[3] The team sat out the 1962 campaign but returned for a final season in the South Atlantic League in 1963 before ceasing operations altogether.
Across 27 seasons, they served as a farm club for six major league franchises: the New York Giants (1934–1935, 1952–1954),[6] Cincinnati Reds (1936–1937, 1955–1960),[7] Brooklyn Dodgers (1938–1940),[8] Chicago Cubs (1943–1951),[9] Minnesota Twins (1961),[10] and Los Angeles Angels (1963).
[3] Twenty-four of the team's players distinguished themselves after their playing time in Nashville by winning a Major League Baseball award, being named to a major league All-Star team, or being elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Twenty-one alumni were selected to play in the Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
Kiki Cuyler and Waite Hoyt were elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.