2005-2006 Cuban National League

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The 2005-2006 season was the forty-fifth season of Cuba's national baseball system.

Serie Nacional[edit]

The 45th Serie Nacional was won by Industriales, the team's eleventh title and manager Rey Vicente Anglada's third – even though the team failed to win their grupo.

Standings[edit]

Bold indicates Zona champion; Italics indicates Serie Nacional champion

Zona Occidental[edit]

Grupo A Grupo B
Team G W L WPCT GB Team G W L WPCT GB
Isla de la Juventud 89 54 35 0.607 -.- Sancti Spíritus 90 58 32 0.644 -.-
Pinar del Río 90 48 42 0.533 6.5 Industriales 90 56 34 0.622 2.0
Matanzas 90 29 61 0.322 25.5 La Habana 89 51 38 0.573 6.5
Metropolitanos 88 19 69 0.216 34.5 Cienfuegos 89 35 54 0.393 22.5

Zona Oriental[edit]

Grupo C Grupo D
Team G W L WPCT GB Team G W L WPCT GB
Villa Clara 90 58 32 0.644 -.- Santiago de Cuba 90 56 34 0.622 -.-
Ciego de Ávila 90 53 37 0.589 5.0 Granma 89 51 38 0.573 4.5
Las Tunas 90 47 43 0.522 11.0 Guantánamo 90 34 56 0.378 22.0
Camagüey 90 41 49 0.456 17.0 Holguín 90 27 63 0.300 29.0

Playoffs[edit]

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
  OCC1  Sancti Spíritus 3  
OCC4  La Habana 1  
  OCC1  Sancti Spíritus 3  
Occidental
  OCC3  Industriales 4  
OCC2  Isla de la Juventud 2
  OCC3  Industriales 3  
    OCC3  Industriales 4
  OTE2  Santiago de Cuba 2
  OTE1  Villa Clara 2  
OTE4  Granma 3  
  OTE4  Granma 0
Oriental
  OTE2  Santiago de Cuba 4  
OTE2  Santiago de Cuba 3
  OTE3  Ciego de Ávila 1  

All-Star Game[edit]

The twenty-first Juego de las Estrellas (All-Star Game) was held in . In the game, defeated by a score of to . The winning pitcher was [[]] and the losing pitcher was [[]].

Leaders[edit]

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

Batting[edit]

Stat Leader Team Number Notes
Batting Average Michel Enríquez Tamayo Isla de la Juventud .447 114 hits in 255 at-bats
Runs Scored Yohenis Céspedes M.
Yulieski Gourriel C.
Granma
Sancti Spíritus
89
Base Hits Osmani Urrutia Ramírez Las Tunas 135
Doubles Yordanis Samón Matamoros Granma 36
Triples Yordanis Scull Zayas
Yulieski Gourriel C.
Las Tunas
Sancti Spíritus
11
Home Runs Yulieski Gourriel C. Sancti Spíritus 27
Runs Batted In Yulieski Gourriel C. Sancti Spíritus 92
Base-on-Balls Frederich Cepeda Cruz Sancti Spíritus 101
Intentional Base-on-Balls Osmani Urrutia Ramírez Las Tunas 27
Hit-by-Pitch Vismay Santos Martínez Guantánamo 28
Strikeouts Juan Carlos Linares La Habana 72
Sacrifice Hit Adonis Zamora Acosta Sancti Spíritus 15
Sacrifice Fly Rolexis Molina Guerrero
Andy Zamora Farrés
Isla de la Juventud
Villa Clara
7
Stolen Bases Carlos Alberto Tabares Padilla Industriales 24

Pitching[edit]

Stat Leader Team Number Notes
Wins Carlos Alberto Yánes Artiles
Pedro Luis Lazo Iglesias
Isla de la Juventud
Pinar del Río
12
Win-Loss Percentage Maikel Folch Vera Ciego de Ávila 1.000 11 - 0
Earned Run Average Noelvis Hernández P. Sancti Spíritus 2.29 24 ER in 94.1 IP
Innings Pitched Pedro Luis Lazo Iglesias Pinar del Río 155.2
Games Pitched Vladimir Pérez S. Camagüey 42
Games Started Pedro Luis Lazo Iglesias Pinar del Río 21
Games Relieved Vladimir Pérez S. Camagüey 41
Complete Games Pedro Luis Lazo Iglesias Pinar del Río 12
Shutouts Yosvani Pérez Ruiz Cienfuegos 3
Hits Allowed Luis Campillo H. Camagüey 168
Strikeouts Luis Borroto Jiménez Villa Clara 117
Base-on-Balls Israel Soto Delís Isla de la Juventud 64
Intentional Base-on-Balls Alexander Quintero Zamora
Luis Alberto González G.
Alberto Bicet Labrada
Cienfuegos
Metropolitanos
Santiago de Cuba
10
Hit Batters Alberto Bicet Labrada Santiago de Cuba 19

Award Winners[edit]

The Most Valuable Player (Jugadores más Valiosos) was Alexander Mayeta a first baseman with Industriales. The Most Valuable Pitcher (Lanzadores más Valiosos) was [[]] of [[]]. Alberto Soto of Granma was the Series' Rookie of the Year (Novatos del Año).

Sources[edit]

Cuban National League Seasons
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