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FuzzyRussianHat · 10-07-2025, 11:27 PM

The Indian League’s five playoff teams were separated by only five wins with the top three squads battling in the South Division. Madurai was 7-3 in their last ten games to finish on top at 99-63 ahead of 97-65 efforts by both Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam. This was the first-ever playoff berth or winning season for the Rams, who were one of the 2025 expansion teams. Madurai allowed the fewest runs in South Asia Baseball at 583.

The Hippos and Volts got the wild cards with Hyderabad earning the tiebreaker for home field having dominated the season series 12-6. That made it six straight playoff berths for the Hippos and the 12^th since 2023 for Visakhapatnam. The Volts led the IL in scoring with 788 runs scored and had the best run differential at +175.

Pune won the West Division at 96-66, nine games ahead of defending IL champ Mumbai (87-75). The Purple Knights got repeat playoff trips, but it was their first division title since 2025. Kolkata claimed the Central at 94-68 for their third berth in four years. Patna was the closest foe at 89-73 for their first-ever winning season. Delhi, last year’s division champ and 2034 SAB champ, dropped to 80-82. Ahmedabad was also 80-82, their first repeat losing season since the 2010s.

The Pointers notably set an IL team record with 1699 hits with LF R.C. Gutta leading the way as the unanimous Indian League MVP. The hometown hero also posted only the fifth-ever hitting Triple Crown in SAB and the first since Majed Darwish in 2009-10. Gutta did it in 139 games, tragically suffering a ruptured Achilles tendon in late August. A recovery setback in December sadly may sideline until the late fall in 2037.

In his sixth season for Patna, Gutta led in runs (116), home runs (62), RBI (148), total bases (424), triple slash (.389/.459/.817), OPS (1.276), wRC+ (235), and WAR (10.8). He added 202 hits and 30 doubles. Gutta’s OPS was the 7^th-best qualifying season in SAB history with the triple slash ranking 10^th/9^th/5^th. He also had the 19^th-best slugging in world history and 17^th-best OPS. Gutta’s hometown Pointers picked him #1 overall back in the 2030 SAB Draft.

Abjit Shirvastava had a breakout season for Pitcher of the Year in 2036 with Visakhapatnam. He had been middling in his previous efforts with Vientiane and Jaipur, signing a two-year, $7,320,000 deal for 2036 with the Volts. The 27-year old lefty had a 19-5 record, 2.55 ERA, 229 innings, 292 strikeouts, 160 ERA+, and 4.8 WAR. In a relatively weak field, Shrivastava got 32/36 first place votes.

Although Hyderabad won the season series easily, Visakhapatnam beat them 2-0 in the wild card round, including a 4-3 game two win in 12 innings. The Volts were promptly swept by Madurai in the divisional series, becoming the first of the 2025 expansion teams with an Indian League Championship Series berth. Pune downed Kolkata 3-1 on the other side for their first ILCS trip since their 2027 title.

Madurai won game one 6-5, but Pune evened the series on a 12-6 road win. The Purple Knights won game three 2-0, but the Rams got their own 2-0 win the next night. Pune picked up game five 6-2 for the advantage heading back to Madurai. The Purple Knights then won game six 4-1 on the road to wrap the series on a eight-inning, two-hit, one run performance by Brian Truong. Pune became six-time Indian League champs (1981, 1983, 1984, 2019, 2027, 2036).

Da Nang surprised the Southeast Asia League with the top seed at 101-61, ending an 11-year playoff drought. The Nailers had the best run differential at +167 and won the South Division over Bangkok (92-70) and Ho Chi Minh City (90-72). Those squads snagged both wild cards, giving the Bobcats their fifth wild card in six years and giving the Hedgehogs an eighth consecutive playoff berth. Last year’s division champ Colombo fell to 78-84. Bangkok was SEAL’s top scoring team at 898 runs.

Reigning SAB champ Mandalay won the West Division at 96-66 and allowed the fewest runs at 641. The Mammoths have only missed the playoffs once since 2026. Last year’s SEAL runner-up Dhaka was second at 89-73 and fell one short in the wild card race behind HCMC. This was only the second playoff miss since 2021 for the Dobermans.

Hanoi won the Central Division at 89-73, ending a six-year division title reign by Yangon. The Hounds earned their second berth in three years, but hadn’t been a division champ since 2017. The Green Dragons were 86-76, missing the playoffs for only the third time in 42 years. Vientiane was third at 81-81, their first winning season since 2028.

The Vampires had a huge turnaround after winning 65 or fewer games in each of the last six seasons. Leading the way was Indian League MVP Fanmuong Try, the #1 draft pick from 2033. In his third season, the 24-year old Cambodian 1B led in homers (52) and total bases (418). Try had 202 hits, 119 runs, 34 doubles, 128 RBI, .325/.378/.672 slash, 177 wRC+, and 7.3 WAR. He had 25 of the first place votes while Da Nang’s Totam Akila had the remaining 11.

Mandalay’s Munfik Madushanka was the unanimous Pitcher of the Year and posted the tenth pitching Triple Crown in SAB history. It was his second POTY, having also won in 2032. The 31-year old Sri Lankan lefty led in wins (20-11), ERA (2.95), innings (265), strikeouts (327), quality starts (24), and WAR (5.7). Madushanka had a 152 ERA+ and 76 FIP-. The upcoming season would be a contract year for him.

Bangkok edged Ho Chi Minh City 2-1 in the wild card, winning game three 7-6 with a three-run rally in the bottom of the ninth. Da Nang downed the Bobcats 3-1 in the divisional series, sending the Nailers to their fourth Southeast Asia League Championship (2004, 2021, 23, 36) in search of their first-ever pennant. Hanoi upset Mandalay 3-1 on the other side for their first LCS since making eight straight trips in the 2010s.

The series was even after four games, then Hanoi took the advantage with a 6-4 home win in game five. A back-and-forth game six saw Hanoi tie it at 5-5 with a run in the top of the ninth. The Hounds then got one in the tenth to for the 6-5 road win and 4-2 series win. Hanoi ended a 19-year pennant drought and became seven-time Southeast Asian champs (1985, 2007, 08, 10, 13, 16, 36).

The 57^th SAB Championship started with a 1-0 pitchers’ duel home win for Pune. Hanoi evened the series on a 6-5 road win in 10 innings, then got 1-0 and 4-3 wins back in Vietnam. The Purple Knights took game five 5-1 to force the series back to India. In game six at Pune, Hanoi scored two in the top of the eighth to go up 4-3, which held as the final score.

The 4-2 series win give the Hounds their fifth SAB title (2007, 08, 13, 16, 36). It was also the first time a Vietnamese team took the SAB crown since Hanoi’s 2016 win. Finals MVP was RF Dilipan Samataweera in his third year with the Nounds and 12^th season as a starter, going 9-25 with the two RBI in game six.

Other notes: SAB’s 16^th perfect game came on July 28 by Kathmandu’s Vu Nhat Mai with 7 strikeouts against Khulna. He would leave and sign a three-year, $12,960,000 deal with Kolkata for 2037.

Colombo’s James Pham had SAB’s 11^th four home run game on April 19 against Bangkok. Madurai’s Ivo Sykora hit for the cycle on May 4 then again on May 23. He is surprisingly not the first SAB batter to get the cycle twice in a month, as Loc Bui did it on 4/2/17 and then again on 4/10/17. The record for shortest gap between cycles was MLB’s Dylan Fabian, who did it on 7/15/2028 and then again two days later on 7/17/28.

Topu Ahsan and Jim Ngo were the 39^th and 40^th members of the 500 home run club. Tan Tai Nguyene and Randall Batin were the 22^nd and 23^rd to 1500 runs scored. Mongkol Sangpon and Anant Chamroon were the 22^nd and 23^rd to 300 career saves. 3B Vatish Bharat won his 9^th Gold Gove and SS Madfai Mirza got his 8^th. Two-way player Deep Rajagopol won his 8^th Silver Slugger as a pitcher.

Nagpur’s pitching staff allowed 1691 hits and Kanpur’s had a 1.506 team WHIP, both of which were new Indian League worsts. The Patriots 10.47 H/9 was 2^nd-worst, while the Poison’s 1185 strikeouts and 7.41 K/9 were both 2^nd-worst. Kanpur allowed 869 runs, the 3^rd-worst in IL history.

It was the final season for OF Gunavati Candrajita, who retired with 3485 hits, 1860 runs, 632 doubles, 288 triples, 154 homers, 1042 RBI, 1781 steals, .871 OPS, 141 wRC+, and 85.5 WAR. He retires as the SAB stolen bases king and 3^rd in all of world history. Candrajita is also 5^th in hits , 6^th in doubles, and 6^th in runs for SAB.

10-07-2025, 11:27 PM	#2491
FuzzyRussianHat Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2020 Posts: 3,072	2036 in SAB The Indian League’s five playoff teams were separated by only five wins with the top three squads battling in the South Division. Madurai was 7-3 in their last ten games to finish on top at 99-63 ahead of 97-65 efforts by both Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam. This was the first-ever playoff berth or winning season for the Rams, who were one of the 2025 expansion teams. Madurai allowed the fewest runs in South Asia Baseball at 583. The Hippos and Volts got the wild cards with Hyderabad earning the tiebreaker for home field having dominated the season series 12-6. That made it six straight playoff berths for the Hippos and the 12^th since 2023 for Visakhapatnam. The Volts led the IL in scoring with 788 runs scored and had the best run differential at +175. Pune won the West Division at 96-66, nine games ahead of defending IL champ Mumbai (87-75). The Purple Knights got repeat playoff trips, but it was their first division title since 2025. Kolkata claimed the Central at 94-68 for their third berth in four years. Patna was the closest foe at 89-73 for their first-ever winning season. Delhi, last year’s division champ and 2034 SAB champ, dropped to 80-82. Ahmedabad was also 80-82, their first repeat losing season since the 2010s. The Pointers notably set an IL team record with 1699 hits with LF R.C. Gutta leading the way as the unanimous Indian League MVP. The hometown hero also posted only the fifth-ever hitting Triple Crown in SAB and the first since Majed Darwish in 2009-10. Gutta did it in 139 games, tragically suffering a ruptured Achilles tendon in late August. A recovery setback in December sadly may sideline until the late fall in 2037. In his sixth season for Patna, Gutta led in runs (116), home runs (62), RBI (148), total bases (424), triple slash (.389/.459/.817), OPS (1.276), wRC+ (235), and WAR (10.8). He added 202 hits and 30 doubles. Gutta’s OPS was the 7^th-best qualifying season in SAB history with the triple slash ranking 10^th/9^th/5^th. He also had the 19^th-best slugging in world history and 17^th-best OPS. Gutta’s hometown Pointers picked him #1 overall back in the 2030 SAB Draft. Abjit Shirvastava had a breakout season for Pitcher of the Year in 2036 with Visakhapatnam. He had been middling in his previous efforts with Vientiane and Jaipur, signing a two-year, $7,320,000 deal for 2036 with the Volts. The 27-year old lefty had a 19-5 record, 2.55 ERA, 229 innings, 292 strikeouts, 160 ERA+, and 4.8 WAR. In a relatively weak field, Shrivastava got 32/36 first place votes. Although Hyderabad won the season series easily, Visakhapatnam beat them 2-0 in the wild card round, including a 4-3 game two win in 12 innings. The Volts were promptly swept by Madurai in the divisional series, becoming the first of the 2025 expansion teams with an Indian League Championship Series berth. Pune downed Kolkata 3-1 on the other side for their first ILCS trip since their 2027 title. Madurai won game one 6-5, but Pune evened the series on a 12-6 road win. The Purple Knights won game three 2-0, but the Rams got their own 2-0 win the next night. Pune picked up game five 6-2 for the advantage heading back to Madurai. The Purple Knights then won game six 4-1 on the road to wrap the series on a eight-inning, two-hit, one run performance by Brian Truong. Pune became six-time Indian League champs (1981, 1983, 1984, 2019, 2027, 2036). Da Nang surprised the Southeast Asia League with the top seed at 101-61, ending an 11-year playoff drought. The Nailers had the best run differential at +167 and won the South Division over Bangkok (92-70) and Ho Chi Minh City (90-72). Those squads snagged both wild cards, giving the Bobcats their fifth wild card in six years and giving the Hedgehogs an eighth consecutive playoff berth. Last year’s division champ Colombo fell to 78-84. Bangkok was SEAL’s top scoring team at 898 runs. Reigning SAB champ Mandalay won the West Division at 96-66 and allowed the fewest runs at 641. The Mammoths have only missed the playoffs once since 2026. Last year’s SEAL runner-up Dhaka was second at 89-73 and fell one short in the wild card race behind HCMC. This was only the second playoff miss since 2021 for the Dobermans. Hanoi won the Central Division at 89-73, ending a six-year division title reign by Yangon. The Hounds earned their second berth in three years, but hadn’t been a division champ since 2017. The Green Dragons were 86-76, missing the playoffs for only the third time in 42 years. Vientiane was third at 81-81, their first winning season since 2028. The Vampires had a huge turnaround after winning 65 or fewer games in each of the last six seasons. Leading the way was Indian League MVP Fanmuong Try, the #1 draft pick from 2033. In his third season, the 24-year old Cambodian 1B led in homers (52) and total bases (418). Try had 202 hits, 119 runs, 34 doubles, 128 RBI, .325/.378/.672 slash, 177 wRC+, and 7.3 WAR. He had 25 of the first place votes while Da Nang’s Totam Akila had the remaining 11. Mandalay’s Munfik Madushanka was the unanimous Pitcher of the Year and posted the tenth pitching Triple Crown in SAB history. It was his second POTY, having also won in 2032. The 31-year old Sri Lankan lefty led in wins (20-11), ERA (2.95), innings (265), strikeouts (327), quality starts (24), and WAR (5.7). Madushanka had a 152 ERA+ and 76 FIP-. The upcoming season would be a contract year for him. Bangkok edged Ho Chi Minh City 2-1 in the wild card, winning game three 7-6 with a three-run rally in the bottom of the ninth. Da Nang downed the Bobcats 3-1 in the divisional series, sending the Nailers to their fourth Southeast Asia League Championship (2004, 2021, 23, 36) in search of their first-ever pennant. Hanoi upset Mandalay 3-1 on the other side for their first LCS since making eight straight trips in the 2010s. The series was even after four games, then Hanoi took the advantage with a 6-4 home win in game five. A back-and-forth game six saw Hanoi tie it at 5-5 with a run in the top of the ninth. The Hounds then got one in the tenth to for the 6-5 road win and 4-2 series win. Hanoi ended a 19-year pennant drought and became seven-time Southeast Asian champs (1985, 2007, 08, 10, 13, 16, 36). The 57^th SAB Championship started with a 1-0 pitchers’ duel home win for Pune. Hanoi evened the series on a 6-5 road win in 10 innings, then got 1-0 and 4-3 wins back in Vietnam. The Purple Knights took game five 5-1 to force the series back to India. In game six at Pune, Hanoi scored two in the top of the eighth to go up 4-3, which held as the final score. The 4-2 series win give the Hounds their fifth SAB title (2007, 08, 13, 16, 36). It was also the first time a Vietnamese team took the SAB crown since Hanoi’s 2016 win. Finals MVP was RF Dilipan Samataweera in his third year with the Nounds and 12^th season as a starter, going 9-25 with the two RBI in game six. Other notes: SAB’s 16^th perfect game came on July 28 by Kathmandu’s Vu Nhat Mai with 7 strikeouts against Khulna. He would leave and sign a three-year, $12,960,000 deal with Kolkata for 2037. Colombo’s James Pham had SAB’s 11^th four home run game on April 19 against Bangkok. Madurai’s Ivo Sykora hit for the cycle on May 4 then again on May 23. He is surprisingly not the first SAB batter to get the cycle twice in a month, as Loc Bui did it on 4/2/17 and then again on 4/10/17. The record for shortest gap between cycles was MLB’s Dylan Fabian, who did it on 7/15/2028 and then again two days later on 7/17/28. Topu Ahsan and Jim Ngo were the 39^th and 40^th members of the 500 home run club. Tan Tai Nguyene and Randall Batin were the 22^nd and 23^rd to 1500 runs scored. Mongkol Sangpon and Anant Chamroon were the 22^nd and 23^rd to 300 career saves. 3B Vatish Bharat won his 9^th Gold Gove and SS Madfai Mirza got his 8^th. Two-way player Deep Rajagopol won his 8^th Silver Slugger as a pitcher. Nagpur’s pitching staff allowed 1691 hits and Kanpur’s had a 1.506 team WHIP, both of which were new Indian League worsts. The Patriots 10.47 H/9 was 2^nd-worst, while the Poison’s 1185 strikeouts and 7.41 K/9 were both 2^nd-worst. Kanpur allowed 869 runs, the 3^rd-worst in IL history. It was the final season for OF Gunavati Candrajita, who retired with 3485 hits, 1860 runs, 632 doubles, 288 triples, 154 homers, 1042 RBI, 1781 steals, .871 OPS, 141 wRC+, and 85.5 WAR. He retires as the SAB stolen bases king and 3^rd in all of world history. Candrajita is also 5^th in hits , 6^th in doubles, and 6^th in runs for SAB. __________________ Baseball: The World's Game fictional world reports The Level Playing Field: Alternate MLB History From 1884-Onward Continental Baseball Federation world reports (8-tier promotion/relegation sim and college feeder)