1985–86 Cuban National Series

1985–86 Cuban National Series Serie Nacional de Béisbol 1985–86
League	Cuban National Series
Sport	Baseball
Number of games	48
Number of teams	18
Eastern zone
Best record	Villa Clara (35–13)
Western zone
Best record	Industriales (37–11)
Postseason
Round-robin tournament
Champions	Industriales (6–0)
Runners-up	Vegueros (4–2)

The silver jubilee 25th season of the Cuban National Series was the first to feature a scheduled postseason,[a] as the first-place and second-place teams from each of the new Eastern and Western divisions qualified for a round-robin tournament to determine the league champion. The 18 teams in the league remained unchanged from recent seasons, but each team's regular-season schedule was reduced from 75 games to 48 games.[b]

Advancing to the playoffs were Industriales, Vegueros, Santiago de Cuba and Villa Clara. Industriales went undefeated as they swept their competitors, clinching their sixth league title via a walk-off home run by Agustin Marquetti in extra innings against Vegueros on January 19, 1986, in front of their home fans.[1]

Standings

Western zone Team W L Pct. GB Industriales (Havana) 37 11 .770 - Vegueros (Pinar del Río) 33 15 .600 4 Henequeneros (Matanzas) 33 15 .600 4 Citricultores (Matanzas) 26 22 .542 11 Metropolitanos (Havana) 21 26 .446 15½ La Habana 18 30 .375 19 Forestales (Pinar del Río) 18 30 .375 19 Cienfuegos 15 32 .319 21½ Isla de la Juventud 14 34 .291 23

Eastern zone Team W L Pct. GB Villa Clara 35 13 .729 - Santiago de Cuba 34 14 .708 1 Camagüey 32 16 .666 3 Ciego de Ávila 24 24 .500 11 Granma 21 27 .438 14 Sancti Spíritus 21 27 .438 14 Guantánamo 19 29 .395 16 Las Tunas 16 32 .333 19 Holguín 14 34 .291 21

Source:[2]

Postseason

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Industriales	6	0	1.000	-
Vegueros	4	2	.667	2
Santiago de Cuba	1	5	.167	5
Villa Clara	1	5	.167	5

Notes

1. Tie-breaker series had been played to determine league champions in 1962–63 and 1971–72.
2. A team facing each of the other 8 teams in their division 6 times each yields a schedule of 48 games.

References

1. "Juego Decisivo Serie Nacional 1985-1986 Vegueros-Industriales, Fin del juego del 10mo al 12 inning". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-06.
2. "Las 40 primeras Series Nacionales". Granma (in Spanish). Archived from the original on December 27, 2014.

Further reading

• "Cronología: 1986" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on February 26, 2005. Retrieved 2006-10-11. (Note - text is printed in a white font on a white background, depending on browser used.)