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For the second time in five years and the third time in a decade, the African Association of Baseball didn’t add any players into the Hall of Fame. 1B Lifa Moyo came the closest to the 66% requirement, barely missing on his eighth ballot at 63.9%. Two others were above 50% with 1B Herve Otepa at 58.5% on his fifth ballot and SP Teo Tokala with 53.3% on his second try. Two pitchers had 50% exactly with Valentine Hategekimana on his tenth ballot and SP Anton Berger on his eighth. The best debuting player got only 13.0%.



For Hategekimana,he got as close at 63.9% in 2033 and 62.3% in 2029, although he was as low as 31.3%. He had a 16-year career between Maputo and Johannesburg with a Pitcher of the Year and ERA title in 2007. Hategekimana also led thrice in WAR, finishing with a 173-139 record, 3.77 ERA, 2749.1 innings, 3081 strikeouts, 999 walks, 109 ERA+, 83 FIP-, and 59.7 WAR.

Hategekimana was hurt by a couple of major injuries and poor playoff stats with a 4.58 ERA over 76.2 postseason innings. As of 2037, he is 19^th in pitching WAR, 15^th in wins, 15^th in innings, and 9^th in strikeouts. Pitchers don’t go as deep in AAB as other world leagues, but his tallies were among the best in the younger major league. However, just enough voters felt Hategekimana lacked the overwhelming dominance needed to make the cut.