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Venezuela vs. Cuba

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Venezuela leads in 12 of 15 categories, but per person, Cuba has produced more major leaguers.

VenezuelaCategoryCuba
500 Major leaguers 453
17.7 Per million people 41.2
92 Active in 2025 33
1 Hall of Famers 6
177 All-Star selections 132
4 MVP awards 3
3 Cy Young awards 1
3 Rookies of the Year 6
63 Gold Gloves 17
121,578 Career hits (all players) 81,096
11,546 Home runs (all players) 6,911
8,246 Stolen bases (all players) 6,008
3,239 Pitching wins (all players) 2,931
47,229 Strikeouts (all pitchers) 32,177
1,676 Saves (all pitchers) 1,321

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

Venezuela

Venezuela Pitcher: 0.91×; Catcher: 1.47×; First base: 0.62×; Second base: 1.57×; Third base: 1.01×; Shortstop: 1.90×; Outfield: 0.62× Pitcher: 0.91×Catcher: 1.47×First base: 0.62×Second base: 1.57×Third base: 1.01×Shortstop: 1.90×Outfield: 0.62× PC1B2B3BSSOF
Venezuela MLB average (1.0×)

Most over-represented: shortstop, at 1.9× the all-time MLB rate.

Cuba

Cuba Pitcher: 0.77×; Catcher: 0.89×; First base: 1.59×; Second base: 1.10×; Third base: 1.20×; Shortstop: 1.38×; Outfield: 1.18× Pitcher: 0.77×Catcher: 0.89×First base: 1.59×Second base: 1.10×Third base: 1.20×Shortstop: 1.38×Outfield: 1.18× PC1B2B3BSSOF
Cuba MLB average (1.0×)

Most over-represented: first base, at 1.6× the all-time MLB rate.

Top five, side by side

Hits

Hits H

  1. 1 Miguel Cabrera 3,174
  2. 2 Omar Vizquel 2,877
  3. 3 Luis Aparicio 2,677
  4. 4 Bobby Abreu 2,470
  5. 5 José Altuve 2,388

Hits H

  1. 1 Rafael Palmeiro 3,020
  2. 2 Tony Pérez 2,732
  3. 3 Bert Campaneris 2,249
  4. 4 Minnie Miñoso 2,113
  5. 5 Tony Taylor 2,007

Home runs

Home runs HR

  1. 1 Miguel Cabrera 511
  2. 2 Andrés Galarraga 399
  3. 3 Eugenio Suárez 325
  4. 4 Salvador Pérez 303
  5. 5 Magglio Ordóñez 294

Home runs HR

  1. 1 Rafael Palmeiro 569
  2. 2 José Canseco 462
  3. 3 Tony Pérez 379
  4. 4 José Abreu 263
  5. 5 Tony Oliva 220

Wins

Wins W

  1. 1 Félix Hernández 169
  2. 2 Freddy Garcia 156
  3. 3 Johan Santana 139
  4. 4 Carlos Zambrano 132
  5. 5 Anibal Sanchez 116

Wins W

  1. 1 Luis Tiant 229
  2. 2 Dolf Luque 194
  3. 3 Mike Cuéllar 185
  4. 4 Liván Hernández 178
  5. 5 Camilo Pascual 174

Strikeouts

Strikeouts K

  1. 1 Félix Hernández 2,524
  2. 2 Johan Santana 1,988
  3. 3 Anibal Sanchez 1,774
  4. 4 Carlos Carrasco 1,696
  5. 5 Carlos Zambrano 1,637

Strikeouts K

  1. 1 Luis Tiant 2,416
  2. 2 Camilo Pascual 2,167
  3. 3 Liván Hernández 1,976
  4. 4 Mike Cuéllar 1,632
  5. 5 Aroldis Chapman 1,331