1978 Nashville Sounds Statistics
Team Record: 64-77
Finished 4th in the SL's West Division
Manager: Chuck Goggin (64-77)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Ballpark: Herschel Greer Stadium
Attendance: 380,159, Avg. 5,392
The Nashville Sounds of the Southern League ended the 1978 season with a record of 64 wins and 77 losses, finishing fourth in the league's West Division.
The Sounds tallied 489 runs and allowed 520 runs. Don Lyle recorded 67 runs batted in and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .287. Geoff Combe led the squad with 12 wins, while Bruce Berenyi recorded a 2.47 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1978 Nashville Sounds who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Frank Pastore, Jay Howell, Bruce Berenyi, Bill Dawley, Dave Van Gorder, Duane Walker, Geoff Combe, Joe Price, Doug Corbett, Rafael Santo Domingo, Scott Brown and Larry Rothschild.
Chuck Goggin 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Geoff Combe | 12 | 6 | .667 | 1.89 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 100.0 | 84 | 31 | 21 | 3 | 38 | 18 | 68 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
Bruce Berenyi | 10 | 5 | .667 | 2.47 | 23 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 135.0 | 107 | 44 | 37 | 2 | 63 | 3 | 103 | 2 | 0 | 14 | ||
Jay Howell | 9 | 14 | .391 | 3.09 | 28 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 166.0 | 134 | 70 | 57 | 10 | 55 | 7 | 173 | 4 | 1 | 6 | ||
Bill Dawley | 7 | 13 | .350 | 4.02 | 27 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 141.0 | 135 | 78 | 63 | 11 | 55 | 6 | 86 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
Frank Pastore | 6 | 8 | .429 | 3.49 | 22 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 129.0 | 106 | 58 | 50 | 9 | 46 | 6 | 120 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||
Bill Kelly | 5 | 8 | .385 | 2.51 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 154.0 | 145 | 52 | 43 | 3 | 37 | 10 | 83 | 3 | 0 | 7 | ||
Scott Brown | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.50 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.0 | 82 | 36 | 33 | 4 | 29 | 3 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Rick O'Keeffe | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.15 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 89.0 | 94 | 48 | 41 | 6 | 48 | 1 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
Doug Corbett | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.52 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25.0 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
Bob Mayer | 2 | 4 | .333 | 2.95 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 58.0 | 51 | 23 | 19 | 2 | 34 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
Douglas Nelson | 21 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Joe Price | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Larry Rothschild | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12.0 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
Steve Hughes | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
John Huntington | 0 | 2 | .000 | 4.00 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 20 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Rick Lombardo | 0 | 4 | .000 | 4.38 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37.0 | 49 | 31 | 18 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
Totals | 61 | 73 | .455 | 3.22 | 340 | 140 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 19 | 1142.0 | 1050 | 504 | 409 | 52 | 464 | 75 | 821 | 22 | 4 | 54 | 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 Lyle | 128 | 503 | 432 | 65 | 124 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 67 | 15 | 9 | 56 | 55 | .287 | .375 | .433 | .808 | 187 | 8 | 2 | 5 | ||
Gene Menees | 116 | 476 | 421 | 57 | 116 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 17 | 9 | 43 | 48 | .276 | .345 | .387 | .732 | 163 | 3 | 6 | 3 | ||
George Weicker | 128 | 486 | 430 | 39 | 112 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 52 | 1 | 4 | 37 | 39 | .260 | .326 | .349 | .675 | 150 | 7 | 8 | 4 | ||
Mickey Duval | 112 | 430 | 391 | 47 | 111 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 15 | 6 | 29 | 52 | .284 | .336 | .348 | .684 | 136 | 3 | 4 | 3 | ||
Tim Doerr | 123 | 446 | 409 | 41 | 102 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 79 | .249 | .299 | .347 | .646 | 142 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
Steve Hughes | 118 | 408 | 354 | 47 | 80 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 45 | 63 | .226 | .315 | .243 | .558 | 86 | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||
Tom Sohns | 111 | 370 | 337 | 27 | 74 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 38 | .220 | .273 | .267 | .540 | 90 | 0 | 4 | 3 | ||
Duane Walker | 103 | 335 | 288 | 38 | 69 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 18 | 4 | 38 | 43 | .240 | .331 | .333 | .665 | 96 | 2 | 6 | 1 | ||
Dave Van Gorder | 73 | 246 | 217 | 23 | 57 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 24 | .263 | .339 | .323 | .661 | 70 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
Bob Hamilton | 54 | 177 | 157 | 18 | 41 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 17 | .261 | .326 | .350 | .676 | 55 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
Joe Griffin | 69 | 205 | 184 | 14 | 39 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 67 | .212 | .257 | .315 | .573 | 58 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
Tony Moretto | 58 | 193 | 173 | 17 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 36 | .191 | .267 | .231 | .498 | 40 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
Greg Dahl | 44 | 159 | 140 | 16 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 37 | .214 | .282 | .329 | .611 | 46 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
Butch Harris | 31 | 94 | 85 | 11 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | .271 | .323 | .329 | .652 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Randy Davidson | 13 | 56 | 53 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .321 | .339 | .358 | .698 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
Rafael Santo Domingo | 22 | 46 | 44 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | .205 | .239 | .409 | .648 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mark Miller | 7 | 25 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .286 | .348 | .571 | .919 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
Bill Kelly | 42 | 20 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .200 | .200 | .250 | .450 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jay Howell | 28 | 38 | 33 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .121 | .121 | .121 | .242 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
Garry Pyka | 6 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bruce Berenyi | 23 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .188 | .188 | .188 | .375 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
Frank Pastore | 22 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .143 | .143 | .190 | .333 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Rick O'Keeffe | 21 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Bill Dawley | 27 | 20 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .118 | .167 | .118 | .284 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
John Huntington | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Joe Price | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Mayer | 18 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Geoff Combe | 66 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .143 | .400 | .143 | .543 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Scott Brown | 13 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .071 | .071 | .071 | .143 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
Doug Corbett | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Rick Lombardo | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Larry Rothschild | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
Totals | 1635 | 4846 | 4305 | 479 | 1069 | 189 | 29 | 36 | 415 | 98 | 54 | 403 | 676 | .248 | .315 | .331 | .645 | 1424 | 0 | 30 | 71 | 37 | 0 |
Fielding:
Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
George Weicker | 1B | 123 | 983 | 76 | 11 | 76 | .990 | 8.610 | ||||
Greg Dahl | 1B | 3 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .962 | 8.333 | ||||
Butch Harris | 1B | 2 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
Gene Menees | 2B | 114 | 237 | 281 | 12 | 62 | .977 | 4.544 | ||||
Tom Sohns | 2B | 13 | 20 | 24 | 1 | 5 | .978 | 3.385 | ||||
Randy Davidson | 2B | 13 | 38 | 25 | 4 | 4 | .940 | 4.846 | ||||
Garry Pyka | 2B | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .917 | 2.200 | ||||
Tim Doerr | 3B | 117 | 104 | 201 | 20 | 15 | .938 | 2.607 | ||||
Tom Sohns | 3B | 33 | 24 | 63 | 7 | 8 | .926 | 2.636 | ||||
Dave Van Gorder | C | 71 | 396 | 38 | 5 | 4 | .989 | 6.113 | 6 | |||
Joe Griffin | C | 52 | 261 | 25 | 6 | 2 | .979 | 5.500 | 7 | |||
Greg Dahl | C | 26 | 175 | 13 | 6 | 1 | .969 | 7.231 | 2 | |||
Mark Miller | C | 7 | 43 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .980 | 6.857 | 0 | |||
Mickey Duval | OF | 111 | 226 | 10 | 17 | 3 | .933 | 2.126 | ||||
Don Lyle | OF | 109 | 181 | 6 | 6 | 1 | .969 | 1.716 | ||||
Duane Walker | OF | 77 | 133 | 7 | 5 | 1 | .966 | 1.818 | ||||
Tony Moretto | OF | 54 | 78 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .988 | 1.463 | ||||
Bob Hamilton | OF | 48 | 81 | 4 | 3 | 1 | .966 | 1.771 | ||||
Rick Duncan | OF | 25 | .000 | |||||||||
Butch Harris | OF | 19 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .960 | 1.263 | ||||
Tom Sohns | OF | 16 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | .931 | 1.688 | ||||
John Guarnaccia | OF | 10 | .000 | |||||||||
Geoff Combe | P | 66 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 0 | .957 | .333 | ||||
Bill Kelly | P | 41 | 15 | 25 | 4 | 3 | .909 | .976 | ||||
Jay Howell | P | 28 | 11 | 25 | 5 | 1 | .878 | 1.286 | ||||
Bill Dawley | P | 27 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 1 | .842 | 1.185 | ||||
Bruce Berenyi | P | 23 | 16 | 24 | 1 | 3 | .976 | 1.739 | ||||
Frank Pastore | P | 22 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .957 | 1.000 | ||||
Rick Lombardo | P | 22 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .727 | .364 | ||||
Rick O'Keeffe | P | 21 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .950 | .905 | ||||
Douglas Nelson | P | 21 | .000 | |||||||||
Bob Mayer | P | 18 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .722 | ||||
Doug Corbett | P | 15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .333 | ||||
John Huntington | P | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .357 | ||||
Scott Brown | P | 13 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .462 | ||||
Larry Rothschild | P | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
Joe Price | P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
Steve Hughes | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
Steve Hughes | SS | 110 | 162 | 297 | 32 | 51 | .935 | 4.173 | ||||
Tom Sohns | SS | 36 | 47 | 64 | 10 | 8 | .917 | 3.083 | ||||
Rafael Santo Domingo | SS | 9 | 8 | 28 | 3 | 5 | .923 | 4.000 | ||||
Totals | 1543 | 3379 | 1344 | 179 | 260 | .963 | 3.061 | 15 | 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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