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Dominican Republic vs. Puerto Rico

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Dominican Republic leads in 12 of 15 categories, but per person, Puerto Rico has produced more major leaguers.

Dominican RepublicCategoryPuerto Rico
937 Major leaguers 310
82.2 Per million people 96.9
145 Active in 2025 27
5 Hall of Famers 5
317 All-Star selections 170
7 MVP awards 6
5 Cy Young awards 1
9 Rookies of the Year 6
48 Gold Gloves 79
180,076 Career hits (all players) 102,604
19,770 Home runs (all players) 10,835
15,807 Stolen bases (all players) 5,767
7,954 Pitching wins (all players) 2,022
118,509 Strikeouts (all pitchers) 25,187
5,655 Saves (all pitchers) 1,294

Population: approximate current figures. Career totals add up every player born in each country.

Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic Pitcher: 1.19×; Catcher: 0.45×; First base: 0.31×; Second base: 1.16×; Third base: 0.81×; Shortstop: 1.59×; Outfield: 0.83× Pitcher: 1.19×Catcher: 0.45×First base: 0.31×Second base: 1.16×Third base: 0.81×Shortstop: 1.59×Outfield: 0.83× PC1B2B3BSSOF
Dominican Republic MLB average (1.0×)

Most over-represented: shortstop, 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 Albert Pujols 3,384
  2. 2 Adrián Beltré 3,166
  3. 3 Robinson Canó 2,639
  4. 4 Vladimir Guerrero 2,590
  5. 5 Julio Franco 2,586

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 Albert Pujols 703
  2. 2 Sammy Sosa 609
  3. 3 Manny Ramírez 555
  4. 4 David Ortiz 541
  5. 5 Adrián Beltré 477

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 Bartolo Colón 247
  2. 2 Juan Marichal 243
  3. 3 Pedro Martínez 219
  4. 4 Ervin Santana 151
  5. 5 Johnny Cueto 144

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 Pedro Martínez 3,154
  2. 2 Bartolo Colón 2,535
  3. 3 Juan Marichal 2,303
  4. 4 Ervin Santana 1,978
  5. 5 Johnny Cueto 1,857

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