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On This Day in Baseball History: July 11
Sources Lahman People + MLB StatsAPI67 debuts125 transactions
Every major-league debut, final game, transaction, birth and death recorded for July 11, newest first. Player names link to career pages where one exists, and each season links onward to that year’s awards and postseason archives.
Debuts67
Final games68
Transactions125
Born48
Died20
| Year | Move | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Chicago White Sox traded LHP Brandon Eisert and 1B Jacob Gonzalez to Pittsburgh Pirates for LHP Jaden Woods and Future Considerations. 2026 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2026 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent LHP Braden Scott to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | New York Mets released CF Jared Oliva. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Seattle Mariners traded 1B Carson Taylor to Atlanta Braves. 2026 transaction archive |  | |
| 2025 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent LHP Mitchell Evans to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | New York Mets signed free agent RHP Greidi Pina to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - | |
| 2024 | Kansas City Royals traded RHP Colin Selby to Baltimore Orioles for cash. 2024 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2024 | Cleveland Guardians released RHP Wes Parsons. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Washington Nationals released OF Nick Senzel. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent RHP Travis MacGregor to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent RHP Carlos Brito to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - | |
| 2023 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent C Caleb Pendleton to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - | |
| 2023 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent OF Landon Wallace to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - | |
| 2023 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent C Peter Burns to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - | |
| 2023 | San Diego Padres signed free agent RHP Victor Lazala to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Los Angeles Angels signed RHP Camden Minacci. 2023 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Atlanta Braves traded OF Drew Waters, RHP Andrew Hoffmann and 3B CJ Alexander to Kansas City Royals for Draft Pick. CBA Pick # 35. 2022 transaction archive | | |
| 2022 | Baltimore Orioles traded RHP Cody Sedlock to Detroit Tigers. 2022 transaction archive | | |
| 2022 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent RHP Jean Correa to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Houston Astros signed free agent RHP Jose Varela to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent RHP Brandon Barker to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Los Angeles Dodgers released RF Steven Souza Jr.. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | Atlanta Braves traded RF Tyler Neslony to Chicago White Sox. 2021 transaction archive | | |
| 2020 | Cincinnati Reds signed C Jackson Miller. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Minnesota Twins signed free agent 2B Ivan De Jesus Jr. to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | Minnesota Twins signed 2B Edouard Julien. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent RHP Spencer Stockton to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Chicago Cubs signed C Ethan Hearn. 2019 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | Tampa Bay Rays signed RHP Ben Peoples. 2019 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent RHP Shelby Miller to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | Atlanta Braves signed RHP Ben Thompson. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Tampa Bay Rays signed RHP Addison Moss. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent LHP Erubiel Armenta to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | Texas Rangers signed SS Hunter Bryan. 2019 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent RHP Jorge Ramirez to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent 3B Luis Gonzalez to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent RHP Efrain Polanco to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent C Pedro Felix to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent IF Luis Mendez to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Milwaukee Brewers signed LHP Jackson Gillis. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Minnesota Twins signed C LaRon Smith. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Baltimore Orioles signed RHP J.J. Montgomery. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | New York Mets released RHP Marcos Molina. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Chicago Cubs signed C Caleb Knight. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent SS LeeMarcus Boyd to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Minnesota Twins signed free agent RHP Felix Jorge to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Washington Nationals signed free agent RHP Mirton Blanco to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Cincinnati Reds signed C Mark Kolozsvary. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent 3B Yerangel Medina to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent RHP Felix Cepeda to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2017 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent 2B Carlos Arroyo to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Minnesota Twins released RHP Kevin Jepsen. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | San Francisco Giants released RHP Mike Broadway. 2016 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent 2B J.J. Franco to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent IF Jose Theran to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Houston Astros signed free agent RHP Yohan Ramirez to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | St. Louis Cardinals signed 2B Jonathan Murders. 2016 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent RHP Alexi Ogando to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Toronto Blue Jays signed RHP Josh Winckowski. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Texas Rangers signed free agent SS Michael Chirinos to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Texas Rangers signed free agent C Edilberto Mendoza to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent OF Warnel Valdez to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent RHP Nathanael Perez to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent RHP Adolfo Molina to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent RHP Juan Jimenez to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Detroit Tigers signed RHP Neftali Feliz. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | New York Mets signed free agent OF Joe Benson to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent RHP Chien-Ming Wang to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Miami Marlins signed free agent LHP Jonaiker Villalobos to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2015 | Oakland Athletics signed free agent SS Jhoan Arias to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2015 | Oakland Athletics signed free agent OF Alonzo Medina to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Chicago White Sox signed LHP Carlos Rodon. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Oakland Athletics traded cash and LHP Jeff Francis to New York Yankees for Player To Be Named Later. 2014 transaction archive | |  |
| 2014 | San Francisco Giants signed RHP Tyler Beede. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | New York Mets signed OF Michael Conforto. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | New York Mets signed LHP Joel Huertas. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Cleveland Indians signed C Gian Paul Gonzalez. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent RHP Robert Coello to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Texas Rangers signed free agent RHP Jerome Williams to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent RHP Anderson Nunez to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent RHP Daniel Lewis to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent SS Urwin Juaquin to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent SS Leonardo Rivas to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent LHP Aaron Laffey to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Toronto Blue Jays signed LHP Matt Boyd. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | St. Louis Cardinals signed RHP Trey Nielsen. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Boston Red Sox signed OF Rafael Oliveras. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent RHP Bobby Lanigan to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent 3B Mike Costanzo to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Texas Rangers signed RHP Jarred Smith. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent RHP Logan Norris to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent RHP Troy Neiman to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Baltimore Orioles signed LHP Daniel Ayers. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent RHP Gustavo Armas to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Kansas City Royals signed OF Dexter Kjerstad. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Baltimore Orioles signed 3B Drew Dosch. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent LHP Jorge Oviedo to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent RHP Carlos Luna to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | New York Mets signed free agent SS Luis Carpio to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent LHP Tanis Lara to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP Orlando Romero to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Colorado Rockies signed 2B Wesley Jones. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent OF Michael DeLaCruz to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Chicago Cubs signed OF Albert Almora. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Oakland Athletics released LHP Brian Fuentes. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Minnesota Twins signed RHP Carson Goldsmith. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Detroit Tigers signed LHP Logan Ehlers. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent OF Xavier Paul to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent RHP Scott Carroll to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent RHP Michael Lee to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | San Francisco Giants signed free agent LHP Matthew Lujan to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | San Francisco Giants signed free agent OF Tyler Hollick to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Baltimore Orioles signed OF Derrick Bleeker. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | St. Louis Cardinals signed RHP Kurt Heyer. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Cleveland Indians signed free agent D.J. Brown. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Oakland Athletics released LHP Bobby Cramer. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Seattle Mariners signed 3B Steven Proscia. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Seattle Mariners signed RHP John Taylor. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Seattle Mariners signed RHP Steve Cochrane. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | New York Yankees signed free agent RHP Francis Joseph to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed RHP Axel Diaz. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Atlanta Braves signed RHP Domingo Jabalera. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Philadelphia Phillies signed RHP Darbin Morel. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent RHP Jose Fuentes to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent RHP Eduardo Jimenez to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 1998 | Samad Taylor |
| 1997 | Griffin Conine |
| 1997 | Ryan Rolison |
| 1995 | Daniel Johnson |
| 1995 | Justin Steele |
| 1994 | Jon Duplantier |
| 1992 | Johnny Barbato |
| 1987 | Shun Yamaguchi |
| 1986 | Bryan Augenstein |
| 1984 | Jon Meloan |
| 1984 | Yorman Bazardo |
| 1983 | Zach Clark |
| 1981 | Blaine Boyer |
| 1977 | Javier Lopez |
| 1972 | Mark Little |
| 1970 | Billy Ashley |
| 1967 | Andy Ashby |
| 1967 | Donne Wall |
| 1966 | Efrain Valdez |
| 1962 | Brian Brady |
| 1959 | Bert Peña |
| 1956 | Joey McLaughlin |
| 1953 | Sam Hinds |
| 1951 | Ed Ott |
| 1949 | Jack Heidemann |
| 1949 | Stan Thomas |
| 1947 | Ron Cook |
| 1942 | John Sevcik |
| 1938 | Ted Schreiber |
| 1937 | Verle Tiefenthaler |
| 1934 | Bob Allison |
| 1931 | Dick Gray |
| 1924 | Al Federoff |
| 1921 | Hal Gregg |
| 1914 | George Binks |
| 1911 | Vito Tamulis |
| 1899 | Binky Jones |
| 1898 | Joe Batchelder |
| 1893 | Clarence Blethen |
| 1893 | Milt Stock |
| 1889 | Billy Burke |
| 1886 | Hank Griffin |
| 1884 | Harry Wolter |
| 1873 | Jimmy Slagle |
| 1872 | Harry Maupin |
| 1865 | George Meakim |
| 1865 | Pop Schriver |
| 1855 | Marty Simpson |
| Year | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Dick Schofield | 87 |
| 2020 | Frank Bolling | 88 |
| 2012 | Art Ceccarelli | 82 |
| 2008 | Chuck Stobbs | 79 |
| 1997 | Joe Hauser | 98 |
| 1987 | Joe Bennett | 87 |
| 1984 | Lyle Luttrell | 54 |
| 1984 | Moose Clabaugh | 82 |
| 1982 | Chet Nichols | 85 |
| 1973 | George Edmondson | 77 |
| 1972 | Johnnie Tyler | 65 |
| 1959 | Frank Gilhooley | 67 |
| 1953 | Lew Wendell | 61 |
| 1952 | Dutch Leonard | 60 |
| 1948 | Bert Hall | 58 |
| 1931 | Alexander Donoghue | 67 |
| 1901 | Dave McKeough | 37 |
| 1886 | Denny Driscoll | 30 |
| 1884 | Bill Smiley | - |
| 1881 | Steve Dignan | 22 |
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 July 11.
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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