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On This Day in Baseball History: October 5
Sources Lahman People + MLB StatsAPI33 debuts27 transactions
Every major-league debut, final game, transaction, birth and death recorded for October 5, newest first. Player names link to career pages where one exists, and each season links onward to that year’s awards and postseason archives.
Debuts33
Final games250
Transactions27
Born52
Died24
| Year | Player | That season |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Nash Walters | 2022 awards · 2022 postseason |
| 2022 | Noah Davis | 2022 awards · 2022 postseason |
| 2022 | Yerry Rodriguez | 2022 awards · 2022 postseason |
| 1991 | Eric Wedge | 1991 awards · 1991 postseason |
| 1991 | Josias Manzanillo | 1991 awards · 1991 postseason |
| 1980 | Ozzie Virgil | 1980 awards · 1980 postseason |
| 1980 | Steve Ratzer | 1980 awards · 1980 postseason |
| 1929 | Ben Sankey | 1929 awards · 1929 postseason |
| 1929 | Leon Chagnon | 1929 awards · 1929 postseason |
| 1916 | Bob Gandy | 1916 postseason |
| 1916 | Gary Fortune | 1916 postseason |
| 1916 | Heinie Stafford | 1916 postseason |
| 1916 | Jose Rodriguez | 1916 postseason |
| 1914 | Earl Tyree | 1914 awards · 1914 postseason |
| 1913 | Jake Kafora | 1913 awards · 1913 postseason |
| 1913 | Zip Zabel | 1913 awards · 1913 postseason |
| 1912 | Homer Thompson | 1912 awards · 1912 postseason |
| 1910 | Earle Mack | 1910 postseason |
| 1909 | Ezra Midkiff | 1909 postseason |
| 1909 | Jack Bushelman | 1909 postseason |
| 1907 | Charlie Fritz | 1907 postseason |
| 1907 | Ed McLane | 1907 postseason |
| 1902 | Otto Williams | |
| 1901 | Gene Wright | |
| 1901 | Germany Schaefer | |
| 1901 | Harry Felix | |
| 1898 | Harry Maupin | |
| 1891 | Frank Quinlan | |
| 1889 | Pete Weckbecker | 1889 postseason |
| 1888 | Sam Nicholl | 1888 postseason |
| 1886 | Billy Shindle | 1886 postseason |
| 1886 | Jumbo Harting | 1886 postseason |
| 1886 | Tom Terrell | 1886 postseason |
| Year | Move | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Texas Rangers signed free agent LHP Juan Gonzalez to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Texas Rangers signed free agent LHP Luis Gonzalez to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - | |
| 2026 | Texas Rangers signed free agent RHP Adrian Solorzano to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - | |
| 2026 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent RHP Logan Cummins to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Texas Rangers signed free agent Angel Vicioso to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - | |
| 2026 | Texas Rangers signed free agent Angel Vicioso to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - | |
| 2024 | Houston Astros signed free agent RHP Leonel Murrieta to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent RHP Daury Zapata to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Pittsburgh Pirates released RHP Tanner Anderson. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | Pittsburgh Pirates released 3B Phillip Evans. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | San Francisco Giants signed free agent RHP Yonathan Ochoa to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | St. Louis Cardinals signed free agent RHP Fraimin Marte to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | Cleveland Indians traded RHP Julian Merryweather to Toronto Blue Jays. 2018 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2018 | Minnesota Twins signed free agent CF Ricardo German to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | Minnesota Twins signed free agent RF Miguel Angel Vallejo to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Seattle Mariners traded SS Osmy Gregorio to Tampa Bay Rays. 2017 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2016 | Toronto Blue Jays traded RHP Brady Dragmire to Pittsburgh Pirates for cash. 2016 transaction archive | | |
| 2015 | San Diego Padres signed free agent OF Danny Tovar to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2015 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP Ender Cespedes to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Miami Marlins signed free agent 1B Taylor Ard to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2013 | Pittsburgh Pirates traded RHP Duke Welker to Minnesota Twins. 2013 transaction archive | | |
| 2013 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent RHP Albert Campos to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | San Diego Padres signed free agent 3B Enmanuel Arias to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Tampa Bay Rays released RHP Matt Bush. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Washington Nationals signed RHP Jose Morales. 2012 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2012 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent RHP Gerson Moreno to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2011 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent SS Carlos Gonzalez to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - |  |
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 1999 | Braxton Ashcraft |
| 1998 | Buddy Kennedy |
| 1995 | Zack Littell |
| 1994 | Victor Reyes |
| 1993 | Tyler Ferguson |
| 1987 | Marc Krauss |
| 1986 | Jeff Bianchi |
| 1986 | Tanner Roark |
| 1983 | Alexi Ogando |
| 1983 | Felipe Paulino |
| 1982 | Mike Hinckley |
| 1975 | Brandon Puffer |
| 1973 | Brett Laxton |
| 1973 | Luis Lopez |
| 1972 | Aaron Guiel |
| 1972 | Yamil Benitez |
| 1968 | Alex Diaz |
| 1967 | Rey Sanchez |
| 1964 | Terry Mathews |
| 1962 | Tracy Woodson |
| 1960 | Randy Bockus |
| 1959 | Rod Allen |
| 1958 | Brent Gaff |
| 1958 | Randy Bush |
| 1957 | Onix Concepcion |
| 1949 | Danny Fife |
| 1941 | Andy Kosco |
| 1939 | Dennis Bennett |
| 1927 | Al Heist |
| 1925 | Bobby Hofman |
| 1907 | Frank Doljack |
| 1906 | Si Johnson |
| 1904 | Sam West |
| 1901 | Scottie Slayback |
| 1896 | Charlie Pechous |
| 1896 | Danny Silva |
| 1895 | Norm McMillan |
| 1893 | Paul Speraw |
| 1890 | Rollin Cook |
| 1889 | Jim Bagby |
| 1887 | Clare Patterson |
| 1887 | Felix Chouinard |
| 1886 | Bill Steele |
| 1886 | Harry Otis |
| 1881 | Tom Raftery |
| 1880 | Ed Hughes |
| 1875 | Davey Crockett |
| 1873 | Claude Ritchey |
| 1871 | Jack Fifield |
| 1871 | Roger Denzer |
| 1859 | Guerdon Whiteley |
| 1858 | John Reilly |
| Year | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Tommy Boggs | 66 |
| 2019 | Andy Etchebarren | 76 |
| 2009 | Brian Powell | 35 |
| 2001 | Woody Jensen | 94 |
| 1996 | Joe Walsh | 79 |
| 1994 | Lee Gamble | 84 |
| 1990 | Dixie Howell | 70 |
| 1983 | George Turbeville | 69 |
| 1976 | Bill Bagwell | 81 |
| 1974 | Ed Grimes | 69 |
| 1970 | Reuben Ewing | 70 |
| 1968 | Hal Bevan | 37 |
| 1966 | Harry Hanson | 70 |
| 1965 | Wid Matthews | 68 |
| 1963 | George Curry | 74 |
| 1962 | Jack Cummings | 58 |
| 1955 | Lyman Lamb | 60 |
| 1953 | Rags Faircloth | 61 |
| 1940 | Crazy Schmit | 74 |
| 1926 | Al Burch | 42 |
| 1926 | Howard Murphy | 44 |
| 1918 | Eddie Grant | 35 |
| 1898 | John Richmond | 43 |
| 1892 | Dickie Flowers | - |
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 October 5.
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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