Servio Borges

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Borges and the second or maternal family name is Suárez.
Servio Borges
Manager
Born: 1949
Guantánamo, Cuba
Medals
Men's baseball
Manager for  Cuba
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney Team
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1971 Cali Team
Gold medal – first place 1975 Mexico City Team
Gold medal – first place 1979 San Juan Team
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 1970 Panama City Team
Gold medal – first place 1974 Santo Domingo Team
Gold medal – first place 1978 Medellin Team
Baseball World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1969 Santo Domingo Team
Gold medal – first place 1970 Cartagena Team
Gold medal – first place 1971 Havana Team
Gold medal – first place 1972 Managua Team
Gold medal – first place 1973 Havana Team
Gold medal – first place 1976 Cartagena Team
Gold medal – first place 1978 Rome Team
Gold medal – first place 1980 Tokyo Team

Servio Tulio Borges Suárez is a former Cuban baseball manager. Along with Jorge Fuentes, he is considered one of the best managers in modern Cuban baseball history.[1][2][3][4]

At just 21 years old, Borges was selected to manage Cuba at the 1969 Amateur World Series. Cuba defeated the United States, in its return to major international competition, in the championship game.[5] Borges was sacked as manager of the national team after a pair of defeats in the final of the 1981 Intercontinental Cup in Edmonton and the 1982 Central American and Caribbean Games in Havana.[1]

Borges managed relatively few seasons in the Cuban National Series, though he won two championships: with Azucareros of Villa Clara, in 1968–69 and 1971–72.[6][4][1] He came out of retirement to manage Havana in the 1990 Serie Selectiva.[7] His managerial record was 167 wins and 64 losses, a winning percentage of .723.[4][1] In 2003, Borges managed the Olmecas de Tabasco of the Mexican League to an 8–14 record; he remained with the Olmecas front office through 2005.[8][9]

Borges returned to manage Cuba at the 2000 Summer Olympic Games, held in Sydney, Australia.[10] Cuba lost its 18–0 undefeated record at the Olympics with a group stage loss to the Netherlands, and went on to lose the gold medal game to the United States after a controversial decision to start reliever Pedro Luis Lazo as part of a bullpen game.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Comparaciones beisboleras: ¿Servio Borges o Jorge Fuentes?". Cuballama. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  2. ^ "En contacto con Servio Borges". Swing Completo. 18 September 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  3. ^ "The Elusive Post-Revolution Cuban Baseball Card Set: 1971 Cuban National Team Aventuras El Vengador". Sports Collectors Daily. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  4. ^ a b c "Mejores directores cubanos en Series Nacionales". Diario de Cuba. 15 April 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  5. ^ "¡Y el Curro los tiró pa' la tonga!". Juventud Rebelde. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  6. ^ Bjarkman, Peter C. (2007). A History of Cuban Baseball, 1864–2006. McFarland. pp. 461–63. ISBN 0786428295.
  7. ^ "Cuban Baseball: It's Big League in Its Own Way". Los Angeles Times. 8 April 1990. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  8. ^ "Serbio Borges". Baseball Reference (minors).
  9. ^ "Servio Borges en el campamento". MiLB.com. 24 August 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  10. ^ "Olympic Baseball Rewind - 2000 Sydney: Watch Cuba and Netherlands battle". WBSC. 2 August 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
  11. ^ "US stun Cuba for baseball gold". BBC. 27 September 2000. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
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