1988 Nashville Sounds Statistics
Team Record: 73-69
Finished 2nd in the AA's East Division
Manager: Jack Lind (0-0), Wayne Garland (0-0), James Hoff (0-0), George Scherger (0-0), Frank Lucchesi (0-0)
Affiliation: Cincinnati Reds
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Ballpark: Herschel Greer Stadium
Attendance: 317,785, Avg. 4,476
The Nashville Sounds of the American Association ended the 1988 season with a record of 73 wins and 69 losses, finishing second in the league's East Division.
The Sounds scored 523 runs, worst in the league, and yielded 575 runs. Van Snider led Nashville with 23 home runs and drove in 73 runs, while leading all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .290. Hugh Kemp topped the squad with 13 wins, and Jack Armstrong registered a 3 earned run average, best among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1988 Nashville Sounds who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Norm Charlton, Tim Birtsas, Pat Pacillo, Ron Roenicke, Terry McGriff, Ron Oester, Luis Quiñones, Eddie Vargas, Scott Earl, Van Snider, Jack Armstrong, Lenny Harris, Joe Oliver, Keith Brown, Eddie Milner, Marty Brown, Jeff Gray, Lloyd McClendon, Mike Roesler, Frank Williams, Candy Sierra, Doug Gwosdz, Mike Jones, Ron Robinson, Leo García, Skeeter Barnes, Rob Dibble, Charlie Mitchell, Nate Snell, Tracy Jones and Randy St. Claire.
Jack Lind, Wayne Garland, James Hoff, George Scherger and Frank Lucchesi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh Kemp | 13 | 10 | .565 | 4.30 | 28 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 175.7 | 187 | 89 | 84 | 16 | 68 | 3 | 107 | 6 | 5 | 7 | |
| Norm Charlton | 11 | 10 | .524 | 3.02 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 182.0 | 149 | 69 | 61 | 7 | 56 | 1 | 161 | 2 | 17 | 13 | |
| Jeff Gray | 8 | 5 | .615 | 1.97 | 42 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 73.0 | 59 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 73 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Keith Brown | 6 | 3 | .667 | 1.90 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 85.3 | 72 | 33 | 18 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Mike Jones | 5 | 4 | .556 | 2.54 | 35 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 63.7 | 46 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 32 | 4 | 41 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Jack Armstrong | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.00 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 120.0 | 84 | 44 | 40 | 6 | 38 | 1 | 116 | 2 | 7 | 3 | |
| Candy Sierra | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.68 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 73.0 | 82 | 41 | 38 | 6 | 36 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Charlie Mitchell | 4 | 6 | .400 | 2.18 | 23 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 78.3 | 66 | 28 | 19 | 5 | 31 | 3 | 69 | 1 | 6 | 5 | |
| Nate Snell | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.71 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 51.0 | 51 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| Mike Roesler | 3 | 2 | .600 | 5.01 | 32 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41.3 | 44 | 25 | 23 | 1 | 27 | 2 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
| Rob Lopez | 3 | 4 | .429 | 3.95 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68.3 | 62 | 30 | 30 | 8 | 26 | 0 | 59 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |
| Rob Dibble | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.31 | 31 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 35.0 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Steve Oliverio | 2 | 6 | .250 | 5.12 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84.3 | 101 | 62 | 48 | 3 | 37 | 1 | 50 | 0 | 12 | 9 | |
| Jim Jefferson | 1 | 1 | .500 | 6.91 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27.3 | 30 | 22 | 21 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Tim Birtsas | 1 | 3 | .250 | 3.08 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 49.7 | 33 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Pat Pacillo | 13 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Skeeter Barnes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| Randy St. Claire | 9 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Eddie Tanner | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Robinson | 0 | 0 | 7.36 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Williams | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 72 | 66 | .522 | 3.51 | 377 | 135 | 111 | 22 | 6 | 28 | 1216.7 | 1098 | 545 | 475 | 73 | 465 | 23 | 920 | 21 | 70 | 65 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Van Snider | 135 | 556 | 525 | 72 | 152 | 22 | 8 | 23 | 73 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 96 | .290 | .323 | .493 | .816 | 259 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | |
| Marty Brown | 135 | 543 | 484 | 50 | 128 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 55 | 15 | 9 | 51 | 111 | .264 | .333 | .355 | .689 | 172 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |
| Lenny Harris | 107 | 446 | 422 | 46 | 117 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 45 | 22 | 22 | 36 | .277 | .313 | .334 | .647 | 141 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Luis Quiñones | 114 | 454 | 417 | 42 | 115 | 28 | 6 | 9 | 53 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 51 | .276 | .319 | .436 | .756 | 182 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | |
| Scott Earl | 113 | 376 | 330 | 40 | 79 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 35 | 64 | .239 | .311 | .297 | .608 | 98 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | |
| Dan Boever | 117 | 369 | 323 | 43 | 76 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 38 | .235 | .326 | .313 | .639 | 101 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Eddie Tanner | 94 | 293 | 256 | 28 | 61 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 19 | .238 | .309 | .328 | .637 | 84 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | |
| Ron Roenicke | 83 | 299 | 237 | 34 | 51 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 54 | 41 | .215 | .359 | .270 | .629 | 64 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
| Greg Monda | 54 | 188 | 178 | 15 | 47 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 28 | .264 | .285 | .343 | .628 | 61 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Leo García | 48 | 203 | 178 | 21 | 46 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 21 | .258 | .337 | .360 | .696 | 64 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Joe Oliver | 73 | 244 | 220 | 19 | 45 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 39 | .205 | .272 | .309 | .581 | 68 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Eddie Vargas | 36 | 136 | 121 | 7 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 25 | .240 | .316 | .372 | .688 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Terry McGriff | 35 | 108 | 97 | 8 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 15 | .216 | .287 | .299 | .586 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Buddy Pryor | 25 | 68 | 60 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 20 | .283 | .353 | .467 | .820 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Doug Gwosdz | 30 | 89 | 76 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 20 | .224 | .330 | .316 | .645 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Milner | 18 | 75 | 70 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | .214 | .257 | .243 | .500 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Klipstein | 34 | 106 | 94 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 18 | .149 | .216 | .191 | .407 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony DeFrancesco | 27 | 70 | 62 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 16 | .210 | .290 | .226 | .516 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Oester | 12 | 41 | 37 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .189 | .250 | .216 | .466 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hugh Kemp | 36 | 38 | 36 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .139 | .162 | .167 | .329 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nate Snell | 13 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .364 | .417 | .364 | .780 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tracy Jones | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .571 | .667 | 1.238 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Candy Sierra | 13 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .214 | .267 | .429 | .695 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Finley | 4 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .154 | .214 | .154 | .368 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Mitchell | 23 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .105 | .105 | .105 | .211 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Roesler | 32 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 3.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lloyd McClendon | 2 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Oliverio | 28 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim Birtsas | 8 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .067 | .067 | .067 | .133 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Keith Brown | 12 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .059 | .200 | .059 | .259 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Norm Charlton | 29 | 33 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .037 | .071 | .037 | .108 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob Dibble | 31 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Jefferson | 18 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob Lopez | 22 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Jones | 35 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Gray | 42 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Orlando Gonzalez | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Armstrong | 17 | 25 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .000 | .091 | .000 | .091 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1658 | 4916 | 4401 | 479 | 1075 | 181 | 39 | 58 | 427 | 103 | 61 | 403 | 756 | .244 | .308 | .343 | .651 | 1508 | 0 | 20 | 57 | 35 | 31 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skeeter Barnes | 1B | 68 | 427 | 34 | 2 | 34 | .996 | 6.779 | ||||
| Greg Monda | 1B | 43 | 345 | 30 | 3 | 32 | .992 | 8.721 | ||||
| Eddie Tanner | 1B | 41 | 291 | 28 | 2 | 24 | .994 | 7.780 | ||||
| Eddie Vargas | 1B | 18 | 145 | 17 | 1 | 6 | .994 | 9.000 | ||||
| Ron Roenicke | 1B | 8 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.500 | ||||
| Luis Quiñones | 1B | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Lenny Harris | 2B | 96 | 199 | 240 | 23 | 55 | .950 | 4.573 | ||||
| Scott Earl | 2B | 46 | 74 | 96 | 4 | 13 | .977 | 3.696 | ||||
| Ron Oester | 2B | 10 | 15 | 28 | 4 | 7 | .915 | 4.300 | ||||
| Eddie Tanner | 2B | 6 | 13 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 5.167 | ||||
| Marty Brown | 3B | 126 | 77 | 227 | 22 | 14 | .933 | 2.413 | ||||
| Eddie Tanner | 3B | 21 | 8 | 39 | 2 | 4 | .959 | 2.238 | ||||
| Luis Quiñones | 3B | 6 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 2 | .882 | 2.500 | ||||
| Scott Earl | 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Lenny Harris | 3B | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Skeeter Barnes | 3B | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Joe Oliver | C | 65 | 413 | 37 | 7 | 6 | .985 | 6.923 | 7 | |||
| Terry McGriff | C | 33 | 175 | 10 | 4 | 0 | .979 | 5.606 | 3 | |||
| Tony DeFrancesco | C | 25 | 140 | 13 | 5 | 3 | .968 | 6.120 | 1 | |||
| Doug Gwosdz | C | 24 | 156 | 19 | 5 | 1 | .972 | 7.292 | 1 | |||
| Buddy Pryor | C | 21 | 112 | 21 | 2 | 1 | .985 | 6.333 | 1 | |||
| Lloyd McClendon | C | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.000 | 0 | |||
| Van Snider | OF | 134 | 263 | 14 | 4 | 3 | .986 | 2.067 | ||||
| Dan Boever | OF | 104 | 180 | 7 | 3 | 3 | .984 | 1.798 | ||||
| Ron Roenicke | OF | 72 | 115 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .992 | 1.639 | ||||
| Leo García | OF | 48 | 107 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .982 | 2.229 | ||||
| Dave Klipstein | OF | 29 | 51 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.897 | ||||
| Skeeter Barnes | OF | 28 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .973 | 1.286 | ||||
| Scott Earl | OF | 24 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .968 | 1.250 | ||||
| Eddie Milner | OF | 18 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.944 | ||||
| Marty Brown | OF | 11 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.455 | ||||
| Brian Finley | OF | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 1.750 | ||||
| Lloyd McClendon | OF | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Tracy Jones | OF | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| Buddy Pryor | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Tony DeFrancesco | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Jeff Gray | P | 42 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .524 | ||||
| Mike Jones | P | 35 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Mike Roesler | P | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .062 | ||||
| Rob Dibble | P | 31 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .161 | ||||
| Steve Oliverio | P | 28 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 4 | .900 | .643 | ||||
| Hugh Kemp | P | 28 | 15 | 20 | 6 | 0 | .854 | 1.250 | ||||
| Norm Charlton | P | 27 | 4 | 31 | 1 | 1 | .972 | 1.296 | ||||
| Charlie Mitchell | P | 23 | 6 | 19 | 2 | 2 | .926 | 1.087 | ||||
| Rob Lopez | P | 22 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .900 | .409 | ||||
| Jim Jefferson | P | 18 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Jack Armstrong | P | 17 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 2 | .848 | 1.647 | ||||
| Nate Snell | P | 13 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .923 | ||||
| Candy Sierra | P | 13 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 1 | .950 | 1.462 | ||||
| Pat Pacillo | P | 13 | .000 | |||||||||
| Keith Brown | P | 12 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.333 | ||||
| Randy St. Claire | P | 9 | .000 | |||||||||
| Tim Birtsas | P | 8 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .923 | 1.500 | ||||
| Frank Williams | P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Ron Robinson | P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Eddie Tanner | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Skeeter Barnes | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Luis Quiñones | SS | 107 | 154 | 274 | 23 | 43 | .949 | 4.000 | ||||
| Scott Earl | SS | 36 | 68 | 99 | 11 | 18 | .938 | 4.639 | ||||
| Lenny Harris | SS | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .818 | 2.250 | ||||
| Eddie Tanner | SS | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Totals | 1668 | 3805 | 1476 | 157 | 297 | .971 | 3.166 | 13 | 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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