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On This Day in Baseball History: September 5
Sources Lahman People + MLB StatsAPI245 debuts40 transactions
Every major-league debut, final game, transaction, birth and death recorded for September 5, 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 games65
Transactions40
Born71
Died30
| Year | Move | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Miami Marlins released 3B Leo Jiménez. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent RHP Jean Cabrera to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | San Diego Padres signed free agent SS Gabriel Ollarves to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent RHP Sam McWilliams to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent RHP Danis Correa to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | San Francisco Giants released CF AJ Pollock. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent LHP Naimer Rosario to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Washington Nationals signed free agent RHP Rico Garcia to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Los Angeles Dodgers released SS Eddy Alvarez. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Cleveland Guardians signed free agent RHP Harrison Ruiz to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent RHP Ryan Langford to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Houston Astros signed free agent RHP Luis De La Cruz to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent CF Nick Horvath to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent SS Ruben Tejada to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent RHP Drake Nightengale to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent RHP Conner O'Neil to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | New York Yankees released RHP Adonis Rosa. 2020 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2020 | Atlanta Braves released LHP Chris Rusin. 2020 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2020 | Chicago Cubs released RHP Jharel Cotton. 2020 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2020 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent RHP AJ Ramos to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2020 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent RHP Jandel Gustave to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent RHP Pedro Strop to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Houston Astros released LHP Reymin Guduan. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent RHP Barbaro Pinero to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | Miami Marlins signed free agent LHP Juan Caba to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Baltimore Orioles released RF Craig Gentry. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | Los Angeles Dodgers released LHP Adam Liberatore. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent LHP Denverick Martines to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP Audry Lugo to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2017 | Chicago White Sox released LHP Derek Holland. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Seattle Mariners released RHP Evan Scribner. 2017 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2017 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent RHP Jose Pina to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2017 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent RHP Efrain Morales to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | Texas Rangers traded CF Ryan Cordell to Milwaukee Brewers. PTBN in the August 1 trade involving Jonathan Lucroy and Jeremy Jeffress. 2016 transaction archive |  | |
| 2016 | Washington Nationals signed free agent RHP Jose Placencio to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Miami Marlins signed free agent 1B Lazaro Alonso to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent RHP Christopher Marte to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2014 | Los Angeles Angels traded LF J.B. Shuck to Cleveland Indians for cash. 2014 transaction archive | | |
| 2014 | Kansas City Royals released LHP Bruce Chen. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent RHP Alejandro Requena to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 2000 | Rece Hinds |
| 1999 | Randy Rodríguez |
| 1998 | Blake Dunn |
| 1998 | Logan Allen |
| 1997 | Steven Kwan |
| 1996 | Jarren Duran |
| 1995 | Jason Martin |
| 1993 | Blake Trahan |
| 1993 | Pablo Reyes |
| 1989 | Nick Maronde |
| 1989 | Zach Walters |
| 1987 | Scott Barnes |
| 1985 | Tyler Colvin |
| 1983 | Chris Young |
| 1983 | Jeff Stevens |
| 1979 | Cliff Bartosh |
| 1979 | Ryan Spilborghs |
| 1978 | Matt Watson |
| 1977 | Jason Hart |
| 1975 | Randy Choate |
| 1975 | Rod Barajas |
| 1974 | Andy Barkett |
| 1974 | Calvin Maduro |
| 1973 | Justin Atchley |
| 1972 | Jimmy Haynes |
| 1971 | Brian Bevil |
| 1970 | Mike Potts |
| 1965 | Jeff Baldwin |
| 1965 | Rob Richie |
| 1964 | Ron Rightnowar |
| 1963 | Jeff Brantley |
| 1961 | Tom Dozier |
| 1960 | Candy Maldonado |
| 1960 | Chris Green |
| 1960 | Tim Birtsas |
| 1959 | Jamie Nelson |
| 1955 | Gil Patterson |
| 1943 | Dave Morehead |
| 1936 | Bill Mazeroski |
| 1935 | Tom Patton |
| 1930 | Wayne Belardi |
| 1921 | Vince Shupe |
| 1920 | Gene Bearden |
| 1919 | Ray Goolsby |
| 1919 | Tom Jordan |
| 1916 | Ernie White |
| 1915 | Bob Maier |
| 1911 | Buddy Hassett |
| 1908 | Bill McGhee |
| 1905 | Danny Musser |
| 1900 | Ike Kamp |
| 1900 | Merv Shea |
| 1899 | Max Bishop |
| 1896 | Gil Gallagher |
| 1895 | Ted Jourdan |
| 1893 | Don Rader |
| 1892 | Cap Crowell |
| 1888 | Bill Chambers |
| 1886 | Ody Abbott |
| 1883 | Lefty Leifield |
| 1882 | Jules Kustus |
| 1876 | Pete LePine |
| 1874 | Nap Lajoie |
| 1873 | Bill Carrick |
| 1872 | Al Orth |
| 1869 | Ed Stein |
| 1864 | Billy Palmer |
| 1861 | Jumbo Davis |
| 1859 | Gene Vadeboncoeur |
| 1856 | Jimmy Knowles |
| 1856 | Tug Thompson |
| Year | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Davey Johnson | 82 |
| 2022 | Mark Littell | 69 |
| 2019 | Tom Phoebus | 77 |
| 2019 | Wally Westlake | 98 |
| 2018 | Dick Lane | 91 |
| 2017 | Tom Wright | 93 |
| 2009 | Buddy Blattner | 89 |
| 2003 | Harley Grossman | 73 |
| 1994 | Hank Aguirre | 63 |
| 1992 | Billy Herman | 83 |
| 1992 | Ron Davis | 50 |
| 1991 | Loyd Christopher | 71 |
| 1982 | Tom Hurd | 58 |
| 1976 | Jim O'Neill | 83 |
| 1973 | Chick Davies | 81 |
| 1973 | Jack Fournier | 80 |
| 1969 | Harry O'Neill | 72 |
| 1967 | Jack Tising | 63 |
| 1966 | Frank Withrow | 75 |
| 1964 | Fred Stem | 78 |
| 1962 | John Potts | 75 |
| 1954 | Maurice Archdeacon | 55 |
| 1951 | Jim Keesey | 48 |
| 1947 | Bill Ludwig | 65 |
| 1943 | Cecil Ferguson | 60 |
| 1925 | Emil Huhn | 33 |
| 1923 | Dots Miller | 36 |
| 1920 | Jerry Turbidy | 68 |
| 1912 | Tug Arundel | 50 |
| 1909 | Bill Popp | 32 |
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 5.
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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