2005-2006 Cuban National League

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

Serie Nacional

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

Bold indicates Zona champion; Italics indicates Serie Nacional champion

Zona Occidental

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

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

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

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

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	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

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

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

• (May 24, 2006). "45 Serie Nacional de Béisbol (Spanish)". {{{title}}}. Redacción Deportiva del Periódico Granma. Retrieved October 29, 2006.
• (November 18, 2005). "Guía Digital 2005-06". Guía Oficial de Béisbol 2005 (Digital). Instituto Nacional de Deportes, Educación Física y Recreación. Retrieved October 29, 2006.
• Peter C. Bjarkman. A History of Cuban Baseball, 1864–2006. : McFarland, 2007. ISBN 0786428295