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On This Day in Baseball History: March 15
Sources Lahman People + MLB StatsAPI0 debuts90 transactions
Every major-league debut, final game, transaction, birth and death recorded for March 15, 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
Transactions90
Born54
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent RHP J.P. Feyereisen to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Cleveland Guardians signed free agent 3B Kyle Datres to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP Jake Odorizzi to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent LHP Justin Wilson. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Seattle Mariners traded RHP Natanael Garabitos to Kansas City Royals. 2024 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2023 | Milwaukee Brewers traded RHP Victor Castaneda to Tampa Bay Rays. 2023 transaction archive |  | |
| 2023 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent SS Johnny Adams to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - | |
| 2023 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent RHP Ramon Reyes to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent 1B Daniel Vogelbach. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent RHP Heath Hembree. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent LHP Andrew Vasquez. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | St. Louis Cardinals signed free agent RHP Zach McAllister to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent SS Chris Owings to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent 2B Josh Harrison. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent LHP Matt Strahm, and. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent RHP Jeurys Familia. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent LHP Brad Hand. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent SS Andrelton Simmons. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Houston Astros signed free agent 1B Niko Goodrum. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent LHP Cody Reed, , and to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent RHP Collin McHugh. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent SS JT Riddle to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent RHP Drew Hutchison to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent C Brian Navarreto to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent RHP Juan Nunez to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Miami Marlins signed free agent C Willians Astudillo to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Miami Marlins signed free agent RHP Shawn Armstrong to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Washington Nationals signed free agent RHP Anibal Sanchez to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent LHP Edwin Cervantes to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Miami Marlins signed free agent RHP Bryan Mitchell to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent 1B Manuel German to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent RHP Antonio Florido to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Washington Nationals signed free agent RHP Marcos Fortunato to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent P Chasen Bradford. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | New York Mets signed free agent P Sam Tewes. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | Arizona Diamondbacks released LHP Matt Marksberry. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Arizona Diamondbacks released RHP Shane Watson. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Houston Astros signed free agent RHP Juan De Los Santos to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent RHP Reibyn Corona to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent OF Felix Stevens to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | San Diego Padres signed free agent RHP Alfonzo Urosa. 2019 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | Houston Astros signed free agent LHP Jose Nodal to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent C Gianfranco Pena to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent RHP Fray Morelo to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | St. Louis Cardinals signed free agent RHP Nestor Molina to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | St. Louis Cardinals signed free agent RHP Edward Mujica to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Chicago Cubs released RHP Justin Grimm. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent RHP Josh Smith to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent LHP Edinso Aleman to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent 2B Jerrick Francees to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | New York Mets signed free agent SS Giovanny Alfonzo to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent RHP Gabriel Vilera to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Washington Nationals released C Derek Norris. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Baltimore Orioles released RHP Logan Ondrusek. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent SS Santiago Blanco to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent CF Dominique Collie to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent RHP Jose Gonzalez to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | San Diego Padres signed free agent RHP Moises Lugo to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent OF Ervis Marchan to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent C Francisco Ortiz to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2017 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent RHP Eduarniel Nunez to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent SS Joey Wong to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Chicago White Sox released 3B Mike Olt. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Miami Marlins signed free agent C Jefrey Rodriguez to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent RHP Angel Sanchez to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent CF Oscateri Castill to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent SS Osmy Gregorio to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Arizona Diamondbacks released LF Ben Francisco. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Miami Marlins signed free agent LHP Tyler Robertson to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Kansas City Royals traded 3B Brandon Laird to Washington Nationals for Player To Be Named Later. 2014 transaction archive | | |
| 2014 | Chicago White Sox released LHP Greggory Downing. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent RHP Brett Tomko to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | New York Yankees signed free agent Brennan Boesch. 2013 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2013 | Baltimore Orioles traded 1B Michael Flacco to Boston Red Sox. 2013 transaction archive | | |
| 2013 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent RHP Charles Nading to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Minnesota Twins signed free agent 1B Curt Smith to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2013 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP Jose Disla to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Texas Rangers traded LHP Kelvin De La Cruz to Cleveland Indians. 2012 transaction archive |  | |
| 2012 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent 2B Josh Barfield to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent 1B Steven De La Mota to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent OF Tito Polo to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent RHP Leandro Rodriguez to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent RHP Miguel Rosario to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | St. Louis Cardinals released RHP Ian Snell. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent RHP Ramon Ortiz to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Detroit Tigers signed 2B Harold Castro. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Detroit Tigers signed SS David Gonzalez. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Detroit Tigers signed OF Carlos Perez. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Detroit Tigers signed OF Anderson Yance. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | San Francisco Giants signed free agent LHP Carlos Diaz to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - |  |
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 1996 | César Salazar |
| 1994 | Mike Brosseau |
| 1994 | Norge Ruiz |
| 1994 | Sean Poppen |
| 1993 | Greg Allen |
| 1993 | Michael Fulmer |
| 1991 | Max Stassi |
| 1991 | Richie Shaffer |
| 1991 | Trayce Thompson |
| 1990 | Nick Ahmed |
| 1989 | Keith Hessler |
| 1988 | Steve Ames |
| 1985 | Jon Jay |
| 1982 | Juan Carlos Oviedo |
| 1982 | Steven Jackson |
| 1980 | Freddie Bynum |
| 1979 | Kevin Youkilis |
| 1975 | Dan Perkins |
| 1975 | Vladimir Nunez |
| 1974 | Robert Fick |
| 1968 | Kim Batiste |
| 1967 | Bobby Rose |
| 1960 | Mike Pagliarulo |
| 1959 | Harold Baines |
| 1957 | Freddie Martinez |
| 1955 | Mickey Hatcher |
| 1952 | Steve Stroughter |
| 1949 | Jim Kern |
| 1946 | Bobby Bonds |
| 1944 | Dave Watkins |
| 1944 | Wayne Granger |
| 1938 | Bob Locker |
| 1933 | Dick Scott |
| 1928 | Nelson King |
| 1919 | Ray Noble |
| 1919 | Whitey Wietelmann |
| 1917 | Charlie Bowles |
| 1915 | Don Lang |
| 1907 | Lou Fette |
| 1902 | Fred Bennett |
| 1898 | Hal Kime |
| 1898 | Rosy Ryan |
| 1890 | Fred Mollenkamp |
| 1889 | Charlie Mullen |
| 1885 | Ralph Stroud |
| 1885 | Rube Peters |
| 1879 | George Disch |
| 1876 | Bill Hallman |
| 1873 | Ralph Miller |
| 1872 | Mike Flynn |
| 1870 | James Casey |
| 1861 | Bill Wise |
| 1860 | Arlie Latham |
| 1856 | Sandy McDermott |
| Year | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Ed Charles | 84 |
| 2012 | Dave Philley | 91 |
| 2011 | Fred Sanford | 91 |
| 2011 | Marty Marion | 94 |
| 2010 | Ken Holcombe | 91 |
| 2009 | Elmer Weingartner | 90 |
| 2008 | Niles Jordan | 82 |
| 2008 | Rene Valdes | 78 |
| 1993 | Pat Cooper | 75 |
| 1993 | Paul Easterling | 87 |
| 1986 | Bill Patton | 73 |
| 1984 | Buckshot May | 84 |
| 1982 | Eddie Mulligan | 87 |
| 1968 | Allie Watt | 68 |
| 1966 | Chappie Geygan | 62 |
| 1949 | Bill Cissell | 45 |
| 1941 | Al Froehlich | 56 |
| 1939 | Cal Broughton | 78 |
| 1935 | Ed Fuller | 65 |
| 1933 | Otis Stocksdale | 61 |
| 1930 | George Townsend | 62 |
| 1923 | Goat Anderson | 43 |
| 1923 | Pete Wood | 56 |
| 1917 | John Munce | 59 |
| 1909 | Howard Wall | - |
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 15.
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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