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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 its base in the United States and Canada. Listed below are the results of those games.[1] Exhibition contests, such as preseason games or postseason all-star games, are not included.

List of games

Season Date Winning team Score Losing team Attendance Stadium City Country Ref
1996 August 16 San Diego Padres 15–10 New York Mets 23,699 Estadio de Béisbol Monterrey Monterrey Mexico [2]
August 17 New York Mets 7–3 San Diego Padres 20,873 [3]
August 18 San Diego Padres 8–0 New York Mets 22,810 [4]
1999 April 4 Colorado Rockies 8–2 San Diego Padres 27,104 [5]
2000 March 29 Chicago Cubs 5–3 New York Mets 55,000 Tokyo Dome Tokyo Japan [6]
March 30 New York Mets 5–1 Chicago Cubs 55,000 [7]
2004 March 30 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 8–3 New York Yankees 55,000 [8]
March 31 New York Yankees 12–1 Tampa Bay Devil Rays 55,000 [9]
2008 March 25 Boston Red Sox 6–5 Oakland Athletics 44,628 [10]
March 26 Oakland Athletics 5–1 Boston Red Sox 44,735 [11]
2012 March 28 Seattle Mariners 3–1 Oakland Athletics 44,227 [12]
March 29 Oakland Athletics 4–1 Seattle Mariners 43,391 [13]
2014 March 22 Los Angeles Dodgers 3–1 Arizona Diamondbacks 38,266 Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney Australia [14]
March 23 Los Angeles Dodgers 7–5 Arizona Diamondbacks 38,079 [15]
2018 May 4 Los Angeles Dodgers 4–0 San Diego Padres 21,536 Estadio de Béisbol Monterrey Monterrey Mexico [16]
May 5 San Diego Padres 7–4 Los Angeles Dodgers 21,791 [17]
May 6 San Diego Padres 3–0 Los Angeles Dodgers 21,789 [18]
2019 March 20 Seattle Mariners 9–7 Oakland Athletics 45,787 Tokyo Dome Tokyo Japan [19]
March 21 Seattle Mariners 5–4(12) Oakland Athletics 46,451 [20]
April 13 Cincinnati Reds 5–2 St. Louis Cardinals 16,496 Estadio de Béisbol Monterrey Monterrey Mexico [21]
April 14 St. Louis Cardinals 9–5 Cincinnati Reds 16,793 [22]
May 4 Houston Astros 14–2 Los Angeles Angels 18,177 [23]
May 5 Houston Astros 10–4 Los Angeles Angels 17,614 [24]
June 29 New York Yankees 17–13 Boston Red Sox 59,659 London Stadium London United Kingdom [25]
June 30 New York Yankees 12–8 Boston Red Sox 59,059 [26]
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.[27] Both of these series were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[28][29]

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.[30]

Further information: 2003 Montreal Expos season and 2004 Montreal Expos season

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

Season Date Winning team Score Losing team Attendance Stadium City Country Ref
2001 April 1 Toronto Blue Jays 8–1 Texas Rangers 19,891 Estadio Hiram Bithorn San Juan Puerto Rico [31]
2010 June 28 Florida Marlins 10–3 New York Mets 18,073 [32]
June 29 Florida Marlins 7–6 New York Mets 18,373 [33]
June 30 New York Mets 6–5 Florida Marlins 19,232 [34]
2018 April 17 Cleveland Indians 6–1 Minnesota Twins 19,516 [35]
April 18 Minnesota Twins 2–1 Cleveland Indians 19,537 [36]

In August 2019, MLB announced a three-game series between the Miami Marlins and New York Mets at Estadio Hiram Bithorn to be played in April 2020.[37] However, this series was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[28]

Upcoming games abroad

In 2022, MLB announced a plan to have additional games played internationally, including regular-season games in Tokyo, Mexico City, London, and Paris between 2023 and 2026.[38]

In April 2023, MLB announced its first “Mexico City Series”: the San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants will play a two-game series at Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú. The Padres will be designated as the “home” team for both games. These will be the first regular-season games to be played in Mexico City.[39]

As part of the collective bargaining agreement to end the 2021–22 Major League Baseball lockout, MLB agreed 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 and the first such games in the current borders of the European Union (games were played in the United Kingdom in 2019, prior to that country's withdrawal from the European Union).

The new Stade de France series is intended to alternate with the MLB London Series, which began in 2019 and which is expected to resume in 2023 following a three-season pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic. MLB will play games in London in 2023 and 2024, followed by Paris in 2025, and then in London again in 2026.[40]

The Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Yankees have informed MLB that they would like to participate in the 2025 Paris games.[41][42]

See also

References

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  2. ^ "New York Mets at San Diego Padres Box Score, August 16, 1996". Baseball-Reference.com.
  3. ^ "New York Mets at San Diego Padres Box Score, August 17, 1996". Baseball-Reference.com.
  4. ^ "New York Mets at San Diego Padres Box Score, August 18, 1996". Baseball-Reference.com.
  5. ^ "Colorado Rockies at San Diego Padres Box Score, April 4, 1999". Baseball-Reference.com.
  6. ^ "Chicago Cubs at New York Mets Box Score, March 29, 2000". Baseball-Reference.com.
  7. ^ "New York Mets at Chicago Cubs Box Score, March 30, 2000". Baseball-Reference.com.
  8. ^ "New York Yankees at Tampa Bay Devil Rays Box Score, March 30, 2004". Baseball-Reference.com.
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  10. ^ "Boston Red Sox at Oakland Athletics Box Score, March 25, 2008". Baseball-Reference.com.
  11. ^ "Boston Red Sox at Oakland Athletics Box Score, March 26, 2008". Baseball-Reference.com.
  12. ^ "Seattle Mariners at Oakland Athletics Box Score, March 28, 2012". Baseball-Reference.com.
  13. ^ "Seattle Mariners at Oakland Athletics Box Score, March 29, 2012". Baseball-Reference.com.
  14. ^ "Los Angeles Dodgers at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, March 22, 2014". Baseball-Reference.com.
  15. ^ "Los Angeles Dodgers at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, March 23, 2014". Baseball-Reference.com.
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  17. ^ "Los Angeles Dodgers at San Diego Padres Box Score, May 5, 2018". Baseball-Reference.com.
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  20. ^ "Mariners win Ichiro's final game in 12 innings - 3/21/19". YouTube.com.
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  22. ^ "Cardinals vs. Reds - Game Summary". ESPN. April 14, 2019.
  23. ^ "Astros vs. Angels - Game Summary". ESPN. May 4, 2019.
  24. ^ "Astros vs. Angels - Game Summary". ESPN. May 5, 2019.
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  26. ^ "Yankees vs. Red Sox - Box Score". ESPN. June 30, 2019.
  27. ^ "MLB D-backs Padres play in Mexico City in 2020". MLB.com. Retrieved 2019-12-14.
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  32. ^ "New York Mets at Florida Marlins Box Score, June 28, 2010". Baseball-Reference.com.
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  34. ^ "New York Mets at Florida Marlins Box Score, June 30, 2010". Baseball-Reference.com.
  35. ^ "Cleveland Indians at Minnesota Twins Box Score, April 17, 2018". Baseball-Reference.com.
  36. ^ "Cleveland Indians at Minnesota Twins Box Score, April 18, 2018". Baseball-Reference.com.
  37. ^ Mcpherson, Jordan. "The Miami Marlins will play three games in Puerto Rico during the 2020 season". Miami Herald.
  38. ^ Harris, Declan (March 16, 2022). "When Will Baseball Fans See International Games Again?". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
  39. ^ "Padres, Giants to play 2 games in Mexico City in 2023". The Athletic. August 31, 2022. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
  40. ^ "MLB to return to London for regular-season games in 2023, 2024 and 2026". The Guardian. Reuters. May 11, 2022. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
  41. ^ Pretot, Julien; Carroll, Rory (May 7, 2022). "Exclusive: Los Angeles Dodgers in talks to play in Paris in 2025". Reuters. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
  42. ^ Blum, Ronald (June 16, 2022). "Pinstripes in Paris: Yanks want to play 2025 games in France". AP NEWS. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
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