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On This Day in Baseball History: April 7
Sources Lahman People + MLB StatsAPI144 debuts63 transactions
Every major-league debut, final game, transaction, birth and death recorded for April 7, newest first. Player names link to career pages where one exists, and each season links onward to that year’s awards and postseason archives.
Debuts144
Final games21
Transactions63
Born52
Died22
| Year | Move | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | St. Louis Cardinals traded LHP Nick Raquet to Baltimore Orioles for 2B Brayden Smith. 2026 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2026 | Minnesota Twins signed free agent RHP William Fleming to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent RHP Tyler Beede to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent RHP Joe Ross to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent RHP Wilfry Michel to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent RHP Maikel Vargas to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent C Dilan Mata to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - | |
| 2026 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent RHP Ryan Loutos to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Houston Astros signed free agent RHP Andrew Dunford to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent RHP Josbel Garcia to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | New York Yankees signed free agent RHP Adam Ottavino. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Boston Red Sox traded RHP Quinn Priester to Milwaukee Brewers for CF Yophery Rodriguez, Player To Be Named Later and Draft Pick. 2025 transaction archive |  | |
| 2025 | New York Yankees signed free agent LF Cooper Hummel to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - | |
| 2025 | Baltimore Orioles traded LF Daz Cameron and cash to Milwaukee Brewers for LHP Grant Wolfram. 2025 transaction archive | | |
| 2025 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent RHP Erinyel Marquez to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - | |
| 2025 | Minnesota Twins signed free agent RHP Ruddy Gomez to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - | |
| 2025 | Texas Rangers signed free agent IF Fabelin Volquez to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Pittsburgh Pirates traded RHP Colin Selby to Kansas City Royals for LHP Connor Oliver. 2024 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2024 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent LHP Matt Gage to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Oakland Athletics signed free agent LHP John Beller to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Oakland Athletics signed free agent RHP Spencer Patton to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - | |
| 2023 | Oakland Athletics signed free agent RHP Zach Neal to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - | |
| 2023 | San Diego Padres signed free agent CF Ray-Patrick Didder to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Minnesota Twins signed free agent C Chance Sisco to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | San Diego Padres traded RHP Chris Paddack, RHP Emilio Pagan and Player To Be Named Later to Minnesota Twins for LHP Taylor Rogers, OF Brent Rooker and cash. 2022 transaction archive | | |
| 2022 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent CF Jake Marisnick. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent RHP Kyle Crick. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Arizona Diamondbacks traded CF Jeferson Espinal to Texas Rangers for 2B Yonny Hernandez. 2022 transaction archive | | |
| 2022 | Miami Marlins traded C Alex Jackson to Milwaukee Brewers for SS Hayden Cantrelle. 2022 transaction archive | |  |
| 2022 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent C Keegan Fish to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent SS Jason Matthews to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Pittsburgh Pirates traded RHP Adonis Medina to New York Mets. 2022 transaction archive | |  |
| 2022 | Baltimore Orioles traded SS Mason McCoy to Seattle Mariners. 2022 transaction archive | | |
| 2022 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent LHP Ross Detwiler to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent RHP Dellin Betances to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Philadelphia Phillies signed RHP Austin Ross. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent RHP Maicor Serrano to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent C Adrian Garcia to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent C Matt Jones. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | Arizona Diamondbacks traded OF Rob Refsnyder to Cincinnati Reds for Player To Be Named Later. 2019 transaction archive | | |
| 2019 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent RHP Joel Benitez to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent RHP Jonathan Bernal to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed LHP Robby Sexton. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent LHP David Holmberg to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2017 | Colorado Rockies traded RHP Miguel Castro to Baltimore Orioles for Player To Be Named Later. 2017 transaction archive | | |
| 2017 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent LHP Steve Ascher to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Minnesota Twins signed free agent RHP Chris Anderson to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | St. Louis Cardinals signed free agent 1B Rangel Ravelo to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | St. Louis Cardinals traded LHP Jayson Aquino to Baltimore Orioles for cash. 2016 transaction archive | | |
| 2016 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent LHP Neal Cotts to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent RHP Jeremiah Muhammad to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent RHP Genison Reyes to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent C Jordan Hankins to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Chicago Cubs released CF Ryan Sweeney. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent RHP Jose Gonzalez to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Cleveland Indians traded RHP Preston Guilmet to Baltimore Orioles for 2B Torsten Boss. 2014 transaction archive |  | |
| 2014 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent 3B Ryan Roberts. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Minnesota Twins traded LHP Miguel Sulbaran to New York Yankees for SS Eduardo Nunez. 2014 transaction archive | | |
| 2014 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent RHP Steven Hensley to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent RHP Ray Cabrera to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2012 | Pittsburgh Pirates traded LHP Brian Tallet to San Diego Padres. 2012 transaction archive | | |
| 2012 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent Brian Anderson. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent 2B Drew Thompson to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 1999 | Tim Tawa |
| 1996 | Hoy Park |
| 1996 | Magneuris Sierra |
| 1994 | Joel Payamps |
| 1994 | Josh Hader |
| 1993 | David Bote |
| 1993 | Eduardo Rodriguez |
| 1989 | Kevin Shackelford |
| 1988 | Charles Brewer |
| 1986 | Chia-Jen Lo |
| 1983 | Wes Whisler |
| 1980 | Vinny Rottino |
| 1979 | Adrian Beltre |
| 1979 | Danny Sandoval |
| 1977 | Ben Petrick |
| 1977 | Jimmy Osting |
| 1975 | Ronnie Belliard |
| 1973 | Brett Tomko |
| 1971 | Mark Thompson |
| 1969 | Ricky Bones |
| 1966 | Freddie Benavides |
| 1957 | Rick Engle |
| 1955 | Bobby Mitchell |
| 1951 | Dave Cripe |
| 1951 | Dave Oliver |
| 1948 | Rick Sawyer |
| 1944 | Bill Stoneman |
| 1942 | Tom Phoebus |
| 1933 | Bobby Del Greco |
| 1933 | Joe Hicks |
| 1930 | Richie Myers |
| 1921 | Frank Seward |
| 1918 | Bobby Doerr |
| 1908 | George Hockette |
| 1907 | Oral Hildebrand |
| 1905 | Joe Hassler |
| 1902 | Buck Redfern |
| 1894 | Fred Lear |
| 1894 | Horace Milan |
| 1893 | Desmond Beatty |
| 1893 | Fletcher Low |
| 1891 | Happy Felsch |
| 1887 | Jack Ferry |
| 1886 | Ed Lafitte |
| 1885 | Charlie Rhodes |
| 1883 | Bill Cooney |
| 1879 | Art Weaver |
| 1874 | Harry Wilhelm |
| 1874 | John Ganzel |
| 1873 | John McGraw |
| 1858 | Milo Lockwood |
| 1850 | Walter Terry |
| Year | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Jerry Grote | 81 |
| 2021 | Jack Smith | 85 |
| 2021 | Jerry Davie | 88 |
| 2020 | John Matias | 75 |
| 2015 | Jose Capellan | 34 |
| 2005 | Bob Kennedy | 84 |
| 1997 | Luis Aloma | 73 |
| 1995 | Frank Secory | 82 |
| 1993 | Bob Alexander | 70 |
| 1993 | Howie McFarland | 83 |
| 1970 | Ollie Voigt | 71 |
| 1969 | Simon Rosenthal | 65 |
| 1968 | Mahlon Higbee | 66 |
| 1967 | Shanty Hogan | 61 |
| 1964 | Johnny Tillman | 70 |
| 1963 | Jim Ball | 79 |
| 1959 | Johnson Fry | 57 |
| 1957 | Jim Scott | 68 |
| 1927 | Billy Alvord | 63 |
| 1927 | Ray Miller | 39 |
| 1914 | Charlie Ganzel | 51 |
| 1899 | Bill Gallagher | - |
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 April 7.
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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