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With the 2034 season, the Asian Baseball Federation became the latest of the Global Baseball Alliance major leagues to complete 50 seasons. ABF has evolved quite a bit in its relatively short tenure. When it began in 1985, it was just a collection of teams from Pakistan, Turkey, and Iran. The first major expansion came in 2000 with the exodus of teams from Eurasian Professional Baseball. This brought in the established Central Asian franchises from EPB. ABF added its own expansion teams again in 2009, 2020, and 2030 to get to the current lineup.



Of the original teams, Hyderabad has easily been the most dominant overall with the most playoff berths, championships, and LCS trips. Since their 2000 arrival, Baku has been the most impressive with their dynasty runs. Bishkek has nearly the same winning percentage as the Blackbirds, although they’ve found less in terms of postseason success.

The rest of the original teams have had a decent amount of parity. All of the original teams have been to the ABF Championship at least once and only Izmir is without a championship from that group. While many of the former EPB teams have had success, ABF’s organic expansion teams still lack a finals appearance, although they’re still young.