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On This Day in Baseball History: April 29
Sources Lahman People + MLB StatsAPI111 debuts53 transactions
Every major-league debut, final game, transaction, birth and death recorded for April 29, newest first. Player names link to career pages where one exists, and each season links onward to that year’s awards and postseason archives.
Debuts111
Final games63
Transactions53
Born57
Died24
| Year | Move | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | New York Mets signed free agent SS Jamari Baylor to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Texas Rangers signed free agent SS Diego Castillo to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent RHP Shaun Anderson to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | New York Mets signed free agent LHP Brooks Raley. 2025 transaction archive | - | |
| 2025 | San Francisco Giants signed free agent 3B Devin Mann to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | San Francisco Giants signed free agent LF Cal Mitchell to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - | |
| 2025 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent RHP Bryan Shaw to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent RHP Ryan Harvey to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent LHP Nick Margevicius to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - | |
| 2025 | Minnesota Twins signed free agent RHP Will Armbruester to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent RHP Albert Vega to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent LHP Sebastian Lopez to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP Yonaiker Perez to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent C Jesus Morales to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent RHP Ismael Morey to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - | |
| 2024 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent RHP Moises Flores to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - | |
| 2024 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent RHP Fred Fajardo to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - | |
| 2024 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent RHP Gabriel Encarnacion to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - | |
| 2024 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent RHP Rowell Arroyo to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - | |
| 2023 | Milwaukee Brewers traded RHP Javy Guerra to Tampa Bay Rays for Player To Be Named Later. 2023 transaction archive | |  |
| 2023 | Milwaukee Brewers traded RHP Javy Guerra to Tampa Bay Rays for Player To Be Named Later. 2023 transaction archive | | |
| 2023 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent RHP Naoel Mejia to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | San Francisco Giants released LHP Darien Nunez. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent RHP Rafael Dolis to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent OF Cristofher Paniagua to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent C Rodrigo Vigil to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent 3B Juan Mota to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Miami Marlins signed free agent LHP Jefry Yan to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | Cleveland Indians signed free agent 2B Drew Stankiewicz to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | Minnesota Twins signed free agent IF Rubel Cespedes to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent OF Gareth Morgan to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Atlanta Braves released CF Peter Bourjos. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | St. Louis Cardinals signed free agent RHP Julio Puello to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP Jesus Hernandez to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Miami Marlins signed free agent RHP Horacio Acosta to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent RHP Andres Pena to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent LHP Jeremy Bleich to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2017 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent C Jose Mayorga to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Minnesota Twins signed free agent LHP Andrew Albers to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | San Francisco Giants signed free agent SS Joel Perez to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Miami Marlins signed free agent C Jesus Flores to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Texas Rangers signed free agent RHP Lendy Castillo to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Toronto Blue Jays released RHP Mickey Storey. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent LF Steve Pearce. 2014 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2014 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent LHP Ryan Rowland-Smith to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Oakland Athletics traded Casper Wells to Chicago White Sox for cash. 2013 transaction archive |  | |
| 2013 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent LF Corey Patterson to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent LF Juan Rivera to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2013 | Miami Marlins signed free agent C Alex Burg to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent RHP Yomar Pacheco to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Texas Rangers signed free agent RHP Justin Miller to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent LHP Manuel Chavez to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent LHP Erick Cedeno to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 1998 | Joe La Sorsa |
| 1996 | Luis Contreras |
| 1995 | Zach McKinstry |
| 1994 | Scott Kingery |
| 1993 | Rookie Davis |
| 1992 | Steven Brault |
| 1991 | Jacob Hannemann |
| 1985 | Austin Bibens-Dirkx |
| 1985 | Chad Huffman |
| 1984 | Billy Petrick |
| 1984 | Cesar Carrillo |
| 1981 | Omir Santos |
| 1980 | Kelly Shoppach |
| 1978 | Tony Armas |
| 1976 | Brandon Harper |
| 1976 | Erasmo Ramirez |
| 1975 | Josh Booty |
| 1975 | Rafael Betancourt |
| 1974 | Hector Mercado |
| 1974 | Tony Saunders |
| 1971 | Sterling Hitchcock |
| 1970 | J. R. Phillips |
| 1966 | Ed Correa |
| 1966 | John Vander Wal |
| 1961 | Louie Meadows |
| 1961 | Wes Gardner |
| 1958 | Steve Crawford |
| 1954 | Danny Garcia |
| 1952 | Bob McClure |
| 1952 | Ron Washington |
| 1951 | Rick Burleson |
| 1950 | Bob Kaiser |
| 1947 | Jim Williams |
| 1947 | Tom House |
| 1946 | Don Buschhorn |
| 1934 | Luis Aparicio |
| 1933 | Ed Charles |
| 1929 | Mickey McDermott |
| 1929 | Steve Ridzik |
| 1924 | Freddy Rodriguez |
| 1917 | Bob Whitcher |
| 1916 | Art Kenney |
| 1914 | Marv Breuer |
| 1899 | Frank McGee |
| 1898 | Emil Levsen |
| 1898 | Tom Glass |
| 1896 | Johnnie Heving |
| 1893 | Shag Thompson |
| 1888 | Ernie Johnson |
| 1883 | Amby McConnell |
| 1883 | Bill McGilvray |
| 1883 | Rube Manning |
| 1879 | Noodles Hahn |
| 1877 | Frank Dupee |
| 1876 | Pat Deisel |
| 1856 | Frank Hankinson |
| 1849 | Clipper Flynn |
| Year | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Mike Shannon | 83 |
| 2009 | Jack Lohrke | 85 |
| 2007 | Josh Hancock | 29 |
| 2007 | Milt Bocek | 94 |
| 2000 | Buck Varner | 69 |
| 1998 | Ron Blackburn | 63 |
| 1995 | Ray Prim | 88 |
| 1990 | Ray Poat | 72 |
| 1988 | Dom Dallessandro | 74 |
| 1987 | Hubert Bates | 75 |
| 1984 | Howie Gorman | 70 |
| 1976 | Joe Berry | 81 |
| 1974 | Ernie Cox | 80 |
| 1969 | Ed Monroe | 74 |
| 1967 | Johnny Butler | 74 |
| 1967 | Walt Smallwood | 74 |
| 1965 | Johnny Watson | 57 |
| 1953 | Gene McAuliffe | 81 |
| 1943 | Elijah Jones | 61 |
| 1931 | Jimmy McAleer | 66 |
| 1927 | Ben Harris | 37 |
| 1894 | Sparrow McCaffrey | - |
| 1888 | Charlie Ferguson | 25 |
| 1884 | John Morrissey | 27 |
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 29.
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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