1985 Nashville Sounds Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
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
1985 Nashville Sounds Roster

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.


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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
Paul Voigt119.5503.1728271710176.0155756210852951038
Brian Denman108.5564.0627260840181.719893821251065511
Jeff Conner87.5332.74331015301105.09651321133257400
Bryan Kelly88.5003.7527186110112.786514748909310314
John Pacella77.5003.23371212213122.79047444542790610
Rich Monteleone612.3335.0827260300145.3149898214872972011
Randy O'Neal54.5563.591010031067.7572927919044010
Sid Monge44.5003.643102400847.0502119416526102
Steve Shirley32.6003.61210600147.3402219420040114
Bob Stoddard21.6670.592201700630.71532014131002
Chuck Cary21.6673.004801600866.0552722627154304
Víctor Cruz12.3337.233101400237.3433230423624002
Don Heinkel13.2507.1387000041.7493633814018223
Mickey Mahler50.0
Fred Breining30.0
Jim Rasmussen01.0006.7571200014.7201411210112202
Totals6869.4963.85365137113278291195.7110359051292542227354017630

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 Brown97409395451161221333217925.294.310.342.6511351221
Mike Laga117478430581133022079233995.263.321.481.8022071174
Scotti Madison86365317591082341654334345.341.423.5901.0131873112
Joe Pittman107405374411001913261892649.267.313.348.6611300321
Scott Earl125449381559019374423125098.236.325.357.68213621241
Leon Roberts973583113183190439663947.267.345.367.7111141166
Bobby Mitchell1113743254780163329594550.246.339.342.6801111210
Doug Baker107383325427194230624150.218.308.289.5989431040
Bob Melvin53197177274871924311638.271.332.475.806841120
Nelson Simmons492071881746140926001430.245.295.463.757871041
Tom O'Malley3313912813398011200119.305.360.391.750500002
Rusty Kuntz74208167243750729763339.222.351.377.728632330
Dwight Lowry74234203203771213222451.182.273.256.529522321
Dan Meyer51170160103613111331529.225.254.338.592542121
Pedro Chavez51170154143531214661217.227.281.299.580460310
Chris Pittaro60203175223441319422232.194.291.280.571492400
John Harris32102937233021001621.247.290.344.634320211
Ted Wilborn3711110011201004401026.200.273.210.483210100
Mark Smith26868051740180049.212.256.300.556241010
Alejandro Sánchez1039386910253118.237.256.421.677160000
Dave Bergman1145396910161156.231.311.333.644130011
Luis Rosado4650000000010.000.167.000.16700000
Totals1412513845655601151218249651712882456774.252.320.373.6941705023504422


Fielding:

Player Pos GP PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS%
Mike Laga1B114102411111101.9909.956
Scotti Madison1B1186514.9898.273
Dave Bergman1B9878111.9901.556
John Harris1B874735.9641.125
Leon Roberts1B327111.9669.333
Dan Meyer1B240011.0002.000
Bob Melvin1B182011.0001.000
Rusty Kuntz1B101001.0001.000
Scott Earl2B1182633251178.9824.983
Chris Pittaro2B15233026.9643.533
Pedro Chavez2B153038310.9584.533
Joe Pittman2B549031.0002.600
Joe Pittman3B6335113177.8972.349
Chris Pittaro3B31125524.9712.161
Tom O'Malley3B28166292.8972.786
Scotti Madison3B23244112.9852.826
Pedro Chavez3B971942.8672.889
Scott Earl3B5213021.0003.000
Dwight LowryC6631845126.9685.5001
Bob MelvinC472662622.9936.2132
Scotti MadisonC382332893.9676.8681
Don WernerC3.000
Luis RosadoC350001.0001.6670
Bobby MitchellOF105162832.9831.619
Darrell BrownOF97213951.9782.289
Rusty KuntzOF70933011.0001.371
Leon RobertsOF65116530.9761.862
Nelson SimmonsOF4993714.9902.041
Ted WilbornOF3433120.9441.000
Mark SmithOF26461001.0001.808
Alejandro SánchezOF10170001.0001.700
John HarrisOF1013020.8671.300
Joe PittmanOF78010.8891.143
Dan MeyerOF520001.000.400
Scotti MadisonOF590001.0001.800
Bob MelvinOF320001.000.667
Chuck CaryP4861212.947.375
John PacellaP37111740.875.757
Jeff ConnerP3371841.862.758
Sid MongeP312811.909.323
Víctor CruzP3104001.000.129
Paul VoigtP28263944.9422.321
Rich MonteleoneP27131912.9701.185
Bryan KellyP2782513.9711.222
Brian DenmanP27233913.9842.296
Bob StoddardP221611.875.318
Steve ShirleyP2104001.000.190
Randy O'NealP10913021.0002.200
Don HeinkelP829001.0001.375
Jim RasmussenP731001.000.571
Mickey MahlerP5.000
Fred BreiningP3.000
Doug BakerSS1071793182274.9584.645
Pedro ChavezSS213761315.9704.667
Chris PittaroSS16284128.9724.312
Joe PittmanSS123021.0005.000
Totals161437121610151377.9723.297400

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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