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FuzzyRussianHat · 05-08-2023, 06:11 AM

The debut season of Eurasian Professional Baseball in 1955 saw Warsaw dominate in the European League with a 122-40 mark. They cruised to the North Division title while Riga at 100-62 was second and grabbed a wild card. Bucharest took the South Division at 96-66, two games better than Kyiv. The Kings and Minsk both finished 94-68 and needed a one-game playoff for the final wild card spot with the Miners winning and advancing to the first postseason.

The first European League MVP went to Warsaw RF Samir Annekov. A 24-year old left-handed Ukrainian, he had the league lead in hits (203), average (.334), slugging (.625), and OPS (.982) while adding 7.1 WAR, 39 home runs, and 126 RBI. Pitcher of the Year went to Bogdan Chirita of Bucharest. A right-handed 28-year old Romanian, Chirita led the league in ERA (1.65) WAR (9.9) and FIP- (55) with 307 strikeouts in 262 innings.

The top mark in the Asian League went to Yekaterinburg, taking the North Division at 104-58. Krasnoyarsk took second at 100-62 and picked up the first wild card. The South Division crown went to Almaty at 97-65. Behind them were Dushanbe at 95-67 and Baku at 93-69 with the Dynamo earning the second wild card spot.

The Asian League MVP was Yaks RF Igor Tcaci. The 28-year old Moldovan led the league in home runs (46), RBI (118), slugging (.600), OPS (.934), and WAR (6.6). The Pitcher of the Year was Dushanbe’s Sergei Filatov. The 26-year old Russian lefty led in wins (22) and complete games (26), posting 9.2 WAR, a 2.63 ERA, and 307 strikeouts in 281 innings.

Despite the record-setting 122 win season, Warsaw was ousted in the first round of the playoffs 3-1 by Minsk. Bucharest swept Riga 3-0, followed by a Miners victory in six games in the ELCS. Yekaterinburg survived Dushanbe in five and Almaty topped Krasnoyarsk in four in the first round in the Asian League, followed by a sweep by the Yaks in the ALCS. The first ever Soviet Series saw Yekaterinburg defeat Minsk 4-2 to make the Yaks the first-ever EPB champion.

Other notes: The first EPB perfect game was April 19 as Almaty’s Maksim Trafimov struck out six against Omsk. Ulaanbaatar’s Max Sarinyan hit 57 doubles, a single-season record that still stands decades later. A bad single-season record also set in the debut year went to Bratislava’s Antoine Marin, striking out 311 times.

05-08-2023, 06:11 AM	#275
FuzzyRussianHat Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2020 Posts: 2,916	1955 in EPB The debut season of Eurasian Professional Baseball in 1955 saw Warsaw dominate in the European League with a 122-40 mark. They cruised to the North Division title while Riga at 100-62 was second and grabbed a wild card. Bucharest took the South Division at 96-66, two games better than Kyiv. The Kings and Minsk both finished 94-68 and needed a one-game playoff for the final wild card spot with the Miners winning and advancing to the first postseason. The first European League MVP went to Warsaw RF Samir Annekov. A 24-year old left-handed Ukrainian, he had the league lead in hits (203), average (.334), slugging (.625), and OPS (.982) while adding 7.1 WAR, 39 home runs, and 126 RBI. Pitcher of the Year went to Bogdan Chirita of Bucharest. A right-handed 28-year old Romanian, Chirita led the league in ERA (1.65) WAR (9.9) and FIP- (55) with 307 strikeouts in 262 innings. The top mark in the Asian League went to Yekaterinburg, taking the North Division at 104-58. Krasnoyarsk took second at 100-62 and picked up the first wild card. The South Division crown went to Almaty at 97-65. Behind them were Dushanbe at 95-67 and Baku at 93-69 with the Dynamo earning the second wild card spot. The Asian League MVP was Yaks RF Igor Tcaci. The 28-year old Moldovan led the league in home runs (46), RBI (118), slugging (.600), OPS (.934), and WAR (6.6). The Pitcher of the Year was Dushanbe’s Sergei Filatov. The 26-year old Russian lefty led in wins (22) and complete games (26), posting 9.2 WAR, a 2.63 ERA, and 307 strikeouts in 281 innings. Despite the record-setting 122 win season, Warsaw was ousted in the first round of the playoffs 3-1 by Minsk. Bucharest swept Riga 3-0, followed by a Miners victory in six games in the ELCS. Yekaterinburg survived Dushanbe in five and Almaty topped Krasnoyarsk in four in the first round in the Asian League, followed by a sweep by the Yaks in the ALCS. The first ever Soviet Series saw Yekaterinburg defeat Minsk 4-2 to make the Yaks the first-ever EPB champion. Other notes: The first EPB perfect game was April 19 as Almaty’s Maksim Trafimov struck out six against Omsk. Ulaanbaatar’s Max Sarinyan hit 57 doubles, a single-season record that still stands decades later. A bad single-season record also set in the debut year went to Bratislava’s Antoine Marin, striking out 311 times. __________________ Baseball: The World's Game fictional world reports Continental Baseball Federation world reports (8-tier promotion/relegation sim and college feeder)