Sarah Langs

Largest wins in WBC history:

3/13/23 Korea vs. China: 22-2
3/10/06 USA vs. South Africa: 17-0
3/8/26 Mexico vs. Brazil: 16-0
3/3/06 Japan vs. China: 18-2

There have already been 7 shutouts in this WBC

There were four all of the 2023 WBC

Most in a single tournament: 11 in 2009

Largest shutout wins in WBC history:

3/10/06 USA vs. South Africa: 17-0
3/8/26 Mexico vs. Brazil: 16-0
3/7/26 Chinese Taipei vs. Czechia: 14-0
3/9/13 Cuba vs. Chinese Taipei: 14-0
3/8/09 Korea vs. China: 14-0
3/6/26 Japan vs. Chinese Taipei: 13-0

Saturday: first two walk-off home runs in WBC history, first day with 2 walk-offs of any kind

Sunday: first day in WBC history with two home runs to clinch run-rule wins, there had been 2 in WBC history prior (h/t @EliasSports)

Home runs to clinch run-rule wins, WBC history:

3/8/26 MEX Julian Ornelas
3/8/26 DOM Juan Soto
3/10/17 PUR T.J. Rivera
3/12/09 CUB Frederich Cepeda

h/t @EliasSports

There have already been 6 shutouts in this WBC

There were four all of the 2023 WBC

Most in a single tournament: 11 in 2009

Opposing starters in Korea/Australia Lachlan Wells and Ju Young Son will be KBO teammates on the LG Twins in 2026

h/t @quepaso22.bsky.social

Absolutely love Darell Hernaiz’s reaction to Francisco Lindor’s excited FaceTime after Hernaiz’s walk-off homer

Baseball is the BEST

Absolutely legendary stuff from Juan Soto

Via @feinsand.bsky.social ⬇️

LOVE this from Junior Caminero

Daily Statcast leaders for Day 3 (March 7) of the World Baseball Classic:

Exit velocity
Distance
Pitch velocity
Swings & misses

🔥 💪 ⭐️

Luis Arraez’s 12 total bases yesterday set a WBC record

Previous mark: 11 by Ivan Rodriguez on 3/7/09

Home runs to clinch run-rule wins, WBC history:

3/8/26 DOM Juan Soto
3/10/17 PUR T.J. Rivera
3/12/09 CUB Frederich Cepeda

h/t @EliasSports

There have already been three games this WBC where a team hit 4+ home runs

The only WBC with more such games was 2009 (4)

Walk-offs! Big blasts! And more from Saturday's World Baseball Classic action Another full day of World Baseball Classic action on Saturday means baseball amazed us yet again. It was a day filled with walk-offs and wildness. Here’s a look at eights stats and facts from another ...

Saturday WBC fun facts!

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115.8 mph!!!

Junior Caminero’s home run is the second-hardest hit homer in the last 2 WBCs (tracking history), behind 116.8 from Oneil Cruz two days ago

Only harder-hit balls of any kind: 2 Ohtani doubles

Nate Eaton is the fifth player with 2 leadoff extra-base hits in a single WBC, joining:

2023 Edouard Julien
2017 Angel Pagan
2013 Andrelton Simmons
2009 Endy Chavez

Eaton is the first to do this in consecutive games

Didi to right field

Of course!!!

Most career WBC RBI:

Frederich Cepeda: 23
Alfredo Despaigne: 21
Masataka Yoshida: 19

Masataka Yoshida now has 4 career WBC home runs, most in Japan history

His 19 RBI are 5 more than any other Samurai Japan player

There were 20 home runs across WBC games Saturday

That is tied for the most on a single day in WBC history, with 3/8/09

There were three multi-homer games today, tied for the most on a day in WBC history, with March 8, 2009 (Frederich Cepeda, Miguel Olivo, Chris Snelling)

players to homer in multiple WBC-opening games for their country:

2023, 26 Owen Caissie
2023, 26 Robbie Perkins
2013, 17 Drew Butera               
2009, 17 Alfredo Despaigne
2006, 09 Yuli Gurriel           
 
h/t @EliasSports

Here’s the story of the Dodgers’ 1966 tour of Japan, from SABR’s Andy McCue. Koufax missed the trip and announced his retirement while the team was in Tokyo: sabr.org/journal/arti...

Entering today there had never been a WBC walk-off home run

THERE WERE 2 TODAY!!!!!

First calendar date in WBC history with two walk-offs of any kind

Japanese Emperor Naurhito is slated to attend AUS/JPN. according to The Japan News it marks the first time in nearly 60 years a sitting Japanese Emperor will attend a pro baseball game.

last time it happened was November 1966

From Mike Passanisi, AUS PR ⬇️

There have already been 5 individual multi-homer games this WBC

That’s the second-most in a single WBC, behind 6 in 2009

Luis Arraez is the first player in WBC history with multiple multi-HR games in his career

!!!

Luis Arraez now has 4 career WBC home runs 

The only Venezuela player with more is Miguel Cabrera (6)

LUIS ARRAEZ
 
THE SECOND MULTI-HR WBC GAME BY A TEAM VENEZUELA PLAYER, JOINING HIMSELF IN 2023
 
LUIS ARRAEZ HAS ONE MULTI-HR GAME AT THE MAJOR OR MINOR LEAGUE LEVEL
 
ALL THREE HAVE BEEN IN MIAMI