2006-2007 Cuban National League

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The 2006-2007 season was the forty-sixth season of Cuba's national baseball system.

Serie Nacional[edit]

The 46th Serie Nacional was won by Santiago de Cuba, the team's seventh title, moving them into second all-time. They stunned the favored Industriales (the defending champions) in the finals.

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
Pinar del Río 90 56 34 0.622 -- Industriales 89 53 36 0.596 --
Isla de la Juventud 90 43 47 0.478 13 Sancti Spíritus 89 51 38 0.573 2
Metropolitanos 90 29 61 0.322 27 La Habana 90 46 44 0.511 7.5
Matanzas 90 26 64 0.289 30 Cienfuegos 90 42 48 0.467 11.5

Zona Oriental[edit]

Grupo C Grupo D
Team G W L WPCT GB Team G W L WPCT GB
Villa Clara 90 52 38 0.578 -- Santiago de Cuba 89 57 32 0.640 -.-
Las Tunas 90 50 40 0.556 2 Granma 90 45 45 0.500 12.5
Camagüey 90 50 40 0.556 2 Holguín 89 39 50 0.438 18
Ciego de Ávila 90 48 42 0.533 4 Guantánamo 90 31 59 0.344 26.5

Playoffs[edit]

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
  OCC1  Pinar del Río 2  
OCC4  La Habana 3  
  OCC1  La Habana 0  
Occidental
  OCC3  Industriales 4  
OCC2  Industriales 3
  OCC3  Sancti Spíritus 1  
    OCC3  Industriales 2
  OTE2  Santiago de Cuba 4
  OTE1  Villa Clara 3  
OTE4  Las Tunas 2  
  OTE4  Villa Clara 3
Oriental
  OTE2  Santiago de Cuba 4  
OTE2  Santiago de Cuba 3
  OTE3  Camagüey 1  

All-Star Game[edit]

The twenty-first Juego de las Estrellas (All-Star Game) was held. 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 Osmani Urrutia Las Tunas .371
Runs Scored Yohenis Céspedes M. Granma 79
Base Hits Jorge Padrón Pinar del Río 131
Doubles Yulieski Gourriel Sancti Spíritus 28
Triples Andres Quiala Las Tunas 8
Home Runs Alexei Ramírez Pinar del Río 20
Runs Batted In José Julio Ruíz Santiago de Cuba 72
Base-on-Balls Frederich Cepeda Sancti Spíritus 86
Intentional Base-on-Balls Frederich Cepeda Sancti Spíritus 23
Hit-by-Pitch Joan Carlos Pedroso Las Tunas 26
Strikeouts Rolando Mendez La Habana 68
Sacrifice Hit Rolando Mendez La Habana 24
Sacrifice Fly Ariel Borrero Villa Clara 8
Stolen Bases Yoandry Urgelles Industriales 27

Pitching[edit]

Stat Leader Team Number Notes
Wins Elier Sánchez
Pedro Luis Lazo Iglesias
Camagüey
Pinar del Río
13
Win-Loss Percentage Elier Sánchez Camagüey .813 13-3
Earned Run Average Ciro Silvino Licea Granma 1.15 132 2/3 IP
Innings Pitched Ubisney Bermudez Las Tunas 133 1/3 IP
Games Pitched Yolexis Ulacia Villa Clara 39
Games Started Wilbur Pérez Isla de la Juventud 21
Games Relieved Yolexis Ulacia Villa Clara 39
Complete Games Ciro Silvino Licea
Jonder Martínez
Norge Luis Vera
Granma
La Habana
Santiago de Cuba
4
Shutouts Jonder Martínez La Habana 3
Hits Allowed Ubisney Bermudez Las Tunas 145
Strikeouts Aroldis Chapman Holguín 100
Base-on-Balls Maikel Folch Ciego de Ávila 61
Intentional Base-on-Balls Yolexis Ulacia Villa Clara 17
Hit Batters Pedro Luis Lazo Pinar del Río 14
Saves Vladimir García
José A. García
Ciego de Ávila
La Habana
14

Award Winners[edit]

The Most Valuable Player (Jugadores más Valiosos) was Osmani Urrutia of Las Tunas. The Most Valuable Pitcher (Lanzadores más Valiosos) was [[]] of [[]]. Raiko Olivares of the Industriales was the Series' Rookie of the Year (Novatos del Año).

Source[edit]

Peter Bjarkman's website


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