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  Chattanooga
 
Harmon Killebrew

Southern League (1885–1895)
Southern Association (1901–1960, 1910–1961)

Nicknames

Lookouts (1985–1886, 1901–1961)
Warriors (1887, 1895)
Chatts (1892)

Where They Played

Stanton Field (1894–1909)
Andrews Field (1910–1929)
Joe Engel Field (1930–1961)

Pennant-Winning Teams


Year  Won  Lost  Pct  Manager 
1932 98 51 0.658 Bert Niehoff
1939 85 65 0.567 Kiki Cuyler
1952 86 66 0.566 Cal Ermer
1961 90 62 0.592 Frank Lucchesi

 

Where They Finished

1st
2nd
3rd
4th
4
1
2
9
7.4% of the time in 1st place
1.9% of the time in 2nd place
3.7% of the time in 3rd place
16.7% of the time in 4th place
    29.7% in the top half 
5th
6th
7th
8th
6
13
12
7
11.1% of the time in 5th place
24.1% of the time in 6th place
22.2% of the time in 7th place
13.0% of the time in 8th place
    70.3% in the bottom half 

            1959  
          1956 1950  
          1953 1944  
          1930 1942  
          1928 1938  
      1958   1926 1937  
      1957 1954 1925 1936 1960
      1947 1935 1924 1927 1951
      1943 1934 1922 1923 1949
      1941 1933 1919 1916 1948
1961     1940 1918 1917 1912 1929
1951   1955 1931 1911 1915 1902 1921
1939   1946 1913 1895 1914 1893 1920
1932 1945 1889 1910 1892 1901 1885 1886
1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th 


Notable Managers


Name  Years  Won  Lost  Pct  Pennants 
Sam Strang 1919–1922,
1924–1925
363 537 .403  
Bert Niehoff 1931–1933,
1945–1947
494 405 .550 1
Kiki Cuyler 1939–1941 236 220 .508 1
Cal Ermer 1952–1957 473 445 .515 1
Frank Lucchesi 1961 90 62 .562 1

Notable Players


19th Century


None  

1900 – 1909

None  

1910 - 1919

Harry Coveleski
George Cunningham
Tom Daly
Ira Flagstead
Joe Harris
Hamilton Hyatt
William Jacobson
Baby Doll Jackson
Rube Marshall
Roy Moran
Harry McCormick

1920 – 1929


John Anderson
Wally Daeneill
Eddie Lewis
 

1930 – 1939


Richard Bass
Clyde Barfoot
Stan Benjamin
Bill Blayne
Elliott Bigelow
John Gill
Richard Lanahan
John Mihalic
Bill Nicholson
Fred Sington
Cecil Travis
Frank Waddey

1940 – 1949


Earl Boyard
Cal Chapman
Gil Coan
Mike Dejan
William Kennedy
Rene Monteagudo
Bobo Newsom
Lou Polli
John Sanford
Earl Wooten

1950 – 1960


Robert Allison
Ralph "Country" Brown
Ellis Clary
Crawford Davidson
Don Grate
Roy Hawes
Jim Kaat
Harmon Killebrew
Jim Lemon
Jesse Levan
Anton Roig
Stan Roseboro
Al Sima


Photo Gallery/Memorabilia

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Links

Engel Stadium

For More Information Contact

Dan Creed
David Jenkins
Stephen Martini