TEAM RECORDS

Most Doubles: 11- USA (2004)
Previous was 10-Australia (1996)
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Most Triples: 4- USA (2004)
Previous was 2- Japan (1996)
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Most Runs Batted In: 46- USA (2004)
Previous was 32- USA (1996)
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Most Runs Scored: 51- USA (2004)
Previous was 41- USA (1996)
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Fewest Runs Allowed: 1- USA (2004)
Previous was 7- Australia, China and USA (2000)
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Most Stolen Bases: 8- USA (2004)
Previous was 7- Japan (2000)
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Most Shutouts: 8- USA (2004)
Previous was 5- USA & China (2000)
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Most Stolen Bases: 5- USA, Natasha Watley (2004)
Previous was 3, Jackie Smith, N. Z. (2000)
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Most Consecutive Victories: 9- USA (2004)
Previous was 8, Japan (2000)
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Highest Team Batting average: .343 USA (2004)
Previous was .296- USA (1996)
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Highest Slugging %: .559 USA (2004)
Previous was .465- JAPAN (1996)
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Most Hits: 73 USA (2004)
Previous was 70- USA (1996)
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Lowest Earned Run Average: 0.12 USA (2004)
Previous was 0.25- USA (2000)
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Most Wins: 9 – USA (2004)
Previous was 8 – USA (1996) & JAPAN (2000)

PLAYER RECORDS

Batting Average: Lisa Fernandez .545 USA, (2004)
Previous was .524 (Chika Kodama, Japan (1996)
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Most Home Runs: 5, Crystl Bustos USA (2004)
Previous was 4, Haruka Saito, Japan (1996) & Peta Edebone, Australia (2000)
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Most Runs Batted In: Crystl Bustos, 10 (2004)
Previous was 9, Shelia Cornell, USA (1996)
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Most Runs Scored: 9, Crystl Bustos, 9 (2004)
Tied Chanfung Zhang, China (’96)

The USA softball team has been called the dream team, the team of the century, and the best softball team there has ever been. The directors of the olympics were considering taking it out as an olympic event because of the utter domination the U.S. has had over the time it has been in the olympics. This can be proven by the unreal amount of records broken during the 2004 olympics in Athens. One olympic director was quoted as saying,"They are amazing. Their defence is unstoppable, and there are no gaps in their line up." This statement is as close to a fact as an opinion can be. They are now looking to dominate at this years 2008 olympics in Beijing.