With the induction of Edgar Martinez and Lee Smith, fifty four persons have seen action in Puerto Rico as players, managers or commentators, and are members of the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.
Established in 1938, the Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico, has played an important role in the development of many who shined in the Big Leagues and subsequently were inducted to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Some of them, because of the color of their skin, did not have that opportunity to play in the big leagues, but their performance in the Negro and Caribbean Leagues were not unnoticed. Others began their managerial career in Puerto Rico and were outstanding skippers in the Major Leagues. That´s not the case of Rogers Hornsby, who was inducted in 1942, and came to the Island in 1950 after he managed several teams, among them, the 1925 World Series champions, St. Louis Cardinals.
Negro Leaguer Oscar Charleston, umpired in Puerto Rico, as well as Nestor Chyalk and Doug Harvey. Buck Cannel, Felo Ramírez and Yankee legend, Phil Rizutto, were radio commentators. On the other hand, hilarious Bob Uecker, played with Arecibo.
By team, Santurce has the most with 20 players followed by Caguas (14), San Juan (10), Ponce (9), Mayagüez (5), Bayamón (3), Arecibo (2), Humacao (2), Aguadilla (2) and Guayama (1).
- Rogers Hornsby (Ponce/Manager)-1942
- Roy Campanella (Caguas, Santurce & San Juan)-1969
- Satchel Paige (Guayama & Santurce)-1971
- Sandy Koufax (Caguas)-1972
- Joshua Gibson (Santurce)-1972
- Buck Leonard (Mayagüez)-1972
- Monte Irvin (San Juan)-1973
- Roberto Clemente (Santurce, Caguas & San Juan)-1973
- Oscar Charleston-1976[1]
- Willie Mays (Santurce)-1979
- Bob Gibson (Santurce)-1981
- Hank Aaron (Caguas)-1982
- Frank Robinson (Ponce-Santurce/Manager)-1982
- Buck Canel-1985 (Ford C. Frick)[2]
- Ray Dandridge (Santurce)-1987
- Johnny Bench (San Juan)-1989
- Jim Palmer (Santurce)-1990
- Ferguson Jenkins (Caguas)-1991
- Reggie Jackson (Santurce)-1993
- Steve Carlton (Ponce)-1994
- Phil Rizzutto-1994[3]
- Leon Day (Aguadilla & Santurce)-1995
- Mike Schmidt (Caguas)-1995
- Earl Weaver (Santurce/Manager)-1996
- Jim Bunning (Caguas/Manager)-1996
- Tom Lasorda (Mayagüez, Santurce & Caguas)-1997
- Phil Niekro (Arecibo & Mayagüez)-1997
- Willie Wells (Aguadilla)-1997
- Larry Doby (San Juan)-1998
- Orlando Cepeda (Santurce)-1999
- Robin Yount (Santurce)-1999
- Nestor Chyalk-1999[4]
- Tony Pérez (Santurce)-2000
- Sparky Anderson (San Juan/Manager)-2000
- Hilton Smith (Ponce)-2001
- Felo Ramírez-2001 (Ford C. Frick)[5]
- Eddie Murray (Caguas)-2002
- Gary Carter (Caguas)-2002
- Bob Uecker (Arecibo) 2003 (Ford C. Frick)[6]
- Wade Boggs (Bayamón) -2005
- Willard Brown (Humacao/Arecibo & Santurce)-2006
- Raymond Brown (San Juan, Santurce & Ponce)-2006
- Judd Wilson (Humacao)-2006
- Cal Ripken Jr. (Caguas)-2007
- Tony Gwynn (Bayamón & San Juan)-2007
- Rich Goosage (Ponce)-2008
- Ricky Henderson (Ponce)-2009
- Doug Harvey-2010[7]
- Roberto Alomar (Caguas, Ponce, San Juan & Santurce)-2011
- Iván Rodríguez-(Caguas, Bayamón & Mayagüez)-2017
- Jack Morris-(Mayagüez)-2018
- Jim Thome-(Ponce)-2018
- Edgar Martinez (San Juan)-2019
- Lee Smith (Santurce)-2019
[1] Umpire 1946-47
[2] Radio commentator
[3] Radio commentator
[4] Umpire
[5] Radio commentator
[6] Played with Arecibo
[7] Umpire
*Originally published on July 2017 and revised on July 2019.