| 1908 Nashville Vols | |
|---|---|
| Southern Association champions | |
 Team photo | |
| League | Southern Association |
| Ballpark | Sulphur Dell |
| City | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Record | 75–56 (.573) |
| League place | 1st |
| President | Ferdinand E. Kuhn |
| Manager | Bill Bernhard |
The 1908 Nashville Vols season was the 15th season of minor league baseball in Nashville, Tennessee, and the Nashville Vols' 8th season in the Southern Association.[1] The Vols finished the previous season in last place, but this year won the league pennant, by defeating he New Orleans Pelicans 1-0 on the last day of the season in a game dubbed by Grantland Rice "The Greatest Game Ever Played In Dixie."[2][3][4]
This is also the season Rice dubbed the ballpark Sulphur Dell.[5] The team's player-manager was Bill Bernhard.[6][7] The team featured just two players from Tennessee: Pryor McElveen and Hub Perdue. First baseman Jake Daubert led the league in home runs with six.[8]
- ^ "Nashville, Tennessee Encyclopedia". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
- ^ The Reach Official American League Base Ball Guide For 1908. A.J. Reach Company. 1908. p. 215.
- ^ Simpson, John A. (2007). The Greatest Game Ever Played In Dixie. ISBN 9780786430505.
- ^ Simpson, John A. (2013). Hub Perdue: Clown Prince of the Mound. ISBN 978-0786472253.
- ^ "Sports writer Grantland Rice credited with Sulphur Dell moniker". The Tennessean.
- ^ Nipper, Skip (February 10, 2007). Baseball in Nashville. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738543918 – via Google Books.
- ^ "History of baseball at Sulphur Dell". The Tennessean.
- ^ "1908 Southern League (SL) minor league baseball Leaders on StatsCrew.com".