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On This Day in Baseball History: April 15
Sources Lahman People + MLB StatsAPI271 debuts39 transactions
Every major-league debut, final game, transaction, birth and death recorded for April 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.
Debuts271
Final games29
Transactions39
Born51
Died31
| Year | Move | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent LHP Martín Pérez to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Texas Rangers signed free agent RHP Eithan Mendez to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent SS Luis Almeida to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent LHP Riley Cooper to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Arizona Diamondbacks traded RHP Junior Fernández to Milwaukee Brewers. 2026 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2026 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent C Adam Hackenberg to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent RHP Jesus Rondon to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | St. Louis Cardinals signed free agent RHP Ricardo Velez to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Baltimore Orioles released LHP Luis González. 2025 transaction archive | - | |
| 2025 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent RHP Jesse Hahn to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - | |
| 2025 | Minnesota Twins signed free agent RHP Tyler Beede to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent SS Corey Joyce to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent RHP Yoelvin Chirino to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent SS Gabriel Mavarez to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent LHP Chris Rusin to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent C Juan Centeno to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | New York Mets signed free agent CF Mason Williams to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent LHP Dylan Lee to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent RHP Jesus Lopez to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent LHP Yokelvin Reyes to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent RHP Kevison Hernandez to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent RHP Juan Burgos to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | New York Mets signed free agent C Johnny Monell to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent RHP Kyle Westwood to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | San Francisco Giants signed free agent LHP Alex Torres to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent RHP Justin Masterson to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent OF Anthony Hewitt to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent RHP Joaquin De La Cruz to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | New York Mets signed free agent SS Pedro Ventura to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent RHP Casey Coleman to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2014 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP Doug Mathis to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2014 | Texas Rangers signed free agent LHP Scott Cousins to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Minnesota Twins signed free agent OF Dutch Deol to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent RHP Felix Paulino to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2013 | Houston Astros traded C Chris Wallace to Cleveland Indians for LHP Eric Berger. 2013 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2013 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent 2B Paco Figueroa to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent RHP Kip Wells to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent RHP Brian Lawrence to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent OF Angel Salome to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 2003 | Eury Pérez |
| 2000 | Rhylan Thomas |
| 1999 | Michael Mercado |
| 1997 | Luis Madero |
| 1997 | Tony Santillan |
| 1996 | Dauri Moreta |
| 1996 | Reiver Sanmartin |
| 1995 | Danny Jansen |
| 1995 | Jesus Cruz |
| 1994 | Trey Wingenter |
| 1993 | Cody Reed |
| 1993 | Daniel Zamora |
| 1992 | Henry Ramos |
| 1989 | Adeiny Hechavarria |
| 1988 | Chris Tillman |
| 1985 | Aaron Laffey |
| 1985 | John Danks |
| 1982 | Michael Aubrey |
| 1980 | Yoel Hernandez |
| 1978 | Milton Bradley |
| 1978 | Tim Corcoran |
| 1977 | Paul Phillips |
| 1974 | Reynaldo Garcia |
| 1972 | Ricky Otero |
| 1969 | Jeromy Burnitz |
| 1968 | Billy Brewer |
| 1960 | Mike Diaz |
| 1956 | Barry Cort |
| 1950 | Dick Sharon |
| 1949 | Ray Bare |
| 1945 | Ted Sizemore |
| 1940 | Willie Davis |
| 1934 | J C Hartman |
| 1931 | Ed Bailey |
| 1926 | Bill Pierro |
| 1917 | Elmer Gedeon |
| 1915 | Joe Hoover |
| 1910 | Eddie Mayo |
| 1897 | Walt Lynch |
| 1896 | George Distel |
| 1894 | Red Gunkel |
| 1893 | Jack Sheehan |
| 1893 | Vern Hughes |
| 1890 | Buck Sweeney |
| 1886 | King Cole |
| 1877 | Ed Abbaticchio |
| 1871 | Bill Gray |
| 1867 | Cinders O'Brien |
| 1865 | Mike Lehane |
| 1864 | Hub Collins |
| 1862 | Elmer Sutcliffe |
| Year | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Marshall Edwards | 72 |
| 2024 | Whitey Herzog | 92 |
| 2023 | Roger Hambright | 74 |
| 2020 | Damaso Garcia | 63 |
| 2020 | Dick Hyde | 91 |
| 2016 | Ron Theobald | 72 |
| 2011 | Bobo Osborne | 75 |
| 2011 | Reno Bertoia | 76 |
| 2009 | Ed Blake | 83 |
| 2007 | Chip Marshall | 87 |
| 1999 | Bernie Snyder | 85 |
| 1997 | Bob Friedrichs | 90 |
| 1997 | Jim Holloway | 88 |
| 1992 | Ralph Weigel | 70 |
| 1983 | Bill Sarni | 55 |
| 1976 | Floyd Newkirk | 67 |
| 1975 | Dutch Schliebner | 83 |
| 1971 | Mickey Harris | 54 |
| 1970 | Ripper Collins | 66 |
| 1961 | Cy Falkenberg | 81 |
| 1961 | Jess Doyle | 63 |
| 1961 | Nick Cullop | 73 |
| 1959 | Win Clark | 84 |
| 1957 | Ernie Padgett | 58 |
| 1957 | Jack Coombs | 74 |
| 1957 | Rube Schauer | 66 |
| 1954 | Chick Holmes | 58 |
| 1946 | Pete Allen | 77 |
| 1937 | Emmet McCann | 35 |
| 1929 | Harry Wilson | 53 |
| 1915 | Frank Figgemeier | 41 |
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 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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