List of Nashville Sounds team records


The Nashville Sounds Minor League Baseball team has played in Nashville, Tennessee, since being established in 1978 as an expansion team of the Double-A Southern League. They moved up to Triple-A in 1985 as members of the American Association before joining the Pacific Coast League in 1998. The team was placed in the Triple-A East in 2021 prior to this becoming the International League in 2022. In the history of the franchise, numerous players and teams have set records in various statistical areas during single games, entire seasons, or their Sounds careers.
Of the nine Sounds who hold the 19 career records tracked by the team, Tim Dillard holds the most, with seven. He is followed by Skeeter Barnes and Chad Hermansen, with three each; and Keith Brown, Mark Corey, Hugh Kemp, Otis Nixon, Tike Redman, and Joey Wendle, with one apiece. Dillard holds the most franchise records, with eight. He is followed by Jamie Werly, with six; and Steve Balboni and Skeeter Barnes, who hold four records each.
Combined, the team and individual players hold 30 league records: 13 in the Southern League, one in the American Association, and 16 in the Pacific Coast League. Individual players hold five Southern League, one American Association, and two Pacific Coast League records. The franchise set the Southern League season attendance record in 1980 and the single-game attendance record in 1982. Many of the Pacific Coast League records were set on May 5–6, 2006, when the Sounds participated in a 24-inning game against the New Orleans Zephyrs, which matched the longest game, in terms of innings played, in the league's history.

Individual career records

These are records of players who lead in distinct statistical categories over their careers with the Sounds.

Career batting

StatisticPlayerRecordSounds career
Games played5141979, 1988–1990
At bats1,8481979, 1988–1990
Runs3031998–2002
Hits5171979, 1988–1990
Doubles1022015–2017
Triples322000–2003, 2009
Home runs921998–2002
Runs batted in2861998–2002
Stolen bases1331981–1982

Career pitching

StatisticPlayerRecordSounds career
Wins482007–2014, 2019
Losses381988–1992
Games pitched2422007–2014, 2019
Games started731987–1989
Saves462003–2004
Innings pitched7102007–2014, 2019
Runs allowed3952007–2014, 2019
Home runs allowed622007–2014, 2019
Walks2332007–2014, 2019
Strikeouts4372007–2014, 2019

Individual single-season records

These are records of individual players who lead in distinct statistical categories over a single season.

Single-season batting

StatisticPlayerRecordSeason
Batting average.3681986
Games played145*1979
Games played145*1979
At bats5801993
Runs1061981
Hits1791993
Total bases288*1980
Total bases288*1982
Doubles422015
Triples162018
Home runs34*1980
Home runs34*1982
Runs batted in1221980
Sacrifice hits192009
Sacrifice flies9*1982
Sacrifice flies9*1999
Sacrifice flies9*2002
Sacrifice flies9*2018
Hit by pitch351994
Walks1172022
Strikeouts1722018
Stolen bases721981

Single-season pitching

StatisticPlayerRecordSeason
Wins16*1982
Wins16*1982
Losses162013
Earned run average2.171990
Games pitched661978
Games started29*1982
Games started29*1982
Games started29*1982
Games started29*1989
Games started29*1990
Complete games181981
Saves302003
Innings pitched2221981
Runs allowed1091982
Earned runs1022002
Home runs allowed27*1995
Home runs allowed27*2005
Hit batsmen202019
Walks1051997
Strikeouts1931981
Wild pitches181982

Individual single-game records

These are records of individual players who lead in distinct statistical categories for a single game.

Single-game batting

StatisticPlayerRecordDateOpponent
At bats11New Orleans Zephyrs
Runs5*Tucson Sidewinders
Runs5*Memphis Redbirds
Runs5*Oklahoma City RedHawks
HitsVarious 5*Various —
Doubles4New Orleans Zephyrs
TriplesVarious 2*Various —
Home runs3*Knoxville Blue Jays
Home runs3*Memphis Chicks
Home runs3*Denver Zephyrs
Home runs3*Tucson Sidewinders
Home runs3*New Orleans Zephyrs
Home runs3*New Orleans Zephyrs
Home runs3*New Orleans Zephyrs
Home runs3*Charlotte Knights
Runs batted in8Omaha Storm Chasers
Stolen bases5Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp
WalksVarious 4*Various —
Strikeouts7New Orleans Zephyrs
Strikeouts Various 4*Various —

Single-game pitching

StatisticPlayerRecordDateOpponent
Strikeouts15*Charlotte O's
Strikeouts15*Columbus Clippers
Strikeouts15*Albuquerque Isotopes
Walks10*Buffalo Bisons
Walks10*Pawtucket Red Sox
Runs allowed14Birmingham Barons
Hits allowed16Birmingham Barons

Team season records

These are records of Sounds teams with the best and worst performances in distinct statistical categories over a single season.

Team single-game records

These are records of Sounds teams which lead in distinct statistical categories for a single game.

Attendance records

These are records of attendance at Sounds home games. The team originally played at Herschel Greer Stadium from 1978 to 2014. They have played at First Horizon Park since 2015.
SeasonAttendanceOpeningsAverageCumulative total
1978380,159715,354380,159
1979515,488707,364895,647
1980575,676718,1081,471,323
1981567,994747,6762,039,317
1982532,449757,0992,571,766
1983500,048776,4943,071,814
1984376,440764,9533,448,254
1985364,225725,0593,812,479
1986364,614695,2844,177,093
1987378,715695,4894,555,808
1988317,785704,5404,873,593
1989457,854736,2725,331,447
1990605,122767,9625,936,569
1991454,575726,6516,391,144
1992489,991726,8056,881,135
1993438,745726,0947,319,880
1994300,821724,1787,620,701
1995355,133724,9327,975,834
1996303,407724,2148,279,241
1997269,186723,7398,548,427
1998323,068724,4878,871,495
1999335,901714,7319,207,396
2000269,682693,9089,477,078
2001305,385694,4269,782,463
2002322,059694,66810,104,522
2003387,345675,78110,491,867
2004405,536676,05310,897,403
2005419,412696,07811,316,815
2006410,569695,95011,727,384
2007411,959705,88512,139,343
2008354,662675,29312,494,005
2009305,434684,49212,799,439
2010319,235674,76513,118,674
2011335,143694,85713,453,817
2012321,042674,79213,774,859
2013355,003705,07114,129,892
2014323,961664,90914,453,823
2015565,548717,96515,019,371
2016504,060717,09915,523,431
2017593,679678,86116,117,110
2018603,135708,61616,720,245
2019578,291678,63117,298,536
2020———17,298,536
2021436,868656,72117,735,404
2022555,576737,61118,290,980
2023556,962727,73618,847,942
2024500,241717,04619,348,183
2025500,002717,04219,848,185
Totals19,848,1853,3115,995—

Miscellaneous records

These are records of individual players and Sounds teams that do not fit into any of the preceding categories.

Individual

StatisticPlayerRecordDateOpponent
Intentional walks 3*Knoxville Sox
Intentional walks 18—
Wild pitches 5*Columbus Astros
Games as catcher 131*—
Singles 155—
Errors by a shortstop 56—
Putouts by an outfielder 12*Memphis Chicks
Consecutive strikeouts 10Buffalo Bisons
Consecutive innings with no walks 70Various