Garth Brooks in high (and low) places

If you weren’t one of the 84,000 or so Garth Brooks fans who were at the Notre Dame football stadium for his Oct. 20 concert, you can still say you have “Friends in Low Places.” CBS is airing the taped show Sunday at 8 p.m. In honor of the son of Tulsa, Okla., here is Garth Brooks by the numbers.

2

The number of times he’s said he’d retire from the music industry, but then didn’t.

3

The number of years Garth Brooks’ World Tour with wife Trisha Yearwood spanned.

17

The number of at-bats Brooks had without a hit in the 2000 spring training with the New York Mets.

3.4 million

The amount of miles Brooks’ 1995 book “The Hits: Guitar Edition” traveled when space shuttle mission specialist Col. Bill McArthur took it with him to Mir, the then-orbiting Russian space station.

4

The number of half siblings Garth has: Jim, Jerry, Mike and Betsy.

23

The number of hours (plus 10 minutes) Brooks spent doing a meet-and-greet at the 1996 Fan Fair in Nashville, Tenn.

83,000

The number of tickets sold for five concerts Brooks performed over two days to benefit California wildfire victims in 2008.

980,000

The estimated number of fans at Brooks’ 1997 Central Park concert, the park’s largest of all time.