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Cuba vs. Puerto Rico

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Cuba leads in 7 of 15 categories, but per person, Puerto Rico has produced more major leaguers.

CubaCategoryPuerto Rico
453 Major leaguers 310
41.2 Per million people 96.9
33 Active in 2025 27
6 Hall of Famers 5
132 All-Star selections 170
3 MVP awards 6
1 Cy Young awards 1
6 Rookies of the Year 6
17 Gold Gloves 79
81,096 Career hits (all players) 102,604
6,911 Home runs (all players) 10,835
6,008 Stolen bases (all players) 5,767
2,931 Pitching wins (all players) 2,022
32,177 Strikeouts (all pitchers) 25,187
1,321 Saves (all pitchers) 1,294

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.

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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