1992-1993 Cuban National League

The 1992-1993 season was the thirty-second season of Cuba's national baseball system.

Serie Nacional

The 32nd Serie Nacional was won by Villa Clara – the team's second title – who were managed by Pedro Jova. The club won the Finals of the playoffs 4 – 2 over the new Pinar del Río club.

Prior to the season contraction of the league occurred, reducing the number of teams from 18 to 16. Two of the provinces with multiple teams (Matanzas and Pinar del Río) had their two teams merge into a unified provincial team. The Pinar del Río teams of Vegueros and Forestales combined to for a team called Pinar del Río, while Matanzas's Henequeneros and Citricultores, merged to become Matanzas.

A major restructuring of the Serie Nacional also occurred prior to the season. Both zonas was dissolved and replaced four grupos (groups) of four teams each being formed. Due to all four merged teams location in what was the Zona Occidental, a former Zona Occidental team – Sancti Spíritus – was moved to the western grupos. Due to the new league structure only the top team from each grupo now qualified for the playoffs, with Grupo A facing Grupo B and Grupo C matching up against Grupo D in a a best-of-seven series. The season length was also increased to 65 games.

Omar Linares, now with Pinar del Río equals the single-season Serie Nacional record for batting average of .446 set five years earlier by Pedro Luis Rodríguez. Linares accomplishes the feat, and his fifth batting title, by having 82 hits in 184 at-bats. Lázaro Junco of the newly merged Matanzas club hits a Serie Nacional record 27 home runs. Enrique Díaz of Metropolitanos steals 55 bases, breaking the 25-year old record of 52 by Juan Díaz. The Metro's speedster will win nine of the next twelve stolen base titles. Villa Clara's Jorge Pérez leads the league with a 1.74 ERA (21 earned runs in 108.1 innings), while Granma|Granma's Ernesto Guevara wins 13 games to pace the league.

During the season the longest game in the Cuban baseball history took place between Matanzas and La Habana. Played on December 8 and 9, the game lasted 24 innings before it was suspended.

Standings

Bold indicates Grupo champion; Italics indicates Serie Nacional champion

Grupo A

Team	G	W	L	WPCT	GB
Pinar del Río	65	47	18	0.723	-.-
Matanzas	65	35	30	0.538	12.0
Metropolitanos	65	32	33	0.492	15.0
Isla de la Juventud	65	16	49	0.246	31.0

Grupo B

Team	G	W	L	WPCT	GB
Industriales	65	45	20	0.692	-.-
La Habana	65	31	34	0.477	14.0
Sancti Spíritus	65	26	39	0.400	19.0
Cienfuegos	65	25	40	0.385	20.0

Grupo C

Team	G	W	L	WPCT	GB
Villa Clara	65	42	23	0.646	-.-
Camagüey	65	33	32	0.508	9.0
Las Tunas	65	28	37	0.431	14.0
Ciego de Ávila	65	20	45	0.308	22.0

Grupo D

Team	G	W	L	WPCT	GB
Santiago de Cuba	65	41	24	0.631	-.-
Granma	65	39	26	0.600	2.0
Holguín	65	39	26	0.600	2.0
Guantánamo	65	21	44	0.323	20.0

Playoffs

	Semifinals					Finals
	A	Pinar del Río	4
	B	Industriales	0
						A	Pinar del Río	2
						C	Villa Clara	4
	C	Villa Clara	4
	D	Santiago de Cuba	1

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	Omar Linares	Pinar del Río	.446	82 hits in 184 at-bats
Runs Scored	Omar Linares	Pinar del Río	63
Base Hits	Reemberto Rosell	Cienfuegos	100
Doubles	Jorge Salfrán	Metropolitanos	20
Triples	Pedro L. Rodríguez José Antonio Estrada	La Habana Matanzas	5
Home Runs	Lázaro Junco	Matanzas	27
Runs Batted In	Gabriel Pierre	Santiago de Cuba	65
Base-on-Balls	Omar Linares	Pinar del Río	66
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Omar Linares	Pinar del Río	16
Hit-by-Pitch	Cándido Vives Leonardo Rojas	Cienfuegos Granma	13
Strikeouts	Oel Brito	Las Tunas	63
Sacrifice Hit	Eduardo Paret	Villa Clara	16
Sacrifice Fly	Pedro L. Dueñas	Pinar del Río	5
Stolen Bases	Enrique Díaz	Metropolitanos	55

Pitching

Stat	Leader	Team	Number	Notes
Wins	Ernesto Guevara	Granma	13
Win-Loss Percentage	Jorge Pérez	Villa Clara	0.909	10 - 1
Earned Run Average	Jorge Pérez	Villa Clara	1.74	21 ER in 108.1 IP
Innings Pitched	José M. Báez	Las Tunas	153.1
Games Pitched	Felipe Fernández	Camagüey	28
Games Started	Ernesto Guevara Giorge Díaz	Granma Guantánamo	19
Games Relieved	Felipe Fernández	Camagüey	28
Complete Games	José M. Báez	Las Tunas	13
Shutouts	Osvaldo Fernández R.	Holguín	5
Hits Allowed	Giorge Díaz	Guantánamo	149
Strikeouts	Ernesto Guevara	Granma	117
Base-on-Balls	Yovani Aragón	Sancti Spíritus	54
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Vladimir Núñez	La Habana	8
Hit Batters	Rolando Arrojo	Villa Clara	21

Award Winners

The Most Valuable Player (Jugadores más Valiosos) was Omar Linares a third baseman with Pinar del Río. The Most Valuable Pitcher (Lanzadores más Valiosos) was Ernesto Guevara Ramos of Granma. Vaisel Acosta of Matanzas was the Series' Rookie of the Year (Novatos del Año).

Series Selectivas

The nineteenth Series Selectivas was won by Orientales, managed by the Frangel Reynaldo.

Standings

Team	G	W	L	WPCT	GB
Orientales	45	25	20	0.556	-.-
Habana	45	24	21	0.533	1
Occidentales	45	23	22	0.511	2
Agropecuarios	45	18	27	0.400	7

Leaders

Batting

• Batting Average: .390 - Gerardo Miranda, Occidentales
• Base Hits: 64 - Juan Carlos Linares, Occidentales
• Runs Scored: 40 - Germán Mesa, Habana
• Doubles: 16 - Juan Carlos Linares, Occidentales
• Triples: 3 - Miguel Caldés, Agropecuarios; Lázaro López, Agropecuarios
• Home Runs: 14 - Orestes Kindelán, Orientales
• Runs Batted In: 46 - Orestes Kindelán, Orientales
• Stolen Bases: 15 - Victor Mesa, Agropecuarios

Pitching

• Win-Loss Percentage: 0.750 (3 - 1) - Ormari Romero, Orientales
• Games Pitched: 19 - Felipe Fernández, Agropecuarios
• Complete Games: 4 - Rolando Arrojo, Agropecuarios; José Riscart, Agropecuarios; Rafael Gómez, Habana; Omar Ajete, Occidentales; Faustino Corrales, Occidentales
• Wins: 7 - Ernesto Guevara, Orientales
• Innings Pitched: 78.0 - Ernesto Guevara, Orientales
• Strikeouts: 58 - Osvaldo Fernández Guerra, Habana
• Earned Run Average: 2.33 - Omar Ajete, Occidentales

Sources

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