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{{Short description|Minor League Baseball team in Nashville, Tennessee}}
{{About|the Minor League Baseball team|the music genre|Nashville sound}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox Minor League Baseball
|name            = Nashville Sounds
|founded         = 1978
|city            = Nashville, Tennessee
|logo            = Nashville Sounds logo.svg
|uniformlogo     = NashvilleSoundsCapLogo.svg
|class level     = [[Triple-A (baseball)|Triple-A]] (1985–present)
|past class level= [[Double-A (baseball)|Double-A]] (1978–1984)
|current league  = [[International League]] (2021–present)
|division        = West Division
|past league     = {{plainlist|
*[[Pacific Coast League]] (1998–2020)
*[[American Association (1902–1997)|American Association]] (1985–1997)
*[[Southern League (1964–present)|Southern League]] (1978–1984)}}
|majorleague     = [[Milwaukee Brewers]] (2021–present)
|pastmajorleague = {{plainlist|
*[[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] (2019–2020)
*[[Oakland Athletics]] (2015–2018)
*[[Milwaukee Brewers]] (2005–2014)
*[[Pittsburgh Pirates]] (1998–2004)
*[[Chicago White Sox]] (1993–1997)
*[[Cincinnati Reds]] (1987–1992)
*[[Detroit Tigers]] (1985–1986)
*[[New York Yankees]] (1980–1984)
*[[Cincinnati Reds]] (1978–1979)}}
|leaguenum       = 3
|leaguechamps    = {{hlist|1979|1982|2005}}
|confnum         = 2
|conferencechamps= {{hlist|2003|2005}}
|divnum          = 11
|divisionchamps  = {{hlist|1979|1981|1982|1990|1993|2003|2005|2006|2007|2016|2022}}
|secondhalfnum   = 6
|secondhalfchamps= {{hlist|1979|1980|1981|1982|1983|1984}}
|nickname        = Nashville Sounds (1978–present)
|colors          = Navy, red, white<ref name=2019colors>{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/nashville/ballpark/opentable3|title=Team Color|website=Nashville Sounds|publisher=Minor League Baseball|access-date=November 15, 2018|archive-date=November 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116085744/https://www.milb.com/nashville/ballpark/opentable3|url-status=live}}</ref><br />{{Color box|#071d49}} {{Color box|#c8102e}} {{Color box|#FFFFFF}}
|mascot          = [[Nashville Sounds#Mascots|Booster]]
|ballpark        = [[First Horizon Park]] (2015–present)
|pastparks       = [[Herschel Greer Stadium]] (1978–2014)
|owner           = MFP Baseball / Nashville Sounds Baseball Club
|manager         = [[Rick Sweet]]
|gm              = Adam English<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.milb.com/nashville/news/nashville-sounds-hire-adam-english-as-general-manager-and-chief-operating-office |title=Nashville Sounds Hire Adam English as General Manager and Chief Operating Officer |website=Nashville Sounds |publisher=Minor League Baseball |date=October 1, 2021 |access-date=October 1, 2021 |archive-date=October 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001154623/https://www.milb.com/nashville/news/nashville-sounds-hire-adam-english-as-general-manager-and-chief-operating-office |url-status=live }}</ref>
|media           = [[MiLB.TV]] and [[WBUZ (FM)|94.9&nbsp;FM The Fan]]
|website         = {{URL|https://www.milb.com/nashville|milb.com/nashville}}
}}

The '''Nashville Sounds''' are a [[Minor League Baseball]] team of the [[International League]] and the [[Triple-A (baseball)|Triple-A]] affiliate of the [[Milwaukee Brewers]]. They are located in [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]], [[Tennessee]], and are named for the city's association with the [[music industry]], specifically the "[[Nashville sound]]", a subgenre of [[country music]] which originated in the city in the mid-1950s. The team plays their home games at [[First Horizon Park]], which opened in 2015 on the site of the historic [[Sulphur Dell]] ballpark. The Sounds previously played at [[Herschel Greer Stadium]] from its opening in 1978 until the end of the 2014 season. They are the oldest active professional sports franchise in Nashville.<ref name=2019colors/>

Established as an [[expansion team]] of the [[Double-A (baseball)|Double-A]] [[Southern League (1964–present)|Southern League]] in 1978, the Sounds led all of Minor League Baseball in attendance in their inaugural season and continued to draw the Southern League's largest crowds in each of their seven years as members. On the field, the team won six consecutive second-half division titles from 1979 to 1984 and won the [[List of Southern League champions|Southern League championship]] twice: 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 were replaced by a Triple-A [[American Association (1902–1997)|American Association]] team in 1985. The Triple-A Sounds carried on the history of the Double-A team that preceded them. Nashville rarely contended for the [[List of American Association (1902–1997) champions|American Association championship]], making only three appearances in the [[Playoff#Minor League Baseball|postseason]] during their 13&nbsp;years in the league. They joined the Triple-A [[Pacific Coast League]] in 1998 following the dissolution of the American Association after the 1997 season. Over 23&nbsp;years in the Pacific Coast League, the team qualified for the postseason on five occasions. They won their lone [[List of Pacific Coast League champions|Pacific Coast League championship]] in 2005 as the Triple-A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers. In conjunction with [[Major League Baseball]]'s reorganization of Minor League Baseball in 2021, the Sounds were placed in the Triple-A East, which became the International League in 2022.

Nashville has served as a [[farm club]] for eight Major League Baseball franchises. A total of 29&nbsp;[[manager (baseball)|managers]] have led the club and its more than 1,500&nbsp;players. As of the completion of the 2025 season, their 48th year in Nashville, the Sounds have played 6,725&nbsp;regular-season games and compiled a [[win–loss record]] of {{Win–loss record|w=3,490|l=3,233|t=2}} ({{winpct|3490|3233}}). They have a postseason record of {{winpct|42|42|record=y}} in 84&nbsp;games. Combining all 6,809&nbsp;regular-season and postseason games, the Sounds have an all-time record of 3,532–3,275–2 ({{winpct|3532|3275}}).

== History ==
{{Main|History of the Nashville Sounds}}

=== Prior professional baseball in Nashville ===
[[File:1901NashvilleVols.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|alt=A black and white photograph of seventeen men sitting in three rows on the ground. Most are wearing dark coats with high white socks, but two are wearing dark baseball uniforms with a white "N" on the chests; some are wearing fielding gloves, and one is petting a dog.|The 1901 [[Nashville Baseball Club]] of the [[Southern Association]]]]

[[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]] has been home to [[Minor League Baseball]] teams since the late 19th century. The city's [[professional baseball]] history dates back to 1884 with the formation of the [[Nashville Americans]], who were charter members of the original [[Southern League (1885–99)|Southern League]] from 1885 to 1886 and played their home games at Sulphur Spring Park, later renamed Athletic Park and [[Sulphur Dell]].<ref name=BRNashville>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?city=Nashville&state=TN&country=US|title=Nashville, Tennessee Encyclopedia|work=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=May 5, 2020|archive-date=December 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211034611/https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?city=Nashville&state=TN&country=US|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=BTAmericans>{{cite web|first=Bill|last=Traughber|url=https://www.milb.com/nashville/news/gcs-18235116|title=Looking Back: The 1885 Nashville Americans|website=Nashville Sounds|publisher=Minor League Baseball|date=April 25, 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143127/https://www.milb.com/nashville/news/looking-back-the-1885-nashville-americans/c-18235116|archive-date=June 12, 2018|access-date=March 5, 2020}}</ref> This ballpark was the home of Nashville's minor league teams through 1963.<ref name=TraughberSD>{{cite web|first=Bill|last=Traughber|url=https://www.milb.com/news/gcs-58475524|title=Looking Back: Sulphur Dell Demolished in 1969|website=Nashville Sounds|publisher=Minor League Baseball|date=August 26, 2013|access-date=February 6, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304003825/http://www.milb.com/news/print.jsp?ymd=20130826&content_id=58475524&vkey=news_t556&fext=.jsp&sid=t556|archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref> In 1887, Nashville's Southern League team was called the [[Nashville Blues]].<ref name=BTBlues>{{cite web|first=Bill|last=Traughber|url=https://www.milb.com/nashville/news/gcs-9553068|title=Looking Back: The 1887 Nashville Blues|website=Nashville Sounds|publisher=Minor League Baseball|date=April 26, 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143313/https://www.milb.com/nashville/news/looking-back-the-1887-nashville-blues/c-9553068|archive-date=June 12, 2018|access-date=March 5, 2020}}</ref> The [[Nashville Tigers]] competed in the same league from 1893 to 1894.<ref name=BTBlues/> In 1895, the [[Nashville Seraphs]] won the city's first professional championship in the Southern League.<ref name=BTBlues/> The [[Nashville Centennials]] played in the [[Central League (1897)|Central League]] in 1897 but relocated to [[Henderson, Kentucky]], during the season before the league's collapse.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/46371725/southern-boys-in-base-ball-those-who/ |via=Newspapers.com |title=Southern Boys in Base Ball |work=The Nashville American |location=Nashville |date=December 19, 1897 |page=25 |archive-date=July 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200714111747/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/46371725/southern-boys-in-base-ball-those-who/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The city's longest-operating baseball team, first known only as the Nashville Baseball Club and later renamed the [[Nashville Vols]] (short for Volunteers, the state nickname), was formed in 1901 as a charter member of the [[Southern Association]].<ref name=BT1901>{{cite web|first=Bill|last=Traughber|url=https://www.milb.com/nashville/news/gcs-19448142|title=Looking Back: The 1901 Nashville Vols|website=Minor League Baseball|date=May 23, 2011|access-date=May 5, 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224204705/https://www.milb.com/nashville/news/looking-back-the-1901-nashville-vols/c-19448142|archive-date=February 24, 2019}}</ref> They remained in the league through 1961, winning eight [[Southern Association pennant|pennants]], nine [[List of Southern Association champions|playoff championships]], and four [[Dixie Series]] titles.{{sfn|O'Neal|1994|p=306–308}}{{sfn|Nipper|2007|p=117–120}} The Southern Association disbanded after the 1961 season, and no team was fielded in 1962, but the Vols played one final campaign in the [[South Atlantic League (1904–1963)|South Atlantic League]] in 1963.{{sfn|Traughber|2017|p=125}} Sulphur Dell was demolished in 1969,<ref name=TraughberSD/> and the city had no professional baseball team for 14 years until 1978.<ref name=BRNashville/>

=== Getting a team and building a ballpark ===
[[File:1979 Nashville Larry Schmittou.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.9|alt=A man smiling wearing a blue satin jacket with "Sounds" across the front in white and red and a blue cap bearing a white "N"|[[Larry Schmittou]] led a group of investors that purchased a [[Southern League (1964–present)|Southern League]] [[expansion franchise]] and financed the construction of its ballpark.]]

[[Larry Schmittou]], head coach of the [[Vanderbilt Commodores baseball]] team from 1968 to 1978,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/vand/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/History1.pdf|title=2009 Vanderbilt Commodores Media Guide|page=72|publisher=Vanderbilt University|date=2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224204717/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/vand/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/History1.pdf|archive-date=February 24, 2019|access-date=February 15, 2020}}</ref> was instrumental in bringing professional baseball back to Nashville. Along with help from [[country music]]ian [[Conway Twitty]], Schmittou put together a group of investors including other country artists [[Cal Smith]] and [[Jerry Reed]], as well as other Nashvillians, to finance a stadium and a minor league team.{{sfn|Woody|1996|p=64–65}}{{sfn|Nipper|2007|p=101}} The Metro Parks Board agreed to lease to Schmittou the site of Nashville's former softball fields on the grounds of [[Fort Negley]], a [[Tennessee in the American Civil War|Civil War]] fortification approximately {{convert|2|mi|km|spell=in}} south of downtown, on which to build.{{sfn|Woody|1996|p=66}} The US$1.5&nbsp;million ballpark was to be named [[Herschel Greer Stadium]] in posthumous honor of [[Herschel Lynn Greer]], a prominent Nashville businessman and president of the Nashville Vols.{{sfn|Nipper|2007|p=103}}<ref name=BChick>{{cite news|first=Bob|last=Chick|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=950&dat=19800617&id=XQAMAAAAIBAJ&sjid=olgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6904,451711&hl=en|via=Google News|title=Top of the Chart|work=The Evening Independent|location=St. Petersburg|date=June 17, 1980|page=2-C}}</ref> Schmittou and [[general manager]] Farrell Owens landed the [[Cincinnati Reds]] as a [[Major League Baseball]] affiliate after meeting with [[Sheldon "Chief" Bender]], Cincinnati's farm director, at the 1976 [[Winter Meetings]].{{sfn|Woody|1996|p=71–72}} The new team was then granted membership in the [[Southern League (1964–present)|Southern League]], which operated at the [[Double-A (baseball)|Double-A]] classification.{{sfn|Woody|1996|p=195}}

The team was called the Sounds in reference to the "[[Nashville sound]]", a subgenre of American country music that traces its roots to the area in the late 1950s.{{sfn|Woody|1996|p=90}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Cusic |first=Don |url=https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/nashville-recording-industry/ |title=Nashville Recording Industry |website=Tennessee Encyclopedia |publisher=Tennessee Historical Society |date=October 8, 2017 |access-date=November 9, 2018 |archive-date=November 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109235308/https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/nashville-recording-industry/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The team's [[wordmark]] and color scheme were lifted from the defunct [[Memphis Sounds]] of the [[American Basketball Association]], who used them from 1974 to 1975.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ruble |first=Drew |url=http://businesstn.com/content/vestige-empire |title=Vestige of Empire |website=Nashville Post |date=July 2006 |access-date=August 1, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204010942/http://businesstn.com/content/vestige-empire |archive-date=February 4, 2012}}</ref> The color blue was added to Memphis' red and white palette. Nashville's original logo, which was used from 1978 into 1998, reflected the city's long-standing association with country music.{{sfn|Woody|1996|p=90}} It depicted a mustachioed baseball player, nicknamed "Slugger", swinging at a [[baseball (ball)|baseball]] with an [[acoustic guitar]], a staple of country music, in place of a [[baseball bat|bat]].{{sfn|Woody|1996|p=90}} Further illustrating the city's musical ties was the typeface, with letters that resembled [[G-clef]]s, used to display the team name and the cap logo which resembled an [[eighth note]].{{sfn|Traughber|2017|p=126}}

=== Southern League ===
==== Cincinnati Reds (1978–1979) ====

With a team in place and a stadium under construction, the Nashville Sounds were set to begin play in 1978 as an [[expansion team]] of the Southern League.<ref name=100greatest>{{cite web |last1=Weiss |first1=Bill |last2=Wright |first2=Marshall |url=http://www.milb.com/milb/history/top100.jsp?idx=69 |title=69. 1980 Nashville Sounds |website=Minor League Baseball |date=2001 |access-date=May 29, 2022 |archive-date=January 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113080957/http://www.milb.com/milb/history/top100.jsp?idx=69 |url-status=dead}}</ref> As the Double-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds,<ref name=100greatest/> the Sounds played their first game on April 15, 1978, against the [[Memphis Chicks (Southern League)|Memphis Chicks]] at Memphis' [[Tim McCarver Stadium]], which they lost, 4–2.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hanna|first=Jeff|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30790594/sounds_silenced_42/|via=Newspapers.com|title=Sounds Silenced, 4–2|work=The Tennessean|location=Nashville|date=April 16, 1978|page=1-D|archive-date=April 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430041738/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30790594/sounds_silenced_42/|url-status=live}}</ref> They recorded their first win the next evening, defeating Memphis, 3–0.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hanna|first=Jeff|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/111100548/?clipping_id=30880428|via=Newspapers.com|title=Sounds Win 3-0, Split With Chicks|work=The Tennessean|location=Nashville|date=April 17, 1978|page=17|access-date=April 28, 2019|archive-date=March 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305232832/https://www.newspapers.com/image/111100548/?clipping_id=30880428|url-status=live}}</ref> Their home opener was scheduled to take place on April 25, but was rained out and rescheduled for the next night.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hanna|first=Jeff|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30885394/sounds_try_to_open_up/|via=Newspapers.com|title=Sounds Try to Open Up|work=The Tennessean|location=Nashville|date=April 26, 1978|page=20|archive-date=April 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423202057/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30885394/sounds_try_to_open_up/|url-status=live}}</ref> On April 26, the Sounds played their first home game, a 12–4&nbsp;victory, against the [[Savannah Braves]] before a sellout crowd of 8,156&nbsp;fans at Greer Stadium.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hanna|first=Jeff|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30883934/sounds_win_home_debut/|via=Newspapers.com|title=Sounds Win Home Debut|work=The Tennessean|location=Nashville|date=April 27, 1978|page=29|archive-date=April 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423194313/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30883934/sounds_win_home_debut/|url-status=live}}</ref> Nashville placed fourth of five teams in both halves of its inaugural season, which kept the team out of the championship playoffs.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30847307/1978_southern_league_first_half_final/|via=Newspapers.com|title=Southern League|work=The Tennessean|location=Nashville|date=June 24, 1978|page=22|archive-date=April 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430063431/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30847307/1978_southern_league_first_half_final/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30847956/sounds_slide_to_chicks_42/|via=Newspapers.com|title=Sounds Slide to Chicks 4–2|work=The Tennessean|location=Nashville|date=September 4, 1978|page=13|archive-date=April 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430041856/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30847956/sounds_slide_to_chicks_42/|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Herschel Greer Stadium 1978.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.5|A game during the 1978 season in which Nashville led all of [[Minor League Baseball]] in attendance when 380,000 people attended games at [[Greer Stadium]]|alt=A black and white photograph of a baseball game in progress with fans looking on and few empty seats in sight]]

The Sounds had more success at the turnstiles than on the field as they led all of Minor League Baseball in attendance by drawing 380,000&nbsp;fans to Greer Stadium in their debut season.{{sfn|Nipper|2007|p=101}} Nashville went on to lead the Southern League in attendance in each of their seven seasons of membership.{{sfn|Nipper|2007|p=101}} Schmittou's business philosophy revolved around earning profits not from ticket sales, but from the sale of souvenirs and concessions.<ref>{{cite web|first=Kristin|last=Pratt|url=http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/majors/anniversary/25-years/261960.html#lschmittou|title=25 for 25: Stars in the ''Baseball America'' Universe|work=Baseball America|date=July 20, 2006|access-date=May 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415211403/https://www.baseballamerica.com/today/majors/anniversary/25-years/261960.html|archive-date=April 15, 2016}}</ref> This approach also involved promoting family-friendly entertainment rather than baseball games.<ref name=CSTV>{{cite web |title=Commodore History Corner: Q&A with Larry Schmittou|first=Bill|last=Traughber|url=http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/stories/040908aar.html|website=College Sports Television|date=April 8, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080413052946/http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/stories/040908aar.html|archive-date=April 13, 2008|access-date=February 15, 2020}}</ref><ref name=TN4-22-1988>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30936857/revitalized_schmittou_apologizes/|via=Newspapers.com|title=Revitalized Schmittou Apologizes|work=The Tennessean|location=Nashville|date=April 22, 1988|page=1-C|archive-date=April 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425141605/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30936857/revitalized_schmittou_apologizes/|url-status=live}}</ref> Through the mid-1980s, the Sounds offered nightly [[promotion (marketing)|promotions]] and treated fans to a carnival-like atmosphere between innings.<ref name=TN4-22-1988/><ref name=KBeck81>{{cite news|last=Beck|first=Ken|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30936933/theres_more_than_baseball_going_on_at/|via=Newspapers.com|title=There's More Than Baseball Going On at Greer Stadium|work=The Tennessean|location=Nashville|date=January 11, 1981|page=5|archive-date=April 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425141836/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30936933/theres_more_than_baseball_going_on_at/|url-status=live}}</ref> The franchise was recognized with the [[Larry MacPhail Award]] for outstanding minor league promotions in 1978, 1980, and 1981.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/history/awards#macphail|title=Major Award Winners: Larry MacPhail Award|website=Minor League Baseball|access-date=February 14, 2020|archive-date=August 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200817210815/https://www.milb.com/history/awards#macphail|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Manager (baseball)|Manager]] [[George Scherger]] led the 1979 Sounds to win the second-half Western Division title, qualifying them for the postseason.<ref>{{cite news|last=Squires|first=Tom|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30851106/sounds_gain_playoff/|via=Newspapers.com|title=Sounds Gain Playoff|work=The Tennessean|location=Nashville|date=September 3, 1979|page=2|archive-date=April 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422192003/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30851106/sounds_gain_playoff/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Squires|first=Tom|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30884468/sounds_gain_playoff_ctd/|via=Newspapers.com|title=Sounds|work=The Tennessean|location=Nashville|date=September 3, 1979|page=13|archive-date=April 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430061229/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30884468/sounds_gain_playoff_ctd/|url-status=live}}</ref> After defeating first-half winners Memphis, three games to one, for the Western Division title, they advanced to the league championship series against the [[Columbus Astros]].{{sfn|Nashville Sounds Media Guide|2022|p=188}} Nashville won their first [[List of Southern League champions|Southern League championship]] by defeating Columbus, three games to one.<ref name=SLchamps>{{Cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/news/gcs-41270988|title=Southern League Past Champions|work=Southern League|publisher=Minor League Baseball|access-date=March 1, 2015|archive-date=June 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141909/http://www.milb.com/content/page.jsp?ymd=20070221&content_id=41270988&fext=.jsp&sid=l111&vkey|url-status=live}}</ref>

Originally, the Reds allowed Nashville to use a [[designated hitter]] (DH) in their lineup. This allowance was later revoked since the Reds were a part of the [[National League (baseball)|National League]] in which [[pitcher]]s bat instead of using a DH.<ref name=CSTV/> Schmittou felt the Sounds were at a disadvantage against other teams that utilized the designated hitter,<ref>{{cite news|last=Bibb|first=John|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58101012/the-risk-at-greer/|via=Newspapers.com|title=The Risk at Greer|work=The Tennessean|location=Nashville|date=September 4, 1979|page=19|archive-date=March 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305223515/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58101012/the-risk-at-greer/|url-status=live}}</ref> so he looked for a new major league affiliate for 1980.<ref name=CSTV/> After two seasons at Double-A for the Reds, Nashville had a 152–140 [[win–loss record]] encompassing all regular-season and postseason games.<ref name=OfficialYBY>{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/nashville/team/yearlyresults|title=Nashville Sounds Yearly Results|website=Nashville Sounds|publisher=Minor League Baseball|access-date=February 10, 2019|archive-date=April 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200427193146/https://www.milb.com/nashville/team/yearlyresults|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== New York Yankees (1980–1984) ====
[[File:1980 Nashville Sounds.jpg|thumb|right|upright=2.0|In 1980, the Sounds set a franchise-best 97–46 record and set the [[Southern League (1964–present)|Southern League]] attendance record with 575,676 fans visiting Greer.|alt=A black and white photograph of baseball players in uniforms and caps posed in three rows standing, sitting, and kneeing on a baseball field]]

Schmittou had been encouraged by the [[New York Yankees]] organization to establish the Sounds as a [[Triple-A (baseball)|Triple-A]] team, but he refused to go back on his previous agreement to partner with the Reds at Double-A.<ref name=CSTV/> After the split with Cincinnati, the Sounds made their first affiliation switch in 1980, becoming the Double-A affiliate of the Yankees. This partnership was the most successful period in team history. They experienced five consecutive winning seasons and won five consecutive second-half Western Division titles, propelling them to the postseason each year.{{sfn|Nashville Sounds Media Guide|2022|p=188}}<ref name=OfficialYBY/>

Under manager [[Stump Merrill]], the 1980 Sounds posted a franchise-best 97–46 record.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=e36ee4d7|title=1980 Southern League|work=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=May 24, 2017|archive-date=May 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170508003914/http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=e36ee4d7|url-status=live}}</ref> They won the second half but lost the Western Division series to Memphis.<ref name=100greatest/> The 1980 club was ranked as the sixty-ninth greatest minor league baseball team of all-time by baseball historians in 2001.<ref name=100greatest/> Nashville set the league season attendance record that year when 575,676&nbsp;fans attended games at Greer Stadium.<ref name=2020SLMG>{{cite book |last1=Webb |first1=Lori M. |last2=Musterer |first2=Donna J. |url=https://img.mlbstatic.com/milb-images/image/upload/milb/g3apehlfpnsji55jxp3q.pdf |title=2020 Southern League Media Guide and Record Book |via=Minor League Baseball |date=2020 |access-date=July 4, 2022 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519202920/https://img.mlbstatic.com/milb-images/image/upload/milb/g3apehlfpnsji55jxp3q.pdf |archive-date=May 19, 2021 |page=81}}</ref> The Sounds reached the 1981 championship series via another second-half title and winning the division over Memphis, but they fell to the [[Orlando Twins]] in the finals.{{sfn|Nashville Sounds Media Guide|2022|p=188}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30915522/sounds_finale_gets_rained_out/|via=Newspapers.com|title=Sounds' Finale Gets Rained Out|work=The Tennessean|location=Nashville|date=September 2, 1981|page=28|archive-date=April 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424193228/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30915522/sounds_finale_gets_rained_out/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The 1982 Sounds, managed by [[Johnny Oates]], finished with a 77–67 record and won the second half.<ref name=BR1982>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?id=ae856bee|title=1982 Nashville Sounds Statistics|work=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=May 24, 2017|archive-date=July 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707042700/http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?id=ae856bee|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30849847/1982_southern_league_second_half_final/|via=Newspapers.com|title=Southern League|work=The Tennessean|location=Nashville|date=September 2, 1982|page=54|archive-date=April 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422184738/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30849847/1982_southern_league_second_half_final/|url-status=live}}</ref> After defeating the [[Knoxville Blue Jays]], 3–1, in the Western Division finals, the Sounds advanced to the league championship series against the [[Jacksonville Suns]], where they won the franchise's second Southern League championship with a 3–1 series victory.{{sfn|Nashville Sounds Media Guide|2022|p=188}}<ref name=SLchamps/> The Sounds qualified for the Western Division series in each of the next two seasons, but fell to the [[Birmingham Barons]] in 1983, and to Knoxville in 1984.{{sfn|Nashville Sounds Media Guide|2022|p=188}} One highlight of the 1984 season was [[Jim Deshaies]] pitching the club's first [[no-hitter]] against Columbus in the second game of a seven-inning [[doubleheader (baseball)|doubleheader]] on May 4.<ref>{{cite news|last=Squires|first=Tom|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30854962/deshaies_hurls_first_nohitter_for/|via=Newspapers.com|title=Deshaies Hurls First No-Hitter for Nashville|work=The Tennessean|location=Nashville|date=May 5, 1984|page=1-C|archive-date=April 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430063453/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30854962/deshaies_hurls_first_nohitter_for/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Otis Nixon]] set the franchise career record for [[stolen base]]s (133) over the 1981 and 1982 seasons.<ref name=CareerLeaders>{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/nashville/team/careerleaders|title=Top Ten Career Leaders|work=Nashville Sounds|publisher=Minor League Baseball|access-date=February 14, 2020|archive-date=April 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425060256/https://www.milb.com/nashville/team/careerleaders|url-status=live}}</ref> Nashville had a 431–320 record during their five-year affiliation with the Yankees, their best record among all affiliations.<ref name=OfficialYBY/> Their seven-year record in the Southern League was 583–460.<ref name=OfficialYBY/>

=== American Association ===
==== Detroit Tigers (1985–1986) ====
In response to a decline in attendance and a decrease in local media coverage, Sounds president Larry Schmittou sought to boost interest in the team through an elevation to the Triple-A classification.<ref name=1985MftP>{{cite book |last=Schmittou |first=Larry |date=1985 |chapter=Message from the President |title=The Nashville Sounds 1985 Official Souvenir Program |publisher=Nashville Sounds |page=8}}</ref> He attempted to purchase and relocate one of two available Triple-A franchises late in the 1983 season, but each chose to continue in their markets for 1984.<ref>{{cite news|last=Squires|first=Tom|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30851583/winning_sounds_take_title/|via=Newspapers.com|title=Nashville to Stay in AA Baseball|work=The Tennessean|location=Nashville|date=September 1, 1983|page=1-F|archive-date=April 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422193237/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30851583/winning_sounds_take_title/|url-status=live}}</ref> His desire to land a Triple-A team was part of a larger plan to put Nashville in a position to contend for a Major League Baseball franchise in the future.<ref name=AAAsale>{{cite news|last=Bibb|first=John|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30950801/big_leagues_next_schmittou/|via=Newspapers.com|title=Big Leagues Next: Schmittou|work=The Tennessean|location=Nashville|date=July 12, 1984|page=1-F|archive-date=April 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425213359/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30950801/big_leagues_next_schmittou/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Schmittou arrived at terms in July 1984 to purchase the Triple-A [[Evansville Triplets]] of the [[American Association (1902–1997)|American Association]] for a reported sum of $780,000, with plans to move the franchise from [[Evansville, Indiana]], to Nashville for the 1985 season.<ref name=AAAsale/> The Southern League wanted Schmittou to surrender his franchise to the league, but he had plans to relocate the team to Evansville to continue as the Triplets at Double-A.{{sfn|Woody|1996|p=101–102}} However, a combination of the league's disapproval of the move and the City of Evansville being unwilling to upgrade [[Bosse Field]] resulted in a move to [[Huntsville, Alabama]], where the team became the [[Huntsville Stars]].{{sfn|Woody|1996|p=101–102}} The Triple-A Sounds carried on the history of the Double-A team that preceded them. The Triplets' legacy was retired, and the Stars were established as an entirely new franchise.{{sfn|Woody|1996|p=101–102}}

The Sounds began Triple-A competition in 1985 as a member of the American Association affiliated with the [[Detroit Tigers]], continuing the major league affiliation that was in place with the Evansville franchise.<ref name=AAAsale/> Their first Triple-A game was a 3–1&nbsp;win against the [[Buffalo Bisons]] at Greer Stadium on April 11.<ref>{{cite news|last=Davy|first=Jimmy|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30953628/only_4730_see_sounds_31_victory/|via=Newspapers.com|title=Only 4,730 See Sounds' 3–1 Victory|work=The Tennessean|location=Nashville|date=April 12, 1985|page=1-A|archive-date=April 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190425231539/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30953628/only_4730_see_sounds_31_victory/|url-status=live}}</ref> Though narrowly missing the playoffs in their first season with the Tigers,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbaseball/standings/l-AA2/y-1985|title=1985 American Association Standings|work=Stats Crew|access-date=May 17, 2021|archive-date=April 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417200843/https://www.statscrew.com/minorbaseball/standings/l-AA2/y-1985|url-status=live}}</ref> the Sounds ended their affiliation with Detroit after two years of poor attendance and a lackluster 1986 season.{{sfn|Woody|1996|p=119}} Over two years with the Tigers, they had a 139–144–2 record.<ref name=OfficialYBY/> Their all-time record stood at 722–604–2 after nine years of play.<ref name=OfficialYBY/>

==== Cincinnati Reds (1987–1992) ====
[[File:1988 Nashville Skeeter Barnes.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.9|[[Skeeter Barnes]], a Sound in 1979 and from 1988 to 1990, is the team career leader in [[games played]] (514), [[at&nbsp;bat]]s (1,848), and [[Hit (baseball)|hits]] (517).|alt=A man wearing a white baseball uniform with "Sounds" on the chest in blue and red and a blue cap with a white "N" on the center poses holding a baseball bat with both hands on a green field.]]

The Sounds rejoined the Cincinnati Reds farm system as their Triple-A affiliate in 1987 in a bid to increase attendance. Schmittou indicated that market surveys consistently showed the Reds to be the most popular MLB team in the area.<ref name=TN9-12-1986>{{cite news|last=Davy|first=Jimmy|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30967385/red_officially_sign_with_sounds_for_year/|via=Newspapers.com|title=Reds Officially Sign with Sounds for Year|work=The Tennessean|location=Nashville|date=September 12, 1986|page=3-C|archive-date=April 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426133757/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30967385/red_officially_sign_with_sounds_for_year/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1990, Nashville set its all-time attendance record when 605,122&nbsp;fans attended games at Greer Stadium.{{sfn|Nashville Sounds Media Guide|2022|p=166}} The Sounds experienced their most successful season with the Reds at Triple-A and as members of the American Association that year when they compiled an 86–61 record under manager [[Pete Mackanin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=62765524|title=1990 American Association|work=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=May 24, 2017|archive-date=June 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608092620/http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=62765524|url-status=live}}</ref> Ending the regular-season in a tie with the Buffalo Bisons, the Sounds won the Eastern Division title in a one-game playoff.<ref>{{cite news|last=Taft|first=Larry|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30851643/sounds_win_it_in_18th/|via=Newspapers.com|title=Sounds Win It in 18th|work=The Tennessean|location=Nashville|date=September 5, 1990|page=1-A|archive-date=April 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430063447/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30851643/sounds_win_it_in_18th/|url-status=live}}</ref> They advanced to their first [[List of American Association (1902–1997) champions|American Association championship]] series, but they ultimately lost to the [[Omaha Royals]].<ref name=AAplayoffs>{{cite web|url=http://www.tripleabaseball.com/PostSeasonAA.jsp|title=American Association Playoff Results|website=Triple-A Baseball|access-date=May 25, 2017|archive-date=May 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513081805/http://www.tripleabaseball.com/PostSeasonAA.jsp|url-status=live}}</ref>

Apart from the 1990 season, the Sounds finished too far back to qualify for the postseason in the other five years of affiliation with the Reds.<ref name=OfficialYBY/> However, several franchise records were set during this period. [[Skeeter Barnes]], who had previously played with Nashville in 1979, set the career records for [[games played]] (514), [[at bat]]s (1,848), and [[hit (baseball)|hits]] (517) during his second stint from 1988 to 1990.<ref name=CareerLeaders/> Pitcher Hugh Kemp [[games started|started]] a record 73&nbsp;games from 1987 to 1989.<ref name=CareerLeaders/> Greer Stadium, once one of the best stadiums in Triple-A baseball in terms of player and fan amenities,{{sfn|Woody|1996|p=127}} began to be outshined by newer ballparks being built in the late 1980s.{{sfn|Woody|1996|p=131}} The Reds let their player development contract with the Sounds expire so they could place their Triple-A affiliate in [[Indianapolis]], which was closer and planning to build a new stadium.{{sfn|Woody|1996|p=131}} Nashville's record after six years with Cincinnati at Triple-A was 431–436.<ref name=OfficialYBY/> Through 15&nbsp;total years of competition, their all-time record stood at 1,207–1,040–2.<ref name=OfficialYBY/>

==== Chicago White Sox (1993–1997) ====

At the recommendation of the [[Office of the Commissioner of Baseball]] and with few options available,<ref>{{cite news|last=Taft|first=Larry|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30972839/sounds_try_to_make_a_deal_with_white_sox/|via=Newspapers.com|title=Sounds Try to Make a Deal with White Sox|work=The Tennessean|location=Nashville|date=September 15, 1992|page=2-C|archive-date=April 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426165711/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30972839/sounds_try_to_make_a_deal_with_white_sox/|url-status=live}}</ref> the Sounds signed a new player development contract with the [[Chicago White Sox]], who wanted to move their Triple-A farm club closer than its previous location in [[Vancouver]].{{sfn|Woody|1996|p=131}} The White Sox then presented a list of complaints about the relatively poor condition of Greer Stadium. Unable to convince the city to pay for a new ballpark, and deciding against moving the team elsewhere in the Nashville area, Schmittou made significant improvements to Greer.{{sfn|Woody|1996|p=132–34}} One of those was the addition of its signature guitar-shaped scoreboard, which was installed before the 1993 season.<ref>{{cite news|title=7 Facts About Greer Stadium's Original Guitar Scoreboard|first=Katie|last=Straughn|url=http://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/baseball/2014/06/20/facts-about-greer-stadiums-guitar-scoreboard/11084843/|newspaper=[[The Tennessean]]|location=Nashville|date=June 20, 2014|access-date=November 12, 2018|archive-date=April 4, 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150404121453/http://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/baseball/2014/06/20/facts-about-greer-stadiums-guitar-scoreboard/11084843/|url-status=live}}</ref> At one point, Schmittou considered dropping the Sounds back to Double-A due to the difficulty of bringing Greer up to the specifications of a Triple-A ballpark.<ref>{{cite news|last=Taft|first=Larry|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83045270/stay-in-triple-a-probable/|title=Stay in Triple-A Probable|work=The Tennessean|location=Nashville|date=August 23, 1995|page=1C|access-date=August 9, 2021|archive-date=August 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808184651/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83045270/stay-in-triple-a-probable/|url-status=live}}</ref> Instead, renovations continued over the next several years in an attempt to meet Triple-A standards.<ref>{{cite news|last=Woody|first=Larry|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83044010/more-work-set-for-greer/|title=More Work Set for Greer|work=The Tennessean|location=Nashville|date=February 2, 1996a|page=3C|access-date=August 9, 2021|archive-date=August 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808184649/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/83044010/more-work-set-for-greer/|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:GreerStadiumScoreboard2.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|[[Greer Stadium]]'s guitar scoreboard was installed prior to the 1993 season.|alt=A view of the giant blue guitar-shaped scoreboard beyond the left-center field wall. Advertisements for local businesses adorn the guitar and the green outfield wall below.]]

Greer Stadium was shared between the Sounds and the Southern League's [[Nashville Xpress]], previously known as the [[Charlotte Knights]], during the 1993 and 1994 seasons.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30977676/nashville_baseball/|via=Newspapers.com|title=Nashville Baseball|work=The Tennessean|location=Nashville|date=December 12, 2002|page=6C|archive-date=April 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426192044/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30977676/nashville_baseball/|url-status=live}}</ref> This came about when Charlotte acquired a Triple-A expansion franchise in 1993, leaving the existing Double-A team without a home.<ref name=LTaft1-23-93>{{cite news|last=Taft|first=Larry|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45220911/before_team_can_come_owner_must_be/|via=Newspapers.com|title=Before Team Can Come, Owner Must Be Decided|work=The Tennessean|location=Nashville|date=January 23, 1993|page=3-C|archive-date=February 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219215414/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45220911/before_team_can_come_owner_must_be/|url-status=live}}</ref> Schmittou offered Greer as a temporary home ballpark for the team.<ref name=LTaft1-29-93>{{cite news|last=Taft|first=Larry|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45221479/one_ballpark_two_teams_xpress_rolls/|via=Newspapers.com|title=One Ballpark, Two Teams: Xpress Rolls Into Town|work=The Tennessean|location=Nashville|date=January 29, 1993|page=1-C|archive-date=February 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219215412/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45221479/one_ballpark_two_teams_xpress_rolls/|url-status=live}}</ref> To accommodate an additional club, the Xpress' home games were scheduled for during the Sounds' road trips.<ref name=TaftQA>{{cite news |last=Taft |first=Larry |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31815086/questions_and_answers_about_nashvilles/ |via=Newspapers.com |title=Questions and Answers About Nashville's Double Play |work=The Tennessean |location=Nashville |date=January 29, 1993 |page=3-C |archive-date=December 31, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231213422/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31815086/questions_and_answers_about_nashvilles/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Sounds reached the American Association playoffs in each of their first two years with the White Sox. The 1993 team, led by manager [[Rick Renick]], clinched the Eastern Division title but lost the championship series to the [[Iowa Cubs]].<ref name=AAplayoffs/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=30dcf9c4|title=1993 American Association|work=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=May 24, 2017|archive-date=July 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210706133726/https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=30dcf9c4|url-status=live}}</ref> The 1994 Sounds qualified for their second consecutive postseason under Renick.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=77231f84|title=1994 American Association|work=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=May 24, 2017|archive-date=April 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422213701/http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=77231f84|url-status=live}}</ref> In the first round, Nashville swept the [[New Orleans Zephyrs]] in three games to advance to the league finals, but they were defeated by the [[Indianapolis Indians]].<ref name=AAplayoffs/> The team failed to reach the postseason again during their remaining three years with Chicago. The five-year White Sox affiliation ended after the 1997 season with the Sounds having a 390–342 record with four winning seasons over that period.<ref name=OfficialYBY/> After 13&nbsp;years, their American Association record stood at 960–922–2, and their all-time 20-year record was 1,543–1,382–2.<ref name=OfficialYBY/>

The 1996 season marked the last that Schmittou was the team's president and part majority owner. The city was poised to welcome a [[National Football League]] franchise, the [[Tennessee Titans]], and Schmittou felt that revenue would be drawn away from the team. He and another investor sold their controlling financial interests in the Sounds to Chicago-based businessmen Al Gordon, Mike Murtaugh, and Mike Woleben.<ref name=CSTV/><ref name=ChicagoBuys>{{cite web |url=https://www.apnews.com/83331f6c36e6acb8b48b495ca05e613e |title=Chicago Men Reach Agreement to Buy 60 Percent of Franchise |website=Associated Press |date=November 7, 1996 |access-date=October 27, 2018 |archive-date=October 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181028033621/https://www.apnews.com/83331f6c36e6acb8b48b495ca05e613e |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Pacific Coast League ===
==== Pittsburgh Pirates (1998–2004) ====
[[File:SL-John-Wasdin.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.8|[[John Wasdin]] pitched a [[Perfect game (baseball)|perfect game]] for the Sounds on April 7, 2003.|alt=A man wearing a white baseball uniform with a navy blue "L" on the chest, a navy blue cap with a white "L" on the center, and a black glove on his left hand in the midst of pitching a ball]]

The American Association, of which the Sounds had been members since 1985, disbanded after the 1997 season, and its teams were absorbed by the two remaining Triple-A leagues—the [[International League]] and [[Pacific Coast League]] (PCL). Nashville joined the PCL, becoming the easternmost team in the circuit.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.triple-abaseball.com/AATimeline.jsp|title=Notable Events in American Association History|website=Triple-A Baseball|access-date=May 26, 2017|archive-date=April 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414185147/https://www.triple-abaseball.com/AATimeline.jsp|url-status=usurped}}</ref> Along with a new league, they began to adopt new colors and logos over the course of the 1998 and 1999 seasons, phasing out the original colors and marks in use since their foundation in 1978.<ref name=1998colors>{{cite news|last=Patton|first=Maurice|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30978068/sounds_recast_logo_into_musical_note/|via=Newspapers.com|title=Sounds Recast Logo into Musical Note|website=The Tennessean|location=Nashville|date=July 8, 1998|page=5C|archive-date=April 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426193209/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30978068/sounds_recast_logo_into_musical_note/|url-status=live}}</ref> The new primary logo, replacing the original "Slugger", consisted of a black, red, and white [[eighth note]] with a baseball at the top set against a circle of the same colors, plus silver, bearing the team name in white around the sides.<ref name=1998colors/>

The Sounds entered the Pacific Coast League as the top farm club of the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]], who sought to escape the chilly climate and lengthy travel associated with their previous affiliate in [[Calgary]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30977971/baseball_notebook/|via=Newspapers.com|title=Baseball Notebook|work=The Jackson Sun|location=Jackson|date=November 1, 1997|page=4C|archive-date=April 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430041212/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30977971/baseball_notebook/|url-status=live}}</ref> The team regularly finished third or fourth in their four-team division, leaving them out of the playoffs. One of their three winning seasons occurred in 2003 when [[Trent Jewett]] managed the Sounds to clinch the American Conference Eastern Division title, giving them their first postseason berth in the PCL and first playoff appearance since 1994.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=aa2858dc|title=2003 Pacific Coast League|work=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=May 24, 2017|archive-date=June 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170611174345/http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=aa2858dc|url-status=live}}</ref> Nashville defeated the [[Albuquerque Isotopes]] in the conference series but then lost the league finals to the [[Sacramento River Cats]].<ref name=PCLplayoffs>{{Cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/news/gcs-148679|title=Past Champions|work=Pacific Coast League|publisher=Minor League Baseball|access-date=May 25, 2017|archive-date=June 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142706/http://www.milb.com/content/page.jsp?sid=l112&ymd=20061214&content_id=148679&vkey=league3|url-status=live}}</ref> Earlier in 2003, right-hander [[John Wasdin]] pitched the first [[Perfect game (baseball)|perfect game]] in Sounds history on April 7 against Albuquerque at Greer Stadium.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://baseballamerica.com/today/minors/wasdin040703.html |title=Wasdin Tosses Perfect Game |website=Baseball America |date=April 7, 2003 |access-date=April 9, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150409221221/http://baseballamerica.com/today/minors/wasdin040703.html |archive-date=April 9, 2015}}</ref> The 4–0 Sounds win was the second nine-inning perfect game in the PCL's 101-year history.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.milb.com/news/gcs-361099 |title=Pacific Coast League No-hit Games |website=Pacific Coast League |publisher=Minor League Baseball |access-date=August 12, 2015 |archive-date=June 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615055522/http://www.milb.com/content/page.jsp?sid=l112&ymd=20080317&content_id=361099&vkey=stats |url-status=live }}</ref>

Several franchise records were set during the affiliation with Pittsburgh. [[Chad Hermansen]], a Sound from 1998 to 2002, holds the career records for [[run (baseball)|runs]] (303), [[home run]]s (92), and [[run batted in|runs batted in]] (286).<ref name=CareerLeaders/> [[Tike Redman]] hit a record 32&nbsp;[[triple (baseball)|triples]] from 2000 to 2003.<ref name=CareerLeaders/> [[Closing pitcher]] [[Mark Corey]] set the record for [[Save (baseball)|saves]] (46) during the 2003 and 2004 seasons.<ref name=CareerLeaders/> Seeking to place their Triple-A club at a newer, more desirable stadium and to escape the high travel costs associated with playing in the PCL, Pittsburgh ended their affiliation with the Sounds after the 2004 campaign.<ref>{{cite news|last=Callow|first=John|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30990964/now_pirates_sounds_going_separate_ways/|via=Newspapers.com|title=Now, Pirates, Sounds Going Separate Ways|work=The Daily News-Journal|location=Murfreesboro|date=September 18, 2004|page=C1|archive-date=April 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427020843/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30990964/now_pirates_sounds_going_separate_ways/|url-status=live}}</ref> Over seven years as a Pirates affiliate, Nashville had a 493–508 record.<ref name=OfficialYBY/> Through 27&nbsp;years of competition, the Sounds' all-time record stood at 2,036–1,890–2.<ref name=OfficialYBY/>

==== Milwaukee Brewers (2005–2014) ====
The Sounds became the Triple-A affiliate of the [[Milwaukee Brewers]] in 2005. One factor in the Brewers' choice to partner with Nashville was the hope that the Sounds would soon get a new stadium to replace the then-27-year-old Greer.<ref>{{cite news|last=Patton|first=Maurice|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30991576/brewers_on_tap_for_sounds/|via=Newspapers.com|title=Brewers on Tap for Sounds|work=The Tennessean|location=Nashville|date=September 23, 2004|page=1C|archive-date=April 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427022930/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30991576/brewers_on_tap_for_sounds/|url-status=live}}</ref> The team also debuted a new oval-shaped logo with a baseball player silhouetted against a yellow background hitting a ball toward the Nashville skyline with the city's name written above within a red border and the team nickname written in red and black script below.<ref name=PCaputo>{{cite web |last=Caputo |first=Paul |url=http://news.sportslogos.net/2015/06/20/that-nashville-sound-the-story-behind-the-nickname/ |title=That Nashville Sound: The Story Behind the Nickname |website=SportsLogos |date=June 20, 2015 |access-date=March 21, 2016 |archive-date=September 5, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905163547/http://news.sportslogos.net/2015/06/20/that-nashville-sound-the-story-behind-the-nickname/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The affiliation started well as manager [[Frank Kremblas]] led the club to win the American Conference Northern Division title with a 75–69 record.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=7cf2c40c|title=2005 Pacific Coast League|work=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=May 24, 2017|archive-date=June 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170607072846/http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=7cf2c40c|url-status=live}}</ref> The team went on to win the conference title against the [[Oklahoma RedHawks]], three games to two, before sweeping the [[Tacoma Rainiers]] in three games to win the [[List of Pacific Coast League champions|Pacific Coast League championship]].<ref name=PCLplayoffs/> This was Nashville's first championship at the Triple-A level since moving to the classification in 1985 and their first since the 1982 Southern League crown.<ref name=TLeonard>{{cite web |url=https://www.milb.com/milb/news/gcs-27826 |title=Sounds Capture PCL Championship |last1=Leonard |first1=Tim |date=September 17, 2005 |website=Nashville Sounds |publisher=Minor League Baseball |access-date=February 14, 2020 |archive-date=February 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215011622/https://www.milb.com/milb/news/sounds-capture-pcl-championship/c-27826 |url-status=live }}</ref>

From May 5–6, 2006, the Sounds participated in a 24-inning game against the New Orleans Zephyrs, which was played over the course of two days and lasted eight hours and seven minutes.<ref name=24InnBox>{{cite web |url=https://www.milb.com/gameday/zephyrs-vs-sounds/2006/05/05/46364#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=46364 |title=Zephyrs vs. Sounds Box Score 05/05/06 |date=May 6, 2006 |website=Minor League Baseball |access-date=February 14, 2020 |archive-date=September 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926120026/https://www.milb.com/gameday/zephyrs-vs-sounds/2006/05/05/46364#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=46364 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=Patton24>{{cite news|last=Patton|first=Maurice|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31005070/sounds_records_fall_in_lengthy_game/|via=Newspapers.com|title=Sounds: Records Fall in Lengthy Game|work=The Tennessean|location=Nashville|date=May 7, 2006|page=7C|archive-date=April 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427164353/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31005070/sounds_records_fall_in_lengthy_game/|url-status=live}}</ref> This matched the PCL record for the longest game, in terms of innings played.<ref name=Patton24/> The Sounds finished the season tied with the Iowa Cubs for first place,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=4de400ea|title=2006 Pacific Coast League|work=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=May 24, 2017|archive-date=June 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170603152006/http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=4de400ea|url-status=live}}</ref> but won the division title and advanced to the postseason via tiebreaker by means of having won the regular-season series versus Iowa.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.milb.com/milb/standings/playoff_procedures.jsp?lid=112&sid=l112|title=Pacific Coast League Playoff Procedures|website=Pacific Coast League|publisher=Minor League Baseball|access-date=September 1, 2014|archive-date=April 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402105934/http://www.milb.com/milb/standings/playoff_procedures.jsp?lid=112&sid=l112|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.milb.com/schedule/results.jsp?sid=t556&year=2006 |title=2006 Nashville Sounds Game-by-Game Results |website=Nashville Sounds |publisher=Minor League Baseball |access-date=February 14, 2020 |archive-date=November 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181110040349/http://www.milb.com/schedule/results.jsp?sid=t556&year=2006 |url-status=live }}</ref> Nashville lost to the [[Round Rock Express]] in the conference series.<ref name=PCLplayoffs/>

On June 25, 2007, [[Manny Parra]] pitched the club's second perfect game, the third nine-inning perfect game in the PCL's history, against Round Rock.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.milb.com/milb/news/gcs-265085 |title=Sounds' Parra Perfect In His Second PCL Start |last1=McConnell |first1=Ryan |website=Minor League Baseball |date=June 25, 2007 |access-date=February 13, 2020 |archive-date=February 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200214025507/https://www.milb.com/milb/news/sounds-parra-perfect-in-his-second-pcl-start/c-265085 |url-status=live }}</ref> Kremblas led the team to capture the division title for the third consecutive year and finish the season with a league-best 89–55 record.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=9bb85c40|title=2007 Pacific Coast League|work=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=May 24, 2017|archive-date=June 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170604012525/http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=9bb85c40|url-status=live}}</ref> Ultimately, they were defeated by New Orleans in the conference series.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hopp|first=Jessica|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31006807/sounds_year_ends_at_hands_of_heavy/|via=Newspapers.com|title=Sounds' Year Ends at Hands of Heavy Hitting Zephyrs|work=The Tennessean|location=Nashville|date=September 9, 2007|page=12C|archive-date=April 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427174631/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31006807/sounds_year_ends_at_hands_of_heavy/|url-status=live}}</ref> The Sounds failed to win the division and qualify for the postseason during the next seven years of their Brewers affiliation despite narrow second-place finishes in 2009 and 2014.<ref name=2009BR>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=5f155166|title=2009 Pacific Coast League|work=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=May 24, 2017|archive-date=June 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170603152021/http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=5f155166|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=2014BR>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=1b5c335f|title=2014 Pacific Coast League|work=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=May 24, 2017|archive-date=May 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170524204735/http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=1b5c335f|url-status=live}}</ref> The 2013 team set the franchise record low win–loss record with a 57–87 campaign.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=3219ab1a|title=2013 Pacific Coast League|work=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=May 24, 2017|archive-date=May 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170526012703/http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=3219ab1a|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:GreerStadiumSeatingBowl.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.6|After 37 seasons, the Sounds played their final game at [[Herschel Greer Stadium]] on August 27, 2014.|alt=A view from the right-field line of the seating bowl at Greer. Blue seats stretch from the right-field wall, behind home plate, and beyond the third base dugout.]]

The Sounds had planned to leave Greer Stadium in the mid-2000s for a new ballpark to be called [[First Tennessee Field]],<ref name=FTPname>{{cite news |title=First Tennessee to Put Name on Proposed Sounds Stadium|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/stories/2003/11/17/daily42.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150421201534/http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/stories/2003/11/17/daily42.html|newspaper=Nashville Business Journal|date=November 21, 2003|archive-date=April 21, 2015}}</ref> but the project was abandoned when a financing agreement could not be reached.<ref>{{cite news |title=Purcell Firm On City, Sounds Stadium Agreement|url=http://www.wsmv.com/news/9823273/detail.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081021101152/http://www.wsmv.com/news/9823273/detail.html|work=WSMV|location=Nashville|date=September 11, 2006|archive-date=October 21, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Deadline For Sounds Stadium Proposal Passes |url=http://www.wsmv.com/sports/12150828/detail.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524050305/http://www.wsmv.com/sports/12150828/detail.html |work=WSMV |location=Nashville |date=April 16, 2007 |archive-date=May 24, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> After the 2008 season and failing to secure a new facility, Al Gordon's Amerisports Companies sold the team to MFP Baseball, a New York-based group of investors consisting of Masahiro Honzawa, Steve Posner, and Frank Ward. Keeping the team in Nashville was one of the PCL's top criteria for approval of the sale.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.milb.com/milb/news/gcs-515811 |title=Sounds Makeover Begins with New Owners, GM |last1=Wild |first1=Danny |website=Minor League Baseball |date=February 26, 2009 |access-date=February 14, 2020 |archive-date=February 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215011617/https://www.milb.com/milb/news/sounds-makeover-begins-with-new-owners-gm/c-515811 |url-status=live }}</ref> MFP made significant renovations to Greer while it continued to explore building a new stadium.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nashville Sounds Search for a New Home|first=Nate|last=Rau|url=http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100829/SPORTS0401/8290366/Nashville-Sounds-search-for-a-new-home|newspaper=The Tennessean|location=Nashville|date=August 29, 2010|access-date=August 30, 2010}}</ref>

Prior to the 2014 season, the team, Metro Nashville, and the State of Tennessee finalized a plan to build a new downtown ballpark in time for the 2015 season.<ref>{{cite news|last=Organ|first=Mike|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31009199/first_sounds_owner_struck_out_with/|via=Newspapers.com|title=First Sounds Owner Stuck Out With Greer Stadium Financing|work=The Tennessean|location=Nashville|date=January 19, 2014|page=2C|archive-date=April 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427185938/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31009199/first_sounds_owner_struck_out_with/|url-status=live}}</ref> On August 27, 2014, the Sounds played their final game at Greer Stadium, an 8–5 loss to the Sacramento River Cats.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/gameday/river-cats-vs-sounds/2014/08/27/398220#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=398220|title=River Cats vs. Sounds Box Score 08/27/14|website=Minor League Baseball|date=August 27, 2014|access-date=February 14, 2020|archive-date=September 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926111012/https://www.milb.com/gameday/river-cats-vs-sounds/2014/08/27/398220#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=398220|url-status=live}}</ref> The attendance at the game was a standing-room-only crowd of 11,067, the first sellout since 2010, and the largest crowd since 2007.<ref name=lastgame>{{cite news|title=Greer Goodbye Gets Emotional|first=Mike|last=Organ|work=The Tennessean|url=http://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/baseball/2014/08/27/nashville-sounds-greer-stadium-closing/14721693/|date=August 28, 2014|access-date=August 28, 2014|archive-date=August 28, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140828181100/http://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/baseball/2014/08/27/nashville-sounds-greer-stadium-closing/14721693/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Sounds severed ties with Milwaukee after the 2014 season citing poor on-field performance from recent Brewers Triple-A teams.<ref>{{cite web |last=McCalvy |first=Adam |url=http://m.mlb.com/news/article/95157658/brewers-general-manager-doug-melvin-miffed-by-breakup-with-triple-a-affiliate/ |title=Melvin Irked Over Breakup with Triple-A Affiliate |website=Major League Baseball |date=September 17, 2014 |access-date=May 25, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813011946/http://m.mlb.com/news/article/95157658/brewers-general-manager-doug-melvin-miffed-by-breakup-with-triple-a-affiliate/ |archive-date=August 13, 2017}}</ref> Over the 10-year affiliation, the longest in Nashville's history, the Sounds had a 732–721 record.<ref name=OfficialYBY/> Overall, the Sounds' 37-year record stood at 2,768–2,611–2.<ref name=OfficialYBY/>{{Clear}}

==== Oakland Athletics (2015–2018) ====
[[File:First Tennessee Park, April 20, 2015 - 2.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4|alt=A view of the green baseball field from the third base side seats showing men in white baseball uniforms playing their positions as the sun has just set behind first base|The Sounds played their first game at [[First Horizon Park]], then known as First Tennessee Park, on April 17, 2015.]]

Nashville affiliated with the [[Oakland Athletics]] in 2015 due in part to the organization's commitment to fielding competitive teams at the Triple-A level, an area in which co-owner Frank Ward felt Milwaukee lacked.<ref>{{cite news|last=Organ|first=Mike|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31022673/sounds_pick_as_for_commitment_to/|via=Newspapers.com|title=Sounds Pick A's for 'Commitment to Winning'|date=September 24, 2014|work=The Tennessean|location=Nashville|page=C4|archive-date=April 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428013641/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31022673/sounds_pick_as_for_commitment_to/|url-status=live}}</ref> The Sounds also introduced a new set of logos that incorporated elements reflecting Nashville's "Music City" moniker, such as [[guitar]]s, [[guitar pick|picks]], and [[sound hole]]s, as well as [[neon sign]]s like those in the city's [[Broadway (Nashville, Tennessee)|Broadway]] entertainment district.<ref name=2015colors2>{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/nashville/news/gcs-107018058|title=Sounds Unveil New Logos, Uniforms|date=January 21, 2015|website=Nashville Sounds|publisher=Minor League Baseball|access-date=August 27, 2020|archive-date=March 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308145345/https://www.milb.com/nashville/news/gcs-107018058|url-status=live}}</ref> The team initially elected to embrace a new color scheme that included Broadway Burnt Orange, Sunburst Tan, Neon Orange, and [[Johnny Cash|Cash]] Black.<ref name=2015colors1>{{cite news|last=Ammenheuser|first=David|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31022981/new_sounds_logo_receives_mixed_reviews/|via=Newspapers.com|title=New Sounds' Logo Receives Mixed Reviews|date=October 10, 2014|work=The Tennessean|location=Nashville|page=2C|archive-date=April 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428014602/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31022981/new_sounds_logo_receives_mixed_reviews/|url-status=live}}</ref> However, the team returned to the previous red and black palette, with the addition of platinum silver as an accent color, before the season began after receiving mixed feedback from team fans.<ref name=2015colors2/> The new primary logo was a red "N" set against a silver guitar pick, both with black borders.<ref name=2015colors2/>

The start of the 2015 season marked the first time that the Sounds played at the new $91&nbsp;million [[First Horizon Park]], then known as First Tennessee Park,<ref name=FTPaudit>{{cite web|title=Audit of the First Tennessee Ballpark Construction Project|url=http://www.nashville.gov/Portals/0/SiteContent/InternalAudit/docs/FY2017/20170424GeneralServicesFirstTennesseeParkConstructionProject.pdf|publisher=Metropolitan Nashville Office of Internal Audit|date=April 24, 2017|access-date=July 18, 2017|archive-date=October 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018032522/https://www.nashville.gov/Portals/0/SiteContent/InternalAudit/docs/FY2017/20170424GeneralServicesFirstTennesseeParkConstructionProject.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> which is located at the site of the historic [[Sulphur Dell]] ballpark just north of the [[Tennessee State Capitol]] in downtown Nashville.<ref name=FTPopening>{{cite news|first=Garrison|last=Joey|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31023196/like_old_times_at_new_park/|via=Newspapers.com|title=Like Old Times at New Park|work=The Tennessean|location=Nashville|date=April 18, 2015|page=1A|archive-date=April 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428015239/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31023196/like_old_times_at_new_park/|url-status=live}}</ref> In the facility's inaugural game on April 17, the Sounds defeated the [[Colorado Springs Sky Sox]], 3–2 in 10 innings, with a walk-off RBI double in front of an announced paid attendance of 10,459&nbsp;people.<ref name=firstFTPgame>{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/nashville/news/gcs-118987216|title=Sounds Walk-Off in Home Opener|website=Nashville Sounds|publisher=Minor League Baseball|date=April 18, 2015|access-date=April 27, 2019|archive-date=April 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428020948/https://www.milb.com/nashville/news/sounds-walk-off-in-home-opener/c-118987216|url-status=live}}</ref>

In Nashville's second season as an A's affiliate, they reached the postseason for the first time since 2007 with a league-best 83–59 record and the American Conference Southern Division title,<ref name=BR2016>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=33b6dd69|title=2016 Pacific Coast League|work=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=May 24, 2017|archive-date=May 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170511211258/http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=33b6dd69|url-status=live}}</ref> but they were unable to advance past the conference series versus the [[Oklahoma City Dodgers]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/nashville/news/gcs-200885372|title=Sounds Drop Heart-Breaker to End Season|website=Nashville Sounds|publisher=Minor League Baseball|date=September 11, 2016|access-date=April 27, 2019|archive-date=April 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428015952/https://www.milb.com/nashville/news/sounds-drop-heart-breaker-to-end-season/c-200885372|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Joey Wendle]] hit a franchise career-record 102&nbsp;doubles from 2015 to 2017.<ref name=CareerLeaders/> Nashville declined to renew their contract with the Athletics after the 2018 season, choosing instead to seek a new major league affiliate.<ref>{{cite web|last=Slusser|first=Susan|url=https://www.sfgate.com/athletics/article/Sources-A-s-told-they-won-t-be-back-at-13232600.php|title=Sources: A's Told They Won't Be Back at Triple-A Nashville|work=SFGate|date=September 16, 2018|access-date=September 16, 2018|archive-date=September 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916001359/https://www.sfgate.com/athletics/article/Sources-A-s-told-they-won-t-be-back-at-13232600.php|url-status=live}}</ref> Over four years with Oakland, they had a 291–279 record.<ref name=OfficialYBY/> Through 41&nbsp;seasons, their all-time record stood at 3,059–2,890–2.<ref name=OfficialYBY/>

==== Texas Rangers (2019–2020) ====
[[File:Tim Dillard Nashville 2019 crop.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.9|[[Tim Dillard]] set multiple career pitching records from 2007 to 2014 and in 2019.|alt=A man in a navy blue baseball jersey, gray pants, and a navy cap with hands held together in his black glove.]]

Nashville became the Triple-A affiliate of the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballparkdigest.com/2018/09/20/sounds-rangers-announce-affiliation-through-2022/|title=Sounds, Rangers Announce Affiliation Through 2022|work=Ballpark Digest|date=September 20, 2018|access-date=September 20, 2018|archive-date=September 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920232930/https://ballparkdigest.com/2018/09/20/sounds-rangers-announce-affiliation-through-2022/|url-status=live}}</ref> The Sounds sought out the Rangers after identifying them as one of the most popular MLB teams among local baseball fans—behind the [[Atlanta Braves]] and [[St. Louis Cardinals]]—and for their geographical proximity.<ref>{{cite news|last=Organ|first=Mike|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31023868/sounds_ctd/|via=Newspapers.com|title=Sounds, Rangers Will Play Exhibition in 2019 or 2020|work=The Tennessean|location=Nashville|date=September 21, 2018|page=2C|archive-date=April 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430065528/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31023868/sounds_ctd/|url-status=live}}</ref> Also in 2019, just four years after their previous rebranding, the team debuted new colors and logos which pull together elements from their original visual identity and the musical imagery present throughout their franchise history.<ref name=2019rebrand>{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/nashville/news/sounds-reveal-new-logos-marks-and-uniforms-300789120|title=Sounds Reveal New Logos, Marks and Uniforms|website=Nashville Sounds|publisher=Minor League Baseball|date=November 15, 2018|access-date=November 16, 2018|archive-date=November 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116150608/https://www.milb.com/nashville/news/sounds-reveal-new-logos-marks-and-uniforms/c-300789120|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=2019uniforms>{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/nashville/ballpark/opentable4|title=Team Uniform Sets|website=Nashville Sounds|publisher=Minor League Baseball|access-date=November 16, 2018|archive-date=November 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116150200/https://www.milb.com/nashville/ballpark/opentable4|url-status=live}}</ref> The new colors, navy blue, red, and white, are modernized versions of their original 1978 colors.<ref name=2019colors /> The primary logo is a pair of concentric red rings with the team name in navy between the two divided horizontally at its center by twin red and blue stripes; a navy "N" resembling the [[Sound hole|F-hole]] of a guitar or violin is in the inner ring, which is styled like a baseball.<ref name=2019rebrand/>

Veteran [[Sidearm (baseball)|sidearm]] pitcher [[Tim Dillard]], previously with the Sounds from 2007 to 2014, returned to the team in 2019. In his second stretch, he set the franchise career records for [[games pitched]] (242) and [[strikeout]]s (437) while adding to his existing marks for [[win (baseball)|wins]] (48) and [[innings pitched]] (710).<ref name=CareerLeaders/><ref name=TDillard>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=dillar001tim|title=Tim Dillard Minor League Statistics and History|work=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=September 1, 2019|archive-date=July 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703232314/http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=dillar001tim|url-status=live}}</ref> The 2019 season became the Sounds' only year of play as a Rangers affiliate.<ref name=OfficialYBY/> The start of the 2020 season was initially postponed due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] before being cancelled altogether.<ref>{{cite news|title=A Message From Pat O'Conner|url=https://www.milb.com/milb/news/message-from-minor-league-baseball-president-ceo-pat-o-conner-313052288|website=Minor League Baseball|date=March 13, 2020|access-date=May 5, 2020|archive-date=January 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102184027/https://www.milb.com/milb/news/message-from-minor-league-baseball-president-ceo-pat-o-conner-313052288|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=2020can>{{cite news|title=2020 Minor League Baseball Season Shelved|url=https://www.milb.com/news/2020-minor-league-baseball-season-shelved|website=Minor League Baseball|date=June 30, 2020|access-date=July 1, 2020|archive-date=January 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112074110/https://www.milb.com/news/2020-minor-league-baseball-season-shelved|url-status=live}}</ref>

Following the 2020 season, Major League Baseball assumed control of Minor League Baseball in a move to increase player salaries, modernize facility standards, and reduce travel. Affiliations were rearranged to situate Triple-A teams closer to their major league parent clubs.<ref name=JMayo2-12-2021>{{cite web|last=Mayo|first=Jonathan|title=MLB Announces New Minors Teams, Leagues|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/new-minor-league-baseball-structure|website=Major League Baseball|date=February 12, 2021|access-date=February 12, 2021|archive-date=March 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306212148/https://www.mlb.com/news/new-minor-league-baseball-structure|url-status=live}}</ref> The Texas Rangers chose to move their Triple-A affiliation back to [[Round Rock, Texas]], where it had been prior to partnering with Nashville.<ref>{{cite web|last=Reichard|first=Kevin|title=Rangers Return to Round Rock for 2021|url=https://ballparkdigest.com/2020/12/09/rangers-return-to-round-rock-for-2021/|website=Ballpark Digest|date=November 9, 2020|access-date=November 12, 2020|archive-date=December 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210024852/https://ballparkdigest.com/2020/12/09/rangers-return-to-round-rock-for-2021/|url-status=live}}</ref> As a Rangers farm club, the Sounds had a 66–72 record, their lowest record among all affiliations.<ref name=OfficialYBY/><ref name=BR2019>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=d9339ccc|title=2019 Pacific Coast League|work=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=September 2, 2019|archive-date=April 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427212733/https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=d9339ccc|url-status=live}}</ref> Nashville held a {{nowrap|1,582–1,580 record}} over 23&nbsp;years in the Pacific Coast League, while their all-time record stood at 3,125–2,962–2 after 42&nbsp;seasons played over the course of 43&nbsp;years.<ref name=OfficialYBY/>{{clear}}

=== International League ===
==== Milwaukee Brewers (2021–present) ====

The Sounds became the Triple-A affiliate of the [[Milwaukee Brewers]] for a second time in 2021 upon signing a 10-year Professional Development License that runs through 2030.<ref name=2021aff>{{cite web|title=Nashville Sounds Announce Affiliation with the Milwaukee Brewers|url=https://www.milb.com/nashville/news/nashville-sounds-announce-affiliation-with-the-milwaukee-brewers|website=Nashville Sounds|publisher=Minor League Baseball|date=February 12, 2021|access-date=February 12, 2021|archive-date=February 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210212161352/https://www.milb.com/nashville/news/nashville-sounds-announce-affiliation-with-the-milwaukee-brewers|url-status=live}}</ref> The Brewers desired reuniting with Nashville because of the quality of the player facilities at First Horizon Park and convenient travel options to and from the city.<ref name=AMcCalvy12-9-2020>{{cite web|last=McCalvy|first=Adam|title=Brewers Invite Nashville to Minor League Fold|url=https://www.mlb.com/brewers/news/brewers-extend-invite-to-triple-a-nashville|website=Milwaukee Brewers|publisher=Major League Baseball|date=November 9, 2020|access-date=November 9, 2020|archive-date=December 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209172345/https://www.mlb.com/brewers/news/brewers-extend-invite-to-triple-a-nashville|url-status=live}}</ref> Along with Major League Baseball's restructuring of the minors, the Pacific Coast League disbanded, and the Sounds were placed in the [[Triple-A East]].<ref name=JMayo2-12-2021/>

[[File:First Horizon Park, April 5, 2022 - 2.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.2|alt=Men in white baseball uniforms celebrating on a green baseball field at night|The Sounds celebrating their first win in the [[International League]] on April 5, 2022, at [[First Horizon Park]]]]

Opening Day for the 2021 season was postponed for nearly a month to temporarily eliminate commercial air travel and give players the opportunity to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before the season started.<ref name=THarrigan3-2-2021>{{cite web|last=Harrigan|first=Thomas|title=Triple-A Start Delayed; Alternate Sites to Return|url=https://www.mlb.com/news/start-of-2021-triple-a-season-delayed|website=Major League Baseball|date=March 2, 2021|access-date=April 4, 2021|archive-date=May 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505053523/https://www.mlb.com/news/start-of-2021-triple-a-season-delayed|url-status=live}}</ref> No playoffs were held to determine a league champion at the end of the season; instead, the team with the best regular-season record was declared the winner.<ref name=MiLB7-14-2021>{{cite news |url=https://www.milb.com/milb/news/triple-a-classification-to-add-10-games-to-2021-schedule |title=MiLB Announces 'Triple-A Final Stretch' for 2021 |website=Minor League Baseball |date=July 14, 2021 |access-date=July 16, 2021 |archive-date=July 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210716205138/https://www.milb.com/milb/news/triple-a-classification-to-add-10-games-to-2021-schedule |url-status=live }}</ref> Nashville placed ninth in the league standings.<ref name=MILB2021>{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/standings/2021?standingsType=firstHalf&standingsView=division|title=2021 Triple-A East Standings|website=Minor League Baseball|access-date=October 3, 2021|archive-date=October 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003183739/https://www.milb.com/standings/2021?standingsType=firstHalf&standingsView=division|url-status=live}}</ref> However, 10&nbsp;games that had been postponed from the start of the season were reinserted into the schedule as a postseason tournament called the Triple-A Final Stretch in which all 30 Triple-A clubs competed for the highest winning percentage.<ref name=MiLB7-14-2021/> Nashville finished the tournament tied for fourth place with a 7–2 record.<ref name=2021FinalStretch>{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/standings/2021?standingsType=secondHalf&standingsView=sport|title=2021 Triple-A Final Stretch Standings|website=Minor League Baseball|access-date=October 3, 2021|archive-date=October 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001132019/https://www.milb.com/standings/2021?standingsType=secondHalf&standingsView=sport|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2022, the Triple-A East became known as the [[International League]] (IL), the name historically used by the regional circuit prior to the 2021 reorganization.<ref name=ILrename>{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/news/minor-league-baseball-historical-league-names-to-return-in-2022|title=Historical League Names to Return in 2022|website=Minor League Baseball|date=March 16, 2022|access-date=March 16, 2022|archive-date=March 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325180745/https://www.milb.com/news/minor-league-baseball-historical-league-names-to-return-in-2022|url-status=live}}</ref> Under manager [[Rick Sweet]], who previously led the team in the last season of their former affiliation with Milwaukee and since their reaffiliation,<ref>{{cite web|title=Rick Sweet Minor & Winter Leagues Statistics & History|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=sweet-001ric|website=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=September 28, 2022}}</ref> the 2022 Sounds won the Western Division title with a league-best 91–58 record.<ref name=BR2022>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=e42854f1|title=2022 International League|work=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=September 28, 2022}}</ref> In a single playoff game to determine the [[List of International League champions|International League championship]], Nashville was shutout, 13–0, by the [[Durham Bulls]], winners of the Eastern Division.<ref name=2022post>{{cite web|last=Heneghan|first=Kelsie|url=https://www.milb.com/news/durham-bulls-win-2022-international-league-championship|title=Bulls Parade Way to Eighth Triple-A Title|website=Minor League Baseball|date=October 2, 2022|access-date=October 2, 2022|archive-date=October 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221002123017/https://www.milb.com/news/durham-bulls-win-2022-international-league-championship|url-status=live}}</ref> Sweet was chosen for the [[International League Manager of the Year Award]].<ref name=2022MOTY>{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/nashville/news/rick-sweet-named-international-league-manager-of-the-year|title=Rick Sweet Named International League Manager of the Year|website=Nashville Sounds|publisher=Minor League Baseball|date=November 7, 2022|access-date=November 7, 2022|archive-date=November 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221107201710/https://www.milb.com/nashville/news/rick-sweet-named-international-league-manager-of-the-year|url-status=live}}</ref> The franchise was recognized with the [[Minor League Baseball Organization of the Year Award]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/news/minor-league-baseball-announces-2022-award-winners|title=MiLB Announces 2022 Award Winners|website=Minor League Baseball|date=December 5, 2022|access-date=December 6, 2022|archive-date=December 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206142607/https://www.milb.com/news/minor-league-baseball-announces-2022-award-winners|url-status=live}}</ref>

The IL began using a split-season format in 2023 in which the teams with the best league-wide records at the end of each half qualify for the playoffs.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.milb.com/news/triple-a-national-championship-game-2023 |title=2023 Triple-A National Championship Game Set for Sept. 30 in Las Vegas |website=Minor League Baseball |date=March 28, 2023 |accessdate=March 28, 2023}}</ref> The Sounds did not win either half of the 2023 season,<ref name=BR2023>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=e94f4b04|title=2023 International League|work=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=September 25, 2023|archive-date=September 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230925124946/https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=e94f4b04|url-status=live}}</ref> but [[Robert Gasser]] won the [[International League Pitcher of the Year Award]].<ref name=2023ILawards>{{cite web|last=Terranova|first=Rob|url=https://www.milb.com/news/milb-reveals-triple-a-all-stars-and-award-winners-for-2023|title=The 2023 Triple-A All-Stars and Award Winners|website=Minor League Baseball|date=October 4, 2023|access-date=October 4, 2023|archive-date=October 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004195952/https://www.milb.com/news/milb-reveals-triple-a-all-stars-and-award-winners-for-2023|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2024, Nashville tied for seventh place in the first-half with a 38–37 mark, 12&nbsp;games out of first.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/standings/2024?standingsType=firstHalf&standingsView=league|title=Standings|website=Minor League Baseball|access-date=August 20, 2024|archive-date=August 20, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240820192018/https://www.milb.com/standings/2024?standingsType=firstHalf&standingsView=league|url-status=live}}</ref> They improved in the second-half but finished in third at 40–31, six-and-a-half games back.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/standings/international/2024?standingsView=league|title=Standings|website=Minor League Baseball|access-date=September 23, 2024|archive-date=September 23, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240923131803/https://www.milb.com/standings/international/2024?standingsView=league|url-status=live}}</ref> Their full season record was 78–68.<ref name=BR2024>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=1bc2d5aa|title=2024 International League|work=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=September 23, 2024|archive-date=September 23, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240923131145/https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=1bc2d5aa|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Chad Patrick]] won the IL Pitcher of the Year Award.<ref name=2024awards>{{cite web|last=Avallone|first=Michael|url=https://www.mlb.com/milb/news/minor-league-baseball-triple-a-all-stars-and-award-winners-2024|title=Here are the 2024 Triple-A All-Stars and Award Winners|website=Major League Baseball|date=October 2, 2024|access-date=October 2, 2024|archive-date=October 2, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241002183839/https://www.mlb.com/milb/news/minor-league-baseball-triple-a-all-stars-and-award-winners-2024|url-status=live}}</ref> The Sounds ended the first half of the 2025 season atop their division at 44–29 but placed third in the league, two games back.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/milb/standings/first-half/league/2025?date=2025-06-22|title=2025 First Half Standings|website=Minor League Baseball|access-date=September 21, 2025|archive-date=September 21, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250921130623/https://www.mlb.com/milb/standings/first-half/league/2025?date=2025-06-22|url-status=live}}</ref> On August 19, second baseman [[Raynel Delgado]] became the fourth Sound to hit for the cycle.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/nashville/news/rick-sweet-moves-to-third-all-time-in-minor-league-wins-raynel-delgado-hits-for-the-cycle|title=Rick Sweet Moves to Third All-Time in Minor League Wins, Raynel Delgado Hits for the Cycle|website=Nashville Sounds|publisher=Minor League Baseball|date=August 19, 2025|access-date=August 20, 2025|archive-date=August 20, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250820122520/https://www.milb.com/nashville/news/rick-sweet-moves-to-third-all-time-in-minor-league-wins-raynel-delgado-hits-for-the-cycle|url-status=live}}</ref> The team finished the second half further back at 41–34 and posted an overall record of 85–63.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/milb/standings/2025|title=2025 Second Half Standings|website=Minor League Baseball|access-date=September 22, 2025|archive-date=September 22, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250922122553/https://www.mlb.com/milb/standings/2025|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=BR2025>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=6eda1325|title=2025 International League|work=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=September 22, 2025|archive-date=September 22, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250922123032/https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=6eda1325|url-status=live}}</ref>

Over five completed seasons of the current Brewers affiliation, Nashville has a 407–312 record.<ref name=OfficialYBY/> Through 47 full seasons of play, the Sounds have an all-time record of 3,532–3,275–2 encompassing all regular and postseason games over 48&nbsp;years in Nashville.<ref name=OfficialYBY/><!-- 2025 was the 47th season / 48th year in Nashville. -->

== Season-by-season records ==
{{Main|List of Nashville Sounds seasons}}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto; text-align:center;"
|+Season-by-season records (last five seasons)
!rowspan="2" scope="col" style="background-color:#ffffff; border-top:#c8102e 5px solid; border-bottom:#071d49 5px solid; color:#071d49"|Season
!colspan="5" scope="col" style="background-color:#ffffff; border-top:#c8102e 5px solid; color:#071d49"|Regular-season
!colspan="3" scope="col" style="background-color:#ffffff; border-top:#c8102e 5px solid; color:#071d49"|Postseason
!rowspan="2" scope="col" style="background-color:#ffffff; border-top:#c8102e 5px solid; border-bottom:#071d49 5px solid; color:#071d49"|MLB affiliate
!class="unsortable" rowspan="2" scope="col" style="background-color:#ffffff; border-top:#c8102e 5px solid; border-bottom:#071d49 5px solid; color:#071d49"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
!scope="col" style="background-color:#ffffff; border-bottom:#071d49 5px solid; color:#071d49"|Record
!scope="col" style="background-color:#ffffff; border-bottom:#071d49 5px solid; color:#071d49"|Win %
!scope="col" style="background-color:#ffffff; border-bottom:#071d49 5px solid; color:#071d49"|League
!scope="col" style="background-color:#ffffff; border-bottom:#071d49 5px solid; color:#071d49"|Division
!scope="col" style="background-color:#ffffff; border-bottom:#071d49 5px solid; color:#071d49"|{{Abbr|GB|Games behind}}
!scope="col" style="background-color:#ffffff; border-bottom:#071d49 5px solid; color:#071d49"|Record
!scope="col" style="background-color:#ffffff; border-bottom:#071d49 5px solid; color:#071d49"|Win %
!scope="col" style="background-color:#ffffff; border-bottom:#071d49 5px solid; color:#071d49"|Result
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|2021
| 70–58
| .547
| 9th
| 4th
| 15
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| rowspan=5| [[Milwaukee Brewers]]
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=d615ccef|title=2021 Triple-A East|website=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=March 15, 2025|archive-date=December 16, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241216063207/https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=d615ccef|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|2022
| 91–58
| .611
| 1st
| 1st
| —
| 0–1
| .000
| ''Won Western Division title''<br />Lost [[List of International League champions|IL championship]] vs. [[Durham Bulls]], 1–0<ref name=2022post/>
| <ref name=BR2022/>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|2023
| 83–65
| .561
| 4th
| 2nd
| 1
| —
| —
| —
| <ref name=BR2023/>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|2024
| 78–68
| .534
| {{sort|04.0|4th}}
| {{sort|03.0|3rd}}
| {{sort|10.0|10}}
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| <ref name=BR2024/>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|2025
| 85–63
| .574
| {{sort|05.0|5th}}
| {{sort|02.0|2nd}}
| {{sort|01.5|{{frac|1|1|2}}}}
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| {{sort|00.0|—}}
| <ref name=BR2025/>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| '''Totals''' !! 407–312 !! {{winpct|407|312}} !! — !! — !! — !! 0–1 !! {{winpct|0|1}} !! — !! — !! —
|}

==Rivals==
{{main|Sounds–Redbirds rivalry}}
Nashville's chief rivals have been those based in [[Memphis, Tennessee]]. Located approximately {{convert|200|mi}} to the southwest and connected to Nashville by [[Interstate 40]], Memphis has fielded several teams which have competed in the same leagues as Nashville's teams since the late 19th century.<ref name=1985BR>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/league.cgi?id=2c3f47fa|title=1885 Southern League|work=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=July 19, 2013|archive-date=June 10, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130610120111/http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/league.cgi?id=2c3f47fa|url-status=live}}</ref> The Sounds entered the rivalry when they and the [[Memphis Chicks (Southern League)|Memphis Chicks]] joined the Southern League in 1978 as members of its Western Division.<ref name=1978BR>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=85334f4d|title=1978 Southern League|work=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=May 24, 2017|archive-date=July 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731004809/https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=85334f4d|url-status=live}}</ref> For three consecutive seasons, from 1979 to 1981, the teams met in the Western Division finals to vie for a spot in the league championship series.{{sfn|Nashville Sounds Media Guide|2022|p=188}}

The intrastate rivalry was interrupted when Nashville moved to the American Association in 1985, but it was renewed when they and the [[Memphis Redbirds]] joined the Pacific Coast League in 1998.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31815753/lost_league_led_move_for_restructuring/|via=Newspapers.com|title=Lost League Led Move for Restructuring|work=The Tennessean|location=Nashville|date=July 13, 1997|page=2C|archive-date=June 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607024512/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31815753/lost_league_led_move_for_restructuring/|url-status=live}}</ref> The teams have been division rivals ever since.<ref>{{cite web|last=Dykstra|first=Sam|url=https://www.milb.com/pacific-coast/news/pcl-undergoing-realignment-in-2014/c-57182318|title=PCL Undergoing Realignment in 2014|work=Pacific Coast League|publisher=Minor League Baseball|date=August 16, 2013|access-date=November 12, 2018|archive-date=July 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702122018/https://www.milb.com/pacific-coast/news/pcl-undergoing-realignment-in-2014/c-57182318|url-status=dead}}</ref> Memphis beat out second-place Nashville by two games to clinch the 2009 division title and did likewise in 2014 by two-and-a-half games.<ref name=2009BR/><ref name=2014BR/> In 2016, Nashville won the division with a win in Memphis.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/nashville/news/gcs-197939740|title=Sounds Crowned American Southern Division Champs|work=Nashville Sounds|publisher=Minor League Baseball|date=August 27, 2016|access-date=May 15, 2018|archive-date=May 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517082309/https://www.milb.com/nashville/news/sounds-crowned-american-southern-division-champs/c-197939740|url-status=live}}</ref> Roles were reversed in 2017 and 2018 as Memphis captured division titles in Nashville.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/memphis/news/champions-the-redbirds-win-the-division-and-head-to-the-playoffs-248337968|title=Champions! The Redbirds Win the Division and Head to the Playoffs!|work=Memphis Redbirds|publisher=Minor League Baseball|date=August 13, 2017|access-date=May 15, 2018|archive-date=September 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904052448/https://www.milb.com/memphis/news/champions-the-redbirds-win-the-division-and-head-to-the-playoffs/c-248337968|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/memphis/news/back-to-back-division-champions-291990760|title=Back-To-Back Division Champions!|work=Memphis Redbirds|publisher=Minor League Baseball|date=August 26, 2018|access-date=September 3, 2018|archive-date=September 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904052432/https://www.milb.com/memphis/news/back-to-back-division-champions/c-291990760|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2021, both teams were placed in the Southeastern Division of the Triple-A East.<ref name=JMayo2-12-2021/> This became the International League in 2022,<ref name=ILrename/> and both clubs were realigned into its Western Division.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/standings/international/2022|title=Standings|website=Minor League Baseball|access-date=April 6, 2022|archive-date=April 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220406133510/https://www.milb.com/standings/international/2022|url-status=live}}</ref> As of the completion of the 2025 head-to-head series, the Sounds lead the 28-year rivalry against the Redbirds with a record of 243–203 in 445&nbsp;meetings.{{sfn|Nashville Sounds Media Guide|2022|p=137}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/nashville/schedule/2022/fullseason|title=2022 Schedule|work=Nashville Sounds|publisher=Minor League Baseball|access-date=September 28, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/nashville/schedule/2023/fullseason|title=2023 Schedule|work=Nashville Sounds|publisher=Minor League Baseball|access-date=September 25, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/nashville/schedule/2024/fullseason|title=2024 Schedule|work=Nashville Sounds|publisher=Minor League Baseball|access-date=September 23, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/nashville/schedule/2025/fullseason|title=2025 Schedule|work=Nashville Sounds|publisher=Minor League Baseball|access-date=September 22, 2025}}</ref>

== Ballparks ==

=== Herschel Greer Stadium (1978–2014) ===
{{Main|Herschel Greer Stadium}}
[[File:GreerStadium1stBaseLine.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.2|[[Herschel Greer Stadium]]|alt=A view from the right-field line of the seating bowl at Greer. Blue seats stretch from the right-field wall, behind home plate, and beyond the third base dugout.]]
The Sounds originally played at [[Herschel Greer Stadium]] from 1978 through 2014. The ballpark, which was demolished in 2019,<ref>{{cite web|last=Lombard|first=Cherish|title=Greer Stadium Demolition Could Take up to 6 Months, Officials Say|website=WRKN|url=https://www.wkrn.com/news/nashville-2019/greer-stadium-demolition-could-take-up-to-6-months-officials-say/|date=April 1, 2019|access-date=April 2, 2019|archive-date=November 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191119092754/https://www.wkrn.com/news/nashville-2019/greer-stadium-demolition-could-take-up-to-6-months-officials-say/|url-status=live}}</ref> was located on the grounds of [[Fort Negley]], an [[American Civil War]] fortification approximately {{convert|2|mi|km|spell=in}} south of downtown Nashville. The venue experienced numerous expansions and contractions after its completion in 1978,<ref>{{cite web|last=Ryan|first=Abner|title=Nashville's Loss Could Be RedHawks' Gain|url=https://oklahoman.com/article/3486212/nashvilles-loss-could-be-redhawks-gain?|website=The Oklahoman|date=August 17, 2010|access-date=February 15, 2020|archive-date=February 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215153510/https://oklahoman.com/article/3486212/nashvilles-loss-could-be-redhawks-gain|url-status=live}}</ref> reaching a capacity of 18,000&nbsp;spectators at its peak,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30938183/sounds_facts/|via=Newspapers.com|title=Sounds Facts|work=The Tennessean|location=Nashville|date=April 4, 1988|page=11|archive-date=April 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428221624/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30938183/sounds_facts/|url-status=live}}</ref> but seated 10,300 during its final 2014 season.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ammenheuser|first=David|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31050359/sounds_expect_big_crowds_after_move/|via=Newspapers.com|title=Sounds Expect Big Crowds After Move|work=The Tennessean|location=Nashville|date=February 9, 2014|page=12A|archive-date=April 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428222041/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31050359/sounds_expect_big_crowds_after_move/|url-status=live}}</ref> The largest attendance, which also set the Southern League record,<ref name=2020SLMG/> occurred on August 18, 1982, when 22,315&nbsp;people saw the Sounds take on the Columbus Astros,{{sfn|Traughber|2017|p=182}} many of them standing in roped-off areas in the outfield.<ref>{{cite news|last=Woody|first=Larry|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30918306/sounds_trim_astros_before_22315_fans/|via=Newspapers.com|title=Sounds Trim Astros Before 22,315 Fans|work=The Tennessean|location=Nashville|date=August 19, 1982|page=51|archive-date=April 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424204809/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30918306/sounds_trim_astros_before_22315_fans/|url-status=live}}</ref> Greer's best-known feature, installed prior to the 1993 season, was a giant {{convert|115.6|foot|m}} guitar-shaped [[scoreboard]] behind the left-field wall.<ref>{{cite news|title=7 Facts About Greer Stadium's Original Guitar Scoreboard|first=Katie|last=Straughn|url=http://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/baseball/2014/06/20/facts-about-greer-stadiums-guitar-scoreboard/11084843/|newspaper=The Tennessean|location=Nashville|date=June 20, 2014|access-date=May 16, 2018|archive-date=April 4, 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150404121453/http://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/baseball/2014/06/20/facts-about-greer-stadiums-guitar-scoreboard/11084843/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Following the construction of newer, relatively luxurious minor league ballparks in the late 1980s, Greer Stadium had fallen below the standards set for Triple-A stadiums by professional baseball.{{sfn|Woody|1996|p=127}} At the time, team president Larry Schmittou tried unsuccessfully to convince the city to fund a new ballpark.{{sfn|Woody|1996|p=127}} Throughout the 2000s, the team continued in its attempts to gather approval and financing for a new facility.<ref name=FTPname/> At one point, [[First Tennessee Field]] was planned for construction on the west bank of the [[Cumberland River]] in downtown. Disagreements over who would pay for the ballpark repeatedly delayed its opening and eventually resulted in the cancellation of the project altogether.<ref>{{cite web|title=Purcell Firm On City, Sounds Stadium Agreement|url=http://www.wsmv.com/news/9823273/detail.html|website=WSMV|date=September 11, 2006|access-date=March 26, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081021101152/http://www.wsmv.com/news/9823273/detail.html|archive-date=October 21, 2008}}</ref> In the meantime, numerous upgrades and repairs were made in order to preserve its functionality until a new stadium could be built.<ref>{{cite web|last=Naujeck|first=Jeannie|title=Sounds' New Ownership Hopes Renovations Will Spark Interest|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/stories/2009/03/23/story2.html?b=1237780800%5e1797987|website=Nashville Business Journal|date=March 22, 2009|access-date=May 27, 2017|archive-date=September 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924091433/https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/stories/2009/03/23/story2.html?b=1237780800%5E1797987|url-status=live}}</ref> A deal for such a new ballpark was achieved in late 2013. The Sounds played their final game at Greer on August 27, 2014.<ref name=lastgame/>

=== First Horizon Park (2015–present) ===
{{Main|First Horizon Park}}

[[File:First Tennessee Park, May 5, 2015 - 1.JPG|thumb|right|upright=1.2|[[First Horizon Park]]|alt=A view of a green baseball field from the third base side seats showing men in white baseball uniforms playing their positions with the late afternoon sun above the horizon]]

The Sounds' current home ballpark is [[First Horizon Park]], which opened in 2015 and was known as First Tennessee Park through 2019.<ref name=FTPopening/> The facility is located in downtown Nashville at the location of the former [[Sulphur Dell]] ballpark.<ref name=FTPopening/> It has a fixed seating capacity of 8,500&nbsp;people, but can accommodate up to 10,000 with additional group areas and grass berm seating.<ref name=KReichard>{{cite web|first=Kevin|last=Reichard|title=First Tennessee Park / Nashville Sounds|url=http://ballparkdigest.com/2015/04/20/first-tennessee-park-nashville-sounds/|website=Ballpark Digest|publisher=August Publications|date=April 20, 2015|access-date=April 20, 2015|archive-date=July 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150704012025/http://ballparkdigest.com/2015/04/20/first-tennessee-park-nashville-sounds/|url-status=live}}</ref> The ballpark's attendance record was set on July 16, 2022, when 12,409&nbsp;people watched a game between the Sounds and the Memphis Redbirds.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sounds Break First Horizon Park Attendance Record |url=https://www.milb.com/nashville/news/sounds-break-first-horizon-park-attendance-record |website=Nashville Sounds |publisher=Minor League Baseball |date=July 16, 2022 |access-date=July 17, 2022 |archive-date=July 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220717124602/https://www.milb.com/nashville/news/sounds-break-first-horizon-park-attendance-record |url-status=live}}</ref> The stadium features wide concourses with direct views of the playing field. Its design, which incorporates the use of musical and baseball imagery, is meant to connect the park with the city's baseball and musical heritage.<ref name=SBoyd>{{cite web|first=Steve |last=Boyd |title=12 Design Features Not to Miss on First Tennessee Park Opening Day |url=http://populous.com/posts/12-design-features-not-to-miss-on-first-tennessee-park-opening-day/ |website=Populous |date=April 10, 2015 |access-date=April 17, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417193508/http://populous.com/posts/12-design-features-not-to-miss-on-first-tennessee-park-opening-day/ |archive-date=April 17, 2015 }}</ref> Examples include the use of directional signage displaying information on Nashville's former teams and players and the grandstand's light stanchions reminiscent of those found at Sulphur Dell.<ref name=KReichard/>

One of First Horizon Park's most recognizable features, like Greer Stadium before it, is a {{convert|142|by|55|foot|m}} guitar-shaped scoreboard beyond the right-center field wall.<ref name=SBoyd/>{{sfn|Nashville Sounds Media Guide|2022|p=2}} Unlike Greer's guitar, which was only able to display basic in-game information such as the [[Box score (baseball)|line score]], [[count (baseball)|count]], and brief player statistics, the larger, modern version is also capable of displaying colorful graphics, animations, player photographs, videos, the [[batting order (baseball)|batting order]], [[Baseball positioning|fielding positions]], and expanded statistics.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sounds, Mayor Unveil State-of-the-Art Guitar Scoreboard For First Tennessee Park|url=https://www.milb.com/nashville/news/gcs-80714410|website=Nashville Sounds|publisher=Minor League Baseball|date=June 20, 2014|access-date=February 14, 2020|archive-date=February 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200214023344/http://www.milb.com/nashville/news/sounds-mayor-unveil-state-of-the-art-guitar-scoreboard-for-first-tennessee-park/c-80714410|url-status=live}}</ref> Other distinguishing features at the ballpark include The Band Box, an outdoor restaurant and bar which serves variations on traditional ballpark foods,<ref name=KReichard/> and The Country Club at The Band Box, a 9-hole [[miniature golf]] course which exhibits art from different local and regional artists.<ref>{{cite web|title=Miniature Golf Course Opens at First Tennessee Park|url=https://www.wkrn.com/news/miniature-golf-course-opens-at-first-tennessee-park/|website=WKRN|date=June 29, 2016|access-date=February 15, 2020|archive-date=February 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215153328/https://www.wkrn.com/news/miniature-golf-course-opens-at-first-tennessee-park/|url-status=live}}</ref> Since 2016, the Country Legends Race, similar to major league [[mascot race]]s, such as the [[Sausage Race]] and [[Presidents Race]], has been a part of the between-innings entertainment at the park. In the middle of the fifth inning, people in oversized foam caricature costumes depicting country musicians [[Johnny Cash]], [[George Jones]], [[Reba McEntire]], and [[Dolly Parton]] race around the warning track from center-field, through the visiting bullpen, and to the home plate side of the first base dugout.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.milb.com/content/page.jsp?ymd=20160408&content_id=171185630&fext=.jsp&sid=t556&vkey=team3|title=Country Legends Race|website=Nashville Sounds|publisher=Minor League Baseball|access-date=May 25, 2017|archive-date=October 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029155127/http://www.milb.com/content/page.jsp?ymd=20160408&content_id=171185630&fext=.jsp&sid=t556&vkey=team3|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet |user=nashvillesounds |number=983873656773402624 |date=April 10, 2018 |title=Introducing our newest Country Legend racer...@DollyParton! She debuted with a W #CrankItRED Special thanks to @FirstTennessee for making all of our races possible!}}</ref>

== Uniforms ==
The Sounds have utilized three distinct color schemes, five primary logos, and numerous uniforms since beginning play in 1978. Their original red, white, and blue identity reflected Nashville's country music culture, while the switch to red, black, and white in the late 1990s sought to modernize the team. A 2015 rebrand reincorporated elements of the city's musical heritage, which had been largely absent in previous years. The team reworked its identity in 2019, further integrating the city's baseball and musical heritage with the Sounds of the present.<ref name=2019rebrand/><ref>{{cite web|last=Maun|first=Tyler|url=https://www.milb.com/news/sounds-good-nashville-embraces-rich-heritage-313265982|title=Sounds Good: Nashville Embraces Rich Heritage|website=Minor League baseball|date=April 15, 2020|access-date=May 6, 2020|archive-date=May 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200506183136/https://www.milb.com/news/sounds-good-nashville-embraces-rich-heritage-313265982|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== 1978–2018 ===
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From 1978 to 1986, the team wore pullover v-neck jerseys made of white fabric, for home games, gray, for road games, and red, blue, and powder blue, for use as alternates. These had red, white, and blue tri-color bands around the neck, with larger bands at the sleeve openings (blue jerseys had one white band and two red bands). "Sounds" was written across the chest in red-on-blue music note-like script (powder blue jerseys had red-on-white script). Numbers were sewn on the back. Some jerseys during this period bore a Slugger patch on the right sleeve.{{sfn|Nipper|2007|p=106}} The team had three sets of pants: white, gray, and powder blue, all with small tri-color stripes down the legs and larger stripes around the waistband. Beginning in the mid-1980s, numbers were also located on the front of jerseys below the team name on the player's left in the same colors as the team name.{{sfn|Nipper|2007|p=111}} The team cap was blue with a red brim bearing a white "N" styled like a music note bordered by red; this was the official team cap from 1978 through the mid-1990s.{{sfn|Nipper|2007|p=111}} These first uniforms were modeled after those worn at the time by the Texas Rangers.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30789621/sounds_unveil_new_uniforms/|via=Newspapers.com|title=Sounds Unveil New Uniforms|work=The Tennessean|location=Nashville|date=February 19, 1978|page=2-D|archive-date=April 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430060936/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30789621/sounds_unveil_new_uniforms/|url-status=live}}</ref>

From 1987 to 1998, the team wore white button-up jerseys, for home games, and gray, for road games. The home jersey design remained largely similar to its predecessor. "Sounds" was still written across the chest in blue and red music note script; though, the font was changed briefly from 1987 to 1988. Numbers remained on the front in blue-on-red block characters.<ref name=2002ybjerseys/> The player's number was present on the back in red and blue. Names were added in blue some years. Road grays had "Nashville" on the chest but lacked tri-color bands at both the neck and sleeves.<ref name=2002ybjerseys/> During this time, the team also added a blue mesh v-neck jersey with the red and white guitar swinger logo on the left chest. Blue belts replaced the pants' wide tri-color stripes. The Sounds continued to wear the original red-billed blue cap with all uniforms until approximately 1993 when a new cap was introduced. This all-blue cap interposed the "N" with the "Slugger" logo.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.logoserver.com/AA3.html|title=90's AA – American Association 1969–1997|website=LogoServer|access-date=May 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150324044732/http://www.logoserver.com/AA3.html|archive-date=March 24, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> The two caps were worn interchangeably through 1998.

Over the course of the 1998 and 1999 seasons, the team switched to a red and black color scheme.<ref name=1998colors/> In the latter, uniforms consisted of black-pinstriped jerseys with black sleeves bearing a new music note logo on the left sleeve. White home jerseys had "Sounds" across the chest in red with a white-on-black border using the same font used by the [[Anaheim Angels]] at the time. Road grays read "Nashville" on the chest in the same style. Both had the player's number sewn on the back in block characters of the same colors. An alternate solid red jersey with black and gray trim around the sleeve openings and a music note logo on the left chest was also worn. Another alternate, made of black material, had red and white trim at the sleeve openings and a similar music note logo on the left chest. All four were paired with pinstriped pants. Caps were black with the circular music note logo.<ref name=2002ybjerseys>{{cite book |date=2002 |title=2002 Nashville Sounds Yearbook |publisher=Nashville Sounds |page=cover}}</ref>

From 2003 to 2005, the Sounds switched to solid-colored jerseys and pants. The fronts had "Sounds" written across the chest in red script surrounded by black with the player's number on the front below the team name in red-on-black block characters. Red and black piping ran around sleeve openings and along the row of buttons going up and down the front and around the neck. The left sleeve bore the music note logo. Pants had the same piping going down the legs on the outside and were paired with black belts. The road uniform set, though made of gray material and with "Nashville" across the front, was otherwise identical. A sleeveless red alternate jersey with black piping and similar white-on-black markings was worn in this period. They also continued use of the previous generation's black alternate.{{sfn|Nipper|2007|p=116}} The official home and road caps worn from 2003 to 2014 were black with a red and white music note logo.<ref name=2007home>{{cite web|last=Friedman|first=Alan|url=https://www.milb.com/pacific-coast/news/gulin-throws-another-one-hitter/c-429782|title=Gulin Throws Another One-Hitter|date=July 9, 2008|website=Pacific Coast League|publisher=Minor League Baseball|access-date=May 27, 2017|archive-date=May 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513152739/https://www.milb.com/pacific-coast/news/gulin-throws-another-one-hitter/c-429782|url-status=dead}}</ref>

From 2006 to 2012, the team's jerseys were similar to those of the previous era, but lacked sleeves and the player's number on the front. These vest-like jerseys were worn over black T-shirts of varying sleeve lengths.<ref name=2007home/> The player's name was written on the back in black block characters; numbers were also displayed in large red-on-black characters. The matching road jerseys initially bared "Sounds" across the chest, but were later changed to "Nashville"; these usually lacked the player's name on the back. A Milwaukee Brewers logo was added to the front left shoulder in 2007. A red mesh jersey with yellow, white, and black markings was worn from 2006 to 2007. A new red alternate was introduced in 2010. These were similar to the primary home and road mesh jerseys the team would adopt in 2013, but were red with black underarm sections and piping. "Sounds" was displayed across the chest in white-on-black script. A Brewers logo was located on the left, front chest, and the back numbers were white-on-black. All uniforms continued to be topped off with black caps with a red and white music note logo.<ref name=2007home/>

From 2013 to 2014, jerseys were made of mesh material with black sections at the armpits and a single line of black piping going down the sleeves and across the shoulders to the neck. A Brewers logo was sewn on the left sleeve. "Sounds" was written across the chest of home jerseys in the same red/black script used since 2003. The player's name was displayed on the back in black block characters; numbers were also shown in large red-on-black digits. Road jerseys were the same, but with "Nashville" across the chest, red underarm sections and piping, and no name on the back. The team continued to wear the previous red alternate of the same style. All were paired with the black cap bearing the red and white music note logo.<ref>{{cite web|last=Partipilo|first=John|url=http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=SPECIAL0327|title=Who is Lindsay Gulin?|date=July 2008|website=The Tennessean|access-date=July 31, 2008}}</ref>

From 2015 to 2018, home whites had single lines of red piping around the sleeve openings and up the front going around the neck. "Sounds" was displayed on the chest in red letters which resembled the [[sound hole]]s on a [[guitar]] with a silver-on-black border. A swinging guitar logo was located on the left sleeve, while a green Athletics elephant logo was on the right. The player's name was sewn on the back in black block characters with his number displayed below in red sound-hole lettering with a silver border and black drop shadow. White pants with a line of red piping going up the sides were worn with black belts. The home cap was black with the primary "N" [[guitar pick]] logo.<ref name=2015unis>{{cite web|url=http://www.milb.com/documents/0/7/0/107020070/Sounds_Logos_Jerseys_Caps_ycvjm0tk.pdf|title=Nashville Sounds Complete Club Logos & Uniform Graphics|date=January 21, 2015|website=Nashville Sounds|publisher=Minor League Baseball|access-date=January 21, 2015|archive-date=February 13, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150213045731/http://www.milb.com/documents/0/7/0/107020070/Sounds_Logos_Jerseys_Caps_ycvjm0tk.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> Gray road uniforms were identical with only a few exceptions: they had "Nashville" on the chest, pants lacked any piping, and the cap bore an "S" guitar pick logo.<ref name=2015unis/> An alternate black jersey with "Music City" on the front, red piping, no name on the reverse, and "Nashville" embroidered in red letters under the Athletics sleeve logo was also worn.<ref name=PCaputo/><ref name=2015unis/> A second set of alternates, introduced in 2016, were [[Dye-sublimation printing|sublimation-printed]] red jerseys with black and white bands at the neck and bands of silver, black, and white around the sleeve openings. A guitar's [[fret]] and [[headstock]] extended upward from these bands on each sleeve. "Nashville" appeared on the chest in white sound-hole lettering bordered by silver and black. The player's number was located below the city's name and on the back in silver characters with a white border and black drop shadow.<ref>{{cite tweet |author=Nashville Sounds |user=nashvillesounds |number=834074096266784768 |date=February 21, 2017 |link=834074096266784768 |access-date=February 21, 2017 |title=Introducing our new red look for every Friday at @FirstTNPark!}}</ref>

===2019–present===
[[File:NashvilleSoundsJerseys.png|thumb|right|upright=1.5|alt=An illustration showing baseball uniforms|Current Nashville Sounds uniforms]]
Since the 2019 season, home jerseys have been white with "NASH" boldly arched across the chest in navy blue with the player's number in red under the name on the left side. The sleeves have thin navy and red bands at the openings with six thin red stripes, reminiscent of guitar strings, running from the openings up the shoulders before terminating near the collar. The left side bears a navy "NASH" pick logo set against the strings. The player's name is displayed on the back in navy with the number below in red. The home pants, worn with navy belts, are white with a pair of navy and red stripes running down the outsides. The home cap is all navy with a red "N" icon, styled like a guitar or violin's F-hole, outlined in white.<ref name=2019uniforms/>

Road grays have lines of red piping around the neck and along the row of buttons going up the chest with a red and white "N" icon on the left side and the player's number on the right in the same colors. Each sleeve has a thin red band at the opening with a secondary logo displaying the Sounds' script wordmark in navy set against a red baseball on the left sleeve. The player's number is displayed on the back in red with a white border. Gray pants, worn with navy belts, have the same navy/red stripes as the home pants. The road cap has a red bill but is otherwise identical to the home cap.<ref name=2019uniforms/>

The navy blue alternate has "Nashville" written across the chest in an F-hole-styled red font with a white outline. Similar to the home whites, these have red and white bands at the openings and the guitar strings on the sleeves and behind the "NASH" pick are white. The player's number is displayed on the back in red with a white border. The alternate cap is navy with a white front panel, red bill, and a red "N" icon outlined in navy.<ref name=2019uniforms/>

The red alternate is a v-neck pullover with "Sounds" on the chest in navy bordered by white in the F-hole script. The player's number is below the team name in navy outlined in white. The sleeves bear navy and white bands at the sleeve openings and white strings on the sleeves behind the "NASH" pick logo. A larger navy stripe and smaller white stripe go around the neck opening. The player's number is displayed on the back in navy with a white border. The cap is navy with a white front panel bearing three navy stars arranged like those on the [[flag of Tennessee]] set in a red-outlined home plate.<ref name=2019uniforms/>

[[Throwback uniform]]s are worn for Thursday home games in conjunction with Throwback Thursday promotions.<ref name=TBT>{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/nashville/tickets/promotions/daily/thursday|title=Throwback Thursday|website=Nashville Sounds|publisher=Minor League Baseball|access-date=April 11, 2025|archive-date=April 11, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250411121600/https://www.milb.com/nashville/tickets/promotions/daily/thursday|url-status=live}}</ref> The jerseys, similar to those worn by early Sounds teams, are blue pullover v-necks with bands of red and white at the neck and sleeve openings. "Sounds" is written across the chest in white-on-red music note-like script, with the player's number below on the left in white block characters with red borders. The right sleeve bears the "Slugger" logo. White pants are worn with blue belts. Some players will wear high pants paired with either blue socks or stirrups. The cap is blue with a red brim, displaying an "N" styled like an eighth note in white bordered by red.<ref>{{Cite tweet |user=NashvilleSounds |number=1910478507915780252 |date=April 10, 2025 |title=All clear for blue skies and our new blue jerseys. See you soon for first pitch at 7:00pm |access-date=April 11, 2025 |link= }}</ref>

A fourth alternate jersey is worn for Saturday games as a part of Hit City Saturday promotions. These white v-neck pullovers have "Hit City" across the chest in navy, with red silhouettes of the Nashville skyline above and the lower half of the guitar scoreboard below. The neck and sleeve openings have navy bands, the left sleeve bears the primary team logo, and the player's number is displayed in navy characters on the front and back. These jerseys are paired with the road cap and home white pants.<ref>{{Cite tweet|user=NashvilleSounds|number=1532014355457273856|date=June 1, 2022|title=The hits just keep coming. HitCity Saturdays have a new look|access-date=June 6, 2022|link=no}}</ref>

== Radio and television ==
{{main|List of Nashville Sounds broadcasters}}

During the inaugural season of 1978, Sounds games were broadcast on radio by [[Monte Hale (sportscaster)|Monte Hale]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30877086/monte_hale_chosen_sounds_broadcaster/|via=Newspapers.com|title=Monte Hale Chosen Sounds' Broadcaster|work=The Tennessean|location=Nashville|date=February 1, 1978|page=27|archive-date=April 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423161214/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30877086/monte_hale_chosen_sounds_broadcaster/|url-status=live}}</ref> He was followed by Bob Jamison (1979–1990),<ref>{{cite news|last=Taft|first=Larry|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31115562/jamison_voice_of_angels/|via=Newspapers.com|title=Jamison Voice of Angels|work=The Tennessean|location=Nashville|date=February 20, 1991|page=1-C|archive-date=April 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430223132/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31115562/jamison_voice_of_angels/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Steve Carroll]] (1991–1995),<ref>{{cite news|last=Coleman|first=Anthony|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31115703/voice_of_sounds_flies_to_philly/|via=Newspapers.com|title=Voice of Sounds Flies to Philly|work=The Tennessean|location=Nashville|date=September 12, 1995|page=2C|archive-date=April 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430223609/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31115703/voice_of_sounds_flies_to_philly/|url-status=live}}</ref> Steve Selby (1996–1999),<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31116131/valenches_selected_sounds_announcer/|via=Newspapers.com|title=Valenches Selected Sounds Announcer|work=The Tennessean|location=Nashville|date=March 2, 2000|page=2C|archive-date=May 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502062607/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31116131/valenches_selected_sounds_announcer/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Chuck Valenches]] (2000–2009),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/milb/news/gcs-143705|title=Sounds Extend Radio Deal|website=Nashville Sounds|publisher=Minor League Baseball|date=November 11, 2006|access-date=April 30, 2019|archive-date=April 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430210449/https://www.milb.com/milb/news/sounds-extend-radio-deal/c-143705|url-status=live}}</ref> and Stu Paul (2010–2011).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.milb.com/documents/2011/03/26/17136734/1/2011guide_part8.pdf|title=Sounds on the Air|work=Nashville Sounds 2011 Media Guide|publisher=Nashville Sounds|date=2011|access-date=April 30, 2019|page=206|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106021202/http://www.milb.com/documents/2011/03/26/17136734/1/2011guide_part8.pdf|archive-date=November 6, 2018}}</ref> Jeff Hem, the team's longest-tenured [[Sports commentator|announcer]], has been the lead broadcaster since 2012.<ref name=2025info>{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/nashvillesoundsbaseballclub/docs/25_program_april|title=Sounds PxP Broadcaster Jeff Hem|work=2025 Digital Program|publisher=Nashville Sounds|date=April 2025|access-date=June 1, 2025|page=18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250601140904/https://issuu.com/nashvillesoundsbaseballclub/docs/25_program_april|archive-date=June 1, 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>

All Sounds home and road games are broadcast on [[WBUZ (FM)|94.9&nbsp;FM The Fan]] (AM 830).<ref name=2025info/> Live audio broadcasts are also available online through the team's website and the Minor League Baseball mobile app.<ref name=2024radio>{{cite web |url=https://www.milb.com/nashville/news/nashville-sounds-radio-broadcasts-to-continue-with-cromwell-media-nashville |title=Nashville Sounds Radio Broadcasts to Continue With Cromwell Media Nashville |website=Nashville Sounds |publisher=Minor League Baseball |date=March 21, 2023 |access-date=March 21, 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240321161109/https://www.milb.com/nashville/news/nashville-sounds-radio-broadcasts-to-continue-with-cromwell-media-nashville |archive-date=March 21, 2024}}</ref> Games can be viewed through the [[MLB.TV]] streaming service, with audio provided by a radio simulcast.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.milb.com/live-stream-games/subscribe |title=Watch Minor League Baseball Live |website=Minor League Baseball |access-date=May 28, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250527172554/https://www.milb.com/live-stream-games/subscribe |archive-date=May 27, 2025 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Mascots ==
[[File:Nashville Sounds mascot Booster 3.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.85|Booster, the team mascot|alt=A person wearing a red anthropomorphized rooster costume dressed in a white baseball jersey with "NASH" across the chest in navy blue and a red "0" below it dances on a baseball dugout.]]

The Nashville Sounds' [[mascot]] is an [[anthropomorphism|anthropomorphic]] [[rooster]] named Booster. He is bright red with yellow legs, beak, [[comb (anatomy)|comb]], and palms and red, orange, and yellow tail feathers resembling flames. He wears the same jerseys as the team with the number zero. He made his debut on April 17, 2015, at the Sounds' first game at First Tennessee Park. His name refers to "boosting" or building enthusiasm for the team, while his appearance is a play on [[Nashville hot chicken]].<ref name=Booster>{{cite news|first=David|last=Ammenheuser|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31051231/hot_chicken_a_hit_but_jury_still_out/|via=Newspapers.com|title=Hot Chicken a Hit, but Jury Still out on Booster|work=The Tennessean|location=Nashville|date=April 27, 2015|page=C2|archive-date=April 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428224350/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31051231/hot_chicken_a_hit_but_jury_still_out/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The first Sounds mascot was introduced during the team's inaugural 1978 season.{{sfn|Woody|1996|p=93}} Homer Horsehide resembled their major league affiliate's mascot—[[Mr. Red]] of the Cincinnati Reds. The character was human in appearance, except for an oversized anthropomorphized baseball in place of a human head. The mustachioed mascot donned a uniform identical to that of Sounds players.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31052709/homer_horsehide_1978/|via=Newspapers.com|title=Sounds Tumble|work=The Tennessean|location=Nashville|date=July 29, 1978|page=21}}</ref> Homer continued as the team mascot through at least 1982.<ref>{{cite news|first=Sandy|last=Neese|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31052944/entertainment_expo_termed_successful/|via=Newspapers.com|title=Entertainment Expo Termed Successful|work=The Tennessean|location=Nashville|date=November 14, 1982|page=34}}</ref> From 1995 to mid 1996, the mascot was a lime-green dinosaur named Champ, who was borrowed from the [[New York–Penn League]]'s [[Vermont Expos]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Anthony|last=Coleman|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31051924/american_association_notebook/|via=Newspapers.com|title=American Association Notebook|work=The Tennessean|location=Nashville|date=June 2, 1996|page=5C|archive-date=April 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428230038/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31051924/american_association_notebook/|url-status=live}}</ref>

An anthropomorphic [[cougar]] named Ozzie was the team's mascot from 1997 to 2014. The original Ozzie came from the [[Midwest League]]'s [[Kane County Cougars]], which were owned by the same group that owned the Sounds and had an extra mascot costume. The surplus cougar outfit was sent to Nashville, and, after building a fan following during his first season, team management decided to make Ozzie the permanent mascot.<ref>{{cite news|last=Pack|first=Todd|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31052497/yaeger_gm_says_families_support/|via=Newspapers.com|title=Yaeger: GM Says Families Support Nashville Sounds Baseball|newspaper=The Tennessean|location=Nashville|date=August 5, 2007|page=E2|archive-date=April 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428231529/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31052497/yaeger_gm_says_families_support/|url-status=live}}</ref> The original costume was brown, but a new muscular yellow costume was introduced in 1998. Ozzie wore the same style of uniform as the team, but with no hat. He was retired when the Sounds left Greer Stadium in 2014, although he continued to make appearances during the 2014 to 2015 offseason.<ref name=Booster/>

== Roster ==
{{For|a complete list of all-time Sounds players|Nashville Sounds all-time roster}}
{{Nashville Sounds roster}}

== Achievements ==
{{see also|List of Nashville Sounds team records|List of Nashville Sounds no-hitters}}

=== Awards ===
{{main|List of Nashville Sounds awards, All-Stars, and league leaders}}
[[File:Jimmy Nelson on April 5, 2014.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1|[[Jimmy Nelson (baseball)|Jimmy Nelson]] won the [[PCL Pitcher of the Year Award]] in 2014.|alt=A man wearing a black baseball cap and a red jersey with "Sounds" written across the chest in white script and gray baseball pants shown in the midst of his windup]]

Sixteen players have won league awards in recognition for their performance with the Sounds. Three players have won league Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards. [[Steve Balboni]] (1980) and [[Brian Dayett]] (1982) won the [[Southern League MVP Award]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/news/gcs-41270994|title=Most Valuable Players|website=Southern League|publisher=Minor League Baseball|access-date=March 17, 2016|archive-date=June 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143311/http://www.milb.com/content/page.jsp?ymd=20071016&content_id=41270994&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_l111&sid=l111|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Magglio Ordóñez]] (1997) won the [[American Association (1902–1997) MVP Award|American Association MVP Award]].<ref name=AAawards>{{cite web|url=http://www.triple-abaseball.com/AAAwards.jsp|title=American Association Special Award Winners|website=Triple-A Baseball|access-date=August 22, 2014|archive-date=June 29, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080629025053/http://www.triple-abaseball.com/AAAwards.jsp|url-status=usurped}}</ref> Eleven players have won Pitcher of the Year honors. [[Bruce Berenyi]] (1978), [[Geoff Combe]] (1979), [[Andy McGaffigan]] (1980), Jamie Werly (1981), and [[Stefan Wever]] (1982) were selected for the [[Southern League Most Outstanding Pitcher Award]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/news/gcs-41270986|title=Most Outstanding Pitchers|website=Southern League|publisher=Minor League Baseball|access-date=March 17, 2016|archive-date=February 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224204816/http://www.milb.com/content/page.jsp?ymd=20070221&content_id=41270986&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_l111&sid=l111|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Chris Hammond]] (1990) and [[Scott Ruffcorn]] (1994) won the [[American Association (1902–1997) Most Valuable Pitcher Award|American Association Most Valuable Pitcher Award]].<ref name=AAawards/> [[R. A. Dickey]] (2007), [[Johnny Hellweg]] (2013), and [[Jimmy Nelson (baseball)|Jimmy Nelson]] (2014) were selected for the [[Pacific Coast League Pitcher of the Year Award]].<ref name=PCLawards>{{cite web|url=http://www.triple-abaseball.com/PCLAwards.jsp|title=Pacific Coast League Special Award Winners|website=Triple-A Baseball|access-date=August 22, 2014|archive-date=September 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906112638/http://triple-abaseball.com/PCLAwards.jsp|url-status=usurped}}</ref> [[Robert Gasser]] (2023) and Chad Patrick (2024) won the [[International League Pitcher of the Year Award]].<ref name=2023ILawards/><ref name=2024awards/> The [[American Association (1902–1997) Rookie of the Year Award|American Association Rookie of the Year Award]] was won by [[Jeff Abbott (baseball)|Jeff Abbott]] (1996) and Magglio Ordóñez (1997).<ref name=AAawards/> Ordóñez is the only Sounds player to win multiple league awards.

Five managers have been selected as their league's Manager of the Year. [[Stump Merrill]] (1980) won the [[Southern League Manager of the Year Award]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/news/gcs-41270984|title=Manager of the Year|website=Southern League|publisher=Minor League Baseball|access-date=August 22, 2014|archive-date=October 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029030713/http://www.milb.com/content/page.jsp?ymd=20070221&content_id=41270984&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_l111&sid=l111|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Rick Renick]] (1993 and 1996) won the [[American Association (1902–1997) Manager of the Year Award|American Association Manager of the Year Award]].<ref name=AAawards/> [[Frank Kremblas]] (2007) and [[Steve Scarsone]] (2016) won the [[Pacific Coast League Manager of the Year Award]].<ref name=PCLawards/> [[Rick Sweet]] (2022) won the [[International League Manager of the Year Award]].<ref name=2022MOTY/>

Seven Sounds have been selected to participate in the [[All-Star Futures Game]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/all-star/saturday/futures-game/all-time-roster|title=All-Star Futures Game All-Time Rosters|website=Major League Baseball|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250712175241/https://www.mlb.com/all-star/saturday/futures-game/all-time-roster|archive-date=July 12, 2025|access-date=July 12, 2025}}</ref> Seventy-six players were selected for midseason All-Star teams.<ref name=AAAAll-Stars>{{cite web|url=http://www.triple-abaseball.com/asgbyteam.pdf|title=All-Time Triple-A All-Star Roster by Team|website=Triple-A Baseball|access-date=September 8, 2015|archive-date=October 22, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071022200848/http://www.triple-abaseball.com/asgbyteam.pdf|url-status=usurped}}</ref> Of these, Jamie Werly (1980 and 1981), Joey Vierra (1992 and 1995), [[Drew Denson]] (1993 and 1994), Scott Ruffcorn (1994 and 1996), and [[Vinny Rottino]] (2007 and 2008) are the only players to have been selected twice as Sounds.<ref name=AAAAll-Stars/> Four players were chosen as the MVP of midseason All-Star games: [[Duane Walker]] (1979),{{sfn|Traughber|2017|pp=103–4}} [[Ray Durham]] (1994), Magglio Ordóñez (1997), and [[Renato Núñez]] (2017).<ref name=AAAAll-Stars/> Of the 53&nbsp;players who have been named to postseason All-Star teams, only Duane Walker (1979 in two positions) and Jeff Abbott (1996 and 1997) have been selected twice.<ref name=2023ILawards/><ref name=2024awards/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/news/gcs-41270976|title=Postseason All-Star Teams|website=Southern League|publisher=Minor League Baseball|access-date=September 8, 2015|archive-date=January 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120212534/http://www.milb.com/content/page.jsp?ymd=20070216&content_id=41270976&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_l111&sid=l111|url-status=live}}</ref>{{sfn|Nashville Sounds Media Guide|2022|p=185}}

=== Retired numbers ===
The Sounds have honored three players by [[Uniform number (Major League Baseball)#Retired numbers|retiring]] their [[Uniform number (Major League Baseball)|uniform numbers]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/nashville/team/retirednumbers|title=Nashville Sounds Retired Numbers|website=Nashville Sounds|publisher=Minor League Baseball|access-date=April 3, 2025|archive-date=April 3, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250403172803/https://www.milb.com/nashville/team/retirednumbers|url-status=live}}</ref> This ensures that the number will be associated with one player of particular importance to the team. An additional number, 42, was retired throughout professional baseball in 1997 to honor [[Jackie Robinson]], the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era.<ref name=Robinson42>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/specials/baseball/robinson-0416-smith.html |title=A Grand Tribute to Robinson and His Moment |access-date=October 11, 2008 |last=Smith |first=Claire |date=April 16, 1997 |work=The New York Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071201170117/http://www.nytimes.com/specials/baseball/robinson-0416-smith.html |archive-date=December 1, 2007}}</ref> The Sounds' retired numbers are displayed on the concourse near the home plate entrance at First Horizon Park.

The number 00 was retired in 1991 in honor of [[Skeeter Barnes]], a [[third baseman]] in 1979 and mostly an [[outfielder]] from 1988 to 1990.<ref name=Barnes00>{{cite news |last=Patton |first=Maurice |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30966742/barnes_00_also_retired/ |via=Newspapers.com |title=Barnes' '00' Also Retired |page=3C |work=The Tennessean |location=Nashville |date=August 12, 1999 |archive-date=April 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426130434/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30966742/barnes_00_also_retired/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Barnes was a 1989 Triple-A All-Star and holds the franchise career records for games played, at bats, and hits.<ref name=CareerLeaders/>{{sfn|Nashville Sounds Media Guide|2022|pages=190–191}} The number 18 was retired to honor [[Don Mattingly]] in 1999.<ref name=MAttingly18>{{cite news |last=Keenan |first=J. Patrick |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30966840/don_mattingly_honored_at_greer_stadium/ |via=Newspapers.com |title=Don Mattingly Honored at Greer Stadium |page=4C |work=The Daily News Journal |location=Murfreesboro |date=August 13, 1999 |archive-date=April 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426130954/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30966840/don_mattingly_honored_at_greer_stadium/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Though only a Sound during the 1981 season, the first baseman led the team in games played, hits, doubles, and RBI. Additionally, Mattingly was named to the Southern League All-Star team and was selected as the [[New York Yankees award winners and league leaders#Kevin Lawn Awards|New York Yankees' Minor League Player of the Year]].{{sfn|Nashville Sounds Media Guide|2022|pages=190–191}} The number 17 was retired in 2022 to honor [[Tim Dillard]], a pitcher from 2007 to 2014 and in 2019.<ref name=Dillard17>{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/nashville/news/sounds-to-retire-tim-dillard-s-number-17-in-pregame-ceremony-july-29|title=Sounds to Retire Tim Dillard's Number 17 in Pregame Ceremony July 29|website=Nashville Sounds|publisher=Minor League Baseball|date=July 19, 2022|access-date=July 19, 2022|archive-date=July 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719164625/https://www.milb.com/nashville/news/sounds-to-retire-tim-dillard-s-number-17-in-pregame-ceremony-july-29|url-status=live}}</ref> Over nine seasons in which he primarily appeared as a [[reliever]], Dillard set the career records for wins, games pitched, innings pitched, and strikeouts.<ref name=CareerLeaders/>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+Retired numbers
| [[File:NashvilleSoundsRetired00.png|150px|alt=The number "00" in navy blue set against a white circle with a red and navy border]] || [[File:NashvilleSoundsRetired17.png|150px|alt=The number "17" in navy blue set against a white circle with a red and navy border]] || [[File:NashvilleSoundsRetired18.png|150px|alt=The number "18" in navy blue set against a white circle with a red and navy border]] || [[File:NashvilleSoundsRetired42.png|150px|alt=The number "42" in navy blue set against a white circle with a red and navy border]]
|-
| '''[[Skeeter Barnes]]''' || '''[[Tim Dillard]]''' || '''[[Don Mattingly]]''' || '''[[Jackie Robinson]]'''
|-
| [[Outfielder|OF]] / [[Third baseman|3B]] / [[First baseman|1B]]<br /> 1979, 1988–1990<br /> {{Small|Retired 1991<ref name=Barnes00/>}} || [[Pitcher|P]] <br /> 2007–2014, 2019<br /> {{Small|Retired July 29, 2022<ref name=Dillard17/>}} || [[First baseman|1B]] / [[Outfielder|OF]] <br /> 1981 <br /> {{Small|Retired August 12, 1999<ref name=MAttingly18/>}} || {{Small|Retired throughout<br />professional baseball<br />on April 15, 1997<ref name=Robinson42/>}}
|}

=== Hall of Famers ===
Four former Sounds have been elected to the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|National Baseball Hall of Fame]]. Closer [[Trevor Hoffman]], who was inducted in 2018,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=hoffma001tre|title=Trevor Hoffman Minor League Statistics and History|work=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=January 24, 2018|archive-date=January 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125134923/https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=hoffma001tre|url-status=live}}</ref> played the majority of the 1992 season with Nashville while working his way up through the Cincinnati Reds organization.<ref name=THoff>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hoffmtr01.shtml|title=Trevor Hoffman Statistics and History|work=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=January 24, 2018|archive-date=April 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425185649/https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hoffmtr01.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> He later made two major league rehabilitation appearances while with the Milwaukee Brewers in 2009.<ref name=THoff/> Two other Hall of Fame players appeared in games for Nashville solely on rehab assignments. [[Shortstop]] [[Barry Larkin]], who was inducted in 2012,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/larkiba01.shtml|title=Barry Larkin Statistics and History|work=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=August 8, 2015|archive-date=November 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191119024312/https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/larkiba01.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> appeared in two games in 1989.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=larkin001bar|title=Barry Larkin Minor League Statistics and History|work=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=August 8, 2015|archive-date=March 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150324075331/http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=larkin001bar|url-status=live}}</ref> Outfielder [[Tim Raines]], who played three games with Nashville in 1993,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.cgi?id=raines001tim|title=Tim Raines Minor League Statistics and History|work=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=January 17, 2017|archive-date=January 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131185627/http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.cgi?id=raines001tim|url-status=live}}</ref> was inducted in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/raineti01.shtml|title=Tim Raines Statistics and History|work=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=January 18, 2017|archive-date=January 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170119074351/http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/raineti01.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Hoyt Wilhelm]], the Sounds' [[Coach (baseball)|pitching coach]] from 1982 to 1984,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/news/gcs-41270982|title=Hall of Famers|work=Southern League|publisher=Minor League Baseball|access-date=August 8, 2015|archive-date=April 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404173509/http://www.milb.com/content/page.jsp?ymd=20070220&content_id=41270982&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_l111&sid=l111|url-status=live}}</ref> was inducted in 1985.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wilheho01.shtml|title=Hoyt Wilhelm Statistics and History|work=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=August 8, 2015|archive-date=April 27, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110427093817/http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wilheho01.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Sounds are also represented in the [[Southern League Hall of Fame]]. Larry Schmittou, who helped bring baseball to Nashville in 1978 and was a team executive and owner through 1996, was inducted in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/southern/history/hall-of-fame|title=Southern League League Hall of Fame|website=Southern League|publisher=Minor League Baseball|access-date=February 14, 2020|archive-date=November 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129165706/https://www.milb.com/southern/history/hall-of-fame|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Managers ==
{{for-multi|a complete list of all-time Sounds managers|List of Nashville Sounds managers|a list of all-time Sounds coaches|List of Nashville Sounds coaches}}
[[File:Rick Sweet 2023.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1|[[Rick Sweet]], the Sounds' manager in 2014 and since 2021, was the recipient of the 2022 [[International League Manager of the Year Award]].<ref name=2022MOTY/>|alt=A man in a white baseball uniform with "NASH" written in navy letters across the chest, a red "16" below, and a navy cap with a red and white "N" on the front walking to the dugout]]

Over the course of 47 seasons, the Nashville Sounds have been led by 29&nbsp;[[manager (baseball)|managers]].{{sfn|Nashville Sounds Media Guide|2022|p=16}} Three managers have guided the team to win their league's championship.<ref name=OfficialYBY/> George Scherger (1979) and Johnny Oates (1982) led the team to win the Southern League championship.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.milb.com/news/gcs-41270988 |title=Southern League Past Champions |website=Southern League |publisher=Minor League Baseball |access-date=September 8, 2015 |archive-date=September 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904052435/http://www.milb.com/content/page.jsp?ymd=20070221&content_id=41270988&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_l111&sid=l111 |url-status=live }}</ref> Frank Kremblas (2005) led them to win the Pacific Coast League championship.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.milb.com/milb/news/gcs-27826 |title=Sounds Capture PCL Championship |last1=Leonard |first1=Tim |date=September 17, 2005 |website=Minor League Baseball |access-date=February 14, 2020 |archive-date=February 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215011622/https://www.milb.com/milb/news/sounds-capture-pcl-championship/c-27826 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Rick Sweet]], who previously managed the team in 2014, has been the Sounds' manager since 2021.<ref name=RSweet>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=sweet-001ric|title=Rick Sweet Minor Leagues Statistics & History|work=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=September 22, 2025|archive-date=September 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210921132802/https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=sweet-001ric}}</ref> He is the longest-tenured manager in team history, having managed the team for 863&nbsp;games across six seasons.{{sfn|Nashville Sounds Media Guide|2022|p=16}} The manager with the highest winning percentage over a full season or more is Stump Merrill, who led the Sounds to a .622 winning percentage from 1980 to 1981.{{sfn|Nashville Sounds Media Guide|2022|p=16}}

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+Managerial records (last five managers)
!rowspan="2" scope="col" style="background-color:#ffffff; border-top:#c8102e 5px solid; border-bottom:#071d49 5px solid; color:#071d49"|Manager
!rowspan="2" scope="col" style="background-color:#ffffff; border-top:#c8102e 5px solid; border-bottom:#071d49 5px solid; color:#071d49"|Season(s)
!colspan="4" scope="col" style="background-color:#ffffff; border-top:#c8102e 5px solid; color:#071d49"|Regular-season
!colspan="4" scope="col" style="background-color:#ffffff; border-top:#c8102e 5px solid; color:#071d49"|Postseason
!rowspan="2" scope="col" style="background-color:#ffffff; border-top:#c8102e 5px solid; border-bottom:#071d49 5px solid; color:#071d49"|{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
!scope="col" style="background-color:#ffffff; border-bottom:#071d49 5px solid; color:#071d49"|Games
!scope="col" style="background-color:#ffffff; border-bottom:#071d49 5px solid; color:#071d49"|Wins
!scope="col" style="background-color:#ffffff; border-bottom:#071d49 5px solid; color:#071d49"|Losses
!scope="col" style="background-color:#ffffff; border-bottom:#071d49 5px solid; color:#071d49"|Win %
!scope="col" style="background-color:#ffffff; border-bottom:#071d49 5px solid; color:#071d49"|{{Abbr|Apps.|Appearances}}
!scope="col" style="background-color:#ffffff; border-bottom:#071d49 5px solid; color:#071d49"|Wins
!scope="col" style="background-color:#ffffff; border-bottom:#071d49 5px solid; color:#071d49"|Losses
!scope="col" style="background-color:#ffffff; border-bottom:#071d49 5px solid; color:#071d49"|Win %
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| [[Ryan Christenson]]
| 2017 || 139 || 68 || 71 || .489 || — || — || — || — || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=christ001rya|title=Ryan Christenson Minor Leagues Statistics & History|work=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=October 28, 2018|archive-date=October 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029031057/https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=christ001rya|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| Fran Riordan
| 2018 || 140 || 72 || 68 || .514 || — || — || — || — || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=riorda001fra|title=Fran Riordan Independent Leagues Statistics & History|work=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=October 28, 2018|archive-date=September 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904052422/https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=riorda001fra|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| [[Jason Wood (baseball)|Jason Wood]]
| 2019 || 138 || 66 || 72 || .478 || — || — || — || — || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=wood--001jas|title=Jason Wood Minor League Statistics & History|work=Baseball-Reference|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=February 7, 2019|archive-date=February 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209124557/https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=wood--001jas|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| [[Darwin Barney]]
| 2020 || colspan="8"|''Season cancelled ([[COVID-19 pandemic]])''<ref name=2020can/> || <ref name=DBarney>{{cite news|title=Sounds Announce 2020 Coaching Staff|url=https://www.milb.com/nashville/news/darwin-barney-named-nashville-sounds-manager-312323336|website=Nashville Sounds|publisher=Minor League Baseball|date=January 2, 2020|access-date=January 2, 2020|archive-date=January 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102201523/https://www.milb.com/nashville/news/darwin-barney-named-nashville-sounds-manager/c-312323336|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| [[Rick Sweet]]
| 2021–2025 || 719 || 407 || 312 || {{winpct|407|312}} || 1 || 0 || 1 || {{winpct|0|1}} || <ref name=RSweet/>
|-
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|'''Totals'''
! 9 seasons !! 1,136 !! 613 !! 523 !! {{winpct|613|523}} !! 1 !! 0 !! 1 !! {{winpct|0|1}} !! —
|}

== See also ==
{{Portal|Baseball}}
* [[List of Nashville Sounds owners and executives|Nashville Sounds owners and executives]]
* [[History of professional baseball in Nashville, Tennessee]]

== References ==
'''Specific'''
{{Reflist|colwidth=33em}}

'''General'''
*{{cite book |last=Nipper |first=Skip |date=2007 |title=Baseball in Nashville |location=Charleston |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-0-7385-4391-8}}
*{{cite book |last=O'Neal |first=Bill |date=1994 |title=The Southern League: Baseball in Dixie, 1885–1994 |publisher=Eakin Press |isbn=978-0-89015-952-1}}
*{{cite book |last1=Seely |first1=Chad |last2=Perry |first2=Collin |last3=Scopel |first3=Doug|url=https://img.mlbstatic.com/milb-images/image/upload/milb/t3cbqrekm4bmihgj8m1a.pdf |title=2022 Nashville Sounds Media Guide |via=Minor League Baseball |date=2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220405214512/https://img.mlbstatic.com/milb-images/image/upload/milb/t3cbqrekm4bmihgj8m1a.pdf |archive-date=April 5, 2022|ref={{harvid|Nashville Sounds Media Guide|2022}} }}
*{{cite book |last=Traughber |first=Bill |date=2017 |title=Nashville Baseball History: From Sulphur Dell to the Sounds |location=South Orange |publisher=Summer Games Books|isbn=978-1-938545-83-2}}
*{{cite book |last=Woody |first=Larry |date=1996 |title=Schmittou: A Grand Slam in Baseball, Business, and Life |location=Nashville |publisher=Eggmann Publishing Company |isbn=978-1-886371-33-0}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
* {{Official website|https://www.milb.com/nashville}}
* [https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?city=Nashville&state=TN&country=US Statistics from ''Baseball-Reference'']

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