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FuzzyRussianHat · 08-30-2023, 05:52 AM

The best record in East Asia Baseball for the 1974 season was Sapporo atop the Japan League North Division at 107-55. It was the second playoff berth in three years for the Swordfish, who scored the third-most runs in a Japan League season at 819. Their .478 team slugging was also third best all-time for the league. Last year’s Japanese champ Tokyo was a distant second at 82-80. Kyoto won back-to-back South Division titles with their own excellent 103-59 season, the same record from the prior year. Kobe was second at 94-68.

Sapporo CF Sosuke Hoshizawa won his fourth MVP at only age 25. He won his first Gold Glove, helping him to a wild 12.6 WAR despite only leading in stolen bases (81). He added 47 home runs, 129 RBI, and 1.054 OPS. Just like in in 1972, Hoshizawa beat teammate Carl Valdes for the award despite prolific power from Valdes. Valdes crushed 70 home runs, one behind his world record-setting 1972 season, and topped his own personal RBI high by two with 147. Pitcher of the Year was Kobe’s So-Woong Hong. The fourth-year righty led in quality starts (26) and innings (272.1), adding a 2.51 ERA, 21-9 record, 248 strikeouts, and 7.0 WAR.

Defending East Asian Champion Daegu won the Korea League South Division title again, running away with it at 102-60. The best record in Korea came from a very tough North Division with Goyang at 105-57. The Green Sox were four ahead of 101-61 Pyongyang with Hamhung at 95-67 and last year’s division winner Incheon at 91-71. For Goyang, this snapped a 30 year playoff drought as they hadn’t finished first since the early 1940s.

The Green Sox turnaround saw them get the league MVP and Pitcher of the Year. In his second year with the team, DH Jung-Koo Jang was MVP. It was his lone season of note with the 30-year old exploding for the league lead in OPS (1.020), slugging (.603), and OBP (.417), adding career bests in home runs (37), RBI (114), WAR (7.0). and batting average (.343). Pitcher of the Year was Santiago Reynoza, a Filipino righty in his 11^th year with the Green Sox. In his lone standout season as well, he was the WARlord (8.1) and led in wins (23-9) and quality starts (25), adding a 2.91 ERA over 260 innings with 274 strikeouts.

In the Japan League Championship Series, you had the last two runners-up with Kyoto the prior year and Sapporo in 1972. The Kamikaze would defeat the Swordfish in five games for their first-ever league title. Kyoto had been 0-4 in their prior appearances and they were the last Japanese team without at least one title. Goyang was looking for their first Korea League title, but were denied by Daegu 4-1 in the KLCS. The Diamondbacks win back-to-back titles and their seventh overall.

In the 54^th East Asia Championship, the series was a seven game thriller. Kyoto came out on top for their first-ever championship, denying Daegu’s repeat bid. 3B Min-Hwi Eun was finals MVP with the 28-year old posting 13 hits, 5 runs, 4 doubles, 3 home runs, and 6 RBI in 12 postseason games.

Other notes: Yu-Chan Jang and Kakuzo Yokoyama both crossed 1500 runs scored, bringing it to 12 EAB hitters to do so. Yokoyama also became the 28^th to 2500 hits. Jae-Hoon Seon became the 10^th pitcher to 4000 career strikeouts. RF Hyeog-Jun Wi won his 10^th Gold Glove. Two-way player Totaro Uchiyama won his 10^th Silver Slugger as a pitcher. SS Kyung-Hwan Choi won his 12^th Silver Slugger.

08-30-2023, 05:52 AM	#550
FuzzyRussianHat Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2020 Posts: 3,001	1974 in EAB The best record in East Asia Baseball for the 1974 season was Sapporo atop the Japan League North Division at 107-55. It was the second playoff berth in three years for the Swordfish, who scored the third-most runs in a Japan League season at 819. Their .478 team slugging was also third best all-time for the league. Last year’s Japanese champ Tokyo was a distant second at 82-80. Kyoto won back-to-back South Division titles with their own excellent 103-59 season, the same record from the prior year. Kobe was second at 94-68. Sapporo CF Sosuke Hoshizawa won his fourth MVP at only age 25. He won his first Gold Glove, helping him to a wild 12.6 WAR despite only leading in stolen bases (81). He added 47 home runs, 129 RBI, and 1.054 OPS. Just like in in 1972, Hoshizawa beat teammate Carl Valdes for the award despite prolific power from Valdes. Valdes crushed 70 home runs, one behind his world record-setting 1972 season, and topped his own personal RBI high by two with 147. Pitcher of the Year was Kobe’s So-Woong Hong. The fourth-year righty led in quality starts (26) and innings (272.1), adding a 2.51 ERA, 21-9 record, 248 strikeouts, and 7.0 WAR. Defending East Asian Champion Daegu won the Korea League South Division title again, running away with it at 102-60. The best record in Korea came from a very tough North Division with Goyang at 105-57. The Green Sox were four ahead of 101-61 Pyongyang with Hamhung at 95-67 and last year’s division winner Incheon at 91-71. For Goyang, this snapped a 30 year playoff drought as they hadn’t finished first since the early 1940s. The Green Sox turnaround saw them get the league MVP and Pitcher of the Year. In his second year with the team, DH Jung-Koo Jang was MVP. It was his lone season of note with the 30-year old exploding for the league lead in OPS (1.020), slugging (.603), and OBP (.417), adding career bests in home runs (37), RBI (114), WAR (7.0). and batting average (.343). Pitcher of the Year was Santiago Reynoza, a Filipino righty in his 11^th year with the Green Sox. In his lone standout season as well, he was the WARlord (8.1) and led in wins (23-9) and quality starts (25), adding a 2.91 ERA over 260 innings with 274 strikeouts. In the Japan League Championship Series, you had the last two runners-up with Kyoto the prior year and Sapporo in 1972. The Kamikaze would defeat the Swordfish in five games for their first-ever league title. Kyoto had been 0-4 in their prior appearances and they were the last Japanese team without at least one title. Goyang was looking for their first Korea League title, but were denied by Daegu 4-1 in the KLCS. The Diamondbacks win back-to-back titles and their seventh overall. In the 54^th East Asia Championship, the series was a seven game thriller. Kyoto came out on top for their first-ever championship, denying Daegu’s repeat bid. 3B Min-Hwi Eun was finals MVP with the 28-year old posting 13 hits, 5 runs, 4 doubles, 3 home runs, and 6 RBI in 12 postseason games. Other notes: Yu-Chan Jang and Kakuzo Yokoyama both crossed 1500 runs scored, bringing it to 12 EAB hitters to do so. Yokoyama also became the 28^th to 2500 hits. Jae-Hoon Seon became the 10^th pitcher to 4000 career strikeouts. RF Hyeog-Jun Wi won his 10^th Gold Glove. Two-way player Totaro Uchiyama won his 10^th Silver Slugger as a pitcher. SS Kyung-Hwan Choi won his 12^th Silver Slugger. __________________ Baseball: The World's Game fictional world reports Continental Baseball Federation world reports (8-tier promotion/relegation sim and college feeder)