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Canada
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Canada is the country that comprises the northern portion of North America. Two major league teams in baseball history have played their home games in Canada, the Montreal Expos from 1969 to 2004 and the Toronto Blue Jays since 1977.
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[edit] Administrative divisions
[edit] Provinces
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Manitoba
- New Brunswick
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Nova Scotia
- Ontario
- Prince Edward Island
- Quebec
- Saskatchewan
[edit] Territories
[edit] Notable Players born in Canada
- John Axford
- Jason Bay
- Erik Bedard
- Reggie Cleveland
- Ryan Dempster
- Eric Gagné, the 2002 NL Cy Young Award winner
- Jack Graney
- Jeff Heath
- Ferguson Jenkins, the only member of the Hall of Fame born in Canada
- Russell Martin
- Kirk McCaskill
- Justin Morneau, the 2006 AL MVP
- Terry Puhl
- Paul Quantrill
- Claude Raymond
- George Selkirk
- Matt Stairs
- Joey Votto, the 2010 NL MVP
- Larry Walker, the 1997 NL MVP
- Pete Ward
[edit] Further Reading
- Bob Elliott: The Northern Game: Baseball the Canadian Way, Sport Classic Books, Toronto, ON, 2006.
- Jim Shearer: Canada's Baseball Legends: True Stories of Canadians in the Big Leagues since 1879, Malin Head Press, Ottawa, ON, 1994.
- Jim Shearer: Over the Fence Is Out!: The Larry Walker Story and more of Canada's Baseball Legends, Malin Head Press, Ottawa, ON, 2009.
- Barry Swanton and Jay-Dell Mah: Black Baseball Players in Canada: A Biographical Dictionary 1881-1960, McFarland, Jefferson, NC, 2009.
- Christian Trudeau: "Out of Here: Home Runs in Canada", The Baseball Research Journal, SABR, Volume 40, Number 2 (Fall 2011), pp. 73-78.
