1972-1973 Cuban National League

The 1972-1973 season was the twelfth season of Cuba's national baseball system.

Serie Nacional

The 12th Serie Nacional was won by Industriales – their fifth title and first in seven years – under manager Pedro Chávez. The team outpaced rival La Habana by three games and two-time defending champion Azucareros by five over the lengthened 78-game season.

Serranos right-hander Braudilio Vinent records 19 wins – nearly half of his team's 42 victories – a mark that will stand for nearly three decades. La Habana's Armando Capiró becomes the new home run king as he smacks 22 blasts in 74 games.

Standings

Bold indicates Serie Nacional champion

Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB
Industriales	78	53	25	0	0.679	-.-
La Habana	78	50	28	0	0.641	3.0
Azucareros	75	46	28	1	0.622	5.0
Constructores	77	46	31	0	0.597	6.5
Camagüey	77	44	33	0	0.571	8.5
Oriente	78	42	35	1	0.545	10.5
Serranos	78	42	36	0	0.538	11.0
Granjeros	78	40	38	0	0.513	13.0
Vegueros	78	38	40	0	0.487	15.0
Matanzas	78	34	44	0	0.436	19.0
Mineros	77	32	45	0	0.416	20.5
Las Villas	78	32	46	0	0.410	21.0
Pinar del Río	75	28	47	0	0.373	23.5
Henequeneros	77	13	64	0	0.169	39.5

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	Eusebio Cruz	Camagüey	.341	89 hits in 261 at-bats
Runs Scored	Elpidio Mancebo	Oriente	56
Base Hits	Wilfredo Sánchez	Matanzas	95
Doubles	Arturo Linares	Industriales	20
Triples	René Moya	Camagüey	7
Home Runs	Armando Capiró	La Habana	22
Runs Batted In	Armando Capiró	La Habana	74
Base-on-Balls	Elpidio Mancebo Antonio Muñoz	Oriente Azucareros	62
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Armando Capiró	La Habana	18
Hit-by-Pitch	Fernando García	Serranos	11
Strikeouts	Fernando García	Serranos	62
Sacrifice Hit	Roberto Zayas	Pinar del Río	15
Sacrifice Fly	Raúl Reyes	Constructores	7
Stolen Bases	Antonio Jiménez	Industriales	36

Pitching

Stat	Leader	Team	Number	Notes
Wins	Braudilio Vinent	Serranos	19
Win-Loss Percentage	Juan Chávez	Industriales	0.857	6 - 1
Earned Run Average	Braudilio Vinent	Serranos	0.85	18 ER in 191.2 IP
Innings Pitched	Orlando Figueredo	Oriente	199.2
Games Pitched	Elpidio Páez Andrés Leyva	Industriales Las Villas	32
Games Started	Orlando Figueredo Jesús Guerra	Oriente Vegueros	23
Games Relieved	Elpidio Páez Andrés Leyva	Industriales Las Villas	32
Complete Games	Braudilio Vinent Orlando Figueredo	Serranos Oriente	17
Shutouts	Braudilio Vinent	Serranos	7
Hits Allowed	Alfredo García	Henequeneros	149
Strikeouts	Alfredo García	Henequeneros	160
Base-on-Balls	Orlando Figueredo Alfredo García Julio Romero	Oriente Henequeneros Vegueros	71
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Mario Fernández Juan C. Oliva	Mineros Pinar del Río	12
Hit Batters	Julio Romero	Vegueros	12

Award Winners

The Most Valuable Player (Jugadores más Valiosos) was Armando Capiró a outfielder with La Habana. The Most Valuable Pitcher (Lanzadores más Valiosos) was Braudilio Vinent of Serranos. Roberto Ramos of Azucareros was the Series' Rookie of the Year (Novatos del Año).

All-Star Series

The fifth All-Star Series featured two teams playing a 12-game series. Selección, managed by Servio Borges, defeated Industriales, 8 to 4.

Leaders

Batting

• Batting Average: .467 - Ubaldo Alvarez, Selección
• Base Hits: 12 - Wilfredo Sánchez, Selección
• Runs Scored: 6 - Antonio Muñoz, Selección
• Doubles: 2 - Armando Capiró, Industriales
• Triples: 1 - Antonio Muñoz, Selección; Leonardo Vilá, Industriales
• Home Runs: 3 - Armando Capiró, Industriales
• Runs Batted In: 6 - Armando Capiró, Industriales

Pitching

• Wins: 2 - Angel García, Selección
• Earned Run Average: 0.00 - Luis Barreiro, Industriales

Sources

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