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On This Day in Baseball History: September 18
Sources Lahman People + MLB StatsAPI220 debuts38 transactions
Every major-league debut, final game, transaction, birth and death recorded for September 18, newest first. Player names link to career pages where one exists, and each season links onward to that year’s awards and postseason archives.
Debuts220
Final games141
Transactions38
Born56
Died21
| Year | Move | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Arizona Diamondbacks released LF Lourdes Gurriel Jr.. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | St. Louis Cardinals released 3B Ramón Urías. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Detroit Tigers released RHP Codi Heuer. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent LHP Andersson Barvosa to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Arizona Diamondbacks released RHP Anthony DeSclafani. 2025 transaction archive | - | |
| 2025 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent RHP Matt Sauer to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Chicago Cubs released 1B Frank Schwindel. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2020 | Philadelphia Phillies traded RHP Brandon Ramey, RHP Israel Puello and RHP Juan Geraldo to Milwaukee Brewers. 2020 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2020 | Milwaukee Brewers released RHP Jake Faria. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | Toronto Blue Jays traded OF Griffin Conine to Miami Marlins. 2020 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2020 | Oakland Athletics traded 3B Dustin Harris and CF Marcus Smith to Texas Rangers. 2020 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2020 | Miami Marlins traded SS Isaac De Leon to Baltimore Orioles. 2020 transaction archive | |  |
| 2020 | Colorado Rockies traded RHP Jacob Wallace to Boston Red Sox. 2020 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2020 | New York Mets signed free agent LHP Daniel Mercedes to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2020 | Baltimore Orioles released LHP Rob Zastryzny. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | Colorado Rockies traded OF Mishael Deson to Baltimore Orioles. 2020 transaction archive | | |
| 2019 | San Francisco Giants signed free agent RHP David Nunez to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent RHP Leury Gomez to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent RHP Robinson Rodriguez to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent RHP Miguel Gil to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Minnesota Twins signed free agent CF Carlos Aguiar to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2017 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent SS Camilo Quinteiro to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | New York Mets signed free agent OF Jhoander Saez to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent OF Jose Bermudez to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2015 | Houston Astros signed free agent RHP Edwin Fidel to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2014 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent 1B Erick Meza to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent RHP Gary Calvo to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent RHP Justin Miller to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent SS Yan Sanchez to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent RHP Victor Romero to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Texas Rangers signed free agent LHP Yhonson Rojas to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Texas Rangers signed free agent SS Luis Silva to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Texas Rangers signed free agent C Jose Suarez to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Texas Rangers signed free agent RHP Samir Vivas to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent RHP Pedro Silverio to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent SS Carlos Diaz to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2012 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent SS Jose Martinez to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent RHP Arnaldo Hernandez to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 2000 | Ceddanne Rafaela |
| 1998 | Andre Pallante |
| 1997 | Ricky Karcher |
| 1996 | Beau Burrows |
| 1996 | Marcos Diplan |
| 1996 | Seth Beer |
| 1995 | Vladimir Gutierrez |
| 1992 | Justin Shafer |
| 1992 | Spencer Turnbull |
| 1991 | Jon Singleton |
| 1990 | Juan Minaya |
| 1989 | Taylor Motter |
| 1986 | Michael Kirkman |
| 1984 | Donnie Veal |
| 1983 | Brent Lillibridge |
| 1982 | Joe Bisenius |
| 1979 | Billy Traber |
| 1979 | Kevin Thompson |
| 1977 | Jody Gerut |
| 1975 | Randy Williams |
| 1973 | Mitch Meluskey |
| 1971 | Chris Holt |
| 1970 | Ozzie Timmons |
| 1965 | Jeff Bronkey |
| 1964 | Dan Murphy |
| 1960 | Scott Earl |
| 1959 | Ryne Sandberg |
| 1958 | Scott Holman |
| 1957 | Roger Mason |
| 1955 | Don McCormack |
| 1955 | Ray Smith |
| 1953 | Mark DeJohn |
| 1952 | Sam Bowen |
| 1951 | Tony Scott |
| 1948 | Ken Brett |
| 1948 | Lee Richard |
| 1947 | Bill Champion |
| 1946 | Dave Sells |
| 1941 | Dick Dietz |
| 1935 | Jerry Mallett |
| 1925 | Harvey Haddix |
| 1923 | Joe Tepsic |
| 1920 | Ed Hanyzewski |
| 1920 | Paul Gillespie |
| 1914 | Bill Sodd |
| 1913 | Max Marshall |
| 1911 | Tommy de la Cruz |
| 1909 | Bob Collins |
| 1908 | Lefty Guise |
| 1901 | Tige Stone |
| 1898 | George Uhle |
| 1890 | Harvey Grubb |
| 1889 | Chuck Miller |
| 1889 | Heinie Groh |
| 1883 | Frank Manush |
| 1859 | Wally Andrews |
| Year | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ed Acosta | 81 |
| 2012 | Jack Kralick | 77 |
| 2010 | Ray Coleman | 88 |
| 1982 | Clyde McCullough | 65 |
| 1980 | Leo Tankersley | 79 |
| 1973 | Dave Harris | 73 |
| 1973 | Doug Smith | 81 |
| 1969 | Joe Grace | 55 |
| 1968 | Rip Wheeler | 70 |
| 1964 | Frank Barron | 74 |
| 1956 | Jim Rutherford | 69 |
| 1953 | Harry Aubrey | 72 |
| 1949 | Charlie Malay | 70 |
| 1949 | Roger Denzer | 77 |
| 1948 | Art Devlin | 68 |
| 1945 | Ducky Holmes | 62 |
| 1939 | Toots Coyne | 44 |
| 1924 | Bill Geiss | 66 |
| 1923 | James Stafford | 55 |
| 1922 | Jake Stahl | 43 |
| 1908 | Dickey Pearce | 72 |
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 18.
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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