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🇨🇼MLB Players from Curaçao
Every major leaguer born in Curaçao 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
- 14 2005–2026
- Active in 2026
- 3
- Total dbWAR
- 117.3
- Home runs
- 824
- Strikeouts
- 1,908 1,858.0 IP
- Batters / pitchers
- 11 / 3
Notable
Superlatives over the seasons published here, not over whole careers.
Ozzie Albies2017–2026Most home runs184
Andruw Jones3,388 PAMost strikeouts1,329
Kenley Jansen972.1 IPBest season5.6 WARAndruw Jones2005First to the majors1996Andruw JonesHardest-hit ball117.1 mph
Jonathan Schoop2021Youngest in 202626
Ceddanne RafaelaMost seasons here17Kenley Jansen2010–2026The All-Curaçaoan Team
The best player born in Curaçao at each position since 2005, by the dbWAR he produced there. Positions nobody has filled are left open.
Ozzie Albies26.2dbWAR
Andrelton Simmons12.5dbWARLF
Jurickson Profar10.0dbWARCFAndruw Jones10.6dbWARRF
Roger Bernadina0.1dbWARAnd 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. 8 position players are eligible here, with 2 starters and 1 relievers.
In the majors now
3 Curaçaoan-born players were on a major-league roster in 2026. Every column sorts.
| Ceddanne Rafaela | BOS | CF | 26 | 136 | 576 | 16 | 70 | 17 | .283 | .319 | .442 | 107 | 2.9 |
| Ozzie Albies | ATL | 2B | 29 | 162 | 683 | 22 | 73 | 4 | .237 | .293 | .390 | 85 | 1.4 |
| Kenley Jansen | DET | 39 | 50 | 0 | 45.0 | 4 | 22 | 51 | 3.20 | 4.46 | 1.04 | 0.1 |
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.
| Ozzie Albies | 2017–2026 | 10 | 5,154 | 1,232 | 179 | 655 | 102 | .262 | 26.2 |
| Jurickson Profar | 2012–2025 | 12 | 4,662 | 995 | 125 | 487 | 66 | .245 | 15.1 |
| Andruw Jones | 2005–2012 | 8 | 3,388 | 679 | 184 | 523 | 28 | .233 | 14.2 |
| Andrelton Simmons | 2012–2022 | 11 | 4,816 | 1,169 | 70 | 444 | 72 | .263 | 12.5 |
| Jonathan Schoop | 2013–2023 | 11 | 4,616 | 1,095 | 174 | 544 | 15 | .254 | 11.8 |
| Ceddanne Rafaela | 2023–2026 | 4 | 1,823 | 443 | 49 | 213 | 59 | .258 | 6.5 |
| Roger Bernadina | 2008–2014 | 7 | 1,480 | 312 | 28 | 121 | 59 | .236 | 1.6 |
| Yurendell Decaster | 2006 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | -0.1 |
| Randall Simon | 2006 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .238 | -0.1 |
| Sherten Apostel | 2020 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .100 | -0.3 |
| Wladimir Balentien | 2007–2009 | 3 | 559 | 113 | 15 | 52 | 2 | .221 | -1.0 |
| Kenley Jansen | 2010–2026 | 17 | 972.1 | 58 | 498 | 1,329 | 2.60 | 21.6 |
| Jair Jurrjens | 2007–2014 | 8 | 767.1 | 53 | 0 | 514 | 3.72 | 9.8 |
| Shairon Martis | 2008–2013 | 3 | 116.0 | 6 | 0 | 64 | 5.35 | -0.5 |
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 | 1 | 1,259 | 38 | 45.0 | 51 | 4.5 |
| 2025 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1,625 | 46 | 59.0 | 57 | 6.8 |
| 2024 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1,674 | 49 | 54.2 | 62 | 8.8 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1,421 | 44 | 46.0 | 53 | 5.6 |
| 2022 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1,522 | 34 | 65.0 | 85 | 3.0 |
| 2021 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2,224 | 59 | 69.0 | 86 | 7.0 |
| 2020 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 651 | 21 | 24.1 | 33 | 3.3 |
| 2019 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2,109 | 74 | 63.0 | 80 | 9.1 |
| 2018 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2,379 | 76 | 71.2 | 82 | 11.0 |
| 2017 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1,640 | 52 | 68.1 | 109 | 11.5 |
| 2016 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1,437 | 34 | 68.2 | 104 | 6.6 |
| 2015 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 904 | 19 | 52.1 | 80 | 4.2 |
| 2014 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1,140 | 24 | 74.2 | 110 | 1.7 |
| 2013 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1,248 | 28 | 93.2 | 124 | 3.6 |
| 2012 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 746 | 23 | 113.1 | 118 | 3.7 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 614 | 20 | 205.2 | 186 | 5.0 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 837 | 30 | 143.1 | 127 | 4.6 |
| 2009 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 738 | 24 | 300.2 | 186 | 4.5 |
| 2008 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 663 | 10 | 209.0 | 162 | 1.1 |
| 2007 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 663 | 27 | 30.2 | 13 | 1.6 |
| 2006 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 694 | 41 | 0.0 | 0 | 4.5 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 672 | 51 | 0.0 | 0 | 5.6 |
Where in Curaçao
Birth cities with more than one major leaguer, most first.
About this page
14 major-league players born in Curaçao 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 117.3 dbWAR, on 824 home runs and 1,908 strikeouts thrown.
The most valuable of them by our own measure is Ozzie Albies, worth 26.2 dbWAR across 2017–2026. The best single season belongs to Andruw Jones, 5.6 WAR in 2005. Andruw Jones has been in the majors longest of anyone here, since 1996.
Andruw Jones has hit the most home runs, 184. Kenley Jansen has thrown the most strikeouts, 1,329. The hardest ball anyone from here has struck came off Jonathan Schoop's bat at 117.1 mph, in 2021. 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.
Willemstad has produced 11 of them, more than anywhere else in Curaçao. In 2026 they are spread across 3 clubs, one each — among them Boston Red Sox.
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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