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

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Industriales	37	11	.770	-
Vegueros	33	15	.600	4
Henequeneros	33	15	.600	4
Citricultores	26	22	.542	11
Metropolitanos	21	26	.446	15½
La Habana	18	30	.375	19
Forestales	18	30	.375	19
Cienfuegos	15	32	.319	21½
Isla de la Juventud	14	34	.291	23

Eastern zone

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Villa Clara	35	13	.729	-
Santiago de Cuba	34	14	.708	1
Camagüey	32	16	.666	3
Ciego de Ávila	24	24	.500	11
Granma	21	27	.438	14
Sancti Spíritus	21	27	.438	14
Guantánamo	19	29	.395	16
Las Tunas	16	32	.333	19
Holguín	14	34	.291	21

Playoffs

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Industriales	6	0	1.000	-
Vegueros	4	2	.667	2
Santiago de Cuba	1	5	.167	5
Villa Clara	1	5	.167	5

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.)