List Of Major League Baseball Games Played Outside The United States And Canada
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games outside of its base in the United States and Canada. Listed below are the results of those games. Exhibition contests, such as preseason games or postseason all-star games, are not included.


List of games

;Notes * The March 2008 games were known as the
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. * The March 21, 2019, contest was the last professional game for
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, who announced his retirement immediately afterwards. * The June 2019 games were part of the
2019 MLB London Series The 2019 MLB London Series was a two-game Major League Baseball series between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox at London Stadium in London, United Kingdom, in 2019. Sponsored by Mitel, it is branded as Mitel & MLB Present London Seri ...
. * There has been one
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: May 4, 2018 (
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). * There has been one
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game: March 21, 2019 (12 innings).


Canceled games

In May 2019, MLB announced that the
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and
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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
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and
San Diego Padres The San Diego Padres are an American professional baseball team based in San Diego. The Padres compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. Founded in 1969, the club has won two NL penna ...
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. Both of these series were cancelled due to the
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.


Games played in Puerto Rico

Estadio Hiram Bithorn in
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, has hosted 49 MLB games since 2001. As
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, these games are not included in the above table. The
Montreal Expos The Montreal Expos (french: link=no, Les Expos de Montréal) were a Canadian professional baseball team based in Montreal, Quebec. The Expos were the first Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise located outside the United States. They played in t ...
played 43 "home" games at Estadio Hiram Bithorn during 2003 and 2004. Excluding Expos games, below is a list of neutral-site games played in Puerto Rico: 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. However, this series was cancelled due to the
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.


Upcoming games abroad

In 2022, MLB announced a plan to have additional games played internationally, including regular-season games in
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,
Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley o ...
,
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, and
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between 2023 and 2026. In August 2022, MLB announced its first "Mexico City Series": the
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and
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will play a two-game series at
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in April 2023. 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. As part of the
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to end the
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, MLB agreed to host games at the
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, just outside
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, 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 which is scheduled to resume in 2023 following a three-season pause due to the
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. MLB will play games in London in 2023 and 2024, followed by Paris in 2025, and then in London again in 2026. The
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and the
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have informed MLB that they would like to participate in the 2025 Paris games.


See also

* 1999 Baltimore Orioles–Cuba national baseball team exhibition series, which included a March 1999 exhibition game played in Cuba *
MLB China Series The Major League Baseball China Series, or MLB China Series, were two spring training games between the San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers played in the People's Republic of China. It marked the first time Major League Baseball teams play ...
, two 2008 spring training games *
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, an exhibition tour held since 2022 *
MLB Japan All-Star Series The MLB Japan All-Star Series is an irregular end-of-the-season tour of Japan made by an All-Star team from Major League Baseball (MLB) since 1986, contested in a best-of format against the All-Stars from Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) or ...
, postseason all-star contests held periodically since 1986 *
MLB Taiwan All-Star Series The MLB Taiwan All-Star Series was an end-of-the-season tour of Taiwan made by an All-Star team from Major League Baseball (MLB) after 2011 MLB season, contested in a best-of format against the Chinese Taipei national baseball team. The series ...
, postseason all-star contests held in 2011 * List of neutral site regular season Major League Baseball games played in the United States and Canada


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