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On This Day in Baseball History: January 21
Sources Lahman People + MLB StatsAPI0 debuts114 transactions
Every major-league debut, final game, transaction, birth and death recorded for January 21, newest first. Player names link to career pages where one exists, and each season links onward to that year’s awards and postseason archives.
Debuts0
Final games0
Transactions114
Born62
Died34
| Year | Player | That season |
|---|---|---|
| No major-league debuts are recorded for this date. | ||
| Year | Player | That season |
|---|---|---|
| No final games are recorded for this date. | ||
| Year | Move | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Minnesota Twins traded C Nate Baez to Boston Red Sox for 3B Tristan Gray. 2026 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2026 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent LHP Ranger Suárez. 2026 transaction archive | - | |
| 2026 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent RF Kyle Tucker. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent RHP Yoenis Morales to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent RHP Manuel Parra to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - | |
| 2026 | New York Mets signed free agent RHP Luis García. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Milwaukee Brewers traded RHP Freddy Peralta and RHP Tobias Myers to New York Mets for RHP Brandon Sproat and SS Jett Williams. 2026 transaction archive | |  |
| 2026 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent CF Shane Sasaki to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent LHP Jack Bowery to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent RHP Connor Seabold to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - | |
| 2026 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent C Alberto Aguilar to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent C Marcos Hernandez to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - | |
| 2026 | Washington Nationals signed free agent C Tres Barrera to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Washington Nationals signed free agent LHP Zach Penrod to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - | |
| 2026 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent SS Leandro Briceno to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - | |
| 2026 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent RHP Aneurys Zabala to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent 2B Po-Chun Lin to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - | |
| 2025 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent LHP Martín Pérez. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Athletics traded RHP Will Klein to Seattle Mariners for Other Considerations. 2025 transaction archive |  | |
| 2025 | Minnesota Twins signed free agent LHP Anthony Misiewicz to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - | |
| 2025 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent OF Camden Sanders to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent C Daniel Vellojin to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent C Renyel Campos to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - | |
| 2025 | Texas Rangers signed free agent C Chad Wallach to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Texas Rangers signed free agent RF Cody Thomas to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2025 transaction archive | - | |
| 2025 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent RHP Dalton Roach to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - | |
| 2025 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent RHP Chris Rodriguez to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - | |
| 2025 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent RHP Jesús Liranzo to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - | |
| 2025 | Minnesota Twins signed free agent RHP Joel Cesar to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - | |
| 2025 | Texas Rangers signed free agent RHP Peyton Gray to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - | |
| 2025 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent OF Kolby Johnson to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - | |
| 2025 | San Diego Padres signed free agent LHP Austin Davis to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent LHP Brady Feigl to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - | |
| 2024 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent RHP Jordan Powell to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - | |
| 2023 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent LHP Ryan Sherriff to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - | |
| 2023 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent 1B Jason Hinchman to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent CF Jake Snider to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - | |
| 2023 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent RHP Tanner Shears to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - | |
| 2023 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent RF Raimel Tapia and to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2023 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent LHP Santiago Quintero to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent RHP Zachary Hammer to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent LHP Luis Moncada to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Minnesota Twins signed free agent RHP Leonardo Lugo to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent RHP Luis Tejeda to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent RHP Tyler Chatwood. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | New York Yankees signed free agent SS Hans Montero to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2020 | Boston Red Sox traded RHP Travis Lakins to Chicago Cubs for Future Considerations. 2020 transaction archive | |  |
| 2020 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent LHP Adalberto Mejia to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent SS Andrew Romine to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent LF Marcell Ozuna. 2020 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2020 | Miami Marlins released LHP Brian Moran. 2020 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2020 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent LHP Hector Santiago to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2020 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2020 | Texas Rangers signed free agent LHP Sal Mendez to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent RHP Daniel Corcino to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent RHP Bradley Gonzales to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent 1B Wilmer Flores. 2019 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | New York Yankees traded RHP Sonny Gray and LHP Reiver Sanmartin to Cincinnati Reds for 2B Shed Long Jr. and Future Considerations. 2019 transaction archive | | |
| 2019 | Seattle Mariners traded OF Josh Stowers to New York Yankees for 2B Shed Long. 2019 transaction archive | | |
| 2019 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent C Hector Sanchez to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent 2B Gordon Beckham to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | New York Yankees signed free agent RHP Danny Farquhar to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent RHP Michael Blazek to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent LHP Antonio Bastardo to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent RHP Juan Manuel Abril to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent RHP Blaine Boyer to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent SS Dean Anna to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent RHP Matt Albers. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent 1B Chris Davis. 2016 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | New York Mets signed free agent 3B Niuman Romero to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent LHP Kraig Sitton to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Miami Marlins signed free agent 3B Zach Lutz to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Houston Astros traded C Carlos Corporan to Texas Rangers for RHP Akeem Bostick. 2015 transaction archive | |  |
| 2015 | Washington Nationals signed free agent RHP Max Scherzer. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent RHP Jason Marquis to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent LHP Dail Villanueva to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent OF Jake Luce to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent C Humberto Quintero to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent 2B Angelys Nina to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Washington Nationals signed free agent RHP Evan Meek to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent LHP Dontrelle Willis to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Oakland Athletics signed free agent RF Matt Angle to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | San Francisco Giants signed free agent LF John Bowker to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2015 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent LHP Jeremy Horst to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent LF Quintin Berry to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent LHP Robert Zarate to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent RHP Chad Gaudin to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2014 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2014 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent RF Bobby Abreu to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent LF Shelley Duncan to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | New York Mets signed free agent LHP John Lannan to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | New York Mets signed free agent SS Omar Quintanilla to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent 1B Carlos Diaz to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent RHP Lianmy Galan to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent RHP Jose Diaz to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent RHP Luis Gomez to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent RHP Jeffry Martinez to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent RHP Luis Sanchez to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent RHP Thony Vinicio to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent LHP Erick Hurtado to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent SS Junior Vasquez to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent OF Francisco Rodriguez to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Minnesota Twins signed free agent SS Edwin Franco to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent C Rafael Gamboa to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Cleveland Indians signed free agent LF Ben Francisco to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2013 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2013 | Cleveland Indians signed free agent 2B Ryan Raburn to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Houston Astros signed free agent LHP Erik Bedard to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | New York Mets signed free agent LHP Pedro Feliciano to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Boston Red Sox traded 2B Marco Scutaro to Colorado Rockies for RHP Clayton Mortensen. 2012 transaction archive | | |
| 2012 | Texas Rangers signed free agent LHP Mitch Stetter to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP Dirk Hayhurst to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent 2B Daniel Mayora to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | St. Louis Cardinals signed free agent 3B Nick Punto. 2011 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2011 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent LF Jeremy Reed to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Toronto Blue Jays traded CF Vernon Wells to Los Angeles Angels for C Mike Napoli and LF Juan Rivera. 2011 transaction archive | | |
| 2011 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent RHP Leonel Bastidas to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 1999 | Matt Sauer |
| 1996 | Michel Baez |
| 1995 | Antonio Senzatela |
| 1995 | Zach Plesac |
| 1994 | Jake Cronenworth |
| 1990 | Joe Wieland |
| 1990 | Jose Ramirez |
| 1988 | Josh Ravin |
| 1988 | Preston Claiborne |
| 1987 | Brandon Crawford |
| 1987 | Chase d'Arnaud |
| 1987 | Jake Diekman |
| 1987 | Josh Wall |
| 1987 | Roger Kieschnick |
| 1984 | Robert Ray |
| 1981 | Wil Ledezma |
| 1976 | Jason Ryan |
| 1976 | Ron Wright |
| 1972 | Alan Benes |
| 1971 | Johnny Guzman |
| 1970 | Jeff McCurry |
| 1969 | Rusty Greer |
| 1968 | Keith Shepherd |
| 1968 | Tom Urbani |
| 1966 | Chris Hammond |
| 1965 | Matt Stark |
| 1960 | Andy Hawkins |
| 1960 | Darryl Motley |
| 1959 | Jose Uribe |
| 1959 | Ricky Adams |
| 1955 | Dave Smith |
| 1955 | Mike Smithson |
| 1952 | Mike Krukow |
| 1947 | Bill Stein |
| 1947 | Bob Reynolds |
| 1946 | Johnny Oates |
| 1940 | Rich Beck |
| 1939 | Norm Bass |
| 1937 | Bill Graham |
| 1929 | Danny O'Connell |
| 1922 | Sam Mele |
| 1921 | Ken Polivka |
| 1914 | Blix Donnelly |
| 1913 | Fern Bell |
| 1909 | Bill Karlon |
| 1906 | Glenn Chapman |
| 1905 | Larry Boerner |
| 1900 | Willie Ludolph |
| 1899 | Lew Fonseca |
| 1898 | John Mohardt |
| 1895 | Ed Sperber |
| 1892 | Bernie Boland |
| 1886 | Joe Benz |
| 1885 | Benny Meyer |
| 1881 | Arch McCarthy |
| 1880 | Emil Batch |
| 1879 | Snake Deal |
| 1873 | Frank West |
| 1872 | Irv Waldron |
| 1867 | Mike Tiernan |
| 1862 | Art Sunday |
| 1851 | Frank Sellman |
| Year | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Steve Staggs | 72 |
| 2022 | Bill Harrington | 93 |
| 2017 | Ken Wright | 70 |
| 2014 | Tim Hosley | 66 |
| 2012 | Cliff Chambers | 90 |
| 2012 | Troy Herriage | 81 |
| 2010 | Bobby Bragan | 92 |
| 2010 | Curt Motton | 69 |
| 2010 | Hal Manders | 92 |
| 2005 | Corky Valentine | 76 |
| 2004 | Johnny Blatnik | 82 |
| 1997 | Bill McWilliams | 86 |
| 1996 | Dan Monzon | 49 |
| 1995 | Russ Bauers | 80 |
| 1993 | Charlie Gehringer | 89 |
| 1992 | Chuck Rowland | 92 |
| 1989 | Carl Furillo | 66 |
| 1982 | Al Lefevre | 83 |
| 1980 | Clyde Barnhart | 84 |
| 1980 | Gene Rye | 73 |
| 1979 | Sam Leslie | 73 |
| 1975 | Pat Tobin | 58 |
| 1974 | Claude Cooper | 81 |
| 1972 | Dick Loftus | 70 |
| 1970 | Casper Asbjornson | 60 |
| 1970 | Harry Shriver | 73 |
| 1969 | Dick Terwilliger | 62 |
| 1965 | Bert Whaling | 76 |
| 1959 | Hooks Wiltse | 79 |
| 1953 | Jose Rodriguez | 58 |
| 1949 | Russ Ennis | 51 |
| 1947 | Jimmy Walsh | 60 |
| 1900 | Jim Rogers | 27 |
| 1895 | Frank Bowes | - |
About these records
Every dated event on this page is read directly from the source tables: debuts, final games, birth dates and death dates from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, People table), used under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0, and transactions from the official MLB StatsAPI transactions archive captured through 2026-10-22. Nothing is inferred: a record appears here only when the source carries a complete month and day for January 21.
Honesty notes: the staged People table records complete dates or none, and no partial dates had to be excluded. Missing dates are not unknowns everywhere: an empty death date means the player is living (10,918 rows), an empty final-game date means no end date is recorded (1,932 rows), and 398 rows have no birth date. Early records reach back to the 1870s; 19th-century dates reflect the best retrospective research in the source and are shown exactly as recorded. Award winners and postseason series are staged by season with no calendar day in the source, so they are linked from each season above instead of being dated here. The transaction window covers 2011 to 2026 only. Player names link to career pages for every player who has one.
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