Nashville Sounds




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Nashville Sounds
Founded in 1978
Nashville, Tennessee









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Team logo Cap insignia
Class-level
Current
Triple-A (1985–present)
Previous
Double-A (1978–1984)
Minor league affiliations
League
Pacific Coast League (1998–present)
Conference American Conference
Division Northern Division
Previous leagues



  • American Association (1985–1997)


  • Southern League (1978–1984)
Major league affiliations
Current
Texas Rangers (from 2019)
Previous



  • Oakland Athletics (2015–2018)


  • Milwaukee Brewers (2005–2014)


  • Pittsburgh Pirates (1998–2004)


  • Chicago White Sox (1993–1997)


  • Cincinnati Reds (1987–1992)


  • Detroit Tigers (1985–1986)


  • New York Yankees (1980–1984)


  • Cincinnati Reds (1978–1979)
Minor league titles
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(3)

  • 1979

  • 1982

  • 2005
Conference titles
(2)

  • 2003

  • 2005
Division titles
(10)

  • 1979

  • 1981

  • 1982

  • 1990

  • 1993

  • 2003

  • 2005

  • 2006

  • 2007

  • 2016
Second half titles
(6)

  • 1979

  • 1980

  • 1981

  • 1982

  • 1983

  • 1984
Team data
Nickname Nashville Sounds (1978–present)
Colors Red, white, navy[1]
              
Mascot Booster
Ballpark
First Tennessee Park (2015–present)
Previous parks
Herschel Greer Stadium (1978–2014)
Owner(s)/
Operator(s)
 MFP Baseball / Nashville Sounds Baseball Club
Manager Jason Wood
General Manager Adam Nuse
Media
MiLB.TV and ALT 97.5 FM

The Nashville Sounds are a Minor League Baseball team of the Pacific Coast League (PCL) and the Triple-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers. They are located in Nashville, Tennessee, and are named for the city's association with the music industry. The team plays its home games at First Tennessee Park which opened in 2015 and is located on the site of the historic Sulphur Dell ballpark. The Sounds previously played at Herschel Greer Stadium from its opening in 1978 until the end of the 2014 season.


Established as an expansion team of the Double-A Southern League in 1978, the Sounds were replaced by a Triple-A American Association team in 1985. The Triple-A Sounds carried on the history of the Double-A team that preceded it. Nashville later joined the PCL in 1998. The team has served as a farm club for eight major league franchises. A total of 28 managers have led the club and its over 1,200 players. Through the 2018 season, the team has played in 5,866 regular season games and compiled a win–loss record of 3,017–2,849 (.514).[2]


The Sounds have reached the postseason on 14 occasions. They have won ten division titles, two conference titles, and three league championships. Most recently, they won the PCL championship in 2005 as the Triple-A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers. Previous league titles won by the team are the Southern League championship in 1979 as the Double-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds, and again in 1982 as the Double-A affiliate of the New York Yankees. The team has an overall postseason record of 42–41 (.506).


Nashville led all of Minor League Baseball in attendance in their inaugural season and continued to draw the Southern League's largest crowds in each of their seven years as members of the league. The 1980 Sounds were recognized as one of the 100 greatest minor league teams of all time. Of the three nine-inning perfect games in the history of the PCL, two have been pitched by members of the Sounds. In 2016, Forbes listed the Sounds as the 19th-most valuable Minor League Baseball team with a value of $30.5 million.[3] The Sounds are the oldest active professional sports franchise in Nashville.[1]




Contents






  • 1 History


    • 1.1 Prior professional baseball in Nashville


    • 1.2 Getting a team and building a ballpark


    • 1.3 Southern League


      • 1.3.1 Cincinnati Reds (1978–1979)


      • 1.3.2 New York Yankees (1980–1984)




    • 1.4 American Association


      • 1.4.1 Detroit Tigers (1985–1986)


      • 1.4.2 Cincinnati Reds (1987–1992)


      • 1.4.3 Chicago White Sox (1993–1997)




    • 1.5 Pacific Coast League


      • 1.5.1 Pittsburgh Pirates (1998–2004)


      • 1.5.2 Milwaukee Brewers (2005–2014)


      • 1.5.3 Oakland Athletics (2015–2018)


      • 1.5.4 Texas Rangers (from 2019)






  • 2 Season-by-season results


  • 3 Rivals


  • 4 Ballparks


    • 4.1 Herschel Greer Stadium (1978–2014)


    • 4.2 First Tennessee Park (2015–present)




  • 5 Uniforms


    • 5.1 Current


    • 5.2 Past




  • 6 Radio and television


  • 7 Mascots


  • 8 Roster


  • 9 Achievements


    • 9.1 Awards


    • 9.2 Retired numbers


    • 9.3 Hall of Famers




  • 10 Managers


  • 11 See also


  • 12 References


  • 13 External links





History


Main article: History of the Nashville Sounds


Prior professional baseball in Nashville



A black and white photograph of seventeen men sitting in three rows on the ground wearing dark baseball uniforms and caps with high white socks; one is dressed in a suit and another is holding a dog

The 1901 Nashville Baseball Club of the Southern Association


Nashville has hosted Minor League Baseball teams since the late 19th century. The city's professional baseball history dates back to 1884 with the formation of the Nashville Americans who were charter members the original Southern League from 1885 to 1886 and played their home games at Athletic Park, later renamed Sulphur Dell.[4][5] This ballpark was the home of Nashville's minor league teams through 1963. In 1887, Nashville's Southern League team was called the Nashville Blues.[6] The Nashville Tigers competed for the city in the same league from 1893 to 1894.[6] In 1895, the Nashville Seraphs won the city's first professional championship in the Southern League.[6] The Nashville Centennials played in the Central League in 1897, but relocated to Henderson, Indiana, during the season before the league's collapse.[7]


The city's longest-operating baseball team, first known as only the Nashville Baseball Club and later renamed the Nashville Vols (short for Volunteers), was formed in 1901 as a charter member of the Southern Association.[8] They remained in the league through 1961, winning eight pennants, nine playoff championships, and four Dixie Series titles.[9][10] The league disbanded after the 1961 season, and no team was fielded in 1962, but the Vols played one final season in the South Atlantic League in 1963.[11] Sulphur Dell was demolished in 1969,[12] and the city went without a professional baseball team for 14 years until 1978.



Getting a team and building a ballpark



A red, white, and blue cartoon baseball player swings at a baseball with a guitar in place of a bat set against a baseball with "Nashville Sounds" written above in red letters with blue border

The Sounds' original "Slugger" logo, used from 1978 to 1998


Larry Schmittou, head coach of the Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team from 1968 to 1978, was instrumental in bringing professional baseball back to Nashville. Along with help from country musician Conway Twitty, Schmittou put together a group of investors including other country artists Cal Smith and Jerry Reed, as well as other Nashvillians, to finance a stadium and a team.[13][14] The Metro Parks Board agreed to lease to Schmittou the site of Nashville's former softball fields on the grounds of Fort Negley, an American Civil War fortification approximately two miles (3.2 km) south of downtown, on which to build.[15] The ballpark would be named Herschel Greer Stadium in posthumous honor of Herschel Lynn Greer, a prominent Nashville businessman and the first president of the Nashville Vols.[16] Schmittou and general manager Farrell Owens landed the Cincinnati Reds as a major league affiliate after meeting with Sheldon "Chief" Bender, Cincinnati's farm director, at the 1976 Winter Meetings.[17] The team was then granted membership in the Southern League, a class Double-A league.[18]


The team was called the Sounds in reference to the "Nashville sound," a subgenre of American country music that traces its roots to the area in the late-1950s.[19][20] The team's wordmark and color scheme were lifted from the defunct Memphis Sounds of the American Basketball Association, who used them from 1974 to 1975.[21] The color blue was added to Memphis' red and white palette. Nashville's original logo, which was used from 1978 into 1998, reflected the city's association with country music.[19] It depicted a mustachioed old-time baseball player, nicknamed "Slugger," swinging at a baseball with a guitar, a staple of country music, in place of a bat.[19] Further illustrating the city's musical ties was the typeface, with letters that resembled musical notes and treble clefs, used to display the team name.[22]



Southern League



Cincinnati Reds (1978–1979)



A red rectangular ticket with game and seating information

A ticket for the Sounds' first home game on April 28, 1978, against the Savannah Braves


With a team in place and a stadium under construction, the Nashville Sounds were set to begin play in 1978 as an expansion team of the Southern League.[23] As the Double-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds,[23] the Sounds played their first game on April 15, 1978, against the Memphis Chicks at Memphis' Tim McCarver Stadium, which they lost, 4–2.[24] They recorded their first win the next evening, defeating Memphis, 3–0.[25] Their home opener was scheduled to take place on April 25, but was rained out.[26] On April 26, the Sounds played their first home game, a 12–4 victory, against the Savannah Braves in front of a sellout crowd of 8,156 fans at Greer Stadium.[27]


Having failed to win either half of the Southern League's split-season,[28] the Sounds had more success at the turnstiles than on the field as they led all of Minor League Baseball in attendance by drawing 380,000 fans in their inaugural season.[14] Nashville went on to lead the Southern League in attendance in each of their seven seasons as members of the league.[14] Schmittou's business philosophy revolved around earning profits not from ticket sales, but from the sale of souvenirs and concessions.[29] This philosophy also involved promoting entertainment value, or fun, as much or more than promoting the baseball game.[26] The franchise was recognized for its promotion efforts when it won the Larry MacPhail Award for outstanding minor league promotions in 1978, 1980, and 1981.[30]


Manager George Scherger led the 1979 Sounds to win the second-half Western Division title, qualifying them for the postseason. After defeating Memphis, three games to one, to win the Western Division championship, they advanced to the league championship series against the Columbus Astros. Nashville captured their first Southern League championship by defeating the Astros, three games to one.[31]


Originally, the Reds allowed them to use a designated hitter (DH) in their lineups. However, this allowance was later revoked, as the Reds were a part of the National League, which did not use a DH. Schmittou then chose not to renew the team's player development contract with the Reds.[26] After two seasons at Double-A for Cincinnati, Nashville had a 147–138 record.[32]



New York Yankees (1980–1984)



A man wearing a gray baseball uniform with navy blue stripes with "New York" written on the chest


Don Mattingly of the 1981 Sounds had his number 18 retired in 1999.


Schmittou had been encouraged by the New York Yankees organization to establish the Sounds as a Triple-A team, but he refused to go back on his previous agreement to partner with the Reds at Double-A.[26] After the split with Cincinnati, the Sounds made their first affiliation switch in 1980, becoming the Double-A affiliate of the Yankees. This partnership was the most successful period in Sounds franchise history. They experienced five winning seasons in a row and won five consecutive second-half Western Division titles, propelling them to the postseason each year.[2][33]


Under manager Stump Merrill, the 1980 Sounds finished the season with a franchise-best 97–46 record.[34] They won the second half of the season, qualifying them for the Western Division championship series, but lost to the Memphis Chicks, three games to one.[23] In 2001, the 1980 Sounds were ranked as the sixty-ninth greatest minor league baseball team of all-time by baseball historians.[23] The team also set a league attendance record that year, which still stands as of the end of the 2018 season, when a total of 575,676 fans visited Greer Stadium.[23] The Sounds returned to the Western Division finals in 1981, this time falling to the Orlando Twins, 3–1.[35]


The 1982 Sounds, managed by Johnny Oates, finished with a 77–67 record and won the second half of the season, setting them up to play the Knoxville Blue Jays in the division playoffs.[36] After defeating the Blue Jays, 3–1, the Sounds advanced to the league championship series against the Jacksonville Suns. They defeated the Suns, 3–1, clinching the franchise's second Southern League championship.[31]


The Sounds returned to the Western Division championship series in each of the next two seasons, but fell to the Birmingham Barons, 3–2, in 1983, and to Knoxville, 3–1, in 1984.[37][38] One highlight of the 1984 season was Jim Deshaies pitching the club's first no-hitter against the Columbus Astros in the second game of a seven-inning doubleheader on May 4.[39]Otis Nixon set the career franchise record in stolen bases (133) during the 1981 and 1982 seasons.[40] Pitcher Jamie Werly set the strikeout record (352) when he played for the Sounds in 1980, 1981, and 1983.[40] Nashville accumulated a 417–306 record during their five-year affiliation with the Yankees.[32]



American Association



Detroit Tigers (1985–1986)


Sounds President Larry Schmittou noticed a slight decline in attendance in 1983 and 1984 and a decrease in local media coverage.[41] To boost interest in the team, Schmittou tried, unsuccessfully, to purchase a Triple-A franchise late in the 1983 season. His desire to land a Triple-A team was part of a larger plan to put Nashville in a position to contend for a major league franchise in the future.[42]


Schmittou and team owners arrived at terms in June 1984 to purchase the Triple-A Evansville Triplets of the American Association, with plans to move the franchise from Evansville, Indiana, to Nashville for the 1985 season.[41] The Southern League wanted Schmittou to surrender his Double-A franchise to the league, but he had plans to relocate the team instead.[43] Nashville's existing Southern League team was moved to Huntsville, Alabama, where it became the Huntsville Stars.[43] The Triple-A Sounds carried on the history of the Double-A team that preceded it. The Triplets' legacy was retired, and the Stars were established as an entirely-new franchise.[43]


The Sounds entered the Triple-A class level in 1985 as an affiliate of the Detroit Tigers playing in the American Association. Their first Triple-A game was a 3–1 win against the Buffalo Bisons played at Greer Stadium on April 11.[44] Nashville completed their initial season with the Tigers at just one game over .500,[45] but experienced a losing season in 1986, their first since the inaugural 1978 campaign.[46] The Sounds ended their affiliation with Detroit after two years of poor attendance and a lackluster 1986 season.[42] Their two-year record with the Tigers amounted to 139–144.[32]



Cincinnati Reds (1987–1992)



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Chris Hammond won the American Association's Most Valuable Pitcher Award in 1990.


The Sounds rejoined the Cincinnati Reds farm system in 1987, this time as their Triple-A affiliate. The team experienced its most successful season with the Reds at Triple-A and as members of the American Association in 1990 when they compiled an 86–61 record under manager Pete Mackanin.[47] Ending the regular season in a tie with the Buffalo Bisons, the Sounds won the Eastern Division championship in a one-game playoff.[48] They advanced to their first American Association championship series, where they lost to the Omaha Royals, three games to two.[49] That year, Nashville set its all-time attendance record when a total of 605,122 fans came out to Greer Stadium.[50]


Apart from the 1990 season, the Sounds finished too far back to qualify for the postseason in the other five years of affiliation with the Reds. In total, the Sounds put together a 429–433 record with three winning seasons during this time.[32]


Several franchise records were set while serving as the Triple-A Reds. Skeeter Barnes, who had previously played with Nashville in 1979, set the records for games played (514), at bats (1,848), and hits (517) during his second stint from 1988 to 1990.[40] Pitcher Hugh Kemp holds the records for games started (73) and walks (207) from his 1987 to 1989 Sounds career.[40] Joey Vierra, who first pitched for the Sounds from 1990 to 1992, set the franchise record for games pitched and later added to his record when he returned to the team in 1994 and 1995 for a total of 238 games.[40]


Greer Stadium, once one of the best stadiums in Triple-A baseball in terms of player and fan amenities,[51] began to be outshined by newer ballparks being built in the late 1980s.[52] The Reds let their player development contract with the Sounds expire so they could place their Triple-A affiliate closer and in a city which was planning to build a new stadium.[52]



Chicago White Sox (1993–1997)



A view of the giant blue guitar-shaped scoreboard beyond the left-center field wall. Advertisements for local businesses adorn the guitar and the green outfield wall below.


Greer Stadium's signature guitar-shaped scoreboard was installed in 1993.


With few options available, the Sounds entered into an affiliation with the Chicago White Sox in 1993.[52] The major league team presented Larry Schmittou with a list of complaints about the relatively poor condition of Greer Stadium. Unable to convince mayor Phil Bredesen or the Metro Council to pay for a new stadium, and deciding against moving the team elsewhere in the Nashville area, Schmittou elected to make significant improvements to Greer.[53] One of those improvements was the addition of its signature guitar-shaped scoreboard, which was installed in 1993.[54]


Greer Stadium was shared between the Sounds and the Southern League's Nashville Xpress, previously known as the Charlotte Knights, during the 1993 and 1994 seasons. This came about when Charlotte acquired a Triple-A expansion franchise in 1993, leaving the city's Double-A team without a home. Schmittou offered Greer as a temporary home ballpark for the team. To accommodate an additional club, the Xpress' home games were scheduled during the Sounds' road trips.[55]


The Sounds reached the American Association postseason in each of their first two years with the White Sox. The 1993 team, led by manager Rick Renick, clinched the Eastern Division title with an 81–62 record.[56] In the league championship series, the Sounds lost to the Iowa Cubs, four games to three.[49] The 1994 Sounds qualified for their second consecutive appearance in the league playoffs with a 83–61 record under Renick.[57] In the first round, Nashville swept the New Orleans Zephyrs in three straight games to advance to the league finals, but were defeated by the Indianapolis Indians, 3–1.[49] The team failed to reach the postseason again during the remaining three years of affiliation with Chicago. The five-year relationship with the White Sox ended after the 1997 season with the Sounds having a 383–335 record with four winning seasons over that period.[32]


The 1996 season marked the last that Schmittou was one of the Sounds' principal owners and president. With the city poised to welcome the Tennessee Titans National Football League franchise, Schmittou felt that revenue would be drawn away from the team. So, he and another investor sold their controlling financial interests in the Sounds to Chicago-based businessmen Al Gordon, Mike Murtaugh, and Mike Woleben.[26][58]



Pacific Coast League



Pittsburgh Pirates (1998–2004)



A man wearing a white baseball uniform with a navy blue "L" on the chest, a navy blue cap with a white "L" on the center, and a black glove on his left hand stands on the pitcher's mound in the midst of pitching a ball.


John Wasdin pitched a perfect game for the Sounds on April 7, 2003.


The American Association, of which the Sounds had been members since 1985, disbanded after the 1997 season. Its teams were absorbed by the two remaining Triple-A leagues—the International League and Pacific Coast League (PCL). Nashville joined the PCL, making it the eastern-most team in the league.[59] Also, for the first time since the team's foundation in 1978, the Sounds began to adopt a new color scheme, logos, and uniforms over the course of the 1998 and 1999 seasons.[60] The original red, white, and blue colors were replaced by red, black, and white. The new team logo, replacing the original "Slugger", consisted of a red, black, and white music note surrounded by a circle of the same colors bearing the team name in a modern font.[61]


The Sounds entered the Pacific Coast League as the top farm club of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The team regularly finished third or fourth in their four-team division, leaving them out of the playoffs. One of their three winning seasons occurred in 2003 when Trent Jewett managed the Sounds to an 81–62 record, clinching the American Conference Eastern Division title, giving them their first postseason berth in the PCL and first postseason appearance since 1994.[62] Nashville met the Albuquerque Isotopes in the American Conference championship series, defeating the Isotopes, three games to one, but then lost the best-of-five league championship series in three straight games to the Sacramento River Cats.[63]


Also in 2003, right-hander John Wasdin pitched the first perfect game in Sounds history in his first start of the season against Albuquerque on April 7.[64] The 4–0 Sounds win was only the second nine-inning perfect game in PCL history.[65]


Several franchise records were set during the affiliation with Pittsburgh. Chad Hermansen, who played for the Sounds from 1998 to 2002, holds three career records: runs (303), home runs (92), and runs batted in (286).[40]Tike Redman set the record for the most triples (30) during his time with the team from 2000 to 2003, and added to it in 2009.[40]Closer Mark Corey set the record for saves (46) during the 2003 and 2004 seasons.[40] The Sounds and Pirates ended their affiliation after seven seasons during which Nashville had a 490–504 record.[32]



Milwaukee Brewers (2005–2014)


The Sounds changed affiliates in 2005, welcoming the Milwaukee Brewers as their new major league parent club. The Sounds also debuted a new oval-shaped logo with a baseball player silhouetted against a yellow background hitting a ball toward the Nashville skyline with the city's name written in the red border above and the team name written in red and black script below.[66]


The affiliation started well as manager Frank Kremblas led the club to win the American Conference Northern Division title with a 75–69 record.[67] The team went on to win the American Conference title against the Oklahoma RedHawks, three games to two, before sweeping the Tacoma Rainiers in three straight games to win the 2005 Pacific Coast League championship.[63] This was Nashville's first title since their previous league crown in 1982 and their first championship at the Triple-A level.[33]



A man wearing a navy blue Brewers jersey, gray pants, navy blue cap, and outfielder's glove on his left hand walking in the outfield.


Ryan Braun, who played third base in 2007, won the National League Rookie of the Year Award that same season with the Brewers.[68]


On May 5–6, 2006, the Sounds participated in a 24-inning game against the New Orleans Zephyrs which was played over the course of two days and lasted a total of eight hours and seven minutes. This game matched the longest game, in terms of innings played, in PCL history.[69] The Sounds finished the season with a 76–68 record under Kremblas, tied with the Iowa Cubs for first place,[70] but won the division title and advanced to the postseason by means of having won the regular season series versus Iowa.[71][72] Nashville lost the American Conference championship to the Round Rock Express, 3–2.[63]


On June 25, 2007, Manny Parra pitched the club's second perfect game, only the third nine-inning perfect game in PCL history, against Round Rock.[73] The team, still led by Kremblas, captured the division title for the third year in a row and finished the season with a league-best 89–55 record.[74] They were defeated by New Orleans, 3–1, in the conference championship series.[75]


The Sounds failed to win the division and qualify for the postseason during the next seven years of their Brewers affiliation despite narrow second-place finishes in 2009 and 2014.[76][77] The 2013 team set the record low win–loss record with their 57–87 campaign.[78]Tim Dillard, who pitched for the Sounds from 2007 to 2014, set three franchise records during his Sounds career: wins (39), innings pitched (556⅔), and runs allowed (302).[40]


The team had planned to leave Greer Stadium in the mid 2000s for a new ballpark to be called First Tennessee Field,[79] but the project was abandoned when a financing plan could not be reached.[80][81] After the 2008 season and this failure to secure a new ballpark, Al Gordon's Amerisports Companies LLC sold the Sounds to MFP Baseball, a New York-based group of investors consisting of Masahiro Honzawa, Steve Posner, and Frank Ward.[82] MFP made significant renovations to Greer while it continued to explore options for building a new downtown ballpark.[83]


Prior to the 2014 season, the Sounds, Metro Nashville, and the State of Tennessee finalized a plan to build such a ballpark in time for the 2015 season.[84][85] On August 27, 2014, the Sounds hosted the final game at Greer Stadium, an 8–5 loss to the Sacramento River Cats. In his only plate appearance, Nashville catcher Lucas May struck out swinging with a full count and the bases loaded to end the game.[86] The announced attendance at the game was a standing-room-only crowd of 11,067, the first sellout since 2010, and the largest crowd since 2007.[87]


The Sounds severed ties with the Brewers after the 2014 season citing poor on-field performance from recent Brewers Triple-A teams.[88] Over the 10-year affiliation with Milwaukee, the longest in Nashville's history, the Sounds put together a 723–713 record.[32]



Oakland Athletics (2015–2018)



A view of the green baseball field from the third base side seats showing men in white baseball uniforms playing their positions as the sun has just set behind first base


First Tennessee Park opened in 2015 at the former site of the historic Sulphur Dell ballpark.


Nashville became the top affiliate of the Oakland Athletics in 2015.[89] The Sounds also adopted a new set of logos and uniforms before the season.[90] Originally, Nashville planned to embrace a new color scheme that included Broadway burnt orange, sunburst tan, neon orange, and Cash black.[90] However, the team returned to the previous red and black color scheme, with the addition of platinum silver as an accent color, following mixed feedback from fans.[91] The new logos incorporated elements that reflected Nashville's "Music City" moniker, such as guitars, guitar picks, and a guitar's sound hole, as well as neon signs such as those in the city's Broadway entertainment district.[91][66]


The start of the 2015 season marked the first time that the Sounds played at the new downtown First Tennessee Park, which is located at the site of the historic Sulphur Dell ballpark.[92] They defeated the Colorado Springs Sky Sox, 3–2 in 10 innings, in the inaugural home opener in front of an announced paid attendance of 10,459.[93] First baseman Max Muncy secured the win with a walk-off RBI double, scoring Billy Burns from first base, before being mobbed by his Sounds teammates on the field.[93]


In Nashville's second season as an A's affiliate, they reached the postseason for the first time since 2007 with a league-best 83–59 record and the 2016 American Conference Southern Division title,[94] but were unable to advance past the American Conference series against the Oklahoma City Dodgers, a series they lost three games to two.[95]Joey Wendle, who wore a Sounds uniform from 2015 to 2017, holds the career franchise record for doubles (102).[40] The Sounds finished the 2018 season in second place with a 72–68 record.[96] Nashville declined to renew their contract with the Athletics, which was due to expire at the end of the season, choosing instead to seek a new major league affiliate.[97] Through four seasons of competition as the top farm club of the A's, the Sounds had a 289–276 record, their best record among all affiliations.[32]



Texas Rangers (from 2019)



An array of four sets of navy, red, and white baseball jerseys and caps are displayed on a table.

The Sounds unveiled new uniforms before the 2019 season.


Nashville entered into a four-year player development contract with the Texas Rangers that runs from 2019 to 2022.[98] The team also rebranded with new colors, logos, and uniforms which pull together elements from their original visual identity, the Nashville Vols who preceded them, the musical imagery present through their franchise history, and the flag of the state of Tennessee.[99][100] The new colors, red, white, and navy blue, are modernized versions of the team's first colors.[1] The primary logo is a pair of concentric red circles with the outer circle containing the team name divided horizontally at its center by twin red and blue stripes; a navy "N" resembling the F-hole of a guitar or violin is in the inner circle which is styled like a baseball.[99]


The Rangers plan to visit First Tennessee Park for an exhibition game against the Sounds in either the 2019 or 2020 season.[101] Nashville will also participate in Copa de la Diversión ("Fun Cup"), an initiative by Minor League Baseball to connect teams with their local Hispanic communities, in which they will adopt a culturally-relevant on-field persona for certain games during the season. Their promotional moniker will be revealed in March 2019.[102]



Season-by-season results


Main article: List of Nashville Sounds seasons
























































































Nashville Sounds 5-Year History
Season
 Regular season
 Postseason
 MLB affiliate
Record
 Win %
 League
 Division
GB
 Record
 Win %
 Result
2014
 77–67 .535 5th 2nd 2½ — — —
Milwaukee Brewers
2015
 66–78 .458 12th 3rd 12 — — —
Oakland Athletics
2016
 83–59 .585 1st 1st — 2–3 .400
Clinched American Conference Southern Division title
Lost American Conference title vs Oklahoma City Dodgers, 3–2
2017
 68–71 .489 8th (tie) 2nd 22 — — —
2018
 72–68 .514 6th (tie) 2nd 11 — — —
Totals 366–343 .516 — — — 2–3 .400 1 Division title —


Rivals


Main article: Redbirds–Sounds rivalry

Nashville's chief rivals have been those based in Memphis, Tennessee. Located approximately 200 miles (320 km) to the southwest and connected to Nashville by Interstate 40, Memphis has fielded several teams which have competed in the same leagues as Nashville's teams since the late 19th century.[103] The Sounds entered the rivalry when they joined the Southern League in 1978 as members of the Western Division in which the Memphis Chicks played.[28] In 1979, the Chicks won the first-half division title and the Sounds won the second-half. In the best-of-three division finals, the Sounds defeated the Chicks, 2–1, before going on to win the Southern League championship.[33] Memphis and Nashville each won the first and second halves, respectively, of the 1980 season. This time, however, Memphis won the Western Division title, defeating Nashville, 3–1.[33] The teams met again under the same circumstances in 1981 when the Sounds swept the Chicks in three straight games to win the Western Division finals.[33]


The intrastate rivalry was interrupted when Nashville moved to the American Association in 1985, but was renewed when the Sounds joined the Pacific Coast League in 1998.[104] The Sounds and the Memphis Redbirds have been division rivals ever since.[105] In 2009, Memphis clinched the American Conference Northern Division title, finishing the season just two games ahead of Nashville which had spent the majority of the season in first place.[76] Similarly, Nashville finished the 2014 season two-and-a-half games behind Memphis after having led the American Conference Southern Division for most of the season.[77] In 2015, the Sounds clinched the division title in Memphis.[106] Roles were reversed in 2016 as the Redbirds won the division in Nashville.[107] The Redbirds defeated the Sounds in Memphis to win the 2018 division title.[108]


As of the completion of the 2018 series, Memphis leads the all-time series against Nashville with a record of 920–895.[109] This record encompasses all 94 years of competition in the original Southern League, Southern Association, Southern League, and Pacific Coast League. Nashville, however, leads the 21-year PCL series with a record of 177–156.[110]



Ballparks



Herschel Greer Stadium (1978–2014)


Main article: Herschel Greer Stadium




Herschel Greer Stadium


The Sounds originally played at Herschel Greer Stadium from 1978 through 2014. The ballpark, which has been abandoned but still stands, is located on the grounds of Fort Negley, an American Civil War fortification approximately two miles (3.2 km) south of downtown Nashville. The venue experienced numerous expansions and contractions after its completion in 1978,[111] but seated 10,300 spectators during its final 2014 season.[112] The largest attendance occurred on August 18, 1982, when 22,315 people saw the Sounds take on the Columbus Astros.[113] Greer's best-known feature, installed in 1993, is the giant 115.6 foot (35.2 m) guitar-shaped scoreboard behind the left field wall.


Following the construction of newer, relatively luxurious minor league ballparks in the 1990s, Greer Stadium had fallen below the standards set for Triple-A stadiums by professional baseball.[51] At the time, team president Larry Schmittou tried to convince the city to approve a new ballpark, but was unsuccessful.[51] Throughout the 2000s, the team continued in its attempts to gather approval and financing for a new ballpark to replace Greer.[114] At one point, First Tennessee Field was planned for construction on the west bank of the Cumberland River in downtown. Disagreements over who would pay for the ballpark repeatedly pushed back opening day at the stadium, and eventually resulted in the cancellation of the project altogether.[115] In the meantime, numerous upgrades and repairs, including over $2.5 million worth of improvements from 2008 to 2009, were made in order to preserve its functionality until a new stadium could be built.[116] A deal for such a new ballpark was achieved in late 2013. The Sounds played their final game at Greer on August 27, 2014.[87]



First Tennessee Park (2015–present)


Main article: First Tennessee Park




First Tennessee Park


The Sounds' current home ballpark is First Tennessee Park, which opened on April 17, 2015.[92] It is located in downtown Nashville at the location of the former Sulphur Dell ballpark.[117] The $91 million stadium has a fixed seating capacity of 8,500 people, but can accommodate up to 10,000 people with additional grass berm seating.[118][119] The ballpark's attendance record was set on July 3, 2017, when 11,764 people watched the Sounds play against the Oklahoma City Dodgers on the night of the team's Independence Day celebration.[120] The stadium features wide concourses with direct views of the playing field. Its design, which incorporates the use of musical and baseball imagery, is meant to connect the park with the city's baseball and musical heritage.[121] This is accomplished through the use of directional signage displaying information on Nashville's former teams and players and the grandstand's light stanchions reminiscent of those found at Sulphur Dell.[118]


One of First Tennessee Park's most recognizable features, like Greer Stadium before it, is a 142 by 55 foot (43 by 17 m) guitar-shaped scoreboard beyond the right-center field wall.[121][122] Unlike Greer's guitar, which was only able to display basic in-game information such as the line score, count, and brief player statistics, the new, larger version is also capable of displaying colorful graphics, animations, player photographs, videos, the batting order, fielding positions, and expanded statistics.[123] Other distinguishing features at the ballpark include The Band Box, an outdoor restaurant and bar which serves variations on traditional ballpark foods,[118] and The Country Club at The Band Box, a 9-hole miniature golf course which exhibits art from different local and regional artists.[124]


In 2016, the Sounds added the Country Legends Race, similar to major league mascot races, such as the Sausage Race and Presidents Race, to the between-innings entertainment at the park. In the middle of the fifth inning, people in oversized foam caricature costumes depicting country musicians Johnny Cash, George Jones, Reba McEntire, and Dolly Parton race around the warning track from center field, through the visiting bullpen, and to the home plate side of the first base dugout.[125][126]



Uniforms


The Sounds have utilized three distinct color schemes, five primary logos, and numerous uniforms since beginning play in 1978. Their original red, white, and blue identity reflected Nashville's country music heritage, while the switch to red, black, and white in the late 1990s sought to modernize the team. A 2015 rebrand reincorporated elements of the city's musical culture which had been largely absent. The team reworked its identity in 2019, further integrating the city's baseball and musical heritage with the Sounds of the present.[99]



Current




2019 uniforms


The Sounds's current visual identity was adopted prior to the 2019 season.[99] Home jerseys are white with "NASH" arched across the chest in navy blue with the player's number in red under the name on the left side. The sleeves have thin navy and red bands at the openings with six thin red stripes, reminiscent of guitar strings, running from the openings up the shoulders before terminating near the collar. The left side bears a navy "NASH" pick logo set against the strings. The player's name is displayed on the back in navy with the number in red below. The home pants are white with a pair of navy and red stripes running down the outsides and are worn with navy belts. The home cap is all navy with a red "N" icon, styled like a guitar or violin's F-hole, outlined in white.[100]


Road grays have lines of red piping around the neck and along the row of buttons going up the chest with a red and white "N" icon on the left side and the player's number in the same colors on the right. Each sleeve has a thin red band at the opening with a secondary logo displaying the Sounds script wordmark in navy set against a red baseball on the left sleeve. The player's number is displayed on the back in red with a white border. Gray pants, worn with navy belts, have the same navy/red stripes as the home pants. The road cap has a red bill but is otherwise identical to the home cap.[100]


A navy blue alternate has "Nashville" written across the chest in an F-hole-styled red font with a white outline. The sleeve markings are similar to those of home jerseys, only the thin lines at the openings are red and white, and the guitar strings behind the "NASH" pick are white. The player's number is displayed on the back in red with a white border. These are worn with either white or gray pants paired with a navy belt. The alternate cap is navy with a white front panel, red bill, and a red "N" icon outlined in navy.[100]


A red alternate jersey is a v-neck pullover with "Sounds" on the chest in navy bordered by white in a script which fuses the team's F-hole lettering with their original 1978 wordmark. The player's number is below the team name in navy outlined in white. The sleeves bear similar markings to the home and blue alternate of navy and white bands at the openings and white strings behind the "NASH" pick logo. A larger navy stripe and smaller white stripe go around the neck opening. The player's number is displayed on the back in navy with a white border. Pants are worn with a navy belt. The cap is all navy except for a white front panel bearing three navy stars arranged like the state's flag on a white home plate outlined in red.[100]



Past




1978–1986


From 1978 to 1986, the team wore pullover v-neck jerseys made of white fabric, for home games, gray, for road games, and red or blue, for use as alternates. These had red, white, and blue tri-color bands around the neck, with larger bands at the sleeve openings (the blue jerseys had one white band and two red bands). "Sounds" was written across the chest in red-on-blue music note-like script. Numbers were sewn on the back.[127] The team's pants were white and also had small tri-color stripes down the legs and larger stripes around the waistband. Similar gray pants were worn for road games. Beginning in 1984, numbers were also located on the front of jerseys below the team name on the player's left in blue block characters with a red outline.[128] The team cap was blue with a red brim bearing an white "N" styled like a music note bordered by red; this was the official team cap from 1978 through the mid-1990s.[128]




1987–1998


From 1987 to 1998, the team wore white button-up jerseys, for home games, and gray, for road games. The home jersey design remained largely similar to its predecessor. "Sounds" was still written across the chest in blue and red music note script; though, the font was changed briefly from 1987 to 1988. Numbers remained on the front in blue-on-red block characters.[129] The player's number, as well as name in some years, was present on the back in red and blue. Road grays had "Nashville" on the chest but were missing the tri-color bands at both the neck and sleeves.[129] During this time, the team also added a blue mesh v-neck jersey with the red and white guitar swinger logo on the left chest. The wide tri-color stripes were dropped from the pants and were replaced by a blue belt. The Sounds continued to wear the original red-billed blue cap with all uniforms until approximately 1993 when a new cap was introduced. This all-blue cap interposed the "N" with the "Slugger" logo.[130] The two caps were worn interchangeably through 1998.




1999–2002


Over the course of the 1998 and 1999 seasons, the team switched to a red and black color scheme.[60] In the latter, uniforms consisted of black-pinstriped jerseys with black sleeves bearing a new music note logo on the left sleeve. White home jerseys had "Sounds" across the chest in red with a white-on-black border using the same font used by the Anaheim Angels at the time. Road grays read "Nashville" on the chest in the same style. Both had the player's number sewn on the back in block characters of the same colors. An alternate solid red jersey with black and gray trim around the sleeve openings and a music note logo on the left chest was also worn. Another alternate, made of black material, had red and white trim at the sleeve openings and a similar music note logo on the left chest. All four were paired with pinstriped pants. Caps were black with the circular music note logo.[129]




2003–2005


From 2003 to 2005, the Sounds switched to solid jerseys and pants. The fronts had "Sounds" was written across the chest in red script surrounded by black with the player's number on the front below the team name in red-on-black block characters. Lines of red and black piping were present around sleeve openings, around the neck, and along the row of buttons going up the chest. The left sleeve bore the music note logo. Pants had the same piping going down the legs on the outside and were paired with black belts. The road uniform set, though made of gray material, was otherwise identical. A sleeveless red alternate jersey with black piping and similar white-on-black markings was worn in this period. They also continued use of the previous generation's black alternate.[131]




2006–2012


From 2006 to 2012, the team's jerseys were similar, but lacked sleeves and the player's number on the front. These vest-like jerseys were worn over black T-shirts of varying sleeve lengths.[132] The player's name was written on the back in black block characters; numbers were also displayed in large red-on-black characters. The matching road jerseys initially bared "Sounds" across the chest, but were later changed to "Nashville"; these usually lacked the player's name on the back. A Milwaukee Brewers logo was added to the front left shoulder in 2007. A red mesh jersey with yellow, white, and black markings was worn from 2006 to 2007. A new red alternate was introduced in 2010. These were similar to the primary home and road mesh jerseys the team would adopt in 2013, but were red with black underarm sections and piping. "Sounds" was displayed across the chest in white-on-black script. A Brewers logo was located on the left, front chest, and the back numbers were white-on-black. The official home and road caps worn from 2003 to 2014 were black with a red and white music note logo.[132]




2013–2014


From 2013 to 2014, jerseys were made of mesh material with black sections at the armpits and a single line of black piping going down the sleeves and across the shoulders to the neck. A Brewers logo was sewn on the left sleeve. "Sounds" was written across the chest of home jerseys in the same red/black script used since 2003. The player's name was displayed on the back in black block characters; numbers were also shown in large red-on-black digits. Road jerseys were the same, but with "Nashville" across the chest, red underarm sections and piping, and no name on the back. The team continued to wear the previous red alternate of the same style. All were paired with the black cap bearing the red/white music note logo.[133]




2015–2018


From 2015 to 2018, home whites had single lines of red piping around the sleeve openings and up the front going around the neck. "Sounds" was displayed on the chest in red letters which resembled the sound holes on a guitar with a silver-on-black border. A new swinging guitar logo was located on the left sleeve, while a green Oakland Athletics elephant logo was on the right. The player's last name was sewn on the back in black block characters, and his number displayed below in red sound-hole lettering with a silver border and black drop shadow. White pants with a single line of red piping going up the sides were worn with black belts. The home cap was solid black with the primary "N" guitar pick logo.[134] Gray road uniforms were identical with only a few exceptions: they had "Nashville" on the chest, pants lacked pinstripes, and the cap bore an "S" guitar pick logo.[134] An alternate black jersey with "Music City" on the front, no name on the reverse, and "Nashville" embroidered in red letters under the Athletics sleeve logo were usually paired with a cap with an "MC" guitar pick logo.[66][134] A second set of alternates, introduced in 2016, were screen-printed red jerseys with black and white bands at the neck opening and bands of silver, black, and white around the sleeve openings. A guitar's fret and headstock extend upward from these bands on each sleeve. "Nashville" was printed across the chest in white sound-hole lettering bordered by silver and black. The player's number was located below the city's name and on the back in silver characters with a white border and black drop shadow. This jersey was often paired with a solid red cap bearing a spinning black vinyl record with white stars from the flag of Tennessee on the center red label set against a white and black silhouette of the state.[135]



Radio and television


Main article: List of Nashville Sounds broadcasters

During the opening season of 1978, Sounds games were broadcast on WMTS by announcer and station owner, Monte Hale. He died unexpectedly following the inaugural season. Bob Jamison, the team's longest-tenured announcer, was hired for 1979. He remained the voice of the Sounds through 1990 when he was hired as the radio broadcaster for Major League Baseball's California Angels. For the 1991 season, the Sounds brought in broadcaster Steve Carroll. He left to become the radio voice of the National Hockey League's Philadelphia Flyers after the 1995 campaign. Steve Selby was the lead broadcaster from 1996 to 1999. Chuck Valenches, a former assistant broadcaster, was promoted to the play-by-play role from 2000 to 2009. Stu Paul called Sounds games in 2010 and 2011. Jeff Hem has been the team's lead broadcaster since 2012.[136]


All Sounds home and road games are broadcast on ALT 97.5 FM.[136] Live audio broadcasts are also available online through the team's website and the MiLB First Pitch, iHeartRadio, and TuneIn radio apps.[136] Games can be viewed through the MiLB.TV subscription feature of the official website of Minor League Baseball, with audio provided by a radio simulcast.[137]



Mascots



A person wearing a red anthropomorphized rooster costume dressed in a white baseball jersey with a blue "V" on the right chest dances on a baseball dugout

Booster, the team mascot


The Nashville Sounds' mascot is an anthropomorphic rooster named Booster. He is bright red with yellow legs, beak, comb, and palms and red, orange, and yellow tail feathers resembling flames. He wears the same style jerseys as the team with the number zero on the back. He made his debut on April 17, 2015, at the Sounds' first game at First Tennessee Park. His name refers to "boosting" or building enthusiasm for the team, while his appearance is a play on Nashville hot chicken.[138]


The first Sounds mascot was introduced during the team's inaugural 1978 season. Homer Horsehide resembled their major league affiliate's mascot—Mr. Red of the Cincinnati Reds. The character was human in appearance, with the exception of an oversized anthropomorphized baseball in place of a human head. The mustachioed mascot donned a uniform identical to that of Sounds players.[139][140]


From 1995 to 1996, a lime-green dinosaur named Champ, borrowed from the Vermont Expos, was the team's mascot.[141] Following altercations with team management and league personnel during games, Champ, vis-à-vis his performer, did not return for the 1997 season.[142]


An anthropomorphic cougar named Ozzie was the team's mascot from 1997 to 2014. The original Ozzie came from the Class A Kane County Cougars minor league team, which had an extra mascot costume. The surplus cougar outfit was sent to Nashville, and, after building a fan following during Ozzie's first season, team management decided to make him the permanent mascot.[143] The original Ozzie costume was brown, but a new yellow costume was introduced in 1998. He wore the same style of uniform as the team, but with no hat. Ozzie was retired when the Sounds left Greer Stadium in 2014, although he continued to make appearances during the 2014 to 2015 offseason.[138]



Roster


For a complete list of all-time Sounds players, see Nashville Sounds all-time roster.
















Nashville Sounds roster

  • v

  • t

  • e




Players
Coaches/Other

Pitchers




  • -- Brady Feigl


  • -- Nick Gardewine *


  • -- Reed Garrett


  • -- Ronald Herrera


  • -- Richelson Pena


  • -- Shawn Tolleson

Catchers



  • -- Jett Bandy

Infielders




  • -- Andy Ibáñez


  • -- Christian Lopes


Outfielders



  • -- Hunter Cole

Manager



  • -- Jason Wood

Coaches




  • -- Howard Johnson (hitting)


  • -- Geno Petralli (bench)


  • -- Brian Shouse (pitching)




Injury icon 2.svg 7-day disabled list
* On Texas Rangers 40-man roster
# Rehab assignment
∞ Reserve list
‡ Restricted list
§ Suspended list
† Temporary inactive list
Roster updated November 21, 2018

Transactions
→ More rosters: MiLB • Pacific Coast League

→ Texas Rangers minor league players


Achievements


See also: List of Nashville Sounds team records and List of Nashville Sounds no-hitters


Awards


Main article: List of Nashville Sounds awards, All-Stars, and league leaders


A man wearing a black baseball cap and a red jersey with "Sounds" written across the chest in white script and gray baseball pants shown preparing to pitch a ball from the mound


Jimmy Nelson won the PCL Pitcher of the Year Award in 2014.


Fourteen players have won league awards in recognition for their performance while with the Sounds. Three players have won league Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards. Steve Balboni (1980) and Brian Dayett (1982) won the Southern League MVP Award,[144] and Magglio Ordóñez (1997) won the American Association MVP Award.[145] Ten players have won Pitcher of the Year honors. Bruce Berenyi (1978), Geoff Combe (1979), Andy McGaffigan (1980), Jamie Werly (1981), and Stefan Wever (1982) were selected for the Southern League Most Outstanding Pitcher Award.[146]Chris Hammond (1990) and Scott Ruffcorn (1994) won the American Association Most Valuable Pitcher Award.[145]R.A. Dickey (2007), Johnny Hellweg (2013), and Jimmy Nelson (2014) were selected for the PCL Pitcher of the Year Award.[147]Jeff Abbott (1996) and Magglio Ordóñez (1997) won the American Association Rookie of the Year Award.[145] Ordóñez is the only Sounds player to win multiple league awards.


Four managers have been selected as their league's Manager of the Year. Stump Merrill (1980) won the Southern League Manager of the Year Award,[148]Rick Renick (1993 and 1996) won the American Association Manager of the Year Award,[145] and Frank Kremblas (2007) and Steve Scarsone (2016) have won the PCL Manager of the Year Award.[147]


Seventy-two players have been selected for midseason All-Star teams.[149] Of those players, Joey Vierra (1992 and 1995), Drew Denson (1993–94), Scott Ruffcorn (1994 and 1996), and Vinny Rottino (2007–08) are the only players to have been selected twice while playing for Nashville.[149] Four players have been chosen as the MVP of midseason All-Star games: Duane Walker (1979),[150]Ray Durham (1994), Magglio Ordóñez (1997), and Renato Núñez (2017).[149] Of the 50 players who have been named to postseason All-Star teams, only Duane Walker (1979 in two positions) and Jeff Abbott (1996 and 1997) have been selected twice.[151][152]



Retired numbers


Nashville has honored two of its players by retiring their uniform numbers.[153] This ensures that the number will be associated with one player of particular importance to the team. Nashville displays its retired numbers on the upper deck concourse at First Tennessee Park.


















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Skeeter Barnes Don Mattingly
Jackie Robinson

OF / 3B / 1B
1979, 1988–1990
Retired 1990/1991[154]
1B / OF
1981
Retired August 12, 1999[153]
Retired throughout
professional baseball
on April 15, 1997[155]


Hall of Famers


Four former members of the Sounds have been elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Closing pitcher Trevor Hoffman, who was inducted in 2018,[156] played the majority of the 1992 season with Nashville while working his way up through the Cincinnati Reds' organization. Hoffman appeared in 42 games, working out of the bullpen on 37 occasions, and achieved a 4–6 record with a 4.27 earned run average (ERA) and 63 strikeouts over ​65 1⁄3 innings of work.[157] He later made two major league rehabilitation appearances while with the Milwaukee Brewers in 2009.[157] Two other Hall of Fame players appeared in games for Nashville solely on rehab assignments. Shortstop Barry Larkin, who was inducted in 2012,[158] appeared in two games in 1989.[159]Outfielder Tim Raines, who played three games with Nashville in 1993,[160] was inducted in 2017.[161]Hoyt Wilhelm, the Sounds' pitching coach from 1982 to 1984,[162] was inducted in 1985.[163] Under his three years' guidance, the team's pitching staff amassed a 239–198 record with a 3.73 ERA and 2,357 strikeouts.[36][38][164]


The Sounds are also represented in the Southern League Hall of Fame. Larry Schmittou, who helped bring baseball to Nashville in 1978 and was a principal owner through 1996, was inducted in 2016.[165]



Managers


For a complete list of all-time Sounds managers, see List of Nashville Sounds managers. For a list of all-time Sounds pitching and hitting coaches, see List of Nashville Sounds coaches.


A man in a black baseball jersey with red trim and "Music City" written in red letters across the chest, a black cap with an "MC" on the front, and gray pants stands in front of a dugout.


Steve Scarsone, Sounds manager from 2015 to 2016


Over the course of 41 seasons, the Nashville Sounds have employed 28 managers.[166] Three managers have guided the team to win their league's championship.[167] George Scherger (1979) and Johnny Oates (1982) led the team to win the Southern League championship.[168] Frank Kremblas (2005) led them to win the Pacific Coast League championship.[169] Trent Jewett is the longest-tenured manager in team history, having managed the team for 625 games from 1998 to 2000 and 2003 to 2004.[166] The manager with the highest winning percentage over a full season or more is Stump Merrill, who led the Sounds to a .622 winning percentage from 1980 to 1981.[166]




































































































Nashville Sounds Managerial Record (Last Five Managers)

#
 Manager
 Seasons
 Regular season
 Postseason
Games
 Wins
 Losses
 Win %
 Appearances
 Wins
 Losses
 Win %
23
Mike Guerrero[a]
 2012–2013 288 124 164 .431 — — — —
25
Rick Sweet
 2014 144 77 67 .535 — — — —
26
Steve Scarsone
 2015–2016 286 149 137 .521 1 2 3 .400
27
Ryan Christenson
 2017 139 68 71 .489 — — — —
28
 Fran Riordan
 2018 140 72 68 .514 — — — —

Totals
 — 7 years 997 490 507 .491 1 2 3 .400

a Charlie Greene served as an interim manager for nine games in May 2013. The team had a 2–7 (.222) record during this period.[170]


See also




  • John Wasdin's perfect game

  • Manny Parra's perfect game

  • Nashville Sounds Opening Day starting pitchers

  • Nashville Sounds owners and executives



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General




  • Nipper, Skip (2007). Baseball in Nashville. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-4391-8.


  • O'Neal, Bill (1994). The Southern League: Baseball in Dixie, 1885–1994. Eakin Press. ISBN 0-89015-952-1.


  • Traughber, Bill (2017). Nashville Baseball History: From Sulphur Dell to the Sounds. South Orange, New Jersey: Summer Games Books. ISBN 978-1-938545-83-2.


  • Woody, Larry (1996). Schmittou: A Grand Slam in Baseball, Business, and Life. Nashville: Eggmann Publishing Company. ISBN 1-886371-33-4.



External links







  • Official website

  • Statistics from Baseball-Reference













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