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On This Day in Baseball History: August 9
Sources Lahman People + MLB StatsAPI84 debuts90 transactions
Every major-league debut, final game, transaction, birth and death recorded for August 9, newest first. Player names link to career pages where one exists, and each season links onward to that year’s awards and postseason archives.
Debuts84
Final games68
Transactions90
Born69
Died27
| Year | Move | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent CF JiHwan Bae to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | San Diego Padres signed free agent LF Austin Hays. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Atlanta Braves released SS Jorge Mateo. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent RHP Travis MacGregor to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - | |
| 2024 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent SS Jean Segura to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Baltimore Orioles traded RHP Ryan Watson to San Francisco Giants for cash. 2024 transaction archive | |  |
| 2024 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent 3B Johan Ferreira to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - | |
| 2024 | Houston Astros released RHP Dylan Coleman. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent 3B Samil De La Rosa to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - | |
| 2024 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent RHP Josh Staumont to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Boston Red Sox released LHP Richard Bleier. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent RHP Aaron Sanchez to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Texas Rangers signed RHP Case Matter. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent 2B Kolten Wong to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent RHP Trey Gibson to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - | |
| 2023 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent RHP Carter Rees to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | San Diego Padres signed free agent LHP Carlos Santillan to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent CF Jackie Bradley Jr.. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent RHP Logan Adams to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Milwaukee Brewers signed RHP Tyler Woessner. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Los Angeles Angels signed RHP Victor Mederos. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent LHP Anthony Banda to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent RHP Sterling Sharp to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent RHP Jeurys Familia to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | New York Mets signed free agent LHP Luke Bartnicki to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | Chicago White Sox released OF Luis Gonzalez. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent C Tony Wolters to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent LHP Felix Martinez to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | New York Mets signed free agent RHP Leandro Mejia to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | New York Mets signed free agent RHP Raimon Gomez to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP Andy Rodriguez to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent RHP Hayden Seig to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | San Francisco Giants traded cash to Chicago White Sox for CF Luis Alexander Basabe. 2020 transaction archive | | |
| 2019 | Cincinnati Reds traded LHP Joe Mantiply to New York Yankees. 2019 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2019 | Detroit Tigers released 2B Josh Harrison. 2019 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | Detroit Tigers released RHP Sandy Baez. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent SS Luis Valenzuela to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | New York Mets signed free agent 2B Joe Panik. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Seattle Mariners traded C Jose Lobaton to Los Angeles Dodgers for cash. 2019 transaction archive | | |
| 2019 | Texas Rangers traded LHP Miguel Del Pozo to Los Angeles Angels. 2019 transaction archive | | |
| 2019 | Arizona Diamondbacks released RHP Greg Holland. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent OF Tyler Hill to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RF Dylan Cozens to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent RHP Johnathon Tripp to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | New York Mets signed free agent RHP Amaury Pereyra to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Texas Rangers signed free agent RHP Aron Vargas to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Houston Astros signed free agent RHP Jose Bolivar to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Toronto Blue Jays traded RHP Nick Tepesch to Detroit Tigers for cash. 2018 transaction archive | | |
| 2018 | Minnesota Twins traded RHP Fernando Rodney to Oakland Athletics for RHP Dakota Chalmers. 2018 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2017 | Miami Marlins signed free agent LHP Carlos Diaz to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2017 | Baltimore Orioles traded RHP Steve Johnson to Chicago White Sox for cash. 2017 transaction archive | | |
| 2017 | Baltimore Orioles signed LHP Raudel Lazo. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent C Jonah Jarrard to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | New York Mets traded RF Jay Bruce to Cleveland Indians for RHP Ryder Ryan. 2017 transaction archive | |  |
| 2017 | Houston Astros signed free agent SS Jose Mendoza to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | New York Yankees signed free agent LHP Tommy Layne. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Toronto Blue Jays released LHP Franklin Morales. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent RHP Joseph Mortillaro to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP Wikelman Ramirez to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent LHP Nick Additon to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Houston Astros signed LHP Joe Thatcher. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent RHP Gillian Wernet to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent OF Rafael Rincones to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | New York Yankees released 2B Brian Roberts. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | New York Yankees signed free agent 3B Scott Sizemore to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | San Diego Padres signed free agent RHP Alan Oaks to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent RHP Gabriel Perez to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent C Ronaldo Hernandez to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Chicago White Sox traded RF Alex Rios to Texas Rangers for 2B Leury Garcia. 2013 transaction archive | | |
| 2013 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent 3B Rafael Devers to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent LHP Enmanuel De Jesus to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent LHP Jhonathan Diaz to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent CF Yoan Aybar to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Colorado Rockies released RHP Josh Sullivan. 2013 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2013 | Texas Rangers signed free agent OF Kalian Sams to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent RHP Anthony Bryant to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | St. Louis Cardinals traded 2B Tyler Greene to Houston Astros. 2012 transaction archive |  | |
| 2012 | Cleveland Indians released RHP Jeremy Accardo. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Cleveland Indians released LF Johnny Damon. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | New York Mets signed free agent RHP Drew Carpenter to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent LHP Ron Schreurs to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent SS Hector Vargas to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Cleveland Indians signed OF Brian Ruiz. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Seattle Mariners signed C Luke Guarnaccia. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Seattle Mariners signed OF Cory Scammell. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Minnesota Twins signed C Matt Koch. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Detroit Tigers signed C James McCann. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Atlanta Braves signed RHP Navery Moore. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent RHP Silvino Bracho to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Washington Nationals signed free agent OF Armando Echenique to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - |  |
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 1999 | Owen White |
| 1999 | Xavier Edwards |
| 1997 | Nolan Hoffman |
| 1996 | Brendan Rodgers |
| 1996 | Luke Williams |
| 1994 | Ben DeLuzio |
| 1994 | Kyle Cody |
| 1993 | Brady Lail |
| 1991 | Steven Moya |
| 1989 | Dustin Antolin |
| 1989 | Jason Heyward |
| 1984 | Graham Godfrey |
| 1983 | Drew Butera |
| 1979 | Ron Flores |
| 1977 | Jason Frasor |
| 1977 | Steve Lomasney |
| 1975 | Brian Fuentes |
| 1975 | Mike Lamb |
| 1974 | Matt Morris |
| 1973 | Juan Alvarez |
| 1972 | Dusty Allen |
| 1972 | Jeff Zimmerman |
| 1971 | Ben VanRyn |
| 1971 | Ryan Radmanovich |
| 1971 | Scott Karl |
| 1970 | Pat Mahomes |
| 1969 | Troy Percival |
| 1967 | Deion Sanders |
| 1966 | Bob Scanlan |
| 1965 | Dale Polley |
| 1963 | Vance Lovelace |
| 1960 | Stan Clarke |
| 1959 | Jim Adduci |
| 1958 | Matt Young |
| 1957 | John Moses |
| 1956 | Kevin Saucier |
| 1951 | Steve Swisher |
| 1950 | Junior Kennedy |
| 1949 | Ted Simmons |
| 1948 | Bill Campbell |
| 1948 | Gary Timberlake |
| 1947 | Buddy Hunter |
| 1946 | Jerry Moses |
| 1942 | Tommie Agee |
| 1941 | Paul Lindblad |
| 1939 | Claude Osteen |
| 1937 | Ray Blemker |
| 1936 | Julian Javier |
| 1934 | Eli Grba |
| 1931 | Chuck Essegian |
| 1930 | Milt Bolling |
| 1925 | Roman Mejias |
| 1923 | Sam Vico |
| 1919 | Fred Sanford |
| 1919 | Ralph Houk |
| 1915 | Arnie Moser |
| 1912 | Tom Sunkel |
| 1911 | Justin Stein |
| 1901 | Phil Todt |
| 1894 | Johnny Mitchell |
| 1894 | Leo Kavanagh |
| 1890 | Leo Callahan |
| 1887 | Kid Butler |
| 1886 | Bob Clemens |
| 1880 | Dike Varney |
| 1878 | Howard Wilson |
| 1872 | Bill Dammann |
| 1867 | John Grim |
| 1863 | Jake Wells |
| Year | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Carroll Hardy | 87 |
| 2019 | Bill Mills | 99 |
| 2018 | John Kennedy | 77 |
| 2017 | Danny Walton | 70 |
| 2013 | Glen Hobbie | 77 |
| 2013 | Harry Elliott | 89 |
| 2013 | Johnny Logan | 87 |
| 2010 | Gene Hermanski | 90 |
| 2003 | Billy Rogell | 98 |
| 1998 | Ray Moss | 96 |
| 1991 | Hank Majeski | 74 |
| 1989 | Bob Harris | 74 |
| 1986 | Clarence Maddern | 64 |
| 1980 | Mel Kerr | 77 |
| 1977 | George Milstead | 74 |
| 1969 | Glenn Myatt | 72 |
| 1964 | Pete Johns | 76 |
| 1953 | Joe Evans | 58 |
| 1950 | Ed Klepfer | 62 |
| 1948 | Chick Bowen | 51 |
| 1948 | Harry Lord | 66 |
| 1945 | Art Nichols | 74 |
| 1937 | Duff Cooley | 64 |
| 1936 | Ed Halbriter | 76 |
| 1936 | Jim Mahady | 34 |
| 1897 | Jack Scheible | 31 |
| 1886 | Bill Smith | - |
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 August 9.
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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