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The 1980 season marked the 50^th year for Beisbol Sudamerica. 29 of the first 50 Copa Sudamerica titles went to a Southern Cone League team with the other 21 to the Bolivar Laue. By country, Brazil has 15 overall champs, followed by Argentina with nine.

The Bolivar League found itself pretty well balanced in its first 50 seasons. The best average win total went to Cali at 85.5, although they don’t have a Copa Sudamerica to their name. Medellin had the most playoff appearances at 16, followed by Caracas, Cali, and La Paz at 12 each. The Mutiny also had the most titles (5) and BLCS appearances (10). Every non-expansion team in the Bolivar League has at least four playoff appearances and all have made Copa Sudamerica twice apart from Guayaquil, who made it once. Barquisimeto has the worst average win total of the non-expansion teams at 75.2.

The Southern Cone League has been far more top heavy with five teams having a better average win total than the Bolivar League’s best. Santiago was the winningest averaging 89.4 wins per season, with Buenos Aires (88.3), Brasilia (87.6), Salvador (87.3), and Sao Paulo (86.7) close behind. The Saints have the most playoff appearances of any team at 22 with the Padres having 16 and the Atlantics at 15. Buenos Aires has the most Copa Sudamerica wins (6), while Sao Paulo is tied with Medellin at 10 for most appearances.

Of the original 12 teams, 10 have gotten to Copa Sudamerica and eight have won it twice. Rosario has an appearance, but no wins; while neither Asuncion nor Montevideo have gotten that far. Those three have the worst win totals of any non-expansion BSA team with Montevideo at the bottom at 66.8. They’re also the only original team with zero playoff appearances. Asuncion only has one and Rosario two. Rio de Janeiro has only three playoff berths despite an 83.2 average win total.