1963-1964 Cuban National League

The 1963-1964 season was the third season of Cuba's national baseball system.

Serie Nacional

The third Serie Nacional was won by Industriales, under manager Ramón Carneado – their second consecutive championship. The team, at 22 – 13, was the only team with a winning record. For the first time in league history ties are counted as official games and included in the league's standings.

At Estadio Palmar del Junco in Pueblo Nuevo, Matanzas on October 3, Industriales and Occidentales played in a 19 – 14 . The winner, Industriales, set a record by recording eight consecutive hits in a single inning. Pedro Chávez of Occidentales had a twelve-game hitting streak and led the league with a .333 average. Industriales hurler Orlando Rubio wins the league's ERA title at 0.63, giving up only 4 earned runs.

Standings

Bold indicates Serie Nacional champion

Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB
Industriales	35	22	13	0	0.629	-.-
Occidentales	38	18	18	2	0.500	4.5
Azucareros	37	17	19	1	0.472	5.5
Orientales	36	14	21	1	0.400	8.0

All-Star Game

The second Juego de las Estrellas (All-Star Game) was held in Havana. In the game, Occidentales defeated Oriente by a score of 5 to 1. Occidentales had 5 hits to Oriente's 3, while the errors were 4 to 1 in favor of Occidentales. The winning pitcher was Antonio Rubio and the losing pitcher was Emilio Vargas.

Leaders

Bold indicates either wooden bat record or aluminum bat record (1976-1977 to 1998-1999), Italics indicate Serie Nacional record

Batting

Stat	Leader	Team	Number	Notes
Batting Average	Pedro Chávez	Occidentales	.333	43 hits in 129 at-bats
Runs Scored	Rigoberto Rosique	Occidentales	34
Base Hits	Miguel Cuevas	Orientales	44
Doubles	Eulogio Osorio Fidel Linares	Industriales Occidentales	8
Triples	Pedro Chávez	Occidentales	7
Home Runs	Jorge Trigoura	Industriales	3
Runs Batted In	Pedro Chávez	Occidentales	27
Base-on-Balls	Rigoberto Rosique	Occidentales	45
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Ramón Hechavarría	Orientales	9
Hit-by-Pitch	Antonio Inuffio	Azucareros	6	?Name
Strikeouts	Germán Águila	Industriales	26
Sacrifice Hit	Ramón Quijano Félix Isasi	Industriales Occidentales	4
Sacrifice Fly	Pedro Chávez Julio Bécquer	Occidentales Azucareros	3	*Not the MLB player
Stolen Bases	Félix Isasi	Occidentales	15

Pitching

Stat	Leader	Team	Number	Notes
Wins	Manuel Hurtado Román Águila	Industriales Azucareros	6
Win-Loss Percentage	Isidro Borrego	Occidentales	1.000	4 - 0
Earned Run Average	Orlando Rubio	Industriales	0.63	4 ER in 57.1 IP
Innings Pitched	Aquino Abreu	Azucareros	102.2
Games Pitched	Román Águila	Azucareros	22
Games Started	Rolando Pastor	Occidentales	13
Games Relieved	Román Águila	Azucareros	19
Complete Games	Manuel Alarcón Rolando Pastor	Orientales Occidentales	5
Shutouts	Maximiliano Reyes	Occidentales	3
Hits Allowed	Rolando Pastor	Occidentales	74
Strikeouts	Rolando Pastor	Occidentales	97
Base-on-Balls	Aquino Abreu	Azucareros	71
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Aquino Abreu	Azucareros	12
Hit Batters	Aquino Abreu	Azucareros	7

Award Winners

The Most Valuable Player (Jugadores más Valiosos) was Pedro Chávez a first baseman-outfielder with Occidentales. The Most Valuable Pitcher (Lanzadores más Valiosos) was Orlando Rubio of Industriales.

Sources

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• (March 22, 2004). "Tabla de Posiciones de la III serie 1964 (Spanish)". Radiococo. Radiococo. 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