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On This Day in Baseball History: February 28
Sources Lahman People + MLB StatsAPI0 debuts70 transactions
Every major-league debut, final game, transaction, birth and death recorded for February 28, 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
Transactions70
Born52
Died33
| 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 | Texas Rangers signed free agent RHP Jostin Alcantara to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Texas Rangers signed free agent IF Darling Montero to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - | |
| 2026 | Texas Rangers signed free agent C Juan Mosqueda to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - | |
| 2026 | Texas Rangers signed free agent OF Breyner Figuereo to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - | |
| 2025 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent RHP Angelo Ladera to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Minnesota Twins signed free agent RHP Diego Rosal to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | New York Mets signed free agent RHP José Ureña to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent LF Dustin Peterson to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent RHP Julio Teheran to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent 2B Kolten Wong to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2024 transaction archive | - | |
| 2024 | San Diego Padres signed free agent LF Tim Locastro to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | New York Mets signed free agent RHP Jon Duplantier to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - | |
| 2023 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent RHP Yeferson Tales to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent LHP Austin Warner to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent RHP Luis Aguilar to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Texas Rangers signed free agent OF Jeremy Santana to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Arizona Diamondbacks traded P Travis Bergen to Toronto Blue Jays for $0. 2021 transaction archive | |  |
| 2020 | Houston Astros signed free agent RHP Alimber Santa to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent 2B Andy Burns to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | New York Mets signed free agent RHP Miguel Alfonseca to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | New York Mets signed free agent RHP Cristian Olivero to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent P Jose Hiraldo to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent LHP Eddy Alcantara to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | San Diego Padres signed free agent RHP Chris Rowley to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | New York Mets signed free agent C Natanael Ramos to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Cleveland Indians signed free agent 1B Mike Napoli to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | Texas Rangers traded and RHP Domingo Pena to Kansas City Royals. 2018 transaction archive | |  |
| 2018 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent 1B Lucas Duda. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Minnesota Twins signed free agent 1B Logan Morrison. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent RHP Maiker Galea to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent 3B Edwin Peralta to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | St. Louis Cardinals signed free agent RHP Luis Tena to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | Houston Astros signed free agent RHP Jherson Pereira to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | San Diego Padres signed free agent OF Cole Gillespie to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent SS Luis Valdes to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent RHP Kida De La Cruz to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2017 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent C Manuel Herazo to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent RHP Matt Buschmann to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Miami Marlins signed free agent LHP Juan Reyes to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2017 | New York Yankees signed free agent RHP Colten Brewer to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2017 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | Cleveland Indians signed free agent 3B Juan Uribe. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent RHP Rafael Soriano to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | San Diego Padres signed free agent SS Justin Sellers to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Washington Nationals signed free agent LHP Rich Hill to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2015 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2015 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent RHP Elih Villanueva to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | St. Louis Cardinals signed free agent RHP Miguel Caigua to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | New York Yankees signed free agent RHP Chris Bootcheck to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent 2B Tucker Nathans to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent RHP Cesar Arreaza to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent 3B Freddy Sandoval to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Washington Nationals signed free agent OF Israel Mota to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent SS Raul Wallace to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent RHP Miguel Gonzalez to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Cleveland Indians signed free agent OF Juan Fuente to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | New York Yankees signed free agent RHP Fernando Jose to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | New York Yankees signed free agent RHP Merki Martinez to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent OF Olvis Jimenez to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent OF Raynar Guerrero to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent LHP Carlos Garcia to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent RHP William Gonzalez to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent RHP Keivin Heras to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent LHP Luis Ortega to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent RHP Enfember Martinez to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent RHP Edinxon Pacheco to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent LHP Randy Perez to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent RHP Yankory Pimentel to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent RHP Victor Ramirez to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent RHP Dioscar Romero to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Tampa Bay Rays signed RHP Andres Gonzalez. 2011 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2011 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent RHP Pedro Barrera to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 1998 | Ryan Zeferjahn |
| 1995 | Randy Arozarena |
| 1994 | Yonathan Daza |
| 1992 | Niko Goodrum |
| 1989 | Chad Bell |
| 1989 | Neftali Soto |
| 1988 | Aroldis Chapman |
| 1987 | Aaron Thompson |
| 1983 | Jeff Niemann |
| 1983 | Trent Oeltjen |
| 1983 | Tug Hulett |
| 1981 | Brian Bannister |
| 1978 | Brian Reith |
| 1976 | Bobby Madritsch |
| 1975 | Juan Moreno |
| 1975 | Ricky Stone |
| 1968 | Mike Milchin |
| 1958 | Dallas Williams |
| 1954 | John Poloni |
| 1952 | Orlando Alvarez |
| 1951 | Jim Wohlford |
| 1951 | Rufino Linares |
| 1951 | Tom Spencer |
| 1949 | Jim Kremmel |
| 1948 | Mark Wiley |
| 1946 | Marty Perez |
| 1933 | Bill Kern |
| 1930 | Dolan Nichols |
| 1930 | Frank Malzone |
| 1930 | Ron Samford |
| 1929 | Ed Albrecht |
| 1928 | Dick Kokos |
| 1916 | Howie Krist |
| 1912 | Mark Filley |
| 1909 | Roman Bertrand |
| 1909 | Walter Hilcher |
| 1906 | Al Baker |
| 1906 | Pete Daglia |
| 1900 | Doc Wood |
| 1899 | Lil Stoner |
| 1898 | Jake Miller |
| 1896 | Homer Ezzell |
| 1893 | Sam Mayer |
| 1887 | Joe Fautsch |
| 1886 | Al Humphrey |
| 1885 | Tom Walsh |
| 1881 | Harry McCormick |
| 1881 | Terry Turner |
| 1875 | George Gillpatrick |
| 1872 | Gene McAuliffe |
| 1867 | Joe Yingling |
| 1865 | Jack Easton |
| Year | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Hector Ortiz | 54 |
| 2023 | Fred Marolewski | 94 |
| 2022 | Ike Delock | 92 |
| 2020 | Johnny Antonelli | 89 |
| 2015 | Alex Johnson | 72 |
| 2013 | Ford Mullen | 96 |
| 2013 | Pompeyo Davalillo | 84 |
| 2011 | Scott Cary | 87 |
| 2009 | Humberto Robinson | 78 |
| 2009 | James Atkins | 87 |
| 2009 | Tom Sturdivant | 78 |
| 2003 | Jim Fridley | 78 |
| 1999 | Ken Robinson | 29 |
| 1997 | Les Munns | 88 |
| 1995 | Wally Millies | 88 |
| 1988 | Harvey Kuenn | 57 |
| 1982 | Roy Sherid | 75 |
| 1973 | Syl Simon | 75 |
| 1972 | Dizzy Trout | 56 |
| 1971 | Lou Chiozza | 60 |
| 1968 | Lena Blackburne | 81 |
| 1963 | Eppa Rixey | 71 |
| 1958 | Henry Smoyer | 67 |
| 1947 | Clarence Stephens | 83 |
| 1947 | Ike Fisher | 75 |
| 1941 | Wilson Collins | 51 |
| 1935 | Harry Schafer | 88 |
| 1934 | John Irwin | 72 |
| 1922 | Walt Walker | 61 |
| 1917 | Parson Nicholson | 53 |
| 1914 | Art Sladen | 54 |
| 1903 | Mike Lehane | 37 |
| 1894 | Edgar McNabb | 28 |
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 28.
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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