2026 in baseball
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International competition
National Team tournaments
- 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
- 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
North American domestic leagues
Major League Baseball
Minor League Baseball
- 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
Independent baseball leagues
College Baseball
- 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
Colliegiate Summer Baseball Leagues
- Appalachian League: TBA
- Cape Cod League: TBA
- MLB Draft League: TBA
- New England Collegiate Baseball League: TBA
Other domestic leagues
Summer leagues
- 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
- 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
January
- 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
- February 13: KBO Spring Training begins
- February 18: Pitchers and catchers report
- February 19: Other Players report
March
- 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
- April 15: Jackie Robinson Day
June
- June 12–21: The 2026 Men's College World Series is held at Charles Schawb Field in Omaha, Nebraska
July
- 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
- 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
- September 27: Last day of MLB regular season
- September 29: The American League Wild Card Series and National League Wild Card Series begin.
October
- 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
- November 1: Eligible MLB players become free agents
December
- December 6–9: Winter Meetings in TBD
- December 9: Rule 5 draft
Deaths
January
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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]
- 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.[46]
