2026 in baseball
The following are the baseball events of the year 2026 throughout the world.
International competition
[edit]National Team tournaments
[edit]- Asian Games (September 19 – October 4)
- U-15 Baseball World Cup (September 15 – October 4)
- U-23 Baseball World Cup (November 6–15)
- Baseball5 World Cup (December 9–13)
- Central American and Caribbean Games (July 24 – August 8)
- Mediterranean Games (August 21 – September 3)
- WBSC Premier12 Barcelona Qualifier (October 9–11)
- WBSC Premier12 Zhongshan Qualifier (November 26–29)
- Women's Baseball World Cup (July 22–27)
- World Baseball Classic (March 5–17):
Venezuela[1] - Youth Olympic Games (October 31 – November 13)
Club team tournaments
[edit]- Asian Baseball Championship (September):
- Baseball Champions League Americas (March 24–29): Kane County Cougars[2]
- Baseball Champions League Europe (May 22–24, September 26–27):
- Caribbean Series: (February 1–7): Charros de Jalisco[3]
- European Champions Cup (September):
- Grand Forks International (June):
- Serie de las Américas (February 5–13): Navegantes del Magallanes[4]
- Little League World Series: TBA
- Intermediate League World Series: TBA
- Junior League World Series: TBA
- Senior League World Series: TBA
North American domestic leagues
[edit]- Triple–A
- Double–A
- Eastern League: TBA
- Southern League: TBA
- Texas League: TBA
- High–A
- Midwest League: TBA
- Northwest League: TBA
- South Atlantic League: TBA
- Single–A
- California League: TBA
- Carolina League: TBA
- Florida State League: TBA
- Rookie
- Arizona Complex League: TBA
- Dominican Summer League: TBA
- Florida Complex League: TBA
- Fall League
- Arizona Fall League: TBA
- NCAA
- 2026 College World Series (Division I): TBA
- Division II: TBA
- Division III:TBA
- NAIA: TBA
- USCAA: TBA
- NCCAA:TBA
- Junior College World Series:
- NJCAA Division I: TBA
- NJCAA Division II: TBA
- NJCAA Division III: TBA
- California: TBA
- Northwest:TBA
- Appalachian League: TBA
- Cape Cod League: TBA
- MLB Draft League: TBA
- New England Collegiate Baseball League: TBA
Other domestic leagues
[edit]Summer leagues
[edit]- Chinese Professional Baseball: TBA
- Cuban Elite League: TBA
- Dutch League—Holland Series: TBA
- Finnish League: TBA
- French League: TBA
- German League: TBA
- Italian Baseball League: TBA
- Irish League: TBA
- Korean League—Korean Series: TBA
- Nippon Professional Baseball—Japan Series: TBA
- Central League: TBA
- Pacific League: TBA
- Mexican League: TBA
- Spanish League: TBA
- Swedish League: TBA
- Taiwan League—Taiwan Series: TBA
Winter leagues
[edit]- Australian Baseball League: Adelaide Giants[5]
- Colombian League: Caimanes de Barranquilla[6]
- Cuban National Series: Cocodrilos de Matanzas[7]
- Dominican League: Leones del Escogido[8]
- Mexican Pacific League: Charros de Jalisco[9]
- Nicaraguan League: Leones de León[10]
- Puerto Rican League: Cangrejeros de Santurce[11]
- Venezuelan League: Navegantes del Magallanes[12]
Events
[edit]January
[edit]- January 20: The results of the Baseball Writers' Association of America's voting for the 2026 Hall of Fame induction class were announced. Carlos Beltrán and Andruw Jones were the candidates elected.[13]
February
[edit]- February 13: KBO Spring Training begins
- February 18: Pitchers and catchers report
- February 19: Other Players report
March
[edit]- March 25: Opening Day, 2026 Major League Baseball (one game, New York (AL) at San Francisco)
- March 26: Opening Day for the other 28 MLB teams
- March 28: 2026 KBO League Opening Day
April
[edit]- April 15: Jackie Robinson Day
June
[edit]- June 12–21: The 2026 Men's College World Series is held at Charles Schawb Field in Omaha, Nebraska
July
[edit]- July 12–13: 2026 Major League Baseball draft
- July 14: 96th Major League Baseball All-Star Game will be played at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
August
[edit]- August 20–30: 2026 Little League World Series in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania
- August 23: MLB Little League Classic at Historic Bowman Field in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania (Milwaukee vs. Atlanta)
September
[edit]- September 27: Last day of MLB regular season
- September 29: The American League Wild Card Series and National League Wild Card Series begin.
October
[edit]- October 2: The American League Division Series and National League Division Series begin.
- October 11: The American League Championship Series begins
- October 12: The National League Championship Series begins
- October 23: The 2026 World Series begins.
November
[edit]- November 1: Eligible MLB players become free agents
December
[edit]- December 6–9: Winter Meetings in TBD
- December 9: Rule 5 draft
Deaths
[edit]January
[edit]- January 1 – Jeon Jun-ho, 50, KBO League pitcher from 1995–09 for the Unicorns, Heroes, and Landers.[14]
- January 2 – Jim Willis, 98, pitcher from 1953–54 for the Cubs.[15]
- January 6 – Jerry Thomas, 89, pitcher from 1954–56 for the University of Minnesota.[16]
- January 7 – Sidney de Jong, 46, catcher from 1998–11 and later a coach and manager for the Netherlands national baseball team.[17]
- January 11
- Pavel Akishev, 42, pitcher from 2003–07 for the Russia national baseball team.[18]
- Dave Giusti, 86, pitcher from 1962–77 for the Colt .45s / Astros, Cardinals, Pirates, Athletics, and Cubs.[19]
- Stu Tate, 63, pitcher for the 1989 Giants.[20]
- January 14 – Kim Min-jae, 53, Korea Baseball Organization shortstop from 1991–09 for the Giants, Wyverns, and Eagles, and coach for multiple teams from 2009–25.[21]
- January 15 – Ray Crone, 94, pitcher from 1954–58 for the Braves and Giants.[22]
- January 17 – Wilbur Wood, 84, pitcher from 1961–78 for the Red Sox, Pirates, and White Sox.[23]
- January 19 –
- Dave Schmidt, 69, catcher for the 1981 Red Sox.[24]
- Zach Monroe, 94, pitcher for the 1958–59 Yankees.[25]
- January 21 – Rob Maurer, 59, first baseman for the 1991–92 Rangers.[26]
- January 31 – Rick Renick, infielder and outfielder for the 1968–72 Twins and coach for multiple teams from 1981–2002.[27]
February
[edit]- February 3 – Ron Teasley, 99 outfielder for the 1948 New York Cubans of the Negro Leagues.[28][29]
- February 4 – Mickey Lolich, 85, pitcher from 1963–79 for the Tigers, Mets, and Padres.[30]
- February 6 - Terrance Gore, 34, outfielder from 2014-22 for the Royals, Cubs, Dodgers, Braves, and Mets.[31].
- February 7 – Gary Blaylock, 94, pitcher for the Cardinals and Yankees in 1959 and later coach for the Royals from 1984–87.[32]
- February 9 – Bobby Henrich, 87, shortstop for the 1957–59 Reds.[33]
- February 12 –
- Roy Face, 97, pitcher from 1953–69 for the Pirates, Tigers and Expos.
- Joe Nossek, Outfielder from 1964–70 for the Twins, Athletics and Cardinals.[34].
- February 20 – Bill Mazeroski, 89, second baseman from 1956–72 for the Pirates.[35].
- February 25 – Wayne Granger, 81, pitcher from 1968–76 for the Cardinals, Reds, Twins, Yankees, White Sox, Astros and Expos.[36]
March
[edit]- March 11 – Gary Wagner, 85, pitcher from 1965–70 for the Phillies and Red Sox.[37]
- March 12 – Tony Balsamo, 89, pitcher for the 1962 Cubs.[38]
- March 17 – Larry Stahl, 84, outfielder from 1964–73 for the Athletics, Mets, Padres and Reds.[39]
- March 26 – Ken Clay, 71, pitcher from 1977–81 for the Yankees, Rangers and Mariners.[40]
- March 27 – Tom Nieto, 65, catcher from 1984–90 for the Cardinals, Expos, Twins and Phillies and later a coach for the Yankees and Mets from 1995–2008.[41]
April
[edit]- April 4 – Bob Duliba, 91, pitcher from 1959–67 for the Cardinals, Angels, Red Sox and Athletics.[42]
- April 7 – Chuck Nieson, 83, pitcher for the 1964 Twins.[43]
- April 8 – Davey Lopes, 80, second baseman from 1972–87 for the Dodgers, Athletics, Cubs and Astros, manager for the 2000–02 Brewers and coach for multiple teams between 1988 and 2017.[44]
- April 9 –
- Billy Bryan, 87, catcher from 1961–68 for the Athletics, Yankees and Senators.[45]
- John Edelman, 90, pitcher for the 1955 Braves.[46]
- April 11 – Phil Garner, 76, second baseman from 1973–88 for the Athletics, Pirates, Astros, Dodgers and Giants and Manager from 1992–2007 for the Brewers, Tigers and Astros.[47]
- April 16 – Garret Anderson, 53, outfielder from 1994–2010 for the Angels, Braves and Dodgers.[48]
- April 22 – Corky Withrow, 88, outfielder for the 1963 Cardinals.[49]
- April 23 – Ellie Rodríguez, 79, catcher from 1968–76 for the Yankees, Royals, Brewers, Angels and Dodgers and manager in the Mexican Baseball League from 1978–82.[50]
- April 28 – Conrad Cardinal, 84, pitcher for the 1963 Colt .45s.[51]
May
[edit]- May 4 –
- Bob Skinner, 94, outfielder and first baseman from 1954–66 for the Pirates, Reds and Cardinals, manager from 1968–69 for the Phillies and 1977 for the Padres and coach for multiple teams between 1970–88.[52]
- John Sterling, 87, broadcaster from 1989–2024 for the Yankees.[53]
- May 6 – Ted Turner, 87, owner of the Atlanta Braves from 1976–96.[54]
See also
[edit]
References
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