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On This Day in Baseball History: September 22
Sources Lahman People + MLB StatsAPI125 debuts24 transactions
Every major-league debut, final game, transaction, birth and death recorded for September 22, newest first. Player names link to career pages where one exists, and each season links onward to that year’s awards and postseason archives.
Debuts125
Final games205
Transactions24
Born82
Died27
| Year | Move | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Tampa Bay Rays released RF Jake Fraley. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Los Angeles Dodgers released LF Ryan Ward. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent RHP Charlie Morton. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | San Francisco Giants signed free agent RHP Spencer Howard to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | New York Mets signed free agent OF Randy Guzman to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | New York Mets signed free agent OF Rainer Reyes to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Oakland Athletics released C Aramis Garcia. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | San Diego Padres released RHP Jake Arrieta. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2020 | San Francisco Giants released 1B Justin Smoak. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | Washington Nationals signed free agent RHP Raynel Moron to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent LHP Joel Valdez to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2017 | Minnesota Twins signed free agent RHP Niklas Rimmel to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2017 | Houston Astros signed free agent LHP Julio Robaina to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | New York Yankees traded LHP Phil Coke to Pittsburgh Pirates for cash. 2016 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2016 | Kansas City Royals released RHP Chien-Ming Wang. 2016 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | Miami Marlins signed free agent C Miguel Pena to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent P Yunior Hinojosa to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent OF Charles Reyes to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent SS Vicente King to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2015 | Oakland Athletics signed free agent C Cesar Diaz to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Oakland Athletics signed free agent RHP Miguel Sanchez to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent RHP Alan Oaks to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Minnesota Twins signed free agent RHP Mark Hamburger to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent Jesus Tinoco. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 1997 | Franklin German |
| 1997 | Jeremy Peña |
| 1995 | Calvin Faucher |
| 1995 | James Karinchak |
| 1995 | Justin Dunn |
| 1995 | Luis Ortiz |
| 1994 | Carlos Correa |
| 1994 | Corey Ray |
| 1993 | Hunter Owen |
| 1993 | Mauricio Cabrera |
| 1992 | Chris Ellis |
| 1992 | Sam Coonrod |
| 1986 | Arcenio Leon |
| 1986 | Chris Schwinden |
| 1981 | Alexei Ramirez |
| 1979 | Charlton Jimerson |
| 1975 | Danny Klassen |
| 1975 | Luis Garcia |
| 1970 | Mike Matheny |
| 1969 | Cesar Devarez |
| 1969 | Jeff Barry |
| 1967 | Doug Lindsey |
| 1967 | John Briscoe |
| 1967 | Matt Howard |
| 1967 | P. J. Forbes |
| 1965 | Mark Guthrie |
| 1962 | Jeff Peterek |
| 1962 | Ray Stephens |
| 1961 | Bob Geren |
| 1961 | Vince Coleman |
| 1959 | John Stefero |
| 1959 | Lee Graham |
| 1959 | Wally Backman |
| 1958 | Dave Sax |
| 1955 | Jeffrey Leonard |
| 1954 | Hal Dues |
| 1952 | Dell Alston |
| 1946 | Larry Dierker |
| 1944 | Jim Fairey |
| 1939 | Stover McIlwain |
| 1936 | Doug Camilli |
| 1934 | Lou Johnson |
| 1931 | Ken Aspromonte |
| 1930 | Bob Harrison |
| 1929 | Harry Bright |
| 1927 | Tom Lasorda |
| 1923 | Tom Wright |
| 1920 | Bob Lemon |
| 1920 | Larry Eschen |
| 1918 | Harry Walker |
| 1917 | Anse Moore |
| 1915 | Reese Diggs |
| 1908 | Jim Holloway |
| 1905 | Larry Bettencourt |
| 1903 | Chuck Hostetler |
| 1902 | Ollie Marquardt |
| 1900 | Bud Heine |
| 1895 | Austin McHenry |
| 1894 | Frank Walker |
| 1893 | Ira Flagstead |
| 1893 | Pat French |
| 1890 | Denney Wilie |
| 1890 | Urban Shocker |
| 1889 | Hooks Dauss |
| 1885 | Fred Stem |
| 1885 | Walter Lonergan |
| 1884 | Grover Land |
| 1884 | Jack Cameron |
| 1883 | Jack Flater |
| 1881 | Carl Sitton |
| 1880 | Ed Pinnance |
| 1879 | Bert Conn |
| 1878 | Jack Himes |
| 1875 | Doc Marshall |
| 1870 | Doc Powers |
| 1869 | Henry Stein |
| 1869 | Reuben Stephenson |
| 1867 | Bill Joyce |
| 1867 | Charlie Dewald |
| 1862 | Bob Keating |
| 1856 | Jake Evans |
| 1856 | Joseph Quinn |
| Year | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Mike Overy | 70 |
| 2021 | Tom Carroll | 85 |
| 2015 | Yogi Berra | 90 |
| 2007 | Bill Harman | 88 |
| 2005 | Mike Ulicny | 87 |
| 2005 | Monty Basgall | 83 |
| 2004 | Cy Block | 85 |
| 2002 | Don Carlsen | 75 |
| 2000 | Bill Sommers | 77 |
| 1992 | Aurelio Lopez | 44 |
| 1980 | Tommy Neill | 60 |
| 1964 | Red Torkelson | 70 |
| 1960 | Joe Bernard | 78 |
| 1956 | Jesse Tannehill | 82 |
| 1955 | Louis Drucke | 66 |
| 1949 | Matty Fitzgerald | 69 |
| 1943 | Larry Hesterfer | 65 |
| 1942 | Wiley Davis | 67 |
| 1937 | John Galligan | - |
| 1934 | Tom Messitt | 60 |
| 1933 | George Fields | 81 |
| 1932 | Hughie Hearne | 59 |
| 1929 | Ice Box Chamberlain | 61 |
| 1925 | Dave Beadle | - |
| 1919 | Harry Sullivan | 31 |
| 1906 | George Davies | 38 |
| 1886 | Tom Oran | - |
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 22.
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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