1980 Nashville Sounds Statistics
Team Record: 97-46
Finished 1st in the SL's West Division
Manager: Stump Merrill (97-46)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Ballpark: Herschel Greer Stadium
Attendance: 575,676, Avg. 8,051
Playoffs - Memphis Chicks 3 games, Nashville Sounds 1
The Nashville Sounds of the Southern League ended the 1980 season with a record of 97 wins and 46 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.
The Sounds topped the league with 753 runs. Nashville surrendered 544 runs, fewest in the league. Steve Balboni walloped 34 home runs for the team, while Pat Tabler swatted 15 or more, too. Steve Balboni drove in 122 runs. Buck Showalter paced all regular hitters by hitting .324. Andy McGaffigan and Brian Ryder led the team with 15 wins each, and Andy McGaffigan registered a 2.38 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1980 Nashville Sounds who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Juan Espino, Brian Dayett, Paul Boris, Tom Filer, Curt Kaufman, Steve Balboni, Pat Tabler, Andre Robertson, Roger Slagle, Rafael Santana, Brad Gulden, Willie McGee, Will McEnaney, Ted Wilborn, Andy McGaffigan and Don Cooper.
Stump Merrill served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy McGaffigan | 15 | 5 | .750 | 2.38 | 31 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 170.0 | 139 | 62 | 45 | 5 | 62 | 2 | 125 | 7 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Brian Ryder | 15 | 9 | .625 | 3.04 | 28 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 201.0 | 170 | 83 | 68 | 16 | 83 | 4 | 134 | 5 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Tom Filer | 13 | 9 | .591 | 2.94 | 27 | 26 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 187.0 | 168 | 94 | 61 | 10 | 86 | 4 | 112 | 4 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Dan Ledduke | 9 | 3 | .750 | 4.57 | 28 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 122.0 | 133 | 70 | 62 | 10 | 60 | 2 | 84 | 2 | 1 | 16 | ||
| Don Cooper | 9 | 5 | .643 | 1.80 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 60.0 | 43 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 29 | 4 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Paul Boris | 7 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.49 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 94.0 | 74 | 35 | 26 | 4 | 40 | 8 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Curt Kaufman | 6 | 2 | .750 | 4.50 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 46.0 | 43 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jamie Werly | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.42 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 113.0 | 87 | 50 | 43 | 7 | 53 | 1 | 104 | 4 | 0 | 9 | ||
| Roger Slagle | 5 | 4 | .556 | 1.88 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 91.0 | 70 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 20 | 2 | 84 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Will McEnaney | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.44 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 25.0 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tim Lewis | 4 | 1 | .800 | 4.41 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 49.0 | 46 | 29 | 24 | 3 | 22 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Steve Taylor | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.74 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Jeff Taylor | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.93 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 71.0 | 79 | 36 | 31 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Scott Gleckel | 0 | 0 | 5.14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kenny Baker | 0 | 0 | 15.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 97 | 46 | .678 | 3.13 | 294 | 143 | 0 | 43 | 12 | 25 | 1258.0 | 1102 | 550 | 437 | 73 | 529 | 31 | 928 | 28 | 7 | 60 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buck Showalter | 142 | 615 | 550 | 84 | 178 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 82 | 6 | 9 | 53 | 23 | .324 | .387 | .375 | .761 | 206 | 5 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Steve Balboni | 141 | 613 | 521 | 101 | 157 | 25 | 2 | 34 | 122 | 4 | 2 | 82 | 162 | .301 | .399 | .553 | .951 | 288 | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Nate Chapman | 135 | 585 | 520 | 94 | 144 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 63 | 46 | 18 | 47 | 58 | .277 | .338 | .396 | .734 | 206 | 4 | 8 | 6 | ||
| Pat Tabler | 136 | 558 | 479 | 82 | 142 | 38 | 8 | 16 | 83 | 9 | 6 | 66 | 74 | .296 | .388 | .509 | .897 | 244 | 7 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Ted Wilborn | 121 | 507 | 455 | 70 | 123 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 63 | 27 | 20 | 40 | 75 | .270 | .333 | .404 | .738 | 184 | 4 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Dan Schmitz | 101 | 423 | 365 | 58 | 108 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 41 | 9 | 5 | 48 | 28 | .296 | .377 | .384 | .761 | 140 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Kenny Baker | 78 | 292 | 252 | 43 | 72 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 22 | .286 | .371 | .365 | .736 | 92 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Brad Gulden | 85 | 350 | 295 | 34 | 70 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 46 | 3 | 7 | 48 | 43 | .237 | .344 | .383 | .727 | 113 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Rafael Santana | 86 | 308 | 275 | 33 | 64 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 23 | .233 | .294 | .269 | .563 | 74 | 2 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Willie McGee | 78 | 249 | 223 | 35 | 63 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 39 | .283 | .343 | .359 | .702 | 80 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Dan Hanggie | 75 | 272 | 237 | 34 | 60 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 25 | .253 | .336 | .291 | .627 | 69 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Pat Callahan | 75 | 243 | 206 | 20 | 56 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 24 | .272 | .360 | .306 | .666 | 63 | 2 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Garry Smith | 43 | 175 | 156 | 18 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 27 | .282 | .349 | .353 | .701 | 55 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Brian Dayett | 35 | 116 | 100 | 15 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 26 | .210 | .289 | .290 | .579 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Mark Johnston | 33 | 86 | 72 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | .250 | .372 | .500 | .872 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andre Robertson | 13 | 50 | 46 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | .261 | .300 | .413 | .713 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Juan Espino | 17 | 60 | 56 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | .161 | .217 | .179 | .395 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Jemison | 13 | 32 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | .120 | .290 | .120 | .410 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bill Hench | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1409 | 5539 | 4838 | 753 | 1345 | 192 | 60 | 85 | 668 | 139 | 86 | 565 | 676 | .278 | .356 | .395 | .752 | 1912 | 0 | 46 | 50 | 40 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Balboni | 1B | 140 | 1218 | 76 | 13 | 125 | .990 | 9.243 | ||||
| Mark Johnston | 1B | 4 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .947 | 4.500 | ||||
| Buck Showalter | 1B | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Pat Tabler | 2B | 135 | 262 | 361 | 27 | 89 | .958 | 4.615 | ||||
| Dan Schmitz | 2B | 9 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 3 | .939 | 3.444 | ||||
| Mark Johnston | 2B | 7 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 4 | .960 | 3.429 | ||||
| Dan Hanggie | 3B | 73 | 60 | 144 | 15 | 13 | .932 | 2.795 | ||||
| Dan Schmitz | 3B | 51 | 13 | 72 | 6 | 6 | .934 | 1.667 | ||||
| Brian Dayett | 3B | 32 | 16 | 60 | 6 | 7 | .927 | 2.375 | ||||
| Mark Johnston | 3B | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .929 | 1.083 | ||||
| Bill Hench | 3B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Brad Gulden | C | 84 | 540 | 80 | 12 | 9 | .981 | 7.381 | 10 | |||
| Pat Callahan | C | 55 | 324 | 30 | 11 | 1 | .970 | 6.436 | 6 | |||
| Juan Espino | C | 16 | 115 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .984 | 7.562 | 2 | |||
| Nate Chapman | OF | 130 | 252 | 5 | 9 | 1 | .966 | 1.977 | ||||
| Ted Wilborn | OF | 112 | 210 | 7 | 7 | 1 | .969 | 1.938 | ||||
| Willie McGee | OF | 73 | 127 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .957 | 1.822 | ||||
| Kenny Baker | OF | 68 | 106 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .965 | 1.603 | ||||
| Garry Smith | OF | 43 | 98 | 6 | 3 | 1 | .972 | 2.419 | ||||
| Buck Showalter | OF | 31 | 59 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .984 | 1.968 | ||||
| Greg Jemison | OF | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.400 | ||||
| Brad Gulden | OF | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Paul Boris | P | 49 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .306 | ||||
| Don Cooper | P | 32 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .406 | ||||
| Andy McGaffigan | P | 31 | 8 | 24 | 8 | 0 | .800 | 1.032 | ||||
| Brian Ryder | P | 28 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .643 | ||||
| Dan Ledduke | P | 28 | 14 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.250 | ||||
| Tom Filer | P | 27 | 14 | 33 | 3 | 2 | .940 | 1.741 | ||||
| Will McEnaney | P | 22 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .182 | ||||
| Jeff Taylor | P | 19 | 6 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 1.632 | ||||
| Jamie Werly | P | 16 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 0 | .917 | 1.375 | ||||
| Roger Slagle | P | 12 | 9 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.167 | ||||
| Curt Kaufman | P | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .455 | ||||
| Tim Lewis | P | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .444 | ||||
| Steve Taylor | P | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.167 | ||||
| Scott Gleckel | P | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Kenny Baker | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Rafael Santana | SS | 86 | 125 | 247 | 25 | 54 | .937 | 4.326 | ||||
| Dan Schmitz | SS | 53 | 74 | 133 | 14 | 29 | .937 | 3.906 | ||||
| Andre Robertson | SS | 13 | 23 | 43 | 5 | 9 | .930 | 5.077 | ||||
| Mark Johnston | SS | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Dan Hanggie | SS | 2 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 3 | .857 | 6.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1538 | 3769 | 1521 | 188 | 370 | .966 | 3.440 | 18 | 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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