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On This Day in Baseball History: June 28
Sources Lahman People + MLB StatsAPI76 debuts147 transactions
Every major-league debut, final game, transaction, birth and death recorded for June 28, newest first. Player names link to career pages where one exists, and each season links onward to that year’s awards and postseason archives.
Debuts76
Final games78
Transactions147
Born60
Died20
| Year | Move | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Miami Marlins signed free agent LHP Yenfri Sosa to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent 1B Carlos Santana to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent RHP Zach Willeman to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | San Diego Padres signed free agent RHP Nabil Crismatt to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent SS Jake Hager to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent RHP Juan Duarte to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent LHP Edwarlys Hidalgo to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - | |
| 2024 | San Diego Padres signed free agent RHP Leandry Diaz to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - | |
| 2024 | New York Mets signed free agent RHP Jose Lopez to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | New York Mets signed free agent RHP Christopher Rochin to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - | |
| 2023 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent 2B Mariano Ricciardi to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Minnesota Twins signed free agent RHP Gerardo Abrego to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent C Vicent Nunez to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - | |
| 2023 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent RHP Diego Linares to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Cincinnati Reds traded C Sandy Leon to Cleveland Guardians. 2022 transaction archive | |  |
| 2022 | Chicago Cubs released SS Jonathan Villar. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Houston Astros signed free agent SS Darwin De Leon to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent IF Christopher Consoro to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent C Eric Jones to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | Arizona Diamondbacks traded CF Matt Lipka to Milwaukee Brewers for cash. 2021 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2021 | New York Mets signed free agent RHP Nolan Clenney to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | New York Mets signed free agent RHP Evy Ruibal to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent LHP Nate Fisher to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent RHP Felix Arronde to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2020 | New York Yankees signed free agent 3B Matt Duffy to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2020 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2020 | New York Yankees signed free agent C Max McDowell to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | Los Angeles Angels signed LHP Reid Detmers. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent 3B Damek Tomscha to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | Chicago White Sox signed 1B Andrew Vaughn. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Chicago White Sox signed RHP Matthew Thompson. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Chicago White Sox signed RHP Andrew Dalquist. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Chicago White Sox signed RHP Caleb Freeman. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Boston Red Sox signed RHP Reed Harrington. 2019 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | New York Mets signed RHP Matthew Allan. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | New York Mets signed RHP Cole Gordon. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent OF Rayanphi Rosario to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | New York Mets signed CF Antoine Duplantis. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Kansas City Royals signed LHP Elliott Anderson. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Cincinnati Reds signed 1B Cameron Warren. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed RHP Jared Liebelt. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed RHP Zack Plunkett. 2019 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | Houston Astros signed RHP Peyton Plumlee. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Chicago Cubs signed RHP Michael McAvene. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Milwaukee Brewers signed SS David Hamilton. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | New York Yankees signed free agent OF Mitchell Hansen to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Minnesota Twins signed free agent C Juan Graterol to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Milwaukee Brewers signed OF Arbert Cipion. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent 3B Ed Silva to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Toronto Blue Jays traded LF Steve Pearce and cash to Boston Red Sox for SS Santiago Espinal. 2018 transaction archive | | |
| 2018 | St. Louis Cardinals signed CF Brandon Riley. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | San Diego Padres signed 1B Michael Suarez. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Chicago Cubs signed RHP Riley McCauley. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | San Francisco Giants signed free agent RHP Cooper Casad to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | Chicago White Sox signed OF Steele Walker. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | San Francisco Giants signed free agent RHP Garrett Christman to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent RHP Cooper Criswell to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Atlanta Braves signed RHP Ty Harpenau. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed RHP Cody Bolton. 2017 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2017 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed OF Chris Sharpe. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed 3B Jesse Medrano. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Toronto Blue Jays signed 3B Davis Schneider. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | St. Louis Cardinals signed OF Scott Hurst. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent RHP Daniel Garmendia to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Houston Astros signed RHP Corbin Martin. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent RF Michael Saunders to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | San Francisco Giants signed free agent RHP Cody Hall to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed 3B Dylan Busby. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Kansas City Royals signed C Chris Hudgins. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Texas Rangers signed RHP Chris Morris. 2017 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2017 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent 3B Andrew Daniel to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Tampa Bay Rays signed 1B Brendan McKay. 2017 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2017 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed CF Kevin Watson. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Cleveland Indians signed SS Tyler Freeman. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Houston Astros signed RHP Carlos Pimental. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Milwaukee Brewers signed RHP Kadon Simmons. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Washington Nationals signed free agent 3B Dan Gamache to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2017 | Tampa Bay Rays signed RHP Hunter Adkins. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | San Diego Padres signed RHP Harrison Simon. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Chicago White Sox signed RHP Lincoln Henzman. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed RHP Max Kranick. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Washington Nationals released RHP Taylor Jordan. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Philadelphia Phillies signed LHP Kyle Young. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | New York Mets signed free agent RHP Tyler Herron to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent OF Boo Vazquez to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Atlanta Braves signed OF Tyler Neslony. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | San Francisco Giants signed OF Jacob Heyward. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | San Francisco Giants signed C Jeffrey Parra. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Houston Astros signed free agent OF Norberto Castellanos to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Cleveland Indians signed RHP Shane Bieber. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed RHP James Carter. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Baltimore Orioles signed CF D.J. Stewart. 2015 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2015 | Cleveland Indians released RHP Scott Atchison. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | San Francisco Giants signed C Matt Winn. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Seattle Mariners signed RHP Matt Walker. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | San Francisco Giants signed RHP Tyler Cyr. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Kansas City Royals signed LHP Brandon Finnegan. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Miami Marlins signed RHP Jordan Holloway. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent C Brandon Coluccio to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Chicago Cubs signed IF Kevonte Mitchell. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent LHP Brent Powers to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent RHP Mitchell Osnowitz to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Los Angeles Angels signed Christopher Ellis. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent RHP Freddy Garcia to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed OF Austin Meadows. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | San Diego Padres signed Jordan Paroubeck. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | San Diego Padres signed RHP Jace Chancellor. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Houston Astros signed C Brian Holberton. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent SS Reid Brignac to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Tampa Bay Rays signed RHP Anthony Tzamtzis. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed RHP Aaron Blair. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Minnesota Twins signed RHP Ryan Eades. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Detroit Tigers signed OF Raph Rhymes. 2013 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2013 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent RHP Eddie McKiernan to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Minnesota Twins signed RHP Aaron Slegers. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | St. Louis Cardinals signed RHP Nicholas Frey. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Cleveland Indians signed RHP Cortland Cox. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Texas Rangers signed LHP Cody Ege. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Cleveland Indians signed SS Nick Hamilton. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed 2B Jimmy Rider. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent 3B Andy LaRoche to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Toronto Blue Jays signed LHP Alonzo Gonzalez. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Philadelphia Phillies signed SS Tim Carver. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | St. Louis Cardinals signed free agent C Ricardo Lizcano to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Miami Marlins signed SS Cristopher Ynoa. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | San Francisco Giants signed free agent C Trevor Brown to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Cincinnati Reds signed OF Beau Amaral. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Detroit Tigers signed RHP Hunter Scantling. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Cincinnati Reds signed RHP Jeremy Kivel. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Atlanta Braves signed OF Fernelys Sanchez. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Cleveland Indians signed free agent 1B Raul Padron to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Oakland Athletics signed OF Dusty Robinson. 2011 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2011 | Oakland Athletics signed 2B Austin Booker. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Boston Red Sox signed LHP Zachary Good. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Washington Nationals signed free agent LHP J.C. Romero to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Washington Nationals signed RHP Greg Holt. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent RHP Daniel Berlind to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Los Angeles Angels signed 1B C.J. Cron. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | New York Mets signed C Xorge Carrillo. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Boston Red Sox signed 3B Alex Valdez. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Tampa Bay Rays signed RHP Jake Floethe. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed C JJ Ethel. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Milwaukee Brewers signed LHP Will West. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Toronto Blue Jays signed SS Ricardo Guillen. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed RHP Javier Berroa. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed RHP Jose Garcia. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Cleveland Indians signed SS Claudio Bautista. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Washington Nationals signed free agent RHP Jesus De Los Santos to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 2002 | Kristian Campbell |
| 2001 | Blake Walston |
| 2001 | Jakob Marsee |
| 1998 | Josh Winckowski |
| 1994 | Jose Cuas |
| 1994 | Spencer Bivens |
| 1993 | Michael Feliz |
| 1989 | Jason Krizan |
| 1988 | Kevan Smith |
| 1985 | Colt Hynes |
| 1984 | Clay Zavada |
| 1981 | Brandon Phillips |
| 1977 | Chris Spurling |
| 1977 | Kevin McGlinchy |
| 1975 | Richard Hidalgo |
| 1973 | Corey Koskie |
| 1973 | Jose Flores |
| 1971 | Greg Keagle |
| 1971 | Ron Mahay |
| 1970 | Kevin Polcovich |
| 1969 | Todd Revenig |
| 1967 | Matt Karchner |
| 1967 | Ron Witmeyer |
| 1966 | Frank Bolick |
| 1966 | Shawn Jeter |
| 1964 | Kevin Reimer |
| 1964 | Mark Grace |
| 1958 | Clay Christiansen |
| 1958 | Rafael Vasquez |
| 1952 | Joe Sambito |
| 1950 | Chris Speier |
| 1949 | Don Baylor |
| 1946 | Greg Sims |
| 1944 | Hal Breeden |
| 1942 | Tom Fletcher |
| 1941 | Al Downing |
| 1941 | Fred Talbot |
| 1941 | Len Boehmer |
| 1940 | Gary Wagner |
| 1937 | Cal Emery |
| 1936 | Fred Gladding |
| 1935 | Bob Blaylock |
| 1935 | Orlando McFarlane |
| 1927 | Dick Lane |
| 1921 | Steve Filipowicz |
| 1920 | Bert Shepard |
| 1911 | Jim Hitchcock |
| 1910 | Lee Gamble |
| 1907 | Joe Cascarella |
| 1892 | George Ross |
| 1890 | Ken Williams |
| 1889 | Bill Mundy |
| 1886 | Fred Miller |
| 1880 | Mike Lynch |
| 1877 | Bob Blewett |
| 1871 | Ike Fisher |
| 1868 | John Taber |
| 1865 | Frank Scheibeck |
| 1861 | Mart McQuaid |
| 1861 | Mox McQuery |
| Year | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Dave Parker | 74 |
| 2024 | Orlando Cepeda | 86 |
| 2018 | Mike Kilkenny | 73 |
| 2014 | Jim Brosnan | 84 |
| 2011 | Billy Baldwin | 63 |
| 2004 | Hal Toenes | 86 |
| 1987 | Bill Schuster | 74 |
| 1978 | Johnny Schulte | 81 |
| 1977 | Otto Bluege | 67 |
| 1968 | Paddy Driscoll | 73 |
| 1963 | Home Run Baker | 77 |
| 1962 | Cy Morgan | 83 |
| 1962 | Mickey Cochrane | 59 |
| 1960 | Bull Durham | 83 |
| 1956 | Grover Baichley | 66 |
| 1950 | Mutz Ens | 63 |
| 1944 | Dan Stearns | 82 |
| 1937 | Pop Joy | 77 |
| 1922 | Dick Lowe | 68 |
| 1888 | Joe Brown | 29 |
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 28.
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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