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Major leaguers from Brazil

5 players born in Brazil have reached the majors, starting in 2012. Yan Gomes leads all Brazilian-born players with 923 hits.

5Players
0Active in 2025
0Hall of Famers
1All-Star selections
0MVP awards
0Cy Young awards

Firsts

  1. 2012First major leaguer
    Yan Gomes
  2. 2018First All-Star
    Yan Gomes

Positional fingerprint

How often Brazilian-born players play each position, relative to all major leaguers in history.

Too few players for a reliable positional fingerprint.

All-time leaders

Batting

Hits H

  1. 1 Yan Gomes 923
  2. 2 Paulo Orlando 230
  3. 3 Luiz Gohara 0
  4. 4 Andre Rienzo 0
  5. 5 Thyago Vieira 0

Home runs HR

  1. 1 Yan Gomes 137
  2. 2 Paulo Orlando 14
  3. 3 Luiz Gohara 0
  4. 4 Andre Rienzo 0
  5. 5 Thyago Vieira 0

Runs batted in RBI

  1. 1 Yan Gomes 517
  2. 2 Paulo Orlando 81
  3. 3 Luiz Gohara 0
  4. 4 Andre Rienzo 0
  5. 5 Thyago Vieira 0

Stolen bases SB

  1. 1 Paulo Orlando 18
  2. 2 Yan Gomes 8
  3. 3 Luiz Gohara 0
  4. 4 Andre Rienzo 0
  5. 5 Thyago Vieira 0

Batting average AVG

  1. 1 Yan Gomes .246

Minimum 3,000 at-bats.

Pitching

Wins W

  1. 1 Andre Rienzo 6
  2. 2 Thyago Vieira 2
  3. 3 Luiz Gohara 1

Strikeouts K

  1. 1 Andre Rienzo 104
  2. 2 Thyago Vieira 65
  3. 3 Luiz Gohara 49

Saves SV

  1. 1 Thyago Vieira 2
  2. 2 Luiz Gohara 1
  3. 3 Andre Rienzo 0

Debuts by decade

Debuts by decade: Brazil 2010s: 5 5 '10

Top hometowns

  1. Sao Paulo4
  2. Tupa1

Hometown map: 2 towns

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All players (5)

5
Player Position Years HHRAVGWKERA
Yan Gomes C 2012–2024 923137.246
Paulo Orlando OF 2015–2018 23014.263
Andre Rienzo P 2013–2015 0061045.90
Thyago Vieira P 2017–2024 2655.80
Luiz Gohara P 2017–2018 00149