1966-1967 Cuban National League

The 1966-1967 season was the sixth season of Cuba's national baseball system.

Serie Nacional

The sixth Serie Nacional was won by Orientales, the first time in five years that a team other than Industriales won the championship. Four teams finished within three games of first place, with second-place Industriales trailing by a single game and were dropped out of the hunt on the last day of the season. In their only title, Orientales were managed by Roberto Ledo.

Occidentales' first baseman Arturo Linares was the league's first Rookie of the Year (Novatos del Año). Román Águila had a league-leading 8 - 1 win-loss record despite pitching for a 33 – 32 Centrales club. This was the last season with six teams and the last with a 65-game schedule. During the season, admission charges for games (as well as for all other sporting events held on the island) were eliminated.

Standings

Bold indicates Serie Nacional champion

Team	G	W	L	WPCT	GB
Orientales	65	36	29	0.554	-.-
Industriales	65	35	30	0.538	1.0
Occidentales	65	34	31	0.523	2.0
Centrales	65	33	32	0.508	3.0
Las Villas	65	30	35	0.462	6.0
Granjeros	65	27	38	0.415	9.0

All-Star Game

The fifth Juego de las Estrellas (All-Star Game) was held in Havana. In the game, Occidentales defeated Oriente by a score of 3 to 2. Occidentales had 11 hits to Oriente's 5, while the errors were 3 to 1 in favor of Occidentales. The winning pitcher was Carlos Gálvez and the losing pitcher was Justino Galiván.

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	Industriales	.318	78 hits in 245 at-bats
Runs Scored	Félix Isasi	Centrales	39
Base Hits	Pedro Chávez	Industriales	78
Doubles	Felipe Sarduy	Granjeros	14
Triples	Silvio Montejo	Las Villas	8
Home Runs	Erwin Walters	Centrales	7
Runs Batted In	Miguel Cuevas	Orientales	38
Base-on-Balls	José Pérez	Las Villas	41
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Pedro Chávez Agustín Marquetti	Industriales Industriales	10
Hit-by-Pitch	Ricardo Lazo	Industriales	8
Strikeouts	Felipe Álvarez	Occidentales	43
Sacrifice Hit	Félix Rosa Emilio Madrazo	Industriales Las Villas	7
Sacrifice Fly	Pedro Chávez	Industriales	4
Stolen Bases	Félix Isasi	Centrales	31

Pitching

Stat	Leader	Team	Number	Notes
Wins	Rigoberto Betancourt Rolando Macías	Occidentales Las Villas	10
Win-Loss Percentage	Román Águila	Centrales	0.889	8 - 1
Earned Run Average	Ihosvany Gallego	Occidentales	0.80	6 ER in 67.2 IP
Innings Pitched	Florentino Alfonso	Granjeros	126.1
Games Pitched	Raúl López	Industriales	30
Games Started	Roberto Valdés Rolando Macías Aquino Abreu	Orientales Las Villas Las Villas	15
Games Relieved	Raúl López	Industriales	29
Complete Games	Manuel Alarcón	Orientales	11
Shutouts	Rigoberto Betancourt Roberto Valdés	Occidentales Orientales	5
Hits Allowed	Rolando Macías	Las Villas	87
Strikeouts	Rigoberto Betancourt	Occidentales	126
Base-on-Balls	Gaspar Pérez	Centrales	54
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Gaspar Pérez	Centrales	15
Hit Batters	Gaspar Pérez Florentino Alfonso	Centrales Granjeros	6

Award Winners

The Most Valuable Player (Jugadores más Valiosos) was Pedro Chávez a first baseman-outfielder with Industriales. The Most Valuable Pitcher (Lanzadores más Valiosos) was Rigoberto Betancourt of Occidentales. Arturo Linares of Occidentales was the Series' first Rookie of the Year (Novatos del Año).

Sources

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• (March 22, 2004). "Tabla de Posiciones de la VI serie 1967 (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