Hometown · Santiago, Dominican Republic
Santiago de los Caballeros
69 major leaguers were born in Santiago de los Caballeros, the 3rd most of any town in the Dominican Republic. The best known is Jhonny Peralta.
69major leaguers
1929first debut
10Active in 2025
0Hall of Famers
1,761hits: Jhonny Peralta
1,058strikeouts: Joaquin Benoit
Players born in Santiago de los Caballeros
69
| Player | Position | Years | H | HR | AVG | W | K | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jhonny Peralta | SS | 2003–2017 | 1,761 | 202 | .267 | |||
| Luis Polonia | OF | 1987–2000 | 1,417 | 36 | .293 | |||
| Carlos Gomez | OF | 2007–2019 | 1,189 | 145 | .252 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joaquin Benoit | P | 2001–2017 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 1,058 | 3.83 | |
| Jose Lima | P | 1994–2006 | 38 | 0 | .130 | 89 | 980 | 5.26 |
| Willy Adames | SS | 2018–2025 | 933 | 180 | .244 | |||
| Carlos Villanueva | P | 2006–2016 | 11 | 0 | .092 | 51 | 862 | 4.31 |
| Julian Tavarez | P | 1993–2009 | 16 | 0 | .114 | 88 | 842 | 4.46 |
| Leury Garcia | OF | 2013–2022 | 560 | 34 | .253 | 0 | 1 | |
| Alfredo Simon | P | 2008–2016 | 9 | 0 | 47 | 529 | 4.56 | |
| Miguel Dilone | OF | 1974–1985 | 530 | 6 | .265 | |||
| Dinelson Lamet | P | 2017–2024 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 474 | 4.63 | |
| Edward Cabrera | P | 2021–2025 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 478 | 4.07 | |
| Santiago Espinal | 3B | 2020–2025 | 423 | 20 | .261 | 0 | 0 | |
| Christopher Morel | OF | 2022–2025 | 351 | 74 | .222 | |||
| Wilmer Difo | 2B | 2015–2022 | 295 | 19 | .250 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ronel Blanco | P | 2022–2025 | 18 | 273 | 3.45 | |||
| Domingo Ramos | SS | 1978–1990 | 261 | 8 | .240 | |||
| Silvio Martinez | P | 1977–1981 | 26 | 0 | .145 | 31 | 230 | 3.88 |
| Joel Payamps | P | 2019–2025 | 14 | 244 | 3.41 | |||
| Richard Rodriguez | P | 2017–2021 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 230 | 3.28 | |
| Rabbit Martínez | SS | 1935–1947 | 217 | 3 | .228 | |||
| Eury Pérez | P | 2023–2025 | 12 | 213 | 3.71 | |||
| Bill Castro | P | 1974–1983 | 31 | 203 | 3.33 | |||
| Reyes Moronta | P | 2017–2023 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 202 | 3.05 | |
| Tony Peña | SS | 2006–2009 | 189 | 4 | .228 | 0 | 1 | |
| Carlos Almanzar | P | 1997–2005 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 170 | 4.82 | |
| Winston Llenas | 2B | 1968–1975 | 122 | 3 | .230 | |||
| Ronny Rodriguez | 2B | 2018–2019 | 103 | 19 | .221 | |||
| Sam Mejias | OF | 1976–1981 | 86 | 4 | .247 | 0 | 0 | |
| Franquelis Osoria | P | 2005–2008 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 72 | 5.48 | |
| Marco Hernandez | 2B | 2016–2019 | 68 | 3 | .265 | |||
| Dario Alvarez | P | 2014–2017 | 6 | 61 | ||||
| Lewin Diaz | 1B | 2020–2022 | 58 | 13 | .181 | |||
| Rafael Ynoa | 3B | 2014–2016 | 56 | 0 | .281 | |||
| Juan Perez | OF | 2013–2015 | 51 | 2 | .224 | |||
| Endy Rodríguez | C | 2023–2025 | 50 | 3 | .210 | |||
| Eury De La Rosa | P | 2013–2014 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 4.21 | |
| Dario Veras | P | 1996–1998 | 5 | 46 | 4.67 | |||
| Jose Marte | P | 2021–2024 | 0 | 41 | ||||
| Francisco Peña | C | 2014–2018 | 41 | 5 | .216 | |||
| Sijo Gómez | P | 1929 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 32 | 7.82 | |
| Yerry Rodriguez | P | 2022–2024 | 1 | 33 | ||||
| Marcos Diplan | P | 2021–2022 | 2 | 32 | ||||
| Robinson Checo | P | 1997–1999 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 30 | ||
| Rudy Hernandez | P | 1960–1961 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 26 | ||
| Argenis Reyes | 2B | 2008–2009 | 26 | 1 | .205 | |||
| Victor Mata | OF | 1984–1985 | 24 | 1 | ||||
| Williams Jerez | P | 2018–2019 | 1 | 24 | ||||
| Yaramil Hiraldo | P | 2025 | 0 | 21 | ||||
| Miguel Almonte | P | 2015–2018 | 0 | 17 | ||||
| Roberto Gomez | P | 2017–2018 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | ||
| Juan Burgos | P | 2025 | 1 | 14 | ||||
| Carlos Triunfel | SS | 2012–2014 | 13 | 1 | ||||
| Ramon Peña | P | 1989 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Alex Taveras | 2B | 1976–1983 | 11 | 0 | ||||
| Leo Garcia | OF | 1987–1988 | 10 | 1 | ||||
| Jose Morban | DH | 2003 | 10 | 2 | ||||
| Guillermo Garcia | C | 1998–1999 | 8 | 2 | ||||
| Edwin Almonte | P | 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Armando Gabino | P | 2009–2010 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Felix Jorge | P | 2017 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Gibson Alba | P | 1988 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Tom Silverio | OF | 1970–1972 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Fernando Hernandez | P | 1997 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Adonis Rosa | P | 2019 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Kelvin Caceres | P | 2023 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Ivan Castillo | 2B | 2021 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Enrique Lantigua | C | 1935 | 0 | 0 |
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