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FuzzyRussianHat · 11-15-2023, 05:43 AM

Taoyuan had an impressive bounce back season to take the Taiwan League title in 1982. After a surprisingly bad 70-92 mark the prior year, the Tsunami took the top spot at 94-68. Defending Austronesian champion Taichung was close behind, but fell short by two games at 92-70. The top record in the Taiwan-Philippine Association would go to Quezon with a 104-58 mark atop the Philippine League. Entering the season, the Zombies were the only TPA team that hadn’t made the playoffs at least once in the prior 17 seasons of Austronesia Professional Baseball. Defending PL champ Zamboanga was a distant second at 87-75.

Leading Quezon’s efforts was TPA MVP Indra Gunalan. A third-year first baseman from Jakarta, Gunalan was the leader in WAR (8.2), RBI (105), total bases (357), slugging (.617), OPS (.963), wRC+ (199), and WAR (8.2). He added a .313 average and 39 home runs. Pitcher of the Year was Zamboanga’s Dave Hermillo. A 27-year old Filipino righty nicknamed “Shoebox,” Hermillo led in WAR (10.7), wins (22-11), ERA (1.44), and innings (299.1). He added 339 strikeouts and 20 complete games with eight shutouts. Also of note, Taoyuan’s Ting-Wei Ping won his fourth Reliever of the Year, posting an impressive 0.88 ERA and 40 saves over 81.2 innings with 154 strikeouts.

The only Sundaland Association team entering the season without a single playoff berth was Singapore. The Sharks reversed their fortunes and took a competitive Malacca League at 92-70. They ended off Batam at 87-75, Pekanbaru at 86-76, and defending Association champ Medan at 84-78. In the Java League, Jakarta took first at 86-76, seven games ahead of Surabaya. For the Jaguars, this ended an 11-year playoff drought dating back to their 1968-70 dynasty. Last year’s Java League winner Bandung finished third at 76-86.

Although they missed the playoffs, Pekanbaru’s Ahmad Syahmi Rusli came away with both Sundaland Association MVP and Pitcher of the Year. He had an incredible 0.89 ERA, which set a single-season APB record for qualifying pitchers and was the second lowest ever in any pro league behind CLB’s Zhiyuan Lai’s 0.70 in 1975. Rusli’s mark would remain the APB record until 2014. The 25-year old Singaporean nicknamed “Oz,” also led in strikeouts (363), WAR (13.1), and had a bonkers FIP- of 7. Rusli had a 15-7 record over 222.1 innings. Sadly, injuries would derail his career and he’d never again throw 200+ innings in a season.

Taoyuan downed Quezon 4-1 in the Taiwan-Philippine Association Championship, giving the Tsunami their third TPA title (1971, 1978). Jakarta would cruise to a sweep over Singapore in the Sundaland Association final, making the Jaguars a four-time champion (1968-70). In the 18^th Austronesia Championship, Taoyuan toppled Jakarta in five games to earn their second APB ring (1978). Finals MVP went to CF Ying-Chieh Tsai, who would go onto win 15 Gold Gloves in his career. In the 1982 playoffs, Tsai made 10 starts with 9 hits, 5 runs, 2 home runs, 2 triples, and 6 RBI.

Other notes: Batam’s Ed Arua had the ninth APB Perfect Game on September 4 against Surabaya. Arua’s was especially notable as the game went extras, striking out 14 batters over 10 innings. Romeo Arguello became the sixth APB batter to 2000 career hits. Po-Yu Shao became the third to 1000 runs scored and Chun-Chia Lan became the seventh to 1000 RBI. Lee Tira became the first reliever to 300 career saves. 1B Kent Wang won his 13^th Gold Glove. CF DJ Licerio won his ninth Silver Slugger.

11-15-2023, 05:43 AM	#706
FuzzyRussianHat Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2020 Posts: 2,978	1982 in APB Taoyuan had an impressive bounce back season to take the Taiwan League title in 1982. After a surprisingly bad 70-92 mark the prior year, the Tsunami took the top spot at 94-68. Defending Austronesian champion Taichung was close behind, but fell short by two games at 92-70. The top record in the Taiwan-Philippine Association would go to Quezon with a 104-58 mark atop the Philippine League. Entering the season, the Zombies were the only TPA team that hadn’t made the playoffs at least once in the prior 17 seasons of Austronesia Professional Baseball. Defending PL champ Zamboanga was a distant second at 87-75. Leading Quezon’s efforts was TPA MVP Indra Gunalan. A third-year first baseman from Jakarta, Gunalan was the leader in WAR (8.2), RBI (105), total bases (357), slugging (.617), OPS (.963), wRC+ (199), and WAR (8.2). He added a .313 average and 39 home runs. Pitcher of the Year was Zamboanga’s Dave Hermillo. A 27-year old Filipino righty nicknamed “Shoebox,” Hermillo led in WAR (10.7), wins (22-11), ERA (1.44), and innings (299.1). He added 339 strikeouts and 20 complete games with eight shutouts. Also of note, Taoyuan’s Ting-Wei Ping won his fourth Reliever of the Year, posting an impressive 0.88 ERA and 40 saves over 81.2 innings with 154 strikeouts. The only Sundaland Association team entering the season without a single playoff berth was Singapore. The Sharks reversed their fortunes and took a competitive Malacca League at 92-70. They ended off Batam at 87-75, Pekanbaru at 86-76, and defending Association champ Medan at 84-78. In the Java League, Jakarta took first at 86-76, seven games ahead of Surabaya. For the Jaguars, this ended an 11-year playoff drought dating back to their 1968-70 dynasty. Last year’s Java League winner Bandung finished third at 76-86. Although they missed the playoffs, Pekanbaru’s Ahmad Syahmi Rusli came away with both Sundaland Association MVP and Pitcher of the Year. He had an incredible 0.89 ERA, which set a single-season APB record for qualifying pitchers and was the second lowest ever in any pro league behind CLB’s Zhiyuan Lai’s 0.70 in 1975. Rusli’s mark would remain the APB record until 2014. The 25-year old Singaporean nicknamed “Oz,” also led in strikeouts (363), WAR (13.1), and had a bonkers FIP- of 7. Rusli had a 15-7 record over 222.1 innings. Sadly, injuries would derail his career and he’d never again throw 200+ innings in a season. Taoyuan downed Quezon 4-1 in the Taiwan-Philippine Association Championship, giving the Tsunami their third TPA title (1971, 1978). Jakarta would cruise to a sweep over Singapore in the Sundaland Association final, making the Jaguars a four-time champion (1968-70). In the 18^th Austronesia Championship, Taoyuan toppled Jakarta in five games to earn their second APB ring (1978). Finals MVP went to CF Ying-Chieh Tsai, who would go onto win 15 Gold Gloves in his career. In the 1982 playoffs, Tsai made 10 starts with 9 hits, 5 runs, 2 home runs, 2 triples, and 6 RBI. Other notes: Batam’s Ed Arua had the ninth APB Perfect Game on September 4 against Surabaya. Arua’s was especially notable as the game went extras, striking out 14 batters over 10 innings. Romeo Arguello became the sixth APB batter to 2000 career hits. Po-Yu Shao became the third to 1000 runs scored and Chun-Chia Lan became the seventh to 1000 RBI. Lee Tira became the first reliever to 300 career saves. 1B Kent Wang won his 13^th Gold Glove. CF DJ Licerio won his ninth Silver Slugger. __________________ Baseball: The World's Game fictional world reports Continental Baseball Federation world reports (8-tier promotion/relegation sim and college feeder)