PDX Index: Baseball

0

Number of active Major League Baseball players from Portland high schools

2

NCAA titles the Oregon State University baseball team has won (2006 & 2007)

2

Best finish by an Oregon team at the Little League World Series (the Murray Hill Little Leaguers, in 2006

$55

Estimated cost of Portland’s proposed new East Side baseball park, in millions

112

Number of city-owned baseball and softball fields in Portland

$300

Value of the most expensive baseball card (a 1964 Topps Mickey Mantle card) for sale at Beaverton’s Hoopla Sports Cards

317

Distance, in feet, to PGE Park’s left-field fence

1,100

Average number of hot dogs consumed per game at PGE Park

1936

Year Ted Williams was discovered by the Boston Red Sox at batting practice at Vaughn Street Stadium

400,000

Number of bats Portland manufacturer DeMarini sold last year