User:Galatz/Israel at the 2016 European Baseball Championship

Israel competed in the qualification for the 2016 European Baseball Championship.

During the C-Level qualifier, Dean Kremer was named the Euros’ Most Valuable Pitcher. During the two games he pitched, he pitched 13 innings, giving up only 6 hits, no runs, one walk, and struck out twenty.

Simon Rosenbaum was named MVP after hitting .529, along with four homeruns, giving him a 1.294 slugging percentage, in addition to scoring ten runs, collecting 10 RBI and had three stolen bases.

Israel led teams at competition in almost every statistic possible during the C-Level qualifiers. They led in hitting with a .309 average, .450 on base percentage, .509 slugging percentage. They also were the leaders in runs with 53, home runs with 9 and hit by pitch with 20. In addition to hitting they led in ERA with 1.05, strikeouts with an average of 11.5 per nine innings, opponents batting average with .140 and fielding percentage of .973. Israel was tied for stolen bases with 23, which Romania led with 26. The only other statistics Israel did not lead in were walks and doubles.

C-Level qualification
At the 2016 European Baseball Championship Israel entered the qualification at the C-Level. After finishing in first place during the Group B round, Israel moved on to the C-Level finals.

Final stage
During the C-Level finals stage, the top two teams move on to the B-Level qualification. As the first-place finisher, Israel moved on to B-Level qualification.

B-level qualifier
After qualifying for the B-Level qualifier after finishing in first place during the C-Level qualifier, Israel competed in the Group A. The top team from each of the two groups would move on to the tournament. With Israel placing third in their group, they were eliminated.

Group A standings
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Roster
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