After the Dominicans, the Venezuelan baseball players have consolidated themselves as the largest foreign delegation in Major League Baseball (MLB), putting itself ahead of other countries in the region with quite a tradition in this sport, such as Puerto Rico, Cuba, Mexico, among others.
The stellar presence of exponents such as Salvador Pérez, José Altuve, Ronald Acuña Jr., Ranger Suárez, Pablo López and the recent winner of his third consecutive batting title, Luis Arráez, are some of the names of Venezuelan baseball players who participated in the 2024 season of Big Leagues.
According to data collected by the Full Swing Official Statistics DepartmentFrom the opening day to the last day of the regular season, there were a total of 90 Venezuelan players who saw action with one of the 30 teams that make up the baseball circuit. MLB.
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That is a number that puts Venezuela in second place among countries that had the most representatives in the last year. He just got over it. Dominican Republic with 143, placing it well above its closest competitors, which were Cuba and Puerto Rico, with 33 and 27 players, respectively.
Further behind were Canada (17), Mexico (16) and Japan (12). While its South American neighbor, Colombiaexported nine exponents to the Majors. The list of Latin Americans is closed by Panama with nine, Curacao which had four baseball players, Nicaragua which had three, and Brazil with two.
An up and down in recent years for Venezuelan baseball players
Although this represents a large number, compared to other countries it means a considerable decrease compared to the most recent years in Big Leagues. To show the 94 that were counted in 2023 and the 106 in 2022. However, the limit of Venezuelan baseball players The best baseball in the world took shape in 2017, a year in which up to 110 players born in the Caribbean nation participated.
To see a lower figure in the last 15 years, you have to go back to 2011. In that season, 84 Venezuelan baseball players took place in MLB. After that, the number increased steadily between 2012 and 2017. Subsequently, there was a small numerical drop of 108 until 2020 and it rose again.
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Number of Venezuelan players in MLB since 2011
- 2011: 84
- 2012: 91
- 2013: 94
- 2014: 97
- 2015: 100
- 2016: 104
- 2017: 110 (Record)
- 2018: 108
- 2019: 101
- 2020: 95
- 2021: 102
- 2022: 106
- 2023: 94
- 2024: 90
