1987–88 Cuban National Series Explained

1987–88 Cuban National Series
League:Cuban National Series
Sport:Baseball
No Of Games:48
No Of Teams:18
Season:Eastern zone
Season Champ Name:Best record
Season Champs:Santiago de Cuba (40–8)
Season2:Western zone
Season Champ2 Name:Best record
Season Champs2:La Habana (39–9)
Playoffs:Postseason
Finals:Round-robin tournament
Finals Champ:Vegueros (5–1)
Finals Runner-Up:La Habana & Santiago de Cuba (3–3)
Seasonslistnames:SNB
Prevseason Link:1986–87 Cuban National Series
Prevseason Year:1986–87
Nextseason Link:1988–89 Cuban National Series
Nextseason Year:1988–89

In the 27th season of the Cuban National Series, Vegueros, from Pinar del Río Province, repeated as champions. La Habana and Santiago de Cuba both won at least 80% of their regular-season games, but Vegueros, with an all-star lineup including Luis Casanova and Omar Linares, prevailed in the postseason. Camagüey advanced to the four-team round-robin tournament for the first time, but lost all but one of their games. The 18 teams within the league, each playing a 48-game regular-season schedule, remained unchanged from recent seasons.

Standings

Western zone

Team W L Pct. GB
39 9 .800 -
Vegueros (Pinar del Río) 35 13 .729 4
Industriales (Havana) 34 14 .708 5
Henequeneros (Matanzas) 26 22 .541 13
Metropolitanos (Havana) 22 26 .458 17
22 26 .458 17
Forestales (Pinar del Río) 18 30 .375 21
10 38 .208 29
Citricultores (Matanzas) 10 38 .208 29

Eastern zone

Team W L Pct. GB
40 8 .833 -
29 19 .604 11
29 19 .604 11
25 23 .520 15
22 26 .458 18
20 28 .416 20
20 28 .416 20
17 31 .354 23
14 34 .291 26
Source:[1]

Postseason

Team W L Pct. GB
Vegueros 5 1 .833 -
3 3 .500 2
3 3 .500 2
1 5 .167 4

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.