1985–86 Cuban National Series

The 25th Cuban National Series season (1985-1986) was the first to feature four-team-playoffs with the first- and second-place teams from each of the new Western and Eastern League divisions, following the lead of Major League Baseball. This season marked the silver jubilee year since the league was founded.

Four teams qualified for the postseason playoffs: Industriales, Vegueros, Santiago de Cuba and Villa Clara. Industriales went undefeated as they swept the competition in the round-robin tournament, earning their sixth National Series title in with a walk off home run in extras against Vegueros on January 19, 1986, in front of their home fans. Agustin Marquetti hit the walk off homer that secured the sixth ever national championship for the Industriales organization, the first ever championship walk off home run in modern Cuban baseball following the adoption of postseason play.[1]

Standings

Western zone
TeamWLPct.GB
Industriales3711.770-
Vegueros3315.6004
Henequeneros3315.6004
Citricultores2622.54211
Metropolitanos2126.44615½
La Habana1830.37519
Forestales1830.37519
Cienfuegos1532.31921½
Isla de la Juventud1434.29123

Eastern zone
TeamWLPct.GB
Villa Clara3513.729-
Santiago de Cuba3414.7081
Camagüey3216.6663
Ciego de Ávila2424.50011
Granma2127.43814
Sancti Spíritus2127.43814
Guantánamo1929.39516
Las Tunas1632.33319
Holguín1434.29121

Playoffs
TeamWLPct.GB
Industriales601.000-
Vegueros42.6672
Santiago de Cuba15.1675
Villa Clara15.1675

References
  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKnTYvp8S_4
  • "Las 40 primeras Series Nacionales". Granma (in Spanish). Archived from the original on December 27, 2014.
  • "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.)


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