1993-1994 Cuban National League

The 1993-1994 season was the thirty-third season of Cuba's national baseball system.

Serie Nacional

Villa Clara, under manager Pedro Jova, wins their second consectuive title in the 33rd Serie Nacional.

Last year's grupo winners continued to dominate, with all four teams finishing seven games or greater over the runner-up. Villa Clara and Industriales, tied for the top record in the Serie Nacional at 43 – 22, both won their semifinal series, 4 game to 2. The clubs then fought in the finals to a seventh and deciding game. The game was won by Villa Clara on a double by Ariel Pestano followed by a texas leaguer by Michel Perdomo, both off Jorge Fumero, giving the Naranjas a 4 to 3 victory.

Lázaro Junco hits 21 home runs for Matanzas, his last of ten titles, while Lourdes Gourriel Sr. of Sancti Spíritus has 73 hits in 185 at-bats for a .395 batting average, his first and only title. Both Junco and Gourriel will retire within two seasons. Metropolitanos' Enrique Díaz follows up his record 55 steal season with 53 base-thefts. Omar Linares (Pinar del Río) is walked intentionally 22 times – a record – after he had batted .446 a year earlier. Future batting champion Osmani Urrutia debuts in the Las Tunas outfield.

Orlando Hernández wins 11 games for Industriales to lead the league while Jorge Fumero sports a perfect record of 9 – 0 for the capital's club. Hernández's 19-year old half-brother Eisler Liván Hernández leads the league in complete games with 13 and strikeouts with 132 for Isla de la Juventud. Liván Hernández will defect after the following season in Mexico – causing Orlando's suspension.

Standings

Bold indicates Grupo champion; Italics indicates Serie Nacional champion

Grupo A

Team	G	W	L	WPCT	GB
Pinar del Río	62	39	23	0.629	-.-
Matanzas	65	39	26	0.600	1.5
Isla de la Juventud	65	35	30	0.538	5.5
Metropolitanos	65	22	43	0.338	18.5

Grupo B

Team	G	W	L	WPCT	GB
Industriales	65	43	22	0.662	-.-
Sancti Spíritus	65	36	29	0.554	7.0
La Habana	65	35	30	0.538	8.0
Cienfuegos	65	20	45	0.308	23.0

Grupo C

Team	G	W	L	WPCT	GB
Villa Clara	65	43	22	0.662	-.-
Camagüey	65	35	30	0.538	8.0
Las Tunas	65	28	37	0.431	15.0
Ciego de Ávila	62	18	44	0.290	23.5

Grupo D

Team	G	W	L	WPCT	GB
Santiago de Cuba	65	43	22	0.662	-.-
Holguín	65	33	32	0.508	10.0
Granma	65	32	33	0.492	11.0
Guantánamo	65	16	49	0.246	27.0

Playoffs

	Semifinals					Finals
	A	Pinar del Río	2
	B	Industriales	4
						B	Villa Clara	4
						C	Industriales	3
	C	Villa Clara	4
	D	Santiago de Cuba	2

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	Lourdes Gourriel Sr.	Sancti Spíritus	.395	73 hits in 185 at-bats
Runs Scored	Eduardo Paret	Villa Clara	59
Base Hits	Pedro L. Rodríguez	La Habana	100
Doubles	Lourdes Gourriel Sr.	Sancti Spíritus	19
Triples	Pedro L. Rodríguez José Antonio Estrada Jorge Díaz O.	La Habana Matanzas Villa Clara	6
Home Runs	Lázaro Junco	Matanzas	21
Runs Batted In	Daniel Lazo Fausto Álvarez	Pinar del Río Santiago de Cuba	63
Base-on-Balls	Omar Linares	Pinar del Río	54
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Omar Linares	Pinar del Río	22
Hit-by-Pitch	Leonel Moa Felipe Gálvez	Camagüey Isla de la Juventud	15
Strikeouts	Jorge Salfrán Lázaro Junco	Metropolitanos Matanzas	49
Sacrifice Hit	Reinier Capote	Pinar del Río	11
Sacrifice Fly	Juan C. Millán	La Habana	7
Stolen Bases	Enrique Díaz	Metropolitanos	53

Pitching

Stat	Leader	Team	Number	Notes
Wins	Orlando Hernández	Industriales	11
Win-Loss Percentage	Jorge Fumero	Industriales	1.000	9 - 0
Earned Run Average	Osvaldo Fernández R.	Holguín	1.62	19 ER in 105.1 IP
Innings Pitched	Carlos Yánes	Isla de la Juventud	125.1
Games Pitched	René Espín	Metropolitanos	30
Games Started	Rembert Abella Óscar Gil	Guantánamo Holguín	19
Games Relieved	Reynel David Góngora René Espín Miguel Árnay Hernández	Sancti Spíritus Metropolitanos Sancti Spíritus	29
Complete Games	Eisler Liván Hernández	Isla de la Juventud	13
Shutouts	Eisler Liván Hernández Ariel Prieto José M. Báez Pedro L. Lazo José R. Riscart	Isla de la Juventud Isla de la Juventud Las Tunas Pinar del Río Villa Clara	3
Hits Allowed	Misael López	Granma	132
Strikeouts	Eisler Liván Hernández	Isla de la Juventud	132
Base-on-Balls	Adiel Palma Yovani Aragón	Cienfuegos Sancti Spíritus	63
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Reinaldo Batista	Ciego de Ávila	21
Hit Batters	Carlos A. Yánes	Isla de la Juventud	14

Award Winners

The Most Valuable Player (Jugadores más Valiosos) was Lourdes Gourriel Sr. a outfielder-first baseman with Sancti Spíritus. The Most Valuable Pitcher Award (Lanzadores más Valiosos) was not handed out. Reniel Capote of Pinar del Río was the Series' Rookie of the Year (Novatos del Año).

Series Selectivas

The twentieth Series Selectivas was won by Occidentales, managed by Jorge Fuentes.

Standings

Team	G	W	L	WPCT	GB
Occidentales	45	27	18	0.600
Centrales	45	26	19	0.578
Habana	45	19	26	0.422
Orientales	45	18	27	0.400

Leaders

Batting

• Batting Average: .429 - Juan Carlos Linares, Occidentales
• Base Hits: 70 - Juan Carlos Linares, Occidentales
• Runs Scored: 46 - José Estrada, Occidentales
• Doubles: 13 - Pedro Luis Rodríguez, Habana
• Triples: 4 - Juan Padilla, Habana; Jorge Díaz, Centrales
• Home Runs: 10 - Romelio Martínez, Habana
• Runs Batted In: 42 - Juan Carlos Linares, Occidentales
• Stolen Bases: 16 - Eduardo Paret, Centrales

Pitching

• Win-Loss Percentage: 1.000 (4 - 0) - Jorge Martínez, Occidentales
• Games Pitched: 16 - Miguel Pérez, Orientales; Carlos Yanes, Occidentales
• Complete Games: 5 - Liván Hernández, Occidentales; Rolando Arrojo, Centrales
• Wins: 7 - Omar Ajete, Occidentales
• Innings Pitched: 68.0 - José Baez, Orientales
• Strikeouts: 55 - Omar Ajete, Occidentales
• Earned Run Average: 2.40 - Eliecer Montes de Oca, Centrales

Sources

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