17: Baseball players killed by a batted ball between 1991 and 2001
8: Deaths caused by a ball off a metal bat
2: Deaths caused by a ball off a wooden bat
7: Deaths in which the type of bat was not documented
93: Average speed in mph of a ball hit by a high school or college baseball player with a metal bat
86: Average speed in mph of a ball hit by a high school or college baseball player with a wooden bat
160 million: Number of Little League at-bats worldwide in 2006
23: Number of recorded LL injuries due to batted balls last year
$50: Maximum fine for using a metal bat under proposed legislation that would ban them in Pennslyvania Little League
Sources: Philadelphia Inquirer; Brown University; Associated Press
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