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On This Day in Baseball History: September 2
Sources Lahman People + MLB StatsAPI295 debuts44 transactions
Every major-league debut, final game, transaction, birth and death recorded for September 2, newest first. Player names link to career pages where one exists, and each season links onward to that year’s awards and postseason archives.
Debuts295
Final games83
Transactions44
Born62
Died27
| Year | Move | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent RHP Simeon Woods Richardson to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Washington Nationals signed free agent 3B Buddy Kennedy to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Washington Nationals signed free agent C Jorge Alfaro. 2025 transaction archive | - | |
| 2025 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent SS Anthony Prato to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent RHP Nick Anderson to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - | |
| 2025 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent RHP Guillo Zuñiga to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - | |
| 2023 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent LHP Andres Cova to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent LHP Dani Richar to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Houston Astros released 1B Niko Goodrum. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Oakland Athletics released RHP David McKay. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2020 | Cincinnati Reds traded LHP Jose Salvador to Los Angeles Angels. 2020 transaction archive |  | |
| 2020 | Houston Astros released RHP Fernando Rodney. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | New York Yankees signed free agent LHP Luis Avilan to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2020 | Houston Astros signed free agent RHP Jose Andujar to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Philadelphia Phillies released RHP Drew Anderson. 2019 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | Cleveland Indians signed free agent C Emilio Taveras to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent RHP Miguel Hernandez to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | New York Yankees signed free agent RHP Sebastian Perrone to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | New York Yankees signed free agent RHP Franklin Corniel to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Atlanta Braves traded LHP Tyler Watson to Chicago White Sox. 2018 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2018 | Cincinnati Reds traded LF Preston Tucker to Atlanta Braves for cash. 2018 transaction archive | | |
| 2017 | New York Mets signed free agent OF Norichika Aoki. 2017 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2017 | New York Yankees signed free agent RHP Paul Young to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Los Angeles Dodgers released LF Brett Eibner. 2017 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2017 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP Argenis Liriano to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2017 | St. Louis Cardinals signed free agent RHP Gabriel Contreras to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2017 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent RHP Wilkin Baez to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Houston Astros signed free agent RHP Renny Ugarte to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent 2B Luis Hernandez to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent OF Marcos Estevez to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2015 | Texas Rangers signed free agent RHP Yerry Rodriguez to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2014 | Milwaukee Brewers released RHP Hiram Burgos. 2014 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2014 | New York Yankees released RHP Matt Daley. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent LF Aaron Cunningham to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2014 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent 3B Fidel Mejia to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2013 | New York Mets signed free agent RHP Aaron Harang to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed RHP Lorenzo Barcelo. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Los Angeles Angels signed Natanael Delgado. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Atlanta Braves released 2B Julio Lugo. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Toronto Blue Jays released LHP Brian Tallet. 2011 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2011 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent RHP Elvis Diaz to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent RHP Pedro Fernandez to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent RHP Francis Jesus to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2011 | Minnesota Twins signed free agent SS Jorge Andrade to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - |  |
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 1997 | Dominic Fletcher |
| 1997 | Kerry Carpenter |
| 1997 | Oliver Dunn |
| 1996 | Aaron Whitefield |
| 1996 | Ryan Feltner |
| 1995 | Willy Adames |
| 1994 | Franchy Cordero |
| 1994 | Rob Kaminsky |
| 1993 | A. J. Minter |
| 1992 | Ronald Torreyes |
| 1991 | Christian Bethancourt |
| 1990 | Dusten Knight |
| 1986 | Evan Crawford |
| 1984 | Dusty Ryan |
| 1983 | Gaby Sanchez |
| 1982 | Jason Hammel |
| 1982 | Rommie Lewis |
| 1982 | Wes Littleton |
| 1977 | Yamid Haad |
| 1972 | Pat Watkins |
| 1971 | Rich Aurilia |
| 1970 | Sean Lawrence |
| 1969 | Mike Thomas |
| 1967 | Jamie McAndrew |
| 1966 | Terry Jorgensen |
| 1965 | Jose Melendez |
| 1962 | Johnny Paredes |
| 1961 | Jeff Russell |
| 1960 | Rex Hudler |
| 1959 | Drungo Hazewood |
| 1956 | Fred Howard |
| 1954 | John Flinn |
| 1954 | Rick Manning |
| 1953 | Danny Goodwin |
| 1952 | Nate Snell |
| 1951 | Dave Criscione |
| 1950 | Lamar Johnson |
| 1947 | Mel Behney |
| 1943 | Luke Walker |
| 1941 | Jerry Crider |
| 1935 | Don Williams |
| 1935 | Gordon Massa |
| 1933 | Marv Throneberry |
| 1918 | Len Rice |
| 1908 | Monte Pearson |
| 1907 | Ben Sankey |
| 1905 | Bernie James |
| 1901 | Marty Griffin |
| 1900 | Joe Heving |
| 1896 | Harry Shriver |
| 1896 | Paul Johnson |
| 1888 | Bill Chouneau |
| 1884 | Joe Ward |
| 1881 | Clyde Goodwin |
| 1879 | Fred Payne |
| 1879 | Rube DeGroff |
| 1878 | Bill Yohe |
| 1868 | Al Sauter |
| 1864 | Harrison Peppers |
| 1863 | John Henry |
| 1850 | Al Spalding |
| 1848 | George Bechtel |
| Year | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Don Minnick | 85 |
| 2008 | Todd Cruz | 52 |
| 2006 | Jerry Dahlke | 77 |
| 2006 | Victor Bernal | 52 |
| 1996 | Wes Livengood | 86 |
| 1990 | Mark Mauldin | 75 |
| 1988 | Jim Bagby | 71 |
| 1987 | Cam Carreon | 50 |
| 1986 | Jim Wilson | 64 |
| 1977 | Chucho Ramos | 59 |
| 1976 | Bud Heine | 75 |
| 1972 | Jim Brillheart | 68 |
| 1970 | Herbert Hill | 79 |
| 1968 | Lee Meyer | 80 |
| 1967 | Jack Ryan | 62 |
| 1966 | Bill McCabe | 73 |
| 1965 | Joe Hoover | 50 |
| 1960 | Billy Maloney | 82 |
| 1957 | Don Hanski | 41 |
| 1954 | Fred Osborn | 70 |
| 1942 | Frank Martin | 64 |
| 1942 | Henry Thielman | 61 |
| 1940 | Johnny Welch | 33 |
| 1929 | Bert Blue | 51 |
| 1926 | Ed McDonough | 39 |
| 1916 | Chick Evans | 26 |
| 1914 | Alfred Metcalfe | 61 |
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 September 2.
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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