This is a list of active baseball players who hold Canadian citizenship, who have played in Major League Baseball (MLB).

Active players

Joey Votto
Joey Votto
Player Position Debut Team(s) Birthplace Notes
Andrew Albers P August 6, 2013 Minnesota Twins (2013)
Toronto Blue Jays (2015)
Minnesota Twins (2016)
Seattle Mariners (2017)
Minnesota Twins (2021) 		North Battleford, SK [1]
John Axford P September 18, 2009 Milwaukee Brewers (2009-2013)
St. Louis Cardinals (2013)
Cleveland Indians (2014)
Pittsburgh Pirates (2014)
Colorado Rockies (2015)
Oakland Athletics (2016-2017)
Toronto Blue Jays (2018)
Los Angeles Dodgers (2018)
Milwaukee Brewers (2021) 		Simcoe, ON [2]
Matt Brash P April 12, 2022 Seattle Mariners (2022-) Kingston, ON [3]
Freddie Freeman 1B September 1, 2010 Atlanta Braves (2010-2021)
Los Angeles Dodgers (2022-) 		Fountain Valley, California [4]
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 1B April 26, 2019 Toronto Blue Jays (2019–) Montreal, QC [5]
Charles Leblanc SS July 30, 2022 Miami Marlins (2022–) Laval, QC
Otto Lopez 2B August 17, 2021 Toronto Blue Jays (2021–) Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Josh Naylor OF May 24, 2019 San Diego Padres (2019–2020)
Cleveland Indians / Guardians (2020–) 		Mississauga, ON [6]
Tyler O'Neill OF April 19, 2018 St. Louis Cardinals (2018–) Burnaby, BC [7]
James Paxton P September 7, 2013 Seattle Mariners (2013–2018)
New York Yankees (2019–2020)
Seattle Mariners (2021)
Boston Red Sox (2022-) 		Delta, BC [8]
Nick Pivetta P April 30, 2017 Philadelphia Phillies (2017–2020)
Boston Red Sox (2020–) 		Victoria, BC [9]
Dalton Pompey OF September 2, 2014 Toronto Blue Jays (2014–19) Mississauga, ON [10]
Zach Pop P April 3, 2021 Miami Marlins (2021–22)
Toronto Blue Jays (2022–) 		Brampton, ON [11]
Cal Quantrill P May 1, 2019 San Diego Padres (2019–2020)
Cleveland Indians / Guardians (2020-) 		Port Hope, ON [12]
Jacob Robson OF August 12, 2021 Detroit Tigers (2021–) London, ON [13]
Jordan Romano P June 12, 2019 Toronto Blue Jays (2019–) Markham, ON [14]
Mike Soroka P May 1, 2018 Atlanta Braves (2018–) Calgary, AB [15]
Jameson Taillon P June 8, 2016 Pittsburgh Pirates (2016-2019)
New York Yankees (2021-) 		Lakeland, Florida [16]
Abraham Toro 3B August 22, 2019 Houston Astros (2019-2021)
Seattle Mariners (2021-) 		Longueuil, QC [17]
Joey Votto 1B September 4, 2007 Cincinnati Reds (2007–) Toronto, ON [18]
Rowan Wick P August 31, 2018 San Diego Padres (2018)
Chicago Cubs (2019–) 		North Vancouver, BC [19]
Rob Zastryzny P August 19, 2016 Chicago Cubs (2016–18) Edmonton, AB [20]

Awards and notable accomplishments

Baseball Hall of Fame

Most Valuable Player Award

Cy Young Award

Rookie of the Year Award

Silver Slugger Award

Gold Glove

Hank Aaron Award

Rolaids Relief Man Award

Batting Champion

Home Run Champion

Triples Champion

Home Run Derby Winner

Immaculate Inning Pitched (An Immaculate Inning occurs when a pitcher strikes out all three batters in only 9 pitches. 106 Immaculate Innings have been achieved in MLB History - as of Nov 20-21)

Immaculate Inning Strike Out "Victim" (106 Immaculate Innings in MLB History - as of Nov 20-21)

Pitched a 3-Pitch Inning (Only 195 Such 3-Pitch Innings (111 in the National League and 84 in the American League) have been documented (but others may have occurred in the pre-pitch-count era) in MLB History - as of Nov 20-21)

MLB Record for "Pinch-Hit" Home Runs (as of July 3-21)

All-Star Selection

Justin Morneau
Justin Morneau

World Series Winners

World Series Losers

Larry McLean (John Bannerman) - New York Giants - 1913

George "Twinkletoes" Selkirk - New York Yankees - 1940

John Rutherford - New York Giants - 1952

Reggie Cleveland - Boston Red Sox - 1975 (Also was the First Canadian to be a Starting Pitcher in a World Series Game - October 16, 1975)

Larry Walker - St. Louis Cardinals - 2004

Jeff Francis - Colorado Rockies - 2007 (Was Second Canadian to start a World Series game (October 3, 2007) and was First Canadian Pitcher to win a Play-off game - an NLDS (Philadelphia Phillies) and an NLCS (Arizona Diamondbacks)) game.

Matt Stairs - Philadelphia Phillies - 2009

John Axford - St. Louis Cardinals - 2013

Players

This is an alphabetical list of 257 baseball players from Canada who have played in Major League Baseball since 1871.

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G

H

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J

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R

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T

U

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W

Z

See also

References

  1. ^ "Andrew Albers Stats, Fantasy & News". MLB.com.
  2. ^ "John Axford Stats, Fantasy & News". MLB.com.
  3. ^ https://www.milb.com/player/matt-brash-666374. ((cite web)): Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ "Freddie Freeman Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
  5. ^ "Vladimir Guerrero, Jr. Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
  6. ^ "Josh Naylor Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  7. ^ "Tyler O'Neill Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
  8. ^ "James Paxton Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
  9. ^ "Nick Pivetta Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
  10. ^ "Dalton Pompey Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
  11. ^ "Dalton Pompey Stats". MLB.com.
  12. ^ "Cal Quantrill Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
  13. ^ "Jacob Robson Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
  14. ^ "Jordan Romano Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
  15. ^ "Mike Soroka Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
  16. ^ "Jameson Taillon Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
  17. ^ "Abraham Toro Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  18. ^ "Joey Votto Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
  19. ^ "Rowan Wick Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
  20. ^ "Rob Zastryzny Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 24, 2018.

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