Industriales

Industriales
Industriales
Information
League	1961-62
Nickname(s)	Los leones (Lions), Los azules (Blues)
Cuba national baseball system championships	1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1973, 1986, 1992, 1996, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010 (12)
Colors	Ocean blue and gray
Manager	Rey Vicente Anglada
Uniforms
Home	Away

Industriales is a professional

Ciego de Ávila also have blue uniforms (navy blue and sky blue

, respectively.)

History

The team was founded in 1962, as representatives of all the workers from all the industries of Cuba. Industriales is the perceived successor to the

2010

. Today the team holds the record of victories in a season (96 games in Cuba) with 66 games and more National Series won in a row with 4 straight national championships (1963-1966).

National Series MVPs

The following Industriales players have been named the

National Series' most valuable player

.

Other notable players

Gerardo Concepción (pitcher)
Yasser Gomez
(outfielder)
Orlando "El Duque" Hernández (pitcher)
Raúl López (pitcher)
Yadel Martí (pitcher)
Pedro Medina (catcher)
Javier Mendez (outfielder)
Germán Mesa (shortstop)
Kendrys Morales (pitcher-outfielder-infielder)
Juan Padilla (second base)
Amauri Sanit (pitcher)
Carlos Tabares (centerfielder)
Yoandry Urgelles
(outfielder)
Lázaro Valle (pitcher)

Defectors

A number of Industriales players have

defected

from Cuba, often to pursue professional baseball in other countries. These include the following:

Television broadcasts

Beginning 2016-2017, alongside the nationally aired games on Tele Rebelde, several Industriales games at home are aired currently on local TV channel Canal Habana.

External links

[1] Official Site
"Información de Equipo por Equipo | BaseballdeCuba". baseballdecuba.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-10-11.

v t e Cuban National Series
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)