1981–82 Cuban National Series

1981–82 Cuban National Series
*Serie Nacional de Béisbol 1981–82*
1981–82 Cuban National Series; Serie Nacional de Béisbol 1981–82
League	Cuban National Series
Sport	Baseball
Games	51
Teams	18
Regular season
Champion	Vegueros (36–15)

In the 21st season of Cuban National Series, Vegueros, from Pinar del Río Province retained their championship title, finishing one game ahead of Citricultores from Matanzas Province. Metropolitanos finished well ahead of its Havana rival, Industriales. The league’s teams and schedule length remained unchanged from the previous season.

In March 1982, the league was marred by a gambling-related corruption scandal that led to the suspension and arrest of at least 17 players and coaches.^[1]

Standings

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Vegueros (Pinar del Río)	36	15	.705	-
Citricultores (Matanzas)	35	16	.686	1
Metropolitanos (Havana)	34	17	.666	2
Forestales (Pinar del Río)	33	18	.647	3
Cienfuegos	29	22	.568	7
Henequeneros (Matanzas)	28	23	.540	8
Industriales (Havana)	27	24	.529	9
Granma	26	25	.509	10
Guantánamo	26	25	.509	10
Villa Clara	24	27	.470	12
Camagüey	23	28	.450	13
La Habana	22	29	.431	14
Ciego de Ávila	22	29	.431	14
Sancti Spíritus	21	30	.411	15
Santiago de Cuba	21	30	.411	15
Isla de la Juventud	21	30	.411	15
Holguín	17	34	.333	19
Las Tunas	14	37	.270	22

Source:^[2]

References

↑ Anderson, Dave (March 28, 1982). "Cuba Faces Own Baseball Scandal". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The New York Times. p. 3F. Retrieved September 2, 2023 – via newspapers.com.
↑ "Las 40 primeras Series Nacionales". Granma (in Spanish). Archived from the original on December 27, 2014.

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	Metropolitanos (Havana) Agricultores Azucareros Camagüey Centrales Citricultores Forestales Ganaderos Granjeros Habana Henequeneros Las Villas Mineros Occidentales Oriente/Orientales Vegueros
Seasons	1962 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 2025–26
Awards	Most Valuable Player Rookie of the Year
List of champions (1961–2022)

Standings

References

Further reading