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Major League Baseball (MLB) has played multiple
regular season neutral site games in the United States at stadiums that are not the home ballpark of an MLB team. Such contests have been arranged by MLB for
marketing purposes since the late 1990s, with increasing frequency. Listed below are the results of those games. Exhibition contests, such as preseason games or postseason all-star games, are not included. Also not included are games played in alternate or temporary home ballparks, such as by the
Toronto Blue Jays during their
2020 and
2021 seasons .
Beginning with the
Fort Bragg Game in
2016 , MLB uses the term Specialty Games to refer to neutral-site games during the regular season in the U.S. and Canada.
[1]
Neutral site games played in the United States
Season
Date
Designated Visitor
Score
Designated Home Team
Attendance
Stadium
City
Ref
1902
June 22
Washington Senators
4–6
Cleveland Bronchos
Unknown
League Park
Fort Wayne, Indiana
[2]
[3]
August 31
Boston Americans
3–1
Cleveland Bronchos
[2]
[4]
1997
April 19
St. Louis Cardinals
1–0
San Diego Padres
37,382
Aloha Stadium
Honolulu, Hawaii
[5]
April 19
St. Louis Cardinals
2–1
San Diego Padres
[6]
April 20
St. Louis Cardinals
2–8
San Diego Padres
40,050
[7]
1998
April 15
Anaheim Angels
3–6
New York Yankees
40,743
Shea Stadium
New York City
[8]
[9]
2001
April 1
Texas Rangers
1–8
Toronto Blue Jays
19,891
Hiram Bithorn Stadium
San Juan, Puerto Rico
[10]
2004
September 13
Montreal Expos
3–6
Florida Marlins
4,003
U.S. Cellular Field
Chicago, Illinois
[11]
[12]
September 14
Montreal Expos
6-8
Florida Marlins
5,457
[11]
[13]
2007
April 10
Los Angeles Angels
6–7
Cleveland Indians
19,031
Miller Park
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
[14]
[15]
April 11
Los Angeles Angels
4–1
Cleveland Indians
16,375
[14]
[16]
April 12
Los Angeles Angels
2–4
Cleveland Indians
17,090
[14]
[17]
May 15
Texas Rangers
3–4
Tampa Bay Devil Rays
8,443
The Ballpark at Disney's Wide World of Sports
[a]
Lake Buena Vista, Florida
[18]
May 16
Texas Rangers
8–11
Tampa Bay Devil Rays
8,839
[19]
May 17
Texas Rangers
6–8
Tampa Bay Devil Rays
9,635
[20]
2008
April 22
Toronto Blue Jays
4–6
Tampa Bay Rays
8,269
Champion Stadium
[a]
[21]
April 23
Toronto Blue Jays
3–5
Tampa Bay Rays
8,989
[22]
April 24
Toronto Blue Jays
3–5
Tampa Bay Rays
9,540
[23]
September 14
Chicago Cubs
5–0
Houston Astros
23,441
Miller Park
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
[24]
[25]
September 15
Chicago Cubs
6–1
Houston Astros
15,158
[24]
[26]
2010
June 28
New York Mets
3–10
Florida Marlins
18,073
Hiram Bithorn Stadium
San Juan, Puerto Rico
[27]
June 29
New York Mets
6–7
Florida Marlins
18,373
[28]
June 30
New York Mets
6–5
Florida Marlins
19,232
[29]
2016
July 3
Miami Marlins
5–2
Atlanta Braves
12,582
Fort Bragg Stadium
Fort Bragg, North Carolina
[30]
2017
August 20
St. Louis Cardinals
3–6
Pittsburgh Pirates
2,596
Bowman Field
[b]
Williamsport, Pennsylvania
[31]
2017
August 29
Texas Rangers
12–2
Houston Astros
3,485
Tropicana Field
St. Petersburg, Florida
[32]
August 30
Texas Rangers
8–1
Houston Astros
6,123
[33]
August 31
Texas Rangers
1–5
Houston Astros
3,385
[34]
2017
September 11
New York Yankees
5–1
Tampa Bay Rays
15,327
Citi Field
New York, New York
[35]
September 12
New York Yankees
1–2
Tampa Bay Rays
21,024
[36]
September 13
New York Yankees
3–2
Tampa Bay Rays
13,159
[37]
2018
April 17
Cleveland Indians
6–1
Minnesota Twins
19,516
Hiram Bithorn Stadium
San Juan, Puerto Rico
[38]
April 18
Cleveland Indians
1–2
Minnesota Twins
19,537
[39]
August 19
New York Mets
8–2
Philadelphia Phillies
2,429
Bowman Field
[b]
Williamsport, Pennsylvania
[40]
2019
June 13
Detroit Tigers
3–7
Kansas City Royals
25,454
TD Ameritrade Park
Omaha, Nebraska
[41]
August 18
Chicago Cubs
7–1
Pittsburgh Pirates
2,503
Bowman Field
[b]
Williamsport, Pennsylvania
[42]
2021
August 12
New York Yankees
8–9
Chicago White Sox
7,832
Field of Dreams
Dyersville, Iowa
[43]
August 22
Los Angeles Angels
0–3
Cleveland Indians
1,832
Bowman Field
[b]
Williamsport, Pennsylvania
[44]
2022
August 11
Chicago Cubs
4–2
Cincinnati Reds
7,823
Field of Dreams
Dyersville, Iowa
[45]
August 21
Boston Red Sox
3–5
Baltimore Orioles
2,467
Bowman Field
[b]
Williamsport, Pennsylvania
[46]
2023
August 20
Philadelphia Phillies
3-4
Washington Nationals
2,473
[47]
2024
June 20
San Francisco Giants
St. Louis Cardinals
Rickwood Field
Birmingham, Alabama
[48]
August 18
New York Yankees
Detroit Tigers
Bowman Field
[b]
Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Game notes
The Cleveland Bronchos moved two of their 1902 games to Fort Wayne because laws against Sunday games were enforced in Cleveland but not in Fort Wayne. The venue, League Park, was also called Jail Flats after its general location.
[2]
The 1997
Padres Paradise Series in Honolulu were the first regular-season MLB games played in Hawaii.
[49] The April 19 games were a
twi-night doubleheader with attendance reported only for the second game.
[50]
[51]
The New York Yankees moved one game to Shea Stadium in 1998 because Yankee Stadium was temporarily closed for inspections and repairs after a steel beam fell from its upper deck.
[9]
The Florida Marlins moved two games with the Montreal Expos in September 2004 to U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago due to
Hurricane Ivan .
[11]
[52]
The Cleveland Indians moved three of their 2007 games to Milwaukee due to a heavy snowstorm in Cleveland.
[14]
The Houston Astros moved two of their 2008 games to Milwaukee due to the effects of
Hurricane Ike .
[24] Game 1 featured the first neutral-site
no-hitter thrown by Chicago Cubs pitcher
Carlos Zambrano .
[53]
The 2016 Fort Bragg game was the first MLB game played on an active military base and the first MLB game played in the state of North Carolina.
[54] Only veterans, active military personnel, and family were allowed to be spectators at the game.
[55]
Due to
Hurricane Harvey , the 2017 Houston Astros moved their August 29–31 series with the Texas Rangers to
Tropicana Field in
St. Petersburg, Florida .
[52]
[56]
Due to
Hurricane Irma , the 2017 Tampa Bay Rays moved their September 11–13 series with the New York Yankees from
Tropicana Field to
Citi Field in New York City.
[52]
[57]
[58]
The 2019
MLB in Omaha game was the first MLB game played in the state of Nebraska.
[59]
The 2021 MLB at Field of Dreams Game was the first MLB game played in the state of Iowa. A random drawing for the opportunity to purchase tickets for the game directly from MLB was restricted to residents of Iowa.
[60]
The 2024 Giants–Cardinals game will be the first MLB game played in the state of Alabama.
[61]
Willie Mays played in the Negro Leagues at Rickwood Field from 1948 to 1950. The game is a replacement for the Field of Dreams game due to construction at the site in Iowa.
[48]
See also
Notes
^
a
b The Ballpark at Disney's Wide World of Sports and Champion Stadium are different names, for sponsorship reasons, of the same stadium.
^
a
b
c
d
e
f Sponsorship of Bowman Field changed in 2021. For consistency in the results table, the non-commercial name of the venue is used.
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