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On This Day in Baseball History: September 3
Sources Lahman People + MLB StatsAPI271 debuts32 transactions
Every major-league debut, final game, transaction, birth and death recorded for September 3, newest first. Player names link to career pages where one exists, and each season links onward to that year’s awards and postseason archives.
Debuts271
Final games74
Transactions32
Born57
Died30
| Year | Move | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent RF Dominic Fletcher to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Kansas City Royals released 3B CJ Alexander. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Kansas City Royals released 3B CJ Alexander. 2024 transaction archive | - | |
| 2024 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent RHP Tanner Gillis to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Arizona Diamondbacks released RHP Noe Ramirez. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | Texas Rangers signed free agent SS Domingo Leyba to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | Los Angeles Angels released SS Jose Iglesias. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | Washington Nationals released SS Starlin Castro. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP Luis Hernandez to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent LHP Victor Cabreja to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent RHP Brandison Polanco to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | Atlanta Braves released 1B Matt Adams. 2020 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2020 | Cleveland Indians released 2B Jake Elmore. 2020 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2020 | Chicago Cubs released RHP Cody Allen. 2020 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2020 | Chicago Cubs released RHP AJ Ramos. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | Chicago White Sox released RHP Drew Anderson. 2020 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | Detroit Tigers released LHP Ryan Carpenter. 2019 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | Cleveland Indians signed free agent C Nelson Aranguren to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Cleveland Indians signed free agent SS Oscar Cedeno to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | New York Yankees signed free agent C Jose Heredia to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | Milwaukee Brewers traded RHP Aaron Brooks to Oakland Athletics for cash. 2018 transaction archive | |  |
| 2018 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent RHP Juan Daniel Encarnacion to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent LHP Richard Terrero to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent LHP Joshua Javier to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent C Douglas Lanza to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent OF Eduardo Diaz to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | San Francisco Giants signed free agent C Angeddy Almanzar to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2014 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent LHP Ronny Agustin to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Atlanta Braves traded C Matt Pagnozzi to Houston Astros. 2013 transaction archive | |  |
| 2013 | Oakland Athletics released DH Luke Montz. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent RHP Alexis Peralta to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent OF Gilbert Marrero to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 2002 | Javier Sanoja |
| 1998 | Jacob Amaya |
| 1997 | Carter Kieboom |
| 1996 | Brian Van Belle |
| 1996 | Jake Wong |
| 1995 | David Peterson |
| 1993 | Corey Oswalt |
| 1991 | Carl Edwards |
| 1990 | Shae Simmons |
| 1988 | Josh Osich |
| 1987 | Domonic Brown |
| 1987 | Drew Hayes |
| 1986 | Brandon Beachy |
| 1985 | Chris Nelson |
| 1985 | Troy Patton |
| 1983 | Matt Capps |
| 1982 | Bobby Livingston |
| 1981 | Jake Woods |
| 1978 | Juan Perez |
| 1977 | Nate Robertson |
| 1970 | Chad Fox |
| 1970 | Craig Wilson |
| 1970 | Dave Berg |
| 1969 | Tom Thobe |
| 1967 | Luis Gonzalez |
| 1963 | Ced Landrum |
| 1963 | Eric Plunk |
| 1962 | Dave Clark |
| 1960 | Rene Gonzales |
| 1955 | Don Kainer |
| 1953 | Mike Paxton |
| 1951 | Alan Bannister |
| 1951 | Dave Campbell |
| 1947 | Bill Gilbreth |
| 1936 | Steve Boros |
| 1931 | Tom Brewer |
| 1924 | Bill Greason |
| 1922 | Morrie Martin |
| 1920 | Sandy Consuegra |
| 1917 | Frank Jelincich |
| 1915 | Eddie Stanky |
| 1915 | Weldon West |
| 1913 | Kerby Farrell |
| 1911 | Lindsay Deal |
| 1910 | Jack Redmond |
| 1902 | Bill Moore |
| 1891 | Katsy Keifer |
| 1887 | John Scott |
| 1885 | Ed Konetchy |
| 1883 | Art Fromme |
| 1876 | Dusty Miller |
| 1876 | George Stone |
| 1876 | Jerry Donovan |
| 1873 | Mike Kahoe |
| 1872 | Guy McFadden |
| 1871 | Billy Goeckel |
| 1864 | Harry Decker |
| Year | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Wayne Graham | 88 |
| 2012 | Bob DiPietro | 85 |
| 2004 | Frenchy Uhalt | 94 |
| 2001 | Carl Lindquist | 82 |
| 2000 | Clyde Sukeforth | 98 |
| 1990 | Marshall Bridges | 59 |
| 1989 | Rip Sewell | 82 |
| 1981 | George Lowe | 86 |
| 1975 | Irv Medlinger | 48 |
| 1972 | Tom Fisher | 91 |
| 1969 | Bill Culp | 82 |
| 1965 | Rudy Leopold | 60 |
| 1964 | Hank Ritter | 70 |
| 1963 | Tony DeFate | 68 |
| 1960 | Armando Marsans | 72 |
| 1959 | Emmett Bowles | 61 |
| 1955 | Hal Schwenk | 65 |
| 1953 | Jack Pfiester | 75 |
| 1952 | Bert Daly | 71 |
| 1950 | Frank Pearce | 45 |
| 1950 | Jim Connor | 87 |
| 1948 | Bert Husting | 70 |
| 1945 | Dusty Miller | 76 |
| 1935 | Mike Ryan | 67 |
| 1933 | Ed Cartwright | 73 |
| 1924 | Herman Pitz | 59 |
| 1923 | Jack Barnett | 43 |
| 1921 | Jim Clinton | 71 |
| 1913 | Charlie Householder | 59 |
| 1893 | Bill Vinton | 28 |
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 3.
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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