Nashville Sounds seasons

The Nashville Sounds minor league baseball franchise has played 31 seasons since its inception in city-state|Nashville|Tennessee in the 1978 Nashville Sounds season. As of the completion of the 2008 season, the club has played in 4,437 regular season games and compiled a win–loss record of 2,304–2,133. ["Year-By-Year Results." " [http://www.nashvillesounds.com/clubhouse/default.asp?pageId=183 Nashville Sounds 2008 Media Guide] ". 2008: 143.] They have a post-season record of 40–38."Postseason History." " [http://www.nashvillesounds.com/clubhouse/default.asp?pageId=183 Nashville Sounds 2008 Media Guide] ". 2008: 144.] These season-by-season records are correct as of the end of the 2008 season.

The club was established as an expansion team of the Double-A Southern League (SL) in 1978. They moved to the Triple-A American Association (AA) in 1985 and to the Triple-A Pacific Coast League (PCL) in 1997. The team won the Southern League title in 1979 as the Double-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds and again in 1982 as the Double-A affiliate of the New York Yankees. The Sounds won the Pacific Coast League title in 2005 as the Triple-A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers. [Leonard, Tim. [http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20050917&content_id=27826&vkey=news_milb&fext=.jsp "Sounds capture PCL championship."] Minor League Baseball. September 17, 2005. Retrieved on August 21, 2008.]

Nashville's seven years spent playing in the Southern League resulted with the club figuring in the post-season picture during six of those seven seasons. They won three Western Division titles and two Southern League Championships. [ [http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/about/page.jsp?ymd=20070221&content_id=180329&vkey=about_l111&fext=.jsp&sid=l111 "Southern League Champions."] Southern League. 2007. Retrieved on September 3, 2008.] The club's 13 years with the American Association at the Triple-A level was a vast contrast. The Sounds only managed three trips to the post-season, including two by virtue of winning the Eastern Division title. The team did not perform well during their first few years with the Pacific Coast League. Since then, the team has won four division titles, two American Conference titles, and one Pacific Coast League Championship. [ [http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/about/page.jsp?ymd=20061214&content_id=148679&vkey=about_l112&fext=.jsp&sid=l112 "Pacific Coast League Champions 1903–2007."] "Pacific Coast League". 2007. Retrieved on September 3, 2008.]

eason-by-season records

Pacific Coast League (1998–present)

Franchise totals (1978–present)

Notes

*note label|Record|a|aThe Record column indicates wins and losses during the regular season and excludes any post-season play.
*note label|League|b|bThis column indicates position in the league standings.
*note label|Division|c|cThis column indicates position in the divisional standings.
*note label|GB|d|dThe GB column indicates "Games Behind" the team that finished in first place in the division that season. It is determined by finding the difference in wins plus the difference in losses divided by two.
*note label|Post|e|eThe Record column indicates wins and losses during the post-season.
*note label|MLB|f|fAll minor league teams are affiliated with a Major League Baseball team. The purpose of a minor league club is to develop players for the major league team. For more information, see minor league baseball.
*note label|2006tie|g|gThe Sounds finished the season tied for first-place with the Iowa Cubs. The division title was decided by means of a tiebreaker (winning the regular season series versus Iowa nine games to seven). [ [http://www.nashvillesounds.com/news/newsarchive.asp?newsId=2135 "Sounds Can Clinch Playoff Berth Tonight At Greer."] Nashville Sounds. September 3, 2006. Retrieved on September 4, 2008.]

References

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* [http://minors.baseball-reference.com/leaguelist.cgi?lid=AA "American Association (1992–1997)."] Baseball-Reference. 2008. Retrieved on September 3, 2008.
* [http://minors.sabrwebs.com/cgi-bin/search.php?team=Nashville+Sounds "Nashville Sounds."] The Society for American Baseball Research. 2008. Retrieved on September 3, 2008.
* [http://minors.baseball-reference.com/leaguelist.cgi?lid=PCL "Pacific Coast League (1992–2008)."] Baseball-Reference. 2008. Retrieved on September 3, 2008.
*"Postseason History." " [http://www.nashvillesounds.com/clubhouse/default.asp?pageId=183 Nashville Sounds 2008 Media Guide] ". 2008: 144.
* [http://www.nashvillesounds.com/clubhouse/records.asp "Year-by-Year Results."] Nashville Sounds. 2008. Retrieved on September 3, 2008.

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