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On This Day in Baseball History: April 19
Sources Lahman People + MLB StatsAPI328 debuts35 transactions
Every major-league debut, final game, transaction, birth and death recorded for April 19, newest first. Player names link to career pages where one exists, and each season links onward to that year’s awards and postseason archives.
Debuts328
Final games56
Transactions35
Born60
Died30
| Year | Move | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Houston Astros traded RHP Wilmy Sanchez to New York Yankees for SS Braden Shewmake. 2026 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2026 | Houston Astros signed free agent CF Daniel Johnson to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - | |
| 2025 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent RHP Juan Carela to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent RHP Juan Ramirez to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent RHP Jeury Espinal to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent LHP Alexander Lugo to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - | |
| 2023 | Oakland Athletics traded OF Cal Stevenson to San Francisco Giants for cash. 2023 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2023 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent RHP Nash Walters to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - | |
| 2023 | San Diego Padres signed free agent RHP Darlin Mendez to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | San Diego Padres signed free agent RHP Johan Minaya to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - | |
| 2023 | San Diego Padres signed free agent SS Eric Valdez to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Milwaukee Brewers traded LF Dustin Peterson to Philadelphia Phillies for cash. 2022 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2022 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent RHP Kenebell Sevelen to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | New York Yankees signed free agent 3B Kaleb Cowart to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent RHP Irving Vazquez to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent RHP Rayan Gonzalez to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | New York Yankees signed free agent 1B Logan Morrison to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Boston Red Sox traded C Blake Swihart and Future Considerations to Arizona Diamondbacks for CF Marcus Wilson. 2019 transaction archive |  | |
| 2019 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent C Oscar Rodriguez to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Chicago White Sox traded 2B Tyler Saladino to Milwaukee Brewers for cash. 2018 transaction archive | | |
| 2018 | Oakland Athletics traded CF Trayce Thompson to Chicago White Sox for cash. 2018 transaction archive | | |
| 2018 | New York Mets signed free agent RHP Vance Worley to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2017 | Texas Rangers signed free agent 2B Josh Wilson to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2017 | New York Mets signed free agent RHP Jhonfran Escalona to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | New York Mets signed free agent RHP Felix Sosa to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent C Humberto Quintero to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent RHP Nate Fury to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | San Francisco Giants signed free agent RHP Matt Solter to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | San Diego Padres signed free agent RHP Billy Buckner to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent RHP Rafael Betancourt to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent RHP Luis Garcia to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent OF Luis Ayala to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Kansas City Royals traded RHP Zach Miner to Detroit Tigers. 2012 transaction archive |  | |
| 2012 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent RHP Richard Paulino to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2012 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent OF Jhan De Jesus to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 2003 | Jackson Merrill |
| 2001 | Jordan Beck |
| 2000 | Sal Frelick |
| 1998 | Sean Reynolds |
| 1996 | Seth Romero |
| 1995 | Bryan Garcia |
| 1995 | Chas McCormick |
| 1994 | Tyler Jay |
| 1991 | Bryan Mitchell |
| 1990 | Brian Flynn |
| 1990 | Jackie Bradley |
| 1984 | Ambiorix Burgos |
| 1984 | Jesus Delgado |
| 1983 | Alberto Callaspo |
| 1983 | Curtis Thigpen |
| 1983 | Joe Mauer |
| 1983 | Zach Duke |
| 1979 | Nick Gorneault |
| 1977 | Dennys Reyes |
| 1977 | George Sherrill |
| 1977 | Joe Beimel |
| 1975 | Brent Billingsley |
| 1975 | John LeRoy |
| 1974 | Jose Cruz |
| 1973 | Heath Murray |
| 1973 | Willis Otanez |
| 1971 | Sean Whiteside |
| 1968 | Brent Mayne |
| 1964 | Scott Kamieniecki |
| 1961 | Spike Owen |
| 1960 | Frank Viola |
| 1959 | R. J. Reynolds |
| 1958 | Ed Hodge |
| 1955 | Mike Colbern |
| 1948 | Rick Miller |
| 1945 | Tommy Gramly |
| 1942 | Aaron Pointer |
| 1939 | Gus Gil |
| 1935 | Don Gile |
| 1935 | Hector Maestri |
| 1935 | John Wyatt |
| 1920 | John O'Neil |
| 1918 | Whitey Kurowski |
| 1915 | Glenn McQuillen |
| 1915 | Harry Craft |
| 1909 | Bucky Walters |
| 1907 | Bill Ferrazzi |
| 1901 | Bernie DeViveiros |
| 1894 | John Donahue |
| 1892 | Bugs Bennett |
| 1892 | Chick Shorten |
| 1890 | Ralph Mitterling |
| 1889 | Otto Jacobs |
| 1887 | Jack Martin |
| 1886 | Scotty Ingerton |
| 1885 | Roy Mitchell |
| 1862 | Fred Mauer |
| 1861 | Jim McKeever |
| 1857 | Bill Greenwood |
| 1845 | Nat Hicks |
| Year | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Dave McCarty | 54 |
| 2020 | Bob Oliver | 77 |
| 2018 | John Duffie | 72 |
| 2016 | Milt Pappas | 76 |
| 2008 | John Marzano | 45 |
| 2004 | Sam Nahem | 88 |
| 2003 | Chris Zachary | 59 |
| 1995 | Jack Wilson | 83 |
| 1989 | Gale Staley | 89 |
| 1987 | Frank McElyea | 68 |
| 1980 | Sid Gautreaux | 67 |
| 1977 | Fred Carisch | 95 |
| 1975 | Wes Kingdon | 74 |
| 1969 | Bob Collins | 59 |
| 1969 | Harry Cassady | 88 |
| 1968 | Allan Travers | 75 |
| 1968 | Tommy Bridges | 61 |
| 1966 | Maury Kent | 80 |
| 1965 | Bill Lauterborn | 85 |
| 1963 | Pryor McBee | 61 |
| 1960 | Bob Osborn | 57 |
| 1960 | Vallie Eaves | 48 |
| 1954 | Red Gunkel | 60 |
| 1950 | Dusty Miller | 73 |
| 1937 | Sam Nicholl | 67 |
| 1935 | Jim Donahue | 73 |
| 1934 | Charlie Hickman | 58 |
| 1928 | Harry McCaffery | 69 |
| 1925 | Suter Sullivan | 52 |
| 1922 | Fred Mauer | 60 |
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 19.
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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