1978–79 Cuban National Series

1978–79 Cuban National Series
Serie Nacional de Béisbol 1978–79
LeagueCuban National Series
SportBaseball
Number of games51
Number of teams18
Regular season
ChampionSancti Spíritus (39–12)
SNB seasons

The 18th season of the Cuban National Series saw Sancti Spíritus win its first (and to date, only) championship, edging Villa Clara and defending champion Vegueros to win the league with a 39–12 record.

Standings

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The league's size was again 18 teams: 11 provinces fielded a single team each, three provinces fielded two teams each, and the special administrative area of Isla de la Juventud (renamed from Isla de Pinos) fielded a team.

Team W L Pct. GB
Sancti Spíritus 39 12 .764 -
Villa Clara 36 14 .720
Vegueros (Pinar del Río) 35 14 .714 3
Cienfuegos 31 20 .607 8
Forestales (Pinar del Río) 30 20 .600
Camagüey 28 21 .571 10
Granma 27 21 .500 10½
Citricultores (Matanzas) 28 23 .540 11
Ciego de Ávila 26 25 .509 13
Metropolitanos (Havana) 25 25 .500 13½
Santiago de Cuba 23 28 .450 16
Industriales (Havana) 22 27 .440 16
Henequeneros (Matanzas) 22 29 .431 17
Guantánamo 21 29 .420 17½
Holguín 19 32 .372 20
Las Tunas 15 35 .300 23½
La Habana 14 36 .280 24½
Isla de la Juventud 10 40 .200 28½

Source:[1]

References

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

Further reading

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  • "Cronología: 1979" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on February 25, 2005. Retrieved 2006-10-05. (Note - text is printed in a white font on a white background, depending on browser used.)