1980 Nashville Sounds season

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1980 Nashville Sounds
Class-level
  • Double-A (Since 1978)
Minor league affiliation
Major league affiliation
Location
1980 Information
Owner(s) Larry Schmittou
(Principal owner)
General Manager(s) Farrell Owens
Manager(s) Stump Merrill
Local television
Local radio WKDA
Stats The Baseball Cube

The Nashville Sounds' 1980 season was the franchise's third year of play. The team finished the regular season with a record of 97 wins and 46 losses. In post-season play, the team had one win and three losses; they were eliminated in the Western Division championship series. In 2001, the 1980 Sounds were ranked as the sixty-ninth greatest minor league baseball team of all-time by baseball historians.[1]

Contents

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

Southern League - Western Division
Season
Team Win Loss  % GB
Nashville Sounds 97 46 .678 –
Memphis Chicks 83 61 .576 14.5
Montgomery Rebels 68 76 .472 29.5
Jacksonville Suns 63 81 .437 34.5
Chattanooga Lookouts 61 83 .424 36.5
Southern League - Western Division
First Half
Team Win Loss  % GB
Memphis Chicks 47 23 .671 –
Nashville Sounds 46 25 .648 1.5
Montgomery Rebels 31 39 .443 16.0
Chattanooga Lookouts 31 39 .443 16.0
Knoxville Blue Jays 28 43 .394 19.5
Southern League - Western Division
Second Half
Team Win Loss  % GB
Nashville Sounds 51 21 .708 –
Montgomery Rebels 37 37 .500 15.0
Memphis Chicks 36 38 .486 16.0
Chattanooga Lookouts 30 44 .405 22.0
Knoxville Blue Jays 29 43 .403 22.0

[edit] Post-season

[edit] Western Division finals

The second half champion Sounds met the first half champion Memphis Chicks in the Western Division championship series. Nashville lost the series three games to one.

Game Date Opponent W/L Score
1 September 3 at Memphis Chicks L 5-0
2 September 4 at Memphis Chicks L 8-4
3 September 5 Memphis Chicks W 10-9
4 September 6 Memphis Chicks L 6-3

[edit] Roster

1980 Nashville Sounds Roster
Players Coaching staff
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

  • Pat Dobson (Pitching)
  • Eddie Napoleon (Coach)
  • Steve Donohue (Trainer)

[edit] Awards and honors

First baseman Steve Balboni was chosen as the league's Most Valuable Player,[2] and Andy McGaffigan was selected as the league's Most Outstanding Pitcher.[3] Balboin, McGaffigan, outfielder Buck Showalter, and second baseman Pat Tabler, were chosen for the league's post-season All-Star team.[4] Stump Merrill was chosen as the league's Manager of the Year, [5] and announcer Bob Jamison was selected as the league's Broadcaster of the Year.[6] The team was also awarded the MacPhail Trophy for Outstanding Minor League Promotions.[7]

Buck Showalter led the Southern League in hits with 178. Steve Balboni lead the league with 101 runs, 122 RBI, 288 total bases, 34 home runs, and a .990 first base fielding percentage. Ted Wilborn paced the league with 14 triples. Andy McGaffigan had the lowest ERA in the league (2.38).[8]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Historians Weiss, Wright Rank 100 Best Minor League Baseball Teams." Minor League Baseball. 2001. 23 April 2008.
  2. ^ "Most Valuable Players." Southern League. 18 April 2008.
  3. ^ "Most Outstanding Pitchers." Southern League. 18 April 2008.
  4. ^ "Post-Season All-Star Teams." Southern League. 18 April 2008.
  5. ^ "Manager of the Year." Southern League. 18 April 2008.
  6. ^ "Sounds on Radio." The Nashville Sounds 1981 Official Souvenir Program. 1981: 18.
  7. ^ "Southern Leauge." Nashville Sounds 2008 Media Guide. 2008: 124.
  8. ^ "Single-Season League Leaders." 2008 Nashville Sounds Media Guide. 2008: 137.


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