Birthplaces · North America · 2015–2026
🇨🇦MLB Players from Canada
Every major leaguer born in Canada who took a plate appearance or threw a pitch in a published season, with what they have done since 2015 — and who is playing now.
- Players
- 48 2015–2026
- Active in 2026
- 24
- Total dbWAR
- 174.7
- Home runs
- 959
- Strikeouts
- 5,366 5,290.1 IP
- Batters / pitchers
- 23 / 25
Notable
Superlatives over the seasons published here, not over whole careers.
Joey Votto2015–2023Most home runs193Joey Votto4,684 PAMost strikeouts1,364
Nick Pivetta1,241.0 IPBest season8.0 WARJoey Votto2015First to the majors2003
Justin MorneauHardest-hit ball120.4 mph
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.2025Youngest in 202623
Jonah TongMost seasons here10Nick Pivetta2017–2026The All-Canadian Team
The best player born in Canada at each position since 2015, by the dbWAR he produced there. Positions nobody has filled are left open.
Russell Martin8.4dbWAR1BJoey Votto32.6dbWAR2B
Edouard Julien3.5dbWAR3B
Brett Lawrie2.1dbWAR
Tyler O'Neill9.4dbWARCF
Tristan Peters3.1dbWARRF
Owen Caissie0.3dbWARDHJustin Morneau0.0dbWARAnd on the mound
How this is picked. Each player is filed at the one position he appeared at most often — so a shortstop who spent two years at third is a shortstop, and cannot hold both slots — and the spot goes to whoever produced the most dbWAR there. The figure on a card is therefore the value at that position rather than the career total shown elsewhere on this page: they differ for anyone who moved. Starting and relieving are counted separately for the same reason, on the share of each season's appearances that were starts. A slot needs 100 plate appearances or 20 innings to be claimed at all, which keeps a September call-up from becoming a first baseman. 19 position players are eligible here, with 6 starters and 12 relievers.
In the majors now
24 Canadian-born players were on a major-league roster in 2026. Every column sorts.
| Liam Hicks | MIA | C | 27 | 137 | 532 | 18 | 81 | 3 | .288 | .371 | .440 | 131 | 3.6 |
| Tristan Peters | CWS | CF | 26 | 143 | 472 | 12 | 54 | 8 | .272 | .344 | .451 | 123 | 3.3 |
| Jared Young | NYM | 1B | 31 | 100 | 342 | 9 | 38 | 3 | .266 | .330 | .429 | 112 | 1.2 |
| Josh Naylor | SEA | 1B | 29 | 145 | 620 | 10 | 54 | 29 | .270 | .325 | .361 | 96 | 0.6 |
| Owen Caissie | MIA | RF | 24 | 107 | 330 | 14 | 58 | 5 | .220 | .288 | .412 | 93 | 0.4 |
| Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | TOR | 1B | 27 | 140 | 594 | 9 | 56 | 7 | .262 | .335 | .361 | 95 | 0.4 |
| Tyler O'Neill | BAL | RF | 31 | 83 | 260 | 10 | 23 | 1 | .212 | .300 | .377 | 92 | 0.2 |
| Tyler Black | MIL | DH | 26 | 9 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .333 | .357 | .481 | 132 | 0.2 |
| Edouard Julien | COL | 2B | 27 | 86 | 276 | 3 | 20 | 5 | .208 | .322 | .292 | 77 | 0.1 |
| Trei Cruz | DET | RF | 28 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -125 | -0.1 |
| Denzel Clarke | ATH | CF | 26 | 28 | 78 | 0 | 6 | 4 | .164 | .253 | .179 | 24 | -0.3 |
| Bo Naylor | CLE | C | 26 | 29 | 98 | 3 | 10 | 0 | .154 | .214 | .275 | 32 | -0.3 |
| Michael Soroka | AZ | 29 | 20 | 19 | 104.1 | 8 | 0 | 101 | 3.45 | 3.08 | 1.13 | 2.6 |
| Cade Smith | CLE | 27 | 65 | 0 | 70.0 | 6 | 38 | 100 | 2.06 | 2.29 | 0.99 | 2.0 |
| Cal Quantrill | TEX | 31 | 32 | 15 | 110.0 | 9 | 0 | 81 | 2.86 | 4.01 | 1.04 | 1.1 |
| Nick Pivetta | SD | 33 | 7 | 7 | 30.0 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 3.30 | 2.33 | 1.00 | 1.0 |
| Erik Sabrowski | CLE | 29 | 57 | 0 | 45.1 | 5 | 1 | 70 | 2.78 | 2.92 | 1.19 | 1.0 |
| Jordan Romano | COL | 33 | 36 | 0 | 31.2 | 0 | 15 | 36 | 5.12 | 3.86 | 1.42 | 0.3 |
| Matt Brash | SEA | 28 | 20 | 0 | 16.2 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0.54 | 2.92 | 0.84 | 0.3 |
| Jonah Tong | NYM | 23 | 5 | 2 | 21.0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 3.43 | 3.86 | 1.19 | 0.3 |
| Zach Pop | PHI | 30 | 7 | 1 | 7.1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3.68 | 3.10 | 1.09 | 0.2 |
| Mitch Bratt | AZ | 23 | 10 | 10 | 44.0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 4.70 | 5.12 | 1.52 | 0.1 |
| Matt Wilkinson | SF | 24 | 6 | 4 | 19.2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4.58 | 5.13 | 1.12 | -0.0 |
| Eric Cerantola | KC | 26 | 4 | 0 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10.13 | 10.98 | 2.63 | -0.4 |
Clubs in 2026CLE 3AZ 2COL 2NYM 2SEA 2MIA 2
The full 2026 leaderboards filter by birthplace too: batting · pitching — pick several countries at once there.
Since 2015
Career totals over the published seasons, ranked by dbWAR.
| Joey Votto | 2015–2023 | 9 | 4,684 | 1,080 | 193 | 591 | 32 | .280 | 32.6 |
| Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | 2019–2026 | 8 | 4,814 | 1,215 | 192 | 647 | 33 | .285 | 25.8 |
| Josh Naylor | 2019–2026 | 8 | 3,483 | 851 | 114 | 489 | 84 | .269 | 10.2 |
| Tyler O'Neill | 2018–2026 | 9 | 2,578 | 547 | 128 | 327 | 49 | .239 | 9.8 |
| Russell Martin | 2015–2019 | 5 | 2,008 | 381 | 72 | 231 | 8 | .224 | 8.6 |
| Liam Hicks | 2025–2026 | 2 | 922 | 214 | 24 | 126 | 5 | .271 | 5.0 |
| Brett Lawrie | 2015–2016 | 2 | 986 | 233 | 28 | 96 | 12 | .255 | 3.5 |
| Edouard Julien | 2023–2026 | 4 | 1,193 | 231 | 30 | 90 | 14 | .226 | 3.5 |
| Tristan Peters | 2025–2026 | 2 | 484 | 114 | 12 | 54 | 8 | .265 | 3.1 |
| Bo Naylor | 2022–2026 | 5 | 1,139 | 202 | 41 | 128 | 12 | .200 | 2.9 |
| Abraham Toro | 2019–2025 | 7 | 1,582 | 321 | 41 | 161 | 16 | .223 | 1.6 |
| Jared Young | 2022–2026 | 4 | 458 | 103 | 15 | 52 | 6 | .249 | 1.4 |
| Michael Saunders | 2015–2017 | 3 | 828 | 174 | 30 | 81 | 1 | .235 | 1.2 |
| Charles Leblanc | 2022–2024 | 2 | 197 | 45 | 6 | 17 | 4 | .254 | 1.1 |
| Justin Morneau | 2015–2016 | 2 | 400 | 105 | 9 | 40 | 0 | .283 | 0.8 |
| Owen Caissie | 2025–2026 | 2 | 357 | 69 | 15 | 62 | 5 | .218 | 0.3 |
| Tyler Black | 2024–2026 | 3 | 98 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 3 | .250 | 0.3 |
| Dalton Pompey | 2015–2018 | 3 | 116 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 7 | .217 | 0.1 |
| James Adduci | 2017–2019 | 3 | 283 | 67 | 4 | 31 | 2 | .254 | 0.1 |
| Jamie Romak | 2015 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | 0.1 |
| Denzel Clarke | 2025–2026 | 2 | 237 | 45 | 3 | 14 | 10 | .209 | -0.0 |
| Trei Cruz | 2026 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | -0.1 |
| Jacob Robson | 2021 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | -0.1 |
| James Paxton | 2015–2024 | 9 | 853.0 | 64 | 0 | 925 | 3.89 | 15.6 |
| Nick Pivetta | 2017–2026 | 10 | 1,241.0 | 72 | 3 | 1,364 | 4.45 | 14.5 |
| Michael Soroka | 2018–2026 | 7 | 520.0 | 28 | 0 | 480 | 3.77 | 7.9 |
| Cade Smith | 2024–2026 | 3 | 219.0 | 20 | 55 | 307 | 2.30 | 7.2 |
| Cal Quantrill | 2019–2026 | 8 | 946.2 | 56 | 1 | 703 | 4.17 | 6.8 |
| Matt Brash | 2022–2026 | 4 | 185.1 | 17 | 8 | 242 | 3.06 | 3.8 |
| Jordan Romano | 2019–2026 | 8 | 304.0 | 22 | 128 | 368 | 3.88 | 3.3 |
| Rowan Wick | 2018–2022 | 5 | 146.0 | 6 | 20 | 160 | 3.82 | 2.0 |
| Erik Sabrowski | 2024–2026 | 3 | 87.1 | 5 | 2 | 131 | 2.06 | 1.8 |
| John Axford | 2015–2021 | 5 | 197.1 | 14 | 28 | 197 | 4.74 | 1.4 |
| Rob Zastryzny | 2016–2025 | 7 | 89.0 | 6 | 0 | 74 | 3.84 | 0.9 |
| Jonah Tong | 2025–2026 | 2 | 39.2 | 4 | 0 | 42 | 5.45 | 0.4 |
| Zach Pop | 2021–2026 | 6 | 169.2 | 8 | 1 | 132 | 4.83 | 0.2 |
| Dustin Molleken | 2016 | 1 | 8.1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4.32 | 0.2 |
| Mitch Bratt | 2026 | 1 | 44.0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 4.70 | 0.1 |
| Jeff Francis | 2015 | 1 | 22.0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 6.14 | 0.0 |
| Matt Wilkinson | 2026 | 1 | 19.2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4.58 | -0.0 |
| Scott Diamond | 2016 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | -0.1 |
| Jim Henderson | 2016 | 1 | 35.0 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 4.11 | -0.1 |
| Jordan Balazovic | 2023 | 1 | 24.1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 4.44 | -0.3 |
| Phillippe Aumont | 2015 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13.50 | -0.4 |
| Eric Cerantola | 2026 | 1 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10.13 | -0.4 |
| Jesen Therrien | 2017 | 1 | 18.1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 8.35 | -0.4 |
| Adam Loewen | 2015–2016 | 2 | 25.1 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 8.88 | -0.6 |
| Andrew Albers | 2015–2021 | 4 | 79.2 | 6 | 1 | 66 | 4.97 | -0.7 |
By season
How many were in the majors each year, and what they produced.
| Season | Players | Batters | Pitchers | PA | HR | IP | SO | dbWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 3,635 | 88 | 505.1 | 513 | 17.8 |
| 2025 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 3,047 | 90 | 630.2 | 666 | 17.6 |
| 2024 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 2,942 | 121 | 631.2 | 612 | 17.0 |
| 2023 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 2,391 | 97 | 559.0 | 596 | 16.6 |
| 2022 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2,514 | 91 | 587.2 | 535 | 12.8 |
| 2021 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 2,406 | 136 | 466.0 | 475 | 21.9 |
| 2020 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 824 | 31 | 113.2 | 123 | 2.5 |
| 2019 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 2,023 | 51 | 574.2 | 564 | 12.7 |
| 2018 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1,366 | 34 | 418.2 | 481 | 12.5 |
| 2017 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 1,455 | 56 | 362.1 | 375 | 13.2 |
| 2016 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 2,381 | 91 | 270.0 | 261 | 15.8 |
| 2015 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 2,147 | 73 | 170.2 | 165 | 14.4 |
Where in Canada
Birth cities with more than one major leaguer, most first.
About this page
48 major-league players born in Canada appear in this archive, between 2015 and 2026. 24 of them were on a major-league roster in 2026, up from 13 in 2015. Together they are worth 174.7 dbWAR, on 959 home runs and 5,366 strikeouts thrown.
The most valuable of them by our own measure is Joey Votto, worth 32.6 dbWAR across 2015–2023. His best year was 2015, at 8.0 WAR. Justin Morneau has been in the majors longest of anyone here, since 2003.
Joey Votto has hit the most home runs, 193. Nick Pivetta has thrown the most strikeouts, 1,364. The hardest ball anyone from here has struck came off Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s bat at 120.4 mph, in 2025. These are totals over the seasons published here rather than whole careers: a player who debuted before 2015 arrives mid-career, and his numbers start where the archive does.
Toronto has produced 5 of them, more than anywhere else in Canada. In 2026 they are spread across 6 clubs, 3 of them with Cleveland Guardians.
Country here means country of birth, taken from each player's biographical record. It is not nationality and not who a player has represented internationally — the three disagree often enough to matter, and birthplace is the one this data actually holds. Every rate statistic and every dbWAR figure is computed from play-by-play using constants measured from each season's own data, so the numbers are era-correct without being copied from anywhere. See the derivation →
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