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Cuba vs. Colombia

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Cuba leads in 15 of 15 categories.

CubaCategoryColombia
453 Major leaguers 32
41.2 Per million people 0.6
33 Active in 2025 8
6 Hall of Famers 0
132 All-Star selections 8
3 MVP awards 0
1 Cy Young awards 0
6 Rookies of the Year 0
17 Gold Gloves 4
81,096 Career hits (all players) 7,834
6,911 Home runs (all players) 519
6,008 Stolen bases (all players) 661
2,931 Pitching wins (all players) 236
32,177 Strikeouts (all pitchers) 4,075
1,321 Saves (all pitchers) 76

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.

Colombia

Colombia Pitcher: 1.02×; Catcher: 1.64×; First base: 0.00×; Second base: 1.93×; Third base: 0.53×; Shortstop: 2.16×; Outfield: 0.46× Pitcher: 1.02×Catcher: 1.64×First base: 0.00×Second base: 1.93×Third base: 0.53×Shortstop: 2.16×Outfield: 0.46× PC1B2B3BSSOF
Colombia MLB average (1.0×)

Most over-represented: shortstop, at 2.2× 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 Édgar Rentería 2,327
  2. 2 Orlando Cabrera 2,055
  3. 3 Donovan Solano 805
  4. 4 Gio Urshela 759
  5. 5 Harold Ramírez 517

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 Édgar Rentería 140
  2. 2 Orlando Cabrera 123
  3. 3 Gio Urshela 73
  4. 4 Jorge Alfaro 48
  5. 5 Donovan Solano 43

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 Jose Quintana 113
  2. 2 Julio Teherán 81
  3. 3 Nabil Crismatt 12
  4. 4 Ernesto Frieri 11
  5. 5 Reiver Sanmartin 7

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 Jose Quintana 1,816
  2. 2 Julio Teherán 1,260
  3. 3 Ernesto Frieri 387
  4. 4 Nabil Crismatt 187
  5. 5 Luis Patino 124