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On This Day in Baseball History: August 18
Sources Lahman People + MLB StatsAPI73 debuts67 transactions
Every major-league debut, final game, transaction, birth and death recorded for August 18, newest first. Player names link to career pages where one exists, and each season links onward to that year’s awards and postseason archives.
Debuts73
Final games52
Transactions67
Born66
Died16
| Year | Move | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent C Chuckie Robinson to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent 2B Andy Ibáñez to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent 1B Nathaniel Lowe. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | New York Mets released RHP Paul Blackburn. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Pittsburgh Pirates released LHP Ryan Borucki. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Los Angeles Angels released 3B Luis Guillorme. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Detroit Tigers released 3B Gio Urshela. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Detroit Tigers released 3B Gio Urshela. 2024 transaction archive | - | |
| 2023 | Cincinnati Reds released RHP Luke Weaver. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent RHP Adrian Herrera to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent RHP Raynel Espinal to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Los Angeles Dodgers released C Tony Wolters. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | New York Mets signed free agent RHP Jhon Nunez to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Colorado Rockies traded C Dustin Garneau, and to Detroit Tigers. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | San Diego Padres signed free agent RHP Tyler Viza to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | Washington Nationals signed LHP Dustin Saenz. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent RHP Blake Seigler to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent RHP Yoryi Jimenez to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent LHP Dietrich Enns to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2020 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2020 | Philadelphia Phillies traded RHP Edgar Garcia to Tampa Bay Rays for Player To Be Named Later. 2020 transaction archive |  | |
| 2020 | Kansas City Royals released RHP Heath Fillmyer. 2020 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2020 | Miami Marlins released C Wilkin Castillo. 2020 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2020 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent C Vincent Timpanelli to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Washington Nationals signed free agent RHP Eduardo Vera to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | New York Yankees signed free agent RHP Trevor Rosenthal to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | Oakland Athletics traded RHP Nolan Blackwood to Detroit Tigers. 2018 transaction archive |  | |
| 2018 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent RHP Randall Delgado to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent RHP Junior Montero to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2017 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent LHP Chris Nunn to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2017 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent RHP Jason Adam to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent LHP Brett Anderson to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2017 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent LHP Ashur Tolliver to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Miami Marlins signed free agent 2B Grant Green to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent RHP Rafael De Paula to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Houston Astros signed free agent LHP Daniel Bello to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2017 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent RHP Taylor Cole to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent SS Ramon Taveras to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Houston Astros released CF Carlos Gomez. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Washington Nationals signed free agent RHP Mitch Lively to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent LHP Ty Sterner to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent RHP Zac Grotz to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Minnesota Twins signed free agent OF Isaiah Aluko to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | San Diego Padres signed free agent LHP Dylan Stoops to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent LHP Manny Banuelos to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent RHP Enrique Castillo to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | San Diego Padres signed free agent OF Yuniet Flores to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent LHP Tyler Frankoff to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent RHP Derek Blacksher to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Chicago White Sox released 2B Emilio Bonifacio. 2015 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2015 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent RHP Trevor Cahill to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | San Diego Padres traded CF Will Venable to Texas Rangers for C Marcus Greene Jr. and Player To Be Named Later. 2015 transaction archive |  | |
| 2015 | Miami Marlins signed free agent RHP Jorge De Leon to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent RHP Jose Valenzuela to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Washington Nationals signed free agent RF Nate Schierholtz to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Miami Marlins signed free agent LHP Nick Fuller to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | New York Yankees signed free agent RHP Wilking Rodriguez to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Miami Marlins traded RHP Doug Mathis to Pittsburgh Pirates. 2013 transaction archive | | |
| 2013 | Diablos Rojos del Mexico traded 1B Japhet Amador and OF Leo Heras to Houston Astros. 2013 transaction archive | Diablos Rojos del Mexico | |
| 2011 | Pittsburgh Pirates traded RHP Tim Wood to Texas Rangers. 2011 transaction archive | | |
| 2011 | Cincinnati Reds released LHP Philippe Valiquette. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent LHP Greg Smith to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent IF Ryan Zrenda to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2011 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent RHP Christian Cespedes to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent SS Javier Betancourt to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent C Gabriel Santana to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent LHP Jairo Martinez to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent LHP Francisco Gracesqui to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 2001 | Mick Abel |
| 2000 | Nasim Nuñez |
| 1998 | Andrew Nardi |
| 1998 | Zach DeLoach |
| 1997 | Andrew Saalfrank |
| 1995 | Yu Chang |
| 1994 | Seiya Suzuki |
| 1992 | Austin Hedges |
| 1990 | Eric Yardley |
| 1990 | Yimi Garcia |
| 1989 | Daniel Webb |
| 1987 | Justin Wilson |
| 1986 | Andrew Taylor |
| 1986 | Evan Gattis |
| 1986 | Tony Cruz |
| 1982 | Josh Rupe |
| 1981 | Pat Misch |
| 1980 | Jason Perry |
| 1978 | Kevin Barry |
| 1978 | Matt Hensley |
| 1976 | Brian Bowles |
| 1974 | Chris Stowers |
| 1974 | Jayson Durocher |
| 1971 | Albie Lopez |
| 1970 | Bobby Higginson |
| 1966 | Bob Zupcic |
| 1965 | Marcus Lawton |
| 1962 | Scott Arnold |
| 1961 | Jack Howell |
| 1960 | Mike LaValliere |
| 1959 | Terry Blocker |
| 1958 | Don Crow |
| 1955 | Bruce Benedict |
| 1949 | Charlie Hudson |
| 1947 | Bucky Guth |
| 1947 | Lowell Palmer |
| 1946 | Jim Magnuson |
| 1944 | Mike Ferraro |
| 1940 | Paul Popovich |
| 1939 | Joe Azcue |
| 1935 | Bob Humphreys |
| 1934 | Billy Consolo |
| 1934 | Roberto Clemente |
| 1927 | Roger Bowman |
| 1920 | Bob Kennedy |
| 1915 | Max Lanier |
| 1913 | Tommy Heath |
| 1908 | Jim Peterson |
| 1899 | Bernie Friberg |
| 1898 | Bill Knowlton |
| 1898 | Hal Goldsmith |
| 1897 | Mandy Brooks |
| 1893 | Bernie Duffy |
| 1893 | Burleigh Grimes |
| 1893 | William Marriott |
| 1891 | Wally Gerber |
| 1890 | Buck Weaver |
| 1889 | Bill Brady |
| 1876 | Gus Dorner |
| 1874 | Dick Harley |
| 1872 | Eddie Hickey |
| 1868 | Harry Keener |
| 1862 | Harry Koons |
| 1861 | Pat Sullivan |
| 1857 | Sam Wise |
| 1855 | Edward Cramer |
| Year | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Jim Brady | 88 |
| 2022 | Milt Ramirez | 72 |
| 2021 | Solly Drake | 90 |
| 2020 | Howie Judson | 95 |
| 2019 | Nate Smith | 84 |
| 2019 | Paul Smith | 88 |
| 2018 | Ozzie Van Brabant | 91 |
| 1978 | George Harper | 86 |
| 1976 | Walt Irwin | 78 |
| 1971 | Jim McCloskey | 61 |
| 1961 | John Leary | 70 |
| 1958 | Archie Stimmel | 85 |
| 1945 | Dan McGarvey | 57 |
| 1934 | Vivian Potts | - |
| 1932 | George LaChance | 62 |
| 1893 | Ed Dundon | 34 |
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 18.
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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