Birthplaces · Central America · 2005–2026
🇳🇮MLB Players from Nicaragua
Every major leaguer born in Nicaragua 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
- 9 2005–2026
- Active in 2026
- 2
- Total dbWAR
- 23.9
- Home runs
- 39
- Strikeouts
- 2,099 2,764.2 IP
- Batters / pitchers
- 2 / 7
Notable
Superlatives over the seasons published here, not over whole careers.
Vicente Padilla2005–2012Most home runs27
Cheslor Cuthbert1,161 PAMost strikeouts698Vicente Padilla939.1 IPBest season3.1 WAR
Everth Cabrera2013First to the majors1999Vicente PadillaHardest-hit ball111.7 mphCheslor Cuthbert2016Youngest in 202625
Carlos RodriguezMost seasons here14
Erasmo Ramírez2012–2025The All-Nicaraguan Team
The best player born in Nicaragua 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 4 relievers.
In the majors now
2 Nicaraguan-born players were on a major-league roster in 2026. Every column sorts.
| Jonathan Loáisiga | AZ | 32 | 67 | 0 | 67.0 | 7 | 2 | 48 | 2.42 | 2.88 | 1.03 | 1.4 |
| Carlos Rodriguez | MIL | 25 | 4 | 0 | 9.1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3.86 | 4.07 | 1.50 | 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.
| Everth Cabrera | 2009–2015 | 7 | 2,068 | 450 | 12 | 132 | 138 | .246 | 6.1 |
| Cheslor Cuthbert | 2015–2020 | 6 | 1,161 | 269 | 27 | 119 | 3 | .250 | 0.1 |
| Vicente Padilla | 2005–2012 | 8 | 939.1 | 66 | 4 | 698 | 4.69 | 7.9 |
| Jonathan Loáisiga | 2018–2026 | 9 | 316.1 | 26 | 10 | 280 | 3.30 | 4.1 |
| Wilton Lopez | 2009–2014 | 6 | 305.1 | 16 | 11 | 221 | 3.54 | 4.0 |
| Erasmo Ramírez | 2012–2025 | 14 | 860.0 | 43 | 6 | 650 | 4.34 | 1.9 |
| Devern Hansack | 2006–2008 | 3 | 24.1 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 3.70 | 0.2 |
| Carlos Rodriguez | 2024–2026 | 3 | 31.1 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 6.03 | -0.0 |
| JC Ramírez | 2013–2019 | 6 | 288.1 | 15 | 2 | 204 | 4.71 | -0.3 |
By season
How many were in the majors each year, and what they produced.
| Season | Players | Batters | Pitchers | PA | HR | IP | SO | dbWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 76.1 | 56 | 1.5 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 50.1 | 41 | -0.5 |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 27 | -0.4 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 78.0 | 49 | 0.0 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 134.1 | 98 | 1.0 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 97.1 | 89 | 1.9 |
| 2020 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 37.1 | 31 | 0.4 |
| 2019 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 330 | 9 | 42.2 | 42 | -0.6 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 122 | 3 | 77.0 | 70 | -1.3 |
| 2017 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 159 | 2 | 278.2 | 214 | 1.7 |
| 2016 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 510 | 12 | 169.1 | 122 | 1.1 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 157 | 1 | 187.0 | 142 | 1.5 |
| 2014 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 394 | 3 | 81.2 | 64 | -1.1 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 438 | 4 | 171.2 | 121 | 3.2 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 453 | 2 | 175.1 | 153 | 4.6 |
| 2011 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 79.2 | 65 | 1.0 |
| 2010 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 276 | 1 | 162.0 | 134 | 2.1 |
| 2009 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 460 | 2 | 166.2 | 106 | 3.0 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 177.2 | 132 | 1.0 |
| 2007 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 128.0 | 76 | 0.2 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 210.0 | 164 | 3.2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 51 | 0 | 147.0 | 103 | 0.5 |
Where in Nicaragua
Birth cities with more than one major leaguer, most first.
About this page
9 major-league players born in Nicaragua appear in this archive, between 2005 and 2026. 2 of them were on a major-league roster in 2026, up from 1 in 2005. Together they are worth 23.9 dbWAR, on 39 home runs and 2,099 strikeouts thrown.
The most valuable of them by our own measure is Vicente Padilla, worth 7.9 dbWAR across 2005–2012. The best single season belongs to Everth Cabrera, 3.1 WAR in 2013. Vicente Padilla has been in the majors longest of anyone here, since 1999.
Cheslor Cuthbert has hit the most home runs, 27. Vicente Padilla has thrown the most strikeouts, 698. The hardest ball anyone from here has struck came off Cheslor Cuthbert's bat at 111.7 mph, in 2016. 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.
Managua has produced 2 of them, more than anywhere else in Nicaragua. In 2026 they are spread across 2 clubs, one each — among them Arizona Diamondbacks.
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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