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On This Day in Baseball History: August 20
Sources Lahman People + MLB StatsAPI99 debuts55 transactions
Every major-league debut, final game, transaction, birth and death recorded for August 20, newest first. Player names link to career pages where one exists, and each season links onward to that year’s awards and postseason archives.
Debuts99
Final games46
Transactions55
Born61
Died20
| Year | Move | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent 3B Santiago Espinal to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent OF Owen Prince to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | St. Louis Cardinals signed free agent LHP Josh Fleming to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Tampa Bay Rays traded C Logan Driscoll to Miami Marlins for cash. 2026 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2025 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent LHP Tucker Davidson to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent RHP Gregory Sipion to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - | |
| 2024 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent 3B Gio Urshela. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Boston Red Sox released 1B Dominic Smith. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent 3B Luis Guillorme. 2024 transaction archive | - | |
| 2024 | St. Louis Cardinals released SS Brandon Crawford. 2024 transaction archive | - | |
| 2024 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent 3B Cristian Santana to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Chicago Cubs released RHP Héctor Neris. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Oakland Athletics signed free agent RHP Austin Pruitt to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | New York Mets signed free agent RHP Ty Adcock to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Chicago Cubs released C Tucker Barnhart. 2023 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Texas Rangers signed free agent C Wilson Ramos to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | Chicago Cubs released RHP Dan Winkler. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP David Hess to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Los Angeles Angels released CF Adam Eaton. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent RHP Shane Greene. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | San Diego Padres signed free agent RHP Brandon Trammell to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | San Diego Padres signed free agent RHP Santiago Sojo to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Oakland Athletics released RHP Marco Estrada. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent LHP Jake Brentz to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | Cleveland Indians signed free agent RHP Diego Navarro to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent CF Angel Gomez to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent SS Gilberto Machado to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Seattle Mariners released 2B Danny Espinosa. 2017 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2017 | Los Angeles Dodgers traded RHP Jacob Rhame to New York Mets. 2017 transaction archive | | |
| 2017 | Toronto Blue Jays released LHP J.P. Howell. 2017 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | Texas Rangers signed free agent CF Carlos Gomez to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent OF Chris Dickerson to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Colorado Rockies released LHP Jason Gurka. 2016 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent LHP Henler De Jesus to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent RHP Jose Rodulfo to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent OF Rafael Jimenez to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent LF Ryan Gebhardt to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Cincinnati Reds traded LF Marlon Byrd and cash to San Francisco Giants for RHP Stephen Johnson. 2015 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2015 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent RF Travis Snider to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Toronto Blue Jays traded LHP Randy Wolf to Detroit Tigers for cash. 2015 transaction archive | |  |
| 2015 | New York Yankees released RF Garrett Jones. 2015 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2015 | Colorado Rockies released CF Drew Stubbs. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Miami Marlins signed free agent RHP Danny Brown to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent LHP Hector Yan to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent RHP Joe Gardner to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Chicago White Sox released LHP Charlie Leesman. 2014 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2013 | Texas Rangers signed free agent RHP Britt Robertshaw to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent RHP Daniel Carela to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | San Diego Padres released SS Jason Bartlett. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent RHP Amalio Diaz to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent RHP Ismael Maldonado to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed 2B Kevin Taylor. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | San Francisco Giants signed RHP Chris Marlowe. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | St. Louis Cardinals signed free agent RHP Juan Perez to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent RHP Dylan De Meyer to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 2001 | Cade Horton |
| 1998 | Jung Hoo Lee |
| 1998 | Noah Murdock |
| 1996 | Nate Pearson |
| 1995 | Brian Miller |
| 1995 | Justin Williams |
| 1989 | Taylor Cole |
| 1985 | Blake DeWitt |
| 1985 | Matt Hague |
| 1984 | Jamie Hoffmann |
| 1983 | Lance Broadway |
| 1979 | Cory Sullivan |
| 1979 | Frank Gracesqui |
| 1978 | Chris Schroder |
| 1978 | T. J. Tucker |
| 1977 | Aaron Taylor |
| 1977 | Josh Pearce |
| 1976 | Gene Kingsale |
| 1973 | Jose Paniagua |
| 1973 | Todd Helton |
| 1972 | Mike Porzio |
| 1971 | Chris Clapinski |
| 1969 | Mark Holzemer |
| 1968 | Kevin Rogers |
| 1967 | Andy Benes |
| 1963 | Brad Arnsberg |
| 1963 | Israel Sanchez |
| 1963 | Jose Cecena |
| 1963 | Kal Daniels |
| 1960 | Ed Wojna |
| 1960 | Mark Langston |
| 1960 | Tom Brunansky |
| 1957 | DeWayne Buice |
| 1956 | Joel Finch |
| 1953 | Dan Dumoulin |
| 1952 | Bobby Cuellar |
| 1952 | Lance Rautzhan |
| 1944 | Graig Nettles |
| 1943 | Hal Kurtz |
| 1942 | Fred Norman |
| 1936 | Cliff Cook |
| 1925 | Larry Miggins |
| 1924 | George Zuverink |
| 1909 | Sig Jakucki |
| 1908 | Al Lopez |
| 1907 | Beau Bell |
| 1907 | Bill Crouch |
| 1906 | Lee Riley |
| 1895 | Pete Schneider |
| 1891 | Ed Hovlik |
| 1890 | Chubby Snyder |
| 1887 | Ross Reynolds |
| 1886 | Gene Woodburn |
| 1881 | Ed McLane |
| 1880 | Bull Smith |
| 1869 | Frank Bonner |
| 1869 | Robert Gibson |
| 1857 | George Baker |
| 1855 | Dave Pierson |
| 1855 | George Fisher |
| 1848 | Jim Carleton |
| Year | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Jerry Turner | 69 |
| 2018 | Doc Edwards | 81 |
| 1998 | Fred Sington | 88 |
| 1998 | Gene Host | 65 |
| 1995 | Bill Kennedy | 76 |
| 1995 | Von McDaniel | 56 |
| 1985 | Clarence Fieber | 71 |
| 1982 | Hank Johnson | 76 |
| 1980 | Al Hermann | 81 |
| 1975 | Jake Miller | 77 |
| 1960 | George Perring | 76 |
| 1952 | Ned Pettigrew | 70 |
| 1952 | Red Owens | 77 |
| 1950 | Ed Zmich | 65 |
| 1948 | Walter Blair | 64 |
| 1944 | Bob Gilks | 80 |
| 1942 | John McCarty | 75 |
| 1926 | Cal McVey | 76 |
| 1908 | Marty Honan | 39 |
| 1886 | Dick Blaisdell | 24 |
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 20.
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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