List of Nashville Sounds coaches

Pitching coach Stan Kyles meets with his pitcher and catcher on the mound.

The Nashville Sounds minor league baseball team has employed 43 coaches since its establishment in Nashville, Tennessee, in the 1978 season. Of these, 22 have been pitching coaches and 21 have been hitting coaches. As of the 2016 season, the Sounds' coaches are Eric Martins (hitting) and Rick Rodriguez (pitching).[1]

A pitching coach is responsible for mentoring and training a teams' pitchers. He advises the manager on the condition of pitchers and their arms, and serves as an in-game coach for the pitcher currently on the mound. When a manager makes a visit to the mound, he typically is doing so to make a pitching change or to discuss situational defense. However, the pitching coach is the one who will typically visit the mound to talk about mechanics or how to pitch to a particular batter. As the name suggests, the pitching coach is generally a former pitcher. A hitting coach works with a team's players to improve their hitting techniques and form. He monitors players' swings during the game and over the course of the season, advising them when necessary between at-bats on adjustments to make. He also oversees their performance during practices, cage sessions, and pre-game batting practice.

Three former Sounds players later served as a coach for the team. Wayne Garland, who played in 1982, returned as pitching coach from 1987 to 1988.[2] Don Cooper, a pitcher in 1980, served as pitching coach from 1994 to 1996.[3] Fred Dabney, who pitched in 1993, returned as pitching coach from 2012 to 2014.[4] Gene Roof (1986) and Buddy Pryor (1987) were player coaches who coached hitting while playing on the team. Two coaches also managed the Nashville club. Pitching coach Wayne Garland filled in as interim manager for three games in 1988 when manager Jack Lind left the team due to health problems.[5] Richie Hebner, who was the pitching coach from 1998 to 2000, became the team's manager for the second half of the 2000 season when Trent Jewett became the Pittsburgh Pirates' third base coach.[6]

Pat Dobson's 1980 to 1981 pitching staff had a 3.18 earned run average, the lowest recorded under all pitching coaches. Darold Knowles (2001–04) and Stan Kyles (2005–08) are the longest tenured pitching coaches, having served for four full seasons. In 1993, co-hitting coaches Roger LaFrancois and Mark Haley guided their batters to .281 batting averages, the highest under all other hitting coaches. Among single hitting coaches, Jeff Livesey (2001) and Sandy Guerrero (2009–11) led their batters to .276 batting averages. LaFrancois (1993–96), who coached hitting for four full seasons, is the longest serving hitting coach.

Table key

#
A running total of the number of Sounds' coaches. Thus, any coach who has two or more separate terms is only counted once.
W%
Team winning percentage: number of wins divided by number of games coached in the regular season
ERA
Team earned run average: earned runs divided by innings pitched times nine
SO
Team strikeouts
BA
Team batting average: hits divided by at bats
HR
Team home runs
RBI
Team runs batted in
Ref
Reference
Stat Ref
Statistical reference
*
Indicates a player-coach
Former Sounds player
Indicates a former Sounds player
Later Sounds manager
Indicates a later Sounds manager

Pitching coaches

Hoyt Wilhelm, who led his 1982–84 pitching staff to a 3.73 ERA with 2,357 strikeouts, was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1985.[7]
# Coach Years Wins Losses W% ERA SO Ref Stat Ref
— Unknown 1978–79 147 138 .516 3.32 1,630 — [8][9]
1 Dobson, PatPat Dobson 1980–81 178 108 .622 3.18 1,804 [10][11] [12][13]
2 Wilhelm, HoytHoyt Wilhelm 1982–84 239 198 .547 3.73 2,357 [14] [15][16][17]
3 Craig, RogerRoger Craig 1985 71 70 .504 3.84 783 [18] [19]
4 Hiller, JohnJohn Hiller 1986 68 74 .479 4.25 755 [20] [21][22]
5 Garland, WayneWayne GarlandFormer Sounds playerLater Sounds manager 1987–88 137 145 .486 3.89 1,833 [23] [24][25]
6 Rippelmeyer, RayRay Rippelmeyer 1989–90 160 133 .546 3.52 1,784 [26] [27][28]
7 Gullett, DonDon Gullett 1991 65 78 .455 3.77 886 [29] [30]
8 Funk, FrankFrank Funk 1992 67 77 .465 3.82 1,033 [31] [32]
9 Peterson, RickRick Peterson[a] 1993–94 164 123 .571 3.70 1,951 [33] [34][35]
10 Cooper, DonDon CooperFormer Sounds player[a] 1994–96 228 204 .528 3.78 2,852 [36] [35][37][38]
11 Rajsich, DaveDave Rajsich 1997 74 69 .517 4.64 881 [39] [40]
12 Tanner, BruceBruce Tanner 1998–99 147 136 .519 4.73 1,894 [41] [42][43]
13 Bibby, JimJim Bibby 2000 63 79 .444 4.80 854 [44] [45]
14 Knowles, DaroldDarold Knowles 2001–04 280 289 .492 4.32 3,961 [46][47] [48][49][50][51]
15 Kyles, StanStan Kyles 2005–08 299 273 .523 4.13 4,327 [52] [53][54][55][56]
16 Bosio, ChrisChris Bosio[b] 2009 75 69 .521 4.25 882 [57] [58]
17 Jim Rooney[b] 2009 75 69 .521 4.25 882 [59] [58]
18 Gale, RichRich Gale[c] 2010 77 67 .535 4.27 938 [60][61][62] [63]
19 Castro, BillBill Castro[c] 2010 77 67 .535 4.27 938 [61] [63]
— Bosio, ChrisChris Bosio 2011 71 73 .493 4.27 1,003 [64] [65]
20 Fred DabneyFormer Sounds player 2012–14 201 231 .465 4.22 3,353 [66] [67][68][69]
21 Schulze, DonDon Schulze 2015 66 78 .458 3.95 1,037 [70] [71]
22 Rodriguez, RickRick Rodriguez from 2016 — — — — — [1] [72]

Hitting coaches

Gary Pettis' 2005–06 batters hit for a .269 batting average with 272 home runs and 1,279 runs batted in.
Bob Skube (2013–14) guided his hitters to a .260 batting average with 249 home runs and 1,145 runs batted in.
# Coach Years BA HR RBI Ref Stat Ref
— Unknown 1978–79 .256 108 977 — [8][9]
1 Napoleon, EdEd Napoleon[d] 1980–82 .270 273 1,922 [73] [12][13][15]
2 Sisler, DickDick Sisler[d][e] 1982–83 .268 218 1,254 [74][75] [15][16]
3 Saul, JimJim Saul[e] 1983–84 .268 199 1,244 [76] [16][17]
— Unknown 1985 .252 96 521 — [19]
4 Roof, GeneGene Roof* 1986 .274 85 600 [77] [21]
5 Lett, JimJim Lett[f] 1987 .257 75 535 [78] [24]
6 Buddy Pryor*[f] 1987 .257 75 535 [79] [24]
— Unknown 1988–90 .253 246 1,594 — [25][27][28]
— Lett, JimJim Lett 1991–92 .255 199 1,086 [80] [30]
7 Mark Haley[g] 1993 .281 141 683 [81] [34]
8 LaFrancois, RogerRoger LaFrancois[g] 1993–96 .264 527 2,482 [82] [34][35][37][38]
9 Oglivie, BenBen Oglivie 1997 .269 153 659 [39] [40]
10 Hebner, RichieRichie HebnerLater Sounds manager[h] 1998–2000 .273 482 2,049 [83] [42][43][45]
11 Clark, DaveDave Clark[h] 2000 .258 138 639 [84] [45]
12 Livesey, JeffJeff Livesey 2001 .276 130 616 [85] [48]
13 Wilkerson, CurtisCurtis Wilkerson 2002 .262 110 608 [86] [49]
14 Loviglio, JayJay Loviglio 2003 .266 116 585 [46] [50]
— Livesey, JeffJeff Livesey 2004 .272 180 642 [85] [51]
15 Pettis, GaryGary Pettis 2005–06 .269 272 1,279 [87] [53][54]
16 Spilman, HarryHarry Spilman 2007–08 .267 278 1,267 [88][89] [55][56]
17 Guerrero, SandySandy Guerrero 2009–11 .276 394 1,978 [90] [58][63][65]
18 Al LeBoeuf 2012 .259 119 507 [91] [67]
19 Skube, BobBob Skube 2013–14 .260 249 1,145 [92][93] [68][69]
20 Garrison, WebsterWebster Garrison 2015 .265 84 548 [70] [71]
21 Eric Martins from 2016 — — — [1] [72]

See also

Notes

References

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