1981 Nashville Sounds Statistics
Team Record: 81-62
Finished 1st in the SL's West Division
Manager: Stump Merrill (81-62)
Affiliation: New York Yankees
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Ballpark: Herschel Greer Stadium
Attendance: 550,676, Avg. 7,702
Playoffs - Nashville Sounds 3 games, Memphis Chicks 0
Finals - Orlando Twins 3 games, Nashville Sounds 1
The Nashville Sounds of the Southern League ended the 1981 season with a record of 81 wins and 62 losses, finishing first in the league's West Division.
The Sounds led the league with just 574 runs allowed. Nashville scored 744 runs. Brian Dayett paced the squad with 18 home runs Don Mattingly drove in 98 runs. Willie McGee topped all regular batters by hitting .322. Jamie Werly paced the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 2.59 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1981 Nashville Sounds who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Brian Dayett, Pete Filson, Curt Kaufman, Don Mattingly, Willie McGee, Mike Morgan, Otis Nixon, Roger Slagle, Dennis Werth, Stefan Wever and Ted Wilborn.
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jamie Werly | 13 | 11 | .542 | 2.59 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 222.0 | 184 | 91 | 64 | 10 | 88 | 1 | 193 | 6 | 1 | 11 | |
Pete Filson | 10 | 2 | .833 | 1.82 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 99.0 | 73 | 30 | 20 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 77 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
Steve Taylor | 9 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.70 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 60.0 | 51 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 32 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Curt Kaufman | 9 | 5 | .643 | 2.88 | 44 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 78.0 | 62 | 28 | 25 | 5 | 33 | 11 | 77 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
Roger Slagle | 9 | 5 | .643 | 3.02 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 134.0 | 124 | 52 | 45 | 9 | 29 | 1 | 78 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Mike Morgan | 8 | 7 | .533 | 4.42 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 169.0 | 164 | 97 | 83 | 16 | 83 | 0 | 100 | 2 | 4 | 12 | |
Frank Ricci | 8 | 9 | .471 | 3.53 | 39 | 5 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 97.0 | 83 | 49 | 38 | 9 | 48 | 5 | 94 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
Jeff Taylor | 5 | 1 | .833 | 2.43 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 63.0 | 55 | 26 | 17 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
Stefan Wever | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.05 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 66.0 | 54 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
Rod Boxberger | 4 | 9 | .308 | 4.54 | 23 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 109.0 | 114 | 74 | 55 | 7 | 72 | 4 | 62 | 8 | 2 | 13 | |
Dan Ledduke | 1 | 10 | .091 | 4.84 | 25 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 93.0 | 104 | 64 | 50 | 6 | 49 | 2 | 65 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
Randy Guerra | 0 | 0 | 1.12 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tim Lewis | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
Guy Elston | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ken Smith | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 81 | 62 | .566 | 3.25 | 271 | 143 | 89 | 54 | 8 | 21 | 1225.0 | 1102 | 574 | 443 | 77 | 535 | 29 | 882 | 32 | 13 | 58 | 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 Mattingly | 141 | 623 | 547 | 74 | 173 | 35 | 4 | 7 | 98 | 4 | 2 | 64 | 55 | .316 | .384 | .433 | .818 | 237 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | |
Ted Wilborn | 140 | 620 | 553 | 106 | 163 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 85 | 43 | 14 | 49 | 89 | .295 | .352 | .425 | .777 | 235 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 2 | |
Nate Chapman | 123 | 532 | 475 | 70 | 135 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 75 | 20 | 10 | 40 | 57 | .284 | .343 | .421 | .765 | 200 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | |
Willie McGee | 100 | 423 | 388 | 77 | 125 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 63 | 24 | 7 | 24 | 46 | .322 | .360 | .454 | .813 | 176 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | |
Rafael Villaman | 132 | 468 | 424 | 62 | 106 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 24 | 9 | 32 | 69 | .250 | .305 | .314 | .619 | 133 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 2 | |
Otis Nixon | 127 | 527 | 407 | 89 | 102 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 72 | 15 | 110 | 101 | .251 | .413 | .283 | .695 | 115 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
Brian Dayett | 112 | 406 | 338 | 53 | 91 | 15 | 3 | 18 | 62 | 4 | 11 | 60 | 51 | .269 | .378 | .491 | .869 | 166 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
Buck Showalter | 90 | 364 | 307 | 46 | 81 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 38 | 3 | 3 | 46 | 16 | .264 | .363 | .358 | .721 | 110 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | |
Pat Callahan | 83 | 315 | 282 | 30 | 78 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 49 | .277 | .344 | .376 | .720 | 106 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
Erik Peterson | 85 | 269 | 235 | 31 | 53 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 43 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 39 | .226 | .307 | .362 | .669 | 85 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | |
Wes Robbins | 48 | 191 | 168 | 25 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 24 | .238 | .311 | .357 | .668 | 60 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
Brian Poldberg | 57 | 175 | 152 | 16 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 14 | .211 | .302 | .289 | .592 | 44 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Mariano | 44 | 131 | 108 | 16 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 22 | .222 | .341 | .324 | .665 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
Tim Knight | 31 | 114 | 94 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 14 | .202 | .330 | .319 | .650 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Rob Teegarden | 17 | 58 | 49 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 | .265 | .379 | .449 | .828 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Randy Guerra | 30 | 75 | 66 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 13 | .197 | .293 | .379 | .672 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Dennis Werth | 13 | 58 | 43 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | .279 | .448 | .349 | .797 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Kevin Shannon | 28 | 80 | 67 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 16 | .134 | .262 | .164 | .427 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Dan Hanggie | 22 | 48 | 40 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | .175 | .292 | .200 | .492 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Totals | 1423 | 5477 | 4743 | 744 | 1276 | 211 | 58 | 70 | 650 | 205 | 82 | 592 | 704 | .269 | .352 | .382 | .734 | 1813 | 0 | 40 | 60 | 42 | 26 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Don Mattingly | 1B | 90 | 758 | 64 | 8 | 69 | .990 | 9.133 | ||||
Erik Peterson | 1B | 24 | 146 | 7 | 5 | 13 | .968 | 6.375 | ||||
Randy Guerra | 1B | 20 | 176 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 1.000 | 9.300 | ||||
Buck Showalter | 1B | 19 | 151 | 10 | 5 | 6 | .970 | 8.474 | ||||
Dennis Werth | 1B | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 7.500 | ||||
Brian Poldberg | 1B | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 12.000 | ||||
Rafael Villaman | 2B | 111 | 206 | 308 | 16 | 64 | .970 | 4.631 | ||||
Ted Wilborn | 2B | 26 | 41 | 56 | 6 | 14 | .942 | 3.731 | ||||
Erik Peterson | 2B | 12 | 18 | 20 | 2 | 7 | .950 | 3.167 | ||||
Wes Robbins | 2B | 10 | 13 | 22 | 2 | 5 | .946 | 3.500 | ||||
Brian Dayett | 3B | 80 | 48 | 125 | 15 | 8 | .920 | 2.162 | ||||
Bob Mariano | 3B | 42 | 19 | 71 | 2 | 9 | .978 | 2.143 | ||||
Erik Peterson | 3B | 32 | 21 | 53 | 6 | 7 | .925 | 2.312 | ||||
Dan Hanggie | 3B | 19 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 2 | .850 | .895 | ||||
Pat Callahan | C | 68 | 448 | 39 | 11 | 3 | .978 | 7.162 | 12 | |||
Brian Poldberg | C | 52 | 257 | 35 | 8 | 2 | .973 | 5.615 | 8 | |||
Kevin Shannon | C | 27 | 142 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .987 | 5.778 | 0 | |||
Dennis Werth | C | 12 | 75 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.667 | 5 | |||
Dan Hanggie | C | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | 1 | |||
Nate Chapman | OF | 122 | 235 | 13 | 13 | 0 | .950 | 2.033 | ||||
Ted Wilborn | OF | 108 | 191 | 4 | 8 | 2 | .961 | 1.806 | ||||
Willie McGee | OF | 87 | 203 | 10 | 6 | 6 | .973 | 2.448 | ||||
Don Mattingly | OF | 55 | 88 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .959 | 1.691 | ||||
Buck Showalter | OF | 33 | 50 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .964 | 1.636 | ||||
Tim Knight | OF | 29 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .980 | 1.655 | ||||
Rob Teegarden | OF | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .857 | ||||
Brian Dayett | OF | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.750 | ||||
Randy Guerra | OF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Curt Kaufman | P | 44 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .250 | ||||
Frank Ricci | P | 39 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .923 | .308 | ||||
Jamie Werly | P | 28 | 13 | 19 | 3 | 3 | .914 | 1.143 | ||||
Mike Morgan | P | 26 | 10 | 37 | 2 | 1 | .959 | 1.808 | ||||
Dan Ledduke | P | 25 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | .560 | ||||
Rod Boxberger | P | 23 | 6 | 23 | 1 | 3 | .967 | 1.261 | ||||
Roger Slagle | P | 18 | 8 | 29 | 2 | 0 | .949 | 2.056 | ||||
Jeff Taylor | P | 17 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 1 | .950 | 1.118 | ||||
Pete Filson | P | 14 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 1 | .944 | 1.214 | ||||
Steve Taylor | P | 12 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | .818 | .750 | ||||
Stefan Wever | P | 9 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .889 | 1.778 | ||||
Tim Lewis | P | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .429 | ||||
Randy Guerra | P | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .143 | ||||
Ken Smith | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Guy Elston | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Otis Nixon | SS | 124 | 198 | 348 | 56 | 51 | .907 | 4.403 | ||||
Rafael Villaman | SS | 23 | 30 | 60 | 8 | 11 | .918 | 3.913 | ||||
Bob Mariano | SS | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .800 | 4.000 | ||||
Totals | 1516 | 3673 | 1493 | 209 | 315 | .961 | 3.408 | 26 | 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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