By the numbers: WBSC Men’s Softball World Cup Group B in Prince Albert

3 – Gold medals awarded at the WBSC Men’s Softball World Cup 1976 (Canada, New Zealand and USA), after the play-offs were rained out.

4 – WBSC Men’s Softball World Cups previously organised in Canada: Saskatoon (1988, 2009, 2015) and Whitehorse (2017).

4 – Softball diamonds at Prime Ministers’ Park, including Rotary Field, the stage for the WBSC Men’s Softball World Cup Group B.

4 – Most Triples (Redelio Cruz – Cuba 1988, Mark Sorenson – New Zealand 1996, Taifau Matai – New Zealand 1996).

5 – World champions in the history of the event: New Zealand (7), USA (5), Canada (4), Australia (2) and Argentina (1).

6 – Most Stolen Bases (Brian Rothrock – USA 1988, Marty Kernaghan – CAN 1988)

7 – Hosts of the Men’s Softball World Cup: Canada (4), New Zealand (4), USA (4), Philippines (2), Mexico (1), South Africa (1), Czechia (1). The event has been played in all five Olympic continents.

8 – Most Home Runs (Brian Rothrock – USA 1988, Marty Kernaghan – CAN 1988)

9 – Teams with a medal at the WBSC Men’s Softball World Cup: Canada(14); New Zealand (13); USA (10); Australia (5); Japan (3); Mexico (2); Venezuela (2), Argentina (1); Bahamas (1).

12 – World titles between the participating teams in Group B: New Zealand (7), Canada (4) and Argentina (1).

19 – Games scheduled for the WBSC Men’s Softball World Cup Group B.

23 – Most RBIs (Brian Rothrock – USA 1988)

28 – Medals between the participating teams in Group B: Canada (14), New Zealand (13) and Argentina (1).

30 – Price of the Daily Pass Ticket in Canadian dollars.

32 – Most Strikeouts in a Game (Ty Stofflet – USA 1976)

44 – Countries and regions with at least one appearance in the Men’s Softball World Cup

54 – Total participations from Group B’s teams in the WBSC Men’s Coftball World Cup: New Zealand (17); Canada (17); Argentina (11); Hong Kong, China (5); Singapore (3); and Israel (1).

59 – Most Innings Pitched (Ty Stofflet- USA 1976).

59 – Most Consecutive Scoreless Innings (Ty Stofflet – USA 1976)

65 – Surface of Prime Ministers’ Park, where the stadium is located, in acres.

74.99 – Price of the GameTime Season Pass, with full access to almost 300 Baseball, Softball and Baseball5 games during the 2024 WBSC World Cup season, in US dollars.

96 – Athletes in the WBSC Men’s Softball World Cup Group B

110 – Price of the Tournament Pass Ticket in Canadian dollars.

250 – Feet, the distance from home plate to the outfield fence.

600 – Permanent seats at Rotary Field.

2,000 – Average attendance per day at the U-18 Men’s softball World Cup 2018 in Prince Albert.

2018 – Year of inauguration of Rotary Field. It was built to host the WBSC U-18 Men’s Softball World Cup.

2,073 – Kilometres between Prince Albert, Canada, and Oklahoma City, USA, host of Group C of the Men’s Softball World Cup

2,712 – Kilometres between Prince Albert, Canada, and Hermosillo, Mexico, host of Group A of the Men’s Softball World Cup

5,000 – Attendance for the game between New Zealand and Canada during the U-18 Men’s Softball World Cup 2018 in Prince Albert.

37,756 – Population of Prince Albert, according to the 2021 census.

150,000 – Canadian dollars, profit generated by the WBSC U-18 Men’s Softball World Cup 2018 in Prince Albert.

1,500,000 – Canadian dollars, money raised to built Rotary Field at Prime Ministers’ Park for the WBSC U-18 Men’s softball World Cup 2018 in Prince Albert.

10,000,000 – Canadian dollars, approximate local economic impact of the WBSC U-18 Men’s Softball World Cup 2018 in Prince Albert.

— Courtesy www.wbsc.org/

by paNOW/WBSC

By the numbers: WBSC Men’s Softball World Cup Group B in Prince Albert

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