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Major leaguers from Mexico

152 players born in Mexico have reached the majors, starting in 1933. Vinny Castilla leads all Mexican-born players with 1,884 hits.

152Players
15Active in 2025
0Hall of Famers
30All-Star selections
0MVP awards
1Cy Young awards

Firsts

  1. 1933First major leaguer
    Mel Almada
  2. 1952First All-Star
    Bobby Ávila
  3. 1964First Gold Glove
    Rubén Amaro
  4. 1981First Rookie of the Year
    Fernando Valenzuela
  5. 1981First Cy Young
    Fernando Valenzuela

Positional fingerprint

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

Mexico Pitcher: 1.29×; Catcher: 0.69×; First base: 0.48×; Second base: 0.91×; Third base: 1.33×; Shortstop: 1.37×; Outfield: 0.39× Pitcher: 1.29×Catcher: 0.69×First base: 0.48×Second base: 0.91×Third base: 1.33×Shortstop: 1.37×Outfield: 0.39× PC1B2B3BSSOF
Mexico MLB average (1.0×)

Most over-represented: shortstop, at 1.4× the all-time MLB rate.

All-time leaders

Batting

Hits H

  1. 1 Vinny Castilla 1,884
  2. 2 Jorge Orta 1,619
  3. 3 Aurelio Rodríguez 1,570
  4. 4 Bobby Ávila 1,296
  5. 5 Mel Almada 706
  6. 6 Alex Treviño 604
  7. 7 Juan Castro 601
  8. 8 Erubiel Durazo 547
  9. 9 Rubén Amaro 505
  10. 10 Alejandro Kirk 489

Home runs HR

  1. 1 Vinny Castilla 320
  2. 2 Jorge Orta 130
  3. 3 Aurelio Rodríguez 124
  4. 4 Erubiel Durazo 94
  5. 5 Isaac Paredes 92
  6. 6 Bobby Ávila 80
  7. 7 Karim Garcia 66
  8. 8 Luis Urias 60
  9. 9 Alejandro Kirk 51
  10. 10 Ramon Urias 50

Runs batted in RBI

  1. 1 Vinny Castilla 1,105
  2. 2 Jorge Orta 745
  3. 3 Aurelio Rodríguez 648
  4. 4 Bobby Ávila 467
  5. 5 Erubiel Durazo 330
  6. 6 Isaac Paredes 287
  7. 7 Alejandro Kirk 263
  8. 8 Alex Treviño 244
  9. 9 Juan Castro 234
  10. 10 Luis Urias 221

Stolen bases SB

  1. 1 Jorge Orta 79
  2. 2 Bobby Ávila 78
  3. 3 Mel Almada 56
  4. 4 Alfredo Amezaga 49
  5. 5 Aurelio Rodríguez 35
  6. 6 Vinny Castilla 33
  7. 7 Benji Gil 24
  8. 8 Carlos Lopez 23
  9. 9 Alex Treviño 19
  10. 10 Ramiro Peña 12

Batting average AVG

  1. 1 Bobby Ávila .281
  2. 2 Jorge Orta .278
  3. 3 Vinny Castilla .276
  4. 4 Aurelio Rodríguez .237

Minimum 3,000 at-bats.

Pitching

Wins W

  1. 1 Fernando Valenzuela 173
  2. 2 Esteban Loaiza 126
  3. 3 Yovani Gallardo 121
  4. 4 Jorge De La Rosa 104
  5. 5 Ismael Valdez 104
  6. 6 Teddy Higuera 94
  7. 7 Rodrigo López 81
  8. 8 Óliver Pérez 74
  9. 9 Jaime García 70
  10. 10 Armando Reynoso 68

Strikeouts K

  1. 1 Fernando Valenzuela 2,074
  2. 2 Yovani Gallardo 1,584
  3. 3 Óliver Pérez 1,546
  4. 4 Esteban Loaiza 1,382
  5. 5 Jorge De La Rosa 1,273
  6. 6 Ismael Valdez 1,173
  7. 7 Marco Estrada 1,094
  8. 8 Teddy Higuera 1,081
  9. 9 Jaime García 925
  10. 10 Rodrigo López 865

Saves SV

  1. 1 Joakim Soria 229
  2. 2 Roberto Osuna 155
  3. 3 Aurelio López 93
  4. 4 Andrés Muñoz 78
  5. 5 Sid Monge 56
  6. 6 Juan Acevedo 53
  7. 7 Enrique Romo 52
  8. 8 Vicente Romo 52
  9. 9 Giovanny Gallegos 45
  10. 10 Horacio Pina 38

Earned run average ERA

  1. 1 Fernando Valenzuela 3.54
  2. 2 Teddy Higuera 3.61
  3. 3 Jaime García 3.85
  4. 4 Yovani Gallardo 4.06
  5. 5 Ismael Valdez 4.09
  6. 6 Marco Estrada 4.29
  7. 7 Óliver Pérez 4.37
  8. 8 Elmer Dessens 4.44
  9. 9 Jorge De La Rosa 4.58
  10. 10 Esteban Loaiza 4.65

Minimum 1,000 innings.

Debuts by decade

Debuts by decade: Mexico 1930s: 2 2 '30 1940s: 2 2 '40 1950s: 8 8 '50 1960s: 7 7 '60 1970s: 18 18 '70 1980s: 12 12 '80 1990s: 32 32 '90 2000s: 29 29 '00 2010s: 19 19 '10 2020s: 23 23 '20

Top hometowns

  1. Tijuana12
  2. Hermosillo10
  3. Ciudad Obregon8
  4. Los Mochis8
  5. Mexicali8
  6. Monterrey7
  7. Culiacán6
  8. Mazatlán5
  9. Mexico City5
  10. Navojoa5
  11. Guadalajara4
  12. Veracruz4

Hometown map: 67 towns

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

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All players (152)

152
Player Position Years HHRAVGWKERA
Fernando Valenzuela P 1980–1997 18710.2001732,0743.54
Vinny Castilla 3B 1991–2006 1,884320.276
Yovani Gallardo P 2007–2018 8612.2011211,5844.06
Jorge Orta 2B 1972–1987 1,619130.278
Óliver Pérez P 2002–2022 560.163741,5464.37
Aurelio Rodríguez 3B 1967–1983 1,570124.237
Esteban Loaiza P 1995–2008 460.1701261,3824.65
Jorge De La Rosa P 2004–2018 480.1271041,2734.58
Bobby Ávila 2B 1949–1959 1,29680.281
Ismael Valdez P 1994–2005 521.1301041,1734.09
Marco Estrada P 2008–2019 190.141621,0944.29
Teddy Higuera P 1985–1994 941,0813.61
Jaime García P 2008–2018 453.146709253.85
Rodrigo López P 2000–2012 90.062818654.82
Joakim Soria P 2007–2021 368313.11
Elmer Dessens P 1996–2010 390.163526934.44
Julio Urías P 2016–2023 190.190607103.11
Mel Almada OF 1933–1939 70615.284
Dennys Reyes P 1997–2011 40356424.21
Aurelio López P 1974–1987 30626353.56
Miguel González P 2012–2018 00526174.06
Alex Treviño C 1978–1990 60423.249
Armando Reynoso P 1991–2002 503.148685544.74
Juan Castro SS 1995–2011 60136.229
Francisco Cordova P 1996–2000 280.121425373.96
Erubiel Durazo DH 1999–2005 54794.281
Rubén Amaro SS 1958–1969 5058.234
Antonio Osuna P 1995–2005 10365013.68
Alejandro Kirk C 2020–2025 48951.268
Fernando Salas P 2010–2019 10254743.92
Sid Monge P 1975–1984 20494713.53
Isaac Paredes 3B 2020–2025 45392.237
Enrique Romo P 1977–1982 101444363.45
Vicente Romo P 1968–1982 181.149324163.36
Ramon Urias 3B 2020–2025 43150.257
Luis Urias 2B 2018–2025 41560.231
Jesse Flores P 1942–1950 550.181443523.18
Ricardo Rincon P 1997–2008 00214003.59
Giovanny Gallegos P 2017–2024 00183963.49
Benji Gil SS 1993–2003 38132.237
Hector Torres SS 1968–1977 37518.21600
Luis Ayala P 2003–2013 40383673.35
Juan Acevedo P 1995–2003 60283504.33
Andrés Muñoz P 2019–2025 133542.43
Karim Garcia OF 1995–2004 35266.241
Roberto Osuna P 2015–2020 143482.74
Alfredo Amezaga OF 2002–2011 34812.247
Luis Cessa P 2016–2023 00173314.43
Jose Urquidy P 2019–2025 10273294.00
Francisco Barrios P 1974–1981 383234.15
Jose Silva P 1996–2002 100252985.41
Joey Meneses DH 2022–2024 30529.274
Mario Mendoza SS 1974–1982 2874.21500
Horacio Pina P 1968–1978 50232783.25
Alfredo Aceves P 2008–2014 00312823.83
Vicente Palacios P 1987–2000 40172704.43
Javier Assad P 2022–2025 182713.43
Luis Gomez SS 1974–1981 2630.21000
Edgar Gonzalez P 2003–2013 120172375.92
Oscar Villarreal P 2003–2008 10242363.86
Luis Mendoza P 2007–2013 20162085.39
Geronimo Gil C 2001–2007 18919.230
Max Leon P 1973–1978 130141703.71
Jonathan Aranda 1B 2022–2025 18224.275
Salome Barojas P 1982–1988 181773.95
Ramiro Peña 3B 2009–2016 1629.252
Andres Mora OF 1976–1980 15627.223
Luis Cruz 3B 2008–2013 1437.234
Chile Gomez 2B 1935–1942 1420.226
Carlos Lopez OF 1976–1978 13012.260
Jorge Campillo P 2005–2009 8091214.23
Victor Arano P 2017–2022 41243.32
Humberto Cota C 2001–2007 12112.233
Hector Velazquez P 2017–2019 00111213.90
Oscar Robles SS 2005–2007 1105.260
Cy Acosta P 1972–1975 00131092.66
Miguel Ojeda C 2003–2006 10915.224
Rigo Beltran P 1997–2004 2021064.40
Manny Banuelos P 2015–2022 0061055.64
Adrian Martinez P 2022–2023 41005.51
Valente Bellozo P 2024–2025 4984.20
Victor Gonzalez P 2020–2024 11973.35
Christian Villanueva 3B 2017–2018 9424.245
Jose Peña P 1969–1972 307824.97
Manuel Rodriguez P 2021–2025 009832.99
Humberto Castellanos P 2020–2024 315805.43
Luis Gonzalez OF 2020–2022 814.25300
Hector Fajardo P 1991–1995 005786.95
Celerino Sanchez 3B 1972–1973 761.242
Houston Jimenez SS 1983–1988 760.185
Carlos Rodriguez SS 1991–1995 671.278
Gabe Alvarez 3B 1998–2000 597.222
Daniel Castro 2B 2015–2018 573.210
David Cortes P 1999–2006 005534.47
Gerardo Reyes P 2019–2024 00450
Roberto Ramirez P 1998–1999 102497.69
Daniel Garibay P 2000 202466.03
Matias Carrillo OF 1991–1994 480.251
Andres Berumen P 1995–1996 00246
Alejo Lopez 2B 2021–2023 451.26500
Francisco Rodriguez P 2010–2011 1434.43
Mario Valdez 1B 1997–2001 432.238
Guillermo Velasquez 1B 1992–1993 374.223
Miguel Del Toro P 1999–2000 10236
Angel Moreno P 1981–1982 4344.02
German Duran 3B 2008 333.231
Chico Escarrega P 1982 1333.67
Jorge Rubio P 1966–1967 10231
Alejandro Osuna OF 2025 322.212
Daniel Duarte P 2022–2024 428
Tavo Alvarez P 1995–1996 203265.40
Cesar Vargas P 2016 00028
German Jimenez P 1988 101265.01
Jose Cecena P 1988 027
Felipe Montemayor OF 1953–1955 262.173
Tony Perezchica SS 1988–1992 230.228
Arnold Leon P 2015–2016 021
Marcelino Solis P 1958 503156.06
Rosario Rodriguez P 1989–1991 00218
German Barranca 2B 1979–1982 180
Alfonso Pulido P 1983–1986 116
Walter Silva P 2009 30011
Jose Tolentino 1B 1991 141
Migel Puente P 1970 00114
César Salazar C 2023–2025 13000
Esteban Quiroz 2B 2022 110
Victor Alvarez P 2002–2003 00010
Bob Greenwood P 1954–1955 0019
Bobby Trevino OF 1968 90
Juan Cerros P 2003 09
Jesus Cruz P 2020–2022 08
Isidro Marquez P 1995 08
Alan Rangel P 2025 08
Chico Garcia 2B 1954 70
Narciso Elvira P 1990 06
Omar Cruz P 2025 05
Luis Rivera P 2000 15
Rudy Hernandez SS 1972 40
Miguel Aguilar P 2021 13
Freddy Sandoval DH 2008–2009 30
Benny Valenzuela 3B 1958 30
Sergio Robles C 1972–1976 20
Luis Garcia OF 2002 10
Bobby Herrera P 1951 01
Tirso Ornelas OF 2025 10
Frank Estrada C 1971 10
Noe Munoz C 1995 00
Ever Magallanes SS 1991 00
Ali Solis C 2012–2014 00
Memo Luna P 1954 00
Irving Lopez 3B 2023 00
Arturo Lopez P 2009 00