The
Nashville SoundsMinor League Baseball team has played in
Nashville, Tennessee, since being established in 1978 as an
expansion team of the Double-ASouthern League.[3] They moved up to
Triple-A in 1985 as members of the
American Association before joining the
Pacific Coast League in 1998.[3] With the restructuring of the minor leagues in 2021, they were placed in the Triple-A East, which became the
International League in 2022.[4][5] The first game of the new baseball season for a team is played on
Opening Day, and being named the Opening Day
starting pitcher is an honor which is given to the player who is expected to lead the pitching staff that season,[6] though there are various strategic reasons why a team's best pitcher might not start on Opening Day.[7] The Sounds have used 43 different Opening Day starters in their 46 seasons.[8]
Nashville's Opening Day starting pitchers have a combined Opening Day record of 11
wins, 16
losses, and 19 no decisions. At Greer Stadium, they had a record of 5 wins, 4 losses, and 8 no decisions in 17 Opening Day starts. At First Horizon Park, they have 0 wins, 2 losses, and 2 no decisions in 4 Opening Day starts. They have an aggregate record of 5 wins, 6 losses, and 10 no decisions in 21 Opening Day starts at home. Nashville starters have a record of 6 wins, 10 losses, and 9 no decisions in 25 Opening Day starts on the road.
^The April 7, 2005, Opening Day game was called after six innings due to rain.[44]
^The April 9, 2020, Opening Day game was postponed and ultimately cancelled along with the entire season due to the
COVID-19 pandemic.[58][59]
^The April 1, 2023, Opening Day game was played as part of a seven-inning
doubleheader after the originally scheduled March 31 opener was postponed due to severe weather forecast for that evening.[63]
^
abWeiss, Bill; Wright, Marshall (2001).
"Top 100 Teams". Minor League Baseball.
Archived from the original on January 13, 2021. Retrieved August 22, 2014.
^
abcdSeely, Chad; Brooks, Peter; Scopel, Doug (2021).
2021 Nashville Sounds Media Guide(PDF). pp. 170–171.
Archived(PDF) from the original on May 5, 2021. Retrieved May 6, 2021 – via Minor League Baseball.
The
Nashville SoundsMinor League Baseball team has played in
Nashville, Tennessee, since being established in 1978 as an
expansion team of the Double-ASouthern League.[3] They moved up to
Triple-A in 1985 as members of the
American Association before joining the
Pacific Coast League in 1998.[3] With the restructuring of the minor leagues in 2021, they were placed in the Triple-A East, which became the
International League in 2022.[4][5] The first game of the new baseball season for a team is played on
Opening Day, and being named the Opening Day
starting pitcher is an honor which is given to the player who is expected to lead the pitching staff that season,[6] though there are various strategic reasons why a team's best pitcher might not start on Opening Day.[7] The Sounds have used 43 different Opening Day starters in their 46 seasons.[8]
Nashville's Opening Day starting pitchers have a combined Opening Day record of 11
wins, 16
losses, and 19 no decisions. At Greer Stadium, they had a record of 5 wins, 4 losses, and 8 no decisions in 17 Opening Day starts. At First Horizon Park, they have 0 wins, 2 losses, and 2 no decisions in 4 Opening Day starts. They have an aggregate record of 5 wins, 6 losses, and 10 no decisions in 21 Opening Day starts at home. Nashville starters have a record of 6 wins, 10 losses, and 9 no decisions in 25 Opening Day starts on the road.
^The April 7, 2005, Opening Day game was called after six innings due to rain.[44]
^The April 9, 2020, Opening Day game was postponed and ultimately cancelled along with the entire season due to the
COVID-19 pandemic.[58][59]
^The April 1, 2023, Opening Day game was played as part of a seven-inning
doubleheader after the originally scheduled March 31 opener was postponed due to severe weather forecast for that evening.[63]
^
abWeiss, Bill; Wright, Marshall (2001).
"Top 100 Teams". Minor League Baseball.
Archived from the original on January 13, 2021. Retrieved August 22, 2014.
^
abcdSeely, Chad; Brooks, Peter; Scopel, Doug (2021).
2021 Nashville Sounds Media Guide(PDF). pp. 170–171.
Archived(PDF) from the original on May 5, 2021. Retrieved May 6, 2021 – via Minor League Baseball.