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List of Major League Baseball games played outside the United States and Canada

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Major League Baseball (MLB) has played multiple regular season games outside of the United States and Canada.[1] Beginning with the 2023 season, these games are branded as MLB World Tour.[2]

The U.S. 7th Fleet Band and U.S. Army Japan Band perform during the MLB Japan Opening Series 2008.

List of games

Estadio de Béisbol Monterrey
Tokyo Dome
Sydney Cricket Ground
London Stadium
Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú
Gocheok Sky Dome
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Locations of Major League Baseball games played outside the United States and Canada

To date, major-league regular-season games have been contested in five countries outside of the United States and Canada: Australia (Sydney), Japan (Tokyo), Mexico (Mexico City and Monterrey), South Korea (Seoul), and the United Kingdom (London).

The first MLB World Tour games (as they are now known) were contested in Mexico in 1996 and 1999. From 2000 through 2012, eight such games were contested, all in Japan. Two games were played in Australia in 2014, followed by three games in Mexico in 2018. The 2019 season saw a total of eight games played in Japan, Mexico, and the United Kingdom. Following a three year pause, Mexico and the United Kingdom each hosted a two-game series in 2023. In 2024, MLB teams played two-game series in Seoul, Mexico City, and London.

Exhibition contests, such as preseason games or postseason all-star games, are not included in the list below. Several such contests can be found in the See also section.

SeasonDateDesignated visitorScoreDesignated home teamAttendanceStadiumCityCountryRef.
1996August 16New York Mets10–15San Diego Padres23,699Estadio de Béisbol MonterreyMonterreyMexico[3]
August 17New York Mets7–3San Diego Padres20,873[4]
August 18New York Mets0–9San Diego Padres22,810[5]
1999April 4Colorado Rockies8–2San Diego Padres27,104[6]
2000March 29Chicago Cubs5–3New York Mets55,000Tokyo DomeTokyoJapan[7]
March 30New York Mets5–1Chicago Cubs55,000[8]
2004March 30Tampa Bay Devil Rays8–3New York Yankees55,000[9]
March 31New York Yankees12–1Tampa Bay Devil Rays55,000[10]
2008March 25Boston Red Sox6–5Oakland Athletics44,628[11]
March 26Boston Red Sox1–5Oakland Athletics44,735[12]
2012March 28Seattle Mariners3–1Oakland Athletics44,227[13]
March 29Seattle Mariners1–4Oakland Athletics43,391[14]
2014March 22Los Angeles Dodgers3–1Arizona Diamondbacks38,266Sydney Cricket GroundSydneyAustralia[15]
March 23Los Angeles Dodgers7–5Arizona Diamondbacks38,079[16]
2018May 4Los Angeles Dodgers4–0San Diego Padres21,536Estadio de Béisbol MonterreyMonterreyMexico[17]
May 5Los Angeles Dodgers4–7San Diego Padres21,791[18]
May 6Los Angeles Dodgers0–3San Diego Padres21,789[19]
2019March 20Seattle Mariners9–7Oakland Athletics45,787Tokyo DomeTokyoJapan[20]
March 21Seattle Mariners5–4 (12)Oakland Athletics46,451[21]
April 13St. Louis Cardinals2–5Cincinnati Reds16,496Estadio de Béisbol MonterreyMonterreyMexico[22]
April 14St. Louis Cardinals9–5Cincinnati Reds16,793[23]
May 4Houston Astros14–2Los Angeles Angels18,177[24]
May 5Houston Astros10–4Los Angeles Angels17,614[25]
June 29New York Yankees17–13Boston Red Sox59,659London StadiumLondonUnited Kingdom[26]
June 30New York Yankees12–8Boston Red Sox59,059[27]
2023April 29San Francisco Giants11–16San Diego Padres19,611Estadio Alfredo Harp HelúMexico CityMexico[28]
April 30San Francisco Giants4–6San Diego Padres19,633[29]
June 24Chicago Cubs9–1St. Louis Cardinals54,662London StadiumLondonUnited Kingdom[30]
June 25Chicago Cubs5–7St. Louis Cardinals55,565[31]
2024March 20Los Angeles Dodgers5–2San Diego Padres15,952Gocheok Sky DomeSeoulSouth Korea[32]
March 21San Diego Padres15–11Los Angeles Dodgers15,928[33]
April 27Houston Astros12–4Colorado Rockies19,934Estadio Alfredo Harp HelúMexico CityMexico[34]
April 28Houston Astros8–2Colorado Rockies19,841[35]
June 8Philadelphia Phillies7–2New York Mets53,882London StadiumLondonUnited Kingdom[36]
June 9New York Mets6–5Philadelphia Phillies55,074[37]
Notes

Canceled games

In May 2019, MLB announced that the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals would play a two-game series in London in June 2020, to be known as the 2020 MLB London Series. Additionally, in December 2019, the league announced that the Arizona Diamondbacks and San Diego Padres would play a two-game series in Mexico City in April 2020. These would have been the first regular-season MLB games in Mexico City.[39] Both of these series were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[40][41]

Games played in Puerto Rico

Estadio Hiram Bithorn in San Juan, Puerto Rico, has hosted 49 MLB games since 2001.[1] As Puerto Rico is a United States commonwealth, these games are not included in the above table.

The Montreal Expos played 43 "home" games at Estadio Hiram Bithorn during 2003 and 2004.[42]

Excluding Expos games, below is a list of neutral-site games played in Puerto Rico:

SeasonDateDesignated visitorScoreDesignated home teamAttendanceStadiumCityCountryRef
2001April 1Texas Rangers1–8Toronto Blue Jays19,891Estadio Hiram BithornSan JuanPuerto Rico[43]
2010June 28New York Mets3–10Florida Marlins18,073[44]
June 29New York Mets6–7Florida Marlins18,373[45]
June 30New York Mets6–5Florida Marlins19,232[46]
2018April 17Cleveland Indians6–1Minnesota Twins19,516[47]
April 18Cleveland Indians1–2Minnesota Twins19,537[48]

In August 2019, MLB announced a three-game series between the New York Mets and Miami Marlins at Estadio Hiram Bithorn to be played in April 2020.[49] This series was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[40]

MLB World Tour

As part of the collective bargaining agreement to end the 2021–22 Major League Baseball lockout, MLB announced a plan to have additional games played internationally, including regular-season games in Tokyo, Seoul, Mexico City, London, and Paris between 2023 and 2026.[50] Beginning with the 2023 season, games outside the U.S. and Canada are branded as "MLB World Tour".[2]

The MLB Mexico City Series was first contested in 2023 at Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú. The San Diego Padres won both games against the San Francisco Giants.[51]

In 2024, the Boston Red Sox and the Tampa Bay Rays played two games during spring training on March 9–10 at Estadio Quisqueya in Santo Domingo;[52] the Red Sox won both games.[53][54] The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres opened the regular season at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, with each team winning one game. The MLB Seoul Series included the first regular season games to be played in Korea.[55][56] Also during 2024, the Houston Astros won both games against the Colorado Rockies played at Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú in Mexico City on April 27–28, and the New York Mets and the Philadelphia Phillies played two games at London Stadium as part of the MLB London Series on June 8–9, with each team winning one game.[57][58]

Future plans

On April 3, 2024, the commissioner of Japanese baseball, Sadayuki Sakakibara, told reporters that the 2025 MLB season would open in Japan on March 19–20, which would be the first MLB games played in the country since 2019 (and the first played under World Tour branding); teams and location have yet to be confirmed,[59] and MLB has yet to confirm Sakakibara's statement.

MLB had planned to host games at the Stade de France, just outside Paris, starting in 2025. The games would be the first MLB regular-season games to be contested in mainland Europe. The new Stade de France series was intended to alternate with the London series, with games being held in London in 2024 & 2026, and in Paris in 2025.[60] The Los Angeles Dodgers[61] and the New York Yankees[62] have expressed interest in playing in the Paris series. However, in late 2023, the Associated Press reported that MLB was scrapping plans to play in Paris in 2025, having been unable to find a promoter for the event.[63] MLB has not confirmed the cancellation, although it was mentioned on MLB.com's news site, by David Adler (a reporter for MLB.com based in New York), in a news article about the 2024 London Series event.[64]

See also

References

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