1990-1991 Cuban National League

The 1990-1991 season was the thirtieth season of Cuba's national baseball system.

Serie Nacional

Henequeneros wins their second consecutive championship in the thirtieth Serie Nacional. Once again the team was managed by Gerardo Junco. This season marks the introduction of a cross-bracket system in the playoffs.

In the playoff bracket, the top team in each division plays the runner-up of the other division, with the winners advancing to the best-of-seven championship. Both runner-ups, Henequeneros of Zona Occidental and Camagüey of Zona Oriental, win the best-of-three semifinals, against Santiago de Cuba and La Habana respectivly. The two teams advance to the finals, in which Henequeneros wins 4 to 1.

Henequeneros slugger Lázaro Junco wins his eighth home run title with 17. Industriales shortstop Germán Mesa steals the most bases with 22 swipes. Industriales pitcher René Arocha ties for the league lead in complete games with 9 - Lázaro de la Torre of Metropolitanos and Adiel Palma of Cienfuegos also have the same number of complete games. On July 4, 1992, a month prior to the Olympics, Arocha becomes the second Cuban national team player to defect to the United States since the Cuban revolution, following Barbaro Garbey.

Standings

Bold indicates Zona champion; Italics indicates Serie Nacional champion

Zona Occidental

Team	G	W	L	WPCT	GB
La Habana	47	34	13	0.723	-.-
Henequeneros	48	33	15	0.688	1.5
Vegueros	48	33	15	0.688	1.5
Industriales	48	29	19	0.604	5.5
Metropolitanos	47	24	23	0.511	10.0
Isla de la Juventud	48	20	28	0.417	14.5
Cienfuegos	48	16	32	0.333	18.5
Citricultores	48	13	35	0.271	21.5
Forestales	48	13	35	0.271	21.5

Zona Oriental

Team	G	W	L	WPCT	GB
Santiago de Cuba	48	33	15	0.688	-.-
Camagüey	48	29	19	0.604	4.0
Villa Clara	48	27	21	0.563	6.0
Holguín	48	26	22	0.542	7.0
Las Tunas	48	24	24	0.500	9.0
Granma	48	22	26	0.458	11.0
Guantánamo	48	21	27	0.438	12.0
Ciego de Ávila	48	20	28	0.417	13.0
Sancti Spíritus	48	14	34	0.292	19.0

Playoffs

	Semifinals					Finals
	OCC1	La Habana	1
	OTE2	Camagüey	2
						OTE2	Camagüey	1
						OCC2	Henequeneros	4
	OTE1	Santiago de Cuba	0
	OCC2	Henequeneros	2

Leaders

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

Batting

Stat		Zona Occidental					Zona Oriental
		Leader	Team	Number	Notes		Leader	Team	Number	Notes
Batting Average		Lázaro Madera	Vegueros	.400	52 hits in 180 at-bats		Luis Ulacia	Camagüey	376	62 hits in 165 at-bats
Runs Scored		Luis I. González	La Habana	49			Gabriel Pierre	Santiago de Cuba	41
Base Hits		Alexis Cabrejas Reemberto Rosell	Industriales Cienfuegos	64			Eddy Rojas	Villa Clara	66
Doubles		Orbe L. Rodríguez	Metropolitanos	14			Alcides Maso	Camagüey	15	?Name
Triples		Yobal Dueñas Jorge García Alexis Cabrejas Juan C. Millán	Vegueros Metropolitanos Industriales La Habana	4			José R. Delgado Miguel Caldés Raúl González Pedro Mora Mariano González	Sancti Spíritus Camagüey Ciego de Ávila Granma Holguín	3
Home Runs		Lázaro Junco	Henequeneros	17			Ermidelio Urrutia	Las Tunas	16
Runs Batted In		Romelio Martínez	La Habana	47			Óscar Machado	Villa Clara	51
Base-on-Balls		Enrique Díaz	Metropolitanos	35			Leonel Moa	Camagüey	39
Intentional Base-on-Balls		Omar Linares	Vegueros	7			Leonel Moa	Camagüey	7
Hit-by-Pitch		William Rodríguez	Isla de la Juventud	10			José García	Ciego de Ávila	16
Strikeouts		Jesús Reyes	Cienfuegos	39			Óscar Sarduy	Ciego de Ávila	45
Sacrifice Hit		Andrés Galarraga Yobal Dueñas	Forestales Vegueros	7			Henry González	Holguín	6
Sacrifice Fly		Luis García	Industriales	5			Jorge L. Duboys Gabriel Pierre Fausto Álvarez	Holguín Santiago de Cuba Santiago de Cuba	3
Stolen Bases		Germán Mesa	Industriales	22			Óscar Machado Jorge L. Duboys	Villa Clara Holguín (Serie Nacional)|Holguín	16

Pitching

Stat		Zona Occidental					Zona Oriental
		Leader	Team	Number	Notes		Leader	Team	Number	Notes
Wins		Jorge L. Valdés	Henequeneros	9			Ariel Cutiño	Santiago de Cuba	9
Win-Loss Percentage		Rolando A. Hernández	Henequeneros	1.000	4 - 0		Ariel Cutiño	Santiago de Cuba	.900	9 - 1
Earned Run Average		José Ibar	La Habana	1.73	15 ER in 78 IP		José R. Riscart	Villa Clara	1.51	16 ER in 95.1 IP
Innings Pitched		Lázaro de la Torre Adiel Palma	Metropolitanos Cienfuegos	105.0			Juan C. Pérez	Las Tunas	106.2
Games Pitched		Lázaro Pina Jorge A. Martínez	Forestales Henequeneros	21			Giorge Díaz Ángel Tumbarell	Guantánamo Guantánamo	22
Games Started		Rafael Gómez	Metropolitanos	14			Juan C. Pérez	Camagüey	13
Games Relieved		Jorge A. Martínez	Henequeneros	17			Ángel Tumbarell	Guantánamo	21
Complete Games		Lázaro de la Torre René Arocha Adiel Palma	Metropolitanos Industriales Cienfuegos	9			Osvaldo Fernández R.	Holguín	8
Shutouts		Alberto Torres	Vegueros	4			José R. Riscart	Villa Clara	4
Hits Allowed		Rafael Gómez Adiel Palma	Metropolitanos Cienfuegos	99			Luis R. Arrojo	Villa Clara	107
Strikeouts		Adiel Palma	Cienfuegos	82			Juan C. Pérez	Las Tunas	107
Base-on-Balls		Edilberto Oropeza	Citricultores	61			Juan C. Pérez	Las Tunas	57
Intentional Base-on-Balls		Óscar Camejo Lázaro Piña Ramón Castellanos	Forestales Forestales La Habana	5			Abigail Escalona	Granma	5
Hit Batters		Rafael Gómez	Metropolitanos	13			José R. Riscart	Villa Clara	10

Award Winners

The Most Valuable Player (Jugadores más Valiosos) was Lázaro Madera a outfielder with Vegueros. The Most Valuable Pitcher (Lanzadores más Valiosos) was José Ramón Riscart of Villa Clara. José Emilio Lamarque of Holguín was the Series' Rookie of the Year (Novatos del Año).

Series Selectivas

The seventeenth Series Selectivas was won by Pinar del Río, managed by the Jorge Fuentes.

Standings

Team	G	W	L	WPCT	GB
Pinar del Río	63	41	22	0.651	-.-
Habana	63	39	24	0.619	2.0
Matanzas	63	35	28	0.556	6.0
Serranos	63	30	33	0.476	11.0
Agropecuarios	63	29	34	0.460	12.0
Mineros	63	28	35	0.444	13.0
Las Villas	63	27	36	0.429	14.0
Camagüeyanos	63	23	40	0.365	18.0

Leaders

Batting

• Batting Average: .380 - Pedro Luis Rodríguez, Agropecuarios
• Base Hits: 86 - Victor Mesa, Las Villas
• Runs Scored: 66 - Omar Linares, Pinar del Río
• Doubles: 19 - Julio Fernández, Matanzas
• Triples: 7 - Jorge García, Serranos
• Home Runs: 20 - Romelio Martínez, Agropecuarios
• Runs Batted In: 57 - Romelio Martínez, Agropecuarios
• Stolen Bases: 30 - Victor Mesa, Las Villas

Pitching

• Win-Loss Percentage: 0.909 (10 - 1) - Lázaro Valle, Habana
• Games Pitched: 23 - Francisco Despaigne, Habana
• Complete Games: 9 - Omar Ajete, Pinar del Río; Jorge Luis Valdés, Matanzas
• Wins: 11 - Omar Ajete, Pinar del Río
• Innings Pitched: 131.0 - Omar Ajete, Pinar del Río
• Strikeouts: 104 - Omar Ajete, Pinar del Río
• Earned Run Average: 2.09 - Osvaldo Fernández Guerra, Habana

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