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On This Day in Baseball History: May 25
Sources Lahman People + MLB StatsAPI66 debuts85 transactions
Every major-league debut, final game, transaction, birth and death recorded for May 25, newest first. Player names link to career pages where one exists, and each season links onward to that year’s awards and postseason archives.
Debuts66
Final games58
Transactions85
Born62
Died24
| Year | Move | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent RHP Taijuan Walker to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Colorado Rockies traded LHP Carson Palmquist to Washington Nationals for cash. 2026 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2026 | San Francisco Giants signed free agent RHP Cristian Alvarado to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Washington Nationals signed free agent RHP Adam Bogosian to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - | |
| 2026 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent RF José Azócar to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent RHP Rafael Gonzalez to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent RHP Jose Cuas to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - | |
| 2025 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent LF Cooper Hummel. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent RHP Chris Stratton. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Atlanta Braves released SS Orlando Arcia. 2025 transaction archive | - | |
| 2025 | Texas Rangers signed free agent C Aaron Antonini to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent RHP Jackson Tetreault to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Boston Red Sox traded 3B Pablo Reyes to New York Mets for cash. 2024 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2024 | Milwaukee Brewers traded RHP Thyago Vieira and RHP Aneuris Rodriguez to Baltimore Orioles for RHP Garrett Stallings. 2024 transaction archive |  | |
| 2024 | Cleveland Guardians released CF Ramón Laureano. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent 2B Patrick Lee to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - | |
| 2023 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent RHP Julio Teheran. 2023 transaction archive | - | |
| 2023 | Chicago Cubs released 1B Eric Hosmer. 2023 transaction archive | - | |
| 2023 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent RHP Josimar Cousin to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent SS Jose Perez to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent RHP Brett Kennedy to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Miami Marlins signed free agent RHP A.J. Ladwig to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Cleveland Guardians traded RF Daniel Johnson to New York Mets. 2022 transaction archive | | |
| 2022 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent RHP Cory Wilder to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Houston Astros signed free agent RHP Luis Victorino to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Miami Marlins signed free agent 2B Marco Vargas to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Miami Marlins signed free agent SS Mauricio Serrano to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent RHP Roman Perez to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | New York Mets signed free agent OF Karell Paz to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | New York Yankees signed free agent RHP Keninson Diaz. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Texas Rangers signed free agent OF Oliver Yan to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent RHP Kyle Wilcox to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent RHP Nick Richmond to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Oakland Athletics signed free agent RHP Camilo Hernandez to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Oakland Athletics signed free agent SS Elvis Rijo to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent RHP Jonathan Batista to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent Anthony Bello to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent RHP Jesus Colina to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent C Anger Romero to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Cleveland Indians signed free agent RHP Kevin Herget to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent RF Jorge Bonifacio to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | Houston Astros signed free agent RHP Jon Olczak to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent RHP Jose Cuas to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | New York Yankees signed free agent C Wilkin Castillo to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | New York Yankees traded C Erik Kratz to Milwaukee Brewers for Future Considerations. 2018 transaction archive | | |
| 2018 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent 3B Nelson Molina to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Tampa Bay Rays traded RHP Alex Colome, LF Denard Span and cash to Seattle Mariners for RHP Andrew Moore and RHP Tommy Romero. 2018 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2018 | Oakland Athletics traded RHP Wilmer Font to Tampa Bay Rays for RHP Peter Bayer. 2018 transaction archive | | |
| 2018 | Cleveland Indians signed free agent RHP Mitch Talbot to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent C Daniel Angulo to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | Texas Rangers signed free agent RHP Yosber Sanchez to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Washington Nationals traded C Nick Rickles to Philadelphia Phillies. 2017 transaction archive | | |
| 2017 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent OF Jeremy Barfield to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent RHP Melquiades Escobar to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Cleveland Indians signed free agent RHP Wilmer Mejia to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | New York Yankees signed free agent SS Luis Santos to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent LHP Brian Duensing to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Kansas City Royals traded LF Jose Martinez to St. Louis Cardinals for cash. 2016 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2016 | Texas Rangers signed free agent LHP Joshua Blanco to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent OF Austin Cousino to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Miami Marlins signed free agent 2B Garrett Weber to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent OF Tony Pena to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent P Jeffri Ocando to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent RHP Yan De La Cruz to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent RHP Robert Severino to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent RHP Elvis Diaz to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent RHP Maiker Pinto to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent 3B Ronaldo Lopez to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent RHP Omar Ventura to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | New York Mets signed free agent LHP Nelmerson Xavier Angela to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent RHP Dionis Munoz to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Texas Rangers signed free agent OF Beder Gutierrez to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent SS Alexis Garcia to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent OF Manny Ramirez to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent LHP Rafael Perez to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Oakland Athletics signed free agent LHP Shaeffer Hall to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | San Diego Padres signed free agent RHP Dan Cortes to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2013 | San Diego Padres signed free agent RHP Fautino De Los Santos to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | New York Mets released RHP D.J. Carrasco. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent OF Jon Gaston to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent SS Diory Hernandez to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent 3B Niko Vasquez to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | San Francisco Giants signed free agent RHP Luis Pino to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent RHP Angel Pena to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent OF Keybel Escobar to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 1998 | Carson Ragsdale |
| 1995 | Jake Fraley |
| 1995 | Mike King |
| 1994 | Donovan Walton |
| 1990 | Jarred Cosart |
| 1990 | Ryan Sherriff |
| 1989 | Neil Ramirez |
| 1989 | Pat Dean |
| 1985 | Brad Lincoln |
| 1985 | Eric Young |
| 1984 | Graham Taylor |
| 1982 | Brad Snyder |
| 1982 | Jason Kubel |
| 1980 | Scott Hairston |
| 1979 | Chris Young |
| 1979 | Trey Lunsford |
| 1978 | Mike Vento |
| 1978 | Travis Hughes |
| 1977 | Fernando Lunar |
| 1976 | Lariel Gonzalez |
| 1975 | Randall Simon |
| 1974 | Miguel Tejada |
| 1973 | Melvin Rosario |
| 1973 | Todd Walker |
| 1971 | Angel Echevarria |
| 1971 | Sean Maloney |
| 1970 | Joey Eischen |
| 1970 | Luis Ortiz |
| 1968 | Will Pennyfeather |
| 1966 | Bill Haselman |
| 1966 | Dave Hollins |
| 1955 | Andres Mora |
| 1954 | Bob Knepper |
| 1954 | Bobby Brown |
| 1950 | Glenn Borgmann |
| 1950 | John Montefusco |
| 1946 | Mike Corkins |
| 1945 | Bill Dillman |
| 1936 | Marshall Renfroe |
| 1932 | Jim Archer |
| 1931 | Jim Marshall |
| 1925 | Don Liddle |
| 1918 | Johnny Beazley |
| 1917 | Bert Hodges |
| 1916 | Frank Drews |
| 1908 | Howard Craghead |
| 1904 | Buz Phillips |
| 1901 | Bud Connolly |
| 1901 | Horace Ozmer |
| 1899 | Jimmie Keenan |
| 1895 | Jim Riley |
| 1894 | Joe Judge |
| 1893 | Bill Bankston |
| 1892 | Doug Smith |
| 1887 | John Daley |
| 1884 | Bill Kellogg |
| 1884 | Bill Lattimore |
| 1883 | Heinie Heitmuller |
| 1877 | Bob Wicker |
| 1863 | John Hofford |
| 1845 | Lip Pike |
| 1840 | Al Reach |
| Year | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Paul Splittorff | 64 |
| 2010 | Morrie Martin | 87 |
| 2008 | Geremi Gonzalez | 33 |
| 1992 | Otto Denning | 79 |
| 1988 | Charlie Perkins | 82 |
| 1976 | Al Lakeman | 57 |
| 1975 | Bruce Hartford | 83 |
| 1969 | Jim Riley | 74 |
| 1965 | Harry Biemiller | 67 |
| 1964 | Joe Martin | 88 |
| 1959 | Dave Brain | 80 |
| 1953 | Ray Grimes | 59 |
| 1945 | Charlie Frye | 31 |
| 1942 | Bill James | 55 |
| 1941 | Bob Higgins | 54 |
| 1932 | Henry Boyle | 71 |
| 1929 | Harvey Blauvelt | - |
| 1928 | Max Fiske | 39 |
| 1924 | Carl Weilman | 34 |
| 1922 | Charlie Gessner | - |
| 1917 | Willie Sudhoff | 42 |
| 1910 | Bill Hassamaer | 45 |
| 1905 | Paul Cook | 42 |
| 1904 | John Hayes | - |
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 25.
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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