page_title: List of Nashville Sounds managers
section_title: Managers
hierarchical_section_title: List of Nashville Sounds managers / Managers
caption_attribution_description: English: Manager Leon Roberts of the 1986 Nashville Sounds Minor League Baseball team of the American Association
context_page_description: The Nashville Sounds Minor League Baseball team has been led by 29 managers since its establishment in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1978. Managers are responsible for team strategy and leadership on and off the field, including determining the batting order, arranging defensive positioning, and making tactical decisions regarding pitching changes, pinch-hitting, pinch-running, and defensive replacements. Former Sounds third baseman Jason Wood managed the team in 2019. Darwin Barney was hired to manage the Sounds in 2020, but the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  As of the completion of the 2019 season, managers have led the club for 6,004 regular season games in which they have compiled a win–loss record of 3,083–2,921. Their teams have qualified for the postseason on 14 occasions, won two Southern League championships and one Pacific Coast League championship, and have a postseason record of 42–41. Combining all 6,087 regular season and postseason games, Nashville has an all-time record of 3,125–2,962.
  Four managers have been selected as their league's Manager of the Year.
caption: Leon Roberts was an outfielder for the Sounds in 1985 before retiring and managing the 1986 team.
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