1978–79 Cuban National Series

1978–79 Cuban National Series Serie Nacional de Béisbol 1978–79
League	Cuban National Series
Sport	Baseball
Number of games	51
Number of teams	18
Regular season
Champion	Sancti Spíritus (39–12)

The 18th season of the Cuban National Series saw Sancti Spíritus win its first (and to date, only) championship, edging Villa Clara and defending champion Vegueros to win the league with a 39–12 record.

Standings

The league's size was again 18 teams: 11 provinces fielded a single team each, three provinces fielded two teams each, and the special administrative area of Isla de la Juventud (renamed from Isla de Pinos) fielded a team.

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Sancti Spíritus	39	12	.764	-
Villa Clara	36	14	.720	2½
Vegueros (Pinar del Río)	35	14	.714	3
Cienfuegos	31	20	.607	8
Forestales (Pinar del Río)	30	20	.600	8½
Camagüey	28	21	.571	10
Granma	27	21	.500	10½
Citricultores (Matanzas)	28	23	.540	11
Ciego de Ávila	26	25	.509	13
Metropolitanos (Havana)	25	25	.500	13½
Santiago de Cuba	23	28	.450	16
Industriales (Havana)	22	27	.440	16
Henequeneros (Matanzas)	22	29	.431	17
Guantánamo	21	29	.420	17½
Holguín	19	32	.372	20
Las Tunas	15	35	.300	23½
La Habana	14	36	.280	24½
Isla de la Juventud	10	40	.200	28½

Source:[1]

References

1. "Las 40 primeras Series Nacionales". Granma (in Spanish). Archived from the original on December 27, 2014.

Further reading

• "Cronología: 1979" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on February 25, 2005. Retrieved 2006-10-05. (Note - text is printed in a white font on a white background, depending on browser used.)