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

Check out the key numbers of the XVIII WBSC Men’s Softball World Cup Group B, which starts on 10 July in Prince Albert, Canada.

.647 - Highest Batting Average (Clark Bosch - CAN 1988)

1 - Previous participations by Israel in the WBSC Men's Softball World Cup (1996).

2 - Commentators for the WBSC Men's Softball World Cup Group B: Peter Loubardias and Kyle Smith.

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.