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FuzzyRussianHat · 02-21-2025, 05:54 PM

South Asia Baseball added three into the Hall of Fame for 2026, captained by strikeout king Jay Singh at a near unanimous 99.1%. OF Prajwal Adhikari also received a first ballot pick, although his 72.8% made it by a much thinner margin beyond the 66% requirement. CL Viaan Govindraj joined them both with 71.8% for his third ballot. Two others were above 50% with CL Khon Aye Ko at 56.0% for his third try and CF Chris Saandeep debuting at 55.4%.

Dropped after ten ballots was SP Brahma Karim, the 2008 Pitcher of the Year with Yangon. He had two ERA titles in his 13 year career with a 181-69 record, 3.25 ERA, 2343 innings, 2462 strikeouts, 678 walks, 117 ERA+, and 43.3 WAR. Karim was more impressive in the playoffs, winning SAB titles with the Green Dragons in 2001 and Dhaka in 2011. Karim posted a 2.59 ERA over 156.2 innings, 9-4 record, 164 strikeouts, 148 ERA+, and 2.4 WAR in the postseason.

Despite the playoff heroics, most voters felt his accumulations simply weren’t high enough. Karim also didn’t have the big sexy strikeout tallies with detractors arguing he was an above average pitcher who benefited by being on elite teams. Karim peaked at 46.1% in 2023 and generally hovered in the 40s before ending at a low of 16.7%. Although not in the HOF, Karim did see his #23 uniform retired by Yangon for his role in their world record playoff streak.

Jay Singh – Starting Pitcher – Jaipur Jokers – 99.1% First Ballot

Jay Singh was a 6’3’’, 200 pound left-handed pitcher from Bengaluru, India. Singh had impressive overpowering stuff along with above average-to-good movement and control. He threw fire and his 99-101 mph fastball was one of the best. Singh had a diverse six pitch arsenal though with each pitch as an equally viable option. He knew how to mix between the fastball, slider, curveball, forkball, changeup, and circle change to frustrate batters to no end.

Although Singh retired as SAB’s leader in innings, his stamina and ability to go deep in games was surprisingly average at best. Strong longevity and durability though meant you’d always get a nice workload from him regardless. Singh also had an impressive work ethic, becoming one of the most reliable arms ever in SAB. He also had an outstanding pickoff move and was great at holding runners, although his overall defense was merely decent.

Singh’s professional career began in Malaysia as he was signed to a developmental deal by Kuala Lumpur in December 1999. He spent most of three years in their academy, debuting in 2002 at age 20 with six relief appearances. Singh was a full-time starter after that with respectable results, including a third place in 2003’s Rookie of the Year voting. KL earned a wild card that year, falling in the first round. Apart from that, Kuala Lumpur was largely mediocre in the 2000s.

Singh first got major league-wide attention when he led in strikeouts with 303 in 2006. By this point, the Leopards were considering leaving the Southeast Asia League for Austronesia Professional Baseball. KL and fellow Malaysian squad Johor Bahru ended up making the jump for the 2008 season. Singh was entering his last year under contract for 2007 and let Kuala Lumpur know he preferred to stay within the SAB sphere. In January, the Leopards traded Singh to reigning SAB champion Jaipur for three prospects.

For Kuala Lumpur, Singh had a 46-47 record, 3.36 ERA, 834 innings, 1091 strikeouts, 265 walks, 110 ERA+, and 17.9 WAR. The move to Jaipur brought Singh back to his native India. He did sporadically pitch for his country in the World Baseball Championship with appearances from 2006-08, as well as 2012, 14, and 19. Singh did well with a 2.17 ERA in 54 innings, 5-1 record, 77 strikeouts, 166 ERA+, and 1.3 WAR.

Singh’s time with Jaipur would be his most famous run, debuting as 2007 Pitcher of the Year with league bests in ERA (1.98) and wins (20-3). Off that, the Jokers gave him a four-year, $13,120,000 extension. Singh repeated in 2008 with another ERA title (2.24) along with 335 strikeouts and a league best 6.8 WAR. He was second in 2009’s POTY voting with four of his five seasons with Jaipur being worth above 6.5 WAR.

Jaipur’s playoff streak continued with berths from 2007-09. They had the top seed in 2007, but were upset in the first round by Kanpur. The Jokers were a wild card in 2008 and fell in the Indian League Championship Series to Mumbai. Jaipur again was the wild card this year and this time took the ILCS crown over Kolkata. They would be denied the SAB Championship by Ho Chi Minh City. Singh was a mixed bag in the playoffs with a 3.38 ERA over 58.2 innings, 1-3 record, 78 strikeouts, 107 ERA+ and 1.6 WAR. The Jokers began a rebuild after that and were below .500 from 2010-15.

Overall for Jaipur, Singh was impressive with a 2.41 ERA over 1085.2 innings, 77-35 record, 1544 strikeouts, 223 walks, 151 ERA+, and 32.3 WAR. He entered free agency for 2012 at age 30 with plenty of offers. Singh went back to SEAL on a four-year, $18,120,000 deal with Dhaka, the defending champ. For the second time, Singh’s new team was fresh off winning it all.

He took third in Pitcher of the Year voting in his Dobermans debut in 2012. Singh was second in 2013 despite league and career bests in strikeouts (365), K/BB (13.0), quality starts (26), FIP- (46), and WAR (10.5). He also had his career-best 1.94 ERA, but still lost the top honor to Vientiane two-way star Huynh Pham.

Dhaka had first round playoff losses both years as a wild card with Singh having a poor start in 2012 and a good one in 2013. Singh won his third Pitcher of the Year in 2014 with his third ERA title (2.28) and a career best 0.81 WHIP. However, the Dobermans’ nine-year playoff streak still ended in 2014 with an 85-77 finish. The Dobermans signed Singh to a five-year, $46 million extension in April 2015 with the hope of extending their competitive window.

It became clear that a rebuild would be necessary after a poor start to 2015 with an eventual 70-92 finish. Dhaka began a fire sale including a trade in late June sending Singh and $4,700,000 to Hyderabad for three prospects. With the Dobermans, Singh had a 51-32 record, 2.49 ERA, 753 innings, 1053 strikeouts, 127 walks, 152 ERA+, and 25.4 WAR. The Hippos had just missed the playoffs the prior year and hoped Singh could solidify them for a run.

It worked as Hyderabad won the South Division to end a seven-year playoff drought, although they lost in the first round. The Hippos made it to the ILCS in both 2017 and 2018, but both years were denied a pennant by Kanpur. Singh was rock solid in the regular season, but struggled in the playoffs for Hyderabad with a 5.58 ERA in 30.2 innings. For his whole playoff career, Singh was a lackluster 3-9 in 109.1 innings with a 4.20 ERA, 151 strikeouts, 20 walks, 87 ERA+, and 2.8 WAR. Hyderabad hovered around .500 for the rest of his run

Singh began hitting milestones with his longevity. He was the third in SAB to 4000 strikeouts in 2016 and the fifth to 200 wins in 2017. In 2018, he passed Zainal bin Aziz’s 4483 Ks to become the SAB all-time leader. Singh’s velocity started to dip and he fell to a 3.77 ERA and 3.3 WAR in 2020, his worst since his rookie year. He did finish the year with exactly 5000 strikeouts and his 249 wins were only 10 away from Arvind Lal’s record 259.

2020 was the end of Singh’s Hyderabad deal finishing with a 73-58 record, 2.96 ERA, 1117.1 innings, 1312 strikeouts, 223 walks, 124 ERA+, and 26.7 WAR. He pitched the most innings for the Hippos, but only by a few over Jaipur. Singh’s stronger performances with the Jokers led to his induction in Jaipur black and white. He considered sticking around to chase milestones, but Singh ultimately decided to retire that winter at age 39.

Singh finished with a 249-152 record, 2.79 ERA, 3790 innings, 5000 strikeouts, 838 walks, 378/542 quality starts, 23 complete games, 7 shutouts, 132 ERA+, 73 FIP-, and 102.3 WAR. Singh remains SAB’s strikeout king as of 2037 and is one of 44 pitchers in world history with 5000 Ks. He also remains the all-time SAB leader for innings pitched.

As of 2037, Singh is 4^th in wins and 3^rd in pitching WAR. Among those with 1000+ innings, his ERA ranks 56^th and his 1.02 WHIP is 48^th. Singh’s .611 opponent’s OPS is 53^rd with his .219/.268/.343 triple slash ranking 64^th/53^rd/62^nd. He also is 47^th in K/9 (11.87) and his H/9 is 62^nd (7.20).

Most scholars list WARlord and eight-time POTY Zainal bin Aziz as SAB’s GOAT pitcher with several fighting over the next spots in the top ten. Most place Singh somewhere in the top five with some listing him as high as #2. His weaker playoff numbers hurt him on some lists and he didn’t have the peak raw dominance of some of SAB’s other great aces. However, Singh’s longevity and consistency was both top shelf. In any case, he was a slam dunk Hall of Fame headliner, leading South Asia Baseball’s 2026 class with a near unanimous 99.1%.

02-21-2025, 05:54 PM	#2092
FuzzyRussianHat Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2020 Posts: 2,797	2026 SAB Hall of Fame (Part 1) South Asia Baseball added three into the Hall of Fame for 2026, captained by strikeout king Jay Singh at a near unanimous 99.1%. OF Prajwal Adhikari also received a first ballot pick, although his 72.8% made it by a much thinner margin beyond the 66% requirement. CL Viaan Govindraj joined them both with 71.8% for his third ballot. Two others were above 50% with CL Khon Aye Ko at 56.0% for his third try and CF Chris Saandeep debuting at 55.4%. Dropped after ten ballots was SP Brahma Karim, the 2008 Pitcher of the Year with Yangon. He had two ERA titles in his 13 year career with a 181-69 record, 3.25 ERA, 2343 innings, 2462 strikeouts, 678 walks, 117 ERA+, and 43.3 WAR. Karim was more impressive in the playoffs, winning SAB titles with the Green Dragons in 2001 and Dhaka in 2011. Karim posted a 2.59 ERA over 156.2 innings, 9-4 record, 164 strikeouts, 148 ERA+, and 2.4 WAR in the postseason. Despite the playoff heroics, most voters felt his accumulations simply weren’t high enough. Karim also didn’t have the big sexy strikeout tallies with detractors arguing he was an above average pitcher who benefited by being on elite teams. Karim peaked at 46.1% in 2023 and generally hovered in the 40s before ending at a low of 16.7%. Although not in the HOF, Karim did see his #23 uniform retired by Yangon for his role in their world record playoff streak. Jay Singh – Starting Pitcher – Jaipur Jokers – 99.1% First Ballot Jay Singh was a 6’3’’, 200 pound left-handed pitcher from Bengaluru, India. Singh had impressive overpowering stuff along with above average-to-good movement and control. He threw fire and his 99-101 mph fastball was one of the best. Singh had a diverse six pitch arsenal though with each pitch as an equally viable option. He knew how to mix between the fastball, slider, curveball, forkball, changeup, and circle change to frustrate batters to no end. Although Singh retired as SAB’s leader in innings, his stamina and ability to go deep in games was surprisingly average at best. Strong longevity and durability though meant you’d always get a nice workload from him regardless. Singh also had an impressive work ethic, becoming one of the most reliable arms ever in SAB. He also had an outstanding pickoff move and was great at holding runners, although his overall defense was merely decent. Singh’s professional career began in Malaysia as he was signed to a developmental deal by Kuala Lumpur in December 1999. He spent most of three years in their academy, debuting in 2002 at age 20 with six relief appearances. Singh was a full-time starter after that with respectable results, including a third place in 2003’s Rookie of the Year voting. KL earned a wild card that year, falling in the first round. Apart from that, Kuala Lumpur was largely mediocre in the 2000s. Singh first got major league-wide attention when he led in strikeouts with 303 in 2006. By this point, the Leopards were considering leaving the Southeast Asia League for Austronesia Professional Baseball. KL and fellow Malaysian squad Johor Bahru ended up making the jump for the 2008 season. Singh was entering his last year under contract for 2007 and let Kuala Lumpur know he preferred to stay within the SAB sphere. In January, the Leopards traded Singh to reigning SAB champion Jaipur for three prospects. For Kuala Lumpur, Singh had a 46-47 record, 3.36 ERA, 834 innings, 1091 strikeouts, 265 walks, 110 ERA+, and 17.9 WAR. The move to Jaipur brought Singh back to his native India. He did sporadically pitch for his country in the World Baseball Championship with appearances from 2006-08, as well as 2012, 14, and 19. Singh did well with a 2.17 ERA in 54 innings, 5-1 record, 77 strikeouts, 166 ERA+, and 1.3 WAR. Singh’s time with Jaipur would be his most famous run, debuting as 2007 Pitcher of the Year with league bests in ERA (1.98) and wins (20-3). Off that, the Jokers gave him a four-year, $13,120,000 extension. Singh repeated in 2008 with another ERA title (2.24) along with 335 strikeouts and a league best 6.8 WAR. He was second in 2009’s POTY voting with four of his five seasons with Jaipur being worth above 6.5 WAR. Jaipur’s playoff streak continued with berths from 2007-09. They had the top seed in 2007, but were upset in the first round by Kanpur. The Jokers were a wild card in 2008 and fell in the Indian League Championship Series to Mumbai. Jaipur again was the wild card this year and this time took the ILCS crown over Kolkata. They would be denied the SAB Championship by Ho Chi Minh City. Singh was a mixed bag in the playoffs with a 3.38 ERA over 58.2 innings, 1-3 record, 78 strikeouts, 107 ERA+ and 1.6 WAR. The Jokers began a rebuild after that and were below .500 from 2010-15. Overall for Jaipur, Singh was impressive with a 2.41 ERA over 1085.2 innings, 77-35 record, 1544 strikeouts, 223 walks, 151 ERA+, and 32.3 WAR. He entered free agency for 2012 at age 30 with plenty of offers. Singh went back to SEAL on a four-year, $18,120,000 deal with Dhaka, the defending champ. For the second time, Singh’s new team was fresh off winning it all. He took third in Pitcher of the Year voting in his Dobermans debut in 2012. Singh was second in 2013 despite league and career bests in strikeouts (365), K/BB (13.0), quality starts (26), FIP- (46), and WAR (10.5). He also had his career-best 1.94 ERA, but still lost the top honor to Vientiane two-way star Huynh Pham. Dhaka had first round playoff losses both years as a wild card with Singh having a poor start in 2012 and a good one in 2013. Singh won his third Pitcher of the Year in 2014 with his third ERA title (2.28) and a career best 0.81 WHIP. However, the Dobermans’ nine-year playoff streak still ended in 2014 with an 85-77 finish. The Dobermans signed Singh to a five-year, $46 million extension in April 2015 with the hope of extending their competitive window. It became clear that a rebuild would be necessary after a poor start to 2015 with an eventual 70-92 finish. Dhaka began a fire sale including a trade in late June sending Singh and $4,700,000 to Hyderabad for three prospects. With the Dobermans, Singh had a 51-32 record, 2.49 ERA, 753 innings, 1053 strikeouts, 127 walks, 152 ERA+, and 25.4 WAR. The Hippos had just missed the playoffs the prior year and hoped Singh could solidify them for a run. It worked as Hyderabad won the South Division to end a seven-year playoff drought, although they lost in the first round. The Hippos made it to the ILCS in both 2017 and 2018, but both years were denied a pennant by Kanpur. Singh was rock solid in the regular season, but struggled in the playoffs for Hyderabad with a 5.58 ERA in 30.2 innings. For his whole playoff career, Singh was a lackluster 3-9 in 109.1 innings with a 4.20 ERA, 151 strikeouts, 20 walks, 87 ERA+, and 2.8 WAR. Hyderabad hovered around .500 for the rest of his run Singh began hitting milestones with his longevity. He was the third in SAB to 4000 strikeouts in 2016 and the fifth to 200 wins in 2017. In 2018, he passed Zainal bin Aziz’s 4483 Ks to become the SAB all-time leader. Singh’s velocity started to dip and he fell to a 3.77 ERA and 3.3 WAR in 2020, his worst since his rookie year. He did finish the year with exactly 5000 strikeouts and his 249 wins were only 10 away from Arvind Lal’s record 259. 2020 was the end of Singh’s Hyderabad deal finishing with a 73-58 record, 2.96 ERA, 1117.1 innings, 1312 strikeouts, 223 walks, 124 ERA+, and 26.7 WAR. He pitched the most innings for the Hippos, but only by a few over Jaipur. Singh’s stronger performances with the Jokers led to his induction in Jaipur black and white. He considered sticking around to chase milestones, but Singh ultimately decided to retire that winter at age 39. Singh finished with a 249-152 record, 2.79 ERA, 3790 innings, 5000 strikeouts, 838 walks, 378/542 quality starts, 23 complete games, 7 shutouts, 132 ERA+, 73 FIP-, and 102.3 WAR. Singh remains SAB’s strikeout king as of 2037 and is one of 44 pitchers in world history with 5000 Ks. He also remains the all-time SAB leader for innings pitched. As of 2037, Singh is 4^th in wins and 3^rd in pitching WAR. Among those with 1000+ innings, his ERA ranks 56^th and his 1.02 WHIP is 48^th. Singh’s .611 opponent’s OPS is 53^rd with his .219/.268/.343 triple slash ranking 64^th/53^rd/62^nd. He also is 47^th in K/9 (11.87) and his H/9 is 62^nd (7.20). Most scholars list WARlord and eight-time POTY Zainal bin Aziz as SAB’s GOAT pitcher with several fighting over the next spots in the top ten. Most place Singh somewhere in the top five with some listing him as high as #2. His weaker playoff numbers hurt him on some lists and he didn’t have the peak raw dominance of some of SAB’s other great aces. However, Singh’s longevity and consistency was both top shelf. In any case, he was a slam dunk Hall of Fame headliner, leading South Asia Baseball’s 2026 class with a near unanimous 99.1%. __________________ Baseball: The World's Game fictional world reports Continental Baseball Federation world reports (8-tier promotion/relegation sim and college feeder)