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FuzzyRussianHat · 06-05-2023, 05:26 AM

The European League saw both Kyiv and Minsk win their respective divisions for the third straight season. The Miners led the league overall at 104-58 atop the North Division. The Kings claimed the South Division at 103-59, edging Bucharest (102-60) by one game. The defending Eurasian Professional Baseball champion Broncos still earned their fourth straight playoff berth with the wild card. At 96-66, Kharkiv took the final wild card for their first-ever playoff berth, beating out Moscow by one game.

European League MVP went to Kharkiv’s Stepan Pavlyukovets. The 24-year old Belarusian LF was EPB’s first-ever batting Triple Crown winner with a .325 average, 52 home runs, and 122 RBI, tying the single-season home run record thus far in EPB’s four year history. He also led in hits (192), OBP (.3820, slugging (.653), OPS (1.036), and WAR (7.4). Bucharest’s Bogdan Chirita won his second Pitcher of the Year. The 31-year old Romanian was the leader in ERA (1.85), WHIP (0.85), FIP- (40), and WAR (12.6) with 301 strikeouts over 263 innings.

The best overall record in EPB narrowly went to Asian League North Division champ Novosibirsk at 108-54, getting their first division title and back-to-back playoff berths. Dushanbe at 107-55 was the South Division champ for a fourth straight berth, but their first division title. Krasnoyarsk (104-58) and Almaty (101-61) took the wild card spots with Yekaterinburg (100-62) and Irkutsk (95-67) narrowly missing. It is the second wild card in four years for the Cossacks and four straight for the Assassins.

The Asian League MVP and Pitcher of the Year both went to Baku’s Skerdi Hoxha despite the Blackbirds going .500 for the year. He was the leader in wins at 22-3 and ERA at 1.52, also leading in WHIP (0.86) and quality starts (28). He also had 10.0 WAR and 266 innings with 283 strikeouts and earned his fourth straight Gold Glove.

In the first round of the playoffs, Kharkiv upset Minsk 3-1 and Kyiv survived in five games against Bucharest in the European League. In the Asian League, Almaty upset Novosibirsk in four and Dushanbe edged Krasnoyarsk in five. The all-Ukraine ELCS saw the Kings prevail in six over the Killer Bees, while the ALCS had the Dynamo over the Assassins in a seven-game classic. The Soviet Series had two teams in it for the first time and saw Kyiv defeat Dushanbe in five games.

Other notes: Warsaw’s Dan Vaarala threw the fourth EPB perfect game with six strikeouts against Vilnius on June 9. Krasnoyarsk’s Sergei Mammedov had a 30-game hitting streak, the first EPB player to get 30+.

06-05-2023, 05:26 AM	#308
FuzzyRussianHat Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2020 Posts: 2,646	1958 in EPB The European League saw both Kyiv and Minsk win their respective divisions for the third straight season. The Miners led the league overall at 104-58 atop the North Division. The Kings claimed the South Division at 103-59, edging Bucharest (102-60) by one game. The defending Eurasian Professional Baseball champion Broncos still earned their fourth straight playoff berth with the wild card. At 96-66, Kharkiv took the final wild card for their first-ever playoff berth, beating out Moscow by one game. European League MVP went to Kharkiv’s Stepan Pavlyukovets. The 24-year old Belarusian LF was EPB’s first-ever batting Triple Crown winner with a .325 average, 52 home runs, and 122 RBI, tying the single-season home run record thus far in EPB’s four year history. He also led in hits (192), OBP (.3820, slugging (.653), OPS (1.036), and WAR (7.4). Bucharest’s Bogdan Chirita won his second Pitcher of the Year. The 31-year old Romanian was the leader in ERA (1.85), WHIP (0.85), FIP- (40), and WAR (12.6) with 301 strikeouts over 263 innings. The best overall record in EPB narrowly went to Asian League North Division champ Novosibirsk at 108-54, getting their first division title and back-to-back playoff berths. Dushanbe at 107-55 was the South Division champ for a fourth straight berth, but their first division title. Krasnoyarsk (104-58) and Almaty (101-61) took the wild card spots with Yekaterinburg (100-62) and Irkutsk (95-67) narrowly missing. It is the second wild card in four years for the Cossacks and four straight for the Assassins. The Asian League MVP and Pitcher of the Year both went to Baku’s Skerdi Hoxha despite the Blackbirds going .500 for the year. He was the leader in wins at 22-3 and ERA at 1.52, also leading in WHIP (0.86) and quality starts (28). He also had 10.0 WAR and 266 innings with 283 strikeouts and earned his fourth straight Gold Glove. In the first round of the playoffs, Kharkiv upset Minsk 3-1 and Kyiv survived in five games against Bucharest in the European League. In the Asian League, Almaty upset Novosibirsk in four and Dushanbe edged Krasnoyarsk in five. The all-Ukraine ELCS saw the Kings prevail in six over the Killer Bees, while the ALCS had the Dynamo over the Assassins in a seven-game classic. The Soviet Series had two teams in it for the first time and saw Kyiv defeat Dushanbe in five games. Other notes: Warsaw’s Dan Vaarala threw the fourth EPB perfect game with six strikeouts against Vilnius on June 9. Krasnoyarsk’s Sergei Mammedov had a 30-game hitting streak, the first EPB player to get 30+. __________________ Baseball: The World's Game fictional world reports Continental Baseball Federation world reports (8-tier promotion/relegation sim and college feeder)