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Eurasian Professional Baseball’s 45^th season was the final one with the teams and alignment it had since its 1955 founding. We will go into much more detail later about the exodus, which saw some teams defect to EBF, some to the ABF, and expansion teams added to partially fill those voids. But first, let us look at how EPB’s original 45 seasons played out.



The European League in particular lacked parity with Minsk incredibly dominant in the North Division and Kyiv controlling the South Division. The Miners made the playoffs in 42 of 45 seasons with 13 finals appearances and 25 LCS berths. With an average win total of 102.3, Minsk dominated EPB like no team in any other pro league. The Kings’ 30 playoff berths and 17 LCS appearances with a 95.3 average win total would be the top team in just about any other situation.

There were other good teams in the middle bit with half of the 16 European League teams winning it all at least once and nine making it to the finals. The EL dominated the finals as well, going 30-15 against the Asian League. However, five EL teams either never made the playoffs or only did once. Seven EL teams have either never won a division or only won once.

The Asian League was far less top heavy. Almaty had the most playoff appearances at 23, making it roughly every other season on average. They also narrowly had the best win percentage over Tashkent. Bishkek and Irkutsk had the most finals berths and nine each. Yekaterinburg had the most titles at three, a big gap between the nine and eight that Minsk and Kyiv had in the EL.

The gap between the haves and have not’s wasn’t nearly as noticeable in the AL. The only team without multiple playoff berths was Yerevan, although they made it at least once unlike the EL’s Bratislava and Vilnius. The Valiants did have the worst win total on average at 68.6.

17 of EPB’s 32 teams won a championship with 21 teams making it to the final at least once.