1985–86 Cuban National Series

1985–86 Cuban National Series
*Serie Nacional de Béisbol 1985–86*
1985–86 Cuban National Series; Serie Nacional de Béisbol 1985–86
League	Villa Clara (35–13)
Western zone
Best record	Industriales (37–11)
Postseason
Round-robin tournament
Champions	Industriales (6–0)
Runners-up	Vegueros (4–2)
SNB seasons
	← 1984–85 1986–87 →

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

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

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

References

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

v t e Cuban National Series
Promotion to Cuban Elite League
Teams (founded)	Artemisa (2011) Camagüey (1977) Ciego de Ávila (1977) Cienfuegos (1977) Granma (1977) Guantánamo (1977) Holguín (1977) Industriales (Havana) (1961) Isla de la Juventud (1977) Las Tunas (1977) Matanzas (1992) Mayabeque (2011) Pinar del Río (1992) Sancti Spíritus (1977) Santiago de Cuba (1977) Villa Clara (1961)
Defunct teams	La Habana Province Metropolitanos (Havana) Agricultores Azucareros Camagüey Centrales Citricultores Forestales Ganaderos Granjeros Habana Henequeneros Las Villas Mineros Occidentales Oriente/Orientales Vegueros
Seasons	1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2022 2023
Awards	Most Valuable Player Rookie of the Year
List of champions (1961–2022)