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Major leaguers from Panama

79 players born in Panama have reached the majors or the Negro Leagues, starting in 1941. Rod Carew leads all Panamanian-born players with 3,053 hits; Carlos Lee leads with 358 home runs.

79Players
6Active in 2025
2Hall of Famers
53All-Star selections
1MVP awards
0Cy Young awards

Firsts

  1. 1941First major leaguer
    Victor Greenidge
  2. 1945First All-Star
    Frank Austin
  3. 1967First Rookie of the Year
    Rod Carew
  4. 1977First MVP
    Rod Carew
  5. 1991First Hall of Famer
    Rod Carew

Positional fingerprint

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

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.

All-time leaders

Batting

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
  6. 6 Omar Moreno 1,257
  7. 7 Héctor López 1,251
  8. 8 Rennie Stennett 1,239
  9. 9 Carlos Ruiz 935
  10. 10 Rubén Tejada 530

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
  6. 6 Olmedo Saenz 73
  7. 7 Carlos Ruiz 71
  8. 8 Manny Sanguillén 65
  9. 9 Ruben Rivera 64
  10. 10 Adolfo Phillips 59

Runs batted in RBI

  1. 1 Carlos Lee 1,363
  2. 2 Rod Carew 1,015
  3. 3 Ben Oglivie 901
  4. 4 Héctor López 591
  5. 5 Manny Sanguillén 585
  6. 6 Roberto Kelly 585
  7. 7 Rennie Stennett 432
  8. 8 Carlos Ruiz 415
  9. 9 Omar Moreno 386
  10. 10 Olmedo Saenz 275

Stolen bases SB

  1. 1 Omar Moreno 487
  2. 2 Rod Carew 353
  3. 3 Roberto Kelly 235
  4. 4 Carlos Lee 125
  5. 5 José Caballero 119
  6. 6 Ben Oglivie 87
  7. 7 Adolfo Phillips 82
  8. 8 Rennie Stennett 75
  9. 9 Ruben Rivera 50
  10. 10 Chico Salmon 46

Batting average AVG

  1. 1 Rod Carew .328
  2. 2 Manny Sanguillén .296
  3. 3 Roberto Kelly .290
  4. 4 Carlos Lee .285
  5. 5 Rennie Stennett .274
  6. 6 Ben Oglivie .273
  7. 7 Héctor López .269
  8. 8 Carlos Ruiz .264
  9. 9 Omar Moreno .252

Minimum 3,000 at-bats.

Pitching

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
  6. 6 Patricio Scantlebury 27
  7. 7 Jaime Barria 22
  8. 8 Manny Acosta 13
  9. 9 Justin Lawrence 13
  10. 10 Manny Corpas 13

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
  6. 6 Jaime Barria 351
  7. 7 Manny Corpas 264
  8. 8 Manny Acosta 219
  9. 9 Paolo Espino 217
  10. 10 Justin Lawrence 211

Saves SV

  1. 1 Mariano Rivera 652
  2. 2 Manny Corpas 34
  3. 3 Juan Berenguer 32
  4. 4 Ramiro Mendoza 16
  5. 5 Justin Lawrence 14
  6. 6 Manny Acosta 9
  7. 7 Patricio Scantlebury 4
  8. 8 Humberto Robinson 4
  9. 9 Enrique Burgos 3
  10. 10 Randall Delgado 2

Earned run average ERA

  1. 1 Mariano Rivera 2.21
  2. 2 Juan Berenguer 3.90
  3. 3 Bruce Chen 4.62

Minimum 1,000 innings.

Debuts by decade

Debuts by decade: Panama 1940s: 12 12 '40 1950s: 2 2 '50 1960s: 13 13 '60 1970s: 5 5 '70 1980s: 1 1 '80 1990s: 17 17 '90 2000s: 8 8 '00 2010s: 13 13 '10 2020s: 8 8 '20

Top hometowns

  1. Panama City24
  2. Colón17
  3. Aguadulce5
  4. Chitre3
  5. David3
  6. Gatún3
  7. Bocas del Toro2
  8. Changuinola2
  9. Chorrera2
  10. Santiago de Veraguas2
  11. Alanje1
  12. Almirante1

Hometown map: 23 towns

Circle size shows how many major leaguers were born there. Click a town for details. © OpenFreeMap · © OpenStreetMap · GeoNames

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Hall of Fame

Inducted 1991Rod Carew1B · 1967–1985Inducted 2019Mariano RiveraP · 1995–2013

All players (79)

79
Player Position Years HHRAVGWKERA
Rod CarewHOF 1B 1967–1985 3,05392.328
Carlos Lee OF 1999–2012 2,273358.285
Ben Oglivie OF 1971–1986 1,615235.273
Manny Sanguillén C 1967–1980 1,50065.296
Roberto Kelly OF 1987–2000 1,390124.290
Omar Moreno OF 1975–1986 1,25737.252
Héctor López OF 1955–1966 1,251136.269
Rennie Stennett 2B 1971–1981 1,23941.274
Mariano RiveraHOF P 1995–2013 00821,1732.21
Bruce Chen P 1998–2015 190.152821,1404.62
Juan Berenguer P 1978–1992 20679753.90
Carlos Ruiz C 2006–2017 93571.26401
Rubén Tejada SS 2010–2019 53010.25000
Einar Diaz C 1996–2006 52321.254
Randall Delgado P 2011–2018 140304654.10
Adolfo Phillips OF 1964–1972 46359.247
Ramiro Mendoza P 1996–2005 00594634.30
Olmedo Saenz 1B 1994–2007 43873.263
Jose Macias 3B 1999–2005 42226.256
Chico Salmon 2B 1964–1972 41531.249
Jaime Barria P 2018–2023 00223514.38
Frank Austin SS 1944–1948 3463.343
Ruben Rivera OF 1995–2003 34364.216
Edmundo Sosa SS 2018–2025 32136.258
Johan Camargo 3B 2017–2023 31637.254
Ivan Murrell OF 1963–1974 30833.236
Christian Bethancourt C 2013–2024 28435.22904
Manny Corpas P 2006–2013 00132644.13
Patricio Scantlebury P 1944–1956 611.302271913.84
Orlando Miller SS 1994–1997 24424.259
José Caballero SS 2023–2025 22518.22800
Paolo Espino P 2017–2024 6052175.12
Manny Acosta P 2007–2012 00132193.99
Justin Lawrence P 2021–2025 132115.02
Gil Garrido SS 1964–1972 2071.237
Ivan Herrera DH 2022–2025 19224.286
Ramon Webster 1B 1967–1971 19017.244
Miguel Amaya C 2023–2025 13117.236
Humberto Robinson P 1955–1960 6081143.25
Ariel Jurado P 2018–2020 00121055.97
Archie Brathwaite OF 1944–1948 1034.268
Vibert Clarke P 1946–1955 19011753.76
Fernando Seguignol 1B 1998–2003 9117.249
Sherman Obando OF 1993–1997 8513.239
Enrique Burgos P 2015–2016 3825.27
Ed Acosta P 1970–1972 106704.05
Rafael Medina P 1998–1999 103655.96
Severino Gonzalez P 2015–2016 104626.68
Clyde Parris 3B 1946–1947 622.238
Ossie Chavarria 2B 1966–1967 522.208
Leon Kellman 3B 1946–1948 481.294
Javy Guerra P 2018–2023 203456.43
Leo Jimenez SS 2024–2025 435.207
Dario Agrazal P 2019 204414.91
Julio Zuleta 1B 2000–2001 439.247
Jonathan Arauz 2B 2020–2023 438.18400
Allen Cordoba OF 2017 424.208
Dave Roberts 1B 1962–1966 382.196
Humberto Mejia P 2020–2021 10031
Carlos Maldonado P 1990–1993 2285.65
Ule Mahoney P 1944 90119
Gil Garrido 2B 1944–1945 250.216
Victor Greenidge P 1941–1944 202193.81
Luis Durango OF 2009–2011 190
Vic Barnett OF 1944 192
Enrique Burgos P 1993–1995 018
Alberto Baldonado P 2021 012
Bill Haywood P 1968 010
Davis Romero P 2006 110
Roger Deago P 2003 00010
Julio Mosquera C 1996–2005 70
Allan Lewis DH 1967–1973 61
Gerald Thorne OF 1946 50
Angel Chavez 2B 2005 50
Manuel Barrios P 1997–1998 04
Fernando Ramsey OF 1992 30
Rupe Toppin P 1962 1001
Bobby Prescott OF 1961 10
Alex Colthirst SS 1948 10