1986 Nashville Sounds Statistics

American Association (AA) - Class: AAA
Team Record: 68-74
Finished 3rd in the AA's East Division
Manager: Leon Roberts (68-74)
Affiliation: Detroit Tigers
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Ballpark: Herschel Greer Stadium
Attendance: 364,614, Avg. 5,135

1986 Nashville Sounds Roster

The Nashville Sounds of the American Association ended the 1986 season with a record of 68 wins and 74 losses, finishing third in the league's East Division.

The Sounds scored 654 runs and allowed 682 runs. Germán Rivera led Nashville with 14 home runs and accounted for 84 RBI. Germán Rivera and Tim Tolman topped all regular hitters by hitting .298. Brian Denman and Jeff Robinson paced the squad with 10 wins each, while Jack Lazorko recorded a 3.21 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Members of the 1986 Nashville Sounds who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Nelson Simmons, Mike Henneman, Bruce Fields, Chris Nyman, Tim Tolman, Jack Lazorko, Bill Scherrer, Dave Engle, Gene Roof, Brian Harper, Mike Laga, Fred Breining, Brian Denman, Scotti Madison, Chuck Cary, Germán Rivera, Randy O'Neal, Eric King, Scott Earl, John Pacella, Johnny Grubb, Bryan Kelly, Jeff Robinson, Don Heinkel, Paul Gibson, Bob Fallon, Doug Baker, Dwight Lowry, Matt Nokes and Pat Sheridan.

Leon Roberts 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
Jeff Robinson	10	7	.588	4.38	25	24	0	3	0	0	150.0	162	85	73	12	72	6	72	2	3	9
Brian Denman	10	10	.500	4.80	31	23	4	2	0	1	163.0	207	108	87	15	66	2	62	8	1	8
Jack Lazorko	8	6	.571	3.20	29	18	8	7	2	1	154.7	146	63	55	12	72	7	119	7	0	3
John Pacella	7	6	.538	2.90	43	0	33	0	0	17	68.3	63	28	22	3	39	2	55	2	4	7
Don Heinkel	5	2	.714	2.73	9	8	0	3	0	0	59.3	48	18	18	4	14	2	32	5	0	1
Bill Scherrer	5	2	.714	5.06	31	1	18	0	0	4	58.7	60	36	33	7	28	2	49	1	0	2
Bryan Kelly	5	5	.500	4.62	21	18	1	2	0	0	101.3	106	72	52	6	77	4	74	9	1	12
Paul Gibson	5	6	.455	3.97	30	14	9	2	0	2	113.3	121	58	50	12	40	5	91	2	0	8
Eric King	3	2	.600	3.52	6	6	0	1	0	0	38.3	29	16	15	1	16	2	38	1	0	2
Jeff Conner	3	10	.231	5.09	31	15	6	4	0	1	123.7	148	78	70	12	57	11	48	6	0	11
Fred Breining	2	3	.400	6.18	11	7	2	0	0	0	39.3	43	31	27	5	21	3	24	0	0	3
Mike Henneman	2	5	.286	2.95	31	0	18	0	0	1	58.0	57	27	19	5	23	1	39	4	1	5
Randy O'Neal	1	2	.333	4.76	4	4	0	1	0	0	28.3	28	16	15	4	9	1	15	0	0	1
Chuck Cary	1	4	.200	5.47	22	0	13	0	0	0	26.3	29	21	16	3	15	2	19	0	0	2
Bob Fallon	1	4	.200	5.84	5	5	0	0	0	0	24.7	36	18	16	2	17	0	15	2	0	1
Gene Roof	0	0		1.69	5	0	4	0	0	0	5.3	4	1	1	1	4	0	3	0	0	0
Gary Springer	0	0		27.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.7	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Scott Earl	0	0		36.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	3	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	68	74	.479	4.26	336	143	118	25	2	27	1214.3	1293	682	575	106	573	50	755	49	10	75	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
Germán Rivera	140	566	506	86	151	30	2	14	84	13	5	48	80	.298	.359	.449	.807	227		4	0	8	1
Tim Tolman	139	563	484	68	144	23	4	11	71	11	4	67	61	.298	.382	.430	.812	208		4	0	8	2
Bruce Fields	116	434	383	57	141	31	5	1	53	22	7	44	51	.368	.431	.483	.914	185		1	2	4	3
Matt Nokes	125	466	428	55	122	25	4	10	71	2	0	30	41	.285	.337	.432	.769	185		5	0	3	6
Pedro Chavez	122	465	414	55	107	20	3	2	43	24	16	36	42	.258	.317	.336	.653	139		2	8	5	0
Doug Baker	112	415	369	46	101	14	6	2	40	14	8	32	62	.274	.332	.360	.692	133		2	8	4	0
Scott Earl	128	469	406	65	97	14	3	8	41	30	12	52	51	.239	.328	.347	.675	141		3	5	3	5
Scotti Madison	106	413	354	52	91	15	4	10	41	3	2	51	49	.257	.350	.407	.757	144		2	2	4	5
Brian Harper	95	351	317	41	83	11	1	11	45	3	8	26	27	.262	.317	.407	.724	129		2	1	5	1
Rod Hobbs	116	349	312	50	80	15	3	5	33	20	12	29	56	.256	.318	.372	.690	116		1	3	4	0
Gene Roof	59	163	141	18	39	8	1	0	12	6	2	19	19	.277	.362	.348	.710	49		0	3	0	1
Gary Springer	35	108	94	8	22	7	0	0	13	5	4	12	15	.234	.315	.309	.623	29		0	0	2	0
Dwight Lowry	18	64	57	5	14	1	0	1	6	1	2	5	14	.246	.302	.316	.617	18		0	1	1	0
Rocky Cusack	22	69	59	9	11	1	0	2	8	1	0	9	18	.186	.290	.305	.595	18		0	0	1	0
Pat Sheridan	9	40	35	4	10	2	0	1	5	2	0	5	7	.286	.375	.429	.804	15		0	0	0	0
Mike Laga	12	45	41	4	9	3	0	2	7	0	0	4	7	.220	.289	.439	.728	18		0	0	0	1
Nelson Simmons	14	56	45	5	9	2	0	0	4	0	0	11	12	.200	.357	.244	.602	11		0	0	0	0
Johnny Grubb	8	34	28	4	5	1	0	1	3	1	1	6	10	.179	.324	.321	.645	9		0	0	0	0
Dave Engle	8	31	24	5	4	0	0	2	7	1	1	6	4	.167	.355	.417	.772	10		1	0	0	0
John Pacella	43	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0
Totals	1427	5102	4498	637	1240	223	36	83	587	159	84	492	627	.276	.347	.397	.744	1784	0	27	33	52	25

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
Scotti Madison	1B	38	286	20	4	29	.987	8.053
Chris Nyman	1B	36						.000
Matt Nokes	1B	25	169	21	5	20	.974	7.600
Tim Tolman	1B	24	182	17	1	19	.995	8.292
Rocky Cusack	1B	17	132	13	0	14	1.000	8.529
Brian Harper	1B	15	66	7	1	6	.986	4.867
Mike Laga	1B	12	109	16	2	10	.984	1.417
Gene Roof	1B	2	16	0	1	0	.941	8.000
Germán Rivera	1B	2	10	1	1	2	.917	5.500
Bill Scherrer	1B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Dwight Lowry	1B	1	4	1	0	0	1.000	5.000
Scott Earl	1B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
Scott Earl	2B	98	190	260	12	64	.974	4.592
Pedro Chavez	2B	49	98	117	8	26	.964	4.388
Gary Springer	2B	8	8	9	0	1	1.000	2.125
Germán Rivera	3B	97	80	170	25	12	.909	2.577
Scotti Madison	3B	29	25	60	1	6	.988	2.931
Pedro Chavez	3B	27	14	56	2	5	.972	2.593
Gary Springer	3B	4	2	3	2	0	.714	1.250
Gene Roof	3B	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Scott Earl	3B	1	1	1	1	1	.667	2.000
Matt Nokes	C	63	327	29	13	4	.965	5.651	4
Brian Harper	C	55	273	46	13	2	.961	5.800	7
Scotti Madison	C	20	93	15	5	3	.956	5.400	4
Dwight Lowry	C	17	87	5	1	0	.989	5.412	2
Gene Roof	C	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	0
Dave Engle	C	1	7	1	0	0	1.000	8.000	1
Rod Hobbs	OF	113	232	9	7	5	.972	2.133
Tim Tolman	OF	111	189	6	5	1	.975	1.757
Bruce Fields	OF	99	177	10	4	3	.979	1.889
Germán Rivera	OF	31	46	5	4	0	.927	1.645
Gene Roof	OF	27	35	0	0	0	1.000	1.296
Brian Harper	OF	25	38	2	1	1	.976	1.600
Scott Earl	OF	17	25	1	0	0	1.000	1.529
Scotti Madison	OF	16	21	0	0	0	1.000	1.312
Nelson Simmons	OF	13	25	3	0	1	1.000	2.154
Pat Sheridan	OF	9	16	0	0	0	1.000	1.778
Chris Nyman	OF	8	6	0	0	0	1.000	.750
Matt Nokes	OF	7	6	0	0	0	1.000	.857
Dave Engle	OF	6	10	1	0	0	1.000	1.833
Gary Springer	OF	5	7	3	0	1	1.000	2.000
Johnny Grubb	OF	4	7	2	1	1	.900	2.250
John Pacella	P	43	4	7	0	1	1.000	.256
Bill Scherrer	P	31	3	8	1	1	.917	.355
Mike Henneman	P	31	3	13	2	0	.889	.516
Brian Denman	P	31	13	32	1	7	.978	1.452
Jeff Conner	P	31	11	34	3	3	.938	1.452
Paul Gibson	P	30	3	10	0	1	1.000	.433
Jack Lazorko	P	29	15	21	1	3	.973	1.241
Jeff Robinson	P	25	19	24	0	1	1.000	1.720
Chuck Cary	P	22	2	4	0	0	1.000	.273
Bryan Kelly	P	21	12	22	2	3	.944	1.619
Fred Breining	P	11	1	5	0	0	1.000	.545
Don Heinkel	P	9	7	14	1	1	.955	2.333
Eric King	P	6	3	6	1	0	.900	1.500
Gene Roof	P	5	0	1	0	0	1.000	.200
Bob Fallon	P	5	1	4	0	0	1.000	1.000
Randy O'Neal	P	4	2	6	1	1	.889	2.000
Gary Springer	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Scott Earl	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Doug Baker	SS	111	208	291	15	61	.971	4.495
Pedro Chavez	SS	36	64	104	11	21	.939	4.667
Gary Springer	SS	5	3	7	1	1	.909	2.000
Scott Earl	SS	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000
Totals		1626	3397	1525	160	342	.969	3.027	18	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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