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| Monday, April 5, 1897 || Zanesville || <center>1</center> || <center>1</center> || Baldwin Park || [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-and-tribune-1897apr05-zane/190330696/ ''Journal and Tribune'' – April 5, 1897] || [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-and-tribune-1897apr06-ut-t/190331163/ ''Journal and Tribune'' – April 6, 1897]
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| Tuesday, April 6, 1897 || Zanesville || <center>9</center> || <center>7</center> || Baldwin Park || [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-and-tribune-1897apr06-ut-t/190331163/ ''Journal and Tribune'' – April 6, 1897]  || [https://www.newspapers.com/article/knoxville-sentinel-1897apr07-ut-loses/39697983/ ''Knoxville Sentinel'' – April 7, 1897]
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| Wednesday, April 7, 1897 || Zanesville || <center>5</center> || <center>4</center> || Baldwin Park || [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-and-tribune-1897apr07-ut-p/35572760/ ''Journal and Tribune'' – April 7, 1897] || [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-and-tribune-1897apr08-ut-p/35572865/ ''Knoxville Sentinel'' – April 8, 1897]
 
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| Friday, April 7, 1905 || Cincinnati Reds || <center>11</center> || <center>1</center> || Baker-Himel Field || [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108585735/1905apr07-cincy-reds-in-knoxville-to/ ''Knoxville Sentinel'' – April 7, 1905] || [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108585412/1905apr08-cincy-reds-defeat-ut/ ''Knoxville Sentinel'' – April 8, 1905]  
 
| Friday, April 7, 1905 || Cincinnati Reds || <center>11</center> || <center>1</center> || Baker-Himel Field || [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108585735/1905apr07-cincy-reds-in-knoxville-to/ ''Knoxville Sentinel'' – April 7, 1905] || [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108585412/1905apr08-cincy-reds-defeat-ut/ ''Knoxville Sentinel'' – April 8, 1905]  
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| Friday, April 12, 1918 || Pittsburgh Pirates || <center>15</center> || <center>0</center> || Wait Field || [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/43144001/1918_pirates_to_play_ut_in_exhibition/ ''Journal and Tribune'' – April 12, 1918] || [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/43144219/1918_pirates_defeat_ut_150/ ''Knoxville Sentinel'' – April 13, 1918]
 
| Friday, April 12, 1918 || Pittsburgh Pirates || <center>15</center> || <center>0</center> || Wait Field || [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/43144001/1918_pirates_to_play_ut_in_exhibition/ ''Journal and Tribune'' – April 12, 1918] || [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/43144219/1918_pirates_defeat_ut_150/ ''Knoxville Sentinel'' – April 13, 1918]
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| Tuesday, April 8, 1919 || Chattanooga Lookouts || <center>12</center> || <center>4</center> || Wait Field || [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-and-tribune-1919apr08-chat/190327354/ ''Journal and Tribune'' – April 8, 1919] || [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-commercial-appeal-1919apr09-chatta/190326957/ ''The Commecial Appeal'' – April 15, 1920]
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| Wednesday, April 14, 1920 || Akron Internationals || <center>3</center> || <center>1</center> || Chilhowee Park || [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-and-tribune-1920apr14-vols/190329098/ ''Journal and Tribune'' – April 14, 1920] || [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-and-tribune-1920apr15-ut-v/39062908/ ''Journal and Tribune'' – April 15, 1919]
 
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| Friday, April 6, 1921 * || New York Giants (2nd team) || <center>11</center> || <center>7</center> || Caswell Park || [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75226435/1921apr06-ny-giants-2nd-team-to/ ''Journal and Tribune'' – April 6, 1921] || [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75226238/1921apr07-ny-giants-2nd-team-beats/ ''Journal and Tribune'' – April 7, 1921]
 
| Friday, April 6, 1921 * || New York Giants (2nd team) || <center>11</center> || <center>7</center> || Caswell Park || [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75226435/1921apr06-ny-giants-2nd-team-to/ ''Journal and Tribune'' – April 6, 1921] || [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75226238/1921apr07-ny-giants-2nd-team-beats/ ''Journal and Tribune'' – April 7, 1921]
 
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| Wednesday, May 1, 2002 || Tennessee Smokies || <center>5</center> || <center>4</center> || Smokies Park || ||  
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| Wednesday, May 1, 2002 || Tennessee Smokies || <center>5</center> || <center>4</center> || Smokies Park || [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-knoxville-news-sentinel-2002apr30/190329451/ ''The Knoxville News-Sentinel'' - April 30, 2002] || [https://www.newspapers.com/image/776118538/?clipping_id=190329984 ''The Knoxville News-Sentinel'' - May 2, 2002]
 
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| Wednesday, April 30, 2003 || Tennessee Smokies || <center>8</center> || <center>6</center> || Smokies Park ||  ||  
 
| Wednesday, April 30, 2003 || Tennessee Smokies || <center>8</center> || <center>6</center> || Smokies Park ||  ||  
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> The UT Media Guide lists two games played on April 5 and 6, 1921, against the New York Giants.  My research shows a single game on the 6th.
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> The 2025 UT Media Guide lists two games played on April 5 and 6, 1921, against the New York Giants.  My research shows a single game on the 6th.
  
 
== Credit ==
 
== Credit ==

Revision as of 17:36, 2 February 2026

UT vs Professional Teams - exhibition games

Professional baseball teams, on their way back home from Spring Training, would sometimes stop in Knoxville to play the Volunteers. In more recent times the local minor league club played the Vols.

Date Visiting Team Pro Score UT Score Field Pregame Story Postgame Story
Monday, April 5, 1897 Zanesville
1
1
 Baldwin Park Journal and Tribune – April 5, 1897 Journal and Tribune – April 6, 1897
Tuesday, April 6, 1897 Zanesville
9
7
 Baldwin Park Journal and Tribune – April 6, 1897 Knoxville Sentinel – April 7, 1897
Wednesday, April 7, 1897 Zanesville
5
4
 Baldwin Park Journal and Tribune – April 7, 1897 Knoxville Sentinel – April 8, 1897
Friday, April 7, 1905 Cincinnati Reds
11
1
 Baker-Himel Field Knoxville Sentinel – April 7, 1905 Knoxville Sentinel – April 8, 1905
Saturday, March 27, 1909 Cincinnati Reds
2
0
 Wait Field Knoxville Sentinel – March 27, 1909 Journal and Tribune – March 28, 1909
Saturday, April 2, 1910 Brooklyn Dodgers
6
5
 Wait Field Journal and Tribune – April 2, 1910 Journal and Tribune – April 3, 1910
Wednesday, April 6, 1910 Boston Doves
11
6
 Wait Field Knoxville Sentinel – April 6, 1910 Knoxville Sentinel – April 7, 1910
Saturday, April 1, 1911 Brooklyn Dodgers
17
3
 Wait Field Knoxville Sentinel – April 1, 1911 Journal and Tribune – April 2, 1911
Friday, March 21, 1913 St. Louis Nationals
17
0
 Chilhowee Park Journal and Tribune – March 21, 1913 Journal and Tribune – March 22, 1913
Monday, March 31, 1913 Philadelphia A’s
9
2
 Chilhowee Park Journal and Tribune – March 31, 1913 Journal and Tribune – April 1, 1913
Friday, April 9, 1915 New York Giants
8
1
 Chilhowee Park Knoxville Sentinel – April 8, 1915 Knoxville Sentinel – April 9, 1915
Tuesday, April 4, 1916 Philadelphia A’s
6
0
 Chilhowee Park Journal and Tribune – April 4, 1916 Journal and Tribune – April 5, 1916
Friday, April 12, 1918 Pittsburgh Pirates
15
0
 Wait Field Journal and Tribune – April 12, 1918 Knoxville Sentinel – April 13, 1918
Tuesday, April 8, 1919 Chattanooga Lookouts
12
4
 Wait Field Journal and Tribune – April 8, 1919 The Commecial Appeal – April 15, 1920
Wednesday, April 14, 1920 Akron Internationals
3
1
 Chilhowee Park Journal and Tribune – April 14, 1920 Journal and Tribune – April 15, 1919
Friday, April 6, 1921 * New York Giants (2nd team)
11
7
 Caswell Park Journal and Tribune – April 6, 1921 Journal and Tribune – April 7, 1921
Wednesday, May 1, 2002 Tennessee Smokies
5
4
 Smokies Park The Knoxville News-Sentinel - April 30, 2002 The Knoxville News-Sentinel - May 2, 2002
Wednesday, April 30, 2003 Tennessee Smokies
8
6
 Smokies Park
Tuesday, April 4, 2006 Tennessee Smokies
8
0
 Smokies Park

* The 2025 UT Media Guide lists two games played on April 5 and 6, 1921, against the New York Giants. My research shows a single game on the 6th.

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