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On This Day in Baseball History: August 16
Sources Lahman People + MLB StatsAPI78 debuts80 transactions
Every major-league debut, final game, transaction, birth and death recorded for August 16, newest first. Player names link to career pages where one exists, and each season links onward to that year’s awards and postseason archives.
Debuts78
Final games63
Transactions80
Born62
Died25
| Year | Move | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent OF Heeju Shin to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent LHP Charlie Barnes to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Washington Nationals released 1B Nathaniel Lowe. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent RHP Wyatt Mills to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - | |
| 2024 | Colorado Rockies released C Elias Díaz. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Houston Astros released SS Aledmys Díaz. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Houston Astros signed free agent C Andrew Knapp to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - | |
| 2023 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent LHP Zach Penrod to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Tampa Bay Rays released RHP Ryan Thompson. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Texas Rangers signed free agent 2B Josh Harrison to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent RHP Brady Choban to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Oakland Athletics released RF Stephen Piscotty. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Milwaukee Brewers traded 1B Tyler White to Atlanta Braves for cash. 2022 transaction archive | |  |
| 2022 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent 1B Mike Ford to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Texas Rangers signed free agent RHP Tyler Duffey to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | New York Mets signed free agent CF Travis Jankowski to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent LF Yoshi Tsutsugo to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP David Robertson. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | San Diego Padres signed free agent RHP Jake Arrieta to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | Boston Red Sox released SS Marwin Gonzalez. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent RHP Jimmy Herget to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed LF Yoshi Tsutsugo. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | Washington Nationals signed C Steven Williams. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Washington Nationals signed LHP Andrew Alvarez. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Washington Nationals signed RHP Brendan Collins. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Washington Nationals signed 2B Darren Baker. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Washington Nationals signed 1B Will Frizzell. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent C Nicolas Deschamps to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent C Andres Sosa to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Houston Astros signed free agent RHP Ian Foggo to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Oakland Athletics signed free agent C Angel Rivera to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Tampa Bay Rays signed C Kenny Piper. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Washington Nationals signed RHP Marc Davis. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed LF Yoshi Tsutsugo. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed LF Yoshi Tsutsugo. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | Atlanta Braves released OF Peter O'Brien. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent 1B Tyler Austin to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent 2B Adeiny Hechavarria. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Texas Rangers signed free agent RHP Cal Hehnke to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Texas Rangers signed free agent RHP Alex Carrillo to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent C Willie Estrada to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | Texas Rangers signed free agent RHP Jose Estrada to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Kansas City Royals traded RHP Kelvin Gonzalez to Texas Rangers for Future Considerations. 2018 transaction archive |  | |
| 2018 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent LHP David Rollins to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent RHP Andrew Schwaab to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | New York Mets signed free agent C Domenico Pascale to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | New York Yankees signed free agent RHP Nolberto Henriquez to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | New York Yankees signed free agent RHP Yorlin Calderon to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | New York Yankees signed free agent RHP Luis Nova to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | New York Yankees signed free agent OF Felix Negueis to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Colorado Rockies traded LHP Sam Moll to Oakland Athletics for Player To Be Named Later. 2017 transaction archive | | |
| 2017 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent LHP Brendan Nail to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent RHP Ralston Cash to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | San Francisco Giants signed free agent RHP Drew Muren to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2017 | Miami Marlins signed free agent C Igor Baez to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2017 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent RHP Santiago Elizondo to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent RHP John Straka to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | San Francisco Giants signed free agent RHP Joe Nathan to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Atlanta Braves traded SS Erick Aybar to Detroit Tigers for Mike Aviles and C Kade Scivicque. 2016 transaction archive | | |
| 2015 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent RHP Frank Herrmann to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent LHP Wandy Rodriguez to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent RHP Joba Chamberlain to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent 2B Donnie Murphy to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent RHP Billy Buckner to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | New York Mets signed free agent RF Bobby Abreu to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Los Angeles Dodgers traded 2B Jesmuel Valentin to Philadelphia Phillies. 2014 transaction archive | | |
| 2014 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent RHP Hector Garcia to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2014 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent RHP Eury Ramos to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent C Gustavo Polanco to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | New York Yankees signed free agent 1B Mark Reynolds. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent RHP Kyle Farnsworth to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Cleveland Indians signed free agent LHP Wander Beras to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2013 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent RHP Clayvon Sambola to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Rancho Cucamonga Quakes traded RHP Ryan O'Sullivan to Philadelphia Phillies. 2012 transaction archive | Rancho Cucamonga Quakes | |
| 2012 | New York Mets traded RHP Pedro Beato to Boston Red Sox. 2012 transaction archive | | |
| 2012 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent LHP Horacio Ramirez to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent RHP Felipe Perez to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2011 | Detroit Tigers traded RHP Lester Oliveros to Minnesota Twins. 2011 transaction archive | |  |
| 2011 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed RHP Ryan O'Sullivan. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent C Jeff Howell to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 1998 | Akil Baddoo |
| 1998 | Michael Toglia |
| 1997 | Dominic Canzone |
| 1996 | Peter Solomon |
| 1996 | Tyler Stephenson |
| 1992 | Connor Joe |
| 1992 | Delino DeShields |
| 1990 | Adrian Sanchez |
| 1988 | J. C. Ramirez |
| 1988 | Justin Grimm |
| 1986 | Martin Maldonado |
| 1986 | Yu Darvish |
| 1985 | Daric Barton |
| 1982 | Freddy Sandoval |
| 1980 | Ben Kozlowski |
| 1980 | Ryan Hanigan |
| 1978 | Brian Gordon |
| 1975 | Jin Ho Cho |
| 1975 | Michael Coleman |
| 1974 | John Snyder |
| 1974 | Roger Cedeno |
| 1973 | Damian Jackson |
| 1970 | Quinton McCracken |
| 1967 | Bret Barberie |
| 1966 | Steve Foster |
| 1966 | Terry Shumpert |
| 1965 | Xavier Hernandez |
| 1964 | Rick Reed |
| 1961 | Donnie Scott |
| 1961 | Greg Jelks |
| 1960 | Bill Mooneyham |
| 1958 | Jim Maler |
| 1952 | Al Holland |
| 1948 | Mike Jorgensen |
| 1945 | Jan Dukes |
| 1941 | Bill Edgerton |
| 1941 | Gene Brabender |
| 1941 | Larry Loughlin |
| 1938 | Buck Rodgers |
| 1931 | Don Rudolph |
| 1929 | Curtis Roberts |
| 1925 | Willie Jones |
| 1922 | Gene Woodling |
| 1913 | Lew Carpenter |
| 1913 | Tiny Bonham |
| 1911 | Herman Besse |
| 1908 | Andy Bednar |
| 1901 | Mahlon Higbee |
| 1900 | Billy Rhiel |
| 1897 | Bob Fothergill |
| 1895 | Fred Bailey |
| 1893 | Ceylon Wright |
| 1892 | Bill Keen |
| 1890 | Baby Doll Jacobson |
| 1887 | Hank Robinson |
| 1886 | Hub Northen |
| 1884 | Joe Hovlik |
| 1872 | Gene Steere |
| 1870 | Willie Clark |
| 1865 | Ed Mayer |
| 1855 | Hick Carpenter |
| 1854 | Doc Landis |
| Year | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Bobby Thomson | 86 |
| 2007 | Chico Garcia | 82 |
| 2002 | John Roseboro | 69 |
| 1993 | Bama Rowell | 77 |
| 1985 | Dick Drott | 49 |
| 1984 | Fred Hahn | 55 |
| 1984 | Tommie Aaron | 45 |
| 1983 | Earl Averill | 81 |
| 1977 | Al Javery | 59 |
| 1977 | Charlie Barnabe | 77 |
| 1977 | Joe Kelly | 90 |
| 1976 | George Aiton | 85 |
| 1972 | Fred Bailey | 77 |
| 1971 | Walter Mueller | 76 |
| 1970 | Kurt Krieger | 43 |
| 1953 | Ty Tyson | 61 |
| 1948 | Babe Ruth | 53 |
| 1946 | Billy Rhiel | 46 |
| 1944 | Tom Sullivan | 37 |
| 1943 | Beals Becker | 57 |
| 1927 | Jerry Denny | 68 |
| 1923 | Bill Day | 56 |
| 1923 | Jim Scoggins | 32 |
| 1919 | Ed McKean | 55 |
| 1906 | Tom Carey | 59 |
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 16.
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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