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The Montreal Expos (French: Les Expos de Montréal) were a Canadian professional baseball team based in Montreal. The Expos were the first Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise located outside the United States. They played in the National League (NL) East division from 1969 until 2004.
List of defunct baseball teams in Canada; Canada national baseball team; List of Major League Baseball players from Canada; Pearson Cup; Washington Nationals, MLB; formerly the Montreal Expos (1969–2004) (National League) United League: A planned third league of Major League Baseball that was formed in the early 1990s and was to have begun ...
Baseball in Canada is played at various levels throughout the country, including by Major League Baseball's Toronto Blue Jays, founded in 1977 (Canada's first MLB team, the Montreal Expos, formed in 1969, relocated to Washington, D.C. in 2005) and Minor League Baseball's Vancouver Canadians, an affiliate of the Blue Jays competing in the High-A Northwest League.
A Toronto Blue Jays baseball game at Rogers Centre in Toronto.. Currently, the Toronto Blue Jays are Canada's only Major League Baseball team, founded in 1977. The Montreal Expos (Canada's first Major League Baseball team) played in Montreal from 1969 until 2004 when they moved to Washington, D.C. and became the Washington Nationals.
3.2 Canadian Baseball League. 3.3 Frontier League. 3.4 Golden Baseball League. ... Montreal Expos: Montreal, Quebec: 1969–2004: 1: 0: 0: Became the Washington ...
Major League Baseball's intention to boost attendance by playing in San Juan ended up resulting in lower attendance than the series had attracted in Montreal a year earlier. [22] [23] [24] The All-Canadian Series ended after 2004 when the Expos were relocated and became known as the Washington Nationals.
From 1897 to 1917 and from 1928 to 1960, Montreal fielded a minor league team, the Montreal Royals, most famous for having Jackie Robinson as a player for the 1946 season. Montreal was the home of a major league baseball team, the Montreal Expos, named after the 1967 World's Fair, and began playing in the National League from 1969.
The Calgary Expos were a minor league baseball team located in the Canadian city of Calgary, Alberta, from 1979 to 1984. The team was a member of the Pioneer League, playing at the Rookie League level. Calgary and the Medicine Hat A's had joined the Pioneer League as expansion teams in 1977.