Florentino González threw a no-hitter for Camagüey 52 years ago today, the eighth of such feats accomplished during the 1967-’68 season of Cuba’s Serie Nacional de Beisebol.
On Thursday, April 4, 1968, at Camagüey’s Estadio Cándido González, González no-hit Matanzas for a 1-0 victory.
The MLB record for no-hitters in a season is seven, accomplished in 1991, 2012 and 2015.
Here are the eight Serie Nacional de Beisebol during the ’67-’68 season (there was actually another no-hitter during the ’68 calendar year, but it came during the ’68-’69 season):
| 1 | Leopoldo Valdés |
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| Havana | |
| Sunday, January 7, 1968 Havana 5, Pinar del RÍo 0 Estadio Latinoamericano (Havana) With Pérez’s no-no below, first time no-hitters were thrown on same day |
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| 2 | Jesús Pérez |
| Industriales | |
| Sunday, January 7, 1968 Industriales 5, Vegueros 0 Estadio 26 de Julio (Artemisa) With Valdés’ no-no above, first time no-hitters were thrown on same day |
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| 3 | Douglas Sorriba |
| Granjeros | |
| Tuesday, January 9, 1968 Granjeros 4, Henequeneros 1 Estadio Cándido González (Camagüey) |
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| 4 | José Antonio Huelga |
| Azucareros | |
| Sunday, January 14, 1968 Azucareros 1, Granjeros 0 Estadio Augusto César Sandino (Santa Clara) |
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| 5 | Douglas Sorriba |
| Granjeros | |
| Tuesday, January 16, 1968 Granjeros 4, Vegueros 1 Estadio Cándido González (Camagüey) |
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| 6 | Orlando Figueredo |
| Oriente | |
| Thursday, January 25 ,1968 Oriente 1, Azucareros 0 Ciudad Deportiva (Santiago de Cuba) |
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| 7 | Florentino Alfonso |
| Granjeros | |
| Saturday, March 16, 1968 Camagüey 1, Granjeros 0 (A Granjeros loss) Estadio Cándido González (Camagüey) Only no-hitter for a loss in Cuban history |
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| 8 | Florentino González |
| Camagüey | |
| Thursday, April 4, 1968 Camagüey 1, Matanzas 0 Estadio Cándido González (Camagüey) |
