1969-1970 Cuban National League

The 1969-1970 season was the ninth season of Cuba's national baseball system.

Serie Nacional

Henequeneros, managed by Miguel Ángel Domínguez, won ninth Serie Nacional. They beat out the Mineros by 1.5 games while Industriales finished fourth at 43 – 22, the team's worst finish to date. The teams played a shorter 66-game schedule, versus 99 over the previous two seasons, due to the staging of the 89-game Serie 10 Millones in the late-spring and early-summer.

"El Hombre Hit," Wilfredo Sánchez continues to dominate the league in hitting, leading it in batting average, runs scored and base hits. Over both seasons Sánchez hits .360; 214 hits in 595 at-bats. Sánchez along with fellow Henequeneros teammates Rigoberto Rosique and Félix Isasi, both 25, are nicknamed Los Tres Mosqueteros - The Three Musketeers.

Standings

Bold indicates Serie Nacional champion

Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB
Henequeneros	66	50	16	0	0.758	-.-
Mineros	65	48	17	0	0.738	1.5
Azucareros	66	46	20	0	0.697	4.0
Industriales	66	43	22	1	0.662	6.5
La Habana	66	35	31	0	0.530	15.0
Granjeros	66	33	32	1	0.508	16.5
Pinar del Río	65	29	36	0	0.446	20.5
Matanzas	64	26	36	2	0.419	22.0
Las Villas	65	27	38	0	0.415	22.5
Camagüey	66	19	47	0	0.288	31.0
Oriente	66	18	47	1	0.277	31.5
Vegueros	65	16	48	1	0.250	33.0

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	Wilfredo Sánchez	Henequeneros	.351	98 hits in 279 at-bats
Runs Scored	Wilfredo Sánchez	Henequeneros	46
Base Hits	Wilfredo Sánchez	Henequeneros	98
Doubles	Miguel Telemaco	Oriente	16
Triples	Armando Sánchez	Henequeneros	6
Home Runs	Raúl Reyes	Industriales	10
Runs Batted In	Fermín Laffita	Mineros	44
Base-on-Balls	Elpidio Mancebo	Mineros	62
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Fidel Linares José Pérez	Pinar del Río Las Villas	10
Hit-by-Pitch	José Morgan José Zamora Juan Díaz	Henequeneros Las Villas Azucareros	7
Strikeouts	Orestes Noroña	Matanzas	52
Sacrifice Hit	Juan Díaz Olmos	Azucareros	12
Sacrifice Fly	Eight players tied	N/A	4
Stolen Bases	Wilfredo Sánchez	Henequeneros	34

Pitching

Stat	Leader	Team	Number	Notes
Wins	Alfredo García Gregorio Pérez	Henequeneros Granjeros	12
Win-Loss Percentage	Rolando Macías	Azucareros	1.000	6 - 0
Earned Run Average	Rolando Castillo	Mineros	0.60	5 ER in 74.2 IP
Innings Pitched	Santiago Mederos	Industriales	136.2
Games Pitched	Óscar Romero	Granjeros	28
Games Started	Emilio Salgado Gaspar Legón	Pinar del Río Azucareros	16
Games Relieved	Domingo Pérez	Pinar del Río	23
Complete Games	Santiago Mederos	Industriales	13
Shutouts	Rigoberto Sánchez	Industriales	6
Hits Allowed	Lázaro Santana	Camagüey	102
Strikeouts	Santiago Mederos	Industriales	143
Base-on-Balls	Emilio Salgado	Pinar del Río	62
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Florentino González	Pinar del Río	11
Hit Batters	Gaspar Pérez	Henequeneros	13

Award Winners

The Most Valuable Player (Jugadores más Valiosos) was Wilfredo Sánchez a outfielder with Henequeneros. The Most Valuable Pitcher (Lanzadores más Valiosos) was Rolando Castillo of Mineros. There was no recipient of the Rookie of the Year Award (Novatos del Año).

Serie 10 Millones

The Serie 10 Millones was held in the spring and summer of 1970. The series' name, Series of the Ten Million, came from the Cuban President, Fidel Castro's goal of harvesting ten mllion tons of sugar in that year's harvest. Las Villa, managed by Servio Borges, won the 89-game series with a record of 56 - 33.

Standings

Team	G	W	L	WPCT	GB
Las Villas	89	56	33	0.629	-.-
Habana	89	54	35	0.607	2.0
Camagüey	87	44	43	0.506	11.0
Oriente	86	40	46	0.465	14.5
Matanzas	87	39	48	0.448	16.0
Pinar del Río	88	30	58	0.341	25.5

Leaders

Batting

• Batting Average: .367 - Wilfredo Sánchez, Matanzas
• Base Hits: 116 - Wilfredo Sánchez, Matanzas
• Runs Scored: 47 - Wilfredo Sánchez, Matanzas
• Doubles: 20 - Vicente Díaz, Camagüey
• Triples: 9 - Antonio Muñoz, Las Villas
• Home Runs: 12 - Agustín Marquetti, Habana
• Runs Batted In: 51 - Miguel Cuevas, Camagüey
• Stolen Bases: 27 - Antonio Jiménez, Habana

Pitching

• Win-Loss Percentage: 0.917 (11-1) - José Huelga, Las Villas
• Games Pitched: 39 - Ernesto Alfonso, Matanzas
• Complete Games: 9 - Santiago Mederos, Habana; Roberto Valdés, Oriente; Alfredo García, Matanzas
• Wins: 13 - Oscar Romero, Camagüey
• Innings Pitched: 161.1 - Alfredo García, Matanzas
• Strikeouts: 129 - Alfredo García, Matanzas
• Earned Run Average: 0.69 - Rolando Macías, Las Villas

Sources

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