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\"George<\/a>Seventeen Canadians have played in the World Series (9 hitters, 8 pitchers) including as recent as 2013 when Ryan Dempster pitched for the\u00a0Boston Red Sox and John Axford pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Canadians to play in the World Series:<\/p>\n

Bill O’Neill – Chicago White Sox – 1906 (won)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hall of Famer – Jimmy Archer – Detroit – 1907 and Chicago Cubs – 1910<\/p>\n

Hall of Famer – George Gibson – Pittsburgh – 1909 (won)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hall of Famer – Larry McLean – NY Giants – 1913<\/p>\n

Hall of Famer – Jack Graney – Cleveland – 1920 (won)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hall of Famer – George Selkirk – NY Yankees – 1936-39, 1941<\/strong>, 42 (won in 1936-39, 41)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Johnny Rutherford – Brooklyn – 1952<\/p>\n

Hall of Famer – Ron Taylor – St. Louis – 1964<\/strong> and NY Mets – 1969 (won both)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hall of Famer – John Hiller – Detroit – 1968 (won)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hall of Famer – Reggie Cleveland – Boston – 1975<\/p>\n

Rob Butler – Toronto – 1993 (won)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hall of Famer – Larry Walker – St. Louis – 2004<\/p>\n

Jeff Francis – Colorado – 2007<\/p>\n

Eric Gagne – Boston – 2007 (won)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Matt Stairs – Philadelphia – 2008-09 (won in 2008)<\/strong><\/p>\n

John Axford – St. Louis – 2013<\/p>\n

Ryan Dempster – Boston – 2013 (won)<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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