Lisa Fernandez Was The Shohei Ohtani Of Softball

Jul 21, 2021

This article is part of our Tokyo Olympics series.

When softball helped kick off the Olympics on Wednesday in Tokyo, it was a triumphant return, if only a temporary one. After a 13-year absence, the sport is making its first appearance at the Summer Games since Beijing in 2008. Softball and baseball were eliminated from the official program in the mid-2000s because of a confluence of factors, including the steroid scandal in MLB, the U.S.’s sheer dominance in softball and America’s rocky relationship with the International Olympic Committee. But softball’s reemergence in Tokyo is bringing back great memories of the four Olympic tournaments that were held from 1996 through 2008.

To celebrate the teams and players that competed in those Olympics, I calculated a rudimentary form of wins above replacement (WAR) using historical Olympic softball data from the indispensable Olympedia.org, which lists batting and pitching statistics by team for each tournament played. Batters’ WAR is based on weighted on-base average (wOBA) relative to average;¹¹ pitching WAR is based on a combination of runs allowed per seven innings and fielding independent pitching (FIP), in a nod to the averaging we do for our JEFFBAGWELL WAR metric.¹² You can find the career totals for every player in the database below:

Lisa Fernandez is the GOAT of Olympic softball

Most career wins above replacement (WAR) by softball players at the Olympics, plus player plate appearances and innings pitched, 1996-2008

			Batting		Pitching
Player▲▼	Country▲▼	olympiads▲▼	PA▲▼	WAR▲▼	Inn.▲▼	WAR▲▼	Tot. WAR▲▼
Lisa Fernandez	USA	3	89	1.26	74.7	2.56	3.82
Crystl Bustos	USA	3	97	2.75	0.0	0.00	2.75
Tanya Harding	AUS	4	39	-0.25	106.7	2.77	2.52
Yukiko Ueno	JPN	2	0	0.00	77.7	2.16	2.16
Wang Lihong	CHN	2	0	0.00	48.0	1.77	1.77
Natalie Titcume	AUS	3	85	1.56	0.0	0.00	1.56
Cat Osterman	USA	2	0	0.00	34.7	1.51	1.51
Melanie Roche	AUS	4	0	0.00	80.3	1.46	1.46
Juri Takayama	JPN	3	0	0.00	70.3	1.45	1.45
Hiroko Sakai	JPN	2	0	0.00	37.0	1.32	1.32
Eri Yamada	JPN	2	64	1.29	0.0	0.00	1.29
Lauren Bay-Regula	CAN	2	1	-0.02	63.7	1.30	1.28
Natasha Watley	USA	2	63	1.17	0.0	0.00	1.17
Sheila Cornell	USA	1	32	0.77	0.0	0.00	0.77
Sheila Douty	USA	1	38	0.39	0.0	0.00	0.39
Lori Harrigan	USA	3	0	0.00	28.7	1.15	1.15
Peta Edebone	AUS	3	74	1.12	0.0	0.00	1.12
Reika Utsugi	JPN	2	62	1.07	0.0	0.00	1.07
Monica Abbott	USA	1	0	0.00	24.0	1.05	1.05
Christa Williams	USA	2	4	-0.08	25.7	1.10	1.02
Michele Smith	USA	2	41	-0.26	41.7	1.24	0.98
Haruka Saito	JPN	3	87	0.93	0.0	0.00	0.93
Jennie Finch	USA	2	0	0.00	19.0	0.89	0.89
Yan Fang	CHN	2	61	0.87	0.0	0.00	0.87
Jessica Mendoza	USA	2	50	0.87	0.0	0.00	0.87
Zhang Yanqing	CHN	1	0	0.00	41.3	0.82	0.82
Stacey Nuveman	USA	3	75	0.77	0.0	0.00	0.77
Jennifer Brundage	USA	1	36	0.77	0.0	0.00	0.77
Wang Ying	CHN	2	56	0.74	0.0	0.00	0.74
Dot Richardson	USA	2	66	0.74	0.0	0.00	0.74
Miyo Yamada	JPN	1	29	0.74	0.0	0.00	0.74
Kelly Hardie	AUS	2	1	-0.02	27.0	0.75	0.73
Lu Wei	CHN	2	0	0.00	51.3	0.72	0.72
Kelly Kretschman	USA	2	47	0.72	0.0	0.00	0.72
Lovie Jung	USA	2	49	0.70	0.0	0.00	0.70
Chika Kodama	JPN	1	22	0.67	0.0	0.00	0.67
Noriko Yamaji	JPN	3	80	0.66	0.0	0.00	0.66
Marta Gambella	ITA	2	42	0.63	0.0	0.00	0.63
Kazue Ito	JPN	2	54	0.61	0.0	0.00	0.61
Tao Hua	CHN	3	85	0.59	0.0	0.00	0.59
Justine Smethurst	AUS	1	0	0.00	19.0	0.59	0.59
Michele Granger	USA	1	0	0.00	16.0	0.56	0.56
Mariko Masubuchi	JPN	1	0	0.00	20.0	0.56	0.56
Liu Xuqing	CHN	1	33	0.55	0.0	0.00	0.55
Wang Ya-Fen	TPE	2	42	0.55	0.0	0.00	0.55
Stacey Porter	AUS	2	60	0.54	0.0	0.00	0.54
Sandy Allen-Lewis	AUS	3	58	0.54	0.0	0.00	0.54
Kerry Dienelt	AUS	2	48	0.52	0.0	0.00	0.52
Susan Bugliarello	ITA	2	0	0.00	34.7	0.51	0.51
Simmone Morrow	AUS	3	72	0.48	0.0	0.00	0.48
Leah O’Brien	USA	1	12	0.13	0.0	0.00	0.13
Leah O’Brien-Amico	USA	2	59	0.35	0.0	0.00	0.35
Megu Hirose	JPN	1	29	0.48	0.0	0.00	0.48
Emi Tsukada	JPN	1	23	0.47	0.0	0.00	0.47
Yoshiko Fujimoto	JPN	1	26	0.46	0.0	0.00	0.46
Sally McCreedy	AUS	1	33	0.16	0.0	0.00	0.16
Sally McDermid	AUS	1	28	0.29	0.0	0.00	0.29
Lai Sheng-Jung	TPE	2	0	0.00	28.7	0.44	0.44
Liu Yaju	CHN	1	0	0.00	23.3	0.43	0.43
Zhang Chunfang	CHN	2	67	0.43	0.0	0.00	0.43
Laura Berg	USA	4	85	0.43	0.0	0.00	0.43
Jackie Smith	NZL	1	25	0.42	0.0	0.00	0.42
Lori Sippel	CAN	1	0	0.00	20.0	0.41	0.41
Li Qi	CHN	2	0	0.00	27.3	0.41	0.41
Jenny Topping	USA	1	8	0.41	0.0	0.00	0.41
Rhonda Hira	NZL	1	19	0.40	0.0	0.00	0.40
Chueh Ming-Hui	TPE	1	0	0.00	17.0	0.39	0.39
Jenny Holliday	AUS	1	0	0.00	12.0	0.38	0.38
Tu Hui-Mei	TPE	1	0	0.00	20.7	0.36	0.36
Danielle Stewart	AUS	1	18	0.35	0.0	0.00	0.35
Rachel Schill	CAN	1	17	0.34	0.0	0.00	0.34
Danielle Lawrie	CAN	1	0	0.00	12.3	0.34	0.34
Caitlin Lowe	USA	1	29	0.33	0.0	0.00	0.33
Jamie Farnworth	GRE	1	18	0.33	0.0	0.00	0.33
Wu Chia-Yen	TPE	2	0	0.00	24.7	0.32	0.32
Dionna Harris	USA	1	23	0.32	0.0	0.00	0.32
Jodie Bowering	AUS	1	27	0.31	0.0	0.00	0.31
Jennifer Yee	CAN	1	26	0.30	0.0	0.00	0.30
Misako Ando	JPN	2	61	0.30	0.0	0.00	0.30
Andrea Duran	USA	1	25	0.30	0.0	0.00	0.30
Satoko Mabuchi	JPN	1	35	0.30	0.0	0.00	0.30
An Zhongxin	CHN	2	51	0.27	0.0	0.00	0.27
Anouk Mels	NED	1	0	0.00	30.7	0.27	0.27
Karen Snelgrove	CAN	1	0	0.00	19.0	0.26	0.26
Ma Ying	CHN	1	0	0.00	6.0	0.26	0.26
Lu Hsueh-Mei	TPE	1	15	0.25	0.0	0.00	0.25
Chen Miao-Yi	TPE	2	39	0.25	0.0	0.00	0.25
Rie Sato	JPN	2	30	0.25	0.0	0.00	0.25
Qin Xuejing	CHN	1	0	0.00	7.0	0.24	0.24
Jo Brown	AUS	2	59	0.24	0.0	0.00	0.24
Yumiko Fujii	JPN	1	0	0.00	12.0	0.24	0.24
Pauline Maurice	CAN	1	26	0.24	0.0	0.00	0.24
Kelly Kelland	CAN	1	19	0.23	0.0	0.00	0.23
Martine Stiemer	NED	1	19	0.23	0.0	0.00	0.23
Emi Naito	JPN	2	53	0.23	0.0	0.00	0.23
Jackie Lance	CAN	2	36	0.22	0.0	0.00	0.22
Hayley Wickenheiser	CAN	1	23	0.22	0.0	0.00	0.22
Ayumi Karino	JPN	1	37	0.21	0.0	0.00	0.21
Danielle Henderson	USA	1	0	0.00	5.0	0.20	0.20
Tu Hui-Ping	TPE	1	0	0.00	16.0	0.20	0.20
Lei Li	CHN	1	20	0.20	0.0	0.00	0.20
Ou Ching-Chieh	TPE	1	15	0.19	0.0	0.00	0.19
Kerry Wyborn	AUS	2	52	0.19	0.0	0.00	0.19
Motoko Fujimoto	JPN	1	29	0.19	0.0	0.00	0.19
Hiroko Tamoto	JPN	1	23	0.19	0.0	0.00	0.19
Christine Parris	CAN	1	25	0.18	0.0	0.00	0.18
Li Chunxia	CHN	2	25	0.18	0.0	0.00	0.18
He Liping	CHN	1	0	0.00	4.0	0.18	0.18
Kim Maher	USA	1	34	0.18	0.0	0.00	0.18
Yuruby Alicart	VEN	1	15	0.17	0.0	0.00	0.17
Zhou Yi	CHN	2	47	0.17	0.0	0.00	0.17
Haylea Petrie	AUS	1	24	0.16	0.0	0.00	0.16
Lesley Attwell	CAN	1	11	0.16	0.0	0.00	0.16
Sabrina Del Mastio	ITA	1	16	0.16	0.0	0.00	0.16
Meaggan Wilton	CAN	1	6	0.15	0.0	0.00	0.15
Chen Hong	CHN	1	30	0.15	0.0	0.00	0.15
Lindsay James	GRE	1	20	0.14	0.0	0.00	0.14
Pan Xia	CHN	1	11	0.14	0.0	0.00	0.14
Noriko Harada	JPN	1	18	0.13	0.0	0.00	0.13
Zhang Lixia	CHN	1	0	0.00	8.7	0.13	0.13
Wei Qiang	CHN	3	69	0.13	0.0	0.00	0.13
Tomoko Watanabe	JPN	1	0	0.00	13.7	0.12	0.12
Tung Yun-Chi	TPE	2	10	0.12	0.0	0.00	0.12
Mariangee Bogado	VEN	1	0	0.00	23.0	0.12	0.12
Clara Vázquez	PUR	1	14	0.12	0.0	0.00	0.12
Jie Hua	ITA	1	17	0.12	0.0	0.00	0.12
Melisa Upu	NZL	1	21	0.11	0.0	0.00	0.11
Marloes Fellinger	NED	1	19	0.11	0.0	0.00	0.11
Megan Timpf	CAN	1	23	0.11	0.0	0.00	0.11
Tracey Mosley	AUS	2	26	0.11	0.0	0.00	0.11
Lindsey Bashor	GRE	1	22	0.11	0.0	0.00	0.11
Vicky Galindo	USA	1	5	0.10	0.0	0.00	0.10
Ilaria Pino	ITA	1	6	0.10	0.0	0.00	0.10
Pan Tzu-Hui	TPE	2	27	0.10	0.0	0.00	0.10
Selina Follas	AUS	1	5	0.10	0.0	0.00	0.10
Helen Townsend	NZL	1	17	0.10	0.0	0.00	0.10
Rei Nishiyama	JPN	1	33	0.10	0.0	0.00	0.10
Vanessa Czarnecki	GRE	1	15	0.10	0.0	0.00	0.10
Zhang Lifang	CHN	1	15	0.09	0.0	0.00	0.09
Petra Beek	NED	1	21	0.09	0.0	0.00	0.09
Melanie Matthews	CAN	1	28	0.09	0.0	0.00	0.09
Yu Huili	CHN	1	0	0.00	14.7	0.09	0.09
Tairia Flowers	USA	2	27	0.09	0.0	0.00	0.09
Kim Cooper	AUS	1	28	0.08	0.0	0.00	0.08
Rubilena Rojas	VEN	1	15	0.08	0.0	0.00	0.08
Melanie Hulme	NZL	1	8	0.08	0.0	0.00	0.08
Yumi Iwabuchi	JPN	1	25	0.07	0.0	0.00	0.07
Marlies van der Putten	NED	1	16	0.07	0.0	0.00	0.07
Sandra Gouverneur	NED	1	18	0.07	0.0	0.00	0.07
Natalia Cimin	ITA	1	18	0.07	0.0	0.00	0.07
Nicole Richardson	AUS	1	8	0.07	0.0	0.00	0.07
María Zamora	CUB	1	16	0.07	0.0	0.00	0.07
Julie Smith	USA	1	22	0.06	0.0	0.00	0.06
María Arceo	CUB	1	5	0.06	0.0	0.00	0.06
Chiang Hui-Chuan	TPE	1	21	0.06	0.0	0.00	0.06
Debbie Sonnenberg	CAN	1	0	0.00	11.0	0.06	0.06
Ou Jingbai	CHN	1	9	0.06	0.0	0.00	0.06
Ginny Georgantas	GRE	1	15	0.05	0.0	0.00	0.05
María Soto	VEN	1	20	0.05	0.0	0.00	0.05
Liu Tzu-Hsin	TPE	1	17	0.05	0.0	0.00	0.05
Chang Li-Chiu	TPE	1	14	0.05	0.0	0.00	0.05
Caitlin Lever	CAN	1	24	0.05	0.0	0.00	0.05
Sue Fairhurst	AUS	1	21	0.05	0.0	0.00	0.05
Belinda Wright	AUS	1	23	0.05	0.0	0.00	0.05
Jineth Pimentel	VEN	1	15	0.05	0.0	0.00	0.05
Penny le Noble	NED	1	5	0.05	0.0	0.00	0.05
Kaleigh Rafter	CAN	1	10	0.05	0.0	0.00	0.05
Olga Ruyol	CUB	1	19	0.04	0.0	0.00	0.04
Gillian Boxx	USA	1	17	0.04	0.0	0.00	0.04
Ikuko Fukita	JPN	1	9	0.04	0.0	0.00	0.04
Shelly Stokes	USA	1	9	0.04	0.0	0.00	0.04
Jennifer Salling	CAN	1	22	0.04	0.0	0.00	0.04
Fiona Timu	NZL	1	16	0.04	9.7	0.00	0.04
Marjolein de Jong	NED	1	11	0.04	0.0	0.00	0.04
Angela Lichty	CAN	1	18	0.04	0.0	0.00	0.04
Kyoko Mochida	JPN	1	12	0.04	0.0	0.00	0.04
Huang Hui-Wen	TPE	2	28	0.04	0.0	0.00	0.04
Sun Li	CHN	1	20	0.03	0.0	0.00	0.03
Kara McGaw	CAN	1	16	0.03	0.0	0.00	0.03
Chen Feng-Yin	TPE	1	20	0.03	0.0	0.00	0.03
Char Pouaka	NZL	1	10	0.03	0.0	0.00	0.03
Kiri Shaw	NZL	1	20	0.03	0.0	0.00	0.03
Sabrina Comberlato	ITA	1	20	0.03	0.0	0.00	0.03
Marina Cergol	ITA	1	19	0.03	0.0	0.00	0.03
Sandra Rosario	PUR	1	18	0.03	0.0	0.00	0.03
Lo Hsiao-Ting	TPE	1	21	0.03	0.0	0.00	0.03
Robin Mackin	CAN	1	0	0.00	6.7	0.03	0.03
Daisy de Peinder	NED	1	6	0.02	0.0	0.00	0.02
Cindy Potae	NZL	1	16	0.02	0.0	0.00	0.02
Cherene Hiesl-Boyer	CAN	1	24	0.02	0.0	0.00	0.02
Denisse Fuenmayor	VEN	1	20	0.02	0.0	0.00	0.02
Yuneisy Castillo	CUB	1	6	0.02	0.0	0.00	0.02
Mu Xia	CHN	2	48	0.02	0.0	0.00	0.02
Jacqueline Ortiz	PUR	1	18	0.01	0.0	0.00	0.01
Chien Pei-Chi	TPE	1	19	0.01	0.0	0.00	0.01
Xu Jian	CHN	2	15	0.01	0.0	0.00	0.01
Lai Meng-Ting	TPE	1	23	0.01	0.0	0.00	0.01
Lisa Kersten	NZL	1	23	0.01	0.0	0.00	0.01
Dani Tyler	USA	1	18	0.01	0.0	0.00	0.01
Emi Inui	JPN	2	7	0.01	0.0	0.00	0.01
Auburn Sigurdson	CAN	1	0	0.00	6.7	0.01	0.01
Chang Hsiao-Ching	TPE	1	4	0.01	0.0	0.00	0.01
Marjan Smit	NED	1	8	0.01	0.0	0.00	0.01
Katerina Koutoungou	GRE	1	1	0.01	0.0	0.00	0.01
Luo Lin	CHN	1	1	0.01	0.0	0.00	0.01
Vilma Álvarez	CUB	1	19	0.01	0.0	0.00	0.01
Lin Po-Jen	TPE	1	0	0.00	4.0	0.00	0.00
Mi Renrong	CHN	1	15	0.00	0.0	0.00	0.00
Elba Lebrón	PUR	1	0	0.00	0.0	0.00	0.00
Aída Miranda	PUR	1	0	0.00	0.0	0.00	0.00
Lei Donghui	CHN	1	0	0.00	0.0	0.00	0.00
Kristen Karanzias	GRE	1	0	0.00	0.0	0.00	0.00
Ioanna Bouziou	GRE	1	0	0.00	0.0	0.00	0.00
Jacki Nichol	CAN	1	7	0.00	0.0	0.00	0.00
Jennifer McFalls	USA	1	9	0.00	0.0	0.00	0.00
Amanda Doman	AUS	1	4	-0.01	0.0	0.00	-0.01
Joyce Lester	AUS	1	25	-0.01	0.0	0.00	-0.01
Hsu Hsiu-Ling	TPE	1	6	-0.01	0.0	0.00	-0.01
Lauren Lappin	USA	1	5	-0.01	0.0	0.00	-0.01
Carmie Vairo	CAN	1	19	-0.01	0.0	0.00	-0.01
Candace Murray	CAN	1	9	-0.01	0.0	0.00	-0.01
Eva Trevisan	ITA	1	21	-0.01	0.0	0.00	-0.01
Noémie Marin	CAN	1	1	-0.01	0.0	0.00	-0.01
Samanta Bardini	ITA	1	15	-0.01	0.0	0.00	-0.01
Annalisa Turci	ITA	1	1	-0.02	0.0	0.00	-0.02
Sasha Olson	CAN	1	1	-0.02	0.0	0.00	-0.02
Diamela Puentes	CUB	1	11	-0.02	0.0	0.00	-0.02
Myriam Segarra	PUR	1	15	-0.02	0.0	0.00	-0.02
Erin Cumpstone	CAN	2	30	-0.02	0.0	0.00	-0.02
Zuleyma Cirimele	VEN	1	12	-0.02	0.0	0.00	-0.02
Verusca Paternoster	ITA	1	7	-0.03	0.0	0.00	-0.03
Kim Kluijskens	NED	1	19	-0.03	0.0	0.00	-0.03
Mayumi Inoue	JPN	1	20	-0.03	0.0	0.00	-0.03
Geraldine Puertas	VEN	1	14	-0.03	0.0	0.00	-0.03
Tan Ying	CHN	1	20	-0.03	0.0	0.00	-0.03
Karen Doell	CAN	1	23	-0.03	0.0	0.00	-0.03
Chien Chen-Ju	TPE	1	23	-0.03	0.0	0.00	-0.03
Marissa Carpadios	AUS	1	27	-0.03	0.0	0.00	-0.03
Amanda Freed	USA	1	6	-0.03	0.0	0.00	-0.03
Heather Newsham	CAN	1	4	-0.08	17.0	0.05	-0.03
Eve Soto	PUR	1	15	-0.03	0.0	0.00	-0.03
Katina Kramos	GRE	1	2	-0.03	0.0	0.00	-0.03
Stefania Vitaliani	ITA	1	2	-0.03	0.0	0.00	-0.03
Guo Jia	CHN	2	28	-0.03	0.0	0.00	-0.03
Maribel Riera	VEN	1	7	-0.04	0.0	0.00	-0.04
Xin Minhong	CHN	1	19	-0.04	0.0	0.00	-0.04
Mika Someya	JPN	1	0	0.00	6.0	-0.04	-0.04
Petra van Heijst	NED	1	3	-0.04	0.0	0.00	-0.04
Mayles Rodríguez	VEN	1	3	-0.04	0.0	0.00	-0.04
Zavana Aranga	NZL	1	8	-0.04	0.0	0.00	-0.04
Yoshimi Kobayashi	JPN	1	8	-0.04	0.0	0.00	-0.04
Masumi Mishina	JPN	2	50	-0.04	0.0	0.00	-0.04
Kaila Holtz	CAN	1	0	0.00	4.0	-0.04	-0.04
Wu Di	CHN	2	11	-0.04	0.0	0.00	-0.04
Li Chiu-Ching	TPE	2	34	-0.05	0.0	0.00	-0.05
Gina Weber	NZL	1	5	0.15	36.3	-0.20	-0.05
Sachiko Ito	JPN	1	8	-0.05	0.0	0.00	-0.05
María González	PUR	1	15	-0.05	0.0	0.00	-0.05
Bheiglys Mujica	VEN	1	4	-0.05	0.0	0.00	-0.05
Ellen Venker	NED	1	4	-0.05	0.0	0.00	-0.05
Nathalie Timmermans	NED	1	11	-0.06	0.0	0.00	-0.06
Lourdes Báez	PUR	1	21	-0.06	0.0	0.00	-0.06
Natalie Ward	AUS	4	104	-0.06	0.0	0.00	-0.06
Anita Kossen	NED	1	13	-0.06	0.0	0.00	-0.06
Britt Vonk	NED	1	12	-0.06	0.0	0.00	-0.06
Jolanda Kroesen	NED	1	13	-0.06	0.0	0.00	-0.06
Taeko Ishikawa	JPN	1	0	0.00	17.3	-0.06	-0.06
Jessica Bashor	GRE	1	19	-0.06	0.0	0.00	-0.06
Stacey Farnworth	GRE	1	17	-0.07	0.0	0.00	-0.07
Qiu Haitao	CHN	1	4	-0.07	0.0	0.00	-0.07
Zhou Yan	CHN	1	4	-0.07	0.0	0.00	-0.07
Penelope Rosario	PUR	1	9	-0.07	0.0	0.00	-0.07
Wang Hsiao-Ping	TPE	1	9	-0.07	0.0	0.00	-0.07
Lucienne Geels	NED	1	19	-0.07	0.0	0.00	-0.07
Sheena Lawrick	CAN	2	31	-0.07	0.0	0.00	-0.07
Denise Carriere	CAN	1	17	-0.07	0.0	0.00	-0.07
Lee Ming-Chieh	TPE	1	21	-0.07	0.0	0.00	-0.07
Sandy Beasley	CAN	1	5	-0.07	0.0	0.00	-0.07
Alessandra Gorla	ITA	1	21	-0.08	0.0	0.00	-0.08
Noémi Boekel	NED	1	10	-0.08	0.0	0.00	-0.08
Sandy Newsham	CAN	1	15	-0.13	30.0	0.05	-0.08
Michelle Venturella	USA	1	5	-0.08	0.0	0.00	-0.08
Clelia Ailara	ITA	1	5	-0.08	0.0	0.00	-0.08
Sandra Nieuwveen	NED	1	20	-0.08	0.0	0.00	-0.08
Naoko Sakamoto	JPN	1	5	-0.08	0.0	0.00	-0.08
Yaciey Sojo	VEN	1	18	-0.09	0.0	0.00	-0.09
Yusmary Pérez	VEN	1	11	-0.09	0.0	0.00	-0.09
Alecia Stephenson	CAN	1	18	-0.09	0.0	0.00	-0.09
Sheree Corniel	PUR	1	11	-0.10	0.0	0.00	-0.10
Chung Chiung-Yao	TPE	1	23	-0.10	0.0	0.00	-0.10
Loredana Auletta	ITA	1	6	-0.10	0.0	0.00	-0.10
Yuki Sato	JPN	1	21	-0.10	0.0	0.00	-0.10
Deng Xiaoling	CHN	2	50	-0.10	0.0	0.00	-0.10
Joanna Gail	GRE	1	6	-0.10	0.0	0.00	-0.10
Judith van Kampen	NED	1	0	0.00	18.0	-0.10	-0.10
Corrine Ockhuijsen	NED	1	7	-0.10	0.0	0.00	-0.10
Francesca Francolini	ITA	2	37	-0.11	0.0	0.00	-0.11
Leslie Malerich	ITA	1	0	0.00	3.3	-0.11	-0.11
Daniela Castellani	ITA	2	21	-0.11	0.0	0.00	-0.11
María Santana	CUB	1	7	-0.12	0.0	0.00	-0.12
Brooke Wilkins	AUS	3	1	-0.02	19.3	-0.10	-0.12
Kim Dermott	NZL	1	17	-0.12	0.0	0.00	-0.12
Carrie Flemmer	CAN	1	8	-0.12	0.0	0.00	-0.12
Yen Show-Tzu	TPE	2	38	-0.13	0.0	0.00	-0.13
Haydée Hernández	CUB	1	19	-0.13	0.0	0.00	-0.13
Wen Li-Hsiu	TPE	1	21	-0.13	0.0	0.00	-0.13
Kylie Cronk	AUS	1	10	-0.13	0.0	0.00	-0.13
Natalie Hodgskin	AUS	1	8	-0.14	0.0	0.00	-0.14
Shiori Koseki	JPN	1	26	-0.14	0.0	0.00	-0.14
Sommer West	CAN	1	24	-0.14	0.0	0.00	-0.14
Naomi Matsumoto	JPN	2	17	-0.14	0.0	0.00	-0.14
Fiona Crawford	AUS	1	19	-0.24	0.0	0.00	-0.24
Fiona Hanes	AUS	1	23	0.09	0.0	0.00	0.09
Nicole Di Salvio	ITA	2	0	0.00	24.7	-0.15	-0.15
Wang Xiaoyan	CHN	1	19	-0.15	0.0	0.00	-0.15
Kim Sarrazin	CAN	1	9	-0.15	0.0	0.00	-0.15
Madelon Beek	NED	1	15	-0.15	0.0	0.00	-0.15
Janice Parks	PUR	1	19	-0.16	0.0	0.00	-0.16
Chiu Chen-Ting	TPE	1	0	0.00	6.3	-0.16	-0.16
Niolis Ramos	CUB	1	10	-0.16	0.0	0.00	-0.16
Yamila Flor	CUB	1	20	-0.17	0.0	0.00	-0.17
Dione Meier	CAN	1	0	0.00	6.7	-0.17	-0.17
Yu Yanhong	CHN	2	40	-0.17	0.0	0.00	-0.17
Kyoko Kobayashi	JPN	1	0	0.00	5.7	-0.17	-0.17
Christie Ambrosi	USA	1	16	-0.17	0.0	0.00	-0.17
Luisa Medina	CUB	1	16	-0.17	0.0	0.00	-0.17
Francine McRae	AUS	1	20	-0.18	0.0	0.00	-0.18
Liu Chia-Chi	TPE	1	12	-0.18	0.0	0.00	-0.18
Zhang Ai	CHN	2	40	-0.18	0.0	0.00	-0.18
Yang Hui-Chun	TPE	2	39	-0.18	0.0	0.00	-0.18
Giovanna Palermi	ITA	1	11	-0.18	0.0	0.00	-0.18
Jennifer Spediacci	ITA	1	16	-0.04	15.0	-0.14	-0.18
Natalie Anter	ITA	1	16	-0.19	0.0	0.00	-0.19
Alison Bradley	CAN	2	33	-0.19	0.0	0.00	-0.19
Carolyn Crudgington	AUS	1	1	-0.02	1.0	-0.17	-0.19
Marianella Castellanos	VEN	1	0	0.00	4.7	-0.20	-0.20
Claudia Petracchi	ITA	1	12	-0.20	0.0	0.00	-0.20
Sarah Farnworth	GRE	1	20	-0.20	38.0	0.00	-0.20
Gonny Reijnen	NED	1	18	-0.20	0.0	0.00	-0.20
Erin McLean	CAN	1	23	-0.21	0.0	0.00	-0.21
Juanita Clayton	CAN	1	14	-0.21	0.0	0.00	-0.21
Jacqueline de Heer	NED	1	14	-0.21	0.0	0.00	-0.21
Yukiyo Mine	JPN	1	20	-0.21	0.0	0.00	-0.21
Saskia Kosterink	NED	1	20	-0.21	0.0	0.00	-0.21
Kristy Odamura	CAN	2	25	-0.21	0.0	0.00	-0.21
Stephanie Skegas-Maxwell	GRE	1	0	0.00	6.3	-0.22	-0.22
Nathalie Fradette	CAN	1	15	-0.22	0.0	0.00	-0.22
Lin Su-Hua	TPE	2	0	0.00	14.7	-0.23	-0.23
Naho Emoto	JPN	1	0	0.00	1.0	-0.24	-0.24
Colleen Thorburn	CAN	1	21	-0.02	0.0	0.00	-0.02
Colleen Thorburn-Smith	CAN	1	19	-0.22	0.0	0.00	-0.22
Yarisleidis Peña	CUB	1	15	-0.25	0.0	0.00	-0.25
Jaye Bailey	NZL	1	6	-0.01	0.3	-0.24	-0.25
Laritza Espinosa	CUB	1	0	0.00	23.7	-0.25	-0.25
Cindy Eadie	CAN	1	15	-0.25	0.0	0.00	-0.25
Chloe Kloezeman	GRE	1	16	-0.27	0.0	0.00	-0.27
Han Hsin-Lin	TPE	1	0	0.00	7.7	-0.29	-0.29
Erin White	CAN	1	15	-0.25	0.0	0.00	-0.25
Erin Woods	CAN	1	20	-0.06	0.0	0.00	-0.06
Jacqueline Knol	NED	1	0	0.00	4.3	-0.32	-0.32
Ivelisse Echevarría	PUR	1	0	0.00	26.0	-0.33	-0.33
Ani Nyhus	CAN	1	0	0.00	1.7	-0.33	-0.33
Ruta Lealamanua	NZL	1	0	0.00	4.3	-0.37	-0.37
Vicky Bastarache	CAN	1	0	0.00	6.0	-0.37	-0.37
Estela Milanés	CUB	1	0	0.00	16.3	-0.38	-0.38
Masako Watanabe	JPN	1	0	0.00	7.7	-0.41	-0.41
Sonja Pannen	NED	1	0	0.00	12.0	-0.46	-0.46
Johana Gómez	VEN	1	0	0.00	13.3	-0.48	-0.48
Lisa Martínez	PUR	1	2	-0.04	11.0	-0.47	-0.51
Rebecca Soumeru	NED	1	0	0.00	11.0	-0.54	-0.54
Lisa Mize	PUR	1	1	-0.02	6.7	-0.58	-0.60
Kristi de Vries	NED	1	11	-0.20	12.0	-0.41	-0.61
Yamila Degrase	CUB	1	0	0.00	6.0	-0.65	-0.65
Jue-Fen Sun	ITA	1	8	-0.08	11.7	-0.74	-0.82

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The best all-time performance in Olympic softball belongs to American Lisa Fernandez, whose Shohei Ohtani-like excellence as both a hitter and pitcher helped the U.S. win three golds during her three tournaments with the team. At the plate, Fernandez hit .303 with a .391 wOBA, which was nearly 70 percent better than the Olympic average; on the mound, she struck out 91 batters (walking only seven), had a 0.74 FIP and allowed a miniscule 0.38 ERA. Between her 1.26 WAR as a hitter and 2.56 WAR as a pitcher, Fernandez produced 3.82 total WAR in her Olympic career, over a full win more than any other player in tournament history.

As a two-way standout, Fernandez has no peers in terms of total value. But some players are able to match her on one side of the ball or the other. Powerful hitter Crystl “The Big Bruiser” Bustos, who was Fernandez’s teammate on the 2000 and 2004 U.S. teams (and won silver on the 2008 team), is the most valuable batter in Olympic softball history, producing 14 home runs (or one every 6.1 at-bats — eat your heart out, Barry Bonds) with a .353 average and an incredible .525 wOBA, 122 percent better than the Olympic average. Bustos had 2.75 WAR as a batter, which was nearly 1.2 wins better than runner-up Natalie Titcume of Australia.

Among pitchers, the GOAT by WAR is Australia’s Tanya Harding¹³ who appeared in all four pre-2020 Olympic softball tournaments, striking out 4.2 batters for every walk and holding opponents to a 0.59 ERA in 106⅔ innings. Harding’s 2.77 career WAR edged out Fernandez by 0.21 wins, and both were clear of Japan’s Yukiko Ueno (who threw a perfect game in 2004) in third place.

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In a single Olympics, the most valuable performance belongs to Fernandez in 2004, when she had a .623 wOBA with 1.01 WAR as a hitter and allowed just 0.29 runs per seven innings with 0.68 WAR as a pitcher, for a grand total of 1.68 wins above replacement:

Fernandez was the best in a single Olympics

Most wins above replacement (WAR) by softball players in a single Olympic Games, plus player plate appearances and innings pitched, 1996-2008

			Batting		Pitching
Player▲▼	Country▲▼	Year▲▼	PA▲▼	WAR▲▼	Inn.▲▼	WAR▲▼	Tot. WAR▲▼
Lisa Fernandez	USA	2004	27	1.01	24.0	0.68	1.68
Wang Lihong	CHN	1996	0	0.00	34.0	1.27	1.27
Lisa Fernandez	USA	1996	28	0.35	21.0	0.84	1.19
Yukiko Ueno	JPN	2008	0	0.00	47.0	1.15	1.15
Monica Abbott	USA	2008	0	0.00	24.0	1.05	1.05
Yukiko Ueno	JPN	2004	0	0.00	30.7	1.01	1.01
Crystl Bustos	USA	2004	28	0.96	0.0	0.00	0.96
Lisa Fernandez	USA	2000	34	-0.09	29.7	1.04	0.95
Crystl Bustos	USA	2008	28	0.93	0.0	0.00	0.93
Yan Fang	CHN	2000	30	0.92	0.0	0.00	0.92
Crystl Bustos	USA	2000	41	0.86	0.0	0.00	0.86
Cat Osterman	USA	2008	0	0.00	20.0	0.86	0.86
Lu Wei	CHN	2004	0	0.00	36.0	0.83	0.83
Eri Yamada	JPN	2004	32	0.83	0.0	0.00	0.83
Zhang Yanqing	CHN	2000	0	0.00	41.3	0.82	0.82
Lauren Bay-Regula	CAN	2004	1	-0.02	34.3	0.84	0.82
Natalie Titcume	AUS	2004	28	0.80	0.0	0.00	0.80
Hiroko Sakai	JPN	2008	0	0.00	21.0	0.80	0.80
Reika Utsugi	JPN	2000	33	0.79	0.0	0.00	0.79
Jennifer Brundage	USA	2000	36	0.77	0.0	0.00	0.77
Sheila Cornell	USA	1996	32	0.77	0.0	0.00	0.77
Natasha Watley	USA	2004	32	0.77	0.0	0.00	0.77
Tanya Harding	AUS	1996	19	-0.12	22.7	0.87	0.74
Miyo Yamada	JPN	2000	29	0.74	0.0	0.00	0.74
Melanie Roche	AUS	1996	0	0.00	25.3	0.70	0.70
Peta Edebone	AUS	2000	30	0.70	0.0	0.00	0.70
Juri Takayama	JPN	1996	0	0.00	28.0	0.68	0.68
Chika Kodama	JPN	1996	22	0.67	0.0	0.00	0.67
Tanya Harding	AUS	2000	17	-0.13	25.0	0.80	0.66
Michele Smith	USA	2000	21	-0.22	27.7	0.88	0.66
Cat Osterman	USA	2004	0	0.00	14.7	0.66	0.66
Tanya Harding	AUS	2004	3	0.00	35.3	0.61	0.61
Li Qi	CHN	2008	0	0.00	16.0	0.59	0.59
Justine Smethurst	AUS	2008	0	0.00	19.0	0.59	0.59
Zhang Chunfang	CHN	1996	36	0.58	0.0	0.00	0.58
Christa Williams	USA	2000	4	-0.08	16.0	0.67	0.58
Michele Granger	USA	1996	0	0.00	16.0	0.56	0.56
Mariko Masubuchi	JPN	2000	0	0.00	20.0	0.56	0.56
Juri Takayama	JPN	2000	0	0.00	23.0	0.56	0.56
Liu Xuqing	CHN	1996	33	0.55	0.0	0.00	0.55
Stacey Nuveman	USA	2004	21	0.55	0.0	0.00	0.55
Jessica Mendoza	USA	2008	26	0.54	0.0	0.00	0.54
Wang Ying	CHN	2000	27	0.53	0.0	0.00	0.53
Hiroko Sakai	JPN	2004	0	0.00	16.0	0.51	0.51
Natalie Titcume	AUS	2000	31	0.51	0.0	0.00	0.51
Wang Lihong	CHN	2000	0	0.00	14.0	0.51	0.51
Wang Ya-Fen	TPE	1996	22	0.51	0.0	0.00	0.51
Kelly Hardie	AUS	2000	1	-0.02	19.0	0.52	0.50
Tanya Harding	AUS	2008	0	0.00	23.7	0.50	0.50
Lovie Jung	USA	2004	25	0.49	0.0	0.00	0.49
Kerry Dienelt	AUS	1996	23	0.49	0.0	0.00	0.49
Jennie Finch	USA	2008	0	0.00	11.0	0.49	0.49
Dot Richardson	USA	1996	35	0.48	0.0	0.00	0.48
Megu Hirose	JPN	2008	29	0.48	0.0	0.00	0.48
Lori Harrigan	USA	2000	0	0.00	12.3	0.47	0.47
Emi Tsukada	JPN	1996	23	0.47	0.0	0.00	0.47
Lauren Bay-Regula	CAN	2008	0	0.00	29.3	0.46	0.46
Eri Yamada	JPN	2008	32	0.46	0.0	0.00	0.46
Yoshiko Fujimoto	JPN	1996	26	0.46	0.0	0.00	0.46
Lai Sheng-Jung	TPE	2004	0	0.00	16.3	0.45	0.45
Kelly Kretschman	USA	2004	22	0.44	0.0	0.00	0.44
Christa Williams	USA	1996	0	0.00	9.7	0.44	0.44
Liu Yaju	CHN	1996	0	0.00	23.3	0.43	0.43
Misako Ando	JPN	2000	35	0.42	0.0	0.00	0.42
Jackie Smith	NZL	2000	25	0.42	0.0	0.00	0.42
Melanie Roche	AUS	2000	0	0.00	16.0	0.41	0.41
Lori Harrigan	USA	2004	0	0.00	9.3	0.41	0.41
Lori Sippel	CAN	1996	0	0.00	20.0	0.41	0.41
Haruka Saito	JPN	2000	35	0.41	0.0	0.00	0.41
Brooke Wilkins	AUS	2000	1	-0.02	12.0	0.43	0.41
Jenny Topping	USA	2004	8	0.41	0.0	0.00	0.41
Jennie Finch	USA	2004	0	0.00	8.0	0.41	0.41
Rhonda Hira	NZL	2000	19	0.40	0.0	0.00	0.40
Natasha Watley	USA	2008	31	0.40	0.0	0.00	0.40
Haruka Saito	JPN	1996	26	0.40	0.0	0.00	0.40
Noriko Yamaji	JPN	2004	29	0.40	0.0	0.00	0.40
Sheila Douty	USA	2000	38	0.39	0.0	0.00	0.39
Chueh Ming-Hui	TPE	2008	0	0.00	17.0	0.39	0.39
Jenny Holliday	AUS	1996	0	0.00	12.0	0.38	0.38
Tao Hua	CHN	1996	32	0.37	0.0	0.00	0.37
Peta Edebone	AUS	2004	27	0.36	0.0	0.00	0.36
Kazue Ito	JPN	2004	30	0.36	0.0	0.00	0.36
Tu Hui-Mei	TPE	1996	0	0.00	20.7	0.36	0.36
Marta Gambella	ITA	2004	22	0.36	0.0	0.00	0.36
Danielle Stewart	AUS	2008	18	0.35	0.0	0.00	0.35
Rachel Schill	CAN	2004	17	0.34	0.0	0.00	0.34
Danielle Lawrie	CAN	2008	0	0.00	12.3	0.34	0.34
Caitlin Lowe	USA	2008	29	0.33	0.0	0.00	0.33
Jo Brown	AUS	1996	28	0.33	0.0	0.00	0.33
Jamie Farnworth	GRE	2004	18	0.33	0.0	0.00	0.33
Stacey Porter	AUS	2004	28	0.33	0.0	0.00	0.33
Jessica Mendoza	USA	2004	24	0.32	0.0	0.00	0.32
Dionna Harris	USA	1996	23	0.32	0.0	0.00	0.32
Susan Bugliarello	ITA	2004	0	0.00	14.0	0.32	0.32
Michele Smith	USA	1996	20	-0.04	14.0	0.36	0.32
Leah O’Brien-Amico	USA	2000	34	0.31	0.0	0.00	0.31
Jodie Bowering	AUS	2008	27	0.31	0.0	0.00	0.31
Jennifer Yee	CAN	2008	26	0.30	0.0	0.00	0.30
Laura Berg	USA	2004	19	0.30	0.0	0.00	0.30
Sandy Allen-Lewis	AUS	2008	31	0.30	0.0	0.00	0.30
Andrea Duran	USA	2008	25	0.30	0.0	0.00	0.30
Satoko Mabuchi	JPN	2008	35	0.30	0.0	0.00	0.30
Sally McDermid	AUS	1996	28	0.29	0.0	0.00	0.29
Kelly Kretschman	USA	2008	25	0.28	0.0	0.00	0.28
Simmone Morrow	AUS	2008	32	0.28	0.0	0.00	0.28
Reika Utsugi	JPN	2004	29	0.28	0.0	0.00	0.28
Sandy Allen-Lewis	AUS	2004	25	0.27	0.0	0.00	0.27
Marta Gambella	ITA	2000	20	0.27	0.0	0.00	0.27
Lori Harrigan	USA	1996	0	0.00	7.0	0.27	0.27
An Zhongxin	CHN	2000	24	0.27	0.0	0.00	0.27
Anouk Mels	NED	1996	0	0.00	30.7	0.27	0.27
Wei Qiang	CHN	2000	26	0.27	0.0	0.00	0.27
Karen Snelgrove	CAN	1996	0	0.00	19.0	0.26	0.26
Wu Chia-Yen	TPE	2008	0	0.00	11.7	0.26	0.26
Dot Richardson	USA	2000	31	0.26	0.0	0.00	0.26
Stacey Nuveman	USA	2000	31	0.26	0.0	0.00	0.26
Ma Ying	CHN	1996	0	0.00	6.0	0.26	0.26
Natalie Titcume	AUS	2008	26	0.25	0.0	0.00	0.25
Lu Hsueh-Mei	TPE	2008	15	0.25	0.0	0.00	0.25
Kazue Ito	JPN	2000	24	0.25	0.0	0.00	0.25
Rie Sato	JPN	2008	30	0.25	0.0	0.00	0.25
Emi Naito	JPN	2004	30	0.25	0.0	0.00	0.25
Qin Xuejing	CHN	2000	0	0.00	7.0	0.24	0.24
Yumiko Fujii	JPN	2000	0	0.00	12.0	0.24	0.24
Pauline Maurice	CAN	1996	26	0.24	0.0	0.00	0.24
Melanie Roche	AUS	2004	0	0.00	26.3	0.24	0.24
Kelly Kelland	CAN	1996	19	0.23	0.0	0.00	0.23
Martine Stiemer	NED	1996	19	0.23	0.0	0.00	0.23
Kelly Hardie	AUS	2008	0	0.00	8.0	0.22	0.22
Hayley Wickenheiser	CAN	2000	23	0.22	0.0	0.00	0.22
Deng Xiaoling	CHN	2000	25	0.22	0.0	0.00	0.22
Stacey Porter	AUS	2008	32	0.22	0.0	0.00	0.22
Noriko Yamaji	JPN	1996	18	0.21	0.0	0.00	0.21
Wang Ying	CHN	1996	29	0.21	0.0	0.00	0.21
Juri Takayama	JPN	2004	0	0.00	19.3	0.21	0.21
Ayumi Karino	JPN	2008	37	0.21	0.0	0.00	0.21
Lovie Jung	USA	2008	24	0.21	0.0	0.00	0.21
Jackie Lance	CAN	2004	19	0.21	0.0	0.00	0.21
Danielle Henderson	USA	2000	0	0.00	5.0	0.20	0.20
Tu Hui-Ping	TPE	1996	0	0.00	16.0	0.20	0.20
Lei Li	CHN	1996	20	0.20	0.0	0.00	0.20
Ou Ching-Chieh	TPE	1996	15	0.19	0.0	0.00	0.19
Susan Bugliarello	ITA	2000	0	0.00	20.7	0.19	0.19
Motoko Fujimoto	JPN	2008	29	0.19	0.0	0.00	0.19
Hiroko Tamoto	JPN	2000	23	0.19	0.0	0.00	0.19
Tao Hua	CHN	2000	28	0.19	0.0	0.00	0.19
Christine Parris	CAN	1996	25	0.18	0.0	0.00	0.18
He Liping	CHN	1996	0	0.00	4.0	0.18	0.18
Kim Maher	USA	1996	34	0.18	0.0	0.00	0.18
Zhou Yi	CHN	2008	21	0.17	0.0	0.00	0.17
Chen Miao-Yi	TPE	2008	21	0.17	0.0	0.00	0.17
Yuruby Alicart	VEN	2008	15	0.17	0.0	0.00	0.17
Tracey Mosley	AUS	2004	11	0.17	0.0	0.00	0.17
Haylea Petrie	AUS	1996	24	0.16	0.0	0.00	0.16
Lesley Attwell	CAN	2000	11	0.16	0.0	0.00	0.16
Sally McCreedy	AUS	2000	33	0.16	0.0	0.00	0.16
Sabrina Del Mastio	ITA	2004	16	0.16	0.0	0.00	0.16
Simmone Morrow	AUS	2004	19	0.15	0.0	0.00	0.15
Meaggan Wilton	CAN	2000	6	0.15	0.0	0.00	0.15
Chen Hong	CHN	1996	30	0.15	0.0	0.00	0.15
Lindsay James	GRE	2004	20	0.14	0.0	0.00	0.14
Nicole Di Salvio	ITA	2000	0	0.00	16.7	0.14	0.14
Pan Xia	CHN	2008	11	0.14	0.0	0.00	0.14
Leah O’Brien	USA	1996	12	0.13	0.0	0.00	0.13
Noriko Harada	JPN	1996	18	0.13	0.0	0.00	0.13
Zhang Lixia	CHN	2004	0	0.00	8.7	0.13	0.13
Zhang Ai	CHN	2008	22	0.13	0.0	0.00	0.13
Haruka Saito	JPN	2004	26	0.12	0.0	0.00	0.12
Yen Show-Tzu	TPE	1996	18	0.12	0.0	0.00	0.12
Tomoko Watanabe	JPN	1996	0	0.00	13.7	0.12	0.12
Mariangee Bogado	VEN	2008	0	0.00	23.0	0.12	0.12
Tairia Flowers	USA	2008	25	0.12	0.0	0.00	0.12
Clara Vázquez	PUR	1996	14	0.12	0.0	0.00	0.12
Jie Hua	ITA	2000	17	0.12	0.0	0.00	0.12
Melanie Roche	AUS	2008	0	0.00	12.7	0.11	0.11
Melisa Upu	NZL	2000	21	0.11	0.0	0.00	0.11
Marloes Fellinger	NED	2008	19	0.11	0.0	0.00	0.11
Laura Berg	USA	2008	6	0.11	0.0	0.00	0.11
Megan Timpf	CAN	2008	23	0.11	0.0	0.00	0.11
Kerry Wyborn	AUS	2004	28	0.11	0.0	0.00	0.11
Lindsey Bashor	GRE	2004	22	0.11	0.0	0.00	0.11
Vicky Galindo	USA	2008	5	0.10	0.0	0.00	0.10
Laura Berg	USA	1996	22	0.10	0.0	0.00	0.10
Li Chunxia	CHN	2004	4	0.10	0.0	0.00	0.10
Tung Yun-Chi	TPE	2004	3	0.10	0.0	0.00	0.10
Masumi Mishina	JPN	2004	23	0.10	0.0	0.00	0.10
Ilaria Pino	ITA	2004	6	0.10	0.0	0.00	0.10
Selina Follas	AUS	2000	5	0.10	0.0	0.00	0.10
Natalie Ward	AUS	2008	30	0.10	0.0	0.00	0.10
Helen Townsend	NZL	2000	17	0.10	0.0	0.00	0.10
Rei Nishiyama	JPN	2008	33	0.10	0.0	0.00	0.10
Vanessa Czarnecki	GRE	2004	15	0.10	0.0	0.00	0.10
Huang Hui-Wen	TPE	2004	16	0.09	0.0	0.00	0.09
Zhang Lifang	CHN	2008	15	0.09	0.0	0.00	0.09
Petra Beek	NED	1996	21	0.09	0.0	0.00	0.09
Melanie Matthews	CAN	2008	28	0.09	0.0	0.00	0.09
Fiona Hanes	AUS	2000	23	0.09	0.0	0.00	0.09
Yu Huili	CHN	2008	0	0.00	14.7	0.09	0.09
Kerry Wyborn	AUS	2008	24	0.09	0.0	0.00	0.09
Kim Cooper	AUS	1996	28	0.08	0.0	0.00	0.08
Rubilena Rojas	VEN	2008	15	0.08	0.0	0.00	0.08
Melanie Hulme	NZL	2000	8	0.08	0.0	0.00	0.08
Pan Tzu-Hui	TPE	2008	19	0.08	0.0	0.00	0.08
Li Chunxia	CHN	2008	21	0.08	0.0	0.00	0.08
Yang Hui-Chun	TPE	1996	24	0.08	0.0	0.00	0.08
Chen Miao-Yi	TPE	2004	18	0.07	0.0	0.00	0.07
Yumi Iwabuchi	JPN	2004	25	0.07	0.0	0.00	0.07
Marlies van der Putten	NED	1996	16	0.07	0.0	0.00	0.07
Sandra Gouverneur	NED	2008	18	0.07	0.0	0.00	0.07
Natalia Cimin	ITA	2004	18	0.07	0.0	0.00	0.07
Nicole Richardson	AUS	1996	8	0.07	0.0	0.00	0.07
María Zamora	CUB	2000	16	0.07	0.0	0.00	0.07
Julie Smith	USA	1996	22	0.06	0.0	0.00	0.06
Xu Jian	CHN	2000	7	0.06	0.0	0.00	0.06
Wu Chia-Yen	TPE	2004	0	0.00	13.0	0.06	0.06
Natalie Ward	AUS	1996	24	0.06	0.0	0.00	0.06
María Arceo	CUB	2000	5	0.06	0.0	0.00	0.06
Chiang Hui-Chuan	TPE	2008	21	0.06	0.0	0.00	0.06
Peta Edebone	AUS	1996	17	0.06	0.0	0.00	0.06
Debbie Sonnenberg	CAN	1996	0	0.00	11.0	0.06	0.06
Ou Jingbai	CHN	1996	9	0.06	0.0	0.00	0.06
Mu Xia	CHN	2000	21	0.05	0.0	0.00	0.05
Ginny Georgantas	GRE	2004	15	0.05	0.0	0.00	0.05
Li Chiu-Ching	TPE	2008	18	0.05	0.0	0.00	0.05
María Soto	VEN	2008	20	0.05	0.0	0.00	0.05
Liu Tzu-Hsin	TPE	1996	17	0.05	0.0	0.00	0.05
Chang Li-Chiu	TPE	2004	14	0.05	0.0	0.00	0.05
Caitlin Lever	CAN	2008	24	0.05	0.0	0.00	0.05
Sue Fairhurst	AUS	2000	21	0.05	0.0	0.00	0.05
Belinda Wright	AUS	2008	23	0.05	0.0	0.00	0.05
Jineth Pimentel	VEN	2008	15	0.05	0.0	0.00	0.05
Noriko Yamaji	JPN	2000	33	0.05	0.0	0.00	0.05
Simmone Morrow	AUS	2000	21	0.05	0.0	0.00	0.05
Penny le Noble	NED	1996	5	0.05	0.0	0.00	0.05
Kaleigh Rafter	CAN	2008	10	0.05	0.0	0.00	0.05
Olga Ruyol	CUB	2000	19	0.04	0.0	0.00	0.04
Gillian Boxx	USA	1996	17	0.04	0.0	0.00	0.04
Wang Ya-Fen	TPE	2004	20	0.04	0.0	0.00	0.04
Ikuko Fukita	JPN	1996	9	0.04	0.0	0.00	0.04
Shelly Stokes	USA	1996	9	0.04	0.0	0.00	0.04
Jennifer Salling	CAN	2008	22	0.04	0.0	0.00	0.04
Fiona Timu	NZL	2000	16	0.04	9.7	0.00	0.04
Marjolein de Jong	NED	1996	11	0.04	0.0	0.00	0.04
Tao Hua	CHN	2004	25	0.04	0.0	0.00	0.04
Yu Yanhong	CHN	2008	22	0.04	0.0	0.00	0.04
Angela Lichty	CAN	2004	18	0.04	0.0	0.00	0.04
Leah O’Brien-Amico	USA	2004	25	0.04	0.0	0.00	0.04
Kerry Dienelt	AUS	2000	25	0.04	0.0	0.00	0.04
Kyoko Mochida	JPN	1996	12	0.04	0.0	0.00	0.04
Sun Li	CHN	2008	20	0.03	0.0	0.00	0.03
Kara McGaw	CAN	1996	16	0.03	0.0	0.00	0.03
Chen Feng-Yin	TPE	2004	20	0.03	0.0	0.00	0.03
Char Pouaka	NZL	2000	10	0.03	0.0	0.00	0.03
Sheena Lawrick	CAN	2008	25	0.03	0.0	0.00	0.03
Guo Jia	CHN	2008	10	0.03	0.0	0.00	0.03
Sabrina Comberlato	ITA	2000	20	0.03	0.0	0.00	0.03
Kiri Shaw	NZL	2000	20	0.03	0.0	0.00	0.03
Marina Cergol	ITA	2000	19	0.03	0.0	0.00	0.03
Sandra Rosario	PUR	1996	18	0.03	0.0	0.00	0.03
Lo Hsiao-Ting	TPE	2008	21	0.03	0.0	0.00	0.03
Robin Mackin	CAN	2008	0	0.00	6.7	0.03	0.03
Daisy de Peinder	NED	2008	6	0.02	0.0	0.00	0.02
Cindy Potae	NZL	2000	16	0.02	0.0	0.00	0.02
Tung Yun-Chi	TPE	2008	7	0.02	0.0	0.00	0.02
Cherene Hiesl-Boyer	CAN	2000	24	0.02	0.0	0.00	0.02
Pan Tzu-Hui	TPE	2004	8	0.02	0.0	0.00	0.02
Denisse Fuenmayor	VEN	2008	20	0.02	0.0	0.00	0.02
Yuneisy Castillo	CUB	2000	6	0.02	0.0	0.00	0.02
Jackie Lance	CAN	2000	17	0.01	0.0	0.00	0.01
Alison Bradley	CAN	2008	16	0.01	0.0	0.00	0.01
Jacqueline Ortiz	PUR	1996	18	0.01	0.0	0.00	0.01
Chien Pei-Chi	TPE	1996	19	0.01	0.0	0.00	0.01
Lai Meng-Ting	TPE	2008	23	0.01	0.0	0.00	0.01
Erin Cumpstone	CAN	2008	17	0.01	0.0	0.00	0.01
Lisa Kersten	NZL	2000	23	0.01	0.0	0.00	0.01
Dani Tyler	USA	1996	18	0.01	0.0	0.00	0.01
Emi Inui	JPN	2008	7	0.01	0.0	0.00	0.01
Auburn Sigurdson	CAN	2004	0	0.00	6.7	0.01	0.01
Chang Hsiao-Ching	TPE	1996	4	0.01	0.0	0.00	0.01
Wu Di	CHN	2008	8	0.01	0.0	0.00	0.01
Marjan Smit	NED	2008	8	0.01	0.0	0.00	0.01
Luo Lin	CHN	2004	1	0.01	0.0	0.00	0.01
Katerina Koutoungou	GRE	2004	1	0.01	0.0	0.00	0.01
Vilma Álvarez	CUB	2000	19	0.01	0.0	0.00	0.01
Lin Su-Hua	TPE	2004	0	0.00	10.7	0.00	0.00
Lin Po-Jen	TPE	2004	0	0.00	4.0	0.00	0.00
Mi Renrong	CHN	2004	15	0.00	0.0	0.00	0.00
An Zhongxin	CHN	1996	27	0.00	0.0	0.00	0.00
Lei Donghui	CHN	2008	0	0.00	0.0	0.00	0.00
Rie Sato	JPN	2004	0	0.00	0.0	0.00	0.00
Emi Inui	JPN	2004	0	0.00	0.0	0.00	0.00
Ioanna Bouziou	GRE	2004	0	0.00	0.0	0.00	0.00
Kristen Karanzias	GRE	2004	0	0.00	0.0	0.00	0.00
Elba Lebrón	PUR	1996	0	0.00	0.0	0.00	0.00
Aída Miranda	PUR	1996	0	0.00	0.0	0.00	0.00
Jacki Nichol	CAN	2000	7	0.00	0.0	0.00	0.00
Jennifer McFalls	USA	2000	9	0.00	0.0	0.00	0.00
Brooke Wilkins	AUS	1996	0	0.00	5.0	0.00	0.00
Zhou Yi	CHN	2004	26	-0.01	0.0	0.00	-0.01
Amanda Doman	AUS	2004	4	-0.01	0.0	0.00	-0.01
Joyce Lester	AUS	1996	25	-0.01	0.0	0.00	-0.01
Hsu Hsiu-Ling	TPE	2008	6	-0.01	0.0	0.00	-0.01
Lai Sheng-Jung	TPE	2008	0	0.00	12.3	-0.01	-0.01
Lauren Lappin	USA	2008	5	-0.01	0.0	0.00	-0.01
Carmie Vairo	CAN	1996	19	-0.01	0.0	0.00	-0.01
Candace Murray	CAN	1996	9	-0.01	0.0	0.00	-0.01
Eva Trevisan	ITA	2004	21	-0.01	0.0	0.00	-0.01
Wei Qiang	CHN	2004	20	-0.01	0.0	0.00	-0.01
Noémie Marin	CAN	2008	1	-0.01	0.0	0.00	-0.01
Samanta Bardini	ITA	2004	15	-0.01	0.0	0.00	-0.01
Natalie Ward	AUS	2000	28	-0.01	0.0	0.00	-0.01
Sasha Olson	CAN	2004	1	-0.02	0.0	0.00	-0.02
Annalisa Turci	ITA	2004	1	-0.02	0.0	0.00	-0.02
Emi Naito	JPN	2000	23	-0.02	0.0	0.00	-0.02
Diamela Puentes	CUB	2000	11	-0.02	0.0	0.00	-0.02
Myriam Segarra	PUR	1996	15	-0.02	0.0	0.00	-0.02
Colleen Thorburn	CAN	1996	21	-0.02	0.0	0.00	-0.02
Zuleyma Cirimele	VEN	2008	12	-0.02	0.0	0.00	-0.02
Verusca Paternoster	ITA	2000	7	-0.03	0.0	0.00	-0.03
Kim Kluijskens	NED	2008	19	-0.03	0.0	0.00	-0.03
Mayumi Inoue	JPN	1996	20	-0.03	0.0	0.00	-0.03
Geraldine Puertas	VEN	2008	14	-0.03	0.0	0.00	-0.03
Tan Ying	CHN	2008	20	-0.03	0.0	0.00	-0.03
Karen Doell	CAN	1996	23	-0.03	0.0	0.00	-0.03
Chien Chen-Ju	TPE	1996	23	-0.03	0.0	0.00	-0.03
Marissa Carpadios	AUS	2004	27	-0.03	0.0	0.00	-0.03
Amanda Freed	USA	2004	6	-0.03	0.0	0.00	-0.03
Heather Newsham	CAN	2000	4	-0.08	17.0	0.05	-0.03
Sandy Allen-Lewis	AUS	2000	2	-0.03	0.0	0.00	-0.03
Eve Soto	PUR	1996	15	-0.03	0.0	0.00	-0.03
Erin Cumpstone	CAN	2004	13	-0.03	0.0	0.00	-0.03
Tairia Flowers	USA	2004	2	-0.03	0.0	0.00	-0.03
Katina Kramos	GRE	2004	2	-0.03	0.0	0.00	-0.03
Stefania Vitaliani	ITA	2004	2	-0.03	0.0	0.00	-0.03
Stacey Nuveman	USA	2008	23	-0.03	0.0	0.00	-0.03
Maribel Riera	VEN	2008	7	-0.04	0.0	0.00	-0.04
Xin Minhong	CHN	2008	19	-0.04	0.0	0.00	-0.04
Mika Someya	JPN	2008	0	0.00	6.0	-0.04	-0.04
Mu Xia	CHN	2004	27	-0.04	0.0	0.00	-0.04
Mayles Rodríguez	VEN	2008	3	-0.04	0.0	0.00	-0.04
Petra van Heijst	NED	2008	3	-0.04	0.0	0.00	-0.04
Naomi Matsumoto	JPN	2000	1	-0.04	0.0	0.00	-0.04
Yoshimi Kobayashi	JPN	2000	8	-0.04	0.0	0.00	-0.04
Zavana Aranga	NZL	2000	8	-0.04	0.0	0.00	-0.04
Kaila Holtz	CAN	2004	0	0.00	4.0	-0.04	-0.04
Francesca Francolini	ITA	2004	18	-0.05	0.0	0.00	-0.05
Gina Weber	NZL	2000	5	0.15	36.3	-0.20	-0.05
Daniela Castellani	ITA	2000	3	-0.05	0.0	0.00	-0.05
Sachiko Ito	JPN	2008	8	-0.05	0.0	0.00	-0.05
Wu Di	CHN	2004	3	-0.05	0.0	0.00	-0.05
Xu Jian	CHN	1996	8	-0.05	0.0	0.00	-0.05
María González	PUR	1996	15	-0.05	0.0	0.00	-0.05
Bheiglys Mujica	VEN	2008	4	-0.05	0.0	0.00	-0.05
Ellen Venker	NED	2008	4	-0.05	0.0	0.00	-0.05
Yan Fang	CHN	1996	31	-0.06	0.0	0.00	-0.06
Nathalie Timmermans	NED	2008	11	-0.06	0.0	0.00	-0.06
Lourdes Báez	PUR	1996	21	-0.06	0.0	0.00	-0.06
Anita Kossen	NED	1996	13	-0.06	0.0	0.00	-0.06
Huang Hui-Wen	TPE	2008	12	-0.06	0.0	0.00	-0.06
Britt Vonk	NED	2008	12	-0.06	0.0	0.00	-0.06
Jolanda Kroesen	NED	2008	13	-0.06	0.0	0.00	-0.06
Francesca Francolini	ITA	2000	19	-0.06	0.0	0.00	-0.06
Erin Woods	CAN	2000	20	-0.06	0.0	0.00	-0.06
Taeko Ishikawa	JPN	2000	0	0.00	17.3	-0.06	-0.06
Jessica Bashor	GRE	2004	19	-0.06	0.0	0.00	-0.06
Guo Jia	CHN	2004	18	-0.07	0.0	0.00	-0.07
Daniela Castellani	ITA	2004	18	-0.07	0.0	0.00	-0.07
Tracey Mosley	AUS	2008	15	-0.07	0.0	0.00	-0.07
Stacey Farnworth	GRE	2004	17	-0.07	0.0	0.00	-0.07
Zhou Yan	CHN	2000	4	-0.07	0.0	0.00	-0.07
Qiu Haitao	CHN	2000	4	-0.07	0.0	0.00	-0.07
Penelope Rosario	PUR	1996	9	-0.07	0.0	0.00	-0.07
Wang Hsiao-Ping	TPE	2004	9	-0.07	0.0	0.00	-0.07
Lucienne Geels	NED	1996	19	-0.07	0.0	0.00	-0.07
Denise Carriere	CAN	2000	17	-0.07	0.0	0.00	-0.07
Lee Ming-Chieh	TPE	1996	21	-0.07	0.0	0.00	-0.07
Sandy Beasley	CAN	1996	5	-0.07	0.0	0.00	-0.07
Alessandra Gorla	ITA	2000	21	-0.08	0.0	0.00	-0.08
Noémi Boekel	NED	2008	10	-0.08	0.0	0.00	-0.08
Sandy Newsham	CAN	2000	15	-0.13	30.0	0.05	-0.08
Michelle Venturella	USA	2000	5	-0.08	0.0	0.00	-0.08
Clelia Ailara	ITA	2000	5	-0.08	0.0	0.00	-0.08
Kristy Odamura	CAN	2000	5	-0.08	0.0	0.00	-0.08
Sandra Nieuwveen	NED	1996	20	-0.08	0.0	0.00	-0.08
Naoko Sakamoto	JPN	2004	5	-0.08	0.0	0.00	-0.08
Laura Berg	USA	2000	38	-0.09	0.0	0.00	-0.09
Yaciey Sojo	VEN	2008	18	-0.09	0.0	0.00	-0.09
Yusmary Pérez	VEN	2008	11	-0.09	0.0	0.00	-0.09
Alecia Stephenson	CAN	1996	18	-0.09	0.0	0.00	-0.09
Jo Brown	AUS	2000	31	-0.09	0.0	0.00	-0.09
Sheree Corniel	PUR	1996	11	-0.10	0.0	0.00	-0.10
Chung Chiung-Yao	TPE	1996	23	-0.10	0.0	0.00	-0.10
Loredana Auletta	ITA	2000	6	-0.10	0.0	0.00	-0.10
Yuki Sato	JPN	2004	21	-0.10	0.0	0.00	-0.10
Li Chiu-Ching	TPE	2004	16	-0.10	0.0	0.00	-0.10
Sheena Lawrick	CAN	2004	6	-0.10	0.0	0.00	-0.10
Joanna Gail	GRE	2004	6	-0.10	0.0	0.00	-0.10
Naomi Matsumoto	JPN	1996	16	-0.10	0.0	0.00	-0.10
Judith van Kampen	NED	2008	0	0.00	18.0	-0.10	-0.10
Corrine Ockhuijsen	NED	1996	7	-0.10	0.0	0.00	-0.10
Lu Wei	CHN	2008	0	0.00	15.3	-0.11	-0.11
Leslie Malerich	ITA	2004	0	0.00	3.3	-0.11	-0.11
María Santana	CUB	2000	7	-0.12	0.0	0.00	-0.12
Kim Dermott	NZL	2000	17	-0.12	0.0	0.00	-0.12
Carrie Flemmer	CAN	1996	8	-0.12	0.0	0.00	-0.12
Misako Ando	JPN	1996	26	-0.12	0.0	0.00	-0.12
Wei Qiang	CHN	1996	23	-0.13	0.0	0.00	-0.13
Kristy Odamura	CAN	2004	20	-0.13	0.0	0.00	-0.13
Haydée Hernández	CUB	2000	19	-0.13	0.0	0.00	-0.13
Wen Li-Hsiu	TPE	2008	21	-0.13	0.0	0.00	-0.13
Kylie Cronk	AUS	2008	10	-0.13	0.0	0.00	-0.13
Natalie Hodgskin	AUS	2004	8	-0.14	0.0	0.00	-0.14
Shiori Koseki	JPN	2000	26	-0.14	0.0	0.00	-0.14
Sommer West	CAN	2000	24	-0.14	0.0	0.00	-0.14
Masumi Mishina	JPN	2008	27	-0.15	0.0	0.00	-0.15
Wang Xiaoyan	CHN	2004	19	-0.15	0.0	0.00	-0.15
Kim Sarrazin	CAN	2004	9	-0.15	0.0	0.00	-0.15
Madelon Beek	NED	1996	15	-0.15	0.0	0.00	-0.15
Zhang Chunfang	CHN	2000	31	-0.16	0.0	0.00	-0.16
Janice Parks	PUR	1996	19	-0.16	0.0	0.00	-0.16
Chiu Chen-Ting	TPE	1996	0	0.00	6.3	-0.16	-0.16
Niolis Ramos	CUB	2000	10	-0.16	0.0	0.00	-0.16
Yamila Flor	CUB	2000	20	-0.17	0.0	0.00	-0.17
Dione Meier	CAN	2008	0	0.00	6.7	-0.17	-0.17
Kyoko Kobayashi	JPN	1996	0	0.00	5.7	-0.17	-0.17
Christie Ambrosi	USA	2000	16	-0.17	0.0	0.00	-0.17
Luisa Medina	CUB	2000	16	-0.17	0.0	0.00	-0.17
Francine McRae	AUS	1996	20	-0.18	0.0	0.00	-0.18
Liu Chia-Chi	TPE	1996	12	-0.18	0.0	0.00	-0.18
Li Qi	CHN	2004	0	0.00	11.3	-0.18	-0.18
Giovanna Palermi	ITA	2000	11	-0.18	0.0	0.00	-0.18
Jennifer Spediacci	ITA	2004	16	-0.04	15.0	-0.14	-0.18
Natalie Anter	ITA	2004	16	-0.19	0.0	0.00	-0.19
Carolyn Crudgington	AUS	1996	1	-0.02	1.0	-0.17	-0.19
Marianella Castellanos	VEN	2008	0	0.00	4.7	-0.20	-0.20
Claudia Petracchi	ITA	2000	12	-0.20	0.0	0.00	-0.20
Sarah Farnworth	GRE	2004	20	-0.20	38.0	0.00	-0.20
Gonny Reijnen	NED	1996	18	-0.20	0.0	0.00	-0.20
Natalie Ward	AUS	2004	22	-0.20	0.0	0.00	-0.20
Alison Bradley	CAN	2004	17	-0.20	0.0	0.00	-0.20
Erin McLean	CAN	2008	23	-0.21	0.0	0.00	-0.21
Yu Yanhong	CHN	2000	18	-0.21	0.0	0.00	-0.21
Juanita Clayton	CAN	1996	14	-0.21	0.0	0.00	-0.21
Jacqueline de Heer	NED	1996	14	-0.21	0.0	0.00	-0.21
Yukiyo Mine	JPN	2008	20	-0.21	0.0	0.00	-0.21
Saskia Kosterink	NED	2008	20	-0.21	0.0	0.00	-0.21
Stephanie Skegas-Maxwell	GRE	2004	0	0.00	6.3	-0.22	-0.22
Nathalie Fradette	CAN	2000	15	-0.22	0.0	0.00	-0.22
Colleen Thorburn-Smith	CAN	2000	19	-0.22	0.0	0.00	-0.22
Lin Su-Hua	TPE	2008	0	0.00	4.0	-0.23	-0.23
Fiona Crawford	AUS	2004	19	-0.24	0.0	0.00	-0.24
Naho Emoto	JPN	2008	0	0.00	1.0	-0.24	-0.24
Yarisleidis Peña	CUB	2000	15	-0.25	0.0	0.00	-0.25
Jaye Bailey	NZL	2000	6	-0.01	0.3	-0.24	-0.25
Laritza Espinosa	CUB	2000	0	0.00	23.7	-0.25	-0.25
Yen Show-Tzu	TPE	2004	20	-0.25	0.0	0.00	-0.25
Cindy Eadie	CAN	2004	15	-0.25	0.0	0.00	-0.25
Erin White	CAN	2004	15	-0.25	0.0	0.00	-0.25
Yang Hui-Chun	TPE	2004	15	-0.25	0.0	0.00	-0.25
Chloe Kloezeman	GRE	2004	16	-0.27	0.0	0.00	-0.27
Han Hsin-Lin	TPE	1996	0	0.00	7.7	-0.29	-0.29
Nicole Di Salvio	ITA	2004	0	0.00	8.0	-0.29	-0.29
Zhang Ai	CHN	2004	18	-0.31	0.0	0.00	-0.31
Deng Xiaoling	CHN	2004	25	-0.32	0.0	0.00	-0.32
Jacqueline Knol	NED	1996	0	0.00	4.3	-0.32	-0.32
Ivelisse Echevarría	PUR	1996	0	0.00	26.0	-0.33	-0.33
Ani Nyhus	CAN	2004	0	0.00	1.7	-0.33	-0.33
Ruta Lealamanua	NZL	2000	0	0.00	4.3	-0.37	-0.37
Vicky Bastarache	CAN	2000	0	0.00	6.0	-0.37	-0.37
Estela Milanés	CUB	2000	0	0.00	16.3	-0.38	-0.38
Masako Watanabe	JPN	1996	0	0.00	7.7	-0.41	-0.41
Sonja Pannen	NED	1996	0	0.00	12.0	-0.46	-0.46
Johana Gómez	VEN	2008	0	0.00	13.3	-0.48	-0.48
Lisa Martínez	PUR	1996	2	-0.04	11.0	-0.47	-0.51
Brooke Wilkins	AUS	2004	0	0.00	2.3	-0.52	-0.52
Rebecca Soumeru	NED	2008	0	0.00	11.0	-0.54	-0.54
Lisa Mize	PUR	1996	1	-0.02	6.7	-0.58	-0.60
Kristi de Vries	NED	2008	11	-0.20	12.0	-0.41	-0.61
Yamila Degrase	CUB	2000	0	0.00	6.0	-0.65	-0.65
Jue-Fen Sun	ITA	2000	8	-0.08	11.7	-0.74	-0.82

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But Fernandez was far from the Americans’ only star that year. Bustos (0.96 WAR), infielder Natasha Watley (0.77), pitcher Cat Osterman (0.66) and catcher Stacey Nuveman (0.55) also contributed at least a half-win above replacement in that tournament, with Lovie Jung (0.49), Kelly Kretschman (0.44), Lori Harrigan (0.41), Jenny Topping (0.41) and Jennie Finch (0.41) running not far behind.

Dubbed the “Real Dream Team” by Sports Illustrated, that 2004 U.S. squad was one of the most unstoppable forces in the history of the Olympics, in any sport. Including the medal round, it went a perfect 9-0 with 51 runs scored and only one run — one run! — allowed all tournament long. Fernandez allowed that lone run in the penultimate inning of the gold-medal game against Australia, meaning the Americans had scored 51 straight runs to start the tournament. (They also invoked the mercy rule on their opponents four times in their seven round-robin matches.) Led by Fernandez’s two-way brilliance, the Americans crushed any other softball team that dared stand in their way.

However, such a ruthless show of dominance set the stage for one of the Olympics’ great upsets four years later. At the Beijing games in 2008, the U.S. once again cruised through the round-robin matches, going undefeated (7-0) and outscoring opponents 53-1 while invoking the mercy rule five times. But after the U.S. beat Japan in the first semifinal 4-1, the Japanese team’s path led them back to face the Americans again for the gold medal, having won a 12-inning marathon over Australia in the bronze-medal match.¹⁴ Against a team they had already beaten twice by an 11-1 margin, the U.S. fell behind early and could never mount a rally against Ueno, who pitched a complete game. Japan won the game 3-1 and the gold medal, delivering the U.S. its first Olympic loss in 23 contests — and marking an end to the era of softball at the Olympics, until now.

This year’s Olympics feature a few familiar names and faces from when we last saw softball at the summer games. Among the Americans, Osterman is back for a third Olympics, and she threw six innings of one-hit ball Wednesday, striking out nine, in the Americans’ 2-0 win over Italy to open their tournament. (To surpass Harding as the No. 1 pitcher in all-time WAR, she’ll need to essentially equal the single-Olympics pitching WAR record of 1.27, set by China’s Wang Lihong in 1996.) Pitcher Monica Abbott is also back after compiling an impressive 1.05 WAR — the third-most by a pitcher in a single Olympics, trailing only Wang in 1996 and Ueno in 2008 — in Beijing last time around. Abbott picked up the save Wednesday with a three-strikeout seventh inning.

But 13 years after the last Olympic softball games were played, there are many new players to get to know — on the No. 1 ranked U.S. team, among the second-ranked hosts from Japan and playing for the rest of the world. And with that comes the opportunity to add even more data to the statistical record, ready for us to crunch the numbers on.

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