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Southern League (1886–1895)
Southern Association (1901–1960)

Nicknames

Americans (1885–1886)
Blues (1887)
Tigers (1893–1894)
Seraphs (1895)
Volunteers (1901, 1903)
Grey Sox (1902)
Vols (1904–1960)

Where They Played

Sulphur Spring Bottom (1865)
Athletic Park (1865–1906)
Sulphur Dell (1906–1960)

Pennant-Winning Teams

Year  Won  Lost  Pct  Manager 
1901 78 45 .634 Newt Fischer
1902 82 42 .661 Newt Fischer
1908 75 56 .573 Bill Bernhardt
1916 84 54 .609 Roy Ellam
1940 101 47 .682 Larry Gilbert
1943 83 55 .601 Larry Gilbert
1948 95 58 .621 Larry Gilbert
1949 95 57 .625 Rollie Hemsley


Where They Finished


1st
2nd
3rd
4th
8
8
9
7
12.9% of the time in 1st place
12.9% of the time in 2nd place
14.5% of the time in 3rd place
11.3% of the time in 4th place
    51.6% in the top half 
5th
6th
7th
8th
11
6
9
4
17.7% of the time in 5th place
9.7% of the time in 6th place
14.5% of the time in 7th place
6.5% of the time in 8th place
    48.4% in the bottom half 

   

 

 
  1958      
    1959   1955      
  1953 1957   1951   1956  
1949 1942 1953 1935 1946   1945  
1948 1941 1950 1932 1937 1961 1930  
1943 1938 1947 1927 1915 1960 1922  
1940 1936 1944 1926 1914 1954 1920 1931
1916 1934 1939 1924 1912 1952 1918 1928
1908 1929 1933 1915 1910 1923 1913 1919
1902 1909 1925 1911 1904 1921 1906 1907
1901 1895 1886 1887 1903 1894 1905 1893
1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th 


Notable Managers


Name  Years  Won  Lost  Pct  Pennants 
Newt Fischer 1901–1904 292 216 .575 2
Bill Bernhardt 1908–1910 221 187 .542 1
William Schwartz 1911–1915 350 360 .492  
Roy Ellam 1916–1920 311 339 .478 1
James Hamilton 1923–1927 401 361 .526  
Larry Gilbert 1940–1948 821 660 .554 3


Notable Players

19th Century

Charles Marr
Len Sowders
 

1900 – 1909

Ed Abbaticchio
Harry Bay
Justin Beckett
Jake Daubert
Hugh Hill
Steve Norcum
Hub Perdue
Guy Sample

1910 - 1919

Dave Callahan
Claude Jonnard
Pete Kniseley
Tex McDonald
Tom Rogers
Kitty Wickham
Gus Williams
Julius "Doc" Wiseman
Del Young

1920 – 1929


Albert "Dutch" Bernsen
Kiki Cuyler
Benny Frey
Oscar Fuhr
Jim Poole
Charles Tolson
Dick Wade

1930 – 1939


John "Moose" Clabaugh
William Crouch
Willie Duke
Joe Dwyer
Bert Haas
Stan Keyes
Hank Leiber
Jay Partridge
Jim Poole
Murl Prather
Jake Reid
Lance Richbourg
Bill Roda
Byron Speece
Doug Taitt
Phil Weintraub

1940 – 1949


Ace Adams
Buster Boguskie
Robert Boken
Bob Borkowski
Charley Brewster
Smokey Burgess
Gus Dugas
Charles English
Les Fleming
Charley Gilbert
Tookie Gilbert
Mel Hicks
Oris Hockett
George Jeffcoat
Garman Mallory
Russ Meers
Arnold Moser
Robert McCall
Cletus Poffenberger
Ed Sauer
Carl Sawatski
Boyd Tepler
Ben Wade
Charles Workman

1950 – 1960


Babe Barna
Bob Boring
Charles Coles
James Constable
James Fridley
John Harshman
Robert Hatzle
Bob Hazle
Bob Kelly
Robert Lennon
Bob Ludwig
Joe Margoneri
Thomas Neill
James O'Toole
Stan Palys
Rance Pless
Robert Schultz
William Taylor
Charles Williams
Al Worthington

Photo Gallery/Memorabilia

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Links

Sulphur Dell

For More Information Contact

Skip Nipper
Tony Roberts