1978 Nashville Sounds season

MiLB yearly infobox
name = Nashville Sounds
season = 1978
misc =
class = Double-A
y1 = 1978
league = Southern League
y2 = 1978
division = Western Division
y3 = 1978
MLB = Cincinnati Reds
y4 = 1978
ballpark = Herschel Greer Stadium
y5 = 1978
city = city-state|Nashville|Tennessee
y6 = 1978
owners = Larry Schmittou
(Principal owner)
gm = Farrell Owens
managers = Chuck Goggin
television =
radio = WMTS-FM
baseballcube = http://www.thebaseballcube.com/statistics/1978/10313.shtmlThe Nashville Sounds' by|1978 season was the franchise's first year of play. The team finished the regular season with a record of 64 wins and 77 losses. They did not win either half of the season, which kept them out of the post-season.

Regular season

The Sounds played their first home game, a 12–4 victory, on April 26 1978 against the Savannah Braves in front of a sellout crowd of 8,156 fans. [Traughber, Bill. [http://www.nashvillesounds.com/news/newsarchive.asp?newsId=1691 "Looking Back: Sounds' First Game."] "Nashville Sounds". 7 August 2006. 19 April 2008.] In their inaugural year of play, the Sounds finished the first half in fourth place with a 28-36 record. They finished the second half with a record of 36–40, again finishing fourth. [Traughber, Bill. [http://www.nashvillesounds.com/news/newsarchive.asp?newsId=1500 "Looking Back: Chuck Goggin First Managed The Sounds."] "The Nashville Sounds". 11 April 2005. 19 April 2008.] Failing to finish either half in first place kept the team out of the post-season picture. Despite a losing season, the franchise led the league in attendance by drawing 380,000 fans (more than double the second place attendance). [ [http://www.nashvillesounds.com/clubhouse/history.asp "Team History."] "Nashville Sounds." 19 April 2008.]

eason standings

Roster

Awards and honors

Bruce Berenyi was selected as the league's Most Outstanding Pitcher. [ [http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/about/page.jsp?ymd=20070221&content_id=180305&vkey=about_l111&fext=.jsp&sid=l111 "Most Outstanding Pitchers."] "Southern League". 19 April 2008.] Berenyi and second baseman Gene Menees were named to the league's post-season All-Star team. [ [http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/about/page.jsp?ymd=20070216&content_id=178510&vkey=about_l111&fext=.jsp&sid=l111 "Post-Season All-Star Teams."] "Southern League". 19 April 2008.]

Menees had the best fielding percentage among second basemen in the league (.977), and pitcher Jay Howell led the league with 173 strikeouts. ["Single-Season League Leaders." [http://www.nashvillesounds.com/clubhouse/default.asp?pageId=183 "2008 Nashville Sounds Media Guide".] 2008: 137.] "Sporting News" named Larry Schmittou as the Southern League and Double-A Executive of the Year. ["Nashville Baseball History." [http://www.nashvillesounds.com/clubhouse/default.asp?pageId=183 "2008 Nashville Sounds Media Guide".] 2008: 124.]

References

*Statistics: [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/statistics/1978/10313.shtml "1978 Nashville Sounds Statistics."] "The Baseball Cube". 18 April 2008.
*Standings: [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/leagues/1978/Sou.shtml "1978 Southern League Review."] "The Baseball Cube". 18 April 2008.
*Roster: [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/rosters/1978/10313.shtml "1978 Nashville Roster."] "The Baseball Cube". 18 April 2008.
*Specific: