1964-1965 Cuban National League

The 1964-1965 season was the fourth season of Cuba's national baseball system.

Serie Nacional

The fourth Serie Nacional was won by Industriales for their third straight title. Once again the team was managed by Ramón Carneado.

Industriales second baseman Urbano González hits a league-leading .359 en route to the MVP award. Orientales pitcher Manuel Alarcón strikes out 101 batters in 94.2 innings, becoming the first to top the century mark. On February 21, Azucareros first baseman Inocente Miranda played an entire game without touching the ball.

This was the first season in which all teams played an equal number of games, 39. It is also the last season played with only four teams – next year the serie added two teams and expanded the schedule to 65 games.

Standings

Bold indicates Serie Nacional champion

Team	G	W	L	WPCT	GB
Industriales	39	25	14	0.641	-.-
Occidentales	39	21	18	0.538	4.0
Granjeros	39	18	21	0.462	7.0
Orientales	39	14	25	0.359	11.0

All-Star Game

The third Juego de las Estrellas (All-Star Game) was held in Havana. In the game, Occidentales defeated Oriente by a score of 6 to 5. Oriente had 12 hits to Occidentales's 10, while both teams had 1 error. The winning pitcher was Manuel Hurtado and the losing pitcher was Manuel Alarcón.

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	Urbano González	Industriales	.359	56 hits in 156 at-bats
Runs Scored	Antonio Jiménez	Occidentales	30
Base Hits	Urbano González	Industriales	56
Doubles	Lino Betancourt	Industriales	6
Triples	Rolando Valdés	Granjeros	5
Home Runs	Miguel Cuevas	Granjeros	5
Runs Batted In	Miguel Cuevas	Granjeros	28
Base-on-Balls	Rolando Valdés Rigoberto Rosique	Granjeros Occidentales	38
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Mario González	Industriales	10
Hit-by-Pitch	Pablo Cruz	Industriales	8
Strikeouts	Rolando Valdés	Granjeros	30
Sacrifice Hit	Gaspar Pérez	Occidentales	7
Sacrifice Fly	Four players tied	N/A	2
Stolen Bases	Antonio Jiménez	Occidentales	16

Pitching

Stat	Leader	Team	Number	Notes
Wins	Maximiliano Reyes Gaspar Pérez	Industriales Occidentales	6
Win-Loss Percentage	Alfredo Street	Occidentales	1.000	2 - 0
Earned Run Average	Maximiliano Reyes	Industriales	1.57	11 ER in 63 IP
Innings Pitched	Manuel Alarcón	Orientales	94.2
Games Pitched	Ernesto W. Alfonso Román Águila	Industriales Azucareros	20
Games Started	Manuel Alarcón	Orientales	14
Games Relieved	Ernesto W. Alfonso	Industriales	20
Complete Games	Florentino Alfonso	Granjeros	5
Shutouts	Gaspar Pérez	Occidentales	3
Hits Allowed	Manuel Alarcón	Orientales	79
Strikeouts	Manuel Alarcón	Orientales	101
Base-on-Balls	Gaspar Pérez	Occidentales	58
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Roldán Guillén	Orientales	9
Hit Batters	Gaspar Pérez Julio Rojo	Occidentales Occidentales	6

Award Winners

The Most Valuable Player (Jugadores más Valiosos) was Urbano González a second baseman with Industriales. The Most Valuable Pitcher (Lanzadores más Valiosos) was Maximiliano Reyes of Industriales.

Sources

• (March 17, 2004). "Cronología: 1965 (Spanish)". Radiococo. Radiococo. Retrieved October 29, 2006.
• (March 22, 2004). "Tabla de Posiciones de la IV serie 1965 (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