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On This Day in Baseball History: May 17
Sources Lahman People + MLB StatsAPI94 debuts58 transactions
Every major-league debut, final game, transaction, birth and death recorded for May 17, newest first. Player names link to career pages where one exists, and each season links onward to that year’s awards and postseason archives.
Debuts94
Final games63
Transactions58
Born43
Died23
| Year | Move | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Toronto Blue Jays traded LHP Eric Lauer to Los Angeles Dodgers for cash. 2026 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2025 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent C Jesus Bello to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent OF Hector Barroso to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - | |
| 2025 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent C John Lopez to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | New York Mets signed free agent RHP Nick Bautista III to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Cleveland Guardians traded LHP Anthony Banda to Los Angeles Dodgers. 2024 transaction archive |  | |
| 2024 | Oakland Athletics signed free agent RHP Robert Dugger to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Miami Marlins signed free agent RHP Raisei Nakamura to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | San Diego Padres signed free agent LHP Edwyn Hernandez to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Minnesota Twins signed free agent RHP Andrew Huffman to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent RHP Roberto Perez to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent LHP Alex Troop to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Milwaukee Brewers traded RHP Lucas Erceg to Oakland Athletics for cash. 2023 transaction archive |  | |
| 2023 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent RHP Alec Mills to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent RHP Jackson McClelland to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - | |
| 2023 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent RHP Cole Percival to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | San Diego Padres signed free agent RHP James Bourque to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - | |
| 2023 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent RHP Enrique Carta to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent RHP Pedro Redman to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent RHP Cristofher Carrasco to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Texas Rangers signed free agent RHP Bawin Colon to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Texas Rangers signed free agent RHP Danery Tejada to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent 1B Albert Pujols. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent C Anthony Lepre to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent RHP Domingo Mejia to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent 1B Albert Pujols. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent 1B Albert Pujols. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent LHP Jose Jimenez to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent RHP Steve Pastora to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | San Diego Padres released 3B Chase Headley. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent LF Tyler Goeddel to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Oakland Athletics signed free agent RHP Alexis Cedano to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Oakland Athletics signed free agent RHP Yonatan De Leon to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent LHP Mason Melotakis to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Oakland Athletics signed free agent RHP Stiven Montilla to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | New York Mets signed free agent RHP Cody Martin to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent RHP Moises Diaz to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Washington Nationals signed free agent C Wilfredo Sanchez to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2017 | Miami Marlins signed free agent SS Alvaro Montero to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent C Bryant Quijada to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent RHP Carlos Salazar to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent RHP Joe Nathan. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Miami Marlins signed free agent LF Ronnie Mitchell to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent RHP Wilfre Delgado to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent LHP Luis Silva to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Oakland Athletics signed free agent LHP Omar Duran to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Houston Astros signed free agent RHP Kyle Farnsworth. 2014 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2014 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent SS Jayson Nix to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2014 | Texas Rangers signed free agent RHP Chris Schwinden to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent LHP Robert Carson to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent RHP Carlos Zambrano to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2012 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent 2B Sergio Miranda to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2012 | San Diego Padres released 2B Orlando Hudson. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | New York Yankees signed free agent RHP Manolo Reyes to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2012 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent RHP Juan Falcon to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2012 | Tampa Bay Rays signed RHP Junior Feliz. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | New York Yankees signed free agent LHP Randy Flores to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed OF Edgardo Munoz. 2011 transaction archive | - |  |
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 2001 | Leo Jimenez |
| 1999 | Brayan Bello |
| 1992 | Ben Gamel |
| 1992 | Brian O'Grady |
| 1989 | John Cornely |
| 1989 | Jordan Jankowski |
| 1985 | Todd Redmond |
| 1983 | Jeremy Sowers |
| 1982 | Nick Masset |
| 1978 | Carlos Peña |
| 1978 | John Foster |
| 1976 | Jose Guillen |
| 1975 | Scott Seabol |
| 1974 | Wiki Gonzalez |
| 1969 | Rick Huisman |
| 1966 | Jack Voigt |
| 1964 | Rob Nelson |
| 1963 | Tom Newell |
| 1962 | Greg Mathews |
| 1957 | Pascual Perez |
| 1952 | Porfi Altamirano |
| 1948 | Carlos May |
| 1946 | Dan Monzon |
| 1939 | Dick Smith |
| 1932 | Billy Hoeft |
| 1932 | Ozzie Virgil |
| 1927 | Jim McDonald |
| 1912 | Ace Parker |
| 1910 | Lou Chiozza |
| 1908 | Leo Norris |
| 1906 | Al Eckert |
| 1897 | Harry Riconda |
| 1894 | Frank Woodward |
| 1892 | Hal Carlson |
| 1888 | Irv Porter |
| 1884 | Elmer Steele |
| 1879 | Rube Vickers |
| 1868 | Fred Woodcock |
| 1865 | Al Mays |
| 1860 | Frank Mountain |
| 1858 | Henry Oberbeck |
| 1857 | Billy Reid |
| 1852 | Sam King |
| Year | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Jason Conti | 50 |
| 2020 | Ken Retzer | 86 |
| 2011 | Harmon Killebrew | 74 |
| 2007 | Bill Wight | 85 |
| 2004 | Buster Narum | 63 |
| 2002 | Joe Black | 78 |
| 2001 | Ike Brown | 59 |
| 1995 | George Metkovich | 74 |
| 1989 | George Toporcer | 90 |
| 1982 | Dixie Walker | 71 |
| 1975 | Sig Broskie | 64 |
| 1965 | Bill Bartley | 80 |
| 1961 | Barney Slaughter | 76 |
| 1961 | Otto Knabe | 76 |
| 1957 | Bill Deegan | 82 |
| 1954 | Earl Tyree | 64 |
| 1954 | Roy Parker | 58 |
| 1949 | Bill Swarback | 81 |
| 1941 | Bill Husted | 74 |
| 1940 | Spike Shannon | 65 |
| 1933 | Bill Van Dyke | 69 |
| 1931 | Charlie Ferguson | 56 |
| 1905 | John Abadie | 54 |
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 17.
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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