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Venezuela vs. Puerto Rico

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Venezuela leads in 10 of 15 categories, but per person, Puerto Rico has produced more major leaguers.

VenezuelaCategoryPuerto Rico
500 Major leaguers 310
17.7 Per million people 96.9
92 Active in 2025 27
1 Hall of Famers 5
177 All-Star selections 170
4 MVP awards 6
3 Cy Young awards 1
3 Rookies of the Year 6
63 Gold Gloves 79
121,578 Career hits (all players) 102,604
11,546 Home runs (all players) 10,835
8,246 Stolen bases (all players) 5,767
3,239 Pitching wins (all players) 2,022
47,229 Strikeouts (all pitchers) 25,187
1,676 Saves (all pitchers) 1,294

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.

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.

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 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

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

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

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 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