1997 Nashville Sounds season

MiLB yearly infobox
name = Nashville Sounds
season = 1997
misc =
class = Triple-A
y1 = 1985
league = American Association
y2 = 1985
division = Eastern Division
y3 = 1996
MLB = Chicago White Sox
y4 = 1993
ballpark = Herschel Greer Stadium
y5 = 1978
city = city-state|Nashville|Tennessee
y6 = 1978
owners = Al Gordon
(Principal owner)
gm = Bill Larsen
managers = Tom Spencer
television =
radio = WAMB
baseballcube = http://www.thebaseballcube.com/statistics/1997/10311.shtml
minorsbbref = http://minors.baseball-reference.com/teams.cgi?yid=1997&lid=AA&tid=NVLThe Nashville Sounds' by|1997 season was the franchise's twentieth year of play. The team finished the regular season with a record of 74 wins and 69 losses. They failed to win either half of the season, which kept them out of the post-season.

Regular season

eason standings

Roster

Awards and honors

Outfielder Magglio Ordóñez won the league's Most Valuable Player and Ed C. Johnson Rookie of the Year awards. ["Nashville Baseball History." [http://www.nashvillesounds.com/clubhouse/default.asp?pageId=183 "2008 Nashville Sounds Media Guide".] 2008: 124.] Ordóñez and pitcher Jeff Darwin 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.] Ordóñez and fellow outfielder Jeff Abbott were named to the post-season squad.

Leading their positions in fielding percentage were Abbott (1.000, 243 TC) and pitcher Rich Pratt (1.000, 42 TC). ["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/1997/10311.shtml "1997 Nashville Sounds Statistics."] "The Baseball Cube". 24 July 2008.
*Standings: [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/leagues/1997/Amer.shtml "1997 American Association Review."] "The Baseball Cube". 24 July 2008.
*Roster: [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/rosters/1997/10311.shtml "1997 Nashville Roster."] "The Baseball Cube". 24 July 2008.
*Specific: