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FuzzyRussianHat · 07-04-2025, 07:13 AM

Freetown had West African Baseball’s best record in 2031 at a franchise-best 111-51, earning the Western League’s top seed for the third time in four years. The Foresters also guaranteed their seventh trip to the WLCS in eight years. Freetown led WAB with 564 runs scored and set all-time league pitching records for strikeouts (1896), and K/9 (11.80). It was a hot ticket in Sierra Leone with the Foresters posting a 2,202,335 season attendance; second-best in WAB history behind Cotonou’s 2,248,829 from the prior season.

The South Division wasn’t a guarantee either for the Foresters with Abidjan as WAB’s other 100+ win team in 2031 at 101-61. The Athletes earned a wild card, making the playoffs for the 11^th time in 14 years. Abidjan led WAB with 932 runs scored.

Nouakchott won the North Division at 98-64 for back-to-back playoff berths. It was their first time leading the standings since 2004. Two-time defending WL champ Dakar was second in the North at 93-69, firmly taking the second wild card ahead of 87-75 Conakry. The Dukes grew their playoff streak to eight seasons. Monrovia, a 90-win wild card last year, dropped to 80-82.

Veteran slugger Abdel Aziz Ashraf won his first Western League MVP in his 16^th season for Abidjan. The 36-year old Egyptian lefty crushed 70 home runs for the 7^th season in WAB history of 70+ homers. Ashraf had done it before with 71 back in 2023, which held as the WAB record for one year before Desmond Jaiyeola crushed 78. They are among 16 players in all of pro baseball history with multiple 70 home run seasons.

Both also made WAB history in 2031 by joining Darwin Morris in the 800 home run club. Jaiyeola became the new WAB home run king in his final season, finishing with 829. Ashraf finished the season with 806, tying Morris’ top mark which had held since 2014. Jaiyeola also wrapped up with 2512 hits, 1617 runs, 361 doubles, 1858 RBI, and 62.7 WAR across his run as a top flight DH.

Ashraf had a career-best 168 RBI in 2031, which ranked as the 5^th-highest in WAB. He also led in total bases (431), slugging (.693), OPS (1.037), and wRC+ (166). Ashraf posted 6.2 WAR with a .302 average, 188 hits, 122 runs, and 27 doubles. On the downside, he struck out 235 times, leading the league for the sixth time.
Ashraf finished the season with 3121, passing Aliassou Lankoande’s 3007 to become WAB’s biggest whiffer. As of 2037, he’s one of only 29 in world history with 3000+ strikeouts. Ashraf signed a three-year, $34,800,000 extension with the Athletes before the season.

Dakar ace Chidozie Iyakson also made history as the first six-time Pitcher of the Year winner in WAB. The 30-year old Nigerian lefty also won from 2024-27 and in 2029. In 2031, Iyakson led in WAR (7.5) and FIP- (59). He had a 2.55 ERA over 208.1 innings with 291 strikeouts and 174 ERA+. This was Iyakson’s final full WAB season, as he’d miss most of 2032 to a torn meniscus in his knee. He would opt out of his deal and bolt for MLB in 2033 on a five-year, $102 million deal with New York. Iyakson’s nine year reign with the Dukes would go down though as the best such stretch in league history.

Abidjan topped Dakar 2-0 in the first round of the playoffs, then got ousted 2-1 in round two by Nouakchott. The Night Riders earned their first trip to the Western League Championship Series since 2020 and they hadn’t won a pennant in the 21^st Century. Freetown extended that drought for them, taking the WLCS 3-1 for their third pennant in eight years. The Foresters became five-time Western League champs (1977, 2011, 2024, 2028, 2031).

A very competitive Eastern League had only six wins separating the four playoff teams. Both division champs finished 97-65 with Ouagadougou atop the Interior and reigning WAB kings Cotonou atop the Coastal. The tiebreaker gave the top seed to the Copperheads, boosting their hopes for a sixth consecutive EL pennant. The Osprey picked up their second playoff trip in four years.

Right behind Ouagadougou in the Interior was Kano (95-67) and Benin City (94-68). It was the second year of since the realignment to divisions, where both division’s second place team advanced as a wild card. This meant the Condors continued on and the Blue Devils were denied, despite Benin City having the fourth best overall record. Lagos was second in the Coastal at 91-71 and held off 86-78 Port Harcourt for the remaining playoff slot.

The Condors earned repeat playoff trips and the Lizards ended a three-year drought. Both Benin City and Port Harcourt were denied a third straight berth. The Blue Devils had led the EL with 927 runs, while Cotonou allowed the fewest at 675. Also of note was Niamey falling to 72-90, their first losing season since 2020.

Benin City third baseman Joao Sebastiao da Silva repeated as Eastern League MVP, leading in runs (127), homers (60), total bases (467), slugging (.746), OPS (1.153), wRC+ (177), and WAR (9.5). The 28-year old Angolan added 217 hits, 42 doubles, 14 triples, 130 RBI, and a .347 average. In the offseason, da Silva opted out of his current deal to ink a new historic seven-year, $274,500,000 extension with the Blue Devils. This made da Silva the first WAB player with an annual salary above $40 million.

Ibadan was mid at 78-84, but their ace Yakubu Babawo won Pitcher of the Year in only his second season. The 23-year old Nigerian lefty led with 20 quality starts and posted a 2.88 ERA over 206 innings, 16-6 record, 281 strikeouts, 165 ERA+, and 4.9 WAR. Babawo bounced back swimmingly after a fractured elbow ended his rookie campaign prematurely.

Kano edged Lagos 2-1 in the first round and gave Ouagadougou a spirited fight in round two before falling 2-1. This set up a rematch of the 2027 Eastern League Championship Series, which was the second of Cotonou’s five consecutive pennants. Many thought they’d complete the six-peat, but the Osprey earned the impressive 3-1 road win. This was Ouagadougou’s first-ever pennant, having gone 0-6 in their previous ELCS tries. This left Benin City and Doaula as the only original WAB teams yet to make the final.

In the 57^th West African Championship, Freetown capped off their 111-win campaign with a 4-1 finals win over Ouagadougou. The Foresters staked their claim as one of WAB’s all-time best teams, becoming only the eighth to win the title and win 110+ games. Freetown became three-time champs, having won in 1977 and 2028. 1B Youssoupha Diop won finals MVP in his 14^th season starting for the Foresters. The 34-year old Senegalais lefty in nine playoff games had 10 hits, 7 runs, 3 doubles, 3 homers, and 9 RBI.

Other notes: WAB hits king Fares Belaid became the world’s hit king in 2031, reaching a mark most figured was impossible. The 42-year old Tunisian had a respectable full season with Abidjan, recording 198 hits, 106 runs, 35 doubles, 16 triples, 20 homers, and 2.4 WAR. With that, he finished the season with an incredible 5041 career hits.

The legendary Prometheo Garcia had held the world record since the 1960s with a staggering 4917 hits combined between CABA and MLB. The #2 mark had been Stan Provost’s 4133 until EBF’s Jiri Lebr made a run and finished at 4651. Belaid had entered the season as world doubles king and further added to that distinction, becoming the first to reach 900 for a career. He also became the world triples king in 2031 at 467, passing Carsten Dal’s 457 from EBF.

Belaid was the WAB record holder in games, at-bats, runs, hits, total bases, singles, doubles, triples and stolen bases. In 2031, he became the second in world history with 2500+ runs scored. With 2599 runs, Belaid still had a shot to catch world home run king Majed Darwish of SAB for the most runs at 2664. Belaid had signed a three-year, $35,300,000 extension with Abidjan after getting traded to the Athletes in July 2030. He intended to return for the 2032 campaign, his 25^th year in WAB.

Despite a lackluster 73-89 record, Jos’s offense posted 408 doubles, one short of the WAB record. Leading that effort was Madi Dicko with 68, falling two short of the WAB individual mark reached by Isah Saka in 2026 and Adrian Kollie in 2021. 70+ doubles has only been reached eight times in world history through the 2031 season.

Port Harcourt’s Ngalle Eto’o set a single-season record among pitchers with 162+ innings with a 0.43 BB/9. He had an absurd 30.0 K/BB, striking out 240 with only eight walks over 169.1 innings. Shaiu Hassan became the 4^th to reach 2000 RBI and Jonah Moiseiwitsch became the 4^th to 2000 runs scored.

Donatien Nda was the 10^th to 600 home runs. Nda and Rasaq Kadir became the 23^rd and 24^th to 1500 RBI. Kadir won his 8^th Silver Slugger in CF. Abdel Aziz Ashraf was the 17^th to 1500 runs scored. Tamsir Camara, Ali Zakaryaou, and Desmond Jaiyeola all reached 2500 hits, making that a 38-player club for WAB. SS Saturday Solomon won his 9^th consecutive Gold Glove.

07-04-2025, 07:13 AM	#2304
FuzzyRussianHat Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2020 Posts: 3,035	2031 in WAB Freetown had West African Baseball’s best record in 2031 at a franchise-best 111-51, earning the Western League’s top seed for the third time in four years. The Foresters also guaranteed their seventh trip to the WLCS in eight years. Freetown led WAB with 564 runs scored and set all-time league pitching records for strikeouts (1896), and K/9 (11.80). It was a hot ticket in Sierra Leone with the Foresters posting a 2,202,335 season attendance; second-best in WAB history behind Cotonou’s 2,248,829 from the prior season. The South Division wasn’t a guarantee either for the Foresters with Abidjan as WAB’s other 100+ win team in 2031 at 101-61. The Athletes earned a wild card, making the playoffs for the 11^th time in 14 years. Abidjan led WAB with 932 runs scored. Nouakchott won the North Division at 98-64 for back-to-back playoff berths. It was their first time leading the standings since 2004. Two-time defending WL champ Dakar was second in the North at 93-69, firmly taking the second wild card ahead of 87-75 Conakry. The Dukes grew their playoff streak to eight seasons. Monrovia, a 90-win wild card last year, dropped to 80-82. Veteran slugger Abdel Aziz Ashraf won his first Western League MVP in his 16^th season for Abidjan. The 36-year old Egyptian lefty crushed 70 home runs for the 7^th season in WAB history of 70+ homers. Ashraf had done it before with 71 back in 2023, which held as the WAB record for one year before Desmond Jaiyeola crushed 78. They are among 16 players in all of pro baseball history with multiple 70 home run seasons. Both also made WAB history in 2031 by joining Darwin Morris in the 800 home run club. Jaiyeola became the new WAB home run king in his final season, finishing with 829. Ashraf finished the season with 806, tying Morris’ top mark which had held since 2014. Jaiyeola also wrapped up with 2512 hits, 1617 runs, 361 doubles, 1858 RBI, and 62.7 WAR across his run as a top flight DH. Ashraf had a career-best 168 RBI in 2031, which ranked as the 5^th-highest in WAB. He also led in total bases (431), slugging (.693), OPS (1.037), and wRC+ (166). Ashraf posted 6.2 WAR with a .302 average, 188 hits, 122 runs, and 27 doubles. On the downside, he struck out 235 times, leading the league for the sixth time. Ashraf finished the season with 3121, passing Aliassou Lankoande’s 3007 to become WAB’s biggest whiffer. As of 2037, he’s one of only 29 in world history with 3000+ strikeouts. Ashraf signed a three-year, $34,800,000 extension with the Athletes before the season. Dakar ace Chidozie Iyakson also made history as the first six-time Pitcher of the Year winner in WAB. The 30-year old Nigerian lefty also won from 2024-27 and in 2029. In 2031, Iyakson led in WAR (7.5) and FIP- (59). He had a 2.55 ERA over 208.1 innings with 291 strikeouts and 174 ERA+. This was Iyakson’s final full WAB season, as he’d miss most of 2032 to a torn meniscus in his knee. He would opt out of his deal and bolt for MLB in 2033 on a five-year, $102 million deal with New York. Iyakson’s nine year reign with the Dukes would go down though as the best such stretch in league history. Abidjan topped Dakar 2-0 in the first round of the playoffs, then got ousted 2-1 in round two by Nouakchott. The Night Riders earned their first trip to the Western League Championship Series since 2020 and they hadn’t won a pennant in the 21^st Century. Freetown extended that drought for them, taking the WLCS 3-1 for their third pennant in eight years. The Foresters became five-time Western League champs (1977, 2011, 2024, 2028, 2031). A very competitive Eastern League had only six wins separating the four playoff teams. Both division champs finished 97-65 with Ouagadougou atop the Interior and reigning WAB kings Cotonou atop the Coastal. The tiebreaker gave the top seed to the Copperheads, boosting their hopes for a sixth consecutive EL pennant. The Osprey picked up their second playoff trip in four years. Right behind Ouagadougou in the Interior was Kano (95-67) and Benin City (94-68). It was the second year of since the realignment to divisions, where both division’s second place team advanced as a wild card. This meant the Condors continued on and the Blue Devils were denied, despite Benin City having the fourth best overall record. Lagos was second in the Coastal at 91-71 and held off 86-78 Port Harcourt for the remaining playoff slot. The Condors earned repeat playoff trips and the Lizards ended a three-year drought. Both Benin City and Port Harcourt were denied a third straight berth. The Blue Devils had led the EL with 927 runs, while Cotonou allowed the fewest at 675. Also of note was Niamey falling to 72-90, their first losing season since 2020. Benin City third baseman Joao Sebastiao da Silva repeated as Eastern League MVP, leading in runs (127), homers (60), total bases (467), slugging (.746), OPS (1.153), wRC+ (177), and WAR (9.5). The 28-year old Angolan added 217 hits, 42 doubles, 14 triples, 130 RBI, and a .347 average. In the offseason, da Silva opted out of his current deal to ink a new historic seven-year, $274,500,000 extension with the Blue Devils. This made da Silva the first WAB player with an annual salary above $40 million. Ibadan was mid at 78-84, but their ace Yakubu Babawo won Pitcher of the Year in only his second season. The 23-year old Nigerian lefty led with 20 quality starts and posted a 2.88 ERA over 206 innings, 16-6 record, 281 strikeouts, 165 ERA+, and 4.9 WAR. Babawo bounced back swimmingly after a fractured elbow ended his rookie campaign prematurely. Kano edged Lagos 2-1 in the first round and gave Ouagadougou a spirited fight in round two before falling 2-1. This set up a rematch of the 2027 Eastern League Championship Series, which was the second of Cotonou’s five consecutive pennants. Many thought they’d complete the six-peat, but the Osprey earned the impressive 3-1 road win. This was Ouagadougou’s first-ever pennant, having gone 0-6 in their previous ELCS tries. This left Benin City and Doaula as the only original WAB teams yet to make the final. In the 57^th West African Championship, Freetown capped off their 111-win campaign with a 4-1 finals win over Ouagadougou. The Foresters staked their claim as one of WAB’s all-time best teams, becoming only the eighth to win the title and win 110+ games. Freetown became three-time champs, having won in 1977 and 2028. 1B Youssoupha Diop won finals MVP in his 14^th season starting for the Foresters. The 34-year old Senegalais lefty in nine playoff games had 10 hits, 7 runs, 3 doubles, 3 homers, and 9 RBI. Other notes: WAB hits king Fares Belaid became the world’s hit king in 2031, reaching a mark most figured was impossible. The 42-year old Tunisian had a respectable full season with Abidjan, recording 198 hits, 106 runs, 35 doubles, 16 triples, 20 homers, and 2.4 WAR. With that, he finished the season with an incredible 5041 career hits. The legendary Prometheo Garcia had held the world record since the 1960s with a staggering 4917 hits combined between CABA and MLB. The #2 mark had been Stan Provost’s 4133 until EBF’s Jiri Lebr made a run and finished at 4651. Belaid had entered the season as world doubles king and further added to that distinction, becoming the first to reach 900 for a career. He also became the world triples king in 2031 at 467, passing Carsten Dal’s 457 from EBF. Belaid was the WAB record holder in games, at-bats, runs, hits, total bases, singles, doubles, triples and stolen bases. In 2031, he became the second in world history with 2500+ runs scored. With 2599 runs, Belaid still had a shot to catch world home run king Majed Darwish of SAB for the most runs at 2664. Belaid had signed a three-year, $35,300,000 extension with Abidjan after getting traded to the Athletes in July 2030. He intended to return for the 2032 campaign, his 25^th year in WAB. Despite a lackluster 73-89 record, Jos’s offense posted 408 doubles, one short of the WAB record. Leading that effort was Madi Dicko with 68, falling two short of the WAB individual mark reached by Isah Saka in 2026 and Adrian Kollie in 2021. 70+ doubles has only been reached eight times in world history through the 2031 season. Port Harcourt’s Ngalle Eto’o set a single-season record among pitchers with 162+ innings with a 0.43 BB/9. He had an absurd 30.0 K/BB, striking out 240 with only eight walks over 169.1 innings. Shaiu Hassan became the 4^th to reach 2000 RBI and Jonah Moiseiwitsch became the 4^th to 2000 runs scored. Donatien Nda was the 10^th to 600 home runs. Nda and Rasaq Kadir became the 23^rd and 24^th to 1500 RBI. Kadir won his 8^th Silver Slugger in CF. Abdel Aziz Ashraf was the 17^th to 1500 runs scored. Tamsir Camara, Ali Zakaryaou, and Desmond Jaiyeola all reached 2500 hits, making that a 38-player club for WAB. SS Saturday Solomon won his 9^th consecutive Gold Glove. __________________ Baseball: The World's Game fictional world reports Continental Baseball Federation world reports (8-tier promotion/relegation sim and college feeder)