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On This Day in Baseball History: September 4
Sources Lahman People + MLB StatsAPI245 debuts36 transactions
Every major-league debut, final game, transaction, birth and death recorded for September 4, newest first. Player names link to career pages where one exists, and each season links onward to that year’s awards and postseason archives.
Debuts245
Final games83
Transactions36
Born62
Died29
| Year | Move | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent LF Kyler Fedko to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent RHP Shaun Anderson to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent LHP Ben Moore to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Atlanta Braves released RHP Cal Quantrill. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Seattle Mariners signed RHP Jesse Hahn. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Milwaukee Brewers traded RHP Nash Walters to Los Angeles Angels for cash. 2022 transaction archive | | |
| 2022 | Texas Rangers released LHP Dallas Keuchel. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent RHP Chase Plymell to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2020 | Minnesota Twins released RHP Ryan Garton. 2020 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2020 | Minnesota Twins released SS Jack Reinheimer. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | New York Mets released RHP Pedro Payano. 2020 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2020 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent RHP Jeison Pena to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent RHP Carson Rudd to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2020 | Toronto Blue Jays released RHP Sam Gaviglio. 2020 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent RHP Lesther Medrano to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | St. Louis Cardinals signed free agent RHP Marlyn Almonte to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent LHP Manuel De La Rosa to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP Samuel Mejia to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | New York Yankees signed free agent 3B Enger Castellano to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | Los Angeles Angels released SS Nolan Fontana. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent OF Juan Mercedes to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent CF Willi Fana to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | New York Yankees signed free agent OF Marco Naranjo to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | San Diego Padres released SS Alexei Ramirez. 2016 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2015 | Chicago Cubs released RHP Rafael Soriano. 2015 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2015 | Miami Marlins signed free agent RHP Hunter Adkins to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2015 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent RHP Joe Mello to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Atlanta Braves traded 2B Jared Cruz to Houston Astros. PTBN in 7/3 Andrew Robinson trade 2014 transaction archive | |  |
| 2014 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent RHP Eduard Bazardo to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2014 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent SS Imeldo Diaz to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | San Francisco Giants released LF Kensuke Tanaka. 2013 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2013 | New York Mets signed free agent P Rafael Encarnacion to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | New York Mets signed free agent C Hanser Ortiz to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed 3B Jordan Steranka. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent C Joel Diaz to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2012 | Texas Rangers signed free agent SS Juremi Profar to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 1998 | Andres Gimenez |
| 1998 | Garrett Mitchell |
| 1995 | Mark Kolozsvary |
| 1993 | Erik Swanson |
| 1992 | Aaron Slegers |
| 1992 | Willy Garcia |
| 1991 | Kyle Finnegan |
| 1990 | Chris Beck |
| 1989 | Andrelton Simmons |
| 1989 | Cody Martin |
| 1988 | Adam Duvall |
| 1986 | Jordan Schafer |
| 1986 | Michael Stutes |
| 1985 | David Herndon |
| 1984 | Jason Donald |
| 1980 | Pat Neshek |
| 1978 | Nick Regilio |
| 1977 | Matt DeWitt |
| 1977 | Sun-Woo Kim |
| 1976 | Brian Myrow |
| 1976 | Ron Calloway |
| 1973 | Aaron Fultz |
| 1973 | Brian Simmons |
| 1973 | Joe Depastino |
| 1972 | Darrell Einertson |
| 1970 | Luis Lopez |
| 1968 | Mike Piazza |
| 1958 | Paul Householder |
| 1958 | Rod Booker |
| 1957 | Kelly Heath |
| 1950 | Doyle Alexander |
| 1950 | Frank White |
| 1949 | Paul Jata |
| 1946 | Ken Wright |
| 1943 | Bobby Guindon |
| 1941 | Bernie Smith |
| 1941 | Ken Harrelson |
| 1936 | Jim McAnany |
| 1928 | José Santiago |
| 1919 | Eddie Waitkus |
| 1918 | Bill Endicott |
| 1918 | George Pfister |
| 1913 | Clarence Fieber |
| 1912 | Fred Walters |
| 1912 | Gordon Maltzberger |
| 1911 | Roy Vaughn |
| 1906 | Jim Mooney |
| 1904 | Bud Morse |
| 1901 | Al Grabowski |
| 1894 | Fred Worden |
| 1894 | Leo Dixon |
| 1889 | Bill Meehan |
| 1888 | Harry Hedgpeth |
| 1887 | Red Corriden |
| 1887 | Tillie Walker |
| 1881 | Carl Druhot |
| 1877 | John Terry |
| 1875 | Jack Gilbert |
| 1875 | Lefty Houtz |
| 1866 | Elmer Horton |
| 1857 | Jerry Sweeney |
| 1848 | Amos Booth |
| Year | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Dwain Anderson | 71 |
| 2002 | Jim Constable | 69 |
| 2000 | Merrill May | 89 |
| 1996 | Babe Dahlgren | 84 |
| 1989 | Hal Lee | 84 |
| 1986 | Hank Greenberg | 75 |
| 1985 | Art Bramhall | 76 |
| 1982 | Buster Bray | 69 |
| 1982 | Ramon Lopez | 49 |
| 1976 | Monroe Mitchell | 74 |
| 1972 | Bob Bowman | 61 |
| 1971 | Joe Hassler | 66 |
| 1968 | Ernie Orsatti | 65 |
| 1967 | Clyde Manion | 70 |
| 1967 | George Loepp | 65 |
| 1967 | Hugh Canavan | 70 |
| 1958 | Red Killefer | 73 |
| 1958 | Ward Miller | 74 |
| 1956 | Pat Ragan | 72 |
| 1955 | Gus Weyhing | 88 |
| 1953 | Buck Herzog | 68 |
| 1952 | Charles Schmidt | 66 |
| 1951 | Carl Doyle | 39 |
| 1945 | William Fischer | 54 |
| 1944 | Jack Gleason | 90 |
| 1943 | Harry Hardy | 67 |
| 1935 | Dan Cotter | 68 |
| 1910 | Candy Nelson | 61 |
| 1882 | James McDermott | - |
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 4.
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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