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*Editors note: I meant to do an OBA after 50 years post, but forgot. So here’s one after 55 years.

The Oceania Baseball Association became the seventh world league to complete 50 seasons. 2014 marked the 55^th year of OBA and below are the results thus far.



Melbourne’s impressive decade of dominance pushed them to the top team score of all OBA teams and the best average wins per year among Australasia League teams at 85.4. The Mets also have more pennants than anyone at 15. They and Adelaide are tied for the most OBA titles among AL teams at eight each as the Aardvarks have fared well in the finals.

Christchurch has the second-most pennants of the AL teams with 10, but a lackluster 3-7 finals record compared to Adelaide’s 8-1. Perth actually has the worst win tally of the original AL teams, but has eight pennants and are 4-4 in the finals. Sydney is the only of OBA’s original 16 teams without a single pennant.

In the Pacific League, Honolulu’s eight OBA titles match the high mark of Melbourne and Adelaide and gives them the PL’s best team score. Guam has the best average wins of any OBA team at 88.6 and has the Honu beat in pennants 14-13. The Golden Eagles have six OBA titles, which ranks fourth best among all teams. Tahiti is close behind with five and has 12 pennants overall.

The PL has had less overall parity than the AL, although all of its original eight teams have at least one pennant. Fiji is the only of the PL’s originals without an OBA ring. New Caledonia at 75.8 wins per season has the least wins of any original team. Naturally, the four 2006 expansion teams have yet to find success in their limited nine year existences.