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CANADIANS WHO PLAYED IN THE WORLD SERIES

Submitted by on Thursday, 25 October 2012

Since the official World Series started in 1903 there have been 15 different Canadians play in the World Series. The bolded names are Hall of Fame Inductees.

Bill O’Neill – Chicago White Sox 1906

Jimmy Archer – Detroit 1907, Chicago Cubs 1910

George Gibson – Pittsburgh 1909

Larry McLean – NY Giants 1913

Jack Graney – Cleveland 1920

George Selkirk – NY Yankees 1936, 37, 38, 39, 41 and 1942

Johnny Rutherford – Brookyln 1952

Ron Taylor – St. Louis 1964, NY Mets 1969

John Hiller – Detroit 1968

Reggie Cleveland – Boston 1975

Rob Butler – Toronto 1993

Larry Walker – St. Louis 2004

Jeff Francis – Colorado 2007

Eric Gagne – Boston 2007

Matt Stairs – Philadelphia – 2008, 2009