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THREE CANADIANS PLAY IN THE SAME GAME

John AxfordAdam SternGeorge KottarasAdam Stern (London, ON), George Kottaras (Markham, ON) and John Axford (Simcoe, ON) all appeared in the same game for the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday, May 20th.

GAME INFORMATION

22 times there has been 3 Canadians on the same team in the same year since 1884.

Cincinnati Reds 1884 – John Irwin, Jim McKeever, Patrick Scanlan

Pittsburgh Pirates 1884 – Jimmy Knowles, Billy Reid, Frank Smith

Washington Nationals 1884 – John Humphries, Henry Mullins, Alex Gardner

Cleveland Blues 1885 – Ed Nolan, Pop Smith, Bill Phillips

NY Metropolitians 1887 – Jimmy Knowles, Jon Morrison, Fred O’Neill

Chicago Cubs 1903 – Clearence Currie, Alex Hardy, Larry McLean

Boston Braves 1912 – Frank O’Rourke, Bill Jones, Doc Miller

Pittsburgh Pirates 1946 – Ed Bahr, Frank Colman, Lefty Wilkie

Milwaukee Braves 1961- Claude Raymond, Ron Piche, Ken MacKenzie

Houston Astros 1965 – Claude Raymond, Ron Taylor, Ken MacKenzie

Toronto Blue Jays 1991 – Denis Boucher, Vince Horsman, Rob Ducey

Boston Red Sox 1992 – Paul Quantrill, Peter Hoy, Mike Gardiner

Montreal Expos 1993 – Denis Boucher, Larry Walker, Joe Siddall, Matt Stairs, Mike Gardiner

Toronto Blue Jays 1997- Rob Butler, Paul Quantrill, Paul Spoljaric

Seattle Mariners 1998 – Rob Ducey, Paul Spoljaric, Ryan Radmanovich

Minnesota Twins 2004 – Jesse Crain, Justin Morneau, Corey Koskie

Atlanta Braves 2006 – Peter Orr, Chris Reitsma, Scott Thorman

KC Royals 2006 – Ryan Braun, Matt Stairs, Aaron Guiel, Mark Teahen

Baltimore Orioles 2007 – Adam Stern, Adam Loewen, Erik Bedard

Milwaukee Braves 2010 – Adam Stern, George Kottaras, John Axford

 Montreal Expos 1993 actually had 5

KC Royals in 2006 actually had 4

 However, only 9 of these teams had three Canadians play in the same game as far as I can tell. There are only daily game stats back till 1946 so for the years 1912, 1903, 1887, 1885, 1884 we can’t be sure.

 Pittsburgh 1946 – Ed Bahr, Frank Colman, Lefty Wilkie- June 2

Houston 1965 – Claude Raymond, Ron Taylor, Ken MacKenzie – July 23

Montreal 1993 – Denis Boucher, Larry Walker, Joe Siddall – Sept 6, 18, Oct 3

Toronto 1997 – Rob Butler, Paul Quantrill, Paul Spoljaric – April 20, June 1, 11, 13, 28, July 2,3,5

Seattle 1998 – Rob Ducey, Paul Spoljaric, Ryan Radmanovich – May 12, Sept 19

Minnesota 2004 – Jesse Crain, Justin Morneau, Corey Koskie – Aug 5,7,8,21,26,27, Sept 24,29, Oct 1

Atlanta 2006 – Peter Orr, Chris Reitsma, Scott Thorman – July 1

KC Royals 2006 – Ryan Braun, Matt Stairs, Aaron Guiel – Sept 19, 22, 24, Oct 1

Milwaukee 2010 – Adam Stern, George Kottaras, John Axford – May 20

 So 29 times 3 Canadians have played in the same game!

FR