Birthplaces · South America · 2005–2026
🇨🇴MLB Players from Colombia
Every major leaguer born in Colombia 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
- 32 2005–2026
- Active in 2026
- 8
- Total dbWAR
- 99.2
- Home runs
- 372
- Strikeouts
- 4,250 4,732.2 IP
- Batters / pitchers
- 17 / 15
Notable
Superlatives over the seasons published here, not over whole careers.
Jose Quintana2012–2026Most home runs73
Gio Urshela3,028 PAMost strikeouts1,841Jose Quintana2,149.1 IPBest season4.7 WARJose Quintana2014First to the majors1996
Edgar RenteriaHardest-hit ball116.6 mph
Jorge Alfaro2018Youngest in 202621
Didier FuentesMost seasons here15Jose Quintana2012–2026The All-Colombian Team
The best player born in Colombia at each position since 2005, by the dbWAR he produced there. Positions nobody has filled are left open.
Jorge Alfaro5.4dbWAR
Donovan Solano6.1dbWAR3BGio Urshela8.3dbWARSSEdgar Renteria13.2dbWARLF
Jolbert Cabrera0.2dbWARCF
Óscar Mercado0.7dbWARRF
Gustavo Campero0.0dbWARDH
Harold Ramírez2.8dbWARAnd 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. 13 position players are eligible here, with 3 starters and 8 relievers.
In the majors now
8 Colombian-born players were on a major-league roster in 2026. Every column sorts.
| Michael Arroyo | SEA | 2B | 22 | 15 | 41 | 1 | 4 | 2 | .371 | .439 | .514 | 175 | 0.5 |
| Jair Camargo | ATL | C | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 310 | 0.1 |
| Gustavo Campero | LAA | LF | 29 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .364 | .333 | .455 | 112 | 0.0 |
| Didier Fuentes | ATL | 21 | 58 | 1 | 73.1 | 7 | 3 | 92 | 2.45 | 2.60 | 1.10 | 1.8 |
| Tyron Guerrero | BOS | 35 | 40 | 0 | 40.2 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 3.10 | 2.46 | 1.11 | 1.1 |
| Reiver Sanmartin | SF | 30 | 24 | 0 | 21.1 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 4.22 | 4.42 | 1.36 | 0.1 |
| Guillo Zuñiga | NYM | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 4.10 | 1.00 | 0.0 |
| Jose Quintana | COL | 37 | 11 | 11 | 48.0 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 5.44 | 6.08 | 1.50 | -0.4 |
Clubs in 2026ATL 2LAA 1BOS 1COL 1NYM 1SEA 1
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Since 2005
Career totals over the published seasons, ranked by dbWAR.
| Edgar Renteria | 2005–2011 | 7 | 3,565 | 904 | 57 | 358 | 57 | .281 | 13.2 |
| Orlando Cabrera | 2005–2011 | 7 | 4,415 | 1,111 | 51 | 442 | 119 | .275 | 11.5 |
| Donovan Solano | 2012–2025 | 12 | 3,185 | 805 | 43 | 300 | 15 | .277 | 8.8 |
| Gio Urshela | 2015–2025 | 10 | 3,028 | 759 | 73 | 352 | 7 | .270 | 8.3 |
| Jorge Alfaro | 2016–2025 | 9 | 1,749 | 412 | 48 | 201 | 19 | .253 | 5.0 |
| Harold Ramírez | 2019–2024 | 6 | 1,933 | 517 | 38 | 247 | 19 | .285 | 3.3 |
| Óscar Mercado | 2019–2023 | 5 | 973 | 211 | 26 | 100 | 29 | .237 | 0.7 |
| Michael Arroyo | 2026 | 1 | 41 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 2 | .371 | 0.5 |
| Dilson Herrera | 2014–2020 | 4 | 272 | 48 | 11 | 28 | 2 | .199 | 0.5 |
| Jolbert Cabrera | 2008 | 1 | 126 | 29 | 3 | 12 | 2 | .252 | 0.2 |
| Gustavo Campero | 2024–2026 | 3 | 126 | 25 | 4 | 16 | 7 | .217 | 0.0 |
| Jeter Downs | 2022–2023 | 2 | 50 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | .182 | -0.0 |
| Jair Camargo | 2024–2026 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | -0.1 |
| Jordan Diaz | 2022–2023 | 2 | 344 | 73 | 10 | 28 | 0 | .227 | -0.3 |
| Jhonatan Solano | 2012–2015 | 3 | 108 | 19 | 2 | 10 | 1 | .184 | -0.3 |
| Yamid Haad | 2005 | 1 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .071 | -0.4 |
| Meibrys Viloria | 2018–2023 | 5 | 280 | 49 | 3 | 24 | 0 | .198 | -0.5 |
| Jose Quintana | 2012–2026 | 15 | 2,149.1 | 115 | 0 | 1,841 | 3.79 | 31.4 |
| Julio Teheran | 2011–2024 | 13 | 1,470.2 | 81 | 0 | 1,260 | 3.85 | 13.1 |
| Ernesto Frieri | 2009–2017 | 8 | 303.1 | 11 | 73 | 387 | 3.59 | 1.4 |
| Nabil Crismatt | 2020–2025 | 6 | 211.0 | 12 | 0 | 187 | 3.71 | 1.3 |
| Didier Fuentes | 2025–2026 | 2 | 86.1 | 7 | 3 | 104 | 4.17 | 1.2 |
| Tyron Guerrero | 2016–2026 | 4 | 146.2 | 3 | 0 | 152 | 5.03 | 0.7 |
| Jhon Romero | 2021–2022 | 2 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4.00 | 0.3 |
| Reiver Sanmartin | 2021–2026 | 5 | 105.2 | 10 | 0 | 89 | 5.37 | 0.3 |
| Yhonathan Barrios | 2015 | 1 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.00 | 0.3 |
| Emiliano Fruto | 2006 | 1 | 36.0 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 5.50 | 0.0 |
| Sugar Ray Marimon | 2015 | 1 | 25.2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.36 | -0.1 |
| Luis Escobar | 2019 | 1 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7.94 | -0.2 |
| Dayan Díaz | 2016–2017 | 2 | 19.2 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 9.15 | -0.2 |
| Guillo Zuñiga | 2023–2026 | 3 | 20.2 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 4.79 | -0.4 |
| Luis Patiño | 2020–2023 | 4 | 136.1 | 7 | 0 | 124 | 5.02 | -0.4 |
By season
How many were in the majors each year, and what they produced.
| Season | Players | Batters | Pitchers | PA | HR | IP | SO | dbWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 55 | 1 | 184.1 | 175 | 3.2 |
| 2025 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 481 | 6 | 180.1 | 128 | -0.6 |
| 2024 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1,071 | 20 | 197.2 | 156 | 1.7 |
| 2023 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1,502 | 30 | 198.0 | 157 | 4.8 |
| 2022 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 1,861 | 37 | 315.0 | 266 | 9.7 |
| 2021 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 1,715 | 38 | 242.1 | 247 | 5.1 |
| 2020 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 611 | 13 | 67.0 | 61 | 0.9 |
| 2019 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2,370 | 70 | 397.1 | 359 | 11.9 |
| 2018 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 661 | 17 | 408.0 | 388 | 4.4 |
| 2017 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 384 | 6 | 397.0 | 383 | 5.1 |
| 2016 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 103 | 1 | 404.2 | 351 | 6.9 |
| 2015 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 590 | 9 | 462.2 | 388 | 3.6 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 492 | 6 | 463.0 | 412 | 7.6 |
| 2013 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 512 | 3 | 454.1 | 432 | 5.4 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 360 | 4 | 208.2 | 184 | 3.9 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 815 | 10 | 82.2 | 86 | 0.3 |
| 2010 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 805 | 7 | 31.2 | 41 | 2.2 |
| 2009 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1,218 | 14 | 2.0 | 2 | 1.6 |
| 2008 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1,403 | 21 | 0.0 | 0 | 3.4 |
| 2007 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1,244 | 20 | 0.0 | 0 | 7.6 |
| 2006 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1,348 | 23 | 36.0 | 34 | 6.8 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1,311 | 16 | 0.0 | 0 | 3.6 |
Where in Colombia
Birth cities with more than one major leaguer, most first.
About this page
32 major-league players born in Colombia appear in this archive, between 2005 and 2026. 8 of them were on a major-league roster in 2026, up from 3 in 2005. Together they are worth 99.2 dbWAR, on 372 home runs and 4,250 strikeouts thrown.
The most valuable of them by our own measure is Jose Quintana, worth 31.4 dbWAR across 2012–2026. His best year was 2014, at 4.7 WAR. Edgar Renteria has been in the majors longest of anyone here, since 1996.
Gio Urshela has hit the most home runs, 73. Jose Quintana has thrown the most strikeouts, 1,841. The hardest ball anyone from here has struck came off Jorge Alfaro's bat at 116.6 mph, in 2018. 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.
Cartagena has produced 17 of them, more than anywhere else in Colombia. In 2026 they are spread across 6 clubs, 2 of them with Atlanta Braves.
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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