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On This Day in Baseball History: September 13
Sources Lahman People + MLB StatsAPI216 debuts28 transactions
Every major-league debut, final game, transaction, birth and death recorded for September 13, newest first. Player names link to career pages where one exists, and each season links onward to that year’s awards and postseason archives.
Debuts216
Final games119
Transactions28
Born61
Died26
| Year | Move | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent RHP Elieser Hernández to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent RHP John Brebbia to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2020 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent 3B Pablo Sandoval to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Oakland Athletics released C Chris Herrmann. 2019 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent SS Jhonson Pena to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent IF Frank Astacio to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Houston Astros signed free agent C Freddy Guilamo to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | New York Mets signed free agent RHP Onil Lozano to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent 2B Sebastian Burciaga to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent LHP Argeny Ortiz to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2017 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent CF Junior Ortega to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2017 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent OF Kelvin Hidalgo to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2017 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent SS Cesar Garcia to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2017 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent RHP Juan Geraldo to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Seattle Mariners traded LHP Wade LeBlanc to Pittsburgh Pirates for Player To Be Named Later. 2016 transaction archive |  | |
| 2016 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent P Jeison Contreras to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent RHP Rafael Fortunato to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2015 | Los Angeles Dodgers traded 2B Darwin Barney to Toronto Blue Jays for Player To Be Named Later. 2015 transaction archive |  | |
| 2015 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent RHP Juan Morillo to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent 2B Mervin Romero to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Detroit Tigers traded RHP David Paulino to Houston Astros. 2013 transaction archive |  | |
| 2013 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent CF Jefry Sierra to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2012 | San Francisco Giants signed free agent RHP Jonathan Loaisiga to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2011 | Florida Marlins released CF Mike Cameron. 2011 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2011 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent C Franklin Navarro to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent C Arvicent Perez to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | St. Louis Cardinals signed free agent RHP Dailyn Martinez to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2011 | St. Louis Cardinals signed free agent OF Bladimil Franco. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 2000 | Osleivis Basabe |
| 1997 | Taylor Trammell |
| 1996 | Alfonso Rivas |
| 1996 | Jhonathan Diaz |
| 1991 | Kyle Zimmer |
| 1991 | Zach Lee |
| 1990 | Steve Hathaway |
| 1988 | Andy Wilkins |
| 1988 | Marcus Walden |
| 1985 | Luke French |
| 1984 | Jesse English |
| 1983 | Andy LaRoche |
| 1982 | Rickie Weeks |
| 1981 | Justin James |
| 1980 | Daisuke Matsuzaka |
| 1977 | Grant Roberts |
| 1976 | Wade Miller |
| 1972 | Chan Perry |
| 1972 | Nelson Cruz |
| 1971 | Armando Rios |
| 1971 | Brent Brede |
| 1969 | Russ Davis |
| 1968 | Bernie Williams |
| 1968 | Denny Neagle |
| 1968 | Erik Bennett |
| 1967 | Rod Correia |
| 1965 | Steve Curry |
| 1964 | Greg Hibbard |
| 1963 | Rodney McCray |
| 1955 | Mike Fischlin |
| 1954 | Billy Smith |
| 1954 | John Harris |
| 1951 | Tom McMillan |
| 1949 | Jim Obradovich |
| 1949 | Rick Dempsey |
| 1947 | Mike Adamson |
| 1945 | Rick Wise |
| 1939 | Tom Parsons |
| 1938 | Bob Heffner |
| 1934 | Tom Hughes |
| 1930 | George Susce |
| 1915 | Morrie Aderholt |
| 1913 | Roy Zimmerman |
| 1908 | Otho Nitcholas |
| 1907 | John Campbell |
| 1906 | Jim Levey |
| 1906 | Thornton Lee |
| 1903 | Rabbit Warstler |
| 1898 | Curt Fullerton |
| 1897 | Eddie Rommel |
| 1896 | Art Stokes |
| 1896 | Pat Collins |
| 1896 | Roy Wilson |
| 1894 | Dink O'Brien |
| 1894 | Sam Crane |
| 1893 | Dutch Ruether |
| 1893 | John Kelleher |
| 1893 | Mike McNally |
| 1890 | Walt Marbet |
| 1887 | Harry Redmond |
| 1864 | Al Schellhase |
| Year | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Alex Grammas | 93 |
| 2014 | Frank Torre | 82 |
| 2013 | Dan Osinski | 79 |
| 2012 | Jack Pierce | 63 |
| 2009 | Lonny Frey | 99 |
| 2003 | Johnny Welaj | 89 |
| 2001 | Jorge Comellas | 84 |
| 1999 | Bill Lohrman | 86 |
| 1980 | Charlie Pechous | 83 |
| 1979 | Hap Ward | 93 |
| 1973 | Johnny McCarthy | 63 |
| 1973 | Vince Barton | 65 |
| 1970 | Lee Riley | 64 |
| 1967 | Joe Stanley | 86 |
| 1967 | Ralph LaPointe | 45 |
| 1966 | Ralph Comstock | 78 |
| 1960 | Ralph Mattis | 70 |
| 1954 | Roy Grimes | 61 |
| 1953 | Wese Callahan | 65 |
| 1952 | Al Clauss | 61 |
| 1949 | Tim Jordan | 70 |
| 1947 | Ed Lennon | 50 |
| 1946 | Ed Gagnier | 63 |
| 1945 | Cy Blanton | 37 |
| 1933 | Joe Harrington | 63 |
| 1917 | Gene Derby | 57 |
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 13.
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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