Canadian Born MLB Players
With Matt Wilkinson becoming the 24th Canadian born player to play Major League baseball in 2026 we thought we would look back and compare 2026 with the year of 2011(25 Canadian born players). The record is 32 in 1884!!
2026:
Ontario
Tyler Black – Milwaukee Brewers
Matt Brash – Seattle Mariners
Mitch Bratt – Arizona Diamondbacks
Owen Caissie – Miami Marlins
Eric Cerantola – KC Royals
Denzel Clarke – Athletics
Trei Cruz – Detroit Tigers
Liam Hicks – Miami Marlins
Bo Naylor – Cleveland Guardians
Josh Naylor – Seattle Mariners – 2023 and 2025 Tip O’Neill award winner
Zach Pop – Philadelphia Phillies
Cal Quantrill – Texas Rangers
Jordan Romano – LA Angels/Colorado Rockies – 2022 Tip O’Neill award winner
Jonah Tong – NY Mets
British Columbia
Tyler O’Neill – Baltimore Orioles
Nick Pivetta – San Diego Padres
Cade Smith – Cleveland Guardians
Matt Wilkinson – SF Giants
Jared Young – NY Mets
Quebec
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. – Toronto Blue Jays – 2021 and 2024 Tip O’Neill award winner
Edouard Julien – Colorado Rockies
Alberta
Erik Sabrowski – Cleveland Guardians
Michael Soroka – Arizona Diamondbacks – 2019 Tip O’Neill award winner
Manitoba
Tristan Peters – Chicago White Sox
2011:
British Columbia
Jason Bay – 2019 Hall of Famer, 2004-05, 2009 Tip O’Neill award winner
Ryan Dempster – 2019 Hall of Famer, 2000 Tip O’Neill award winner
Jeff Francis – 2022 Hall of Famer
Taylor Green
Rich Harden – 2023 Hall of Famer
Blake Hawksworth
Brett Lawrie
Adam Loewen
Trystan Magnuson
Scott Mathieson
Justin Morneau – 2020 Hall of Famer, 2006, 08, 2014 Tip O’Neill award winner
Scott Richmond
Michael Saunders
Rene Tosoni
Ontario
John Axford – 2011 Tip O’Neill award winner
Erik Bedard – 2025 Hall of Famer
Jesse Crain
Scott Diamond
George Kottaras
Russell Martin – 2024 Hall of Famer, 2007 Tip O’Neill award winner
Mike Nickeas
Peter Orr
Joey Votto – 7X Tip O’Neill award winner (2010, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 2017)
New Brunswick
Matt Stairs – 2015 Hall of Famer
Quebec
Chris Leroux