1981 Nashville Sounds Statistics

Southern League (SL) - Class: AA
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
1981 Nashville Sounds Roster

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.


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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
Jamie Werly1311.5422.59282801810222.01849164108811936111
Pete Filson102.8331.821413173199.0733020328177313
Steve Taylor901.0002.701210011060.0512218532041111
Curt Kaufman95.6432.8844133001278.06228255331177214
Roger Slagle95.6433.02181801010134.01245245929178202
Mike Morgan87.5334.4226260700169.01649783168301002412
Frank Ricci89.4713.533952520497.0834938948594104
Jeff Taylor51.8332.43176711263.0552617225231201
Stefan Wever52.7142.0599041066.0542215230139302
Rod Boxberger49.3084.5423183400109.011474557724628213
Dan Ledduke110.0914.84259900293.01046450649265032
Randy Guerra001.127060008.04110418100
Tim Lewis003.3870400024.024159211015103
Guy Elston009.001000002.05220201000
Ken Smith01.0009.001010001.01111101000
Totals8162.5663.2527114389548211225.0110257444377535298823213580

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 Mattingly14162354774173354798426455.316.384.433.8182372197
Ted Wilborn140620553106163211298543144989.295.352.425.77723521242
Nate Chapman12353247570135217107520104057.284.343.421.7652006564
Willie McGee100423388771252057632472446.322.360.454.8131761641
Rafael Villaman132468424621061722282493269.250.305.314.6191332912
Otis Nixon12752740789102920207215110101.251.413.283.6951153610
Brian Dayett112406338539115318624116051.269.378.491.8691662151
Buck Showalter903643074681176038334616.264.363.358.7211103623
Pat Callahan833152823078136135222749.277.344.376.7201063120
Erik Peterson852692353153121643422439.226.307.362.669854512
Wes Robbins481911682540113118211624.238.311.357.668603131
Brian Poldberg57175152163252122001614.211.302.289.592444300
Bob Mariano4413110816246119021922.222.341.324.665351210
Tim Knight3111494141942113011814.202.330.319.650300202
Rob Teegarden1758495132211000812.265.379.449.828221000
Randy Guerra30756612130041301913.197.293.379.672250001
Dennis Werth1358439120018321312.279.448.349.797151010
Kevin Shannon288067792005001116.134.262.164.427111010
Dan Hanggie2248402710050065.175.292.200.49281010
Totals1423547747437441276211587065020582592704.269.352.382.7341813040604226


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Don Mattingly1B9075864869.9909.133
Erik Peterson1B241467513.9686.375
Randy Guerra1B20176100141.0009.300
Buck Showalter1B191511056.9708.474
Dennis Werth1B2141031.0007.500
Brian Poldberg1B1120011.00012.000
Rafael Villaman2B1112063081664.9704.631
Ted Wilborn2B264156614.9423.731
Erik Peterson2B12182027.9503.167
Wes Robbins2B10132225.9463.500
Brian Dayett3B8048125158.9202.162
Bob Mariano3B42197129.9782.143
Erik Peterson3B32215367.9252.312
Dan Hanggie3B1911632.850.895
Pat CallahanC6844839113.9787.16212
Brian PoldbergC522573582.9735.6158
Kevin ShannonC271421421.9875.7780
Dennis WerthC12755001.0006.6675
Dan HanggieC361001.0002.3331
Nate ChapmanOF12223513130.9502.033
Ted WilbornOF108191482.9611.806
Willie McGeeOF872031066.9732.448
Don MattinglyOF5588541.9591.691
Buck ShowalterOF3350421.9641.636
Tim KnightOF2947111.9801.655
Rob TeegardenOF76010.857.857
Brian DayettOF470001.0001.750
Randy GuerraOF120001.0002.000
Curt KaufmanP444710.917.250
Frank RicciP394810.923.308
Jamie WerlyP28131933.9141.143
Mike MorganP26103721.9591.808
Dan LeddukeP25212031.000.560
Rod BoxbergerP2362313.9671.261
Roger SlagleP1882920.9492.056
Jeff TaylorP1761311.9501.118
Pete FilsonP1431411.9441.214
Steve TaylorP123620.818.750
Stefan WeverP941221.8891.778
Tim LewisP712001.000.429
Randy GuerraP70110.500.143
Ken SmithP10000.000
Guy ElstonP10000.000
Otis NixonSS1241983485651.9074.403
Rafael VillamanSS233060811.9183.913
Bob MarianoSS20821.8004.000
Totals151636731493209315.9613.4082600

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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