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FuzzyRussianHat · 05-11-2023, 07:28 AM

Defending Japan League champ Kitakyushu won the South Division for the third straight year with a 98-64 record in 1955, finishing 11 games ahead of Fukuoka. Sapporo returned to first in the North Division after just missing out the prior three seasons. The Swordfish finished 95-67, seven games ahead of last year’s winner Sendai.

The league MVP went to second-year 1B Kenzan Manabe of Osaka. Manabe was the league leader in runs (94), RBI (118), slugging (.587), OPS (.955), wRC+ (198), and WAR (8.0). He also posted 41 home runs and a .306 average. Kobe’s Seung-Bin Jeong won Pitcher of the Year, a second-time winner with a seven-year gap from the previous award. Jeong led in quality starts (25), posting a 2.24 ERA with a 15-7 record over 236.2 innings with 276 strikeouts and 5.7 WAR.

Korea’s best record went to Hamhung at 98-64, snapping a seven-year playoff drought with the North Division title. Defending East Asia Baseball champ Incheon and Goyang tied for second behind the Heat at 93-69. Only 89-73 was enough for Gwangju to win the South Division, five games better than defending champ Daegu and Changwon. For the Grays, they earn their first playoff berth since the 1930 championship season, a 25-year gap.

League MVP went to Hamhung’s Young-Hwan Sha, his third time winning the award in the last four seasons. The 27-year old RF was the league leader in runs (132), home runs (54), OBP (.414), slugging (.702), OPS (1.116), and wRC+ (194). Incheon’s Jae-Ha Pak was Pitcher of the Year for the second time in three seasons. The 27-year old lefty in his eighth year with the Inferno had a league best 2.33 ERA, 0.91 WHIP, 25 quality starts, 57 FIP-, and 9.9 WAR.

In the Japan League Championship Series, Kitakyushu topped Sapporo in six games to give the Kodiaks back-to-back league titles. In the Korea League Championship Series, Hamhung beat Gwangju in six for the Heat’s first title since 1947 and fifth Korean title in franchise history. Hamhung added a fourth East Asian Championship to the mantle as they swept Kitakyushu. It was the first EAB Final sweep since 1949 and the third straight season with a Korean team prevailing for the crown.

Other notes: Seok-Hwa Hu of the Kitakyushu was notable. Hu was on first a lot with a .3797 average, the EAB single-season record and 51 points ahead of second place in Japan. Daegu’s Young-Gwon Shin had only the third EAB game with 21 or more strikeouts. He’s the only one to do it in extras, needing 10.2 IP against Seongnam

05-11-2023, 07:28 AM	#278
FuzzyRussianHat Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2020 Posts: 2,990	1955 in EAB Defending Japan League champ Kitakyushu won the South Division for the third straight year with a 98-64 record in 1955, finishing 11 games ahead of Fukuoka. Sapporo returned to first in the North Division after just missing out the prior three seasons. The Swordfish finished 95-67, seven games ahead of last year’s winner Sendai. The league MVP went to second-year 1B Kenzan Manabe of Osaka. Manabe was the league leader in runs (94), RBI (118), slugging (.587), OPS (.955), wRC+ (198), and WAR (8.0). He also posted 41 home runs and a .306 average. Kobe’s Seung-Bin Jeong won Pitcher of the Year, a second-time winner with a seven-year gap from the previous award. Jeong led in quality starts (25), posting a 2.24 ERA with a 15-7 record over 236.2 innings with 276 strikeouts and 5.7 WAR. Korea’s best record went to Hamhung at 98-64, snapping a seven-year playoff drought with the North Division title. Defending East Asia Baseball champ Incheon and Goyang tied for second behind the Heat at 93-69. Only 89-73 was enough for Gwangju to win the South Division, five games better than defending champ Daegu and Changwon. For the Grays, they earn their first playoff berth since the 1930 championship season, a 25-year gap. League MVP went to Hamhung’s Young-Hwan Sha, his third time winning the award in the last four seasons. The 27-year old RF was the league leader in runs (132), home runs (54), OBP (.414), slugging (.702), OPS (1.116), and wRC+ (194). Incheon’s Jae-Ha Pak was Pitcher of the Year for the second time in three seasons. The 27-year old lefty in his eighth year with the Inferno had a league best 2.33 ERA, 0.91 WHIP, 25 quality starts, 57 FIP-, and 9.9 WAR. In the Japan League Championship Series, Kitakyushu topped Sapporo in six games to give the Kodiaks back-to-back league titles. In the Korea League Championship Series, Hamhung beat Gwangju in six for the Heat’s first title since 1947 and fifth Korean title in franchise history. Hamhung added a fourth East Asian Championship to the mantle as they swept Kitakyushu. It was the first EAB Final sweep since 1949 and the third straight season with a Korean team prevailing for the crown. Other notes: Seok-Hwa Hu of the Kitakyushu was notable. Hu was on first a lot with a .3797 average, the EAB single-season record and 51 points ahead of second place in Japan. Daegu’s Young-Gwon Shin had only the third EAB game with 21 or more strikeouts. He’s the only one to do it in extras, needing 10.2 IP against Seongnam __________________ Baseball: The World's Game fictional world reports Continental Baseball Federation world reports (8-tier promotion/relegation sim and college feeder)