1988–89 Cuban National Series

1988–89 Cuban National Series
*Serie Nacional de Béisbol 1988–89*
1988–89 Cuban National Series; Serie Nacional de Béisbol 1988–89
League	Cuban National Series
Sport	Baseball
Number of games	48
Number of teams	18
Eastern zone
Best record	Granma, Santiago de Cuba, and Camagüey (29–19)
Western zone
Best record	Industriales (38–10)
Postseason
Round-robin tournament
Champions	Santiago de Cuba (5–1)
Runners-up	Industriales (4–2)
SNB seasons
	← 1987–88 1989–90 →

The 28th season of the Cuban National Series saw a three-way tie atop the Eastern division, with Granma and Santiago de Cuba advancing to the postseason, along with Industriales and Henequeneros from the Western division. The ensuing round-robin tournament was won by Santiago de Cuba, who won five of their six games. This was the final season with the postseason structured as a round-robin tournament. The 18 teams of the league, each with a 48-game regular-season schedule, was unchanged from recent seasons.

Standings

Western zone

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Industriales (Havana)	38	10	.791	-
Henequeneros (Matanzas)	36	12	.750	2
La Habana	31	16	.659	6.5
Vegueros (Pinar del Río)	31	17	.645	7
Metropolitanos (Havana)	25	22	.531	12.5
Cienfuegos	18	29	.382	19.5
Isla de la Juventud	14	34	.291	24
Forestales (Pinar del Río)	12	36	.250	26
Citricultores (Matanzas)	9	38	.191	28.5

Eastern zone

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Santiago de Cuba	29	19	.604	-
Granma	29	19	.604	-
Camagüey	29	19	.604	-
Villa Clara	26	22	.541	3
Ciego de Ávila	26	22	.541	3
Guantánamo	25	23	.520	4
Sancti Spíritus	20	28	.416	9
Las Tunas	19	29	.395	10
Holguín	13	35	.270	16

Source:^[1]

Postseason

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Santiago de Cuba	5	1	.833	-
Industriales	4	2	.667	1
Granma	2	4	.333	3
Henequeneros	1	5	.167	4

References

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

v t e Cuban National Series
Promotion to Cuban Elite League
Teams (founded)	Artemisa (2011) Camagüey (1977) Ciego de Ávila (1977) Cienfuegos (1977) Granma (1977) Guantánamo (1977) Holguín (1977) Industriales (Havana) (1961) Isla de la Juventud (1977) Las Tunas (1977) Matanzas (1992) Mayabeque (2011) Pinar del Río (1992) Sancti Spíritus (1977) Santiago de Cuba (1977) Villa Clara (1961)
Defunct teams	La Habana Province Metropolitanos (Havana) Agricultores Azucareros Camagüey Centrales Citricultores Forestales Ganaderos Granjeros Habana Henequeneros Las Villas Mineros Occidentales Oriente/Orientales Vegueros
Seasons	1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2022 2023
Awards	Most Valuable Player Rookie of the Year
List of champions (1961–2022)