Alternate Site Games Since 2001
This list shows games played since 2001 by major league clubs in a ballpark and/or city that is not home to either team. There have been many reasons that these games have been moved through the years such as Sunday Blue Laws, park capacity and fires. Most of these games are between teams in the same league but a few of the more recent contests are interleague.
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Date DH Lg Visitor Lg Home Park, City (Reason - listed at bottom) 04/01/2001 AL Texas AL Toronto Estadio Hiram Bithorn, San Juan PR (5) 04/11/2003 NL New York NL Montreal Estadio Hiram Bithorn, San Juan PR (4) 04/12/2003 NL New York NL Montreal Estadio Hiram Bithorn, San Juan PR (4) 04/13/2003 NL New York NL Montreal Estadio Hiram Bithorn, San Juan PR (4) 04/14/2003 NL New York NL Montreal Estadio Hiram Bithorn, San Juan PR (4) 04/15/2003 NL Atlanta NL Montreal Estadio Hiram Bithorn, San Juan PR (4) 04/16/2003 NL Atlanta NL Montreal Estadio Hiram Bithorn, San Juan PR (4) 04/17/2003 NL Atlanta NL Montreal Estadio Hiram Bithorn, San Juan PR (4) 04/19/2003 1 NL Cincinnati NL Montreal Estadio Hiram Bithorn, San Juan PR (4) 04/19/2003 2 NL Cincinnati NL Montreal Estadio Hiram Bithorn, San Juan PR (4) 04/20/2003 NL Cincinnati NL Montreal Estadio Hiram Bithorn, San Juan PR (4) 06/03/2003 AL Anaheim NL Montreal Estadio Hiram Bithorn, San Juan PR (4) 06/04/2003 AL Anaheim NL Montreal Estadio Hiram Bithorn, San Juan PR (4) 06/05/2003 AL Anaheim NL Montreal Estadio Hiram Bithorn, San Juan PR (4) 06/06/2003 AL Texas NL Montreal Estadio Hiram Bithorn, San Juan PR (4) 06/07/2003 AL Texas NL Montreal Estadio Hiram Bithorn, San Juan PR (4) 06/08/2003 AL Texas NL Montreal Estadio Hiram Bithorn, San Juan PR (4) 09/05/2003 NL Florida NL Montreal Estadio Hiram Bithorn, San Juan PR (4) 09/06/2003 NL Florida NL Montreal Estadio Hiram Bithorn, San Juan PR (4) 09/07/2003 NL Florida NL Montreal Estadio Hiram Bithorn, San Juan PR (4) 09/09/2003 NL Chicago NL Montreal Estadio Hiram Bithorn, San Juan PR (4) 09/10/2003 NL Chicago NL Montreal Estadio Hiram Bithorn, San Juan PR (4) 09/11/2003 NL Chicago NL Montreal Estadio Hiram Bithorn, San Juan PR (4) 03/30/2004 AL New York AL Tampa Bay Tokyo Dome, Tokyo Japan (5) 03/31/2004 AL New York AL Tampa Bay Tokyo Dome, Tokyo Japan (5) 04/09/2004 NL New York NL Montreal Estadio Hiram Bithorn, San Juan PR (4) 04/10/2004 NL New York NL Montreal Estadio Hiram Bithorn, San Juan PR (4) 04/11/2004 NL New York NL Montreal Estadio Hiram Bithorn, San Juan PR (4) 04/13/2004 NL Florida NL Montreal Estadio Hiram Bithorn, San Juan PR (4) 04/14/2004 NL Florida NL Montreal Estadio Hiram Bithorn, San Juan PR (4) 04/15/2004 NL Florida NL Montreal Estadio Hiram Bithorn, San Juan PR (4) 05/18/2004 NL Milwaukee NL Montreal Estadio Hiram Bithorn, San Juan PR (4) 05/19/2004 NL Milwaukee NL Montreal Estadio Hiram Bithorn, San Juan PR (4) 05/20/2004 NL Milwaukee NL Montreal Estadio Hiram Bithorn, San Juan PR (4) 05/21/2004 NL San Francisco NL Montreal Estadio Hiram Bithorn, San Juan PR (4) 05/22/2004 NL San Francisco NL Montreal Estadio Hiram Bithorn, San Juan PR (4) 07/02/2004 AL Toronto NL Montreal Estadio Hiram Bithorn, San Juan PR (4) 07/03/2004 AL Toronto NL Montreal Estadio Hiram Bithorn, San Juan PR (4) 07/04/2004 AL Toronto NL Montreal Estadio Hiram Bithorn, San Juan PR (4) 07/05/2004 NL Atlanta NL Montreal Estadio Hiram Bithorn, San Juan PR (4) 07/06/2004 NL Atlanta NL Montreal Estadio Hiram Bithorn, San Juan PR (4) 07/07/2004 NL Atlanta NL Montreal Estadio Hiram Bithorn, San Juan PR (4) 07/08/2004 NL Pittsburgh NL Montreal Estadio Hiram Bithorn, San Juan PR (4) 07/09/2004 NL Pittsburgh NL Montreal Estadio Hiram Bithorn, San Juan PR (4) 07/10/2004 NL Pittsburgh NL Montreal Estadio Hiram Bithorn, San Juan PR (4) 07/11/2004 NL Pittsburgh NL Montreal Estadio Hiram Bithorn, San Juan PR (4) 09/13/2004 NL Montreal NL Florida U.S. Cellular Field, Chicago IL (3) 09/14/2004 NL Montreal NL Florida U.S. Cellular Field, Chicago IL (3) 04/10/2007 AL Anaheim AL Cleveland Miller Park, Milwaukee WI (15) 04/11/2007 AL Anaheim AL Cleveland Miller Park, Milwaukee WI (15) 04/12/2007 AL Anaheim AL Cleveland Miller Park, Milwaukee WI (15) 05/15/2007 AL Texas AL Tampa Bay The Ballpark at Disney's Wide World of Sports, Lake Buena Vista FL (5) 05/16/2007 AL Texas AL Tampa Bay The Ballpark at Disney's Wide World of Sports, Lake Buena Vista FL (5) 05/17/2007 AL Texas AL Tampa Bay The Ballpark at Disney's Wide World of Sports, Lake Buena Vista FL (5) 03/25/2008 AL Boston AL Oakland Tokyo Dome, Tokyo Japan (5) 03/26/2008 AL Boston AL Oakland Tokyo Dome, Tokyo Japan (5) 04/22/2008 AL Toronto AL Tampa Bay Champion Stadium, Lake Buena Vista FL (5) 04/23/2008 AL Toronto AL Tampa Bay Champion Stadium, Lake Buena Vista FL (5) 04/24/2008 AL Toronto AL Tampa Bay Champion Stadium, Lake Buena Vista FL (5) 09/14/2008 NL Chicago NL Houston Miller Park, Milwaukee WI (18) 09/15/2008 NL Chicago NL Houston Miller Park, Milwaukee WI (18) 06/28/2010 NL New York NL Florida Estadio Hiram Bithorn, San Juan PR (5) 06/29/2010 NL New York NL Florida Estadio Hiram Bithorn, San Juan PR (5) 06/30/2010 NL New York NL Florida Estadio Hiram Bithorn, San Juan PR (5) 03/28/2012 AL Seattle AL Oakland Tokyo Dome, Tokyo Japan (5) 03/29/2012 AL Seattle AL Oakland Tokyo Dome, Tokyo Japan (5) 03/22/2014 NL Los Angeles NL Arizona Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Australia (5) 03/23/2014 NL Los Angeles NL Arizona Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Australia (5) 07/03/2016 NL Miami NL Atlanta Fort Bragg Field, Fort Bragg NC (5) 08/20/2017 NL St. Louis NL Pittsburgh BB&T Ballpark at Bowman Field, Williamsport PA (5) 08/29/2017 AL Texas AL Houston Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL (19) 08/30/2017 AL Texas AL Houston Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL (19) 08/31/2017 AL Texas AL Houston Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL (19) 09/11/2017 AL New York AL Tampa Bay Citi Field, New York, NY (20) 09/12/2017 AL New York AL Tampa Bay Citi Field, New York, NY (20) 09/13/2017 AL New York AL Tampa Bay Citi Field, New York, NY (20) 04/17/2018 AL Cleveland AL Minnesota Estadio Hiram Bithorn, San Juan PR (5) 04/18/2018 AL Cleveland AL Minnesota Estadio Hiram Bithorn, San Juan PR (5) 05/04/2018 NL Los Angeles NL San Diego Estadio de Beisbol Monterrey, Monterrey Mexico (5) 05/05/2018 NL Los Angeles NL San Diego Estadio de Beisbol Monterrey, Monterrey Mexico (5) 05/06/2018 NL Los Angeles NL San Diego Estadio de Beisbol Monterrey, Monterrey Mexico (5) 08/19/2018 NL New York NL Philadelphia BB&T Ballpark at Bowman Field, Williamsport PA (5) 03/20/2019 AL Seattle AL Oakland Tokyo Dome, Tokyo Japan (5) 03/21/2019 AL Seattle AL Oakland Tokyo Dome, Tokyo Japan (5) 04/13/2019 NL St. Louis NL Cincinnati Estadio de Beisbol Monterrey, Monterrey Mexico (5) 04/14/2019 NL St. Louis NL Cincinnati Estadio de Beisbol Monterrey, Monterrey Mexico (5) 05/04/2019 AL Houston AL Anaheim Estadio de Beisbol Monterrey, Monterrey Mexico (5) 05/05/2019 AL Houston AL Anaheim Estadio de Beisbol Monterrey, Monterrey Mexico (5) 06/13/2019 AL Detroit AL Kansas City TD Ameritrade Park, Omaha Nebraska (5) 06/29/2019 AL New York AL Boston London Stadium, London England (5) 06/30/2019 AL New York AL Boston London Stadium, London England (5) 08/18/2019 NL Chicago NL Pittsburgh BB&T Ballpark at Bowman Field, Williamsport PA (5)
For the postseason, MLB played the 2020 league division and championship series and the World Series in neutral parks in Arlington and Houston, Texas and Los Angeles and San Diego, California. This was done to form "bubbles" to protect against games being postponed or canceled because of an outbreak of Covid-19. The moves worked well since all of the games were played as scheduled. Click here to see the 2020 post season games.
Date DH Lg Visitor Lg Home Park, City (Reason - listed at bottom) 08/12/2021 AL New York AL Chicago Field of Dreams, Dyersville IA (5) 08/22/2021 AL Anaheim AL Cleveland BB&T Ballpark at Bowman Field, Williamsport PA (5) 08/11/2022 NL Chicago NL Cincinnati Field of Dreams, Dyersville IA (5) 08/21/2022 AL Boston AL Baltimore BB&T Ballpark at Bowman Field, Williamsport PA (5) 04/29/2023 NL San Francisco NL San Diego Estadio Alfredo Harp Helu, Mexico City Mexico (5) 04/30/2023 NL San Francisco NL San Diego Estadio Alfredo Harp Helu, Mexico City Mexico (5) 06/24/2023 NL Chicago NL St. Louis London Stadium, London England (5) 06/25/2023 NL Chicago NL St. Louis London Stadium, London England (5) 08/20/2023 NL Philadelphia NL Washington BB&T Ballpark at Bowman Field, Williamsport PA (5) Reasons for move: (1) Incomplete repairs at Braves Field (2) Serious structural accident at the Baker Bowl (3) Threat of Hurricane Ivan in Miami (did not occur) (4) Alternate home site for Expos (5) Marketing move by Major League Baseball (6) Alternate park for Sunday and/or holiday games (7) Structural accident at Yankee Stadium (falling concrete and steel) (8) Incomplete football renovations to Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum (9) Fire at Polo Grounds IV (10) Collapse of the RF grandstand at Baker Bowl (11) Opening of the Grand Circuit Trotting Meet in Detroit (12) To accommodate large crowd (13) Fire at Huntington Street Grounds (14) Delay in the opening of Braves Field (15) Snow and cold weather in Cleveland (16) Team moved from Chicago and played subsequent home games in Pittsburgh (17) Hartford played all but one "home" game in Brooklyn (18) Hurricane Ike in Houston (19) Hurricane Harvey in Houston (20) Hurricane Irma in Florida (21) Canada did not allow Blue Jays to play in Toronto due to coronavirus pandemic
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