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On This Day in Baseball History: September 15
Sources Lahman People + MLB StatsAPI212 debuts30 transactions
Every major-league debut, final game, transaction, birth and death recorded for September 15, newest first. Player names link to career pages where one exists, and each season links onward to that year’s awards and postseason archives.
Debuts212
Final games116
Transactions30
Born64
Died30
| Year | Move | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Toronto Blue Jays released 2B Orelvis Martinez. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent RHP Reymer Chourio to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent RHP Victor Palmero to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - | |
| 2023 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent RHP Henderson Salas to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - | |
| 2023 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent RHP Albert Suárez to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Colorado Rockies released RHP Jhoulys Chacin. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent C David Avitia to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | San Diego Padres signed free agent RHP Vince Velasquez to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP Adalfi Paredes to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2020 | Texas Rangers signed free agent SS Andrew Romine to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2020 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2020 | Boston Red Sox released C Jonathan Lucroy. 2020 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2020 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent C Jonathan Lucroy to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2020 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2020 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent 1B Greg Bird to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent LHP Luiz Gohara to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent P Edinson Mejia to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2017 | Los Angeles Angels traded RHP Elvin Rodriguez to Detroit Tigers. 2017 transaction archive | | |
| 2016 | New York Yankees signed free agent DH Billy Butler. 2016 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | New York Yankees signed free agent 1B Nicholas Vizcaino to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | St. Louis Cardinals signed free agent SS Pablo Gomez to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | New York Yankees signed free agent LHP Daniel Calderon to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Los Angeles Dodgers traded RF Joey Curletta to Philadelphia Phillies. 2016 transaction archive |  | |
| 2015 | Minnesota Twins signed free agent C Yeremi De La Cruz to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2015 | Minnesota Twins signed free agent RF Juan Martinez to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Minnesota Twins signed free agent SS Ruben Santana to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Houston Astros signed free agent RHP Felipe Tejada to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2014 | Cleveland Indians signed free agent RHP Gregori Vasquez to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2014 | Houston Astros signed free agent RHP Rogelio Armenteros to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent RHP Miguel Medrano to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2012 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent LHP Juliandry Higuera to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent RHP Kaleb Fleck to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - |  |
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 1998 | Hans Crouse |
| 1997 | Forrest Whitley |
| 1997 | Justin Slaten |
| 1997 | Tyler Fitzgerald |
| 1996 | Daysbel Hernández |
| 1994 | Dakota Hudson |
| 1994 | Tres Barrera |
| 1991 | Wander Suero |
| 1990 | Parker Markel |
| 1983 | Luke Hochevar |
| 1977 | Damian Rolls |
| 1976 | Elvis Peña |
| 1976 | Matt Thornton |
| 1975 | Dan Smith |
| 1975 | Javier Cardona |
| 1971 | Jason Hardtke |
| 1969 | Herbert Perry |
| 1968 | Rich Robertson |
| 1967 | Dennis Moeller |
| 1967 | Paul Abbott |
| 1966 | Doug Simons |
| 1965 | Satoru Komiyama |
| 1960 | John Christensen |
| 1960 | Todd Fischer |
| 1956 | John Pacella |
| 1952 | Don Collins |
| 1950 | Dave Hilton |
| 1949 | Dave Pagan |
| 1949 | Don Carrithers |
| 1941 | Jim Barbieri |
| 1940 | Frank Linzy |
| 1938 | Gaylord Perry |
| 1937 | Charley Smith |
| 1936 | Freddie Burdette |
| 1933 | John Fitzgerald |
| 1929 | Lee Wheat |
| 1928 | Bob Lennon |
| 1927 | Tom Simpson |
| 1924 | Jim Davis |
| 1919 | Mike Budnick |
| 1907 | Fritz Ostermueller |
| 1906 | Charlie Biggs |
| 1906 | Tip Tobin |
| 1905 | Henry Peploski |
| 1905 | Vance Page |
| 1902 | Russ Young |
| 1900 | Bud Clancy |
| 1900 | Roy Meeker |
| 1899 | Harry McCurdy |
| 1895 | Hugh McQuillan |
| 1893 | Speed Martin |
| 1892 | Harry Lunte |
| 1888 | Jean Dubuc |
| 1887 | Harry Suter |
| 1881 | Slow Joe Doyle |
| 1876 | Nick Altrock |
| 1874 | George Rohe |
| 1868 | Frank O'Connor |
| 1863 | Jack Brennan |
| 1862 | Elmer Cleveland |
| 1861 | Ed Flanagan |
| 1858 | Charles Strick |
| 1856 | Doc Bushong |
| 1847 | Jim Snyder |
| Year | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ted Ford | 78 |
| 2024 | Harry Chappas | 66 |
| 2022 | John Stearns | 71 |
| 2021 | Bill Sudakis | 75 |
| 2015 | Randy Wiles | 64 |
| 2011 | Bill Taylor | 81 |
| 2010 | Al LaMacchia | 89 |
| 1996 | Andy Pilney | 83 |
| 1995 | Nap Reyes | 75 |
| 1993 | Ethan Allen | 89 |
| 1991 | Smoky Burgess | 64 |
| 1981 | Earl Caldwell | 76 |
| 1978 | Larry Bettencourt | 72 |
| 1971 | Roberto Ortiz | 56 |
| 1963 | Ray Miner | 66 |
| 1961 | Leon Carlson | 66 |
| 1958 | Snuffy Stirnweiss | 39 |
| 1957 | Max Butcher | 46 |
| 1953 | Seth Sigsby | 79 |
| 1950 | Joe Knotts | 66 |
| 1949 | Henry Beckendorf | 65 |
| 1949 | Tiny Bonham | 36 |
| 1946 | Tex Wilson | 45 |
| 1940 | Ed Yewell | 78 |
| 1935 | Joe Ardner | 77 |
| 1932 | Harry Kane | 49 |
| 1926 | Danny Richardson | 63 |
| 1924 | Frank Chance | 48 |
| 1922 | Charlie Jones | 60 |
| 1912 | Al Barker | 73 |
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 15.
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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