With four days until the start of the 2024 WBSC Premier12 presented by RAXUS, let’s take a look at some of the key numbers surrounding the most international baseball tournament of the year.
1 – Panama will participate for the first time in the WBSC Premier12
2 – Two continents will host WBSC Premier12 2024 matches: North America and Asia
2 – Australia will participate for the second time
3 – This is the third edition of the WBSC flagship tournament
3 – The Tokyo Dome will host its third consecutive WBSC Premier12 final
4 – The 12 participants represent four of the five Olympic continents
5 – Japan’s Seiya Suzuki earned five individual honors at the 2019 WBSC Premier12: batting average, runs batted in, runs scored, slugging percentage and on-base percentage.
6 – Six venues will host the 2024 WBSC Premier12 games: Tokyo Dome, Vantelin Dome Nagoya, Taipei Dome, Taipei Tianmu Stadium, Pan American Stadium and Colossus of the Pacific Stadium
10 – Ten National Federations have participated in the three editions of the Premier12: Japan, Mexico, United States, Korea, Chinese Taipei, Venezuela, Netherlands, Cuba, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.
12 – The 2024 WBSC Premier12 includes the top 12 National Federations in men’s baseball on December 31, 2023
14 – The number of National Federations that have participated in the WBSC Premier12 in the three editions
20 – The WBSC Premier12 will expand in 2027, involving 20 teams and a qualifying phase.
32 – The WBSC 2019 Premier12 had 32 matches
38 – The WBSC Premier12 will consist of 38 games
46 – The number of home runs during the WBSC Premier12 2019
400 – All venues have a field size of 400 feet (or 122 meters) to center field.
448 – The total number of hits in the WBSC Premier12 2019
553 – The total number of strikeouts in the WBSC Premier12 2019
40.411: The number of spectators who witnessed Korea’s victory in the inaugural WBSC Premier12 final at the Tokyo Dome
44.960 Fans watched Japan win the 2019 WBSC Premier12 final against Korea at the Tokyo Dome
