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On This Day in Baseball History: March 16
Sources Lahman People + MLB StatsAPI0 debuts123 transactions
Every major-league debut, final game, transaction, birth and death recorded for March 16, newest first. Player names link to career pages where one exists, and each season links onward to that year’s awards and postseason archives.
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Transactions123
Born56
Died38
| 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 RHP Breimy Gueson to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | New York Mets signed free agent 3B Eddinson Paulino to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | New York Mets signed free agent RHP Felix Cepeda to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - | |
| 2026 | San Diego Padres signed free agent RHP Julio Dilone to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | New York Mets signed free agent RHP Kevin Gowdy to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - | |
| 2024 | Oakland Athletics signed free agent 3B J.D. Davis. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent LF Jordan Luplow to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent CF Michael A. Taylor. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent RHP Domingo Germán to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2024 transaction archive | - | |
| 2024 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent SS Bryson Brigman to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent SS Jonathan Guzman to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - | |
| 2023 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent LHP Jake Brentz. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent RHP Evan Marshall to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Minnesota Twins signed free agent 3B Hernán Pérez to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent 2B Jordan Cowan to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | New York Yankees signed free agent 3B Phillip Evans and to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | New York Yankees signed free agent 1B Ronald Guzman and to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | New York Yankees signed free agent LF Ryan LaMarre and to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent CF Andrew McCutchen. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Oakland Athletics traded 3B Matt Chapman to Toronto Blue Jays for LHP Zach Logue, RHP Gunnar Hoglund, LHP Kirby Snead and SS Kevin Smith. 2022 transaction archive |  | |
| 2022 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent RHP Chris Ellis to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent RHP Conner Greene to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent CF Odubel Herrera. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent LF Eddie Rosario, and. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent LF Alex Dickerson. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Kansas City Royals traded LHP Mike Minor and cash to Cincinnati Reds for LHP Amir Garrett. 2022 transaction archive | |  |
| 2022 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent RHP Chad Kuhl. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent SS Jose Iglesias. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent LHP Jake Diekman. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent RHP Ian Kennedy. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent C Chance Sisco to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent RHP David Robertson. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent RHP Cesar Valdez to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent C Kurt Suzuki. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Washington Nationals signed free agent LHP Sean Doolittle. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent RHP Tyler Thornburg. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent RHP Zack Greinke. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent RHP Buck Farmer to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent DH Matt Davidson to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent 3B Matt Duffy. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent 1B Mike Ford to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Texas Rangers signed free agent RHP Greg Holland to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Texas Rangers signed free agent RHP Dan Winkler to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent RHP Andrew Church to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent RHP Isrrael De La Cruz to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent RHP Landon Leach to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent C Deivy Grullon to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent LHP Brandon Leibrandt to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent LHP Eric Stout to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent RHP Yency Almonte to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent RHP Dakota Chalmers to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent LHP Daniel Zamora to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent RHP Jonathan Aro to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent RHP AJ Ramos to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent 2B Kean Wong to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | New York Mets signed free agent RHP Tim Adleman to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | New York Mets signed free agent CF Johneshwy Fargas to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | New York Mets signed free agent SS Tzu-Wei Lin to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent RHP Aaron Barrett. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent 3B Zach Green to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Washington Nationals signed free agent CF Matt Lipka to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Washington Nationals signed free agent RHP Michael Mariot to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Washington Nationals signed free agent RHP Erasmo Ramirez to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Washington Nationals signed free agent RHP Aaron Sanchez to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent RHP Mike Wright Jr. to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent RHP Nick Vincent to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent RHP Wily Peralta. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent C Jose Medina to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Texas Rangers signed free agent LHP Juan Peralta to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent 3B Maikel Franco. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent CF Billy Hamilton. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent CF Billy Hamilton. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent P Jeromy Sosa. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent P Juan Rodriguez. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent 3B Maikel Franco. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent 3B Maikel Franco. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent 3B Maikel Franco. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Minnesota Twins signed free agent C Roberto Pena to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | San Francisco Giants signed free agent SS Francisco Javier to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent RHP Jack Bowins to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent RF David Popkins to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent RHP Gerardo Santana to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | St. Louis Cardinals signed free agent LF Granden Goetzman to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | Minnesota Twins traded RHP Luis Gil to New York Yankees for CF Jake Cave. 2018 transaction archive | | |
| 2018 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent RHP Anibal Sanchez to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent OF Jorge Solano to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent RHP Johsson Arias to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent RHP Oscar Brito to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent RHP Bryam Pena to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | New York Yankees signed free agent RHP Ernesto Frieri to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent RHP Dayeison Arias to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent RHP Dany Hernandez to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent 2B Jose Rivera to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent RHP Jose Parra to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent RHP Julio Raudez to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | New York Yankees signed free agent RHP Wellington Diaz to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Seattle Mariners released RHP Justin De Fratus. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | New York Mets released SS Ruben Tejada. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Cincinnati Reds released RHP Carlos Contreras. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Pittsburgh Pirates released LHP Jesse Biddle. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent RF Ryde Rodriguez to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | San Diego Padres released LF Skip Schumaker. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Arizona Diamondbacks released OF Anthony Cheky. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Baltimore Orioles released LHP Mark Hendrickson. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent CF Jiwan James to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | New York Yankees signed free agent OF Nelson Alvarez to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Cincinnati Reds signed RHP Dauri Moreta. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent RHP Ricardo Smith to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent RHP Moises Nova to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Philadelphia Phillies released CF Hilton Richardson. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Cleveland Indians signed free agent RHP Bijelic Mena to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2013 | Oakland Athletics released LHP Garrett Olson. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent 2B Niko Gallego to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent RHP Marco Grifantini to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Philadelphia Phillies released LHP Dontrelle Willis. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | New York Yankees signed free agent LHP Andy Pettitte to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent LHP Omar Basulto to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent LHP Jovany Lopez to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent LHP Marcus Beltrez to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent RHP Eduardo Vera to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent RHP Richard Mitchell to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Florida Marlins released LF Chris Lubanski. 2011 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2011 | Kansas City Royals signed C Jared Dyer. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 2002 | Brice Matthews |
| 1999 | Vladimir Guerrero |
| 1995 | Rowdy Tellez |
| 1994 | Kyle Funkhouser |
| 1993 | Jacob Rhame |
| 1992 | Reymin Guduan |
| 1991 | Cory Spangenberg |
| 1991 | Spencer Kieboom |
| 1989 | Andrew Triggs |
| 1989 | Michael Blazek |
| 1986 | Mickey Storey |
| 1984 | Harvey Garcia |
| 1983 | Brandon League |
| 1983 | Rusty Ryal |
| 1983 | Stephen Drew |
| 1982 | Brian Wilson |
| 1981 | Curtis Granderson |
| 1979 | Hee-Seop Choi |
| 1976 | Abraham Nunez |
| 1970 | Curt Schmidt |
| 1967 | Don Florence |
| 1965 | Jose Mota |
| 1959 | Charles Hudson |
| 1956 | Juan Espino |
| 1954 | Dan Duran |
| 1953 | Jay Franklin |
| 1953 | Rich Puig |
| 1947 | Tom Bradley |
| 1944 | Rick Renick |
| 1943 | Rick Reichardt |
| 1938 | Cal Browning |
| 1932 | Don Blasingame |
| 1930 | Hobie Landrith |
| 1927 | Clint Courtney |
| 1919 | Tom Gorman |
| 1918 | Vern Olsen |
| 1913 | Ken O'Dea |
| 1912 | Ed Edelen |
| 1912 | Hubert Bates |
| 1910 | Bob Poser |
| 1906 | Lloyd Waner |
| 1904 | Buddy Myer |
| 1902 | Jake Flowers |
| 1899 | Vic Keen |
| 1896 | Arlas Taylor |
| 1888 | Ralph Works |
| 1881 | Art Kruger |
| 1874 | Bill Duggleby |
| 1871 | Bill Bernhard |
| 1865 | Grant Briggs |
| 1865 | Patsy Donovan |
| 1864 | Harry Sage |
| 1862 | Dan Abbott |
| 1859 | Jerry Denny |
| 1857 | Walt Kinzie |
| 1854 | Blondie Purcell |
| Year | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Pete Ward | 84 |
| 2022 | Ralph Terry | 86 |
| 2020 | Hank Workman | 94 |
| 2011 | Tom Dunbar | 51 |
| 2010 | Billy Hoeft | 77 |
| 2008 | Bob Purkey | 78 |
| 2005 | Dick Radatz | 67 |
| 2000 | Carlos Velazquez | 51 |
| 1994 | Eric Show | 37 |
| 1988 | Arnold Statz | 90 |
| 1987 | Bob Kline | 77 |
| 1978 | Moe Franklin | 63 |
| 1974 | Joe Kohlman | 61 |
| 1972 | Pie Traynor | 73 |
| 1971 | Joe Fautsch | 84 |
| 1971 | Ralph Birkofer | 62 |
| 1969 | Andy Rush | 79 |
| 1969 | Nestor Chavez | 21 |
| 1965 | Ed Roetz | 59 |
| 1963 | Tom Walsh | 78 |
| 1962 | Harry Feldman | 42 |
| 1962 | Sumpter Clarke | 64 |
| 1959 | Ben Shaw | 65 |
| 1958 | Leon Cadore | 66 |
| 1955 | Red Booles | 74 |
| 1954 | George Grantham | 53 |
| 1953 | Oscar Jones | 73 |
| 1950 | Norbert Kleinke | 38 |
| 1939 | Sam Dungan | 72 |
| 1935 | Oscar Streit | 61 |
| 1934 | Adrian Lynch | 37 |
| 1933 | Jack Wieneke | 39 |
| 1927 | Jake Wells | 63 |
| 1924 | Bill Harbridge | 68 |
| 1910 | Charlie Reipschlager | 54 |
| 1899 | Egyptian Healy | 32 |
| 1896 | Kid Madden | 28 |
| 1884 | Art Croft | 29 |
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 16.
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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