1987–88 Cuban National Series

Baseball season in Cuba
Sports season
1987–88 Cuban National Series
Serie Nacional de Béisbol 1987–88
LeagueCuban National Series
SportBaseball
Number of games48
Number of teams18
Eastern zone
Best recordSantiago de Cuba (40–8)
Western zone
Best recordLa Habana (39–9)
Postseason
Round-robin tournament
ChampionsVegueros (5–1)
  Runners-upLa Habana & Santiago de Cuba (3–3)
SNB seasons

In the 27th season of the Cuban National Series, Vegueros, from Pinar del Río Province, repeated as champions. La Habana and Santiago de Cuba both won at least 80% of their regular-season games, but Vegueros, with an all-star lineup including Luis Casanova and Omar Linares, prevailed in the postseason. Camagüey advanced to the four-team round-robin tournament for the first time, but lost all but one of their games. The 18 teams within the league, each playing a 48-game regular-season schedule, remained unchanged from recent seasons.

Standings

Western zone

Team W L Pct. GB
La Habana 39 9 .800 -
Vegueros (Pinar del Río) 35 13 .729 4
Industriales (Havana) 34 14 .708 5
Henequeneros (Matanzas) 26 22 .541 13
Metropolitanos (Havana) 22 26 .458 17
Cienfuegos 22 26 .458 17
Forestales (Pinar del Río) 18 30 .375 21
Isla de la Juventud 10 38 .208 29
Citricultores (Matanzas) 10 38 .208 29

Eastern zone

Team W L Pct. GB
Santiago de Cuba 40 8 .833 -
Camagüey 29 19 .604 11
Granma 29 19 .604 11
Villa Clara 25 23 .520 15
Las Tunas 22 26 .458 18
Ciego de Ávila 20 28 .416 20
Sancti Spíritus 20 28 .416 20
Holguín 17 31 .354 23
Guantánamo 14 34 .291 26

Source:[1]

Postseason

Team W L Pct. GB
Vegueros 5 1 .833 -
Santiago de Cuba 3 3 .500 2
La Habana 3 3 .500 2
Camagüey 1 5 .167 4

References

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

Further reading

  • "Cronología: 1988" (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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