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On This Day in Baseball History: September 8
Sources Lahman People + MLB StatsAPI244 debuts42 transactions
Every major-league debut, final game, transaction, birth and death recorded for September 8, newest first. Player names link to career pages where one exists, and each season links onward to that year’s awards and postseason archives.
Debuts244
Final games72
Transactions42
Born53
Died28
| Year | Move | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | San Diego Padres signed free agent RHP Trevor Gott to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Athletics released LHP José Suarez. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Arizona Diamondbacks released LF Max Kepler. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Cincinnati Reds released LHP Sam Moll. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | San Diego Padres released C Blake Hunt. 2026 transaction archive | - | |
| 2025 | Texas Rangers signed free agent 1B Donovan Solano to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | New York Mets signed free agent LHP Joe La Sorsa to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Boston Red Sox traded SS Eddy Alvarez to New York Mets for cash. 2024 transaction archive |  | |
| 2023 | San Francisco Giants signed free agent RHP Juan Berson to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP Yeison Silgado to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Cincinnati Reds released 3B Colin Moran. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent RHP Shawndrick Oduber to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | Arizona Diamondbacks released RHP Seth Frankoff. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Toronto Blue Jays signed C Jommer Hernandez. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2020 | Kansas City Royals released 3B Humberto Arteaga. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | Chicago Cubs released RF Steven Souza Jr.. 2020 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2020 | San Diego Padres released LHP Travis Radke. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | New York Yankees signed free agent LHP Ryan Buchter to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2020 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2020 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent RHP Eduardo Zapata to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | Atlanta Braves traded OF Ryan LaMarre to Minnesota Twins for cash. 2019 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2017 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent LHP Joseph Utrera to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Texas Rangers signed free agent RHP Oscar Abreu to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | New York Mets signed free agent OF Tim Tebow to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent SS Alexei Ramirez. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | New York Mets signed free agent RHP Andres German to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent LHP Raul Tales to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent LHP Anton Kuznetsov to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | San Francisco Giants signed free agent RHP Francis Pena to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | St. Louis Cardinals signed free agent RHP Larimel Sorian to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP Leonardo Sanchez to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent 2B Orian Nunez to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Miami Marlins signed free agent RHP Yeremin Lara to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2015 | Miami Marlins signed free agent OF Jerar Encarnacion to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent C Yermin Mercedes to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2014 | Texas Rangers signed free agent SS Anderson Tejeda to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent RHP Jesus Arroyo to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Florida Marlins released 2B Alfredo Amezaga. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | San Francisco Giants released CF Aaron Rowand. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | San Francisco Giants released 3B Miguel Tejada. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent OF Ivan Mora to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Minnesota Twins signed free agent 2B Rafael P Valera to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Minnesota Twins signed free agent SS Engelb Vielma to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 2001 | Victor Mesa |
| 1998 | Blas Castano |
| 1998 | Leody Taveras |
| 1997 | Lars Nootbaar |
| 1996 | Brandon Walter |
| 1995 | Drew Carlton |
| 1993 | Nick Williams |
| 1992 | Dan Altavilla |
| 1990 | Gerrit Cole |
| 1988 | Alex Sanabia |
| 1988 | Chance Ruffin |
| 1986 | Logan Schafer |
| 1984 | Bobby Parnell |
| 1984 | Rob Delaney |
| 1983 | Nick Hundley |
| 1982 | Geno Espineli |
| 1978 | Gil Meche |
| 1977 | Pasqual Coco |
| 1976 | Mike Rivera |
| 1973 | Bob Wolcott |
| 1966 | Mike Dyer |
| 1962 | Al Pardo |
| 1959 | Glen Cook |
| 1954 | Don Aase |
| 1954 | Jim Smith |
| 1952 | Larry McCall |
| 1951 | Steve Barr |
| 1946 | Ken Forsch |
| 1945 | Ossie Blanco |
| 1942 | Steve Hargan |
| 1938 | George Werley |
| 1932 | Casey Wise |
| 1926 | Lou Sleater |
| 1916 | Jim Bagby |
| 1916 | Tom Turner |
| 1915 | Len Gabrielson |
| 1913 | Slick Castleman |
| 1906 | Frank Stewart |
| 1905 | Ed Grimes |
| 1902 | Ernie Orsatti |
| 1899 | George Gilham |
| 1896 | Johnny Schulte |
| 1896 | Val Picinich |
| 1891 | Verne Clemons |
| 1890 | Press Cruthers |
| 1888 | Joe Giannini |
| 1887 | Bert Sincock |
| 1886 | Ray Rolling |
| 1884 | Al Demaree |
| 1875 | Rosie Rosebraugh |
| 1872 | Deke White |
| 1858 | Fred Carl |
| 1854 | Russ McKelvy |
| Year | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Tom Patton | 90 |
| 2024 | Ed Kranepool | 79 |
| 2022 | Ted Schreiber | 84 |
| 2020 | Jim Owens | 86 |
| 2015 | Joaquin Andujar | 62 |
| 2014 | George Zuverink | 90 |
| 2012 | Bob Hale | 78 |
| 2011 | Jesse Jefferson | 62 |
| 1993 | Earl Mattingly | 88 |
| 1991 | Clem Koshorek | 66 |
| 1991 | Lou Rosenberg | 87 |
| 1990 | Joe Gleason | 95 |
| 1979 | Rick Joseph | 40 |
| 1977 | Oral Hildebrand | 70 |
| 1968 | Bill Kalfass | 52 |
| 1964 | Buck Redfern | 62 |
| 1963 | Bill Knickerbocker | 51 |
| 1963 | Johnnie Williams | 74 |
| 1959 | Roy Mitchell | 74 |
| 1957 | Bill Miller | 78 |
| 1955 | Dode Criss | 70 |
| 1952 | Ed Hearne | 64 |
| 1948 | Bill Byers | 70 |
| 1947 | Ralph Pond | 59 |
| 1941 | Joe Boehling | 50 |
| 1936 | Bill Yerrick | 62 |
| 1919 | John Kerins | 61 |
| 1902 | George Prentiss | 26 |
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 8.
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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