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With 2020 complete, East Asia Baseball joined MLB and CABA as the professional leagues with 100 or more seasons. EAB had managed to maintain pretty solid parity over a century, although there were notable standouts.



In the Japan League, Sapporo had by far the most playoff appearances of any team at 39. The Swordfish also had the best average win tally (85.5), the most LCS appearances (28), and was tied for the most pennants (14) of all EAB teams. Hiroshima had the second most playoff berths at 30. Nagoya had the second-highest average win tally in the JL (84.2), but ranked sixth in playoff appearances. Osaka (7) had most EAB titles followed by Sapporo (6).

Of the non-expansion teams, Fukuoka had the fewest playoff berths (7) and lowest average win total (77.5). However, the Frogs did have two EAB titles. Saitama was the only original JL team without an EAB title and only had one JL pennant. Expansion Kumamoto was the only JL team without at least one pennant.

The Korea League’s Pyongyang used their early dynasties for the best average win total at 85.2 and the most EAB titles at 9. Hamhung and Yongin had the most playoff berths (26), followed by Daegu (25), Pyongyang (24), and Busan (23). The Diamondbacks had the most KL pennants at 14, followed by the Pythons’ 13 and Blue Jays’ 11. Hamhung and Daegu both had 6 EAB titles to their name.

Daejeon was the only original EAB team without a pennant, as even the expansion KL teams had at least one. The Ducks had the lowest average wins (76.7) of non-expansion teams. Daejeon and Suwon both were original teams without an EAB title. Expansion Bucheon also didn’t have a ring yet, making five teams in EAB total without a ring.

The leagues were almost exactly dead even in terms of the EAB Championship. After 100 years, the Korea League champ has won it all 51 times and the Japan League champ has won 49.