Nashville Elite Giants
The Elite Giants played four seasons in Nashville at a recorded 81-116, resting on surviving box scores rather than a complete count. Tom Wilson, a Nashville businessman, owned the club and built Wilson Park for it in 1929 — one of the few Negro Leagues grounds its own club owned.
The Depression made a southern club with northern travel costs unworkable, and it moved: to Cleveland, then Columbus, then Washington, and to Baltimore in 1938, where it stayed and won a playoff the following year. This archive holds the Baltimore club separately.
One Hall of Famer played here, Ray Dandridge, who joined at nineteen and is regarded as the best third baseman the Negro leagues had. Candy Jim Taylor managed the last season.
Season by season
| Year | Club | W | L | Pct | Finish | Result | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | Nashville Elite Giants | 20 | 53 | .274 | 8 | — | — |
| 1932 | Nashville Elite Giants | 24 | 22 | .522 | 3 | — | — |
| 1933 | Nashville Elite Giants | 20 | 18 | .526 | 3 | — | — |
| 1934 | Nashville Elite Giants | 17 | 23 | .425 | 5 | — | — |
| Total | 4 seasons | 81 | 116 | .411 | — | 0 World Series | — |