page_title: List of Nashville Sounds awards, All-Stars, and league leaders
section_title: Batting leaders
hierarchical_section_title: List of Nashville Sounds awards, All-Stars, and league leaders / Individual league leaders / Batting leaders
caption_attribution_description: Second baseman Joey Wendle - Oakland A's at Arizona Diamondbacks: Spring Training - 3/7/17
context_page_description: The Nashville Sounds Minor League Baseball team has played in Nashville, Tennessee, since its establishment in 1978. The team was created as an expansion team of the Double-A Southern League, but moved to the Triple-A American Association in 1985 and to the Triple-A Pacific Coast League in 1998. This list documents players and personnel who have won awards, been selected for All-Star teams, or have led their league in various statistical areas in a single season.
  Three Sounds have won league Most Valuable Player awards: Steve Balboni, Brian Dayett, and Magglio Ordóñez. Ten have won Pitcher of the Year awards: Bruce Berenyi, Geoff Combe, Andy McGaffigan, Jamie Werly, Stefan Wever, Chris Hammond, Scott Ruffcorn, R.A. Dickey, Johnny Hellweg, and Jimmy Nelson. Two have won Rookie of the Year awards: Jeff Abbott and Magglio Ordóñez. Four managers have won Manager of the Year awards: Stump Merrill, Rick Renick, Frank Kremblas, and Steve Scarsone. Ordóñez won the 1997 AA MVP Award as well as the Rookie of the Year Award, making him the only Nashville player to win two year-end league awards for the same season.
context_section_description: These players led all other players in their league with the best performance in distinct statistical batting categories in a single season. A batter must have at least 2.7 plate appearances per the number of scheduled regular season games to qualify for the lead in batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, or on-base plus slugging.
caption: Joey Wendle, 2015 PCL leader in hits (167)
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