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Industriales

Baseball team in the Cuban National Series

Summary

Baseball team in the Cuban National Series

Field	Value
name	Industriales
logo	Industriales logo.png
founded	1961
nickname	Leones* ("Lions")
league	Cuban National Series
division	Occidental Zone
stadium	Estadio Latinoamericano
location	Havana
series	Cuba national baseball system
series_champs	1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1973, 1986, 1992, 1996, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010 (12)
colors	Ocean blue and gray
former_names	Habana (1962)
manager	Rey Vicente Anglada
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Azules ("Blues")

Industriales is a baseball club in the Cuban National Series (SNB), representing the city of Havana and the surrounding province of the same name. It plays its home games at the Estadio Latinoamericano, located in the El Cerro neighborhood of Havana. Since Metropolitanos folded in 2012, Industriales have been the sole team representing the country's capital.

Industriales is one of the oldest teams in Cuban baseball, dating back to the second season of the National Series in 1962. The perceived successor to the Almendares baseball team from the professional Cuban League, it is historically the most successful team in the National Series.

The team has a strong rivalry with Santiago de Cuba, and their meetings are known as the Superclásico; the rivalry, which reflects the rivalry between the cities of Havana and Santiago de Cuba), has been compared to the Yankees–Red Sox rivalry due to its ferocity. Industriales are known as "the Lions" (Leones), "the Blues" (Azules), and "the Blue Lions" (los Leones Azules).

History

The team was founded in 1961 after the end of professional baseball in Cuba. It did not participate in the inaugural National Series, but instead debuted in the second-level Regional Series; it lost to the Habana club. The next year, Industriales defeated Habana in the Serie Regional to qualify for the 1963 Cuban National Series, debuting on February 10, 1963 at the Estadio Latinoamericano. Its first manager was Pipo de la Noval, though he would be replaced in 1963 with Ramón Carneado.

The team won the Cuban National Series in 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1973, 1986, 1992, 1996, 2003, 2004, 2006 and 2010. Today the team holds the record of victories in a season (96 games in Cuba) with 66 games and more National Series won in a row with 4 straight national championships (1963-1966).

Championships

Industriales}}"	Season	Industriales}}"	Manager	Industriales}}"
score	Industriales}}"	Runner-up
1962–63	Ramón Carneado	16–14	—	Oriente
1963–64	Ramón Carneado	22–13	—	Occidentales
1964–65	Ramón Carneado	25–14	—	Occidentales
1965–66	Ramón Carneado	40–25	—	Orientales
1972–73	Pedro Chávez	53–25	—	Habana
1985–86	Pedro Chávez	37–11	6–0	Vegueros
1962–63	Jorge Trigoura	36–12	7–1	Henequeneros
1995–96	Pedro Medina	41–22	8–2	Villa Clara
2002–03	Rey Vicente Anglada	66–23	11–2	Villa Clara
2003–04	Rey Vicente Anglada	52–38	11–4	Villa Clara
2005–06	Rey Vicente Anglada	56–34	11–7	Santiago de Cuba
2009–10	Germán Mesa	47–43	12–6	Villa Clara
Total championships	12

National Series MVPs

The following Industriales players have been named the National Series' most valuable player.

1965: Urbano González
1967: Pedro Chávez
1971: Antonio Jiménez
1972: Agustín Marquetti
1986: Lázaro Vargas
1987: Javier Méndez
1996: Jorge Fumero
2003: Javier Méndez
2020: Lisbán Correa

Other notable players

Gerardo Concepción (pitcher)
Yasser Gomez (outfielder)
Orlando "El Duque" Hernández (pitcher)
Raúl López (pitcher)
Yadel Martí (pitcher)
Pedro Medina (catcher)
Javier Mendez (outfielder)
Germán Mesa (shortstop)
Kendrys Morales (pitcher-outfielder-infielder)
Juan Padilla (second base)
Amauri Sanit (pitcher)
Carlos Tabares (centerfielder)
Yoandry Urgelles (outfielder)
Lázaro Valle (pitcher)

Defectors

A number of Industriales players have defected from Cuba, often to pursue professional baseball in other countries. These include the following:

René Arocha
Bárbaro Cañizares
Gerardo Concepción
Yunel Escobar
Bárbaro Garbey
Adrian Hernández
Michel Hernández
Orlando Hernández
Kendrys Morales
Vladimir Núñez
Rey Ordóñez
William Ortega
Hassan Peña
Euclides Rojas
Rolando Viera
Yadel Martí
Yasser Gomez
Odrisamer Despaigne
Yulieski Gurriel
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.

Television broadcasts

Beginning 2016-2017, alongside the nationally aired games on Tele Rebelde, several Industriales games at home are aired currently on local TV channel Canal Habana.

References

"Equipo de béisbol. Industriales". Gobierno Provincial de La Habana.
(10 February 2021). "Industriales, una historia de Todos Estrellas".
(14 January 2021). "Un día como hoy, 59 años atrás, se inaugura en el estadio Latinoamericano la primera Serie Nacional".

Wikipedia Source

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