1985 Nashville Sounds Statistics
Team Record: 71-70
Finished 2nd in the AA's East Division
Manager: Lee Walls (0-0), Gordon MacKenzie (0-0)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Ballpark: Herschel Greer Stadium
Attendance: 364,225, Avg. 5,166
The Nashville Sounds of the American Association ended the 1985 season with a record of 71 wins and 70 losses, finishing second in the league's East Division.
The Sounds plated 568 runs and gave up 609 runs. Mike Laga paced Nashville with 20 home runs, while Scotti Madison walloped 15 or more also. Mike Laga recorded 79 runs batted in. Darrell Brown led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .294. Paul Voigt topped the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 3.17 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Players from the 1985 Nashville Sounds who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Doug Baker, Dave Bergman, Fred Breining, Darrell Brown, Chuck Cary, Víctor Cruz, Brian Denman, Scott Earl, John Harris, Don Heinkel, Ron Johnson, Bryan Kelly, Rusty Kuntz, Mike Laga, Dwight Lowry, Scotti Madison, Mickey Mahler, Bob Melvin, Dan Meyer, Bobby Mitchell, Sid Monge, Rich Monteleone, Tom O'Malley, Randy O'Neal, John Pacella, Chris Pittaro, Joe Pittman, Leon Roberts, Luis Rosado, Alejandro Sánchez, Steve Shirley, Nelson Simmons, Bob Stoddard, Don Werner and Ted Wilborn.
Lee Walls and Gordon MacKenzie 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paul Voigt | 11 | 9 | .550 | 3.17 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 176.0 | 155 | 75 | 62 | 10 | 85 | 2 | 95 | 10 | 3 | 8 | |
Brian Denman | 10 | 8 | .556 | 4.06 | 27 | 26 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 181.7 | 198 | 93 | 82 | 12 | 51 | 0 | 65 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |
Jeff Conner | 8 | 7 | .533 | 2.74 | 33 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 105.0 | 96 | 51 | 32 | 11 | 33 | 2 | 57 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
Bryan Kelly | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3.75 | 27 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 112.7 | 86 | 51 | 47 | 4 | 89 | 0 | 93 | 10 | 3 | 14 | |
John Pacella | 7 | 7 | .500 | 3.23 | 37 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 122.7 | 90 | 47 | 44 | 4 | 54 | 2 | 79 | 0 | 6 | 10 | |
Rich Monteleone | 6 | 12 | .333 | 5.08 | 27 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 145.3 | 149 | 89 | 82 | 14 | 87 | 2 | 97 | 2 | 0 | 11 | |
Randy O'Neal | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.59 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 67.7 | 57 | 29 | 27 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Sid Monge | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.64 | 31 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 47.0 | 50 | 21 | 19 | 4 | 16 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
Steve Shirley | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.61 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 47.3 | 40 | 22 | 19 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
Bob Stoddard | 2 | 1 | .667 | 0.59 | 22 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 30.7 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Chuck Cary | 2 | 1 | .667 | 3.00 | 48 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 66.0 | 55 | 27 | 22 | 6 | 27 | 1 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
VÃctor Cruz | 1 | 2 | .333 | 7.23 | 31 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37.3 | 43 | 32 | 30 | 4 | 23 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Don Heinkel | 1 | 3 | .250 | 7.13 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41.7 | 49 | 36 | 33 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
Mickey Mahler | 5 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Fred Breining | 3 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Jim Rasmussen | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.75 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.7 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Totals | 68 | 69 | .496 | 3.85 | 365 | 137 | 113 | 27 | 8 | 29 | 1195.7 | 1103 | 590 | 512 | 92 | 542 | 22 | 735 | 40 | 17 | 63 | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Darrell Brown | 97 | 409 | 395 | 45 | 116 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 32 | 17 | 9 | 25 | .294 | .310 | .342 | .651 | 135 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
Mike Laga | 117 | 478 | 430 | 58 | 113 | 30 | 2 | 20 | 79 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 95 | .263 | .321 | .481 | .802 | 207 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | |
Scotti Madison | 86 | 365 | 317 | 59 | 108 | 23 | 4 | 16 | 54 | 3 | 3 | 43 | 45 | .341 | .423 | .590 | 1.013 | 187 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Joe Pittman | 107 | 405 | 374 | 41 | 100 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 26 | 49 | .267 | .313 | .348 | .661 | 130 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
Scott Earl | 125 | 449 | 381 | 55 | 90 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 44 | 23 | 12 | 50 | 98 | .236 | .325 | .357 | .682 | 136 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 1 | |
Leon Roberts | 97 | 358 | 311 | 31 | 83 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 39 | 6 | 6 | 39 | 47 | .267 | .345 | .367 | .711 | 114 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | |
Bobby Mitchell | 111 | 374 | 325 | 47 | 80 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 5 | 9 | 45 | 50 | .246 | .339 | .342 | .680 | 111 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
Doug Baker | 107 | 383 | 325 | 42 | 71 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 41 | 50 | .218 | .308 | .289 | .598 | 94 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | |
Bob Melvin | 53 | 197 | 177 | 27 | 48 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 38 | .271 | .332 | .475 | .806 | 84 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
Nelson Simmons | 49 | 207 | 188 | 17 | 46 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 30 | .245 | .295 | .463 | .757 | 87 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
Tom O'Malley | 33 | 139 | 128 | 13 | 39 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9 | .305 | .360 | .391 | .750 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Rusty Kuntz | 74 | 208 | 167 | 24 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 29 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 39 | .222 | .351 | .377 | .728 | 63 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
Dwight Lowry | 74 | 234 | 203 | 20 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 51 | .182 | .273 | .256 | .529 | 52 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
Dan Meyer | 51 | 170 | 160 | 10 | 36 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 29 | .225 | .254 | .338 | .592 | 54 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
Pedro Chavez | 51 | 170 | 154 | 14 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 17 | .227 | .281 | .299 | .580 | 46 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
Chris Pittaro | 60 | 203 | 175 | 22 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 32 | .194 | .291 | .280 | .571 | 49 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
John Harris | 32 | 102 | 93 | 7 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 21 | .247 | .290 | .344 | .634 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
Ted Wilborn | 37 | 111 | 100 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 26 | .200 | .273 | .210 | .483 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Mark Smith | 26 | 86 | 80 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | .212 | .256 | .300 | .556 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Alejandro Sánchez | 10 | 39 | 38 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | .237 | .256 | .421 | .677 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dave Bergman | 11 | 45 | 39 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | .231 | .311 | .333 | .644 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Luis Rosado | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .167 | .000 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1412 | 5138 | 4565 | 560 | 1151 | 218 | 24 | 96 | 517 | 128 | 82 | 456 | 774 | .252 | .320 | .373 | .694 | 1705 | 0 | 23 | 50 | 44 | 22 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mike Laga | 1B | 114 | 1024 | 111 | 11 | 101 | .990 | 9.956 | ||||
Scotti Madison | 1B | 11 | 86 | 5 | 1 | 4 | .989 | 8.273 | ||||
Dave Bergman | 1B | 9 | 87 | 8 | 1 | 11 | .990 | 1.556 | ||||
John Harris | 1B | 8 | 74 | 7 | 3 | 5 | .964 | 1.125 | ||||
Leon Roberts | 1B | 3 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .966 | 9.333 | ||||
Dan Meyer | 1B | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
Bob Melvin | 1B | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Rusty Kuntz | 1B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Scott Earl | 2B | 118 | 263 | 325 | 11 | 78 | .982 | 4.983 | ||||
Chris Pittaro | 2B | 15 | 23 | 30 | 2 | 6 | .964 | 3.533 | ||||
Pedro Chavez | 2B | 15 | 30 | 38 | 3 | 10 | .958 | 4.533 | ||||
Joe Pittman | 2B | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 2.600 | ||||
Joe Pittman | 3B | 63 | 35 | 113 | 17 | 7 | .897 | 2.349 | ||||
Chris Pittaro | 3B | 31 | 12 | 55 | 2 | 4 | .971 | 2.161 | ||||
Tom O'Malley | 3B | 28 | 16 | 62 | 9 | 2 | .897 | 2.786 | ||||
Scotti Madison | 3B | 23 | 24 | 41 | 1 | 2 | .985 | 2.826 | ||||
Pedro Chavez | 3B | 9 | 7 | 19 | 4 | 2 | .867 | 2.889 | ||||
Scott Earl | 3B | 5 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
Dwight Lowry | C | 66 | 318 | 45 | 12 | 6 | .968 | 5.500 | 1 | |||
Bob Melvin | C | 47 | 266 | 26 | 2 | 2 | .993 | 6.213 | 2 | |||
Scotti Madison | C | 38 | 233 | 28 | 9 | 3 | .967 | 6.868 | 1 | |||
Don Werner | C | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
Luis Rosado | C | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | 0 | |||
Bobby Mitchell | OF | 105 | 162 | 8 | 3 | 2 | .983 | 1.619 | ||||
Darrell Brown | OF | 97 | 213 | 9 | 5 | 1 | .978 | 2.289 | ||||
Rusty Kuntz | OF | 70 | 93 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.371 | ||||
Leon Roberts | OF | 65 | 116 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .976 | 1.862 | ||||
Nelson Simmons | OF | 49 | 93 | 7 | 1 | 4 | .990 | 2.041 | ||||
Ted Wilborn | OF | 34 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .944 | 1.000 | ||||
Mark Smith | OF | 26 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.808 | ||||
Alejandro Sánchez | OF | 10 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.700 | ||||
John Harris | OF | 10 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .867 | 1.300 | ||||
Joe Pittman | OF | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .889 | 1.143 | ||||
Dan Meyer | OF | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
Scotti Madison | OF | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | ||||
Bob Melvin | OF | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
Chuck Cary | P | 48 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 2 | .947 | .375 | ||||
John Pacella | P | 37 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 0 | .875 | .757 | ||||
Jeff Conner | P | 33 | 7 | 18 | 4 | 1 | .862 | .758 | ||||
Sid Monge | P | 31 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .909 | .323 | ||||
VÃctor Cruz | P | 31 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .129 | ||||
Paul Voigt | P | 28 | 26 | 39 | 4 | 4 | .942 | 2.321 | ||||
Rich Monteleone | P | 27 | 13 | 19 | 1 | 2 | .970 | 1.185 | ||||
Bryan Kelly | P | 27 | 8 | 25 | 1 | 3 | .971 | 1.222 | ||||
Brian Denman | P | 27 | 23 | 39 | 1 | 3 | .984 | 2.296 | ||||
Bob Stoddard | P | 22 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .875 | .318 | ||||
Steve Shirley | P | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .190 | ||||
Randy O'Neal | P | 10 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.200 | ||||
Don Heinkel | P | 8 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.375 | ||||
Jim Rasmussen | P | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .571 | ||||
Mickey Mahler | P | 5 | .000 | |||||||||
Fred Breining | P | 3 | .000 | |||||||||
Doug Baker | SS | 107 | 179 | 318 | 22 | 74 | .958 | 4.645 | ||||
Pedro Chavez | SS | 21 | 37 | 61 | 3 | 15 | .970 | 4.667 | ||||
Chris Pittaro | SS | 16 | 28 | 41 | 2 | 8 | .972 | 4.312 | ||||
Joe Pittman | SS | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
Totals | 1614 | 3712 | 1610 | 151 | 377 | .972 | 3.297 | 4 | 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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