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 The 2006 World Baseball Classic was the inaugural tournament between national baseball teams that included players from Major League Baseball. It was held from March 3 - March 20 in stadiums that are in and around Tokyo, Japan, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, Phoenix, Arizona, Scottsdale, Arizona, Anaheim, California and San Diego, California). Japan, led by Sadaharu Oh, became the first champions.
[edit] FormatThe first World Baseball Classic featured 16 teams in a round-robin. Each team played the other three teams in their pool once. Teams will be ranked by winning percentage in Round 1, with the top two teams in each pool advancing to Round 2, where the teams from Pools A and B (in Pool 1) and the teams from Pools C and D (in Pool 2) competed against each other in another round-robin. Teams will be ranked by winning percentage in Round 2, without regard to the results of Round 1, with the top two teams from each pool entered a four-team single-elimination bracket, with the pool winners and runners-up from each pool facing each other in the Semifinals. The winners of the Semifinals then met to determine the World Baseball Classic Champions. In the Final, the Team with the higher winning percentage of games in the Tournament shall be the home team. If the Teams competing in the Final have identical winning percentages in the tournament, then WBCI shall conduct a coin flip or draw to determine the home team. In Round 1 and 2, ties shall be broken in the following order of priority: In Final Standings, ties shall be broken in the following order of priority: Note: Standings and Tiebreaking Procedures are based on International Baseball Federation rules. [edit] RostersFor more details on this topic, see 2006 World Baseball Classic rosters. Each participating national federation initially submitted a 45-man provisional roster. Final rosters of 28 players, which also must include a minimum of 13 pitchers and two catchers, were later submitted. If a player on the submitted roster was unable to play, usually due to injury, he could be substituted at any time before the start of the tournament. [edit] Venues Eight stadia were used during the tournament:
[edit] Teams and PoolsThe teams selected for the inaugural World Baseball Classic were chosen because they were judged to be the "best baseball-playing nations in the world and provide global representation for the event."[1] There was no official qualifying competition.
[edit] Round 1[edit] Pool AMain article: 2006 World Baseball Classic - Pool A
[edit] Pool BMain article: 2006 World Baseball Classic - Pool B
[edit] Pool CMain article: 2006 World Baseball Classic - Pool C
[edit] Pool DMain article: 2006 World Baseball Classic - Pool D
[edit] Round 2[edit] Pool 1Main article: 2006 World Baseball Classic - Pool 1
[edit] Pool 2Main article: 2006 World Baseball Classic - Pool 2
[edit] FinalsMain article: 2006 World Baseball Classic - Finals
[edit] Final Standing
[edit] Attendance737,112 (avg. 18,900; pct. 67.3%) [edit] Round 1326,629 (avg. 13,609; pct. 55.4%)
[edit] Round 2283,880 (avg. 23,656; pct. 75.1%)
[edit] Finals126,603 (avg. 42,201; pct. 99.4%)
[edit] All-WBC team
[edit] Statistics[edit] Team BattingOrdered by batting average [1]
[edit] Batting Leaders(minimum 2.7 plate appearances/game) [2] Batting Average
Hits
Runs
Doubles
Triples
Home Runs
Grand Slams
Runs Batted In
Total Bases
Walks
Strikeouts
Stolen Bases
On-Base Percentage
Slugging Percentage
[edit] Team PitchingOrdered by ERA [3]
[edit] Pitching Leaders(minimum 0.8 innings pitched/game) [4] Wins
Losses
Saves
Innings Pitched
Hits Allowed
Runs Allowed
Earned Runs Allowed
Walks
Strikeouts
[edit] Additional rulesThere were several rule changes from normal major league play. Pitchers were held to a pitch count of 65 pitches in the first round, 80 pitches in the second round, and 95 in the semifinals and championship rounds. (Netherlands pitcher Shairon Martis used exactly 65 pitches to throw the only no-hitter of the tournament, a 10-0 win over Panama that was stopped by the mercy rule [see below].) If a pitcher reached his maximum pitch count in the middle of an at-bat, he could continue to pitch to that batter, but was required to be replaced once that at-bat ended. A 30-pitch outing needed to be followed by one day off, and a 50-pitch outing by four days off. No one would be allowed to pitch on three consecutive days.  A mercy rule came into effect when one team lead by either fifteen runs after five innings, or ten runs after seven innings in the first two rounds. In addition, ties could be called after fourteen innings of play. The designated hitter rule was in place for all games. [edit] ControversiesMain article: Controversies at the 2006 World Baseball Classic Format Umpires Republic of China (Taiwan) Drug Testing Team Cuba Participation [edit] Success of tournamentMany members of the United States press were skeptical of the Classic since its inception. The event proved to be quite popular, however, providing many memorable moments including a first round game between Venezuela and the Dominican Republic. Attendance was higher than expected at several sites, including the 18,000-seat Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, which was sold out for every Puerto Rico game in the first two rounds. Though international ratings figures are not yet available, viewership is expected to be high, ESPN spokeswoman Diane Lamb said. In addition, there were 4,000 media credentials issued — more than the World Series — which bodes well for the stated goal of internationalizing the sport. Sports Illustrated writer Tom Verducci reported that "more merchandise was sold in the first round than organizers projected for the entire 17-day event." [7] He also reported that, at one point, jerseys for the Venezuelan team were selling at the rate of one every six seconds. The U.S. television ratings on ESPN were stronger than initially expected, drawing in more than one million television sets for some games, more than almost any other ESPN program in the month of March. This occurred despite less than stellar airing times for the games. Most were not aired live but taped, and sometimes with innings cut, as the WBC was organized well after ESPN had committed to much of its programming. These ratings all but assure the next WBC, in 2009, will be awarded more live broadcasts during prime time. Outside the U.S. the tournament was very successful. In Latin America, a first round game between the United States and Mexico, was the third most watched game in the history of ESPN Dos, one of the three Spanish-language channels of ESPN in Latin America. [edit] The allocation of earningsThe total earnings of the World Baseball Classic is divided into net profit (53%) and prize money (47%).[8] [edit] Net profit (53%)
[edit] Prize money (47%)
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