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On This Day in Baseball History: May 7
Sources Lahman People + MLB StatsAPI78 debuts68 transactions
Every major-league debut, final game, transaction, birth and death recorded for May 7, newest first. Player names link to career pages where one exists, and each season links onward to that year’s awards and postseason archives.
Debuts78
Final games85
Transactions68
Born40
Died30
| Year | Move | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent LHP Raymond Burgos to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Houston Astros signed free agent CF Daniel Johnson to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Athletics traded RHP Tyler Ferguson to Chicago Cubs. 2026 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2026 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent OF Nicola Perdomo to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent RHP Sam Whiting to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent RHP Yos Magallanes to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Seattle Mariners signed LHP Dominic Castellano. 2026 transaction archive | - | |
| 2025 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent RHP Stephen Nogosek to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | New York Mets signed free agent LHP Colin Poche to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Detroit Tigers released RHP Kenta Maeda. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent RHP Pedro Garcia to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - | |
| 2025 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent RHP Casey Lawrence to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - | |
| 2025 | New York Mets signed free agent RHP Henderson Hernandez to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - | |
| 2025 | St. Louis Cardinals signed free agent RHP Kriscol Peralta to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent RHP Ezequiel Sosa to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent RHP Beau Burrows to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | New York Mets signed free agent RHP Anderson Ozuna to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - | |
| 2025 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent SS Juan Garcia to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - | |
| 2024 | Minnesota Twins signed free agent 2B Payton Eeles to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Cincinnati Reds traded LHP Tyler Gilbert to Philadelphia Phillies for cash. 2024 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2024 | Los Angeles Angels released RHP Zac Kristofak. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Minnesota Twins signed free agent LHP Mitchell Stone to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - | |
| 2024 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP Connor Lunn to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent RHP Gerardo Lopez to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - | |
| 2024 | Texas Rangers signed free agent RHP Yunier De Jesus to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Texas Rangers signed free agent RHP Angel Paniagua to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - | |
| 2024 | New York Yankees signed free agent LHP Ronald Tejada to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Texas Rangers signed free agent RHP James Marvel to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - | |
| 2023 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent RHP Alexander Rivero to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent RHP Carlos Martinez to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent LHP Kleyderve Andrade to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP Ronald Contreras to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Houston Astros signed free agent RHP Brandon Lawson to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent 3B Hernan Perez to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | Texas Rangers traded C Drew Butera to Los Angeles Angels for cash. 2021 transaction archive | | |
| 2021 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent RHP Justin Grimm to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent RHP Brooks Pounders to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent LHP Andy Otero to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent RHP Tucker Healy to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent LHP Chad Girodo to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent CF Gunn Omosako to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent RHP Briant Tejeda to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent C Junior Gonzalez to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Texas Rangers signed free agent CF Drew Stubbs. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Houston Astros signed free agent RHP Jose Hernandez to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Los Angeles Angels traded C Drew Butera to Kansas City Royals for SS Ryan Jackson. 2015 transaction archive | | |
| 2015 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent CF Dayron Varona to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent 1B Yerison Pena to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent C Bismar Nunez to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent RHP Yomelbin Almonte to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent RHP Yan De La Cruz to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent RHP Gabriel Lima to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent LF David Nick to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2014 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent LHP Ryan Carpenter to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2014 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent RHP Melvin Ovalles to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent LHP Bobby Bramhall to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent RHP Andres Pena to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent 2B Humberto Garcia to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent OF Sebastian Elizalde to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent RHP Daniel Carela to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent C Daniel Gonzalez to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2012 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent IF Jose Hernandez to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | San Francisco Giants released LF Tyler Graham. 2012 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2012 | San Diego Padres signed free agent RHP Kip Wells to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2012 | San Diego Padres signed free agent RHP Anthony Reyes to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent OF Roberto Ortiz to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent C Chase Weems to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent RHP Marek Minarik to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 2000 | Alexander Canario |
| 1998 | Nolan Jones |
| 1997 | Sean Hjelle |
| 1994 | Angel Perdomo |
| 1991 | Emilio Pagan |
| 1990 | Keon Broxton |
| 1988 | Osvaldo Martinez |
| 1988 | Sam Dyson |
| 1984 | James Loney |
| 1982 | Conor Jackson |
| 1982 | Luis Jimenez |
| 1970 | Brook Fordyce |
| 1970 | Mark Smith |
| 1961 | Manny Hernandez |
| 1955 | Bob Ferris |
| 1948 | Ken Hottman |
| 1944 | Billy Murphy |
| 1943 | Steve Whitaker |
| 1942 | John Flavin |
| 1937 | Claude Raymond |
| 1929 | Dick Williams |
| 1924 | Al Cihocki |
| 1918 | Al Epperly |
| 1917 | Al Papai |
| 1913 | Art Doll |
| 1909 | Ed Heusser |
| 1906 | Syd Cohen |
| 1905 | Dave Barbee |
| 1902 | Sal Gliatto |
| 1899 | Eddie Pick |
| 1896 | Tom Zachary |
| 1893 | Bill Hobbs |
| 1892 | Allan Travers |
| 1889 | Wilson Collins |
| 1888 | Gus Williams |
| 1888 | Paul Smith |
| 1880 | Mickey Doolin |
| 1874 | Casey Patten |
| 1866 | Joe Neale |
| 1863 | Sam Shaw |
| Year | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Frank Johnson | 82 |
| 2023 | Deacon Jones | 89 |
| 2023 | Larry Foster | 85 |
| 2022 | Mike Adamson | 74 |
| 2014 | Dick Welteroth | 86 |
| 2006 | Jeff James | 64 |
| 2001 | Dick Kimble | 85 |
| 1995 | Gus Bell | 66 |
| 1993 | Thurman Tucker | 75 |
| 1989 | Howie Moss | 70 |
| 1987 | Boom-Boom Beck | 82 |
| 1979 | Johnny Berger | 77 |
| 1979 | Marty McHale | 92 |
| 1973 | Ralph Miller | 100 |
| 1969 | Ray Mack | 52 |
| 1966 | Bing Miller | 71 |
| 1964 | Clyde Goodwin | 82 |
| 1956 | Tommy Atkins | 68 |
| 1954 | Les Channell | 68 |
| 1952 | Red Bluhm | 57 |
| 1951 | Ezra Lincoln | 82 |
| 1949 | James Durham | 67 |
| 1948 | Hi Ladd | 78 |
| 1947 | Michael McDermott | 83 |
| 1946 | Bill Fincher | 51 |
| 1946 | Bill Fox | 74 |
| 1943 | Bill Coughlin | 64 |
| 1935 | Sid Farrar | 75 |
| 1912 | Gus Alberts | - |
| 1905 | Al Mays | 39 |
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 7.
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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