1983–84 Cuban National Series Explained

1983–84 Cuban National Series
League:Cuban National Series
Sport:Baseball
No Of Games:75
No Of Teams:18
Season:First division
Season Champ Name:Champion
Season Champs:Citricultores (52–23)
Season2:Second division
Season Champ2 Name:Champion
Season Champs2:Forestales (40–35)
Seasonslistnames:SNB
Prevseason Link:1982–83 Cuban National Series
Prevseason Year:1982–83
Nextseason Link:1984–85 Cuban National Series
Nextseason Year:1984–85

The 23rd Cuban National Series marked the first time the league was divided into two divisions, each consisting of nine teams, after the first half of the season. The 18 teams of the league remained unchanged, but the length of schedule was increased from 51 games to 75 games.

Citricultores, from Matanzas Province, became champion of the first division, and Forestales, from Pinar del Río Province, became champion of the second division.

Standings

First division

Team W L Pct. GB
Citricultores (Matanzas) 52 23 .693 -
Industriales (Havana) 49 25 .662
48 27 .640 4
46 27 .630 5
47 28 .626 5
Vegueros (Pinar del Río) 44 31 .586 8
Henequeneros (Matanzas) 36 36 .500 14½
36 39 .480 16
30 45 .400 22

Second division

Team W L Pct. GB
Forestales (Pinar del Río) 40 35 .533 -
37 38 .493 3
34 40 .459
34 41 .453 6
34 41 .453 6
Metropolitanos (Havana) 30 43 .410 9
28 46 .378 11½
25 48 .342 14
19 56 .253 21
Source:[1]

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Las 40 primeras Series Nacionales. Spanish. Granma. https://web.archive.org/web/20141227032744/http://www.granma.cu/granmad/eventos/49serie/z-series.html. December 27, 2014. live.