Nashville Sounds

Nashville Sounds
Founded in 1978 Nashville, Tennessee
Team logo Cap insignia
Minor league affiliations
Class	Triple-A (1985–present)
Previous classes	Double-A (1978–1984)
League	International League (2022–present)
Division	West Division
Previous leagues	Triple-A East (2021) Pacific Coast League (1998–2020) American Association (1985–1997) Southern League (1978–1984)
Major league affiliations
Team	Milwaukee Brewers (2021–present)
Previous teams	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)
Minor league titles
League titles (3)	1979 1982 2005
Conference titles (2)	2003 2005
Division titles (11)	1979 1981 1982 1990 1993 2003 2005 2006 2007 2016 2022
Second-half titles (6)	1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
Team data
Name	Nashville Sounds (1978–present)
Colors	Navy, red, white[1]
Mascot	Booster
Ballpark	First Horizon Park (2015–present)
Previous parks	Herschel Greer Stadium (1978–2014)
Owner(s)/ Operator(s)	MFP Baseball / Nashville Sounds Baseball Club
General manager	Adam English[2]
Manager	Rick Sweet
Media	MiLB.TV and 94.9 FM The Fan

The Nashville Sounds are a Minor League Baseball team of the International League and the Triple-A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers. They are located in 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.^[1]

Established as an expansion team of the Double-A 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 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 team in 1985. The Triple-A Sounds carried on the history of the Double-A team that preceded them. Nashville rarely contended for the American Association championship, making only three appearances in the postseason during their 13 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 years in the Pacific Coast League, the team qualified for the postseason on five occasions. They won their lone 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 managers have led the club and its more than 1,400 players. As of the completion of the 2023 season, their 46th year in Nashville, the Sounds have played 6,422 regular-season games and compiled a win–loss record of 3,320–3,100–2. They have a postseason record of 49–44. Combining all 6,515 regular-season and postseason games, the Sounds have an all-time record of 3,369–3,144–2.