List of Major League Baseball players from Canada

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

Active players

Player	Position	Debut	Team(s)	Birthplace	Notes
Jordan Balazovic	P	June 18, 2023	Minnesota Twins (2023)	Mississauga, ON	[1]
Tyler Black	INF	April 30, 2024	Milwaukee Brewers (2024–)	Toronto, ON
Matt Brash	P	April 12, 2022	Seattle Mariners (2022–)	Kingston, ON	[2]
Freddie Freeman	1B	September 1, 2010	Atlanta Braves (2010–2021) Los Angeles Dodgers (2022–)	Fountain Valley, California	[3]
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	1B	April 26, 2019	Toronto Blue Jays (2019–)	Montreal, QC	[4]
Edouard Julien	2B	April 13, 2023	Minnesota Twins (2023–)	Quebec City, QC
Charles Leblanc	INF	July 30, 2022	Miami Marlins (2022) Los Angeles Angels (2024–)	Laval, QC
Otto Lopez	2B	August 17, 2021	Toronto Blue Jays (2021–2022) Miami Marlins (2024–)	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Bo Naylor	C	October 1, 2022	Cleveland Guardians (2022–)	Mississauga, ON
Josh Naylor	OF	May 24, 2019	San Diego Padres (2019–2020) Cleveland Indians / Guardians (2020–)	Mississauga, ON	[5]
Tyler O'Neill	OF	April 19, 2018	St. Louis Cardinals (2018–2023) Boston Red Sox (2024–)	Burnaby, BC	[6]
James Paxton	P	September 7, 2013	Seattle Mariners (2013–2018) New York Yankees (2019–2020) Seattle Mariners (2021) Boston Red Sox (2023, 2024–) Los Angeles Dodgers (2024)	Delta, BC	[7]
Nick Pivetta	P	April 30, 2017	Philadelphia Phillies (2017–2020) Boston Red Sox (2020–)	Victoria, BC	[8]
Zach Pop	P	April 3, 2021	Miami Marlins (2021–2022) Toronto Blue Jays (2022–)	Brampton, ON	[9]
Cal Quantrill	P	May 1, 2019	San Diego Padres (2019–2020) Cleveland Indians / Guardians (2020–23) Colorado Rockies (2024–)	Port Hope, ON	[10]
Jacob Robson	OF	August 12, 2021	Detroit Tigers (2021)	London, ON	[11]
Jordan Romano	P	June 12, 2019	Toronto Blue Jays (2019–)	Markham, ON	[12]
Erik Sabrowski	P	September 4, 2024	Cleveland Guardians (2024–)	Edmonton, AB	[13]
Cade Smith	P	March 24, 2024	Cleveland Guardians (2024–)	Abbotsford, BC	[14]
Mike Soroka	P	May 1, 2018	Atlanta Braves (2018–2023) Chicago White Sox (2024–)	Calgary, AB	[15]
Jameson Taillon	P	June 8, 2016	Pittsburgh Pirates (2016–2019) New York Yankees (2021–2022) Chicago Cubs (2023–)	Lakeland, Florida	[16]
Abraham Toro	3B	August 22, 2019	Houston Astros (2019–2021) Seattle Mariners (2021–2022) Milwaukee Brewers (2023) Oakland Athletics (2024)	Longueuil, QC	[17]
Rowan Wick	P	August 31, 2018	San Diego Padres (2018) Chicago Cubs (2019–2022)	North Vancouver, BC	[18]
Jared Young	2B	September 16, 2022	Chicago Cubs (2022–2023)	Prince George, BC
Rob Zastryzny	P	August 19, 2016	Chicago Cubs (2016–2018) New York Mets (2022) Los Angeles Angels (2022) Pittsburgh Pirates (2023) Milwaukee Brewers (2024)	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, 1971 NL
• Éric Gagné, 2003 NL

Rookie of the Year Award

• Jason Bay, 2004 NL

Silver Slugger Award

• Larry Walker, 1992, 1997, 1999 NL
• Freddie Freeman, 2019, 2020, 2021 NL
• Justin Morneau, 2006, 2008 AL
• Jason Bay, 2009 AL
• Russell Martin, 2007 NL
• Vladimir Guerrero Jr., 2021 AL

Gold Glove

• Larry Walker, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002 NL
• Russell Martin, 2007 NL
• Joey Votto, 2011 NL
• Freddie Freeman, 2018 NL
• Tyler O'Neill, 2020, 2021 NL
• Vladimir Guerrero Jr., 2022 AL

Hank Aaron Award

• Joey Votto, 2010 NL
• Vladimir Guerrero Jr., 2021 AL

Rolaids Relief Man Award

• Éric Gagné, 2003, 2004 NL
• John Axford, 2011 NL

Batting Champion

• Larry Walker, 1998, 1999, 2001 NL
• Tip O'Neill, 1887, 1888 AA
• Justin Morneau, 2014 NL

Home Run Champion

• Larry Walker, 1997 NL
• Vladimir Guerrero Jr., 2021 AL

Triples Champion

• Jeff Heath, 2 times, 1938, 1941 AL

Home Run Derby Winner

• Justin Morneau, 2008
• Vladimir Guerrero Jr., 2023

All-Star Selection

Justin Morneau

• Freddie Freeman, 8 times, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 NL
• Joey Votto, 6 times, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017 and 2018 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
• Vladimir Guerrero Jr., 4 times, 2021 AL, 2022. 2023 and 2024 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
• Jordan Romano, 2 times, 2022 and 2023 AL
• Ryan Dempster, 2 times, 2000 and 2008 NL
• George Selkirk, 2 times, 1936 and 1939 AL
• 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
• Goody Rosen, 1945 NL
• Oscar Judd, 1943 AL

Players

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

A

• Jim Adduci
• Bob Addy
• Andrew Albers
• Bob Alexander
• Wiman Andrus
• Bill Atkinson
• Derek Aucoin
• Phillippe Aumont
• John Axford

B

• Ed Bahr
• John Balaz
• Vince Barton
• Jason Bay
• Érik Bédard
• Reno Bertoia
• Denis Boucher
• Ted Bowsfield
• Ryan Braun
• Tom Burgess
• Rich Butler
• Rob Butler
• Ralph Buxton

C

• Paul Calvert
• Jack "Happy Jack" Cameron
• Bob Casey
• Stubby Clapp
• Nig Clarke
• Jimmy Claxton
• Reggie Cleveland
• Jim Cockman
• Chub Collins
• Frank Colman
• Bunk Congalton
• Earl Cook
• Rhéal Cormier
• Barry Cort
• Pete Craig
• Jesse Crain
• Ken Crosby
• Clarence Currie
• Éric Cyr

D

• Tom Daly
• Ray Daviault
• Dave Davidson
• Shorty Dee
• Fred Demarais
• Ryan Dempster
• Scott Diamond
• Jason Dickson
• John Doyle
• Rob Ducey
• Gus Dugas
• Steve Dunn

E

• Bob Emslie
• Joe Erautt

F

• Harry Fisher
• Gene Ford
• Russ Ford
• Dick Fowler
• Jeff Francis
• Freddie Freeman
• Doug Frobel

G

• Éric Gagné
• Mike Gardiner
• Alex Gardner
• George Gibson
• Roland Gladu
• Glen Gorbous
• Jack Graney
• Jason Green
• Steve Green
• Taylor Green
• Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
• Aaron Guiel

H

• Vern Handrahan
• Pat Hannivan
• Rich Harden
• Alex Hardy
• Tim Harkness
• Bill Harris
• Tom Harrison
• Blake Hawksworth
• Jeff Heath
• Jim Henderson
• Shawn Hill
• John Hiller
• Paul Hodgson
• Bob Hooper
• Vince Horsman
• Peter Hoy
• John Humphries
• Bill Hunter

I

• Arthur Irwin
• John Irwin

J

• Ferguson Jenkins
• Abbie Johnson
• Mike Johnson
• Spud Johnson
• Bill Jones
• Mike Jones
• Oscar Judd

K

• Win Kellum
• Mel Kerr
• Mike Kilkenny
• Danny Klassen
• Joe Knight
• Jimmy Knowles
• George Korince
• Corey Koskie
• George Kottaras
• Joe Krakauskas
• Andy Kyle

L

• Pete Laforest
• Ty LaForest
• Fred Lake
• Larry Landreth
• Sam LaRocque
• Ron Law
• Jim Lawrence
• Brett Lawrie
• Charles Leblanc
• Pete LePine
• Chris Leroux
• Dick Lines
• Rick Lisi
• Adam Loewen
• Red Long
• Otto Lopez
• Pat Lyons

M

• Eric Mackenzie
• Ken MacKenzie
• Bill Magee
• Trystan Magnuson
• Georges Maranda
• Phil Marchildon
• Russell Martin
• Scott Mathieson
• Matt Maysey
• Ralph McCabe
• Kirk McCaskill
• Art McGovern
• Cody McKay
• Dave McKay
• Jim McKeever
• Larry McLean
• Charlie Mead
• Chris Mears
• Doc Miller
• Dustin Molleken
• Jerry Moore
• Justin Morneau
• Jon Morrison
• Bill Mountjoy
• Henry Mullin
• Larry Murphy
• Aaron Myette

N

• Josh Naylor
• Kevin Nicholson
• Mike Nickeas
• The Only Nolan

O

• John O'Brien
• Dan O'Connor
• Greg O'Halloran
• Bill O'Hara
• Bill O'Neill
• Fred O'Neill
• Harry O'Neill
• Tip O'Neill
• Tyler O'Neill
• Frank O'Rourke
• Pete Orr
• Fred Osborne
• Brian Ostrosser
• Frank Owens
• Henry Oxley

P

• Dave Pagan
• James Paxton
• Bill Pfann
• Bill Phillips
• Ron Piché
• Ed Pinnance
• Jim Pirie
• Nick Pivetta
• Gordie Pladson
• Dalton Pompey
• Simon Pond
• Zach Pop
• Terry Puhl

Q

• Cal Quantrill
• Paul Quantrill

R

• Ryan Radmanovich
• Newt Randall
• Claude Raymond
• Billy Reid
• Scott Richmond
• Jim Riley
• Sherry Robertson
• Chris Robinson
• Jacob Robson
• Jamie Romak
• Jordan Romano
• Goody Rosen
• Ernie Ross
• Phil Routcliffe
• Dave Rowan
• Jean-Pierre Roy
• Johnny Rutherford

S

• Michael Saunders
• Patrick Scanlon
• George Selkirk
• Harvey Shank
• Vince Shields
• Dave Shipanoff
• Joe Siddall
• Steve Sinclair
• Bert Sincock
• Bud Sketchley
• Frank Smith
• Cade Smith
• Pop Smith
• Cooney Snyder
• Mike Soroka
• Paul Spoljaric
• Ed Springer
• Max St. Pierre
• Matt Stairs
• Bob Steele
• Adam Stern
• Andy Stewart
• Kid Summers
• R. J. Swindle

T

• Jameson Taillon
• Oscar Taveras
• Ron Taylor
• Jesen Therrien
• Tug Thompson
• Scott Thorman
• Abraham Toro
• Rene Tosoni

U

• John Upham

V

• Gene Vadeboncoeur
• Ozzie Van Brabant
• Joey Votto

W

• Dave Wainhouse
• George Walker
• Larry Walker
• Pete Ward
• Bill Watkins
• Joe Weber
• Milt Whitehead
• Rowan Wick
• Lefty Wilkie
• Nigel Wilson
• Steve Wilson
• Ed Wingo
• Fred Wood
• George Wood
• Pete Wood

Z

• Rob Zastryzny
• Jeff Zimmerman
• Jordan Zimmerman

See also

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

References

1. "Jordan Balazovic Stats, Fantasy & News". MLB.com.
2. "Matt Brash Stats, Fantasy & News".
3. "Freddie Freeman Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
4. "Vladimir Guerrero, Jr. Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 26, 2019.
5. "Josh Naylor Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
6. "Tyler O'Neill Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
7. "James Paxton Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
8. "Nick Pivetta Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
9. "Dalton Pompey Stats". MLB.com.
10. "Cal Quantrill Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
11. "Jacob Robson Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
12. "Jordan Romano Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
13. "Erik Sabrowski Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved October 9, 2024.
14. "Cade Smith Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 12, 2024.
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. "Rowan Wick Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
19. "Rob Zastryzny Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved November 24, 2018.

• Players Born in Canada Baseball-Reference.com

External links

• Baseball almanac