Seventeen Canadians have played in the World Series (9 hitters, 8 pitchers) including as recent as 2013 when Ryan Dempster pitched for the Boston Red Sox and John Axford pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals.
The Canadian with the greatest success is Hall of Famer George Selkirk. George played in six World Series (winning 5 of them) with the New York Yankees from 1936-39, 1941-42. During those six World Series George played in 21 games batting .265 with a .367 OBP.
Hall of Famer Ron Taylor pitched in two World Series and has a combined ERA of 0.00 over 7 innings. He saved 2 games, gave up 0 hits and struck out 5 hitters in 1964 with St. Louis and 1969 with the NY Mets.
The first Canadian to play in a World Series was Bill O’Neill with the 1906 Chicago White Sox. He played in one game and scored one run.
Canadians to play in the World Series:
Bill O’Neill – Chicago White Sox – 1906 (won)
Hall of Famer – Jimmy Archer – Detroit – 1907 and Chicago Cubs – 1910
Hall of Famer – George Gibson – Pittsburgh – 1909 (won)
Hall of Famer – Larry McLean – NY Giants – 1913
Hall of Famer – Jack Graney – Cleveland – 1920 (won)
Hall of Famer – George Selkirk – NY Yankees – 1936-39, 1941, 42 (won in 1936-39, 41)
Johnny Rutherford – Brooklyn – 1952
Hall of Famer – Ron Taylor – St. Louis – 1964 and NY Mets – 1969 (won both)
Hall of Famer – John Hiller – Detroit – 1968 (won)
Hall of Famer – Reggie Cleveland – Boston – 1975
Rob Butler – Toronto – 1993 (won)
Hall of Famer – Larry Walker – St. Louis – 2004
Jeff Francis – Colorado – 2007
Eric Gagne – Boston – 2007 (won)
Matt Stairs – Philadelphia – 2008-09 (won in 2008)
John Axford – St. Louis – 2013
Ryan Dempster – Boston – 2013 (won)
