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On This Day in Baseball History: April 16
Sources Lahman People + MLB StatsAPI280 debuts58 transactions
Every major-league debut, final game, transaction, birth and death recorded for April 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.
Debuts280
Final games38
Transactions58
Born53
Died35
| Year | Move | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | New York Mets traded LHP Richard Lovelady to Washington Nationals for cash. 2026 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2026 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent SS Luke Williams to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Los Angeles Dodgers traded RHP Axel Perez to Baltimore Orioles for RHP Chayce McDermott. 2026 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2026 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent SS Andrew Velazquez to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Miami Marlins traded 1B Jonah Bride to Minnesota Twins for cash. 2025 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2025 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent RHP Colson Lawrence to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - | |
| 2025 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent RHP Angel Lopez to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent RHP Caleb Kilian to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent RHP Keone Kela to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent RF Travis Jankowski to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - | |
| 2025 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent RHP Héctor Neris to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | San Diego Padres signed free agent RHP Kelvin Marte to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent RHP Zach Pop to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | St. Louis Cardinals signed free agent C Andy Yerzy to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | San Diego Padres traded C Brett Sullivan to Pittsburgh Pirates. 2025 transaction archive | |  |
| 2025 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent C Abraham Elvira to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | San Francisco Giants signed free agent RHP Jose Trevizo to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent RHP Carlos Falcon to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - | |
| 2024 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent 1B Yuli Gurriel to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - | |
| 2024 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent RF Justin Dirden to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent CF Tommy Pham to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - | |
| 2024 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent SS Elliot Soto to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - | |
| 2024 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent RHP John O'Reilly to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - | |
| 2024 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent RHP Josehp Marte to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - | |
| 2024 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent RHP Geremy Barroso to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent C Austin Wynns. 2023 transaction archive | - | |
| 2023 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent 3B Drew Ellis to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | San Diego Padres traded RHP Javy Guerra to Tampa Bay Rays for cash. 2022 transaction archive |  | |
| 2022 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent C Sandy Leon to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | San Francisco Giants signed free agent LHP Daniel Tillo to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent CF Andres Tabares to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Washington Nationals signed free agent LF Daniel Palka to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent OF Chris Madera to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | New York Yankees signed free agent 2B Jace Peterson. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent C Kade Scivicque to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | Cincinnati Reds traded C Tony Sanchez to Texas Rangers for cash. 2018 transaction archive | |  |
| 2018 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent LHP Darien Nunez to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | New York Mets signed free agent RHP Hector Ayuso to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent RHP Pablo Falconett to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Texas Rangers signed free agent OF Luis Feliz to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Cleveland Indians signed free agent RHP Frederic Garcia to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent RHP Spencer Moran to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Los Angeles Angels signed OF Alberto Triunfel. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | San Francisco Giants traded RHP Clayton Blackburn to Texas Rangers for cash and 2B Frandy De La Rosa. 2017 transaction archive | | |
| 2017 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent OF Landon Lassiter to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Cleveland Indians signed free agent RHP Charles Brewer to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent OF Emilio Gustave to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Washington Nationals signed free agent OF Quincy Latimore to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent LF Adam Loewen to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent RHP Matt Hauser to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Texas Rangers traded LHP Jeff Beliveau to Tampa Bay Rays. 2013 transaction archive | | |
| 2013 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent 3B Marquez Smith to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Washington Nationals signed free agent C Thor Meeks to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent OF Hersin Martinez to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Miami Marlins signed free agent LHP Jesus Arias to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Miami Marlins signed free agent RHP Angel De La Cruz to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Miami Marlins signed free agent RHP Jose Diaz to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent RHP Brett Sinkbeil to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 1998 | Matt Mervis |
| 1997 | Nivaldo Rodriguez |
| 1996 | Packy Naughton |
| 1994 | Albert Almora |
| 1993 | Keone Kela |
| 1993 | Tyler Bashlor |
| 1991 | Nolan Arenado |
| 1991 | Paco Rodriguez |
| 1990 | Travis Shaw |
| 1988 | Shogo Akiyama |
| 1987 | Richard Bleier |
| 1983 | Tommy Manzella |
| 1979 | Justin Huisman |
| 1979 | Justin Wayne |
| 1975 | Kelly Dransfeldt |
| 1972 | Antonio Alfonseca |
| 1971 | Marc Sagmoen |
| 1969 | Fernando Vina |
| 1969 | Ken Takahashi |
| 1960 | Curt Young |
| 1958 | Rick Grapenthin |
| 1955 | Bruce Bochy |
| 1955 | Rick Jones |
| 1954 | Bruce Robinson |
| 1953 | Bruce Taylor |
| 1953 | Don Reynolds |
| 1946 | Sergio Robles |
| 1944 | Bob Montgomery |
| 1943 | Frank Fernandez |
| 1942 | Jim Lonborg |
| 1940 | Garry Roggenburk |
| 1939 | Bernie Allen |
| 1938 | Rich Rollins |
| 1929 | Ed Winceniak |
| 1925 | Alton Brown |
| 1916 | Pete Suder |
| 1908 | Babe Phelps |
| 1906 | Tommy Sewell |
| 1903 | Paul Waner |
| 1900 | Walt Schulz |
| 1892 | Dutch Leonard |
| 1891 | Charlie Meara |
| 1891 | Ricardo Torres |
| 1883 | Ed Gagnier |
| 1881 | Gene Ford |
| 1880 | Crese Heismann |
| 1880 | Phil Stremmel |
| 1878 | Malachi Hogan |
| 1874 | Ira Belden |
| 1870 | Pop Swett |
| 1867 | Piggy Ward |
| 1866 | Jim Devlin |
| 1859 | Steve Dignan |
| Year | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Carl Erskine | 97 |
| 2019 | Hardy Peterson | 89 |
| 2018 | Ken Hottman | 69 |
| 2015 | Ollie Brown | 71 |
| 2013 | Jack Daniels | 85 |
| 2001 | Hank Riebe | 79 |
| 1991 | Al Verdel | 69 |
| 1989 | Jocko Conlan | 89 |
| 1985 | Benny Zientara | 67 |
| 1980 | Jerry Conway | 78 |
| 1975 | Frank Wayenberg | 76 |
| 1971 | Ron Northey | 50 |
| 1970 | Mal Eason | 91 |
| 1968 | John Michaelson | 74 |
| 1967 | Jim Tennant | 60 |
| 1965 | Charles Tolson | 66 |
| 1964 | Charlie Case | 84 |
| 1964 | Gus Williams | 75 |
| 1956 | George Puccinelli | 48 |
| 1955 | Louis Graff | 88 |
| 1953 | Sam Gray | 55 |
| 1948 | Dick Kauffman | 59 |
| 1945 | Chick Fewster | 48 |
| 1944 | Clarence Foster | 66 |
| 1941 | Howard Wakefield | 57 |
| 1931 | Bucky Veil | 49 |
| 1924 | William Hoover | 61 |
| 1916 | Fred Mann | 58 |
| 1916 | Jim McTamany | 52 |
| 1914 | Podge Weihe | 51 |
| 1910 | Bill Kienzle | 50 |
| 1910 | Tom Loftus | 53 |
| 1907 | Bill Zies | 39 |
| 1893 | Gene Vadeboncoeur | 33 |
| 1893 | John Fox | 34 |
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 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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