2019-2020 Cuban National League

The 2019-2020 Cuban Serie Nacional saw a big turnaround as last year's last-place finisher Matanzas won it all for a worst-to-first. It was their first title, the third time in the last four years a team won its first championship.

Standings

Team	Classification Phase	Secondary Phase	Manager
Camagüey	29-16	24-21	Miguel Borroto
Matanzas	26-19	26-19	Armando Ferrer
Las Tunas	28-17	24-21	Pablo Alberto Civil
Industriales	26-19	26-19	Rey Vicente Anglada
Santiago de Cuba	29-16	18-27	Eriberto Rosales
Cienfuegos	28-17	17-28	Alaín Álvarez
Granma	26-19	--	Carlos Martí
Sancti Spíritus	26-19	--	José R. Delgado
Pinar del Rio	23-21	--	Alfonso Urquiola
Isla de la Juventud	21-23	--	Jose Luis Rodríguez Pantoja
Ciego de Ávila	19-26	--	Roger Machado
Holguín	19-26	--	Noelvis González
Villa Clara	17-27	--	Eduardo Paret
Mayabeque	16-29	--	Vannoy Arado
Artemisa	15-29	--	Manuel Vigoa
Guantánamo	10-35	--	Eduardo Pavó

Playoffs

• Semi-finals
• Camagüey 3, Industriales 0
• Matanzas 3, Las Tunas 1

• Championship Series
• Matanzas 4, Camagüey 2

Leaders

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

Where two teams are listed, the player switched teams at the half

Batting

Stat	Leader	Team	Number	Notes
Batting Average	Yordanis Alarcón	Las Tunas	.378
Runs Scored	Santiago Torres	Camagüey	66
Base Hits	Yordanis Alarcón	Las Tunas	129
Doubles	Yasiel Santoya	Matanzas	30
Triples	Yoelkis Guibert	Camagüey	6
Home Runs	Erisbel Arruebarrena	Matanzas	19
Runs Batted In	Yordanis Alarcón	Las Tunas	83
Base-on-Balls	Frederich Cepeda	Sancti Spíritus/Industriales	94
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Frederich Cepeda	Sancti Spíritus/Industriales	27
Hit-by-Pitch	Raico Santos	Guantanamo/Santiago de Cuba	22
Strikeouts	Jorge Peña	Holguín/Camagüey	74
Sacrifice Hit	Yuniesky Larduet	Las Tunas	12
Sacrifice Fly	Yasiel Santoya Carlos Benítez	Matanzas Granma/Las Tunas	6
Stolen Bases	Yuniesky Larduet	Las Tunas	19

Pitching

Stat	Leader	Team	Number	Notes
Wins	Yamichel Pérez	Sancti Spíritus/Matanzas	13
Win-Loss Percentage	Yamichel Pérez	Sancti Spíritus/Matanzas	.813	13-3
Earned Run Average	Carlos Juan Viera	Las Tunas	2.37	129 IP
Innings Pitched	Frank Medina	Pinar del Rio/Camagüey	132
Games Pitched	Osmedi García	Santiago de Cuba	38
Games Started	Misael Villa Frank Medina Yamichel Pérez	Artemisa/Cienfuegos Pinar del Rio/Camagüey Sancti Spíritus/Matanzas	20
Games Relieved	Osmedi García	Santiago de Cuba	38
Complete Games	Carlos Santiesteban Yasmany Insua Yariel Rodríguez	Holguín/Santiago de Cuba Cienfuegos Camagüey	5
Shutouts	Yamichel Pérez	Sancti Spíritus/Matanzas	3
Hits Allowed	Misael Villa	Artemisa/Cienfuegos	149
Strikeouts	Yariel Rodríguez	Camagüey	93
Base-on-Balls	Geonel Gutiérrez	Artemisa/Santiago de Cuba	56
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Misael Villa	Artemisa/Cienfuegos	11
Hit Batters	Carlos Font	Santiago de Cuba	18
Saves	Andy Valdés Carlos Santana	Industriales Guantanamo/Santiago de Cuba	17

Awards

Yordanis Alarcón of Las Tunas won the Serie Nacional MVP after batting a league-leading .378 with a .395 OBP and .563 SLG. Loidel Chapellí Jr. (Camagüey) was named Serie Nacional Rookie of the Year after hitting .288/.390/.366.

Offensive All-Stars were C Yosvany Alarcón (Las Tunas), 1B Yasiel Santoya (Matanzas), 2B César Prieto (Cienfuegos), SS Erisbel Arruebarruena (Matanzas), 3B Yordanis Alarcón (Las Tunas), OF Frederich Cepeda (Industriales), OF Yasniel González (Cienfuegos), OF Yusniel Ibáñez (Cienfuegos) and DH Yordanis Samón (Industriales). Carlos Juan Viera (Las Tunas) was named the top right-handed pitcher and Yamichel Pérez (Sancti Spíritus/Matanzas) the top southpaw. Armando Ferrer won Manager of the Year and Jorge Niebla Umpire of the Year.

Gold Glove winners were C Yendrys Téllez (Camagüey), 1B Yasiel Santoya (Matanzas), 2B Dainier Gálvez (Matanzas), SS Yordan Manduley (Las Tunas), 3B Dayán García (Santiago de Cuba), RF Luis González (Camagüey), CF Eduardo Blanco (Matanzas), LF Dailer Peña (Las Tunas) and P Carlos Santiesteban (Holguín/Santiago de Cuba).