1994 Nashville Sounds season

MiLB yearly infobox
name = Nashville Sounds
season = 1994
misc =
class = Triple-A
y1 = 1985
league = American Association
y2 = 1985
division = none
y3 = 1994
MLB = Chicago White Sox
y4 = 1993
ballpark = Herschel Greer Stadium
y5 = 1978
city = city-state|Nashville|Tennessee
y6 = 1978
owners = Larry Schmittou
(Principal owner)
gm = Larry Schmittou
managers = Rick Renick
television =
radio = WWTN
baseballcube = http://www.thebaseballcube.com/statistics/1994/10311.shtml
minorsbbref = http://minors.baseball-reference.com/teams.cgi?yid=1994&lid=AA&tid=NVLThe Nashville Sounds' by|1994 season was the franchise's seventeenth year of play. The team finished the regular season with a record of 83 wins and 61 losses. They finished second in the league, as the the American Association was not divided into divisions that year, which secured them a spot in the post-season picture. In post-season play, the team had four wins and three losses. They won the league semi-finals, but were defeated in the league championship series.

Regular season

eason standings

Roster

Awards and honors

Scott Ruffcorn was awarded the Allie Reynolds Award for Pitcher of the Year. ["Nashville Baseball History." [http://www.nashvillesounds.com/clubhouse/default.asp?pageId=183 "2008 Nashville Sounds Media Guide".] 2008: 124.] Designated hitter Drew Denson, second baseman Ray Durham, and pitcher Steve Schrenk were named to the league's mid-season All-Star team. [ [http://www.triple-abaseball.com/asgbyteam.pdf "All-Time Triple-A All-Star Roster by Team."] "Triple-A Baseball". 16 January 2008. 19 July 2008.] Denson, Durham, and pitcher Scott Ruffcorn were named to the post-season squad.

Denson led the league in RBI (103) and home runs (30). Durham led the league with 261 total bases; he also tied with fellow Sounds player Gary Thurman for the most triples with 12. Durham also paced second basemen in the league with a .973 fielding percentage as did catcher Clemente Alvarez (.998) and pitcher Steve Schrenk (1.000, 45 TC). Ruffcorn had more wins (13) than any other pitcher. He was also involved in a two-way tie for the best winning percentage (.833, 15–3) and the most shutouts (2). James Baldwin threw more strikeouts than any other pitcher with his 156. ["Single-Season League Leaders." [http://www.nashvillesounds.com/clubhouse/default.asp?pageId=183 "2008 Nashville Sounds Media Guide".] 2008: 137.]

References

*Statistics: [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/statistics/1994/10311.shtml "1994 Nashville Sounds Statistics."] "The Baseball Cube". 21 July 2008.
*Standings: [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/leagues/1994/Amer.shtml "1994 American Association Review."] "The Baseball Cube". 21 July 2008.
*Post-season results: "Postseason History." " [http://www.nashvillesounds.com/clubhouse/default.asp?pageId=183 Nashville Sounds 2008 Media Guide] ". 2008: 144.
*Roster: [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/rosters/1994/10311.shtml "1994 Nashville Roster."] "The Baseball Cube". 21 July 2008.
*Specific: