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On This Day in Baseball History: March 31
Sources Lahman People + MLB StatsAPI64 debuts122 transactions
Every major-league debut, final game, transaction, birth and death recorded for March 31, newest first. Player names link to career pages where one exists, and each season links onward to that year’s awards and postseason archives.
Debuts64
Final games1
Transactions122
Born48
Died23
| Year | Player | That season |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Nick Rumbelow | 2019 awards · 2019 postseason |
| Year | Move | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent 2B E.J. Exposito to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Washington Nationals signed free agent RHP Chandler Champlain to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent RHP Travis Kuhn to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Chicago White Sox traded LHP Jake Eder to Los Angeles Angels for cash. 2025 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2025 | Cincinnati Reds traded CF Stuart Fairchild to Atlanta Braves for cash. 2025 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2025 | New York Mets traded LF Alexander Canario to Pittsburgh Pirates for cash. 2025 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2025 | St. Louis Cardinals signed free agent RHP Aaron Holiday to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent RHP Cesar Gomez to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent SS Eddys Leonard to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - | |
| 2025 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent RHP Juan Felix to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - | |
| 2025 | Texas Rangers signed free agent RHP J'Briell Easley to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | New York Mets signed free agent LHP Greison Acosta to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - | |
| 2024 | Charlotte Knights traded RHP Jake Cousins to New York Yankees. 2024 transaction archive | Charlotte Knights |  |
| 2024 | Toronto Blue Jays traded SS Tanner Morris to Minnesota Twins. 2024 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2024 | Houston Astros signed free agent 1B Jacob Teter to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Tampa Bay Rays traded 1B Dillon Paulson to Detroit Tigers. 2023 transaction archive |  | |
| 2023 | St. Louis Cardinals traded LHP Anthony Misiewicz to Arizona Diamondbacks for cash. 2023 transaction archive | | |
| 2023 | Cincinnati Reds traded 2B Nick Solak to Seattle Mariners for cash. 2023 transaction archive |  | |
| 2023 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent RHP Jeff Hoffman to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - | |
| 2023 | Texas Rangers signed free agent LF Rafael Ortega to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - | |
| 2023 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent IF Wagnel Luna to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent CF Dexter Fowler and to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Washington Nationals signed free agent RHP Tyler Clippard and to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Atlanta Braves released 2B Brock Holt. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Tampa Bay Rays released 1B Ryon Healy. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent 2B Jordan Howard and to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Cleveland Guardians released C Sandy Leon. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Detroit Tigers released C Christopher Proctor. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Seattle Mariners released LHP Ryan Buchter. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | St. Louis Cardinals released LHP Austin Warner. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Miami Marlins signed free agent RHP Mike Pascoe to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent C Tony Wolters. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent 2B Yolmer Sanchez. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent P Carl Edwards Jr.. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent CF Stephen Wrenn to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent RHP Walbert Urena to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | San Francisco Giants signed free agent RHP Jeremy Walker to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | St. Louis Cardinals signed free agent RHP Greg Holland. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent RHP Yovani Gallardo. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | St. Louis Cardinals traded RHP Josh Lucas to Oakland Athletics for RHP Casey Meisner. 2018 transaction archive |  | |
| 2018 | Los Angeles Angels traded C Carlos Perez to Atlanta Braves for 3B Ryan Schimpf. 2018 transaction archive | | |
| 2018 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent RHP Heribert Garcia to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | Miami Marlins signed free agent LHP Logan Boyd to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent C Bryan Holaday to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent 1B Ryan Ripken to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2017 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent 2B Gordon Beckham to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Cleveland Indians released LHP James Russell. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Cleveland Indians released C Guillermo Quiroz. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | San Diego Padres signed OF Tirso Ornelas. 2017 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | Arizona Diamondbacks released 3B Joaquin Arias. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Houston Astros released 2B Joe Sclafani. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Atlanta Braves released RHP Carlos Torres. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Chicago White Sox released 2B Steve Lombardozzi. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Baltimore Orioles released 3B Alex Liddi. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Detroit Tigers released C Luke Carlin. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Philadelphia Phillies released LHP Ken Roberts. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Los Angeles Angels released 1B Brian Hernandez. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Cleveland Indians released SS Austin Fisher. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Philadelphia Phillies released RHP Greg Burke. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Los Angeles Angels released OF Gary Brown. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Cleveland Indians released LHP Brian Moran. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Tampa Bay Rays released RHP Isaac Gil. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Cincinnati Reds released OF Jon Matthews. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Seattle Mariners released RHP Charles Brewer. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Atlanta Braves released C Bryan De La Rosa. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | San Diego Padres released RHP Genison Reyes. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Atlanta Braves released RF David Rohm. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Seattle Mariners released 2B Dayner Moreira. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Houston Astros released RHP Travis Ballew. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Atlanta Braves released LHP Andy Otero. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Detroit Tigers released LF John Mayberry Jr.. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Arizona Diamondbacks released RHP Jose Cisnero. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Houston Astros released RHP Jake Buchanan. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent LHP David Holmberg to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent RHP Dixon Llorens to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Boston Red Sox released RHP Felipe Paulino. 2015 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2015 | Miami Marlins released RHP Nick Masset. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Colorado Rockies traded C Audry Perez to Baltimore Orioles for cash. 2015 transaction archive |  | |
| 2015 | Seattle Mariners released RF Endy Chavez. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Kansas City Royals released 2B Rafael Furcal. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Seattle Mariners traded RHP Erasmo Ramirez to Tampa Bay Rays for LHP Mike Montgomery. 2015 transaction archive | | |
| 2015 | Philadelphia Phillies released RHP Kevin Slowey. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Tampa Bay Rays released 2B Alexi Casilla. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Texas Rangers traded 2B Elliot Johnson to Los Angeles Dodgers for cash. 2015 transaction archive | |  |
| 2015 | Texas Rangers released RHP Jamey Wright. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Toronto Blue Jays released RF Dayan Viciedo. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent LHP Felix Doubront to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Miami Marlins released CF Jonathan Jones. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent RHP Jose Vasquez to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Cleveland Indians signed free agent C George Kottaras to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Oakland Athletics signed free agent RHP Joe Blanton to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | San Diego Padres signed free agent RHP Hector Ambriz to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent OF Trent Oeltjen to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Cleveland Indians signed free agent RHP Mark Lowe to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent RHP Luis Ayala to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | New York Mets signed free agent RF Bobby Abreu to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent RHP Edwin Martinez to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent 2B Luis Joseph to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent RHP Alex Keudell to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent RHP Greg Ross to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent RHP Omar Poveda to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | St. Louis Cardinals signed free agent 2B Ruben Gotay to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Oakland Athletics signed free agent RHP Zach Neal to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent 1B Brandon Snyder to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Texas Rangers released 1B Brandon Allen. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent C Chris O'Dowd to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent 1B Dean Espy to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent RHP Estevenson Encarnacion to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2012 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent LF Conor Jackson to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent SS Andres Blanco to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent 2B Joe Thurston to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Arizona Diamondbacks traded RHP Robby Rowland to Pittsburgh Pirates. 2012 transaction archive | | |
| 2012 | Texas Rangers traded LF Kyle Hudson to Tampa Bay Rays for cash. 2012 transaction archive | | |
| 2012 | Chicago Cubs released 2B Bobby Scales. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent RHP Edgar Gonzalez to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Toronto Blue Jays released RHP Nelson Figueroa. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent C Emmanuel Quiles to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Washington Nationals released RHP Tim Wood. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Washington Nationals released RHP Joe Bisenius. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | New York Yankees released RHP Romulo Sanchez. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent RHP Chris Martin to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent SS Geraldo Valor to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 1998 | Cam Eden |
| 1998 | Elvin Rodriguez |
| 1995 | Brent Honeywell |
| 1995 | David McKay |
| 1995 | Mason McCoy |
| 1994 | Ryan Borucki |
| 1993 | Ty Buttrey |
| 1992 | Ryan Cordell |
| 1989 | Alfredo Marte |
| 1989 | Josmil Pinto |
| 1987 | Peter Bourjos |
| 1983 | Jeff Mathis |
| 1980 | Chien-Ming Wang |
| 1979 | Charlie Manning |
| 1979 | Josh Kinney |
| 1977 | Jamie Brown |
| 1975 | Ryan Rupe |
| 1975 | Tim Christman |
| 1964 | Balvino Galvez |
| 1964 | Chris Cron |
| 1964 | Rafael Montalvo |
| 1961 | Tracy Jones |
| 1953 | Tom Hausman |
| 1946 | Bill Denehy |
| 1940 | Gonzalo Marquez |
| 1938 | John Herrnstein |
| 1938 | Moose Stubing |
| 1931 | Gene Snyder |
| 1920 | Dave Koslo |
| 1918 | Marv Grissom |
| 1904 | Red Rollings |
| 1904 | Sam Dailey |
| 1899 | Ed Johnson |
| 1895 | Carson Bigbee |
| 1894 | Ben Mallonee |
| 1894 | Tom Sheehan |
| 1891 | Jim Brown |
| 1891 | Johnny Couch |
| 1887 | Chick Brandom |
| 1886 | Fred Kommers |
| 1884 | Frank Truesdale |
| 1882 | Big Jeff Pfeffer |
| 1880 | Ernie Ross |
| 1868 | Jack Stivetts |
| 1867 | Bill Hallman |
| 1862 | Art Benedict |
| 1853 | James Pirie |
| 1852 | Tom Evers |
| Year | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Ken Reitz | 69 |
| 2019 | Jake Jaeckel | 76 |
| 2017 | Ruben Amaro | 81 |
| 2016 | Orlando Alvarez | 64 |
| 2016 | Tom Butters | 77 |
| 2015 | Riccardo Ingram | 48 |
| 1999 | Ike Kahdot | 99 |
| 1992 | Ken Silvestri | 75 |
| 1979 | Bob Schultz | 55 |
| 1977 | Johnny Mann | 79 |
| 1974 | Bunny Hearn | 70 |
| 1973 | Roland Howell | 81 |
| 1971 | Sam Post | 74 |
| 1968 | Grover Lowdermilk | 83 |
| 1966 | Grady Adkins | 68 |
| 1957 | Billy Meyer | 64 |
| 1942 | Ray O'Brien | 47 |
| 1941 | Kit McKenna | 68 |
| 1936 | Anton Falch | 75 |
| 1935 | Steve Libby | 81 |
| 1921 | John Fitzgerald | 50 |
| 1901 | George Popplein | 60 |
| 1878 | Henry Burroughs | 33 |
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 31.
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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