Try “Clemente”, “San Pedro”, “Venezuela” or “MVP”.

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    Head to head

    Venezuela vs. Panama

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    Venezuela leads in 14 of 15 categories.

    VenezuelaCategoryPanama
    500 Major leaguers 79
    17.7 Per million people 17.6
    92 Active in 2025 6
    1 Hall of Famers 2
    177 All-Star selections 53
    4 MVP awards 1
    3 Cy Young awards 0
    3 Rookies of the Year 1
    63 Gold Gloves 0
    121,578 Career hits (all players) 21,299
    11,546 Home runs (all players) 1,759
    8,246 Stolen bases (all players) 2,017
    3,239 Pitching wins (all players) 473
    47,229 Strikeouts (all pitchers) 6,495
    1,676 Saves (all pitchers) 775

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

    Venezuela

    Venezuela Pitcher: 0.91×; Catcher: 1.47×; First base: 0.62×; Second base: 1.57×; Third base: 1.01×; Shortstop: 1.90×; Outfield: 0.62× Pitcher: 0.91×Catcher: 1.47×First base: 0.62×Second base: 1.57×Third base: 1.01×Shortstop: 1.90×Outfield: 0.62× PC1B2B3BSSOF
    Venezuela MLB average (1.0×)

    Most over-represented: shortstop, at 1.9× the all-time MLB rate.

    Panama

    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.

    Top five, side by side

    Hits

    Hits H

    1. 1 Miguel Cabrera 3,174
    2. 2 Omar Vizquel 2,877
    3. 3 Luis Aparicio 2,677
    4. 4 Bobby Abreu 2,470
    5. 5 José Altuve 2,388

    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

    Home runs

    Home runs HR

    1. 1 Miguel Cabrera 511
    2. 2 Andrés Galarraga 399
    3. 3 Eugenio Suárez 325
    4. 4 Salvador Pérez 303
    5. 5 Magglio Ordóñez 294

    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

    Wins

    Wins W

    1. 1 Félix Hernández 169
    2. 2 Freddy García 156
    3. 3 Johan Santana 139
    4. 4 Carlos Zambrano 132
    5. 5 Aníbal Sánchez 116

    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

    Strikeouts

    Strikeouts K

    1. 1 Félix Hernández 2,524
    2. 2 Johan Santana 1,988
    3. 3 Aníbal Sánchez 1,774
    4. 4 Carlos Carrasco 1,696
    5. 5 Carlos Zambrano 1,637

    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