The 46th season of the Cuban National Series saw perennial powers Industriales and Santiago de Cuba meet in the playoff final, where the Avispas won the title, 4-2.
Pinar del Río and Santiago had the best regular season records, but the Vegueros were upset by La Habana in the first round of the playoffs.
Regular season standings
West + Group A Team W L PCT. GB Pinar del Río 56 34 .622 - Isla de la Juventud 43 47 .478 13 Metropolitanos 29 61 .322 27 Matanzas 26 64 .289 30
+ Group B Team W L PCT. GB Industriales 53 36 .596 - Sancti Spíritus 51 38 .573 2 Havana Province 46 44 .511 7½ Cienfuegos 42 48 .473 11½
East + Group C Team W L PCT. GBVilla Clara 52 38 .578 -Las Tunas 50 40 .556 2Camagüey 50 40 .556 2Ciego de Ávila 48 42 .533 4
+ Group D Team W L PCT. GB Santiago de Cuba 58 32 .640 - Granma 45 45 .500 12½ Holguín 39 50 .438 18 Guantánamo 31 59 .344 26½
Playoffs
Statistical leaders + Hitting Batting average Osmani Urrutia Las Tunas .371 Hits Jorge Padrón Pinar del Río 131 Doubles Yulieski Gourriel Sancti Spíritus 28 Triples Andrés Quiala Las Tunas 8 Home runs Alexei Ramírez Pinar del Río 20 Runs Yohennis Céspedes Granma 79 Slugging average Juan Linares La Habana .586 Runs batted in Jose Ruiz Santiago de Cuba 72
+ Pitching Earned run average Ciro Licea Granma 1.15 Winning percentage Elier Sánchez Camagüey .813 (13-3) Wins Elier Sánchez Pedro Luis Lazo Camagüey Pinar del Río 13 Complete games Ciro Licea Jonder Martínez Norge Luis Vera Granma Havana Province Santiago de Cuba 4
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