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On This Day in Baseball History: September 16
Sources Lahman People + MLB StatsAPI172 debuts24 transactions
Every major-league debut, final game, transaction, birth and death recorded for September 16, newest first. Player names link to career pages where one exists, and each season links onward to that year’s awards and postseason archives.
Debuts172
Final games139
Transactions24
Born64
Died28
| Year | Move | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Cincinnati Reds released LHP Chasen Shreve. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Philadelphia Phillies traded C Max McDowell to Toronto Blue Jays for cash. 2023 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2022 | Washington Nationals signed free agent LHP Dannel Diaz to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Washington Nationals signed free agent RHP Angel Pena to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Cincinnati Reds released RHP Brad Brach. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Houston Astros signed free agent RHP Hector Cuevas to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | Houston Astros signed free agent RHP Normar Torres to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | Toronto Blue Jays traded RHP Justin Miller to Cincinnati Reds for Future Considerations. 2020 transaction archive | | |
| 2020 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent C Raudelis Martinez to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2020 | Cincinnati Reds released RHP David Carpenter. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | Houston Astros signed free agent SS Narbe Cruz. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent SS Hector Martinez to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2015 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent RHP Jose Chacin to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent RHP Lazaro Leyva to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2013 | Chicago Cubs released 3B Cody Ransom. 2013 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2013 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent 3B Fabian Nieva to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2013 | Miami Marlins signed free agent RHP Humberto Mejia to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2013 | New York Yankees signed free agent RHP Edison Rodriguez to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2013 | San Francisco Giants signed free agent RHP Rodolfo Martinez to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2013 | Texas Rangers signed free agent SS Yimmelvyn Alonzo to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2013 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent RHP Junior Marte to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent RHP Carlos Monasterios to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2011 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent C Wilkyns Jimenez to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2011 | Cleveland Indians signed free agent RHP Anderson Ramirez to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - |  |
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 2000 | Quinn Priester |
| 1999 | Tucupita Marcano |
| 1996 | Dylan Coleman |
| 1996 | Matt Vierling |
| 1992 | Jakob Junis |
| 1989 | Robbie Grossman |
| 1986 | Gordon Beckham |
| 1985 | Matt Harrison |
| 1983 | Brandon Moss |
| 1982 | Chris Carter |
| 1982 | Michael Martinez |
| 1982 | Ramon Ramirez |
| 1979 | Bobby Korecky |
| 1979 | Chris George |
| 1976 | Chad Harville |
| 1973 | Desi Relaford |
| 1972 | Brian Tollberg |
| 1970 | Bronswell Patrick |
| 1970 | Paul Shuey |
| 1968 | Mark Acre |
| 1967 | John Ericks |
| 1961 | Chris Pittaro |
| 1961 | Mark Parent |
| 1961 | Scott Medvin |
| 1960 | Mel Hall |
| 1960 | Mickey Tettleton |
| 1959 | Tim Raines |
| 1958 | Orel Hershiser |
| 1955 | Joe Edelen |
| 1955 | Robin Yount |
| 1953 | Chris Knapp |
| 1949 | Mike Garman |
| 1949 | Roger Moret |
| 1947 | Gary Ross |
| 1945 | Bob Chlupsa |
| 1945 | Ed Sprague |
| 1945 | Hector Torres |
| 1944 | Chuck Brinkman |
| 1931 | Jerry Schypinski |
| 1930 | Ron Mrozinski |
| 1928 | Vito Valentinetti |
| 1926 | Kurt Krieger |
| 1926 | Roger McKee |
| 1922 | Con Dempsey |
| 1919 | Bruce Konopka |
| 1912 | Emil Bildilli |
| 1908 | Buster Mills |
| 1905 | Dinny McNamara |
| 1905 | Joe Vance |
| 1904 | Edgar Barnhart |
| 1901 | Ken Ash |
| 1899 | Heinie Mueller |
| 1898 | Al Lefevre |
| 1891 | Dick Robertson |
| 1891 | George Orme |
| 1887 | Jim Galloway |
| 1877 | George McConnell |
| 1870 | Sam Moran |
| 1869 | Gus McGinnis |
| 1867 | Spider Clark |
| 1865 | George McVey |
| 1864 | Henry Easterday |
| 1859 | Bill Irwin |
| 1849 | Rit Harrison |
| Year | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Wayne Twitchell | 62 |
| 2000 | John Perkovich | 76 |
| 1999 | Ace Williams | 82 |
| 1999 | Doug Hansen | 70 |
| 1999 | Paul Gregory | 91 |
| 1994 | Harry Chozen | 78 |
| 1993 | Max Marshall | 79 |
| 1988 | Bob Trice | 62 |
| 1987 | Kermit Wahl | 64 |
| 1979 | Charlie Deal | 87 |
| 1974 | Frank Walker | 79 |
| 1973 | Tom Long | 75 |
| 1972 | Eddie Waitkus | 53 |
| 1971 | Hack Miller | 77 |
| 1970 | Ray Shook | 80 |
| 1968 | Henry Bostick | 73 |
| 1967 | Lee King | 74 |
| 1964 | Herb Conyers | 43 |
| 1963 | Johnny Niggeling | 60 |
| 1955 | Dan Sherman | 64 |
| 1952 | Earl Sheely | 59 |
| 1946 | Emil Bildilli | 34 |
| 1944 | Farmer Steelman | 69 |
| 1936 | Henry Lampe | 63 |
| 1933 | George Gore | 79 |
| 1915 | Wally Goldsmith | - |
| 1909 | Herman Long | 43 |
| 1894 | Terry Larkin | - |
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 16.
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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