List of Nashville Sounds Opening Day starting pitchers

[9] Their first Opening Day game held at home was an 8–7 win against the Birmingham Barons at Herschel Greer Stadium on April 9, 1981.

[8] Starter Jamie Werly, who went on to win the Southern League Most Outstanding Pitcher Award that season,[10] did not figure in the decision.

[11] On April 4, 2013, starter Tyler Thornburg took a no decision in the final Opening Day game at Greer Stadium, a 5–4 Sounds win.

[8] In that game, held on April 7, 2016, Sounds starting pitcher Chris Smith was charged with the loss in a 5–0 shutout by the Oklahoma City Dodgers.

Nashville starters have a record of 6 wins, 10 losses, and 9 no decisions in 25 Opening Day starts on the road.

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Bill Dawley was the starting pitcher for the Sounds' inaugural April 15, 1978, opener.
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Tom Filer was the Opening Day starter for the Sounds' 1980 season in which the team won a franchise-best 97 games, losing only 46. [ 1 ]
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Jamie Werly made the first Opening Day start at Nashville's Herschel Greer Stadium in 1981.
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Zach Jackson made back-to-back Opening Day starts in 2007 and 2008.
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Johnny Hellweg was selected as the Sounds' 2014 Opening Day starter after winning the 2013 PCL Pitcher of the Year Award . [ 2 ]
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Chris Smith made the first Opening Day start at Nashville's First Tennessee Park in 2016.