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

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]

List of games

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

Exhibition contests, such as preseason games or postseason all-star games, are not included in the list below.

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 Dodgers–San Diego PadresGocheok Sky DomeSeoulSouth Korea
March 21San Diego Padres–Los Angeles Dodgers
April 27Houston Astros–Colorado RockiesEstadio Alfredo Harp HelúMexico CityMexico
April 28Houston Astros–Colorado Rockies
June 8Philadelphia Phillies–New York MetsLondon StadiumLondonUnited Kingdom
June 9New York Mets–Philadelphia Phillies
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.[32] Both of these series were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[33][34]

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.[35]

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[36]
2010June 28New York Mets3–10Florida Marlins18,073[37]
June 29New York Mets6–7Florida Marlins18,373[38]
June 30New York Mets6–5Florida Marlins19,232[39]
2018April 17Cleveland Indians6–1Minnesota Twins19,516[40]
April 18Cleveland Indians1–2Minnesota Twins19,537[41]

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.[42] This series was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[33]

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.[43] 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.[44]

MLB plans to host games at the Stade de France, just outside Paris, starting in 2025. The games will be the first MLB regular-season games to be contested in mainland Europe. The new Stade de France series is intended to alternate with the MLB London Series, which began in 2019 and resumed in 2023 following a three-season pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic. MLB will play games in London in 2024, followed by Paris in 2025, and then in London again in 2026.[45] The Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Yankees have informed MLB that they would like to participate in the 2025 Paris games.[46][47]

In 2024, the Dodgers will open their season against the Padres in Seoul, making it the first time a regular season game has been played in Korea.[48]

See also

References

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  2. 1 2 Salazar, JD (April 29, 2023). "Series Preview: SF Giants and Padres head to Mexico City". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved May 3, 2023.
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