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FuzzyRussianHat · 02-11-2025, 09:25 AM

Two-time defending Arab League Baseball champion Amman had their best record yet of their four-year Levant Division streak. The Aviators again grabbed the Western Conference’s top seed at 110-52, scoring the second-most runs in conference history at 929. Amman also allowed 600 runs, the best in ALB for 2025. Jerusalem was a very distant second place in the division, but their 96-66 was plenty good to take the first wild card. The Jets secured repeat wild card berths.

Algiers took the #2 seed at 101-61 and handily won a third consecutive Mediterranean Division title. Cairo’s Nile Division streak grew to nine years, the third-longest in ALB history. The Pharaohs were 94-68, besting Alexandria by six games. The Astronauts at 88-74 earned the second wild card, topping both Casablanca and Tunis by five. Alexandria ended a nine-year playoff drought.

In his second year as a full-time starter, Cairo DH Abbas Hegazy won Western Conference MVP. The 28-year old Lebanese righty had a .344/.407.728 slash, 1.135 OPS, 186 wRC+, 7.9 WAR, 62 home runs, 128 RBI, 206 hits, and 120 runs. Hegazy got the around despite some high powered competition with Algiers’ LF Wissam Magdy smacking 76 home runs and Tripoli 3B Malk Zouaoui socking 73 dingers. Magdy’s mark was tied for the second-most in ALB history and was just short of Mohamed Ali Mansour’s record 82 from 2023.

Algiers righty Hussein Abusha’alah won Pitcher of the Year with an ERA title (2.73) and the best WHIP (0.88), FIP- (57), and WAR (8.1). The 26-year old Algerian added 321 strikeouts in 211.1 innings with a 17-8 record. Unfortunately, Abusha’alah would miss all of the next season to a damaged elbow ligament. Although he pitched in another eight seasons for the Arsenal, he was never the same after the injury. Also worth a mention was Jerusalem’s Aaron Buber winning his third Reliever of the Year in four years.

Jerusalem swept Alexandria 2-0 in the wild card round, then promptly was swept 2-0 by top seed Amman. Algiers swept Cairo on the other side to set up a third straight Western Conference Final meeting between the Arsenal and Aviators. The WCF went all five games for the first time since 2017 and ended in a walkoff finale. Amman won game five 6-5 to complete the conference’s second-ever pennant three-peat (Casablanca 1993-95). The Aviators now had six conference titles overall.

Riyadh at 100-62 won the Arabia Division and barely beat out Mesopotamia Division champ Basra (99-63) for the top seed in the Eastern Conference. The Rats led the conference in both runs scored (925) and fewest allowed (671), ending a 22-year playoff drought. Riyadh’s only prior playoff berths were back in 2000 and 2002. For the Bulldogs, their division streak grew to eight seasons. Reigning conference champ Kuwait was a close second at 95-67, repeating as a wild card.

Muscat secured the Gulf Division at 90-72 for their second-ever playoff berth (2021). Abu Dhabi had won the division the prior three years, but fell six short at 84-78. The Destroyers were also two away for the second wild card claimed by 86-76 Medina. The Mastodons ended their own 14-year playoff drought to advance. Jeddah (83-79), Mecca (82-80), and Bahrain (81-81) were also in the hunt. For the Jackals, this ended their ALB-record playoff streak at 14 seasons.

Abu Dhabi 3B Khali Allawi was Eastern Conference MVP in his fourth full season. The 24-year old Yemeni lefty led in RBI (148), total bases (439), triple slash (.371/.420/.737), OPS (1.156), wRC+ (199), and WAR (9.7). Allawi added 56 home runs, 124 runs, 221 hits, and 46 doubles. He finished three homers shy of a Triple Crown. After the season, the Destroyers secured Allawi on an eight-year, $107,200,000 deal.

Basra’s Ahmed Hussain won his fifth Pitcher of the Year (2018, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025), joining Rashid Tariq and Abdullah Al-Tamtami as ALB’s only five-time winners. Hussain had actually finished tied for the award the prior year with Bakr Mahdi. The 33-year old Qatari lefty led in wins (20-5), innings (245.2), WHIP (0.92), K/BB (15.7), and quality starts (24).

Hussain added a 2.78 ERA, 298 strikeouts, 158 ERA+, and 9.2 WAR. He had signed a five-year, $121 million extension before the season with the Bulldogs. Nasser Al-Jarrah for Riyadh also won his fourth Reliever of the Year, becoming only the third to do it in ALB. Al-Jarrah returned to ALB in 2024 with Sanaa after a failed four-year MLB excursion.

Medina upset Kuwait 2-1 in the wild card and continued their hot streak in round two, upsetting division rival Riyadh 2-0. The Mastodons hadn’t been in the Eastern Conference Final since their six-year streak from 2003-08. Basra meanwhile rolled 2-0 over Muscat for a seventh straight conference final trip. The Bulldogs had gone 1-5 in that run with the only pennant in 2020. Medina stayed hot, but Basra survived 3-2 to become seven-time Eastern Conference kings.

Basra and Amman had met once before in the Arab League Championship with the 116-46 Aviators beating the Bulldogs in the 2010 final. Amman was shooting for the three-peat, which had eluded ALB’s other great dynasties. The Bulldogs denied them that history by winning a seven-game classic. With the win, Basra became five-time Arab League champs (2006, 2008, 2011, 2020, 2025), second only to Casablanca’s six.

It was a historic postseason run for veteran LF Mohamed Hassan, who won MVP of the ECF and the ALB Championship. The 34-year old Egyptian set ALB playoff records for total bases (51) and tied the runs record (19). In 14 starts, Hassan had 26 hits, 7 doubles, 6 home runs, 19 RBI, 1.451 OPS, 261 wRC+, and 1.5 WAR. The 26 hits would’ve been a new playoff record if not for teammate Dei Barrie, who had 27. Barrie also set playoff records for singles (21) and times caught stealing (8). The 33-year old Sierra Leonean journeyman added 16 runs, 4 doubles, and 11 steals with 1.151 OPS.

Other notes: 2025 was the final year for 1B Yahya bin Hakam, who crossed numerous impressive milestones at age 41. Although he had -0.4 WAR for the season with Tripoli, bin Hakam became the 3^rd to 3000 hits, the 2^nd to 2000 runs scored, the 2^nd to 2000 RBI, and the 2^nd to 900 home runs. Nordine Soule had the top spot in each stat while Farouk Adam had also gotten 3000 hits.

For bin Hakam, he finished with 3059 hits, 2025 runs, 564 doubles, 905 homers, 2095 RBI, 1595 walks, 2258 strikeouts, .303/.407/.637 slash, 1.044 OPS, 173 wRC+, and 127.2 WAR. As of 2037, bin Hakam is ALB’s all-time walks leader and ranks third in WAR among position players. In world history, bin Hakam ranks 27^th in runs, 23^rd in homers, 42^nd in RBI, and 26^th in walks.

Another milestone in went to 2B Antonio Arceo, who had been a three-time MVP in Beisbol Sudamerica with Fortaleza. He came to the Arab League with Giza from 2022-24 and joined Basra for 2025. At age 40, Arceo hit 37 home runs to give him 1000+ dingers for his combined pro career. He became only the fifth in pro baseball history with a combined 1000 home runs.

Arceo struggled in two more seasons for Basra, retiring with a combined 3473 hits, 2010 runs, 545 doubles, 1043 home runs, 2497 RBI, .301/.336/.628 slash, 160 wRC+, and 135.1 WAR. As of 2037, Arceo ranks 6^th among all pros in both home runs and RBI and ranks 32^nd in runs scored.

In other hitting milestones, Khaled Mohamed became the 10^th in ALB with 1500 runs scored and Osama Ahmed became the 28^th to 500 home runs. Khamis Sheik and Atef Abdelhakim became the 7^th and 8^th pitchers with 3500 strikeouts. 2B Mohamed Ali Bushra won his 7^th Gold Glove. SS Ayoub El Taib won his 10^th Silver Slugger, tying the position record set by Mohammed Mohamed.

Riyadh’s Demario Williams had a 30-game hitting streak, posting only the 5^th 30+ streak in ALB history. The high was 36 by Alaa Dinari the prior year. In team records, Riyadh set a new ALB best with 101 triples. The Damascus pitching staff had all-time worsts in hits allowed (1718) and H/9 (10.76).

02-11-2025, 09:25 AM	#2059
FuzzyRussianHat Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2020 Posts: 2,803	2025 in ALB Two-time defending Arab League Baseball champion Amman had their best record yet of their four-year Levant Division streak. The Aviators again grabbed the Western Conference’s top seed at 110-52, scoring the second-most runs in conference history at 929. Amman also allowed 600 runs, the best in ALB for 2025. Jerusalem was a very distant second place in the division, but their 96-66 was plenty good to take the first wild card. The Jets secured repeat wild card berths. Algiers took the #2 seed at 101-61 and handily won a third consecutive Mediterranean Division title. Cairo’s Nile Division streak grew to nine years, the third-longest in ALB history. The Pharaohs were 94-68, besting Alexandria by six games. The Astronauts at 88-74 earned the second wild card, topping both Casablanca and Tunis by five. Alexandria ended a nine-year playoff drought. In his second year as a full-time starter, Cairo DH Abbas Hegazy won Western Conference MVP. The 28-year old Lebanese righty had a .344/.407.728 slash, 1.135 OPS, 186 wRC+, 7.9 WAR, 62 home runs, 128 RBI, 206 hits, and 120 runs. Hegazy got the around despite some high powered competition with Algiers’ LF Wissam Magdy smacking 76 home runs and Tripoli 3B Malk Zouaoui socking 73 dingers. Magdy’s mark was tied for the second-most in ALB history and was just short of Mohamed Ali Mansour’s record 82 from 2023. Algiers righty Hussein Abusha’alah won Pitcher of the Year with an ERA title (2.73) and the best WHIP (0.88), FIP- (57), and WAR (8.1). The 26-year old Algerian added 321 strikeouts in 211.1 innings with a 17-8 record. Unfortunately, Abusha’alah would miss all of the next season to a damaged elbow ligament. Although he pitched in another eight seasons for the Arsenal, he was never the same after the injury. Also worth a mention was Jerusalem’s Aaron Buber winning his third Reliever of the Year in four years. Jerusalem swept Alexandria 2-0 in the wild card round, then promptly was swept 2-0 by top seed Amman. Algiers swept Cairo on the other side to set up a third straight Western Conference Final meeting between the Arsenal and Aviators. The WCF went all five games for the first time since 2017 and ended in a walkoff finale. Amman won game five 6-5 to complete the conference’s second-ever pennant three-peat (Casablanca 1993-95). The Aviators now had six conference titles overall. Riyadh at 100-62 won the Arabia Division and barely beat out Mesopotamia Division champ Basra (99-63) for the top seed in the Eastern Conference. The Rats led the conference in both runs scored (925) and fewest allowed (671), ending a 22-year playoff drought. Riyadh’s only prior playoff berths were back in 2000 and 2002. For the Bulldogs, their division streak grew to eight seasons. Reigning conference champ Kuwait was a close second at 95-67, repeating as a wild card. Muscat secured the Gulf Division at 90-72 for their second-ever playoff berth (2021). Abu Dhabi had won the division the prior three years, but fell six short at 84-78. The Destroyers were also two away for the second wild card claimed by 86-76 Medina. The Mastodons ended their own 14-year playoff drought to advance. Jeddah (83-79), Mecca (82-80), and Bahrain (81-81) were also in the hunt. For the Jackals, this ended their ALB-record playoff streak at 14 seasons. Abu Dhabi 3B Khali Allawi was Eastern Conference MVP in his fourth full season. The 24-year old Yemeni lefty led in RBI (148), total bases (439), triple slash (.371/.420/.737), OPS (1.156), wRC+ (199), and WAR (9.7). Allawi added 56 home runs, 124 runs, 221 hits, and 46 doubles. He finished three homers shy of a Triple Crown. After the season, the Destroyers secured Allawi on an eight-year, $107,200,000 deal. Basra’s Ahmed Hussain won his fifth Pitcher of the Year (2018, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025), joining Rashid Tariq and Abdullah Al-Tamtami as ALB’s only five-time winners. Hussain had actually finished tied for the award the prior year with Bakr Mahdi. The 33-year old Qatari lefty led in wins (20-5), innings (245.2), WHIP (0.92), K/BB (15.7), and quality starts (24). Hussain added a 2.78 ERA, 298 strikeouts, 158 ERA+, and 9.2 WAR. He had signed a five-year, $121 million extension before the season with the Bulldogs. Nasser Al-Jarrah for Riyadh also won his fourth Reliever of the Year, becoming only the third to do it in ALB. Al-Jarrah returned to ALB in 2024 with Sanaa after a failed four-year MLB excursion. Medina upset Kuwait 2-1 in the wild card and continued their hot streak in round two, upsetting division rival Riyadh 2-0. The Mastodons hadn’t been in the Eastern Conference Final since their six-year streak from 2003-08. Basra meanwhile rolled 2-0 over Muscat for a seventh straight conference final trip. The Bulldogs had gone 1-5 in that run with the only pennant in 2020. Medina stayed hot, but Basra survived 3-2 to become seven-time Eastern Conference kings. Basra and Amman had met once before in the Arab League Championship with the 116-46 Aviators beating the Bulldogs in the 2010 final. Amman was shooting for the three-peat, which had eluded ALB’s other great dynasties. The Bulldogs denied them that history by winning a seven-game classic. With the win, Basra became five-time Arab League champs (2006, 2008, 2011, 2020, 2025), second only to Casablanca’s six. It was a historic postseason run for veteran LF Mohamed Hassan, who won MVP of the ECF and the ALB Championship. The 34-year old Egyptian set ALB playoff records for total bases (51) and tied the runs record (19). In 14 starts, Hassan had 26 hits, 7 doubles, 6 home runs, 19 RBI, 1.451 OPS, 261 wRC+, and 1.5 WAR. The 26 hits would’ve been a new playoff record if not for teammate Dei Barrie, who had 27. Barrie also set playoff records for singles (21) and times caught stealing (8). The 33-year old Sierra Leonean journeyman added 16 runs, 4 doubles, and 11 steals with 1.151 OPS. Other notes: 2025 was the final year for 1B Yahya bin Hakam, who crossed numerous impressive milestones at age 41. Although he had -0.4 WAR for the season with Tripoli, bin Hakam became the 3^rd to 3000 hits, the 2^nd to 2000 runs scored, the 2^nd to 2000 RBI, and the 2^nd to 900 home runs. Nordine Soule had the top spot in each stat while Farouk Adam had also gotten 3000 hits. For bin Hakam, he finished with 3059 hits, 2025 runs, 564 doubles, 905 homers, 2095 RBI, 1595 walks, 2258 strikeouts, .303/.407/.637 slash, 1.044 OPS, 173 wRC+, and 127.2 WAR. As of 2037, bin Hakam is ALB’s all-time walks leader and ranks third in WAR among position players. In world history, bin Hakam ranks 27^th in runs, 23^rd in homers, 42^nd in RBI, and 26^th in walks. Another milestone in went to 2B Antonio Arceo, who had been a three-time MVP in Beisbol Sudamerica with Fortaleza. He came to the Arab League with Giza from 2022-24 and joined Basra for 2025. At age 40, Arceo hit 37 home runs to give him 1000+ dingers for his combined pro career. He became only the fifth in pro baseball history with a combined 1000 home runs. Arceo struggled in two more seasons for Basra, retiring with a combined 3473 hits, 2010 runs, 545 doubles, 1043 home runs, 2497 RBI, .301/.336/.628 slash, 160 wRC+, and 135.1 WAR. As of 2037, Arceo ranks 6^th among all pros in both home runs and RBI and ranks 32^nd in runs scored. In other hitting milestones, Khaled Mohamed became the 10^th in ALB with 1500 runs scored and Osama Ahmed became the 28^th to 500 home runs. Khamis Sheik and Atef Abdelhakim became the 7^th and 8^th pitchers with 3500 strikeouts. 2B Mohamed Ali Bushra won his 7^th Gold Glove. SS Ayoub El Taib won his 10^th Silver Slugger, tying the position record set by Mohammed Mohamed. Riyadh’s Demario Williams had a 30-game hitting streak, posting only the 5^th 30+ streak in ALB history. The high was 36 by Alaa Dinari the prior year. In team records, Riyadh set a new ALB best with 101 triples. The Damascus pitching staff had all-time worsts in hits allowed (1718) and H/9 (10.76). __________________ Baseball: The World's Game fictional world reports Continental Baseball Federation world reports (8-tier promotion/relegation sim and college feeder)