List of Major League Baseball players from Canada

This is a list of baseball players from Canada who have played in Major League Baseball (MLB).

Active players[]

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-present)	North Battleford, Saskatchewan	[1]
John Axford	P	September 15, 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]
Freddie Freeman	1B	September 1, 2010	Atlanta Braves (2010–)	Fountain Valley, California	[3]
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	3B	April 26, 2019	Toronto Blue Jays (2019–)	Montreal, QC	[4]
Josh Naylor	OF	May 24, 2019	San Diego Padres (2019–2020) Cleveland Indians (2020–)	Mississauga, ON	[5]
Tyler O'Neill	OF	April 19, 2018	St. Louis Cardinals (2018–)	Burnaby, BC	[6]
James Paxton	P	September 7, 2013	Seattle Mariners (2013–2018) New York Yankees (2019–2020) Seattle Mariners (2021–)	Delta, BC	[7]
Nick Pivetta	P	April 30, 2017	Philadelphia Phillies (2017–2020) Boston Red Sox (2020–)	Victoria, BC	[8]
Dalton Pompey	OF	September 2, 2014	Toronto Blue Jays (2014–19)	Mississauga, ON	[9]
Zach Pop	P	April 3, 2021	Miami Marlins (2021–)	Brampton, ON	[10]
Cal Quantrill	P	May 1, 2019	San Diego Padres (2019–2020) Cleveland Indians (2020–)	Port Hope, ON	[11]
Jacob Robson	OF	August 12, 2021	Detroit Tigers (2021–)	London, ON	[12]
Jordan Romano	P	June 12, 2019	Toronto Blue Jays (2019–)	Markham, ON	[13]
Mike Soroka	P	May 1, 2018	Atlanta Braves (2018–)	Calgary, AB	[14]
Jameson Taillon	P	June 8, 2016	Pittsburgh Pirates (2016-2019) New York Yankees (2021-)	Lakeland, Florida	[15]
Abraham Toro	3B	August 22, 2019	Houston Astros (2019-2021) Seattle Mariners (2021-)	Longueuil, QC	[16]
Joey Votto	1B	September 4, 2007	Cincinnati Reds (2007–)	Toronto, ON	[17]
Rowan Wick	P	August 31, 2018	San Diego Padres (2018) Chicago Cubs (2019–)	North Vancouver, BC	[18]
Rob Zastryzny	P	August 19, 2016	Chicago Cubs (2016–18)	Edmonton, AB	[19]

Awards and notable accomplishments[]

Baseball Hall of Fame

• Ferguson Jenkins, 1991
• Larry Walker, 2020

Most Valuable Player Award

• Larry Walker, 1997 NL
• Justin Morneau, 2006 AL
• Joey Votto, 2010 NL
• Freddie Freeman, 2020 NL

Cy Young Award

• Ferguson Jenkins, Chicago Cubs 1971 NL
• Éric Gagné, Los Angeles Dodgers 2003 NL

Rookie of the Year Award

• Jason Bay, Pittsburgh Pirates 2004 NL

Silver Slugger Award

• Larry Walker, 3 times, Montreal Expos 1992, Colorado Rockies 1997 and 1999 NL
• Freddie Freeman, 3 times, 2019, 2020, 2021 NL
• Justin Morneau, 2 times, 2006, 2008 AL
• Jason Bay, 2009 AL
• Russell Martin, 2007 NL
• Vladimir Guerrero Jr., 2021 AL

Gold Glove

• Larry Walker, 7 times, 1992–93, 1997–99, 2001–02 NL
• Russell Martin, 2007 NL (Was also a Finalist in 2012 (AL), 2013 and 2014 (NL) and 2015 (AL) but did not win)
• Joey Votto, 2011 NL (Was also a Finalist in 2012, 2017 and 2018 but did not win)
• (Justin Morneau was an NL Finalist in 2014 but did not win)
• Freddie Freeman, 2018 NL (Was also a Finalist in 2012 but did not win)
• Tyler O'Neill, St. Louis Cardinals 2020 NL, St. Louis Cardinals 2021 NL

Hank Aaron Award

• Joey Votto, Cincinnati Reds 2010 NL

Rolaids Relief Man Award

• Éric Gagné, 2003 and 2004 Los Angeles Dodgers NL
• John Axford, Milwaukee Brewers 2011 NL

Batting Champion

• Larry Walker, 3 times, Colorado Rockies 1998, 1999, 2001 NL
• Justin Morneau, Colorado Rockies 2014 NL

Home Run Champion

• Larry Walker, Colorado Rockies 1997 NL

Triples Champion

• Jeff Heath, 2 times, 1938, 1941 AL

Home Run Derby Winner

• Justin Morneau, Minnesota Twins 2008

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)

• Rich Harden, Oakland Athletics - June 8, 2008 against Los Angeles Angels - 1st Inning - Maicer Izturis, Howie Kendrick and Garret Anderson

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

• Rich Butler (Mike Mussina - Baltimore Orioles in 9th inning against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field on May 9, 1998)

• Jim Adduci (Dellin Betances - New York Yankees in 8th inning against the Detroit Tigers at Yankee Stadium on August 2, 2017)

• Tyler O'Neill (Josh Hader - Milwaukee Brewers in the 9th inning against the St. Louis Cardinals at Miller Park on March 30, 2019)

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)

• Jeff Francis - Colorado Rockies on September 23, 2007 in the bottom of the 4th Inning against the San Diego Padres at PetCo Park. Mike Cameron (Groundout), Josh Bard (Single to Left Field) and Marcus Giles (Grounded into a Double Play)

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

• Matt Stairs - 23 Home Runs (14 in the National League and 9 in the American League) of his Career total of 265 Home Runs (8.67%). Three more than the #2 player (Cliff Johnson).

All-Star Selection[]

• Joey Votto, 6 times, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017 and 2018 NL
• Freddie Freeman, 5 times, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2019 and 2021 NL
• Larry Walker, 5 times, 1992, 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2001 NL
• Justin Morneau, 4 times, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 AL
• Russell Martin, 4 times, 2007 and 2008 NL, 2011 and 2015 AL
• Jason Bay, 3 times, 2005, 2006 NL, 2009 AL
• Éric Gagné, 3 times, 2002, 2003 and 2004 NL
• Ferguson Jenkins, 3 times 1967, 1971, 1972 NL
• Jeff Heath, 3 times, 1941, 1943, 1945 (game not held) AL
• Ryan Dempster, 2 times, 2000 and 2008 NL
• Terry Puhl, 1978 NL
• Paul Quantrill, 2001 AL
• Claude Raymond, 1966 NL
• Jeff Zimmerman, 1999 NL
• Jason Dickson, 1997 AL
• Michael Saunders, 2016 AL
• Mike Soroka, 2019 NL
• John Hiller, 1974 AL
• Jesse Crain, 2013 AL
• George Selkirk, 2 times, 1936 and 1939 AL
• Goody Rosen, 1945 NL
• Oscar Judd, 1943 AL
• Vladimir Guerrero Jr., 2021 AL

World Series Winners[]

• Bill O'Neill - Chicago With Sox - 1906
• George "Mooney" Gibson - Pittsburgh - 1909
• John "Jack" Graney - Cleveland Indians - 1920
• George "Twinkletoes" Selkirk - New York Yankees - 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939 and 1941
• Ron Taylor - St. Louis Cardinals - 1964 and New York Mets - 1969
• John Hiller - Detroit Tigers - 1968
• Rob Butler - Toronto Blue Jays - 1993
• Eric Gagne - Boston Red Sox - 2007
• Matt Stairs - Philadelphia Phillies - 2008
• R. J. (Robert Joseph) Swindle - Philadelphia Phillies - 2008
• Ryan Dempster - Boston Red Sox - 2013
• Freddie Freeman - Atlanta Braves - 2021

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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See also[]

• List of Canadians in NASCAR
• List of Canadians in the National Basketball Association
• List of Canadians in the National Football League

References[]

• Players Born in Canada Baseball-Reference.com

External links[]

• Baseball almanac