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On This Day in Baseball History: February 24
Sources Lahman People + MLB StatsAPI0 debuts81 transactions
Every major-league debut, final game, transaction, birth and death recorded for February 24, 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
Transactions81
Born55
Died25
| 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 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent 2B Max Burt to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent C Elias Díaz to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent LHP Danny Sanchez to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - | |
| 2026 | San Francisco Giants signed free agent C Andrés Rivero to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent RF Travis Jankowski to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent LHP Andrew Chafin to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2025 transaction archive | - | |
| 2025 | New York Mets signed free agent RHP Maykol Vasquez to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | San Diego Padres signed free agent LHP Jeronimo Palmeros to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Washington Nationals signed free agent OF Andry Araujo to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | New York Mets signed free agent OF Hector Francis to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - | |
| 2025 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent 1B Mark Canha to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Houston Astros signed free agent RHP Luis Amador to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent IF Kelly Dugan to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent RHP Jackson Stephens to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent 1B Mike Ford to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent LF Tony Kemp to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2024 transaction archive | - | |
| 2024 | Miami Marlins signed free agent SS Tim Anderson. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | San Diego Padres signed free agent 3B Jurickson Profar. 2024 transaction archive | - | |
| 2024 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent 3B Brian Anderson to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent C Renny SIllet to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent RHP Trevor Kelley to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - | |
| 2023 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent LF Daniel Palka to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent RF Kole Calhoun to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2023 transaction archive | - | |
| 2023 | Texas Rangers signed free agent RHP Dominic Leone to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | New York Yankees signed free agent 2B Geyber Blanco to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | New York Yankees signed free agent RHP Saul Brinez to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - | |
| 2023 | New York Yankees signed free agent C Luis Puello to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - | |
| 2023 | New York Yankees signed free agent C Edison Vivas to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - | |
| 2023 | San Francisco Giants signed free agent SS Anthony Tandron to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - | |
| 2023 | Texas Rangers signed free agent LHP Joe Palumbo to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent 2B Tyler Krieger to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent SS Ryan Grotjohn to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent SS Morgan McCullough to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Cleveland Guardians signed free agent RHP Eudry Alcantara to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent 3B Marwin Gonzalez. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Oakland Athletics traded CF Dustin Fowler to Pittsburgh Pirates for cash. 2021 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2021 | New York Mets signed free agent C Caleb Joseph. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | New York Mets signed free agent C Caleb Joseph. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent SS Marwin Gonzalez. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent SS Marwin Gonzalez. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent SS Marwin Gonzalez. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent SS Marwin Gonzalez. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent SS Marwin Gonzalez. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent RHP Jose Adames to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent LHP Marc Rzepczynski to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2020 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2020 | Houston Astros signed free agent RHP Carlos Hiraldo to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent LHP Jordan Harrison to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed RHP Damien Magnifico. 2019 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent 2B Johnny Weeks to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent LHP Kevin Siegrist to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent LHP Oliver Perez to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent LHP Matt Tomshaw to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent 1B Diego Goris to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent RHP Junior Franco to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent LHP Tommy Layne to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent SS Julio Carreras to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent RHP Enmanuel De Los Santos to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent RHP Petter Caty to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent RHP Johan Lopez to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent RHP Roaldo Carvajal to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent CF Carlos Goris to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Washington Nationals signed free agent C Matt Wieters. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent OF Sanders Commings to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Baltimore Orioles released LHP T.J. McFarland. 2017 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2017 | St. Louis Cardinals signed free agent OF Jose Adolis Garcia to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2017 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent RHP Edgar Martinez to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent C Jon Denney to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent RHP Joba Chamberlain. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent C Anderson De La Rosa to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent 3B Cody Ransom to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent RHP Ryan Perry to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent RHP Jason Berken to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent LF Nelson Cruz. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Houston Astros signed free agent SS Marcos Almonte to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent C Alexander Labrador to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent SS Sergio Lamas to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent C Neomar Magallanes to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent RHP Yanuel Cuevas to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Washington Nationals signed free agent RHP Anderson Martinez to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Washington Nationals signed free agent RHP Gilberto Mendez to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Washington Nationals signed free agent OF Wilman Rodriguez to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 1999 | MacKenzie Gore |
| 1998 | Zak Kent |
| 1997 | Jose Herrera |
| 1996 | Michael Stefanic |
| 1995 | Chance Sisco |
| 1993 | Jose Rojas |
| 1993 | Robert Stephenson |
| 1991 | Yefri Perez |
| 1990 | Eury De La Rosa |
| 1990 | Jason Coats |
| 1989 | Miguel Rojas |
| 1988 | Chris Parmelee |
| 1982 | Gustavo Molina |
| 1982 | J. D. Durbin |
| 1982 | Nick Blackburn |
| 1981 | Paul McAnulty |
| 1981 | Rob Bowen |
| 1979 | Brian Esposito |
| 1979 | Dennis Tankersley |
| 1978 | Dewayne Wise |
| 1978 | Steve Torrealba |
| 1977 | Bronson Arroyo |
| 1976 | Randy Keisler |
| 1974 | Mike Lowell |
| 1973 | Stubby Clapp |
| 1966 | Rod Brewer |
| 1964 | Rene Arocha |
| 1963 | Matias Carrillo |
| 1960 | Nick Esasky |
| 1959 | Bryan Kelly |
| 1956 | Eddie Murray |
| 1954 | Dave Edwards |
| 1953 | Frank Riccelli |
| 1953 | Mike Sember |
| 1951 | Frank Ortenzio |
| 1945 | Gary Moore |
| 1928 | Bubba Phillips |
| 1919 | Del Wilber |
| 1911 | Gerard Lipscomb |
| 1911 | Johnny Oulliber |
| 1910 | Fred Sington |
| 1909 | Clarence Struss |
| 1907 | Bob Seeds |
| 1907 | Earl Grace |
| 1905 | Lynn Nelson |
| 1899 | Clarke Pittenger |
| 1895 | Bill Bagwell |
| 1892 | Wilbur Cooper |
| 1882 | Bugs Raymond |
| 1881 | Bill Lindsay |
| 1877 | Champ Osteen |
| 1875 | Monte Beville |
| 1874 | Con Lucid |
| 1874 | Honus Wagner |
| 1873 | Joe Dolan |
| Year | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | John Oldham | 91 |
| 2019 | John Romano | 84 |
| 2012 | Jay Ward | 73 |
| 2012 | Terry Mathews | 47 |
| 1999 | Johnnie Wittig | 84 |
| 1995 | Woody Williams | 82 |
| 1994 | Jim McKnight | 57 |
| 1991 | Joe Munson | 91 |
| 1990 | Tony Conigliaro | 45 |
| 1989 | Sparky Adams | 94 |
| 1977 | Sal Madrid | 56 |
| 1976 | Carey Selph | 74 |
| 1967 | Jake Propst | 71 |
| 1964 | Henry Baldwin | 69 |
| 1960 | Eucal Clanton | 62 |
| 1957 | Bugs Reisigl | 69 |
| 1953 | Lenny Metz | 53 |
| 1949 | Ted Scheffler | 84 |
| 1947 | Jack Glasscock | 89 |
| 1935 | Joe Moffet | 75 |
| 1927 | Charlie Bennett | 72 |
| 1926 | Eddie Plank | 50 |
| 1915 | Adonis Terry | 50 |
| 1915 | Marc Hall | 27 |
| 1889 | Jim McElroy | 26 |
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 February 24.
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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