Consequently, the once robust attendance at Athletic Park declined as the season progressed, eventually putting the team in such dire financial condition that Sullivan surrendered the franchise to the league.

[3] The club suffered financially from poor attendance throughout the season to the extent that they chose to withdraw from the league and disband on August 6 after losing nearly US$18,000 in an effort to cut their losses.

[7] New franchises were issued to Augusta, Charleston, Nashville, and Savannah, which joined the existing circuit consisting of Atlanta, Birmingham, Chattanooga, Memphis, Mobile, Montgomery, Macon, and New Orleans.

The Nashvilles were variously referred to as the "Hibernians", owing to Sullivan's Irish heritage, and the "Bluffers", the nickname of spring training player Josh Conley.

The Tigers came back with a seven-run second inning, giving the home team all the runs they needed to secure their first win of the season, 8–4, before a crowd of approximately 1,200 people.

[52] Despite Sullivan's assurance that the team would move out of the cellar and into the pennant chase, they ended the homestand on June 2 having won 10 games and lost 12, a marginal improvement, standing at 16–23 (.410).

[53] Sullivan was criticized by the Nashville press for drawing the highest attendance in the Southern League while having one of the worst on-field performances and cheapest payrolls.

[58] Center fielder Paul Hines, added on May 24,[59] was released four days later due to his poor hitting and fielding along with second baseman Mack,[60][61] whose indifferent play lost ball games and irked fans.

[73] Though he attempted to strengthen the team with new players, Sullivan had a habit of signing men who were released by other dissatisfied Southern League clubs.

[81] Sullivan wrote The Daily American with a letter to fans expressing regret for the Tigers' first half performance and pledging to assemble an aggregation of players for the second series of which the city could be proud.

Still tied after nine innings, the Tigers went up 8–7 in the top of the tenth, but allowed two Memphis runs to score in the bottom half, losing 9–8, before a scant audience of about 500 people.

Sullivan deemed the club a financial failure, blaming the hardships and injuries incurred by his players for poor turnout and, consequently, low profits.

B. Nicklin decreed that either the parties come to terms for the sale before the Tigers left on their next road trip or the Southern League would assume control of the franchise and operate it through the season's close.

[96] Owing to returning fan enthusiasm, the Olympic Theatre planned to resume providing descriptions of road games, and the Climax Saloon on Cherry Street (Fourth Avenue North) would begin doing the same.

[105] While at Montgomery, the Tigers were left waiting for President Nicklin to send the necessary funds to cover their boarding expenses, salaries, and train tickets to the next series in New Orleans.

[105] So, they used local amateur Frank LaCourage in left field for the three-game series and acquired King Bailey, previously of the Pelicans, who pitched the first game of a July 30 doubleheader.

[112] The death of the league was blamed on the circuit being too large with its cities too far apart, an awkward schedule with month-long homestands and road trips, poor attendance, high player salaries, and an outbreak of yellow fever resulting in the quarantining of the Pensacola team.

[117] In late August 1893, George Stallings, manager of the Augusta club, came to Nashville to explore the prospect of acquiring the forfeited Southern League franchise and returning it to the city for the next season.

[148] In the next afternoon's game, it looked like the Tigers would be victorious, holding a 10–9 lead in the ninth, but two Memphis runs resulted in an 11–10 loss for the home team.

[153] To make matters worse, Collopy, playing through illness, was hit in the head by a pitched ball on April 19 at Mobile leaving him bedridden and under a physician's care.

[155] He also acquired the pitcher Peralto, who tossed a gem of a game against the Savannah Modocs in his April 24 debut, allowing only two hits and no earned runs in a tough-luck 3–1 loss.

[157] By the end of April, sitting in seventh place out of eight teams with a 4–10 (.286) record, the Nashville club started to resemble the previous season's Tigers.

[165] Peralto was released on May 14 on the heels of several bad outings as Stallings had no time to develop the twirler; he needed pitchers who were already playing at a professional level.

[179] The Nashville Banner supposed that the club had a good chance of winning the pennant or at least landing near the top of the standings at the season's end if they kept up the pace.

[196] Fifty-four large electric lights were placed around Athletic Park to illuminate the field, and the baseball was covered with phosphorus to aid visibility.

[201] Adding to the novelty of a night game, players marched onto the field wearing burlesque costumes that included ballet outfits, loud suits, dresses, wigs, and bonnets.

[200] The estimated 4,000 fans in attendance were entertained by antics such as base runners leading fielders on a chase through dark regions of the outfield and climbing up a light pole to avoid being tagged out.

[2] Located in Sulphur Springs Bottom, the land had hitherto been little more than solely a baseball field and required improvements to make it suitable for professional teams.

[210] The main Jackson Street entrance led past the ticket booth and into the grandstand's reserved seats behind home plate and a screen backstop.

[64][220] The Nashvilles wore different uniforms for the 1894 season described by The American as "consisting of a light golden-brown shirt and trousers, with seal-brown caps, belts, and stockings".