2022-2023 Cuban National League

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The champions of the 2022-2023 Cuban Serie Nacional were the Leñadores de Las Tunas. They swept the Industriales in the finals. After posting the best regular-season record, they began the title series with a 7-2 win on August 5. C Yosvani Alarcón had 3 hits and Alejandro Meneses and Rodolfo Diaz combined to shut down the Industriales. The next day, they rallied from a 3-0 deficit as for a 4-3 victory; Keniel Ferráz got the decision and CF Dailier Peña went 3-for-3 from the 9 slot. On August 10, 2B Yunior Otero drove in three and SS Roberto Baldoquin rapped three hits while Ferráz got the decision in a 7-1 win. They closed it out on the 11th with a 6-1 win with Meneses going five shutout frames for the victory while 3B Yordanys Alarcón went deep.

Standings[edit]

Regular Season Standings

Team Record GB Manager
Las Tunas 45-29 -- Abeisy Pantoja
Santiago de Cuba 43-31 2 Eddy Cajigal
Industriales 41-34 4.5 Guillermo Carmona
Sancti Spíritus 41-34 4.5 Lázaro Martínez
Artemisa 41-34 4.5 Yulieski González
Matanzas 40-35 5.5 Armando Ferrer
Camagüey 39-36 6.5 Miguel Borroto
Mayabeque 39-36 6.5 Michael González
Ciego de Ávila 39-36 6.5 Yorelvis Charles
Villa Clara 37-38 8.5 Ramón Moret
Holguín 36-39 9.5 Felicio García
Granma 35-39 10 Leonardo Soto
Isla de la Juventud 35-40 10.5 Dioel Reyes
Pinar del Rio 34-40 11 Alexander Urquiola
Cienfuegos 27-46 17.5 Jorge Rodríguez
Guantánamo 24-49 20.5 Agustín Lescaille

Playoffs: Las Tunas def. Matanzas, 4 games to 2. Industriales def. Santiago de Cuba, 4 games to 3. Las Tunas def. Industriales, 4 games to 0.

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 Héctor Castillo Las Tunas .404
Runs Scored Anibal Medina
Luis González
Matanzas
Camagüey
67
Base Hits Yordanys Alarcón Las Tunas 106
Doubles Yordanis Samón Camagüey 24
Triples Dainiel López
Luis González
Artemisa
Camagüey
7
Home Runs Osday Silva Santiago de Cuba 18
Runs Batted In Osday Silva Santiago de Cuba 80
Base-on-Balls Frederich Cepeda Sancti Spíritus 93
Intentional Base-on-Balls Frederich Cepeda Sancti Spíritus 28
Hit-by-Pitch Ernesto Torres Holguín 23
Strikeouts Ariel Pestano Jr. Villa Clara 67
Sacrifice Hit Ariel Díaz Villa Clara 12
Sacrifice Fly Raudelin Legra Mayabeque 8
Stolen Bases Alexquemer Sánchez Granma 19

Pitching[edit]

Stat Leader Team Number Notes
Wins Islav Sotolongo Cienfuegos 10
Win-Loss Percentage Alberto Bisset
Naykel Cruz
Israel Sánchez
Santiago de Cuba
Matanzas
Artemisa
.778 7-2
Earned Run Average Erly Casanova Pinar del Río 2.05 88 IP
Innings Pitched Dariel Góngora Camagüey 107 IP
Games Pitched Yanielquis Duardo Sancti Spíritus 33
Games Started Luis Marrero
Mario Valle
Marcos Ortega
Ciego de Ávila
Pinar del Río
Industriales
17
Games Relieved Yanielquis Duardo Sancti Spíritus 33
Complete Games Erly Casanova Pinar del Río 9
Shutouts Yunieski García Artemisa 3
Hits Allowed Wilson Paredes Holguín 124
Strikeouts Geonel Gutiérrez Artemisa 86
Base-on-Balls Naykel Cruz Matanzas 58
Intentional Base-on-Balls José Bermudes
Haykel Parra
Mayabeque
Matanzas
11
Hit Batters Yusmel Velázquez
Michel Cabrera
Holguín
Holguín
15
Saves Yanielquis Duardo Sancti Spíritus 16

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All-Star Game[edit]

Awards[edit]

Cuban National League Seasons
1962 1962-1963 1963-1964 1964-1965 1965-1966 1966-1967 1967-1968 1968-1969
1969-1970 1970-1971 1971-1972 1972-1973 1973-1974 1974-1975 1975-1976 1976-1977 1977-1978 1978-1979
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1989-1990 1990-1991 1991-1992 1992-1993 1993-1994 1994-1995 1995-1996 1996-1997 1997-1998 1998-1999
1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009
2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016 2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-2019
2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023