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🇵🇷MLB Players from Puerto Rico

Every major leaguer born in Puerto Rico 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: 130
Active in 2026: 27
Total dbWAR: 468.6
Home runs: 3,315
Strikeouts: 9,220
Batters / pitchers: 95 / 35

Notable

Superlatives over the seasons published here, not over whole careers.

Most dbWAR54.8

Francisco Lindor2015–2026 Most home runs300

Francisco Lindor7,317 PA Most strikeouts1,481

José Berríos1,571.2 IP Best season6.9 WAR

Francisco Lindor2024 First to the majors1986

Ruben Sierra Hardest-hit ball118.2 mph

Carlos Correa2016 Youngest in 202623

Edwin Arroyo Most seasons here18

Yadier Molina2005–2022

Most common birthplaceBayamon18 players

The All-Puerto Rican Team

The best player born in Puerto Rico at each position since 2005, by the dbWAR he produced there. Positions nobody has filled are left open.

Yadier Molina2005–2022 · 174 HR · .27832.8dbWAR 1B

Carlos Delgado2005–2009 · 137 HR · .27513.7dbWAR 2B

Willi Castro2019–2026 · 35 HR · .2363.4dbWAR 3B

Mike Lowell2005–2010 · 83 HR · .28310.6dbWAR SS

Francisco Lindor2015–2026 · 300 HR · .27054.8dbWAR LF

Eddie Rosario2015–2025 · 169 HR · .2629.9dbWAR CF

Carlos Beltrán2005–2017 · 134 HR · .27924.8dbWAR RF

Steven Moya2014–2016 · 5 HR · .2500.3dbWAR DH

Kennys Vargas2014–2017 · 25 HR · .2570.1dbWAR

And on the mound

Javier Vazquez2005–2011 · 4.17 ERA23.8dbWAR SP

José Berríos2016–2025 · 4.08 ERA19.7dbWAR SP

Joel Pineiro2005–2011 · 4.88 ERA10.5dbWAR RP

Edwin Díaz2016–2026 · 3.03 ERA12.9dbWAR

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. 72 position players are eligible here, with 7 starters and 20 relievers.

In the majors now

27 Puerto Rican-born players were on a major-league roster in 2026. Every column sorts.

Batting, 2026.

Francisco Lindor	NYM	SS	33	104	469	21	49	3	.225	.309	.423	105	2.5
Willi Castro	COL	2B	29	119	477	15	56	10	.260	.331	.417	105	2.4
Carlos Correa	HOU	SS	32	32	141	3	16	1	.279	.369	.418	125	1.0
Heliot Ramos	SF	LF	27	112	442	13	46	4	.245	.305	.411	99	0.9
Victor Caratini	MIN	C	33	106	382	7	44	0	.220	.312	.315	80	0.4
Bryan Torres	STL	LF	29	68	189	4	19	2	.229	.309	.331	85	0.2
Vimael Machín	COL	3B	33	3	6	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	181	0.1
Shawn Ross	PIT	C	27	2	5	1	2	0	.200	.200	.800	154	0.1
Javier Báez	DET	SS	34	56	196	3	20	1	.241	.270	.364	74	0.0
Enrique Hernández	LAD	3B	35	36	96	4	12	0	.222	.271	.400	83	0.0
Christian Vázquez	HOU	C	36	84	266	7	25	1	.207	.261	.322	60	0.0
Darell Hernaiz	ATH	SS	25	49	157	1	9	3	.234	.316	.277	64	-0.0
Nelson Velázquez	STL	LF	28	50	113	6	18	0	.188	.257	.406	81	-0.0
Johnathan Rodríguez	BAL	RF	27	6	15	0	2	0	.182	.333	.273	81	-0.0
Matthew Lugo	KC	LF	25	7	15	0	0	0	.143	.200	.143	-5	-0.2
Edwin Arroyo	CIN	2B	23	46	160	0	5	1	.223	.266	.264	48	-0.3
Brian Navarreto	MIA	C	32	24	61	1	3	0	.135	.193	.250	18	-0.3
Abimelec Ortiz	WSH	1B	24	44	136	5	14	0	.188	.228	.344	48	-0.7

Pitching, 2026.

Jovani Morán	BOS	29	50	3	65.2	2	0	73	3.15	4.26	1.14	0.4
Fernando Cruz	NYY	36	61	0	54.2	4	2	67	3.13	4.18	1.34	0.4
Raymond Burgos	BOS	28	9	0	21.1	0	2	16	4.22	3.57	0.84	0.3
Elmer Rodríguez	NYY	23	6	6	26.2	0	0	21	5.40	4.87	1.57	0.1
Eduardo Rivera	BOS	23	4	3	10.0	0	0	10	6.30	4.20	1.40	0.1
Yacksel Ríos	CHC	33	1	0	1.2	0	0	2	0.00	0.70	0.00	0.1
Edwin Díaz	LAD	32	21	0	18.2	2	7	28	8.68	4.44	1.98	0.1
Enrique Hernández	LAD	35	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0.00	3.10	1.00	0.0
Jose Espada	BAL	29	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0.00	3.10	2.00	0.0
Bryan Torres	STL	29	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0.00	4.60	1.00	0.0

Clubs in 2026BOS 3 LAD 3 STL 3 BAL 2 COL 2 HOU 2

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. The top 100 of 130.

Batters, by dbWAR since the first published season.

Francisco Lindor	2015–2026	12	7,317	1,758	300	905	219	.270	54.8
Carlos Beltrán	2005–2017	13	7,120	1,740	289	1,018	120	.276	40.2
Carlos Correa	2015–2026	12	5,485	1,332	203	740	34	.275	39.7
Yadier Molina	2005–2022	18	8,403	2,132	174	1,007	71	.278	32.6
Jorge Posada	2005–2011	7	3,151	754	119	458	10	.277	21.2
Javier Báez	2014–2026	13	5,314	1,251	196	705	116	.251	18.5
Ángel Pagán	2006–2016	11	4,465	1,143	64	414	176	.280	18.3
Geovany Soto	2005–2017	13	2,876	619	108	361	3	.245	15.1
Felipe López	2005–2011	7	3,839	929	68	338	106	.272	14.2
Carlos Delgado	2005–2009	5	2,639	625	137	454	5	.275	13.7
Willi Castro	2019–2026	8	3,067	679	71	284	85	.247	10.9
Mike Lowell	2005–2010	6	3,038	768	88	432	13	.280	10.2
Eddie Rosario	2015–2025	11	4,355	1,064	169	583	65	.261	9.8
Enrique Hernández	2014–2026	13	4,248	897	134	482	17	.235	9.7
Bengie Molina	2005–2010	6	2,929	760	94	418	1	.278	8.5
Ivan Rodriguez	2005–2011	7	3,055	793	61	332	30	.274	6.4
Christian Vázquez	2014–2026	12	3,783	860	78	374	34	.247	6.1
Victor Caratini	2017–2026	10	2,615	554	65	291	5	.241	5.9
Ramon Castro	2005–2011	7	1,072	239	49	164	2	.249	5.2
Heliot Ramos	2022–2026	5	1,737	398	57	189	16	.253	4.8
Roberto Pérez	2014–2023	10	1,769	314	55	193	2	.207	3.6
Javier Valentin	2005–2008	4	864	212	28	129	0	.272	3.2
Jose Vidro	2005–2008	4	1,813	463	27	183	3	.284	3.1
José Cruz Jr.	2005–2008	4	1,063	211	29	89	11	.235	2.9
Jose F Miranda	2022–2025	4	1,100	269	28	133	3	.263	2.4
Martín Maldonado	2011–2025	15	4,028	731	119	384	3	.203	2.1
Jose Valentin	2005–2007	3	799	169	23	94	11	.242	1.7
René Rivera	2005–2021	12	1,626	330	43	176	1	.222	1.6
Javy Lopez	2005–2006	2	787	196	23	84	0	.266	1.6
Ramón Vázquez	2005–2009	5	1,100	235	16	97	2	.246	1.3
Bernie Williams	2005–2006	2	1,008	239	24	125	3	.264	1.3
Emmanuel Rivera	2021–2025	5	1,169	260	22	116	7	.245	1.1
Mike Rivera	2006–2011	6	397	88	11	55	3	.251	1.0
Luis Matos	2005–2006	2	582	137	6	37	24	.261	0.9
Nelson Velázquez	2022–2026	4	728	136	37	105	7	.208	0.8
Kennys Vargas	2014–2017	4	859	197	35	116	0	.252	0.8
Carlos Corporán	2009–2015	6	780	153	20	78	0	.218	0.7
Raul Casanova	2005–2008	3	155	36	7	17	0	.259	0.7
Edwin Rios	2019–2024	6	335	60	21	45	0	.202	0.5
Jose Morales	2007–2011	4	252	63	0	21	0	.289	0.4
Ruben Gotay	2005–2008	3	645	144	11	61	6	.251	0.3
Steven Moya	2014–2016	3	133	31	5	11	0	.250	0.3
Bryan Torres	2026	1	189	38	4	19	2	.229	0.2
Ricky Ledee	2005–2007	3	400	90	10	54	2	.251	0.1
Alex Cora	2005–2011	7	1,622	346	8	113	29	.239	0.1
Angel Sanchez	2006–2013	4	630	145	1	54	3	.254	0.1
Irving Falu	2012–2014	3	130	33	0	8	1	.277	0.1
Ozzie Martínez	2010–2011	2	71	17	0	3	1	.258	0.1
Edwin Maysonet	2008–2012	3	152	36	2	11	1	.265	0.1
Rey Navarro	2015	1	30	8	1	3	0	.276	0.1
Mario Feliciano	2021–2022	2	6	1	0	0	0	.250	0.1
Shawn Ross	2026	1	5	1	1	2	0	.200	0.1
Omir Santos	2008–2013	5	349	80	7	41	0	.248	0.0
Benito Santiago	2005	1	23	6	0	0	0	.261	0.0
Christian Colón	2014–2020	6	418	94	1	28	6	.249	0.0
Alex Cintron	2005–2009	5	1,020	257	16	118	13	.267	-0.0
Juan Gonzalez	2005	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	-0.0
Carlos Baerga	2005	1	174	40	2	19	0	.253	-0.1
Johneshwy Fargas	2021	1	54	13	0	5	1	.250	-0.1
Rey Sanchez	2005	1	48	12	0	2	0	.279	-0.1
Juan Centeno	2013–2019	7	371	76	6	37	1	.223	-0.1
Jack López	2021–2024	2	87	19	1	6	0	.237	-0.1
Brian Navarreto	2020–2026	3	81	13	2	8	0	.183	-0.1
Luis Lopez	2005	1	28	6	0	2	0	.222	-0.1
Robinson Cancel	2008–2011	3	61	12	1	5	1	.214	-0.1
Matthew Lugo	2025–2026	2	85	18	4	9	0	.217	-0.1
Luis Figueroa	2006–2007	2	14	2	0	0	0	.143	-0.2
Iván De Jesús Jr.	2011–2016	4	545	120	5	53	4	.242	-0.2
Danny Ortiz	2017	1	13	1	0	0	0	.083	-0.2

Pitchers, by dbWAR since the first published season.

Javier Vazquez	2005–2011	7	1,412.2	87	0	1,310	4.17	24.8
José Berríos	2016–2025	10	1,571.2	108	0	1,481	4.08	19.7
Edwin Díaz	2016–2026	10	538.0	30	260	867	3.03	12.9
Joel Pineiro	2005–2011	7	1,113.0	61	2	594	4.84	10.7
Jonathan Sánchez	2006–2013	8	786.1	39	0	796	4.70	6.0
Joe Jiménez	2017–2024	8	391.0	20	23	488	4.47	5.0
Alex Claudio	2014–2023	10	348.0	16	14	249	3.59	4.2
Fernando Cruz	2022–2026	5	250.0	11	4	367	4.03	4.1
Kiko Calero	2005–2009	5	219.0	10	4	226	3.41	4.1
Pedro Feliciano	2006–2013	6	311.0	21	4	289	3.15	3.9
Javier López	2005–2016	12	434.1	25	13	298	3.07	3.8
Saul Rivera	2006–2010	5	279.1	13	4	192	4.29	2.7
Jovani Morán	2021–2026	5	160.2	4	1	190	3.81	2.4
Xavier Cedeño	2011–2019	9	177.2	10	3	175	3.65	1.9
Roberto Hernandez	2005–2007	3	179.2	11	6	140	3.76	1.6
Jorge López	2015–2025	10	557.2	30	32	485	5.31	1.5
Alexis Díaz	2022–2025	4	205.0	19	75	241	3.38	1.3
Juan Padilla	2005	1	36.1	3	1	17	1.49	0.7
Raymond Burgos	2024–2026	2	22.1	0	2	17	4.43	0.3
Jose Espada	2023–2026	3	5.0	0	0	6	0.00	0.2
Elmer Rodríguez	2026	1	26.2	0	0	21	5.40	0.1
Eduardo Rivera	2026	1	10.0	0	0	10	6.30	0.1
Jose Santiago	2005	1	5.2	0	0	3	3.18	0.1
Giovanni Soto	2015	1	3.1	0	0	0	0.00	0.1
Willie Collazo	2007	1	5.2	0	0	0	6.35	-0.1
Jonathan Albaladejo	2007–2012	5	76.2	6	0	56	4.34	-0.1
Joe Colón J	2016	1	10.0	1	0	10	7.20	-0.1
Jose De La Torre	2013	1	11.1	0	0	15	6.35	-0.2
José De León	2016–2025	7	72.0	5	0	92	7.13	-0.2
Hiram Burgos	2013	1	29.1	1	0	18	6.44	-0.2
Jonathan Bermúdez	2024	1	6.2	0	0	4	8.10	-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	27	19	10	3,326	91	202.2	217	7.6
2025	27	19	13	4,551	129	349.2	360	15.3
2024	27	19	11	5,317	156	508.0	538	20.4
2023	29	19	12	5,141	153	504.1	559	16.4
2022	28	20	10	6,273	174	487.0	577	26.8
2021	30	25	8	6,152	182	508.0	558	21.2
2020	27	20	7	2,326	75	179.1	196	7.6
2019	28	22	9	5,348	226	524.2	549	23.9
2018	24	20	10	5,206	179	523.0	554	27.8
2017	28	23	8	5,533	204	337.1	320	22.7
2016	26	23	7	5,974	157	256.2	254	23.4
2015	26	23	5	5,022	120	114.1	96	15.9
2014	22	19	4	3,463	71	58.0	41	8.7
2013	20	16	6	2,678	64	117.1	103	10.9
2012	17	14	5	3,124	96	146.2	117	14.7
2011	28	26	6	4,234	88	519.0	385	14.7
2010	29	24	11	5,108	98	763.0	589	16.3
2009	35	30	10	6,510	137	822.1	715	34.7
2008	37	32	10	7,172	182	817.1	694	34.0
2007	41	34	12	8,101	209	771.0	650	33.7
2006	42	37	10	9,012	265	776.1	627	35.2
2005	45	40	9	9,839	259	676.0	521	36.6

Where in Puerto Rico

Birth cities with more than one major leaguer, most first.

18Bayamon14% of the country

16Rio Piedras12% of the country

16San Juan12% of the country

10Caguas8% of the country

8Ponce6% of the country

7Manati5% of the country

7Mayaguez5% of the country

6Humacao5% of the country

About this page

130 major-league players born in Puerto Rico appear in this archive, between 2005 and 2026. 27 of them were on a major-league roster in 2026, down from 45 in 2005. Together they are worth 468.6 dbWAR, on 3,315 home runs and 9,220 strikeouts thrown.

The most valuable of them by our own measure is Francisco Lindor, worth 54.8 dbWAR across 2015–2026. His best year was 2024, at 6.9 WAR. Ruben Sierra has been in the majors longest of anyone here, since 1986.

Francisco Lindor has hit the most home runs, 300. José Berríos has thrown the most strikeouts, 1,481. The hardest ball anyone from here has struck came off Carlos Correa's bat at 118.2 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.

Bayamon has produced 18 of them, more than anywhere else in Puerto Rico. In 2026 they are spread across 6 clubs, 3 of them with 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 →

Elsewhere

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