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On This Day in Baseball History: March 4
Sources Lahman People + MLB StatsAPI0 debuts57 transactions
Every major-league debut, final game, transaction, birth and death recorded for March 4, 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
Transactions57
Born68
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 | Cincinnati Reds traded LF Tyler Callihan to Pittsburgh Pirates for RHP Kyle Nicolas. 2026 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2025 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent RHP Brandon Bielak to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Miami Marlins signed free agent C Brian Navarreto. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Washington Nationals released SS Jack Dunn. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent RHP José De León to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent RHP Yency Almonte to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent C Francisco Mejía to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Detroit Tigers traded 3B Andre Lipcius to Los Angeles Dodgers. 2024 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2024 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent LHP Zuher Yousuf to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent RHP Edwin Castillo to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - | |
| 2024 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent RHP Yael Arias to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - | |
| 2023 | Texas Rangers signed free agent LHP Will Smith. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent LHP Brad Hand, and. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent SS Bryson Brigman to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - | |
| 2023 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent LHP Juanmi Vasquez to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent SS Drew Maggi to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent RHP James Marvel to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Miami Marlins signed free agent P Gio Gonzalez. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent P Anthony Swarzak. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent P Manny Barreda. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent P Anthony Swarzak. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent RHP Emerson Talavera to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent C Nick Garland to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Washington Nationals signed free agent RHP Jeff Ames to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent LHP Emilio Marquez to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2017 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent RHP Eduardo Salazar to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | New York Mets signed free agent RHP Donovan Hand to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2017 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent 1B Alex Wojciechowski to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | New York Mets signed free agent RHP Justin Brantley to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Minnesota Twins signed free agent LHP Jonny Drozd to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2017 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent OF Jevi Hernandez to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent P Jose Soriano to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent LHP Roberto Cancio to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent LF Ryan Raburn to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Seattle Mariners released RHP Joe Mello. 2016 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2015 | Detroit Tigers released RHP Joel Hanrahan. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | New York Yankees signed free agent 1B Mat Gamel to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2015 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent RHP Pedro Beato to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent CF Brian Carroll to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent RF Charley Thurber to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | New York Mets signed free agent 3B Josh Rodriguez to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent RHP Carlos Guzman to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent LHP Johan Santana to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | St. Louis Cardinals signed free agent C Charlie Neil to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2014 | Washington Nationals signed free agent LHP Michael Gonzalez to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent LHP Chris Jones to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent LHP Wil Ledezma to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent RHP Joe Martinez to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Los Angeles Angels released RHP Hiroyuki Kobayashi. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent RHP Pablo Gonzalez to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Washington Nationals signed free agent 2B Melvin Dorta to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Washington Nationals signed free agent LF Jason Michaels to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Baltimore Orioles released LHP Dennys Reyes. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent RHP Fernando Hernandez to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent C Nathan Maldonado to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Seattle Mariners signed LHP James Paxton. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Cleveland Indians signed free agent 3B Yonathan Mendoza to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - |  |
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 1998 | Alex Speas |
| 1993 | Jake Hager |
| 1992 | Nick Castellanos |
| 1990 | Richard Rodriguez |
| 1989 | Rubby De La Rosa |
| 1988 | Jose De Paula |
| 1988 | Ryan Strausborger |
| 1987 | Dan Cortes |
| 1985 | Cory Luebke |
| 1985 | Michael McKenry |
| 1983 | Sergio Romo |
| 1980 | Jack Hannahan |
| 1976 | Hiram Bocachica |
| 1974 | Tommy Phelps |
| 1973 | Brian Barber |
| 1972 | Bruce Aven |
| 1971 | Nerio Rodriguez |
| 1970 | Dave Stevens |
| 1970 | John Dettmer |
| 1969 | Ed Giovanola |
| 1969 | Lee Tinsley |
| 1968 | Brian Hunter |
| 1968 | Giovanni Carrara |
| 1966 | Andy Mota |
| 1964 | Tom Lampkin |
| 1960 | Jeff Dedmon |
| 1958 | Lorenzo Gray |
| 1954 | Mark Wagner |
| 1951 | Sam Perlozzo |
| 1948 | Leron Lee |
| 1948 | Tom Grieve |
| 1947 | Bruce Miller |
| 1946 | Danny Frisella |
| 1939 | Jack Fisher |
| 1936 | Bob Johnson |
| 1933 | John Easton |
| 1926 | Cass Michaels |
| 1924 | Jack Brittin |
| 1919 | Les Mueller |
| 1918 | Mel Queen |
| 1917 | Clyde McCullough |
| 1914 | Art Rebel |
| 1913 | Bill Hart |
| 1902 | Emmet McCann |
| 1899 | Dutch Kemner |
| 1897 | Lefty O'Doul |
| 1897 | Neal Brady |
| 1895 | Jesse Baker |
| 1891 | Dazzy Vance |
| 1891 | Jose Acosta |
| 1890 | Earl Tyree |
| 1890 | Johnny Enzmann |
| 1888 | Jeff Pfeffer |
| 1887 | Fred Herbert |
| 1884 | Red Murray |
| 1883 | Chet Spencer |
| 1880 | Lefty Herring |
| 1876 | Charlie Hickman |
| 1874 | Jim Korwan |
| 1870 | Bill Whitrock |
| 1865 | Joseph Herr |
| 1864 | Jack Bellman |
| 1863 | Al McCauley |
| 1863 | Jack Wentz |
| 1862 | Tom Gunning |
| 1861 | Abe Wolstenholme |
| 1858 | Emil Gross |
| 1856 | Clarence Cross |
| Year | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Jose Valdivielso | 90 |
| 2015 | Steve Shea | 72 |
| 2014 | Chuck Kress | 92 |
| 2012 | Don Mincher | 73 |
| 1994 | Louis Brower | 93 |
| 1993 | Bill Antonello | 65 |
| 1992 | Larry Rosenthal | 81 |
| 1983 | Kiddo Davis | 81 |
| 1974 | Les Sweetland | 72 |
| 1972 | Watson Clark | 69 |
| 1968 | Duke Reilley | 83 |
| 1966 | Jack Niemes | 46 |
| 1963 | Jess Cortazzo | 58 |
| 1962 | George Mogridge | 73 |
| 1956 | Frank Kelliher | 56 |
| 1955 | Doc Reisling | 80 |
| 1945 | Malachi Hogan | 66 |
| 1942 | Jack Hammond | 51 |
| 1938 | Jack Taylor | 64 |
| 1925 | John Ward | 65 |
| 1918 | Lon Ury | - |
| 1917 | Joe Dowie | 51 |
| 1916 | Abe Wolstenholme | 55 |
| 1886 | Tom Lee | 23 |
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 March 4.
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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