1970-1971 Cuban National League

The 1970-1971 season was the tenth season of Cuba's national baseball system.

Serie Nacional

The tenth Serie Nacional was won by Azucareros, who were closely followed - within three games - by a group including La Habana, Granjeros and Industriales. The team was managed by Pedro Pérez Delgado. The post-season All-Star Series which was canceled in the IX Serie Nacional, returned following the 66-game season. For the first time in the four-year history of the Rookie of the Year Award, it was not handed out.

Standings

Bold indicates Serie Nacional champion

Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB
Azucareros	65	49	16	0	0.754	-.-
La Habana	66	48	18	0	0.727	1.5
Granjeros	66	47	19	0	0.712	2.5
Industriales	66	47	19	0	0.712	2.5
Mineros	66	40	26	0	0.606	9.5
Henequeneros	66	40	26	0	0.606	9.5
Vegueros	65	29	36	0	0.446	20.0
Oriente	66	23	42	1	0.354	26.0
Las Villas	66	22	43	1	0.338	27.0
Camagüey	66	20	46	0	0.303	29.5
Matanzas	66	18	48	0	0.273	31.5
Pinar del Río	66	11	55	0	0.167	38.5

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	Rigoberto Rosique	Henequeneros	.352	68 hits in 193 at-bats
Runs Scored	Antonio Jiménez	La Habana	53
Base Hits	Elpidio Mancebo	Mineros	77
Doubles	Antonio Muñoz	Azucareros	19
Triples	Antonio Jiménez Pedro Cruz	La Habana Granjeros	6
Home Runs	Miguel Cuevas	Granjeros	10
Runs Batted In	Armando Capiró	Industriales	51
Base-on-Balls	Elpidio Mancebo	Mineros	45
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Orestes Noroña Evelio Hernández	Matanzas Henequeneros	8
Hit-by-Pitch	Asterio Zaldívar	Mineros	8
Strikeouts	Lázaro Pérez	Azucareros	54
Sacrifice Hit	Bienvenido Ceballos	Pinar del Río	8
Sacrifice Fly	Armando Capiró	Industriales	7
Stolen Bases	Antonio Jiménez	La Habana	43

Pitching

Stat	Leader	Team	Number	Notes
Wins	Antonio Jiménez	Industriales	14
Win-Loss Percentage	Antonio Jiménez	Industriales	0.933	14 - 1
Earned Run Average	Manuel Hurtado	Industriales	0.67	8 ER in 107.2 IP
Innings Pitched	Rodoberto Pan	Las Villas	143.1
Games Pitched	Eduardo de la Torre	Matanzas	24
Games Started	Walfrido Ruiz Rodoberto Pan José Cruz Braudilio Vinent Roberto Valdés	La Habana Las Villas Camagüey Mineros Mineros	15
Games Relieved	Eduardo de la Torre	Matanzas	22
Complete Games	Rodoberto Pan	Las Villas	14
Shutouts	Walfrido Ruiz Braudilio Vinent	La Habana Mineros	6
Hits Allowed	Rodoberto Pan	Las Villas	123
Strikeouts	Braudilio Vinent	Mineros	112
Base-on-Balls	Juan Riscal	Camagüey	65
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Adalberto Herrera	Pinar del Río	15
Hit Batters	Braudilio Vinent	Mineros	9

Award Winners

The Most Valuable Player (Jugadores más Valiosos) was Antonio Jiménez a pitcher with Industriales. The Most Valuable Pitcher (Lanzadores más Valiosos) was Antonio Jiménez of Industriales. Heriberto Arbolaez of Las Villas was the Series' Rookie of the Year (Novatos del Año).

All-Star Series

The third All-Star Series featured two teams playing a 9-game series. Occidentales, managed by Pedro Chávez, defeated Orientales, 6 to 3.

Leaders

Batting

• Batting Average: .455 - Juan Díaz, Orientales
• Base Hits: 10 - Juan Díaz, Orientales; Félix Isasi, Occidentales
• Runs Scored: 4 - Elpidio Mancebo, Orientales; Vicente Díaz, Orientales
• Doubles: 3 - Félix Isasi, Occidentales; Agustín Marquetti, Occidentales
• Home Runs: 2 - Eusebio Cruz, Orientales
• Runs Batted In: 5 - Armando Capiró, Occidentales

Pitching

• Complete Games: 1 - Roberto Valdés, Orientales; Juan Pérez, Orientales; Walfrido Ruíz, Occidentales; Santiago Mederos, Occidentales
• Wins: 2 - Walfrido Ruíz, Occidentales
• Innings Pitched: 21.2 - José Huelga, Orientales
• Strikeouts: 13 - Walfrido Ruíz, Occidentales
• Base-on-Balls: 11 - Emilio Salgado, Occidentales
• Earned Run Average: 0.57 - Walfrido Ruíz, Occidentales

Sources

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