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On This Day in Baseball History: April 13
Sources Lahman People + MLB StatsAPI176 debuts35 transactions
Every major-league debut, final game, transaction, birth and death recorded for April 13, newest first. Player names link to career pages where one exists, and each season links onward to that year’s awards and postseason archives.
Debuts176
Final games22
Transactions35
Born46
Died38
| Year | Move | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Chicago White Sox traded 2B Lenyn Sosa to Toronto Blue Jays for OF Jordan Rich and Future Considerations. 2026 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2026 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent RHP Eduardo Villegas to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent OF Stharling De Los Santos to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Cincinnati Reds traded 1B Christian Encarnacion-Strand to Baltimore Orioles for cash. 2026 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2026 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent SS Stharling De Los Santos to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - | |
| 2026 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent RHP Kenyer Navarro to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - | |
| 2025 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent C Yasmani Grandal to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent C Chadwick Tromp to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - | |
| 2024 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent 2B Wilmer Difo to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - | |
| 2023 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent LHP Eric Stout to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Texas Rangers signed free agent SS Adriel Cuello to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Texas Rangers signed free agent RHP Jerson Diaz to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - | |
| 2023 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP Cesar Castro to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Milwaukee Brewers traded 2B Jamie Westbrook to Detroit Tigers for cash. 2022 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2022 | Kansas City Royals released LHP Daniel Tillo. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent 2B Elizaul Chalas to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent LHP Melvyn Amador to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent RHP Wilme Mora to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Miami Marlins signed free agent RHP Franyer Duarte to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | Washington Nationals signed free agent LHP Dan Jennings to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | Washington Nationals signed free agent C Tuffy Gosewisch to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent OF Tarik El-Abour to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Texas Rangers signed free agent RHP Yovani Gallardo to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent OF Daiwer Castellanos to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RF Oneill Manzueta to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Milwaukee Brewers traded RHP Damien Magnifico to Baltimore Orioles for Future Considerations. 2017 transaction archive | | |
| 2017 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent OF Ben Johnson to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | Houston Astros signed free agent RHP Adoni Kery to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2015 | Los Angeles Dodgers released RHP Ryan Webb. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | New York Yankees signed free agent RHP Chris Smith to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2015 | Cleveland Indians signed free agent RHP Jhoulys Chacin to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2015 | Chicago White Sox released C Luis Touron. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent SS Mike Fontenot to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2012 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent RHP Johnnie Lowe to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent RHP Adrian Alaniz to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 1998 | Edward Cabrera |
| 1997 | Cam Devanney |
| 1995 | Anthony Castro |
| 1993 | Koda Glover |
| 1986 | Lorenzo Cain |
| 1983 | Hunter Pence |
| 1983 | Steve Pearce |
| 1980 | Jose Diaz |
| 1971 | Kevin Ohme |
| 1970 | Ricardo Rincon |
| 1966 | Wes Chamberlain |
| 1965 | Jeff DeWillis |
| 1964 | Doug Strange |
| 1963 | Mark Leiter |
| 1962 | Jeff Bittiger |
| 1959 | Ed Amelung |
| 1942 | Ike Brown |
| 1941 | John Stephenson |
| 1917 | Jim Schelle |
| 1915 | Oscar Grimes |
| 1912 | Jake Mooty |
| 1912 | Woody Upchurch |
| 1906 | Roxie Lawson |
| 1905 | Biff Wysong |
| 1903 | Ken Jones |
| 1902 | Ben Cantwell |
| 1900 | Rufe Clarke |
| 1894 | Pat Martin |
| 1894 | Squiz Pillion |
| 1893 | Roy Walker |
| 1890 | Al Platte |
| 1890 | George Shears |
| 1889 | Claude Hendrix |
| 1885 | Red Killefer |
| 1885 | Vean Gregg |
| 1884 | Phil Ketter |
| 1883 | Mike Simon |
| 1881 | Patsy O'Rourke |
| 1879 | Jake Stahl |
| 1875 | Kid Elberfeld |
| 1875 | Pete Cregan |
| 1870 | Abel Lizotte |
| 1866 | Herman Long |
| 1863 | Charlie Sweeney |
| 1858 | Bill Barnes |
| 1848 | Bill Yeatman |
| Year | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Tommy Helms | 83 |
| 2024 | Larry Brown | 84 |
| 2023 | Don Leppert | 91 |
| 2023 | Mike Baxes | 92 |
| 2017 | Vic Barnhart | 94 |
| 2009 | Mark Fidrych | 54 |
| 2006 | Bill Baker | 95 |
| 2006 | Dutch Fehring | 93 |
| 2005 | Don Blasingame | 73 |
| 2000 | Frenchy Bordagaray | 90 |
| 1998 | Jack Bolling | 81 |
| 1998 | Randy Brown | 54 |
| 1997 | Harry Rosenberg | 88 |
| 1995 | Hal Peck | 77 |
| 1992 | Steve Shemo | 77 |
| 1982 | Ray Knode | 81 |
| 1979 | Frankie Kelleher | 62 |
| 1976 | Mike McCormick | 58 |
| 1971 | Troy Puckett | 81 |
| 1967 | Herb Welch | 68 |
| 1967 | Tommy Griffith | 77 |
| 1964 | Ed Pipgras | 59 |
| 1951 | Wish Egan | 69 |
| 1946 | Billy Gumbert | 80 |
| 1945 | Joe Kutina | 60 |
| 1941 | Joe Schultz | 47 |
| 1933 | Ody Abbott | 46 |
| 1930 | Frank Kitson | 60 |
| 1929 | John Castle | 49 |
| 1929 | John Kelty | 58 |
| 1927 | Kirtley Baker | 57 |
| 1927 | Tommy Johns | 75 |
| 1923 | Gene Krapp | 35 |
| 1909 | Fred Cone | - |
| 1908 | John Kelly | 49 |
| 1906 | Bill Dugan | - |
| 1898 | Charlie McCullough | - |
| 1897 | Charles Yingling | 31 |
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 13.
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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