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Puerto Rico vs. Colombia

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Puerto Rico leads in 15 of 15 categories.

Puerto RicoCategoryColombia
310 Major leaguers 32
96.9 Per million people 0.6
27 Active in 2025 8
5 Hall of Famers 0
170 All-Star selections 8
6 MVP awards 0
1 Cy Young awards 0
6 Rookies of the Year 0
79 Gold Gloves 4
102,604 Career hits (all players) 7,834
10,835 Home runs (all players) 519
5,767 Stolen bases (all players) 661
2,022 Pitching wins (all players) 236
25,187 Strikeouts (all pitchers) 4,075
1,294 Saves (all pitchers) 76

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

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.

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 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

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 Carlos Delgado 473
  2. 2 Carlos Beltrán 435
  3. 3 Juan González 434
  4. 4 Orlando Cepeda 379
  5. 5 Iván Rodríguez 311

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 Javier Vázquez 165
  2. 2 Juan Pizarro 131
  3. 3 Jaime Navarro 116
  4. 4 Jose Berrios 108
  5. 5 Joel Pineiro 104

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 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

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