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🇦🇼MLB Players from Aruba
Every major leaguer born in Aruba who took a plate appearance or threw a pitch in a published season, with what they have done since 2005 — and who is playing now.
- Players
- 4 2005–2026
- Active in 2026
- 3
- Total dbWAR
- 51.3
- Home runs
- 216
- Strikeouts
- 243 467.0 IP
- Batters / pitchers
- 2 / 2
Notable
Superlatives over the seasons published here, not over whole careers.
Xander Bogaerts2013–2026Most home runs210Xander Bogaerts7,675 PAMost strikeouts229
Sidney Ponson447.1 IPBest season7.0 WARXander Bogaerts2019First to the majors1998Sidney PonsonHardest-hit ball113.9 mphXander Bogaerts2017Youngest in 202623
Antwone KellyMost seasons here14Xander Bogaerts2013–2026The All-Aruban Team
The best player born in Aruba at each position since 2005, by the dbWAR he produced there. Positions nobody has filled are left open.
And on the mound
How this is picked. Each player is filed at the one position he appeared at most often — so a shortstop who spent two years at third is a shortstop, and cannot hold both slots — and the spot goes to whoever produced the most dbWAR there. The figure on a card is therefore the value at that position rather than the career total shown elsewhere on this page: they differ for anyone who moved. Starting and relieving are counted separately for the same reason, on the share of each season's appearances that were starts. A slot needs 100 plate appearances or 20 innings to be claimed at all, which keeps a September call-up from becoming a first baseman. 2 position players are eligible here, with 1 starters and 0 relievers.
In the majors now
3 Aruban-born players were on a major-league roster in 2026. Every column sorts.
| Xander Bogaerts | SD | SS | 34 | 153 | 606 | 13 | 57 | 22 | .231 | .332 | .344 | 97 | 2.9 |
| Chadwick Tromp | ATL | C | 31 | 21 | 51 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .163 | .160 | .184 | -17 | -0.6 |
| Chadwick Tromp | BAL | 31 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 19.10 | 4.00 | -0.2 |
| Antwone Kelly | PIT | 23 | 8 | 0 | 18.2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4.82 | 5.84 | 1.45 | -0.2 |
Clubs in 2026BAL 1PIT 1SD 1ATL 1
The full 2026 leaderboards filter by birthplace too: batting · pitching — pick several countries at once there.
Since 2005
Career totals over the published seasons, ranked by dbWAR.
| Xander Bogaerts | 2013–2026 | 14 | 7,675 | 1,942 | 210 | 895 | 148 | .283 | 50.1 |
| Chadwick Tromp | 2020–2026 | 7 | 229 | 46 | 6 | 27 | 0 | .208 | -0.9 |
| Sidney Ponson | 2005–2009 | 5 | 447.1 | 22 | 0 | 229 | 6.08 | 2.4 |
| Antwone Kelly | 2026 | 1 | 18.2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 4.82 | -0.2 |
By season
How many were in the majors each year, and what they produced.
| Season | Players | Batters | Pitchers | PA | HR | IP | SO | dbWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 657 | 13 | 19.2 | 14 | 1.9 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 574 | 12 | 0.0 | 0 | 2.6 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 517 | 11 | 0.0 | 0 | 1.4 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 681 | 19 | 0.0 | 0 | 4.4 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 635 | 15 | 0.0 | 0 | 5.9 |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 621 | 24 | 0.0 | 0 | 5.0 |
| 2020 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 289 | 15 | 0.0 | 0 | 2.2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 698 | 33 | 0.0 | 0 | 7.0 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 580 | 23 | 0.0 | 0 | 5.2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 635 | 10 | 0.0 | 0 | 2.8 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 719 | 21 | 0.0 | 0 | 4.8 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 654 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 4.2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 594 | 12 | 0.0 | 0 | 1.3 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 58.2 | 32 | 0.3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 135.2 | 58 | 0.8 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37.2 | 23 | -0.2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 85.0 | 48 | 0.7 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 130.1 | 68 | 0.8 |
Where in Aruba
Birth cities with more than one major leaguer, most first.
About this page
4 major-league players born in Aruba appear in this archive, between 2005 and 2026. 3 of them were on a major-league roster in 2026, up from 1 in 2005. Together they are worth 51.3 dbWAR, on 216 home runs and 243 strikeouts thrown.
The most valuable of them by our own measure is Xander Bogaerts, worth 50.1 dbWAR across 2013–2026. His best year was 2019, at 7.0 WAR. Sidney Ponson has been in the majors longest of anyone here, since 1998.
Xander Bogaerts has hit the most home runs, 210. Sidney Ponson has thrown the most strikeouts, 229. The hardest ball anyone from here has struck came off Xander Bogaerts's bat at 113.9 mph, in 2017. These are totals over the seasons published here rather than whole careers: a player who debuted before 2005 arrives mid-career, and his numbers start where the archive does.
Oranjestad has produced 3 of them, more than anywhere else in Aruba. In 2026 they are spread across 4 clubs, one each — among them Baltimore Orioles.
Country here means country of birth, taken from each player's biographical record. It is not nationality and not who a player has represented internationally — the three disagree often enough to matter, and birthplace is the one this data actually holds. Every rate statistic and every dbWAR figure is computed from play-by-play using constants measured from each season's own data, so the numbers are era-correct without being copied from anywhere. See the derivation →
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