played in the minor league Negro Southern League from 1945 to 1951. [1] The club was originally called the Nashville Black Vols, named after the all-white Nashville Vols of the minor league Southern Association, but changed to the Cubs moniker in 1946. [2] They were located in Nashville, Tennessee, for the majority of their existence, but split part of the 1950 season between Nashville and Louisville, Kentucky, where they played as the Louisville Cubs. [1] While in Nashville, they played their home games at Sulphur Dell. [3] The Black Vols finished the 1945 season in fourth place with an 18–16 (.529) record. [1] The 1949 team won the second half of the season. [1]
References
- ^ a b c d "Negro Southern League (1920–1951)" (PDF). Center for Negro League Baseball Research. January 1, 2010. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
- ^ Tedesco, Marie. "Negro Leagues Baseball". The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture. Tennessee Historical Society, Nashville, Tennessee. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
- ^ Nipper, Skip (December 12, 2013). "Baseball Shrines". 262 Down Right. Archived from the original on February 2, 2015. Retrieved February 1, 2015.
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| Nashville Cubs | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| League | Negro Southern League |
| Location | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Ballpark | Sulphur Dell |
| Established | 1945 |
| Disbanded | 1951 |
| Nickname(s) |
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The Nashville Cubs were a Negro league baseball team that played in the minor league Negro Southern League from 1945 to 1951. [1] The club was originally called the Nashville Black Vols, named after the all-white Nashville Vols of the minor league Southern Association, but changed to the Cubs moniker in 1946. [2] They were located in Nashville, Tennessee, for the majority of their existence, but split part of the 1950 season between Nashville and Louisville, Kentucky, where they played as the Louisville Cubs. [1] While in Nashville, they played their home games at Sulphur Dell. [3] The Black Vols finished the 1945 season in fourth place with an 18–16 (.529) record. [1] The 1949 team won the second half of the season. [1]
References
- ^ a b c d "Negro Southern League (1920–1951)" (PDF). Center for Negro League Baseball Research. January 1, 2010. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
- ^ Tedesco, Marie. "Negro Leagues Baseball". The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture. Tennessee Historical Society, Nashville, Tennessee. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
- ^ Nipper, Skip (December 12, 2013). "Baseball Shrines". 262 Down Right. Archived from the original on February 2, 2015. Retrieved February 1, 2015.
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| This article about a baseball team in Tennessee is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
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| This Negro league baseball team article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- Negro league baseball teams
- Baseball teams established in 1945
- Sports clubs and teams disestablished in 1951
- Sports in Nashville, Tennessee
- Professional baseball teams in Tennessee
- 1945 establishments in Tennessee
- 1951 disestablishments in Tennessee
- Defunct baseball teams in Tennessee
- Baseball teams disestablished in 1951
- Southern United States baseball team stubs
- Tennessee sport stubs
- Negro league baseball team stubs