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Venezuela vs. Mexico

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Venezuela leads in 15 of 15 categories.

VenezuelaCategoryMexico
500 Major leaguers 152
17.7 Per million people 1.2
92 Active in 2025 15
1 Hall of Famers 0
177 All-Star selections 30
4 MVP awards 0
3 Cy Young awards 1
3 Rookies of the Year 1
63 Gold Gloves 4
121,578 Career hits (all players) 16,627
11,546 Home runs (all players) 1,461
8,246 Stolen bases (all players) 550
3,239 Pitching wins (all players) 2,196
47,229 Strikeouts (all pitchers) 28,518
1,676 Saves (all pitchers) 1,148

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.

Mexico

Mexico Pitcher: 1.29×; Catcher: 0.69×; First base: 0.48×; Second base: 0.91×; Third base: 1.33×; Shortstop: 1.37×; Outfield: 0.39× Pitcher: 1.29×Catcher: 0.69×First base: 0.48×Second base: 0.91×Third base: 1.33×Shortstop: 1.37×Outfield: 0.39× PC1B2B3BSSOF
Mexico MLB average (1.0×)

Most over-represented: shortstop, at 1.4× 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 Vinny Castilla 1,884
  2. 2 Jorge Orta 1,619
  3. 3 Aurelio Rodríguez 1,570
  4. 4 Bobby Ávila 1,296
  5. 5 Mel Almada 706

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 Vinny Castilla 320
  2. 2 Jorge Orta 130
  3. 3 Aurelio Rodríguez 124
  4. 4 Erubiel Durazo 94
  5. 5 Isaac Paredes 92

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 Fernando Valenzuela 173
  2. 2 Esteban Loaiza 126
  3. 3 Yovani Gallardo 121
  4. 4 Jorge De La Rosa 104
  5. 5 Ismael Valdez 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 Fernando Valenzuela 2,074
  2. 2 Yovani Gallardo 1,584
  3. 3 Óliver Pérez 1,546
  4. 4 Esteban Loaiza 1,382
  5. 5 Jorge De La Rosa 1,273