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Puerto Rico vs. Panama

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Puerto Rico leads in 15 of 15 categories.

Puerto RicoCategoryPanama
310 Major leaguers 79
96.9 Per million people 17.6
27 Active in 2025 6
5 Hall of Famers 2
170 All-Star selections 53
6 MVP awards 1
1 Cy Young awards 0
6 Rookies of the Year 1
79 Gold Gloves 0
102,604 Career hits (all players) 21,299
10,835 Home runs (all players) 1,759
5,767 Stolen bases (all players) 2,017
2,022 Pitching wins (all players) 473
25,187 Strikeouts (all pitchers) 6,495
1,294 Saves (all pitchers) 775

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.

Panama

Panama Pitcher: 0.85×; Catcher: 0.80×; First base: 1.39×; Second base: 1.17×; Third base: 0.86×; Shortstop: 1.75×; Outfield: 1.00× Pitcher: 0.85×Catcher: 0.80×First base: 1.39×Second base: 1.17×Third base: 0.86×Shortstop: 1.75×Outfield: 1.00× PC1B2B3BSSOF
Panama MLB average (1.0×)

Most over-represented: shortstop, at 1.8× 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 Rod Carew 3,053
  2. 2 Carlos Lee 2,273
  3. 3 Ben Oglivie 1,615
  4. 4 Manny Sanguillén 1,500
  5. 5 Roberto Kelly 1,390

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 Carlos Lee 358
  2. 2 Ben Oglivie 235
  3. 3 Héctor López 136
  4. 4 Roberto Kelly 124
  5. 5 Rod Carew 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 Mariano Rivera 82
  2. 2 Bruce Chen 82
  3. 3 Juan Berenguer 67
  4. 4 Ramiro Mendoza 59
  5. 5 Randall Delgado 30

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 Mariano Rivera 1,173
  2. 2 Bruce Chen 1,140
  3. 3 Juan Berenguer 975
  4. 4 Randall Delgado 465
  5. 5 Ramiro Mendoza 463