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FuzzyRussianHat · 10-07-2025, 05:07 AM

Hyderabad extended its Asian Baseball Federation record playoff streak to 13 seasons, earning the East League’s top seed at 104-58. They repeated as Pakistan Division champs and led the EL in runs scored (738) and run differential (+243). Rawalpindi was second in the division at 98-64 for the first wild card and their sixth consecutive playoff berth. The Red Wings finished the season on a 15-game winning streak.

Tashkent repeated as North Division champs at 97-65 for their fifth playoff trip in six years. The Tomcats and Horned Frogs both allowed 495 runs, the fewest in the ABF. Defending EL champ Osh was six games back at 91-71 and ended up just short in the wild card race. Lahore (93-69) edged out Gujranwala (92-70) and the Oxen for the final spot. Although the Longhorns have had 12 straight winning seasons, this ended a five-year playoff drought.

Osh 1B Dzhurakhon Asadullayev won his third East League MVP in four years and earned his second Triple Crown. The 28-year old Kazakh lefty led in runs (137), hits (211), home runs (64), RBI (138), walks (108), total bases (454), triple slash (.364/.459/.784), OPS (1.243), wRC+ (243), and WAR (12.5). Asadullayev also had 45 doubles.

He now has the #1, #3, and #4 qualifying seasons by OPS in ABF history. Asadullayev’s 2036 also ranked as the 7^th-best OBP, 5^th-best slugging, 5^th-most runs, 4^th-most total bases, and 4^th-most walks in ABF history. There have only been 12 100+ walk seasons in ABF and Asadullayev has five of them. The #2 pick by the Oxen in the 2030 ABF Draft, Asadullayeev has led in OBP in all six of his seasons and has five times led in walks, OPS, and wRC+. He already has 62.4 career WAR, making his first six years among the best-ever starts to a career.

In two seasons with Tashkent, Shahrokh Morteza has back-to-back Pitcher of the Year wins. The 33-year old Iranian righty had signed a five-year, $87 million deal for 2035 after previously pitching with Peshawar and Bishkek. Morteza won POTY unanimously in 2036, leading in wins (23-7), ERA (1.93), innings (280), and quality starts (28). He added 360 strikeouts, 190 ERA, and 7.5 WAR. Morteza was 41 Ks from the Triple Crown with Osh’s Balazs Volgyi first with 401. That was only the 22^nd time an ABF ace fanned 400+ in a season.

Lahore upset top seed Hyderabad 2-0 in the first round and Tashkent edged Rawalpindi 2-1, taking game three with a 3-2 walkoff win. The Tomcats then swept the Longhorns 2-0 to earn a third straight trip to the East League Championship Series. In the loser’s bracket, the Horned Frogs ousted the Red Wings 2-0, then got 2-0 revenge over Lahore to bounce back in the double-elimination bracket. Hyderabad earned its eighth ELCS trip of their playoff streak, having gone 6-1 during the run.

Tashkent started the series with a 7-4 road win, followed by a Hyderabad 5-1 win. The Tomcats posted back-to-back shutouts at home, but the Horned Frogs won game five 3-1 to force a return to Pakistan. Tashkent took game six on the road 3-2 for the 4-2 series win to end a 33-year pennant drought. The Tomcats’ only ABF pennants came right after they arrived in the league in 2000 and 2002. Tashkent also had pennants in 1969, 1998, and 1999 when they were still in Eurasian Professional Baseball.

The West League was incredibly top-heavy as all four playoff teams won 100+ games. Baku was West Division champ for the eighth straight year and got the top seed at 115-47. The Blackbirds now have won at least 110+ games in seven successive seasons. They were the top scoring team with 856 runs and had the best run differential at+250.

Tabriz took a third straight Central Division crown at 109-53 and allowed the fewest runs in the WL at 539. The Tiger Sharks won a lot of close games with 63 saves, a WL team record and the second-best in ABF history. Both second place teams finished 101-61; Isfahan in the Central and Bursa in the West. The Imperials ended a five-year playoff drought and Blue Wings got back-to-back wild cards. Bursa set a new ABF team record with 393 doubles.

Defending ABF champ Gaziantep was the only other team above .500, but was still 13 games away in the wild card race at 88-74. Also notable was Mashhad at 79-83, their first losing season since 2020. Adana (77-85) also was below .500 for the first time since 2025.

For the ninth year in-a-row, the West League MVP went to a Baku player. 1B Ular Esenov got it for the second time, having also won in 2033. The 29-year old Uzbek righty led in hits (224), average (.356), wRC+ (205), and WAR (9.4). Esenov added 53 homers, 125 RBI, 108 runs, and 1.056 OPS. He had 21 of the first place votes while Bursa’s Khattak Baweja had 11.

Bursa lefty Refik Sagir was 2035 Rookie of the Year and followed it up as 2036 Pitcher of the Year. The 24-year old Turk led in wins (23-8), complete games (21), shutouts (3), and WAR (6.3) while also earning a Gold Glove. Sagir had a 2.73 ERA in 254 innings, 150 ERA+, 69 FIP-, and 286 strikeouts. The Blue Claws had taken him third in the 2034 ABF Draft. Sagir had 25 first place votes, while Reliever of the Year winner Reza Sabir had seven.

Sabir became the third in ABF history to win ROTY four times and made it three straight for Tabriz. He set the ABF saves record with 54, which is tied for the 8^th-best single-season in world history. Sabir had a 1.28 ERA in 80 games with 91.2 innings, 172 strikeouts, and 5.3 WAR. Shortly after his 30^th birthday, the Iranian righty left for free agency and signed a one-year deal with MLB’s Brooklyn Dodgers.

The first round had Bursa upset Baku 2-1 while Tabriz swept Isfahan 2-0. The Blue Claws kept rolling in round two 2-0 over the Tiger Sharks, earning their first West League Championship Series trip since 2024. In the loser’s bracket, the top-seed Blackbirds outlasted the Imperials and then Tabriz, both by 2-1 margins. Baku was back in the ELCS after missing the last two years despite 124 and 110 win seasons.

After trading wins in the first four games, Bursa bested Baku 3-2 in game five and 5-0 in game six to win the series 4-2. It was the fifth pennant for the Blue Claws (1999, 2001, 2004, 2020, 2036). Despite remaining dominant in the regular season, the Blackbirds have failed the capture the pennant in three straight years, unable to follow up on the 2029-33 five-peat.

The 52^nd ABF Championship needed all seven games. Tashkent opened ahead with 5-4 and 9-3 road wins, but Bursa matched with 9-3 and 7-2 road wins. The Tomcats took game five 8-2 at home to hold the advantage headed back to Turkey. The Blue Claws won game six 3-2 at home with the go-ahead run in the bottom of the eighth inning.

In the decisive game seven, Bursa bested Tashkent at home 6-3 to earn only their second ABF title (2004, 2036). The Blue Claws were the first Turkish team to win the ABF crown since Ankara in 2018. RF Bekzat Lunin was finals MVP, going 10-29 with three home runs and six RBI in the series. The Uzbek RF had missed the first half of 2036 due to a torn PCL from the prior August.

Bursa also had a historic playoff run from LF Khattak Baweja, who was MVP in the WLCS and the first two rounds. He set ABF playoff records for homers (12) and total bases (66). The 24-year old Pakistani in 17 games had 26 hits, 16 runs, 4 doubles, 18 RBI, 1.646 OPS, 353 wRC+, and 2.2 WAR. Baweja was one run and three RBI short of those ABF playoff records. Refik Sagir also tied the ABF playoff record for wins with five, but also set the record for most hits allowed at 46. He was 5-1 in 46.2 innings with a 3.09 ERA, 47 Ks, and 1.1 WAR.

Other notes: Between them, Hasan Yousefi and Agshin Jumayev had won ten Pitcher of the Year awards from 2025-35. Both finished their careers in 2036. Yousefi went 14-12 with a 3.89 ERA, 172 Ks, and 2.6 WAR in his 16^th and final season with Ankara. Jumayev in his 14^th season for Baku had a 10-4 record and 3.73 ERA in 144.2 innings with 137 Ks and 0.0 WAR. Both men breached 250 career wins, a mark previously only hit by Sijad Khaleel.

Yousefi got to 258 wins, passing Khaleel for the all-time wins lead in ABF. Jumayev got to 256 to tie Khaleel for second. Yousefi also passed Hasan Afshin’s 5151 strikeouts to become ABF’s all-time leader with 5246 while also sitting 27^th in the world strikeout leaderboard.

Jumayev ended with 4706 Ks, ranking 5^th best in ABF and just outside of the world top 50. Yousefi at 105.1 WAR ranked 3^rd and Jumayev’s 93.6 was 6^th among ABF aces. Maksat Gurbanov also retired in 2036, finishing 4^th in wins (246), and 5^th in WAR (94.9), but 28^th in Ks (3671). Gurbanov allowed the most hits in ABF at 3697.

ABF’s 25^th perfect game occurred on July 9 as Bursa’s Korcan Akbaba struck out 11 facing Isfahan. He needed to be perfect as it was a 1-0 victory with the lone run in the first inning. In other pitching notables, Ibrahim Tolibov became the 30^th to 3500 career strikeouts and Mansoor Kayam was the 21^st to 200 wins.

Artyom Masharipov became the 24^th to 500 home runs while Mustafa Sarir, Mehrdad Azghadi, and Ammar Sanjrani grew the 400 home run club to 50 members. Sultan Han was the 20^th to 2500 hits. Youssouf Raza was the 11^th to 1500 RBI.

OF Khalaf bin Abdullah became the 6^th ABF player with 10+ Silver Sluggers. He had 12 for his career having also won twice during his 2028-31 MLB stint. Bin Abdullah had 10 Sluggers in center field and two in right. LF Cihat Cetinkaya won his 9^th consecutive Gold Glove and 2B Mahmut Gurbuzerol won his 8^th Gold Glove.

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FuzzyRussianHat Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2020 Posts: 3,018	2036 in ABF Hyderabad extended its Asian Baseball Federation record playoff streak to 13 seasons, earning the East League’s top seed at 104-58. They repeated as Pakistan Division champs and led the EL in runs scored (738) and run differential (+243). Rawalpindi was second in the division at 98-64 for the first wild card and their sixth consecutive playoff berth. The Red Wings finished the season on a 15-game winning streak. Tashkent repeated as North Division champs at 97-65 for their fifth playoff trip in six years. The Tomcats and Horned Frogs both allowed 495 runs, the fewest in the ABF. Defending EL champ Osh was six games back at 91-71 and ended up just short in the wild card race. Lahore (93-69) edged out Gujranwala (92-70) and the Oxen for the final spot. Although the Longhorns have had 12 straight winning seasons, this ended a five-year playoff drought. Osh 1B Dzhurakhon Asadullayev won his third East League MVP in four years and earned his second Triple Crown. The 28-year old Kazakh lefty led in runs (137), hits (211), home runs (64), RBI (138), walks (108), total bases (454), triple slash (.364/.459/.784), OPS (1.243), wRC+ (243), and WAR (12.5). Asadullayev also had 45 doubles. He now has the #1, #3, and #4 qualifying seasons by OPS in ABF history. Asadullayev’s 2036 also ranked as the 7^th-best OBP, 5^th-best slugging, 5^th-most runs, 4^th-most total bases, and 4^th-most walks in ABF history. There have only been 12 100+ walk seasons in ABF and Asadullayev has five of them. The #2 pick by the Oxen in the 2030 ABF Draft, Asadullayeev has led in OBP in all six of his seasons and has five times led in walks, OPS, and wRC+. He already has 62.4 career WAR, making his first six years among the best-ever starts to a career. In two seasons with Tashkent, Shahrokh Morteza has back-to-back Pitcher of the Year wins. The 33-year old Iranian righty had signed a five-year, $87 million deal for 2035 after previously pitching with Peshawar and Bishkek. Morteza won POTY unanimously in 2036, leading in wins (23-7), ERA (1.93), innings (280), and quality starts (28). He added 360 strikeouts, 190 ERA, and 7.5 WAR. Morteza was 41 Ks from the Triple Crown with Osh’s Balazs Volgyi first with 401. That was only the 22^nd time an ABF ace fanned 400+ in a season. Lahore upset top seed Hyderabad 2-0 in the first round and Tashkent edged Rawalpindi 2-1, taking game three with a 3-2 walkoff win. The Tomcats then swept the Longhorns 2-0 to earn a third straight trip to the East League Championship Series. In the loser’s bracket, the Horned Frogs ousted the Red Wings 2-0, then got 2-0 revenge over Lahore to bounce back in the double-elimination bracket. Hyderabad earned its eighth ELCS trip of their playoff streak, having gone 6-1 during the run. Tashkent started the series with a 7-4 road win, followed by a Hyderabad 5-1 win. The Tomcats posted back-to-back shutouts at home, but the Horned Frogs won game five 3-1 to force a return to Pakistan. Tashkent took game six on the road 3-2 for the 4-2 series win to end a 33-year pennant drought. The Tomcats’ only ABF pennants came right after they arrived in the league in 2000 and 2002. Tashkent also had pennants in 1969, 1998, and 1999 when they were still in Eurasian Professional Baseball. The West League was incredibly top-heavy as all four playoff teams won 100+ games. Baku was West Division champ for the eighth straight year and got the top seed at 115-47. The Blackbirds now have won at least 110+ games in seven successive seasons. They were the top scoring team with 856 runs and had the best run differential at+250. Tabriz took a third straight Central Division crown at 109-53 and allowed the fewest runs in the WL at 539. The Tiger Sharks won a lot of close games with 63 saves, a WL team record and the second-best in ABF history. Both second place teams finished 101-61; Isfahan in the Central and Bursa in the West. The Imperials ended a five-year playoff drought and Blue Wings got back-to-back wild cards. Bursa set a new ABF team record with 393 doubles. Defending ABF champ Gaziantep was the only other team above .500, but was still 13 games away in the wild card race at 88-74. Also notable was Mashhad at 79-83, their first losing season since 2020. Adana (77-85) also was below .500 for the first time since 2025. For the ninth year in-a-row, the West League MVP went to a Baku player. 1B Ular Esenov got it for the second time, having also won in 2033. The 29-year old Uzbek righty led in hits (224), average (.356), wRC+ (205), and WAR (9.4). Esenov added 53 homers, 125 RBI, 108 runs, and 1.056 OPS. He had 21 of the first place votes while Bursa’s Khattak Baweja had 11. Bursa lefty Refik Sagir was 2035 Rookie of the Year and followed it up as 2036 Pitcher of the Year. The 24-year old Turk led in wins (23-8), complete games (21), shutouts (3), and WAR (6.3) while also earning a Gold Glove. Sagir had a 2.73 ERA in 254 innings, 150 ERA+, 69 FIP-, and 286 strikeouts. The Blue Claws had taken him third in the 2034 ABF Draft. Sagir had 25 first place votes, while Reliever of the Year winner Reza Sabir had seven. Sabir became the third in ABF history to win ROTY four times and made it three straight for Tabriz. He set the ABF saves record with 54, which is tied for the 8^th-best single-season in world history. Sabir had a 1.28 ERA in 80 games with 91.2 innings, 172 strikeouts, and 5.3 WAR. Shortly after his 30^th birthday, the Iranian righty left for free agency and signed a one-year deal with MLB’s Brooklyn Dodgers. The first round had Bursa upset Baku 2-1 while Tabriz swept Isfahan 2-0. The Blue Claws kept rolling in round two 2-0 over the Tiger Sharks, earning their first West League Championship Series trip since 2024. In the loser’s bracket, the top-seed Blackbirds outlasted the Imperials and then Tabriz, both by 2-1 margins. Baku was back in the ELCS after missing the last two years despite 124 and 110 win seasons. After trading wins in the first four games, Bursa bested Baku 3-2 in game five and 5-0 in game six to win the series 4-2. It was the fifth pennant for the Blue Claws (1999, 2001, 2004, 2020, 2036). Despite remaining dominant in the regular season, the Blackbirds have failed the capture the pennant in three straight years, unable to follow up on the 2029-33 five-peat. The 52^nd ABF Championship needed all seven games. Tashkent opened ahead with 5-4 and 9-3 road wins, but Bursa matched with 9-3 and 7-2 road wins. The Tomcats took game five 8-2 at home to hold the advantage headed back to Turkey. The Blue Claws won game six 3-2 at home with the go-ahead run in the bottom of the eighth inning. In the decisive game seven, Bursa bested Tashkent at home 6-3 to earn only their second ABF title (2004, 2036). The Blue Claws were the first Turkish team to win the ABF crown since Ankara in 2018. RF Bekzat Lunin was finals MVP, going 10-29 with three home runs and six RBI in the series. The Uzbek RF had missed the first half of 2036 due to a torn PCL from the prior August. Bursa also had a historic playoff run from LF Khattak Baweja, who was MVP in the WLCS and the first two rounds. He set ABF playoff records for homers (12) and total bases (66). The 24-year old Pakistani in 17 games had 26 hits, 16 runs, 4 doubles, 18 RBI, 1.646 OPS, 353 wRC+, and 2.2 WAR. Baweja was one run and three RBI short of those ABF playoff records. Refik Sagir also tied the ABF playoff record for wins with five, but also set the record for most hits allowed at 46. He was 5-1 in 46.2 innings with a 3.09 ERA, 47 Ks, and 1.1 WAR. Other notes: Between them, Hasan Yousefi and Agshin Jumayev had won ten Pitcher of the Year awards from 2025-35. Both finished their careers in 2036. Yousefi went 14-12 with a 3.89 ERA, 172 Ks, and 2.6 WAR in his 16^th and final season with Ankara. Jumayev in his 14^th season for Baku had a 10-4 record and 3.73 ERA in 144.2 innings with 137 Ks and 0.0 WAR. Both men breached 250 career wins, a mark previously only hit by Sijad Khaleel. Yousefi got to 258 wins, passing Khaleel for the all-time wins lead in ABF. Jumayev got to 256 to tie Khaleel for second. Yousefi also passed Hasan Afshin’s 5151 strikeouts to become ABF’s all-time leader with 5246 while also sitting 27^th in the world strikeout leaderboard. Jumayev ended with 4706 Ks, ranking 5^th best in ABF and just outside of the world top 50. Yousefi at 105.1 WAR ranked 3^rd and Jumayev’s 93.6 was 6^th among ABF aces. Maksat Gurbanov also retired in 2036, finishing 4^th in wins (246), and 5^th in WAR (94.9), but 28^th in Ks (3671). Gurbanov allowed the most hits in ABF at 3697. ABF’s 25^th perfect game occurred on July 9 as Bursa’s Korcan Akbaba struck out 11 facing Isfahan. He needed to be perfect as it was a 1-0 victory with the lone run in the first inning. In other pitching notables, Ibrahim Tolibov became the 30^th to 3500 career strikeouts and Mansoor Kayam was the 21^st to 200 wins. Artyom Masharipov became the 24^th to 500 home runs while Mustafa Sarir, Mehrdad Azghadi, and Ammar Sanjrani grew the 400 home run club to 50 members. Sultan Han was the 20^th to 2500 hits. Youssouf Raza was the 11^th to 1500 RBI. OF Khalaf bin Abdullah became the 6^th ABF player with 10+ Silver Sluggers. He had 12 for his career having also won twice during his 2028-31 MLB stint. Bin Abdullah had 10 Sluggers in center field and two in right. LF Cihat Cetinkaya won his 9^th consecutive Gold Glove and 2B Mahmut Gurbuzerol won his 8^th Gold Glove. __________________ Baseball: The World's Game fictional world reports Continental Baseball Federation world reports (8-tier promotion/relegation sim and college feeder)