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Cuba vs. Panama

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Cuba leads in 15 of 15 categories.

CubaCategoryPanama
453 Major leaguers 79
41.2 Per million people 17.6
33 Active in 2025 6
6 Hall of Famers 2
132 All-Star selections 53
3 MVP awards 1
1 Cy Young awards 0
6 Rookies of the Year 1
17 Gold Gloves 0
81,096 Career hits (all players) 21,299
6,911 Home runs (all players) 1,759
6,008 Stolen bases (all players) 2,017
2,931 Pitching wins (all players) 473
32,177 Strikeouts (all pitchers) 6,495
1,321 Saves (all pitchers) 775

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

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.

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 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

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

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

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 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

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