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The reigning Baseball Grand Champion and National Association champ Ottawa repeated as the NA’s top seed at 104-58 atop the Northeast Division. The Elks allowed the fewest runs in Major League Baseball at 626 and grew their playoff streak to three seasons. Ottawa had a season attendance of 3,390,390, second-best in NA history behind their 3,431,240 from the prior year. Montreal was a strong second in the Northeast at 98-64 to earn the first wild card. The Maples picked up their fifth playoff trip in six years.

Tulsa took the #2 seed at 99-63, winning the Lower Midwest Division in the first-ever playoff berth for the 2021 expansion squad. The Tornado had a team .484 slugging percentage, setting a new National Association record. Indianapolis was a close second at 96-66 to earn the second wild card. The Racers grew their playoff streak to three seasons and led the NA with 860 runs.

The other division winners were Chicago (95-67) in the Upper Midwest and Washington (93-69) in the East. The Cubs picked up their ninth playoff berth of the 2020s and fourth straight, while the Admirals got their seventh berth of the decade. At 92-70, Omaha was just behind Chicago and Baltimore was just behind Washington. The Orioles won plenty of close games, setting a new MLB team record with 53 saves.

The Hawks, Orioles, and Kansas City each tied for the final wild card at 92-70, requiring a pair of tiebreaker games. Omaha defeated Baltimore, but was ousted by the Cougars to give the spot to KC. Kansas City ended an eight-year playoff drought. The next closest teams were both Cincinnati and Columbus at 88-74. Philadelphia, Halifax, and Cleveland were 2028 playoff teams that were just below .500 in 2029.

Chicago RF Milton Ramirez won National Association MVP with a record breaking campaign. The 28-year old Filipino lefty led in batting average, on-base percentage, and hits for the seventh time each. Ramirez’s .410 average broke the MLB record set two years prior of .405 by Hunter Morissey. He became the third in MLB history to bat above .400 and was one of only 10 across all of pro baseball history with a qualifying season above .410.

Ramirez also broke MLB’s hits record with 249, passing Sebastian Lunde’s 242 which had held since 1949. It was the fifth season in MLB history at or above 240 hits. Ramirez’s .460 OBP was the fourth-best in MLB to that point. He also led in stolen bases (63) and WAR (10.3) while adding 118 runs, 35 doubles, 19 triples, 16 home runs, 93 RBI, 1.069 OPS, and 195 wRC+. Ramirez also breached the 2000 hit and 1000 run career milestones in 2029, marks almost never reached by someone still in their 20s. He had debuted at age 19 in 2020 for the Cubs.

Wichita was a non-factor at 73-89, but they had the Pitcher of the Year John Ziocha in only his second season. The 22-year old Zimbabwean lefty led in ERA (1.86), WHIP (0.98), and quality starts (27). His ERA was the 22^nd-best qualifying season in MLB to that point. Ziocha also had 6.3 WAR over 242 innings, 185 strikeouts, 15-7 record, and 204 ERA+.

Also worth noting, Vic McCallister became only the fourth in MLB history to win Reliever of the Year four times. He won it in 2029 with Washington, having previously won in 2020, 2024, and 2025 with Memphis. McCallister was traded to DC in the summer of 2027. For 2029, he had a 1.76 ERA over 81.2 innings, 27 saves, 106 strikeouts, and 3.1 WAR. The 31-year old Louisianan would sign with Houston for 2030.

Indianapolis was the lone wild card to advance out of the first round, edging Chicago 3-2. Tulsa outlasted Kansas City 3-2 and Washington topped Montreal 3-1. The Racers took top seed Ottawa to the limit, but the Elks survived 3-2 in the second round. Ottawa advanced to the National Association Championship Series for the 18^th time in franchise history, second only to Philadelphia’s 22 trips.

The Tornado swept the Admirals 3-0 on the other side, becoming the first of the 2021 expansion teams to earn an association championship appearance. Tulsa gave the reigning Grand Champion a valiant fight, but Ottawa earned the repeat with a 4-2 victory. Canada’s capital won its 13^th National Association pennant (1924-25, 29, 38, 40, 56, 65, 75, 83, 86, 2003, 28-29)., also second only to the Phillies’ 14.

Three-time defending World Series champ San Diego was the American Association’s top seed for the third year in a row. It didn’t come easy with the AA’s seven playoff teams separated by only seven wins. Still, 99-63 earned the Seals another Southwest Division title and their sixth playoff trip in seven seasons. San Diego’s 638 runs allowed were the fewest in the AA. Oakland was second in the Southwest at 94-68, giving the Owls their third wild card in five years.

At 98-64, Nashville was the #2 seed atop the Southeast Division. The Knights earned their third division title in five years and fifth of the decade. Last year’s division champ Charlotte was a close second at 96-66, nabbing the first wild card. The Canaries grabbed their third playoff appearance in four years.

Seattle secured the Northwest Division for the seventh year running with a 95-67 finish. Anchorage was next at 92-70 to get the final wild card. It was the third wild card berth for the Avalanche since joining in the 2021 expansion. The weakest division winner was Houston at 94-68 atop the South Central. The Hornets picked up their sixth playoff trip in eight years. Houston by far led MLB in scoring with 967 runs.

Last year’s AACS runner-up Dallas was second to the Hornets at 89-73. The Dalmatians and San Francisco were also the first teams out in the wild card race at three games back on Anchorage. The next closest were Sacramento (88-74), San Antonio (86-76), Los Angeles (84-78), and Salt Lake City (84-78).

Although Oklahoma City was 77-85, their RF Neil Hollinger won his third American Association MVP. The 27-year old Canadian had also won in 2025 and 2027. Hollinger led in homers (62), total bases (418), slugging (.736), OPS (1.142), and wRC+ (192). He also had 195 hits, 125 runs, 33 doubles, 132 RBI, .343 average, and 8.4 WAR. Hollinger had one year left with OKC, then signed a seven-year, $248 million deal with Columbus.

Veteran righty Riley Morales won his second Pitcher of the Year in his third season with San Diego. The Shorewood, Minnesota native won his first way back in 2020 for Cincinnati. The 32-year old righty led in ERA (2.95), and quality starts (24). Morales also had a 19-10 record, 278 innings, 218 strikeouts, 147 ERA+, and 5.8 WAR. He had signed a six-year deal with the Seals and gave them three excellent seasons, but he would surprise many by opting out in the winter. Morales inked a new five-year, $195 million deal with Houston in the offseason.

Charlotte upset Houston in the first round 3-2 and was the only wild card to advance to round two. Seattle swept Oakland and Nashville swept Anchorage on the other side. The Canaries almost dethroned San Diego, but the Seals survived 3-2 to earn a fourth straight trip to the American Association Championship Series. On the other side, the Grizzlies edged the Knights 3-2.

It was yet another AACS battle between Seattle and San Diego. The Grizzlies had seen terrible luck with AACS losses from 2023-27. The 2023, 2026, and 2027 defeats had come to the Seals. San Diego also had a 2007 AACS victory against Seattle. The trends didn’t change in 2029 with the Seals winning 4-2 for the first four-peat in American Association history. The only other four-peat in MLB was Philadelphia’s epic seven-year reign atop the National Association from 1941-47.

San Diego won their fifth pennant in seven years, a feat only matched in AA history by Houston more than a century prior (six from 1905-12). The Seals now had an AA-best 14 pennants (1936, 55, 56, 58, 66, 67, 2007, 08, 10, 23, 26-29). As for Seattle, they were now 2-12 all-time in their AACS trips.
The 129^th World Series would be only the third-ever rematch from the prior year. Both previous ones came during Philadelphia’s seven straight trips in the 1940s, meeting Dallas in 1942-43 and Los Angeles in 1945-46. The Phillies had the only World Series four-peat ever from 1941-44; a feat San Diego was hoping to replicate. The 2028 battle had been a classic with the Seals surviving 4-3 over Ottawa. The Elks had arguably gotten the last laugh by winning the Baseball Grand Championship, which ended SD’s bid for a historic third straight BGC win.

Despite the anticipation for the rematch, the series was a dud as San Diego rolled to a sweep over Ottawa. Veteran 3B Artem Huseinov was finals MVP in his 17^th pro season and third with the Seals. He had made his biggest mark in Europe with Warsaw in the 2010s. The 37-year old Ukrainian in 15 playoff starts had 16 hits, 7 runs, 5 doubles, 1 triple, 2 home runs, and 6 RBI.

The Seals were the first 11-time World Series winner (1936, 55, 56, 58, 66, 2007, 10, 26, 27, 28, 29). The only teams in world history with 11+ overall titles in their league were Minsk (14 in EPB), Kano (12 in WAB), Ahmedabad (12 in SAB), and Mexico City (11 in CABA). Getting four straight is tough in any league, but doing it in the hypercompetitive world of 2020s MLB (and winning two Grand Championships) certainly has to place San Diego’s effort in the conversation for the best dynasty in pro baseball history.

This was also the capper for manager Dian Gesang, who retired with the win at age 71. The Indonesian had played only 77 total games in Austronesia Professional Baseball in the 1990s. Gesang’s managing career began with San Diego in 2022, but was an all-timer going 782-514 for a .603 win percentage, six playoff trips, five pennants, four World Series rings, and two Grand Championships. Gesang became the second MLB manager with four WS titles along with Eric Stockman, who led Houston from 1901-15.

Other notes: 2029 was the final year for MLB home run and RBI king Isaac Cox, struggling at age 42 to -0.3 WAR over 111 games with El Paso. Cox was able to finish with 7156 total bases, passing Stan Provost’s 6989 which had held since 1956. Cox retired with 929 homers and 2333 RBI, which as of 2037 ranks 17^th and 14^th among all players in pro baseball history.

Cox’s 2251 runs fell second on the MLB list to Provost’s 2348, but ranks 7^th on the world ranks as of 2037. Cox also got to 3607 hits, 7^th in MLB history and 36^th in the world. His 137.9 WAR sits 3rd among MLB position players and 9th among everybody. On the WAR board for all players ever in baseball history, Cox is 87^th as of 2037 and 6^th among American-born players.

One of those Americans ahead of him was pitcher Vincent Lepp, who also wrapped his career in 2029. He pitched one year for Calgary at age 40 with 3.8 WAR and a 4.64 ERA over 254 innings. Lepp retired with a 334-194 record, 2.87 ERA, 5085 innings, 4652 strikeouts, and 144.4 WAR.

On the MLB leaderboard, Lepp finished 4^th in wins, 11^th in innings, 4^th in strikeouts, and 1^st with 73 shutouts. He was 3^rd in WAR among MLB pitchers and 5^th among everyone. On the world leaderboard as of 2037, Lepp is 62^nd in WAR among all players ever, 17^th in wins, 23^rd in innings, and 11^th in shutouts.

Baseball’s all-time WARlord Harvey Coyle remained timeless in his third MLB season with Ottawa. The 42-year old English shortstop posted 6.4 WAR over 130 games to grow his world record WAR total to 233.5. Combined with his European Baseball Federation stats, Coyle now had 3615 hits, 2137 runs, 1083 home runs, and 2461 RBI. He had 32 homers in 2029, passing Nordine Soule (1073) for second on the world leaderboard.

Philadelphia’s Khalaf bin Abdullah twice hit four home runs in a game in 2029, doing it on May 13 against New York and June 17 against Brooklyn. To that point, only SAB legend Tirtha Upadhyaya (1997, 1998, 2005) and AAB’s Timeo Kahudi (1997, 2000) had done it multiple times in a career. EBF’s Danut Alecsandrescu joined this group with his second four homer game in July 2029. As of 2037, bin Abdullah is still the only player ever to smack four homers twice in the same season.

El Paso’s Harry Marx went 7-7 on July 12 against Houston, becoming the fifth in MLB history with a seven-hit game. Through the 2029 season, a seven-hit game has happened only 18 times in all of pro baseball history. El Paso finished 63-99 and had an all-time awful pitching staff. The Prairie Dogs set MLB all-time worsts in team ERA (5.98) and earned runs allowed (950). Their 1026 runs given up ranked second worst behind 1921 San Antonio at 1033. El Paso also had a 10.98 H/9, ranking third worst in MLB’s 129 year history.

MLB’s 34^th Perfect Game came on August 31 from Oakland’s Ronaldo Zellweger with six strikeouts against Las Vegas. In other pitching milestones, Adrian Coe, Austin Bradley, and Rowney Simpson all reached 3000 career strikeouts. 99 MLB aces have reached the mark.

Mike Rojas became the 39^th member of the 600 home run club. Mathis Vezina, Jan Rychtr, and Ben Conlee made the 500 home run club grow to 114 members. Rojas, Ric Ransom, Sam Harpster, and Fred Hynes reached 1500 career RBI, a mark met by 129 MLB sluggers. Peter Schon became the 119^th to 1500 runs scored. C Gavin Jacobs won his 7^th Silver Slugger.

Major League Baseball’s scoring was up in the 2020s from the prior three decades, but was more in-line to what it had been for most of its history prior. The National Association (sans DH) had its league ERA grow from 3.41 in the 2010s to 3.74 in the 2020s. The batting average went up from .240 to .251 for the decade. The American Association (with DH) had the ERA increase from 3.84 to 4.15 and batting average from .251 to .259.

Worth noting that the rule changes to increase scoring came mid-decade. Both set single-season highs for ERA with the AA at 4.46 in 2027 and NA at 4.07 in 2029. For the decade, the National Association graded as an average scoring league on the historical scale and the American Association was above average to high.

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FuzzyRussianHat Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2020 Posts: 2,607	2029 in MLB The reigning Baseball Grand Champion and National Association champ Ottawa repeated as the NA’s top seed at 104-58 atop the Northeast Division. The Elks allowed the fewest runs in Major League Baseball at 626 and grew their playoff streak to three seasons. Ottawa had a season attendance of 3,390,390, second-best in NA history behind their 3,431,240 from the prior year. Montreal was a strong second in the Northeast at 98-64 to earn the first wild card. The Maples picked up their fifth playoff trip in six years. Tulsa took the #2 seed at 99-63, winning the Lower Midwest Division in the first-ever playoff berth for the 2021 expansion squad. The Tornado had a team .484 slugging percentage, setting a new National Association record. Indianapolis was a close second at 96-66 to earn the second wild card. The Racers grew their playoff streak to three seasons and led the NA with 860 runs. The other division winners were Chicago (95-67) in the Upper Midwest and Washington (93-69) in the East. The Cubs picked up their ninth playoff berth of the 2020s and fourth straight, while the Admirals got their seventh berth of the decade. At 92-70, Omaha was just behind Chicago and Baltimore was just behind Washington. The Orioles won plenty of close games, setting a new MLB team record with 53 saves. The Hawks, Orioles, and Kansas City each tied for the final wild card at 92-70, requiring a pair of tiebreaker games. Omaha defeated Baltimore, but was ousted by the Cougars to give the spot to KC. Kansas City ended an eight-year playoff drought. The next closest teams were both Cincinnati and Columbus at 88-74. Philadelphia, Halifax, and Cleveland were 2028 playoff teams that were just below .500 in 2029. Chicago RF Milton Ramirez won National Association MVP with a record breaking campaign. The 28-year old Filipino lefty led in batting average, on-base percentage, and hits for the seventh time each. Ramirez’s .410 average broke the MLB record set two years prior of .405 by Hunter Morissey. He became the third in MLB history to bat above .400 and was one of only 10 across all of pro baseball history with a qualifying season above .410. Ramirez also broke MLB’s hits record with 249, passing Sebastian Lunde’s 242 which had held since 1949. It was the fifth season in MLB history at or above 240 hits. Ramirez’s .460 OBP was the fourth-best in MLB to that point. He also led in stolen bases (63) and WAR (10.3) while adding 118 runs, 35 doubles, 19 triples, 16 home runs, 93 RBI, 1.069 OPS, and 195 wRC+. Ramirez also breached the 2000 hit and 1000 run career milestones in 2029, marks almost never reached by someone still in their 20s. He had debuted at age 19 in 2020 for the Cubs. Wichita was a non-factor at 73-89, but they had the Pitcher of the Year John Ziocha in only his second season. The 22-year old Zimbabwean lefty led in ERA (1.86), WHIP (0.98), and quality starts (27). His ERA was the 22^nd-best qualifying season in MLB to that point. Ziocha also had 6.3 WAR over 242 innings, 185 strikeouts, 15-7 record, and 204 ERA+. Also worth noting, Vic McCallister became only the fourth in MLB history to win Reliever of the Year four times. He won it in 2029 with Washington, having previously won in 2020, 2024, and 2025 with Memphis. McCallister was traded to DC in the summer of 2027. For 2029, he had a 1.76 ERA over 81.2 innings, 27 saves, 106 strikeouts, and 3.1 WAR. The 31-year old Louisianan would sign with Houston for 2030. Indianapolis was the lone wild card to advance out of the first round, edging Chicago 3-2. Tulsa outlasted Kansas City 3-2 and Washington topped Montreal 3-1. The Racers took top seed Ottawa to the limit, but the Elks survived 3-2 in the second round. Ottawa advanced to the National Association Championship Series for the 18^th time in franchise history, second only to Philadelphia’s 22 trips. The Tornado swept the Admirals 3-0 on the other side, becoming the first of the 2021 expansion teams to earn an association championship appearance. Tulsa gave the reigning Grand Champion a valiant fight, but Ottawa earned the repeat with a 4-2 victory. Canada’s capital won its 13^th National Association pennant (1924-25, 29, 38, 40, 56, 65, 75, 83, 86, 2003, 28-29)., also second only to the Phillies’ 14. Three-time defending World Series champ San Diego was the American Association’s top seed for the third year in a row. It didn’t come easy with the AA’s seven playoff teams separated by only seven wins. Still, 99-63 earned the Seals another Southwest Division title and their sixth playoff trip in seven seasons. San Diego’s 638 runs allowed were the fewest in the AA. Oakland was second in the Southwest at 94-68, giving the Owls their third wild card in five years. At 98-64, Nashville was the #2 seed atop the Southeast Division. The Knights earned their third division title in five years and fifth of the decade. Last year’s division champ Charlotte was a close second at 96-66, nabbing the first wild card. The Canaries grabbed their third playoff appearance in four years. Seattle secured the Northwest Division for the seventh year running with a 95-67 finish. Anchorage was next at 92-70 to get the final wild card. It was the third wild card berth for the Avalanche since joining in the 2021 expansion. The weakest division winner was Houston at 94-68 atop the South Central. The Hornets picked up their sixth playoff trip in eight years. Houston by far led MLB in scoring with 967 runs. Last year’s AACS runner-up Dallas was second to the Hornets at 89-73. The Dalmatians and San Francisco were also the first teams out in the wild card race at three games back on Anchorage. The next closest were Sacramento (88-74), San Antonio (86-76), Los Angeles (84-78), and Salt Lake City (84-78). Although Oklahoma City was 77-85, their RF Neil Hollinger won his third American Association MVP. The 27-year old Canadian had also won in 2025 and 2027. Hollinger led in homers (62), total bases (418), slugging (.736), OPS (1.142), and wRC+ (192). He also had 195 hits, 125 runs, 33 doubles, 132 RBI, .343 average, and 8.4 WAR. Hollinger had one year left with OKC, then signed a seven-year, $248 million deal with Columbus. Veteran righty Riley Morales won his second Pitcher of the Year in his third season with San Diego. The Shorewood, Minnesota native won his first way back in 2020 for Cincinnati. The 32-year old righty led in ERA (2.95), and quality starts (24). Morales also had a 19-10 record, 278 innings, 218 strikeouts, 147 ERA+, and 5.8 WAR. He had signed a six-year deal with the Seals and gave them three excellent seasons, but he would surprise many by opting out in the winter. Morales inked a new five-year, $195 million deal with Houston in the offseason. Charlotte upset Houston in the first round 3-2 and was the only wild card to advance to round two. Seattle swept Oakland and Nashville swept Anchorage on the other side. The Canaries almost dethroned San Diego, but the Seals survived 3-2 to earn a fourth straight trip to the American Association Championship Series. On the other side, the Grizzlies edged the Knights 3-2. It was yet another AACS battle between Seattle and San Diego. The Grizzlies had seen terrible luck with AACS losses from 2023-27. The 2023, 2026, and 2027 defeats had come to the Seals. San Diego also had a 2007 AACS victory against Seattle. The trends didn’t change in 2029 with the Seals winning 4-2 for the first four-peat in American Association history. The only other four-peat in MLB was Philadelphia’s epic seven-year reign atop the National Association from 1941-47. San Diego won their fifth pennant in seven years, a feat only matched in AA history by Houston more than a century prior (six from 1905-12). The Seals now had an AA-best 14 pennants (1936, 55, 56, 58, 66, 67, 2007, 08, 10, 23, 26-29). As for Seattle, they were now 2-12 all-time in their AACS trips. The 129^th World Series would be only the third-ever rematch from the prior year. Both previous ones came during Philadelphia’s seven straight trips in the 1940s, meeting Dallas in 1942-43 and Los Angeles in 1945-46. The Phillies had the only World Series four-peat ever from 1941-44; a feat San Diego was hoping to replicate. The 2028 battle had been a classic with the Seals surviving 4-3 over Ottawa. The Elks had arguably gotten the last laugh by winning the Baseball Grand Championship, which ended SD’s bid for a historic third straight BGC win. Despite the anticipation for the rematch, the series was a dud as San Diego rolled to a sweep over Ottawa. Veteran 3B Artem Huseinov was finals MVP in his 17^th pro season and third with the Seals. He had made his biggest mark in Europe with Warsaw in the 2010s. The 37-year old Ukrainian in 15 playoff starts had 16 hits, 7 runs, 5 doubles, 1 triple, 2 home runs, and 6 RBI. The Seals were the first 11-time World Series winner (1936, 55, 56, 58, 66, 2007, 10, 26, 27, 28, 29). The only teams in world history with 11+ overall titles in their league were Minsk (14 in EPB), Kano (12 in WAB), Ahmedabad (12 in SAB), and Mexico City (11 in CABA). Getting four straight is tough in any league, but doing it in the hypercompetitive world of 2020s MLB (and winning two Grand Championships) certainly has to place San Diego’s effort in the conversation for the best dynasty in pro baseball history. This was also the capper for manager Dian Gesang, who retired with the win at age 71. The Indonesian had played only 77 total games in Austronesia Professional Baseball in the 1990s. Gesang’s managing career began with San Diego in 2022, but was an all-timer going 782-514 for a .603 win percentage, six playoff trips, five pennants, four World Series rings, and two Grand Championships. Gesang became the second MLB manager with four WS titles along with Eric Stockman, who led Houston from 1901-15. Other notes: 2029 was the final year for MLB home run and RBI king Isaac Cox, struggling at age 42 to -0.3 WAR over 111 games with El Paso. Cox was able to finish with 7156 total bases, passing Stan Provost’s 6989 which had held since 1956. Cox retired with 929 homers and 2333 RBI, which as of 2037 ranks 17^th and 14^th among all players in pro baseball history. Cox’s 2251 runs fell second on the MLB list to Provost’s 2348, but ranks 7^th on the world ranks as of 2037. Cox also got to 3607 hits, 7^th in MLB history and 36^th in the world. His 137.9 WAR sits 3rd among MLB position players and 9th among everybody. On the WAR board for all players ever in baseball history, Cox is 87^th as of 2037 and 6^th among American-born players. One of those Americans ahead of him was pitcher Vincent Lepp, who also wrapped his career in 2029. He pitched one year for Calgary at age 40 with 3.8 WAR and a 4.64 ERA over 254 innings. Lepp retired with a 334-194 record, 2.87 ERA, 5085 innings, 4652 strikeouts, and 144.4 WAR. On the MLB leaderboard, Lepp finished 4^th in wins, 11^th in innings, 4^th in strikeouts, and 1^st with 73 shutouts. He was 3^rd in WAR among MLB pitchers and 5^th among everyone. On the world leaderboard as of 2037, Lepp is 62^nd in WAR among all players ever, 17^th in wins, 23^rd in innings, and 11^th in shutouts. Baseball’s all-time WARlord Harvey Coyle remained timeless in his third MLB season with Ottawa. The 42-year old English shortstop posted 6.4 WAR over 130 games to grow his world record WAR total to 233.5. Combined with his European Baseball Federation stats, Coyle now had 3615 hits, 2137 runs, 1083 home runs, and 2461 RBI. He had 32 homers in 2029, passing Nordine Soule (1073) for second on the world leaderboard. Philadelphia’s Khalaf bin Abdullah twice hit four home runs in a game in 2029, doing it on May 13 against New York and June 17 against Brooklyn. To that point, only SAB legend Tirtha Upadhyaya (1997, 1998, 2005) and AAB’s Timeo Kahudi (1997, 2000) had done it multiple times in a career. EBF’s Danut Alecsandrescu joined this group with his second four homer game in July 2029. As of 2037, bin Abdullah is still the only player ever to smack four homers twice in the same season. El Paso’s Harry Marx went 7-7 on July 12 against Houston, becoming the fifth in MLB history with a seven-hit game. Through the 2029 season, a seven-hit game has happened only 18 times in all of pro baseball history. El Paso finished 63-99 and had an all-time awful pitching staff. The Prairie Dogs set MLB all-time worsts in team ERA (5.98) and earned runs allowed (950). Their 1026 runs given up ranked second worst behind 1921 San Antonio at 1033. El Paso also had a 10.98 H/9, ranking third worst in MLB’s 129 year history. MLB’s 34^th Perfect Game came on August 31 from Oakland’s Ronaldo Zellweger with six strikeouts against Las Vegas. In other pitching milestones, Adrian Coe, Austin Bradley, and Rowney Simpson all reached 3000 career strikeouts. 99 MLB aces have reached the mark. Mike Rojas became the 39^th member of the 600 home run club. Mathis Vezina, Jan Rychtr, and Ben Conlee made the 500 home run club grow to 114 members. Rojas, Ric Ransom, Sam Harpster, and Fred Hynes reached 1500 career RBI, a mark met by 129 MLB sluggers. Peter Schon became the 119^th to 1500 runs scored. C Gavin Jacobs won his 7^th Silver Slugger. Major League Baseball’s scoring was up in the 2020s from the prior three decades, but was more in-line to what it had been for most of its history prior. The National Association (sans DH) had its league ERA grow from 3.41 in the 2010s to 3.74 in the 2020s. The batting average went up from .240 to .251 for the decade. The American Association (with DH) had the ERA increase from 3.84 to 4.15 and batting average from .251 to .259. Worth noting that the rule changes to increase scoring came mid-decade. Both set single-season highs for ERA with the AA at 4.46 in 2027 and NA at 4.07 in 2029. For the decade, the National Association graded as an average scoring league on the historical scale and the American Association was above average to high. __________________ Baseball: The World's Game fictional world reports Continental Baseball Federation world reports (8-tier promotion/relegation sim and college feeder)