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On This Day in Baseball History: June 7
Sources Lahman People + MLB StatsAPI80 debuts148 transactions
Every major-league debut, final game, transaction, birth and death recorded for June 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.
Debuts80
Final games58
Transactions148
Born47
Died21
| Year | Move | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Los Angeles Dodgers traded LHP Antoine Kelly to Chicago Cubs for cash. 2026 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2026 | Texas Rangers released LF Sam Haggerty. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent LF Max Kepler. 2026 transaction archive |  | |
| 2026 | Texas Rangers traded SS Richie Martin Jr. to Colorado Rockies for cash. 2026 transaction archive |  | |
| 2025 | Houston Astros signed free agent RF Cooper Hummel to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent RHP Trevor Gott to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent RF Ben Gamel to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | New York Mets signed free agent RHP Yoelvis Martinez to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent RHP Jhoan De Los Santos to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent RHP Esmerlin Peguero to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - | |
| 2025 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent C Dylan Leach to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent LHP Tony Gonzalez to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | San Francisco Giants traded RHP Justin Garza to New York Mets for cash. 2025 transaction archive |  | |
| 2024 | Detroit Tigers traded 3B Buddy Kennedy to Philadelphia Phillies for cash. 2024 transaction archive | |  |
| 2024 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent LHP Justus Sheffield to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent RHP Silvano Hechavarria to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - | |
| 2023 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent RHP Brandon Bailey to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent RHP Justin Anderson to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent LHP Mike Montgomery to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - | |
| 2023 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent RHP Drew Hutchison to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - | |
| 2023 | San Diego Padres signed free agent LHP Ronaldys Jimenez to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent LHP Dallas Keuchel to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Arizona Diamondbacks traded RHP Jacob Webb to Atlanta Braves. 2022 transaction archive | |  |
| 2022 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent LHP Grant Dayton to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent OF Erick Bautista to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent RHP Cesar Espinal to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | New York Mets signed free agent LF Terrance Gore to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent RHP Yordi Martinez to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent RHP Jose Figueroa to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Houston Astros signed free agent RHP Juan Nunez to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Texas Rangers signed free agent RHP Yeimison Arias to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent RHP Jonh Henriquez to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Texas Rangers signed free agent RHP David Davalillo to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Minnesota Twins signed free agent RHP Bobby Milacki to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent 2B Carlos Sepulveda to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent LF Braxton Lee to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent SS Edgar Alfonso to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent 3B Cristian Garcia to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Minnesota Twins signed free agent RHP Cole Bellair to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Miami Marlins signed free agent LHP Dameivi Tineo to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | New York Mets signed free agent RHP Yeudi Lora to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent RHP Haminton Mendez to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent RHP Jhancarlos Lara to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent RHP Craig Kimbrel. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Cleveland Indians traded C Tim Federowicz to Texas Rangers for Player To Be Named Later. 2019 transaction archive |  | |
| 2019 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent LHP Vidal Nuno III to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent RHP Matt Carasiti to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent LHP Dallas Keuchel. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent 2B Kevin Lachance to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Atlanta Braves signed OF Michael Harris. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | New York Yankees signed LHP Ken Waldichuk. 2019 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | New York Yankees signed C Chase Illig. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | New York Yankees signed 1B Kyle MacDonald. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | New York Yankees signed RHP Kevin Milam. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | New York Yankees signed RHP Nick Paciorek. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | New York Yankees signed LHP T.J. Sikkema. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent SS Ruben De Leon to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent LHP Antonio Pujols to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | New York Mets signed free agent 3B Jose Brizuela to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent LHP Patrick Thurston to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Los Angeles Angels signed CF Drevian Williams-Nelson. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Minnesota Twins released RHP Nick Tepesch. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Washington Nationals traded RHP Mick VanVossen to Chicago White Sox. 2017 transaction archive |  | |
| 2017 | St. Louis Cardinals signed free agent RHP Hector Mendoza to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2017 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent RHP Junior Mieses to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent C Blake Lalli to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Minnesota Twins signed free agent C Davinson Pimentel to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent LHP Ross Detwiler to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | New York Yankees released LHP Jonathon Niese. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Washington Nationals signed free agent 2B Steve Lombardozzi to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Detroit Tigers traded RHP Jose Valdez to Los Angeles Angels for cash. 2016 transaction archive | | |
| 2016 | St. Louis Cardinals signed free agent RHP John Walter to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent RHP Fernando Caldero to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | San Francisco Giants signed free agent 1B Travis Ishikawa to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Miami Marlins signed free agent LHP Connor Bach to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent C Carlos Cabral to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | New York Yankees signed free agent LHP Zak Wasserman to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Cincinnati Reds released RHP Matt Magill. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent RHP David Aardsma to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent LHP Dana Eveland to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent RHP Joel Pineiro to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Houston Astros signed free agent RHP Antonio Almonte to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | San Diego Padres signed free agent DH Leudy Molina to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Philadelphia Phillies signed Sam McWilliams. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Philadelphia Phillies signed OF Matt Shortall. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed OF Matt Railey. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent SS Sam Kennelly to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Miami Marlins signed OF Stone Garrett. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Cleveland Indians signed free agent LHP J.C. Romero to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Washington Nationals signed RHP Jake Johansen. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent RHP David Cales to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent RHP Matt Wright to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Atlanta Braves signed RHP Lucas Sims. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Kansas City Royals signed RHP Kyle Zimmer. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Texas Rangers signed RHP Alec Asher. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Texas Rangers signed OF Preston Beck. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Texas Rangers signed OF Royce Bolinger. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Texas Rangers signed 2B Cam Schiller. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Texas Rangers signed RHP Cody Kendall. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Texas Rangers signed RHP John Niggli. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Texas Rangers signed RHP Casey Shiver. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Texas Rangers signed RHP Keone Kela. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Texas Rangers signed LHP Sam Stafford. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Texas Rangers signed 2B Janluis Castro. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Texas Rangers signed C Chuck Moorman. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Texas Rangers signed RHP Josh McElwee. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Texas Rangers signed RHP Coby Cowgill. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Texas Rangers signed SS Gabriel Roa. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Texas Rangers signed LHP Austen Thrailkill. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Texas Rangers signed LHP Joe Burns. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Texas Rangers signed OF Barrett Serrato. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Texas Rangers signed RHP Paul Schwendel. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Houston Astros signed SS Carlos Correa. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Philadelphia Phillies signed OF Dylan Cozens. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Philadelphia Phillies signed OF Cameron Perkins. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Philadelphia Phillies signed LHP Hoby Milner. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Philadelphia Phillies signed OF Steven Golden. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Philadelphia Phillies signed RHP Richard Bielski. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Philadelphia Phillies signed RHP Matt Sisto. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Philadelphia Phillies signed RHP Jeb Stefan. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Kansas City Royals signed LHP Matthew Strahm. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Kansas City Royals signed RHP Andrew Triggs. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Kansas City Royals signed LHP Daniel Stumpf. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Kansas City Royals signed OF Alexis Rivera. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Kansas City Royals signed RHP Zeb Sneed. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Kansas City Royals signed OF Ariel Estades. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Kansas City Royals signed RHP Shane Halley. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Kansas City Royals signed C Beau Maggi. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Kansas City Royals signed 1B Mark Donato. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Cincinnati Reds signed LHP Sean Lucas. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Cincinnati Reds signed OF Jesse Winker. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Cleveland Indians signed C Jeremy Lucas. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Miami Marlins signed RHP Ryan Newell. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Miami Marlins signed RHP Drew Steckenrider. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Miami Marlins signed 3B Patrick Claussen. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Miami Marlins signed OF Kolby Copeland. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Miami Marlins signed 3B Ron Miller. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Atlanta Braves signed RHP Christian Barczykowski. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Miami Marlins signed LHP Hayden Fox. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Minnesota Twins signed C Bryan Santy. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | New York Yankees signed 1B Matt Snyder. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent RHP Donny Medlinger to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed RHP Ross Stripling. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed C John Cannon. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Washington Nationals signed free agent LHP Graham Hicks to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | New York Yankees signed free agent C Bolivar Perez to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Colorado Rockies released 3B Jose Lopez. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | New York Yankees signed free agent 2B Ronnier Mustelier to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 1999 | Eduarniel Núñez |
| 1994 | Ryder Jones |
| 1992 | Vince Velasquez |
| 1991 | Luke Farrell |
| 1989 | Dean Kiekhefer |
| 1987 | Sean Halton |
| 1984 | Justin Berg |
| 1983 | Doug Mathis |
| 1983 | Mark Lowe |
| 1982 | Virgil Vasquez |
| 1981 | Tyler Johnson |
| 1978 | Donaldo Mendez |
| 1977 | Joe Horgan |
| 1976 | Esix Snead |
| 1974 | Chris Richard |
| 1971 | Roberto Petagine |
| 1969 | Jeff Pierce |
| 1966 | Heathcliff Slocumb |
| 1966 | Trevor Wilson |
| 1960 | Jim Paciorek |
| 1958 | Tim Laudner |
| 1957 | Marty Decker |
| 1950 | Richie Moloney |
| 1947 | Don Money |
| 1947 | Thurman Munson |
| 1945 | George Mitterwald |
| 1944 | Frank Reberger |
| 1944 | Roger Nelson |
| 1933 | Herb Score |
| 1926 | Roy Jarvis |
| 1921 | Bill McCahan |
| 1917 | Gene Thompson |
| 1911 | Ralph Buxton |
| 1901 | Jerry Conway |
| 1900 | Ed Wells |
| 1899 | Lafayette Henion |
| 1890 | John Vann |
| 1888 | George Chalmers |
| 1885 | Dan McGeehan |
| 1882 | Hub Perdue |
| 1878 | Bob Lindemann |
| 1877 | Bill Popp |
| 1868 | Mike Ryan |
| 1863 | Bones Ely |
| 1862 | Phil Reccius |
| 1861 | Gene Bagley |
| 1856 | Ike Benners |
| Year | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Frank Cipriani | 81 |
| 2016 | Ruben Quevedo | 37 |
| 2011 | Jose Pagan | 76 |
| 2004 | Chris Kitsos | 76 |
| 2003 | Greg Garrett | 56 |
| 1999 | Bob Garber | 70 |
| 1998 | Tom Buskey | 51 |
| 1997 | Stan Goletz | 79 |
| 1996 | Buddy Blair | 85 |
| 1995 | Eddie Lake | 79 |
| 1993 | Skippy Roberge | 76 |
| 1984 | Rabbit Benton | 82 |
| 1982 | Art Johnson | 85 |
| 1972 | Topper Rigney | 75 |
| 1964 | Elmer Stricklett | 87 |
| 1962 | Harry McCluskey | 70 |
| 1953 | Bill Burns | 73 |
| 1949 | Herman Bell | 51 |
| 1927 | Pat Griffin | 34 |
| 1909 | Charlie Cady | 44 |
| 1909 | George Decker | 43 |
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 June 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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