2005-2006 Cuban National League
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The 2005-2006 season was the forty-fifth season of Cuba's national baseball system.
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[edit] Serie Nacional
The 45th Serie Nacional was won by Industriales, the team's eleventh title and manager Rey Vicente Anglada's third – even though the team failed to win their grupo.
[edit] Standings
- Bold indicates Zona champion; Italics indicates Serie Nacional champion
[edit] Zona Occidental
| Grupo A | Grupo B | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | G | W | L | WPCT | GB | |||||||||
| Isla de la Juventud | 89 | 54 | 35 | 0.607 | -.- | Sancti Spíritus | 90 | 58 | 32 | 0.644 | -.- | |||
| Pinar del Río | 90 | 48 | 42 | 0.533 | 6.5 | Industriales | 90 | 56 | 34 | 0.622 | 2.0 | |||
| Matanzas | 90 | 29 | 61 | 0.322 | 25.5 | La Habana | 89 | 51 | 38 | 0.573 | 6.5 | |||
| Metropolitanos | 88 | 19 | 69 | 0.216 | 34.5 | Cienfuegos | 89 | 35 | 54 | 0.393 | 22.5 | |||
[edit] Zona Oriental
| Grupo C | Grupo D | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | G | W | L | WPCT | GB | Team | G | W | L | WPCT | GB | |||
| Villa Clara | 90 | 58 | 32 | 0.644 | -.- | Santiago de Cuba | 90 | 56 | 34 | 0.622 | -.- | |||
| Ciego de Ávila | 90 | 53 | 37 | 0.589 | 5.0 | Granma | 89 | 51 | 38 | 0.573 | 4.5 | |||
| Las Tunas | 90 | 47 | 43 | 0.522 | 11.0 | Guantánamo | 90 | 34 | 56 | 0.378 | 22.0 | |||
| Camagüey | 90 | 41 | 49 | 0.456 | 17.0 | Holguín | 90 | 27 | 63 | 0.300 | 29.0 | |||
[edit] Playoffs
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
| OCC1 | Sancti Spíritus | 3 | |||||||||||
| OCC4 | La Habana | 1 | |||||||||||
| OCC1 | Sancti Spíritus | 3 | |||||||||||
| Occidental | |||||||||||||
| OCC3 | Industriales | 4 | |||||||||||
| OCC2 | Isla de la Juventud | 2 | |||||||||||
| OCC3 | Industriales | 3 | |||||||||||
| OCC3 | Industriales | 4 | |||||||||||
| OTE2 | Santiago de Cuba | 2 | |||||||||||
| OTE1 | Villa Clara | 2 | |||||||||||
| OTE4 | Granma | 3 | |||||||||||
| OTE4 | Granma | 0 | |||||||||||
| Oriental | |||||||||||||
| OTE2 | Santiago de Cuba | 4 | |||||||||||
| OTE2 | Santiago de Cuba | 3 | |||||||||||
| OTE3 | Ciego de Ávila | 1 | |||||||||||
[edit] All-Star Game
The twenty-first Juego de las Estrellas (All-Star Game) was held in . In the game, defeated by a score of to . The winning pitcher was [[]] and the losing pitcher was [[]].
[edit] Leaders
- Bold indicates either wooden bat record or aluminum bat record (1976-1977 to 1998-1999), Italics indicate Serie Nacional record
[edit] Batting
[edit] Pitching
[edit] Award Winners
The Most Valuable Player (Jugadores más Valiosos) was Alexander Mayeta a first baseman with Industriales. The Most Valuable Pitcher (Lanzadores más Valiosos) was [[]] of [[]]. Alberto Soto of Granma was the Series' Rookie of the Year (Novatos del Año).
[edit] Sources
- (May 24, 2006). "45 Serie Nacional de Béisbol (Spanish)". {{{title}}}. Redacción Deportiva del Periódico Granma. Retrieved October 29, 2006.
- (November 18, 2005). "Guía Digital 2005-06". Guía Oficial de Béisbol 2005 (Digital). Instituto Nacional de Deportes, Educación Física y Recreación. Retrieved October 29, 2006.
- Peter C. Bjarkman. A History of Cuban Baseball, 1864–2006. : McFarland, 2007. ISBN 0786428295
