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On This Day in Baseball History: February 26
Sources Lahman People + MLB StatsAPI0 debuts76 transactions
Every major-league debut, final game, transaction, birth and death recorded for February 26, 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
Transactions76
Born54
Died24
| 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 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent LF Michael Conforto to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Minnesota Twins signed free agent RHP Yosangel Braffit to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent SS Corey Joyce to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent C Mitch Garver to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Miami Marlins signed free agent C Curt Casali to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Minnesota Twins traded SS Noah Miller to Los Angeles Dodgers for CF Manuel Margot, SS Rayne Doncon and cash. 2024 transaction archive |  | |
| 2024 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent CF Enrique Hernández. 2024 transaction archive | - | |
| 2023 | New York Mets signed free agent RF Jaylin Davis and to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | San Diego Padres signed free agent C Michael De La Cruz to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent OF Julio Valdez to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent P Tyler Clippard. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent Carlos Jimenez. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent P Norge Vera. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent Dario Borrero. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent Adrian Gil. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent Victor Quezada. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent Manuel Guariman. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent Carlos Hinestroza. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent LF Travis Snider. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent P Ben Holmes. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Washington Nationals signed free agent P Jeremy Jeffress. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | Washington Nationals signed free agent P Andres Machado. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Miami Marlins signed free agent P Steven Okert. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent P Benjamin Dum. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | San Diego Padres signed free agent RF Patrick Kivlehan. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Washington Nationals signed free agent P Jeremy Jeffress. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent P Tyler Clippard. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent P Ricardo Pinto. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | San Francisco Giants signed free agent P Scott Kazmir. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | Texas Rangers signed free agent P Tyson Ross. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | San Francisco Giants signed free agent P Scott Kazmir. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | San Diego Padres signed free agent RF Patrick Kivlehan. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent P Keythel Key. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent P Edinson Valdespina. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent C Edgar Quero. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | San Francisco Giants signed free agent RHP Trevor Cahill to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent RHP Kent Hasler to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent RHP Jonathan de Marte to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Cleveland Indians signed free agent 1B Hanley Ramirez to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2019 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | Texas Rangers signed free agent 2B Logan Forsythe to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent OF Cristofe Campo to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent C Daniel Leon to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent C Jonathan Rodriguez to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | Texas Rangers signed free agent RHP Pedro Payano to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | San Francisco Giants signed free agent RHP Yoanys Quiala to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent LF J.D. Martinez. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent 1B Pedro Alvarez to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent RHP Seunghwan Oh. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent LF Ben Revere to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent SS Jose Guzman to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | New York Yankees signed free agent RHP Angel Obando to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent RHP Nehemias Lopez to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent C Geison Nunez to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | San Diego Padres signed RHP Luis Nin. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent LF Shane Victorino to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Cleveland Indians signed free agent CF Will Venable to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Texas Rangers signed free agent C Oswaldo Zacarias to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent SS Enmanuel Omana to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent 1B Matt Clark to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Los Angeles Dodgers released RHP Brooks Brown. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Cleveland Indians signed free agent C Omir Santos to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent C Wilkin Castillo to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent C Robinzon Diaz to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent LHP Johan Santana to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent RHP Frank Viola to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent CF Ryan Stephens to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2015 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent LHP Anthony Vasquez to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | San Francisco Giants signed free agent RF Tyler Colvin to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | New York Mets signed free agent OF Jose Miguel Medina to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | New York Mets signed free agent RHP Scarlyn Reyes to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent RHP Juan Rincon to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | San Francisco Giants signed RHP Jeff Suppan. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | San Francisco Giants signed RHP Marc Kroon. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Philadelphia Phillies signed RHP Jason Grilli. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed C Orlando Mercado. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Boston Red Sox signed 1B Jorge Padron. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 2002 | Dylan Crews |
| 2001 | Trevor McDonald |
| 1997 | Luis Rengifo |
| 1997 | Peyton Burdick |
| 1997 | Trevor Larnach |
| 1996 | Michael Papierski |
| 1996 | Richard Urena |
| 1991 | Kevin Plawecki |
| 1988 | Dustin Ackley |
| 1988 | Hector Rondon |
| 1983 | Francisco Rodriguez |
| 1983 | Joe Martinez |
| 1983 | Jose Reyes |
| 1980 | Gary Majewski |
| 1977 | Josh Towers |
| 1975 | Mark DeRosa |
| 1971 | Danny Perez |
| 1971 | Matt Luke |
| 1968 | J. T. Snow |
| 1967 | David Howard |
| 1967 | Scott Service |
| 1962 | Kelly Gruber |
| 1958 | Bob Hegman |
| 1958 | Darrell Miller |
| 1954 | Jeff Yurak |
| 1952 | Dennis Kinney |
| 1950 | Jack Brohamer |
| 1945 | Steve Hertz |
| 1944 | Don Secrist |
| 1941 | George Kopacz |
| 1934 | Don Lee |
| 1933 | Johnny Blanchard |
| 1930 | Ron Negray |
| 1930 | Vic Janowicz |
| 1920 | Danny Gardella |
| 1917 | Johnny Grodzicki |
| 1917 | Steve Biras |
| 1916 | Preacher Roe |
| 1915 | Bill Conroy |
| 1915 | Stew Bowers |
| 1907 | Cy Malis |
| 1906 | Joe Graves |
| 1905 | Emmett Nelson |
| 1898 | Frank Callaway |
| 1898 | Lee Thompson |
| 1896 | Rip Collins |
| 1892 | Harry Weaver |
| 1891 | Jack Hammond |
| 1887 | Pete Alexander |
| 1881 | Frank Leary |
| 1874 | Bill Yerrick |
| 1863 | Ed Sixsmith |
| 1863 | Sam LaRocque |
| 1857 | Frank Decker |
| Year | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Sandy Valdespino | 84 |
| 2021 | Al Naples | 94 |
| 2017 | Ned Garver | 91 |
| 2011 | Greg Goossen | 65 |
| 2006 | Ace Adams | 95 |
| 1991 | Jimmy Zinn | 96 |
| 1988 | Tom Oliver | 85 |
| 1985 | George Uhle | 86 |
| 1984 | Joe Kuhel | 77 |
| 1982 | Bill Miller | 71 |
| 1979 | Forrest Thompson | 60 |
| 1977 | Harry Welchonce | 93 |
| 1970 | Bill Bankston | 76 |
| 1967 | George Yantz | 80 |
| 1967 | Tommy Heath | 53 |
| 1966 | Garland Braxton | 65 |
| 1961 | Happy Smith | 77 |
| 1959 | Howard Fitzgerald | 56 |
| 1940 | Matt Broderick | 62 |
| 1938 | Tex Jones | 52 |
| 1937 | Ernie Lush | 51 |
| 1929 | Jim Moroney | 45 |
| 1913 | Mike Drissel | 48 |
| 1873 | Cy Bentley | 22 |
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 26.
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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