1979 Nashville Sounds Statistics

Southern League (SL) - Class: AA
Team Record: 83-61
Finished 1st in the SL's West Division
Manager: George Scherger (83-61)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Ballpark: Herschel Greer Stadium
Attendance: 515,482, Avg. 7,159

1979 Nashville Sounds Roster

Playoffs - Nashville Sounds 2 games, Memphis Chicks 1
Finals - Nashville Sounds 3 games, Columbus Astros 1

The Nashville Sounds of the Southern League ended the 1979 season with a record of 83 wins and 61 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.

The Sounds scored 624 runs and surrendered 563 runs. Paul Householder led Nashville with 20 home runs and accounted for 95 RBI. Duane Walker paced batters with significant playing time by hitting .303. Bill Kelly topped the squad with 13 wins, while Scott Brown recorded a 2.4 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Players from the 1979 Nashville Sounds who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Scott Brown, Jeff Lahti, Eddie Milner, Rafael Santo Domingo, Paul Householder, Gary Redus, Mike Armstrong, Duane Walker, Joe Price, Geoff Combe, Dave Van Gorder, Bill Dawley, Skeeter Barnes and George Cappuzzello.

George Scherger 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
Bill Kelly	13	6	.684	3.62	30	22		5	1	0	149.0	164	65	60	13	16	5	76	1	0	4
Greg Hughes	11	4	.733	3.22	25	24		2	1	0	120.0	115	56	43	5	63	3	67	2	1	6
Scott Brown	9	2	.818	2.40	27	19		3	1	1	131.0	103	40	35	12	43	1	109	2	1	2
Bill Dawley	9	9	.500	3.99	25	24		4	2	0	140.0	144	72	62	12	41	6	84	1	1	2
George Cappuzzello	8	4	.667	2.41	44	3		0	0	4	82.0	89	34	22	3	31	2	72	0	0	7
Joe Price	6	6	.500	3.96	22	20		2	2	0	109.0	101	58	48	13	41	1	69	1	0	6
Mike Armstrong	5	1	.833	3.38	32	0		0	0	3	64.0	58	30	24	9	29	2	53	3	0	3
Geoff Combe	5	5	.500	2.07	54	0		0	0	27	87.0	66	29	20	2	30	9	84	2	0	8
Raul Ferreyra	5	9	.357	2.72	61	0		0	0	6	116.0	128	47	35	7	24	9	53	1	0	1
Randy Town	3	2	.600	4.26	13	11		0	0	0	57.0	56	32	27	9	15	0	20	1	0	2
Rick Lombardo	3	2	.600	4.85	17	0		0	0	0	26.0	26	18	14	1	17	2	14	0	0	2
Bob Mayer	3	3	.500	4.11	15	15		0	0	0	81.0	78	39	37	1	52	3	58	0	1	4
Jeff Lahti	2	0	1.000	1.69	6	0		0	0	0	16.0	10	4	3	0	5	1	12	0	0	2
Joel Willett	1	2	.333	5.62	8	0		0	0	0	16.0	21	15	10	2	9	2	9	0	0	0
Rick O'Keeffe	0	6	.000	6.21	9	7		0	0	0	29.0	31	24	20	3	13	1	15	1	0	0
Totals	83	61	.576	3.39	388	145	0	16	7	41	1223.0	1190	563	460	92	429	47	795	15	4	49	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
Duane Walker	143	641	545	97	165	28	15	9	57	46	10	89	67	.303	.401	.459	.860	250		2	3	2
Gene Menees	145	627	553	84	164	18	4	5	54	6	3	46	43	.297	.355	.371	.725	205		6	18	4
Paul Householder	142	586	488	93	138	24	7	20	95	21	12	84	63	.283	.389	.484	.873	236		5	3	6
Skeeter Barnes	145	542	500	54	133	19	4	12	77	5	3	27	64	.266	.305	.392	.697	196		4	4	7
Dave Van Gorder	137	533	461	58	131	27	1	6	64	0	1	62	66	.284	.367	.386	.753	178		2	2	6
Rafael Santo Domingo	108	372	322	38	101	24	7	3	49	11	2	35	45	.314	.387	.460	.847	148		6	5	4
Eddie Milner	104	425	369	70	97	12	12	11	51	35	2	48	39	.263	.351	.450	.801	166		3	3	2
Tom Sohns	135	457	412	36	94	6	5	2	35	7	5	39	41	.228	.292	.282	.573	116		0	1	5
Rick Duncan	97	325	268	30	76	14	2	2	36	1	1	46	25	.284	.385	.373	.758	100		2	3	6
Bob Hamilton	84	147	119	17	34	6	1	1	15	1	1	23	13	.286	.406	.378	.784	45		1	4	0
Mark Miller	59	105	88	5	22	3	0	0	5	0	0	16	21	.250	.371	.284	.656	25		1	0	0
Gary Redus	36	130	109	7	19	2	1	0	7	8	3	18	27	.174	.295	.211	.506	23		1	1	1
Bill Kelly	33	60	49	7	7	2	0	0	1	0	0	5	22	.143	.222	.184	.406	9		0	6	0
Bob Mayer	18	33	29	3	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.138	.167	.172	.339	5		1	3	0
Greg Hughes	38	48	39	8	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	19	.103	.205	.103	.307	4		1	4	0
Bill Dawley	25	50	41	5	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	14	.098	.178	.122	.300	5		0	5	0
Russ Aldrich	18	16	14	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	.143	.250	.357	.607	5		0	0	0
George Cappuzzello	44	22	20	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	8	.100	.143	.100	.243	2		0	1	0
Joe Price	22	36	33	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	13	.061	.114	.121	.235	4		0	1	0
Scott Brown	27	49	41	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	29	.049	.091	.049	.140	2		0	5	1
Jeff Lahti	6	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.667	1.000	2		0	1	0
Rick O'Keeffe	11	11	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.091	.091	.091	.182	1		0	0	0
Raul Ferreyra	61	16	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.083	.214	.083	.298	1		0	2	0
Mike Armstrong	34	14	13	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.077	.143	.077	.220	1		0	0	0
Randy Town	13	18	15	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.067	.067	.067	.133	1		0	3	0
Steve Hughes	15	28	24	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.042	.115	.042	.157	1		0	2	0
Rick Lombardo	17	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0		0	0	0
Geoff Combe	54	12	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	3	0
Joel Willett	8	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.667	.000	.667	0		0	0	0
Totals	1779	5312	4589	623	1207	188	60	72	556	141	43	561	655	.263	.345	.377	.722	1731	0	35	83	44	0

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Rick Duncan	1B	84	641	49	6	34	.991	8.214
Rafael Santo Domingo	1B	60	520	35	9	41	.984	9.250
Russ Aldrich	1B	10	17	1	0	1	1.000	1.800
Dave Van Gorder	1B	9	55	4	0	4	1.000	6.556
Gene Menees	2B	144	311	374	16	60	.977	4.757
Rafael Santo Domingo	2B	3	2	3	0	0	1.000	1.667
Skeeter Barnes	3B	142	123	291	35	21	.922	2.915
Tom Sohns	3B	8	4	11	2	1	.882	1.875
Rafael Santo Domingo	3B	2	1	3	1	0	.800	2.000
Paul Householder	3B	2	1	2	1	0	.750	1.500
Dave Van Gorder	C	131	726	74	6	7	.993	6.107	6
Mark Miller	C	29	120	16	4	1	.971	4.690	3
Russ Aldrich	C	1	7	1	0	0	1.000	8.000	0
Duane Walker	OF	143	237	9	12	1	.953	1.720
Paul Householder	OF	141	246	16	3	5	.989	1.858
Eddie Milner	OF	100	259	9	5	1	.982	2.680
Bob Hamilton	OF	42	50	5	1	0	.982	1.310
Gary Redus	OF	34	74	3	3	0	.962	2.265
Raul Ferreyra	P	61	6	17	1	0	.958	.377
Geoff Combe	P	54	6	15	1	0	.955	.389
George Cappuzzello	P	44	5	18	2	0	.920	.523
Mike Armstrong	P	32	2	6	2	0	.800	.250
Bill Kelly	P	30	12	21	1	3	.971	1.100
Scott Brown	P	27	2	15	1	0	.944	.630
Greg Hughes	P	25	13	14	2	0	.931	1.080
Bill Dawley	P	25	6	22	1	2	.966	1.120
Joe Price	P	22	3	19	0	0	1.000	1.000
Rick Lombardo	P	17	1	3	0	0	1.000	.235
Bob Mayer	P	15	5	18	3	0	.885	1.533
Randy Town	P	13	2	15	3	1	.850	1.308
Rick O'Keeffe	P	9	2	7	0	0	1.000	1.000
Joel Willett	P	8	1	3	0	0	1.000	.500
Jeff Lahti	P	6	1	2	4	0	.429	.500
Tom Sohns	SS	116	163	352	32	47	.941	4.440
Rafael Santo Domingo	SS	24	37	48	21	4	.802	3.542
Steve Hughes	SS	9	10	19	3	3	.906	3.222
Totals		1622	3671	1520	181	237	.966	3.200	9	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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