1989–90 Cuban National Series Explained

1989–90 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 (36–12)
Season2:Western zone
Season Champ2 Name:Best record
Season Champs2:Henequeneros (37–11)
Playoffs:Postseason
Finals Champ:Henequeneros
Finals Runner-Up:Santiago de Cuba
Seasonslistnames:SNB
Prevseason Link:1988–89 Cuban National Series
Prevseason Year:1988–89
Nextseason Link:1990–91 Cuban National Series
Nextseason Year:1990–91

In the 29th season of the Cuban National Series, the postseason format was changed. The league directly matched its two division winners in a best-of-seven series for the league championship, while the two division runners-up played a best-of-five series for third place. A four-team round-robin tournament had previously been used, since the 1985–86 season. The 18 teams of the league, and the regular-season schedule of 48 games, remained unchanged.

Henequeneros of Matanzas Province defeated Santiago de Cuba, four games to two, for the championship. Third place was won by Industriales over Granma.

Standings

Western zone

Team W L Pct. GB
Henequeneros (Matanzas) 37 11 .770 -
Industriales (Havana) 33 15 .600 4
Vegueros (Pinar del Río) 33 15 .600 4
Metropolitanos (Havana) 31 17 .645 6
27 21 .500 10
18 30 .375 19
Citricultores (Matanzas) 15 33 .300 22
14 34 .291 23
Forestales (Pinar del Río) 8 40 .166 29

Eastern zone

Team W L Pct. GB
36 12 .750 -
28 20 .583 8
26 22 .541 10
26 22 .541 10
25 23 .520 11
24 24 .500 12
18 30 .375 18
17 31 .354 19
16 32 .333 20
Source:[1]

Playoffs

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.