Olympic Softball Records
Atlanta 1996 - Beijing 2008
ATTENDANCE
Atlanta 1996 Round Robin: 118,106 Playoffs: 17,458 Total: 135,564
Sydney 2000 Round Robin: 163,026 Playoffs: 34,113 Total: 197,139
Athens 2004 Round Robin: 44,045 Playoffs: 10,571 Total: 54,616
Beijing 2008 Round Robin: 152,698 Playoffs: 23,700 Total: 176,398
Totals Round Robin: 477,875 Playoffs: 85,842 Grand Total: 563,717 Largest Crowd, One Game – 9,209 (USA vs. Australia, September 21, 2000)
Longest Game (Time) – 3:57 (USA vs. China, 14 innings, September 20, 2000)
Shortest Game (Time) – 1:06 (Japan vs. Italy, September 22, 2000)
Longest Game (Innings) – 14 (China 2 vs. USA 0, September 20, 2000)
Oldest Participant: Miriam “Betty” Segarra, Puerto Rico – 41 years, 6 months, 14 days (1996)
Youngest Participant: Britt Vonk, Netherlands – 17 years, 4 months, 1 day (2008) INDIVIDUAL PITCHING (totals from round robin and playoffs combined)
Solo No-Hitters: 1 (5 times) – Lori Harrigan, USA (6-0 vs. Canada, September 17, 2000), Xuejing Qin, China (7-0 vs. Cuba, September 21, 2000), Yukiko Ueno, Japan (2-0 vs. China, August 20, 2004); Cat Osterman, USA (3-0 vs. Australia, August 13 2008); and Monica Abbott, USA (8-0 vs. Netherlands -5 innings-, August 17, 2008).
Combined No-Hitters: 1 (5 times) – Liping He & Yaju Liu, China (8-0 vs. Netherlands, July 25, 1996); Tanya Harding & Brooke Wilkins, Australia (7-0 vs. Italy, September 18, 2000); Melanie Roche & Brooke Wilkins, Australia (8-1 vs. Cuba, September 23, 2000); Brooke Wilkins & Tanya Harding, Australia (4-2 vs. Japan, August 14, 2004); Monica Abbott & Jennie Finch, USA (11-0 vs. Venezuela -5 innings-, August 12 2008).
Near No-Hitters (seven-plus innings of hitless pitching): 2 – Lisa Fernandez, USA, pitched 9.2 perfect innings before losing to Australia, 1-0, July 26, 1996, and Yuri Takayama, Japan, pitched 7.2 innings before losing to USA, 3-0, August 16, 2004
Perfect Games: Yukiko Ueno, Japan (2-0 vs. China, August 20, 2004); Monica Abbott, USA (8-0 vs. Netherlands -5 innings-, August 17, 2008)
Near-Perfect Games: Lisa Fernandez, USA, pitched 9.2 perfect innings before losing to Australia, 1-0, July 26, 1996
Most Wins: 5 – Juri Takayama, Japan (2000); Yukiko Ueno, Japan (2008).
Most Losses: 4 – Anouk Mels, Netherlands (1996), Gina Weber, New Zealand (2000), & Sarah Farnworth, Greece (2004)
Most Consecutive Hitless Innings: 15.1 – Yukiko Ueno, Japan (2004) (spread over four games)
Most Consecutive Scoreless Innings: 33.1 – Tanya Harding, Australia (2004)
Most Strikeouts, Game: 25 – Lisa Fernandez, USA (complete game, 13-inning 2-1 loss to Australia, September 21, 2000)
Most Strikeouts: 57 – Lihong Wang, China (1996) Most Walks Yielded, Game: 8 – Taeko Ishikawa, Japan (8.1 innings vs. USA, September 19, 2000)
Most Walks: 24 – Lauren Bay, Canada (2008)
Most Runs Allowed: 18 – Sarah Farnworth, Greece (2004); Rebecca Soumeru, Netherlands (2008); and, Judith van Kampen, Netherlands (2008).
Fewest Runs Allowed: 2 – Lisa Fernandez, USA (29.2 innings in 2000)
Lowest Earned Run Average: 0.00 – Michele Smith, USA (27.2 innings in 2000)
Most Hits Allowed: 34 – Sarah Farnworth, Greece (2004)
Most Innings Pitched: 47 – Yukiko Ueno, Japan (2008)
Saves: 3 – Christa Williams, USA (2000)
Most Home Runs Allowed: 6 – Johana Gomez, Venezuela (2008)
Most Batters Hit By a Pitch: 5 – Gina Weber, New Zealand (2000)
Most Wild Pitches: 5 – Gina Weber, New Zealand (2000) TEAM PITCHING
Most Wins: 9 – USA (2004)
Most Losses: 6 – Netherlands (1996), Puerto Rico (1996), Canada (2000), Cuba (2000), Italy (2004), and Netherlands (2008).
Lowest Earned Run Average: 0.13 – USA (2004)
Highest Earned Run Average: 6.66 – Netherlands (2008)
Most Hits Yielded: 67 – Netherlands (2008)
Most Walks Yielded: 31 – Canada (2008)
Most Wild Pitches: 7 – Australia (1996)
Most Strikeouts Earned: 132 – USA (2000)
Saves: 3 – USA (2000)
CATCHING
Most Passed Balls: 7 – Italy (2000)
Fewest Passed Balls: 0 – Japan (1996, 2000, & 2004), Chinese Taipei (2004), Greece (2004), Australia (2008), Netherlands (2008), Chinese Taipei (2008), and USA (2008)
Most Innings Caught: 80 – Stacey Nuveman, USA (2000) INDIVIDUAL BATTING AND FIELDING (totals from round robin and playoffs combined)
Highest Batting Average: .545 – Lisa Fernandez, USA (2004)
Highest Slugging Percentage: 1.318 – Crystl Bustos, USA (2008)
Most Hits, Game: 4 – Chika Kodama, Japan (July 27, 1996 vs. Chinese Taipei) & Natasha Watley, USA (August 14, 2004 vs. Italy)
Most Hits: 13 – Chunfang Zhang, China (1996)
Most Doubles, Game: 2 – Kazue Ito, Japan (Aug. 19, 2004 vs. Italy) & Masumi Mishina, Japan (Aug. 22, 2004 vs. Australia)
Most Doubles: 4 – Lisa Fernandez, USA (2004)
Most Triples, Game: 1 – Several times
Most Triples: 2 - Chika Kodama, Japan (1996) & Eri Yamada, Japan (2004)
Most Home Runs, Game: 3 – Haruka Saito, Japan (July 26, 1996 vs. Puerto Rico)
Most Home Runs: 6 – Crystl Bustos, USA (2008)
Grand Slam Home Runs: None
Most Consecutive Games to Hit in Safely: 7 – Xuqing LIU, China (1996); Natasha Watley, USA (2008)
Most Runs Batted In, Game: 7 – Haruka Saito, Japan (July 26, 1996 vs. Puerto Rico)
Most Runs Batted In: 10 – Crystl Bustos, USA (2004 & 2008)
Most Stolen Bases, Game: 2 – Li LEI, China (July 25, 1996 vs. Netherlands), Emi Tsukada, Japan (July 27, 1996 vs. Chinese Taipei), & Lindsay James, Greece (August 14, 2004 vs. China), Eri Yamada, Japan (August 13, 2008 vs. Chinese Taipei)
Most Stolen Bases: 4 – Natasha Watley, USA (2004)
Most Times at Bat: 38 – Laura Berg, USA (2000) Most Runs Scored: 12 – Crystl Bustos, USA (2008)
Most Times Walked, One Game: 3 – Misaki Ando, Japan (September 21, 2000 vs. Canada); Kiri Shaw, New Zealand (September 18, 2000 vs. Canada); Yan Fang, China (September 20, 2000 vs. USA); Sheila Douty, USA (September 19, 2000 vs. Japan); Crystl Bustos, USA (August 15, 2008 vs. Canada); Stacey Porter, Australia (twice, August 17, 2008 vs. Canada & August 18, 2008 vs. Venezuela)
Most Times Walked, One Olympics: 10 – Stacey Porter, Australia (2008)
Most Times Hit by Pitcher: 5 – Laura Berg, USA (1996)
Most Times to Strike Out, Game: 5 – Sheila Douty, USA (September 20, 2000 vs. China)
Most Times to Strike Out: 14 – Sheila Douty, USA (2000)
Most Putouts, Game: 25 – Stacey Nuveman, USA (September 21, 2000 vs. Australia)
Most Putouts, Game, non-catcher: 19 - Rie Sato (1B), Japan (August 20, 2008 vs. Australia)
Most Putouts: 120 – Stacey Nuveman, USA (2000)
Most Putouts, non-catcher: 85 – Kazue Ito (1B), Japan (2004)
Most Assists, Game: 9 - Stacey Porter (3B), Australia (August 20, 2008 vs. Japan)
Most Assists: 29 – Megu Hirose, Japan (2008)
Most Errors: 6 – Jenn Salling, Canada (2008) TEAM PERFORMANCE
Highest Batting Average: .343 – USA (2004)
Lowest Batting Average: .077 – Cuba (2000)
Highest Slugging Percentage: .563 – USA (2004)
Most At-Bats: 310 – USA (2000)
Most Hits, Game: 13 – USA (July 21, 1996 vs. Puerto Rico), China (July 25, 1996 vs. Netherlands), New Zealand (September 20, 2000 vs. Cuba), Japan (August 15, 2004 vs. Chinese Taipei), China (August 12, 2008 vs. Netherlands), and USA (August 17, 2008 vs. Netherlands).
Most Hits: 74 – USA (2008)
Most Doubles, Game: 4 – New Zealand (vs. Cuba, September 20, 2000), and Australia (August 16, 2008 vs. Netherlands)
Most Doubles: 12 – USA (2004)
Most Triples, Game: 2 – USA (August 14, 2004 vs. Italy), and 2 - Japan (August 20 2008, vs. Australia -12 innings-).
Most Triples: 4 – USA (2004)
Most Home Runs, Game: 4 - USA (August 15, 2008 vs. Japan)
Most Home Runs: 15 – USA (2008)
Most Runs Batted In: 52 – USA (2008)
Most Runs Scored, Game: 11 – USA (August 12, 2008 vs. Venezuela)
Most Runs Scored, Inning: 9 – Chinese Taipei (bottom 5th, July 25, 1996 vs. Puerto Rico), and USA (bottom 1st, August 18 2008 vs. China)
Most Runs Scored: 58 – USA (2008)
Fewest Runs Scored: 3 – Italy (2000) and Chinese Taipei (2004)
Most Runs Allowed: 48 – Netherlands (2008)
Fewest Runs Allowed: 1 – USA (2004) Most Walks Received: 36 – Australia (2008)
Most Stolen Bases: 8 – USA (2008)
Most Shutouts: 8 – USA (2004)
Most Batters Hit by a Pitcher: 8 – Japan (2008)
Most Strikeouts (by batters, not pitchers): 78 – China (1996)
Most Assists: 109 – Japan (2008)
Most Errors, Game: 6 – Greece (vs. China, August 14, 2004)
Fewest Errors: 3 – Australia (2004) and USA (2008)
Highest Fielding Percentage: .988 – Australia (2004) and Japan (2008)
Lowest Fielding Percentage: .930 – Greece (2004)
Most Consecutive Victories: 9 – USA (2004)
Most Consecutive Losses: 6 – Netherlands (1996 & 2008)