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On This Day in Baseball History: May 2
Sources Lahman People + MLB StatsAPI164 debuts52 transactions
Every major-league debut, final game, transaction, birth and death recorded for May 2, newest first. Player names link to career pages where one exists, and each season links onward to that year’s awards and postseason archives.
Debuts164
Final games81
Transactions52
Born38
Died25
| Year | Player | That season |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Blaine Crim | 2025 awards · 2025 postseason |
| 2025 | Gunnar Hoglund | 2025 awards · 2025 postseason |
| 2025 | Jorbit Vivas | 2025 awards · 2025 postseason |
| 2025 | Rhylan Thomas | 2025 awards · 2025 postseason |
| 2024 | Naoyuki Uwasawa | 2024 awards · 2024 postseason |
| 2023 | Bryce Miller | 2023 awards · 2023 postseason |
| 2023 | Guillermo Zuñiga | 2023 awards · 2023 postseason |
| 2023 | Xavier Edwards | 2023 awards · 2023 postseason |
| 2022 | Jose Miranda | 2022 awards · 2022 postseason |
| 2021 | Alec Bettinger | 2021 awards · 2021 postseason |
| 2021 | Keegan Thompson | 2021 awards · 2021 postseason |
| 2018 | Fernando Romero | 2018 awards · 2018 postseason |
| 2015 | Blake Swihart | 2015 awards · 2015 postseason |
| 2015 | Scott Copeland | 2015 awards · 2015 postseason |
| 2014 | Casey Sadler | 2014 awards · 2014 postseason |
| 2014 | Ender Inciarte | 2014 awards · 2014 postseason |
| 2013 | Ryan Brasier | 2013 awards · 2013 postseason |
| 2012 | Will Middlebrooks | 2012 awards · 2012 postseason |
| 2010 | Lance Zawadzki | 2010 awards · 2010 postseason |
| 2010 | Wilson Ramos | 2010 awards · 2010 postseason |
| 2009 | Fernando Rodriguez | 2009 awards · 2009 postseason |
| 2009 | Ken Takahashi | 2009 awards · 2009 postseason |
| 2009 | Robert Ray | 2009 awards · 2009 postseason |
| 2007 | Jarrod Saltalamacchia | 2007 awards · 2007 postseason |
| 2006 | Andre Ethier | 2006 awards · 2006 postseason |
| 2006 | Sean Green | 2006 awards · 2006 postseason |
| 2001 | Jimmy Osting | 2001 awards · 2001 postseason |
| 2001 | Josh Towers | 2001 awards · 2001 postseason |
| 2000 | Andy Thompson | 2000 awards · 2000 postseason |
| 1999 | Guillermo Mota | 1999 awards · 1999 postseason |
| 1997 | Mike DeJean | 1997 awards · 1997 postseason |
| 1995 | Angelo Encarnacion | 1995 awards · 1995 postseason |
| 1995 | Freddy Garcia | 1995 awards · 1995 postseason |
| 1995 | Hideo Nomo | 1995 awards · 1995 postseason |
| 1995 | Vaughn Eshelman | 1995 awards · 1995 postseason |
| 1994 | Ray Holbert | 1994 awards |
| 1993 | Jeff Bronkey | 1993 awards · 1993 postseason |
| 1992 | Roger Pavlik | 1992 awards · 1992 postseason |
| 1990 | Mike Bell | 1990 awards · 1990 postseason |
| 1989 | Greg Litton | 1989 awards · 1989 postseason |
| 1988 | Mark Grace | 1988 awards · 1988 postseason |
| 1983 | Jose Oquendo | 1983 awards · 1983 postseason |
| 1969 | Jack Heidemann | 1969 awards · 1969 postseason |
| 1962 | Marty Martinez | 1962 awards · 1962 postseason |
| 1960 | Ken MacKenzie | 1960 awards · 1960 postseason |
| 1956 | Hal Smith | 1956 awards · 1956 postseason |
| 1954 | Bob Zick | 1954 awards · 1954 postseason |
| 1954 | Joey Amalfitano | 1954 awards · 1954 postseason |
| 1952 | Andy Carey | 1952 awards · 1952 postseason |
| 1952 | Pete Taylor | 1952 awards · 1952 postseason |
| 1950 | Randy Jackson | 1950 awards · 1950 postseason |
| 1948 | Clarence Beers | 1948 awards · 1948 postseason |
| 1948 | Joe Tipton | 1948 awards · 1948 postseason |
| 1948 | Johnny Bucha | 1948 awards · 1948 postseason |
| 1948 | Ray Yochim | 1948 awards · 1948 postseason |
| 1945 | Del Rice | 1945 awards · 1945 postseason |
| 1945 | Don Hasenmayer | 1945 awards · 1945 postseason |
| 1943 | Butch Nieman | 1943 awards · 1943 postseason |
| 1943 | Charles Wensloff | 1943 awards · 1943 postseason |
| 1943 | Charlie Brewster | 1943 awards · 1943 postseason |
| 1943 | Joe Wood | 1943 awards · 1943 postseason |
| 1943 | Ken Sears | 1943 awards · 1943 postseason |
| 1943 | Rocky Stone | 1943 awards · 1943 postseason |
| 1939 | Bill Beckmann | 1939 awards · 1939 postseason |
| 1939 | Fred Hutchinson | 1939 awards · 1939 postseason |
| 1939 | Johnny Welaj | 1939 awards · 1939 postseason |
| 1938 | Woody Davis | 1938 awards · 1938 postseason |
| 1937 | Mickey Owen | 1937 awards · 1937 postseason |
| 1932 | Ed Madjeski | 1932 awards · 1932 postseason |
| 1927 | Bill Clarkson | 1927 awards · 1927 postseason |
| 1923 | Les Burke | 1923 awards · 1923 postseason |
| 1922 | Camp Skinner | 1922 awards · 1922 postseason |
| 1919 | Doc Wallace | 1919 postseason |
| 1919 | Lou Raymond | 1919 postseason |
| 1915 | Leo Murphy | 1915 postseason |
| 1914 | Dave Black | 1914 awards · 1914 postseason |
| 1914 | Guy Cooper | 1914 awards · 1914 postseason |
| 1914 | Ross Reynolds | 1914 awards · 1914 postseason |
| 1913 | Bill McAllester | 1913 awards · 1913 postseason |
| 1912 | Jack Onslow | 1912 awards · 1912 postseason |
| 1911 | Bill McTigue | 1911 awards · 1911 postseason |
| 1910 | Ben Houser | 1910 postseason |
| 1910 | Billy Kelly | 1910 postseason |
| 1909 | Art Griggs | 1909 postseason |
| 1907 | Red Downs | 1907 postseason |
| 1905 | Nick Kahl | 1905 postseason |
| 1904 | Bill Schwartz | |
| 1903 | Bill Pounds | 1903 postseason |
| 1901 | Billy Maloney | |
| 1901 | Charlie Jones | |
| 1901 | Pete Loos | |
| 1898 | Bob Wood | |
| 1896 | Billy Hulen | |
| 1896 | Josh Reilly | |
| 1895 | Ambrose McGann | |
| 1895 | Ernie Beam | |
| 1893 | Jim Garry | |
| 1890 | Ed Eiteljorge | 1890 postseason |
| 1890 | Ezra Lincoln | 1890 postseason |
| 1890 | Fred Siefke | 1890 postseason |
| 1890 | George Meakim | 1890 postseason |
| 1890 | Jerry Kane | 1890 postseason |
| 1889 | Spider Clark | 1889 postseason |
| 1888 | Bob Gamble | 1888 postseason |
| 1888 | Whitey Gibson | 1888 postseason |
| 1887 | Gus Weyhing | 1887 postseason |
| 1887 | Lev Shreve | 1887 postseason |
| 1887 | Mark Baldwin | 1887 postseason |
| 1884 | Bill Hunter | 1884 postseason |
| 1884 | Charlie Briggs | 1884 postseason |
| 1884 | Frank Beck | 1884 postseason |
| 1884 | George Myers | 1884 postseason |
| 1884 | Hank O'Day | 1884 postseason |
| 1884 | Jimmy Knowles | 1884 postseason |
| 1884 | John Harkins | 1884 postseason |
| 1884 | Mac MacArthur | 1884 postseason |
| 1884 | Sim Bullas | 1884 postseason |
| 1883 | Bill Gallagher | |
| 1883 | Cal Broughton | |
| 1883 | Charlie Reipschlager | |
| 1883 | Hardie Henderson | |
| 1883 | Mert Hackett | |
| 1882 | Bid McPhee | |
| 1882 | Bill Gleason | |
| 1882 | Bill Tierney | |
| 1882 | Bill Wise | |
| 1882 | Bob Blakiston | |
| 1882 | Charlie Comiskey | |
| 1882 | Charlie Householder | |
| 1882 | Charlie Morton | |
| 1882 | Chicken Wolf | |
| 1882 | Cub Stricker | |
| 1882 | Dan Sullivan | |
| 1882 | Doc Landis | |
| 1882 | Ed Whiting | |
| 1882 | Frank Burt | |
| 1882 | Gracie Pierce | |
| 1882 | Guy Hecker | |
| 1882 | Harry Jacoby | |
| 1882 | Jack O'Brien | |
| 1882 | Jackie Hayes | |
| 1882 | John Clarkson | |
| 1882 | John Reccius | |
| 1882 | John Shetzline | |
| 1882 | Jud Birchall | |
| 1882 | Jumbo McGinnis | |
| 1882 | Leech Maskrey | |
| 1882 | Pete Browning | |
| 1881 | George Derby | |
| 1881 | Jack Lynch | |
| 1881 | Jerry Denny | |
| 1881 | Jim Whitney | |
| 1881 | John Morrissey | |
| 1879 | Bill McGunnigle | |
| 1878 | Jake Goodman | |
| 1876 | Whitey Ritterson | |
| 1872 | George Fields | |
| 1872 | Herman Dehlman | |
| 1872 | Jack Burdock | |
| 1872 | Jack McDonald | |
| 1872 | Jack Remsen | |
| 1872 | Jim Britt | |
| 1872 | John Kenney | |
| 1872 | Tom Barlow |
| Year | Move | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Washington Nationals signed free agent RHP Aaron Shortridge to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | New York Mets signed free agent RHP Jack Weisenburger to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent RHP Juan Muniz to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Texas Rangers signed free agent LHP Ty Blach to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent 3B J.D. Davis to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | San Francisco Giants signed free agent OF Daniel Johnson to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent LHP Max Roberts to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Houston Astros signed free agent RHP Tyler Ras to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Miami Marlins signed free agent 2B Cesar Garcia to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent IF Andy Mata to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Minnesota Twins traded RHP Matt Bowman to Arizona Diamondbacks for cash. 2024 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2024 | Los Angeles Angels traded RHP Jimmy Herget to Atlanta Braves for cash. 2024 transaction archive |  | |
| 2024 | Minnesota Twins signed free agent OF Yandro Hernandez to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - | |
| 2023 | Washington Nationals signed free agent RHP José Ureña to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - | |
| 2023 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent LHP Leudy Tirado to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent RHP Isidro Adon to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent LHP Rolando Casihis to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent RHP Yoendris Gonzalez to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Oakland Athletics signed free agent OF Jonatan Yan to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Oakland Athletics signed free agent RHP Bailey-Jay Cooke to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent RHP Cristian Monegro to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Milwaukee Brewers traded RHP Paxton Schultz to Toronto Blue Jays. 2021 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2021 | Seattle Mariners traded C Jacob Nottingham to Milwaukee Brewers for cash. 2021 transaction archive |  | |
| 2019 | St. Louis Cardinals traded C Francisco Pena to San Francisco Giants for cash. 2019 transaction archive |  | |
| 2019 | New York Mets signed free agent LHP Mauricio Lezama to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent CF Mani Boekhoudt to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent RHP Jhostyn Marin to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent C Yuta Okazaki to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent RHP Mike Dimock to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | New York Yankees signed free agent RHP Wilser Barrios to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2017 | Houston Astros signed free agent RHP Ronaldo Marrero to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Cleveland Indians signed free agent RHP Luigence Thomas to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent 1B Ryan Court to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | Houston Astros signed free agent 3B Michael Garcia to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Houston Astros signed free agent C Gerry Castillo to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent OF Bryan Araiza to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent RHP Joel Hanrahan. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Houston Astros signed free agent LHP Tony Sipp. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | San Diego Padres signed free agent RHP Odrisamer Despaigne to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2014 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent 2B Vance Albitz to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Chicago Cubs released 1B Matt Scioscia. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent OF William Rudolph to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2014 | Cleveland Indians signed free agent OF Francisco Marte to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent C Oberto Munoz to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent 1B Jose Cano to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Texas Rangers signed free agent RHP Israel Cruz to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent RHP Roy Oswalt to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2012 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent Michael Wuertz. 2012 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2012 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent LF Jeff Frazier to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent RHP Mark Prior to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent RHP Angel Lezama to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent 3B Ismael Alcantara to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 1998 | Ian Anderson |
| 1997 | Blake Rutherford |
| 1996 | Luis Torrens |
| 1994 | Penn Murfee |
| 1992 | Yadiel Rivera |
| 1991 | Jonathan Villar |
| 1990 | Erasmo Ramirez |
| 1988 | Neftali Feliz |
| 1985 | Jarrod Saltalamacchia |
| 1985 | Jose Ascanio |
| 1977 | Luke Hudson |
| 1975 | Mark Johnson |
| 1971 | Brent Bowers |
| 1970 | Joe Crawford |
| 1965 | Felix Jose |
| 1962 | Jim Walewander |
| 1959 | Brick Smith |
| 1954 | Keith Moreland |
| 1949 | Steve Grilli |
| 1948 | Larry Gowell |
| 1941 | Clay Carroll |
| 1939 | Gates Brown |
| 1932 | Eddie Bressoud |
| 1925 | Ralph Brickner |
| 1915 | Ken Richardson |
| 1915 | Whitey Miller |
| 1902 | Freddy Sale |
| 1899 | Gale Staley |
| 1899 | Oran O'Neal |
| 1898 | Lucas Turk |
| 1896 | Bill Piercy |
| 1891 | John Leary |
| 1887 | Eddie Collins |
| 1886 | Larry Cheney |
| 1876 | Jack Morrissey |
| 1866 | Reddy Mack |
| 1862 | Ollie Beard |
| 1847 | Herb Worth |
| Year | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Gordie Sundin | 78 |
| 2015 | Bob Schmidt | 82 |
| 2004 | Moe Burtschy | 82 |
| 1998 | Johnny Grodzicki | 81 |
| 1997 | Don O'Riley | 52 |
| 1996 | Pinky Jorgensen | 81 |
| 1994 | Buck Fausett | 86 |
| 1989 | Virgil Stallcup | 67 |
| 1983 | Archie Yelle | 90 |
| 1982 | Leo Callahan | 91 |
| 1979 | Lou Raymond | 84 |
| 1976 | Dan Bankhead | 55 |
| 1972 | Jack Smith | 76 |
| 1970 | Art Delaney | 73 |
| 1969 | Steve Larkin | 58 |
| 1965 | Wally Hood | 70 |
| 1953 | Fred Miller | 66 |
| 1950 | Joseph Morrissey | 46 |
| 1948 | Dick Cogan | 76 |
| 1947 | Ossie France | 88 |
| 1945 | Joe Corbett | 69 |
| 1944 | Art Thomason | 55 |
| 1908 | Ed O'Neil | 37 |
| 1903 | Odie Porter | 25 |
| 1902 | Bill Greenwood | 45 |
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 May 2.
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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