1985–86 Cuban National Series

1985–86 Cuban National Series
Serie Nacional de Béisbol 1985–86
LeagueCuban National Series
SportBaseball
Number of games48
Number of teams18
Eastern zone
Best recordVilla Clara (35–13)
Western zone
Best recordIndustriales (37–11)
Postseason
Round-robin tournament
ChampionsIndustriales (6–0)
  Runners-upVegueros (4–2)
SNB seasons

The silver jubilee 25th season of the Cuban National Series was the first to feature a scheduled postseason,[a] as the first-place and second-place teams from each of the new Eastern and Western divisions qualified for a round-robin tournament to determine the league champion. The 18 teams in the league remained unchanged from recent seasons, but each team's regular-season schedule was reduced from 75 games to 48 games.[b]

Advancing to the playoffs were Industriales, Vegueros, Santiago de Cuba and Villa Clara. Industriales went undefeated as they swept their competitors, clinching their sixth league title via a walk-off home run by Agustin Marquetti in extra innings against Vegueros on January 19, 1986, in front of their home fans.[1]

Standings

Source:[2]

Postseason

Team W L Pct. GB
Industriales 6 0 1.000 -
Vegueros 4 2 .667 2
Santiago de Cuba 1 5 .167 5
Villa Clara 1 5 .167 5

Notes

  1. ^ Tie-breaker series had been played to determine league champions in 1962–63 and 1971–72.
  2. ^ A team facing each of the other 8 teams in their division 6 times each yields a schedule of 48 games.

References

  1. ^ "Juego Decisivo Serie Nacional 1985-1986 Vegueros-Industriales, Fin del juego del 10mo al 12 inning". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-06.
  2. ^ "Las 40 primeras Series Nacionales". Granma (in Spanish). Archived from the original on December 27, 2014.

Further reading

  • "Cronología: 1986" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on February 26, 2005. Retrieved 2006-10-11. (Note - text is printed in a white font on a white background, depending on browser used.)