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Puerto Rico vs. Mexico

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Puerto Rico leads in 12 of 15 categories.

Puerto RicoCategoryMexico
310 Major leaguers 152
96.9 Per million people 1.2
27 Active in 2025 15
5 Hall of Famers 0
170 All-Star selections 30
6 MVP awards 0
1 Cy Young awards 1
6 Rookies of the Year 1
79 Gold Gloves 4
102,604 Career hits (all players) 16,627
10,835 Home runs (all players) 1,461
5,767 Stolen bases (all players) 550
2,022 Pitching wins (all players) 2,196
25,187 Strikeouts (all pitchers) 28,518
1,294 Saves (all pitchers) 1,148

Population: approximate current figures. Career totals add up every player born in each country.

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico Pitcher: 0.63×; Catcher: 1.36×; First base: 0.95×; Second base: 1.65×; Third base: 0.93×; Shortstop: 2.07×; Outfield: 1.19× Pitcher: 0.63×Catcher: 1.36×First base: 0.95×Second base: 1.65×Third base: 0.93×Shortstop: 2.07×Outfield: 1.19× PC1B2B3BSSOF
Puerto Rico MLB average (1.0×)

Most over-represented: shortstop, at 2.1× the all-time MLB rate.

Mexico

Mexico Pitcher: 1.29×; Catcher: 0.69×; First base: 0.48×; Second base: 0.91×; Third base: 1.33×; Shortstop: 1.37×; Outfield: 0.39× Pitcher: 1.29×Catcher: 0.69×First base: 0.48×Second base: 0.91×Third base: 1.33×Shortstop: 1.37×Outfield: 0.39× PC1B2B3BSSOF
Mexico MLB average (1.0×)

Most over-represented: shortstop, at 1.4× the all-time MLB rate.

Top five, side by side

Hits

Hits H

  1. 1 Roberto Clemente 3,000
  2. 2 Iván Rodríguez 2,844
  3. 3 Carlos Beltrán 2,725
  4. 4 Roberto Alomar 2,724
  5. 5 Orlando Cepeda 2,351

Hits H

  1. 1 Vinny Castilla 1,884
  2. 2 Jorge Orta 1,619
  3. 3 Aurelio Rodríguez 1,570
  4. 4 Bobby Ávila 1,296
  5. 5 Mel Almada 706

Home runs

Home runs HR

  1. 1 Carlos Delgado 473
  2. 2 Carlos Beltrán 435
  3. 3 Juan González 434
  4. 4 Orlando Cepeda 379
  5. 5 Iván Rodríguez 311

Home runs HR

  1. 1 Vinny Castilla 320
  2. 2 Jorge Orta 130
  3. 3 Aurelio Rodríguez 124
  4. 4 Erubiel Durazo 94
  5. 5 Isaac Paredes 92

Wins

Wins W

  1. 1 Javier Vázquez 165
  2. 2 Juan Pizarro 131
  3. 3 Jaime Navarro 116
  4. 4 Jose Berrios 108
  5. 5 Joel Pineiro 104

Wins W

  1. 1 Fernando Valenzuela 173
  2. 2 Esteban Loaiza 126
  3. 3 Yovani Gallardo 121
  4. 4 Jorge De La Rosa 104
  5. 5 Ismael Valdez 104

Strikeouts

Strikeouts K

  1. 1 Javier Vázquez 2,536
  2. 2 Juan Pizarro 1,522
  3. 3 Jose Berrios 1,481
  4. 4 Jaime Navarro 1,113
  5. 5 Joel Pineiro 1,058

Strikeouts K

  1. 1 Fernando Valenzuela 2,074
  2. 2 Yovani Gallardo 1,584
  3. 3 Óliver Pérez 1,546
  4. 4 Esteban Loaiza 1,382
  5. 5 Jorge De La Rosa 1,273