1978 Nashville Sounds Statistics

Southern League (SL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 64-77
Finished 4th in the SL's West Division
Manager: Chuck Goggin (64-77)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Ballpark: Herschel Greer Stadium
Attendance: 380,159, Avg. 5,392

1978 Nashville Sounds Roster

The Nashville Sounds of the Southern League ended the 1978 season with a record of 64 wins and 77 losses, finishing fourth in the league's West Division.

The Sounds tallied 489 runs and allowed 520 runs. Don Lyle recorded 67 runs batted in and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .287. Geoff Combe led the squad with 12 wins, while Bruce Berenyi recorded a 2.47 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Members of the 1978 Nashville Sounds who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Larry Rothschild, Scott Brown, Doug Corbett, Rafael Santo Domingo, Joe Price, Duane Walker, Geoff Combe, Jay Howell, Dave Van Gorder, Bill Dawley, Frank Pastore and Bruce Berenyi.

Chuck Goggin served as manager.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Geoff Combe	12	6	.667	1.89	66	0		0	0	9	100.0	84	31	21	3	38	18	68	2	1	3
Bruce Berenyi	10	5	.667	2.47	23	23		3	0	0	135.0	107	44	37	2	63	3	103	2	0	14
Jay Howell	9	14	.391	3.09	28	25		6	1	1	166.0	134	70	57	10	55	7	173	4	1	6
Bill Dawley	7	13	.350	4.02	27	25		5	0	0	141.0	135	78	63	11	55	6	86	4	0	4
Frank Pastore	6	8	.429	3.49	22	20		6	1	1	129.0	106	58	50	9	46	6	120	3	0	4
Bill Kelly	5	8	.385	2.51	41	10		2	1	3	154.0	145	52	43	3	37	10	83	3	0	7
Scott Brown	4	3	.571	4.50	13	13		2	1	0	66.0	82	36	33	4	29	3	47	0	0	1
Rick O'Keeffe	4	5	.444	4.15	21	14		2	1	0	89.0	94	48	41	6	48	1	38	2	0	6
Doug Corbett	2	1	.667	2.52	15	0		0	0	2	25.0	18	11	7	1	7	5	33	1	1	2
Bob Mayer	2	4	.333	2.95	18	6		2	0	1	58.0	51	23	19	2	34	6	26	0	0	2
Douglas Nelson					21						0.0
Joe Price	0	0		2.70	2	2		0	0	0	10.0	7	3	3	0	3	0	10	0	0	1
Larry Rothschild	0	0		4.50	5	0		0	0	1	12.0	14	7	6	0	4	0	9	0	0	1
Steve Hughes	0	0		13.50	2	0		0	0	0	2.0	4	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
John Huntington	0	2	.000	4.00	14	1		0	0	0	18.0	20	9	8	1	17	2	10	0	1	0
Rick Lombardo	0	4	.000	4.38	22	1		0	0	1	37.0	49	31	18	0	26	7	15	1	0	3
Totals	61	73	.455	3.22	340	140	0	28	5	19	1142.0	1050	504	409	52	464	75	821	22	4	54	0

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Don Lyle	128	503	432	65	124	28	7	7	67	15	9	56	55	.287	.375	.433	.808	187		8	2	5
Gene Menees	116	476	421	57	116	22	5	5	34	17	9	43	48	.276	.345	.387	.732	163		3	6	3
George Weicker	128	486	430	39	112	23	3	3	52	1	4	37	39	.260	.326	.349	.675	150		7	8	4
Mickey Duval	112	430	391	47	111	14	4	1	31	15	6	29	52	.284	.336	.348	.684	136		3	4	3
Tim Doerr	123	446	409	41	102	21	2	5	41	0	0	31	79	.249	.299	.347	.646	142		0	1	5
Steve Hughes	118	408	354	47	80	6	0	0	13	19	5	45	63	.226	.315	.243	.558	86		1	8	0
Tom Sohns	111	370	337	27	74	8	1	2	22	5	9	26	38	.220	.273	.267	.540	90		0	4	3
Duane Walker	103	335	288	38	69	15	3	2	31	18	4	38	43	.240	.331	.333	.665	96		2	6	1
Dave Van Gorder	73	246	217	23	57	10	0	1	25	0	0	25	24	.263	.339	.323	.661	70		1	1	2
Bob Hamilton	54	177	157	18	41	9	1	1	10	2	1	16	17	.261	.326	.350	.676	55		0	2	2
Joe Griffin	69	205	184	14	39	8	1	3	34	0	0	11	67	.212	.257	.315	.573	58		2	3	5
Tony Moretto	58	193	173	17	33	5	1	0	8	2	3	16	36	.191	.267	.231	.498	40		2	2	0
Greg Dahl	44	159	140	16	30	7	0	3	8	0	1	14	37	.214	.282	.329	.611	46		0	3	2
Butch Harris	31	94	85	11	23	3	1	0	10	1	0	7	6	.271	.323	.329	.652	28		0	1	1
Randy Davidson	13	56	53	8	17	2	0	0	8	3	2	2	1	.321	.339	.358	.698	19		0	0	1
Rafael Santo Domingo	22	46	44	4	9	3	0	2	7	0	1	2	11	.205	.239	.409	.648	18		0	0	0
Mark Miller	7	25	21	3	6	3	0	1	4	0	0	1	5	.286	.348	.571	.919	12		1	2	0
Bill Kelly	42	20	20	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	.200	.200	.250	.450	5		0	0	0
Jay Howell	28	38	33	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	.121	.121	.121	.242	4		0	5	0
Garry Pyka	6	15	15	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	3		0	0	0
Bruce Berenyi	23	20	16	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.188	.188	.188	.375	3		0	4	0
Frank Pastore	22	22	21	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	.143	.143	.190	.333	4		0	1	0
Rick O'Keeffe	21	14	12	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	2		0	2	0
Bill Dawley	27	20	17	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.118	.167	.118	.284	2		0	2	0
John Huntington	15	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1		0	0	0
Joe Price	2	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	1		0	0	0
Bob Mayer	18	9	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	1		0	2	0
Geoff Combe	66	10	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	.143	.400	.143	.543	1		0	0	0
Scott Brown	13	15	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	.071	.071	.071	.143	1		0	1	0
Doug Corbett	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Rick Lombardo	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0
Larry Rothschild	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0		0	1	0
Totals	1635	4846	4305	479	1069	189	29	36	415	98	54	403	676	.248	.315	.331	.645	1424	0	30	71	37	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
George Weicker	1B	123	983	76	11	76	.990	8.610
Greg Dahl	1B	3	23	2	1	0	.962	8.333
Butch Harris	1B	2	18	2	0	2	1.000	1.000
Gene Menees	2B	114	237	281	12	62	.977	4.544
Tom Sohns	2B	13	20	24	1	5	.978	3.385
Randy Davidson	2B	13	38	25	4	4	.940	4.846
Garry Pyka	2B	5	3	8	1	0	.917	2.200
Tim Doerr	3B	117	104	201	20	15	.938	2.607
Tom Sohns	3B	33	24	63	7	8	.926	2.636
Dave Van Gorder	C	71	396	38	5	4	.989	6.113	6
Joe Griffin	C	52	261	25	6	2	.979	5.500	7
Greg Dahl	C	26	175	13	6	1	.969	7.231	2
Mark Miller	C	7	43	5	1	1	.980	6.857	0
Mickey Duval	OF	111	226	10	17	3	.933	2.126
Don Lyle	OF	109	181	6	6	1	.969	1.716
Duane Walker	OF	77	133	7	5	1	.966	1.818
Tony Moretto	OF	54	78	1	1	0	.988	1.463
Bob Hamilton	OF	48	81	4	3	1	.966	1.771
Rick Duncan	OF	25						.000
Butch Harris	OF	19	23	1	1	0	.960	1.263
Tom Sohns	OF	16	25	2	2	0	.931	1.688
John Guarnaccia	OF	10						.000
Geoff Combe	P	66	9	13	1	0	.957	.333
Bill Kelly	P	41	15	25	4	3	.909	.976
Jay Howell	P	28	11	25	5	1	.878	1.286
Bill Dawley	P	27	13	19	6	1	.842	1.185
Bruce Berenyi	P	23	16	24	1	3	.976	1.739
Frank Pastore	P	22	6	16	1	1	.957	1.000
Rick Lombardo	P	22	3	5	3	0	.727	.364
Rick O'Keeffe	P	21	4	15	1	0	.950	.905
Douglas Nelson	P	21						.000
Bob Mayer	P	18	6	7	0	0	1.000	.722
Doug Corbett	P	15	3	2	1	0	.833	.333
John Huntington	P	14	1	4	0	1	1.000	.357
Scott Brown	P	13	2	4	1	0	.857	.462
Larry Rothschild	P	5	0	2	0	0	1.000	.400
Joe Price	P	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500
Steve Hughes	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
Steve Hughes	SS	110	162	297	32	51	.935	4.173
Tom Sohns	SS	36	47	64	10	8	.917	3.083
Rafael Santo Domingo	SS	9	8	28	3	5	.923	4.000
Totals		1543	3379	1344	179	260	.963	3.061	15	0	0

Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.

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