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On This Day in Baseball History: October 6
Sources Lahman People + MLB StatsAPI32 debuts24 transactions
Every major-league debut, final game, transaction, birth and death recorded for October 6, newest first. Player names link to career pages where one exists, and each season links onward to that year’s awards and postseason archives.
Debuts32
Final games195
Transactions24
Born76
Died25
| Year | Player | That season |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Ken Huckaby | 2001 awards · 2001 postseason |
| 2001 | Steve Torrealba | 2001 awards · 2001 postseason |
| 1991 | Doug Lindsey | 1991 awards · 1991 postseason |
| 1985 | Randy Myers | 1985 awards · 1985 postseason |
| 1929 | Doc Land | 1929 awards · 1929 postseason |
| 1929 | Fred Stiely | 1929 awards · 1929 postseason |
| 1929 | Sam Leslie | 1929 awards · 1929 postseason |
| 1923 | Dee Cousineau | 1923 awards · 1923 postseason |
| 1923 | Tony Murray | 1923 awards · 1923 postseason |
| 1915 | Elmer Myers | 1915 postseason |
| 1915 | John Karst | 1915 postseason |
| 1914 | Al Huenke | 1914 awards · 1914 postseason |
| 1914 | Billy Martin | 1914 awards · 1914 postseason |
| 1914 | Eric Erickson | 1914 awards · 1914 postseason |
| 1914 | Fred Brainard | 1914 awards · 1914 postseason |
| 1914 | Walter Holke | 1914 awards · 1914 postseason |
| 1912 | Harry Chapman | 1912 awards · 1912 postseason |
| 1912 | Harry Smith | 1912 awards · 1912 postseason |
| 1909 | King Cole | 1909 postseason |
| 1909 | Sam Fletcher | 1909 postseason |
| 1908 | Abe Kruger | 1908 postseason |
| 1908 | Andy O'Connor | 1908 postseason |
| 1908 | Doc McMahon | 1908 postseason |
| 1907 | Herm Malloy | 1907 postseason |
| 1906 | Gus Hetling | 1906 postseason |
| 1900 | Ed Poole | |
| 1898 | Jimmy Burke | |
| 1898 | John Richter | |
| 1898 | Welcome Gaston | |
| 1892 | Bobby Cargo | 1892 postseason |
| 1889 | Frank Pears | 1889 postseason |
| 1887 | Ducky Hemp | 1887 postseason |
| Year | Move | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent SS Cayro Hazel to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent OF Orangel Guanaguaney to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - | |
| 2023 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent LHP Luis González to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent RHP Marco Barrios to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2020 | San Francisco Giants signed free agent C Claudio Falcon to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2020 | Texas Rangers signed free agent OF Alejandro Osuna to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2020 | San Francisco Giants signed free agent RHP Jose Gonzalez to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | San Francisco Giants signed free agent RHP Brayan Palencia to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent C Michael De La Cruz to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | Miami Marlins traded RHP Ryan Lillie to Cincinnati Reds for Future Considerations. 2018 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2018 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent RHP Osvanni Gutierrez to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2017 | Texas Rangers signed free agent LHP Kelvin Bautista to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | San Francisco Giants signed free agent RHP Luis Montero to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent 2B Orlando Zapata to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | Minnesota Twins signed free agent C Jeferson Morales to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent LHP Casey Brown to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2015 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent OF Rolando Lebron to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | San Diego Padres signed free agent OF Alam Martinez to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2015 | Oakland Athletics signed free agent LHP Brandon Mann to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2015 | Washington Nationals signed free agent LF Reed Johnson to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2015 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2011 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent RHP Juan Alcantara to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2011 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent RHP Sandy Baez to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent RHP Carlos Lara to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent SS Manuel Joseph to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 1998 | Nick Pratto |
| 1997 | Bryson Stott |
| 1997 | Joey Wentz |
| 1996 | Antonio Santos |
| 1996 | Curtis Terry |
| 1995 | Jake Bauers |
| 1991 | Matt Wotherspoon |
| 1991 | Raynel Espinal |
| 1990 | Scott Schebler |
| 1986 | Edgmer Escalona |
| 1985 | Andrew Albers |
| 1983 | Radhames Liz |
| 1981 | Joel Hanrahan |
| 1976 | Freddy Garcia |
| 1975 | Jeff Farnsworth |
| 1974 | Matt Duff |
| 1972 | Benji Gil |
| 1972 | Valerio De Los Santos |
| 1970 | Darren Oliver |
| 1969 | Robert Person |
| 1968 | Ed Pierce |
| 1966 | Archi Cianfrocco |
| 1965 | Ruben Sierra |
| 1962 | Rich Yett |
| 1960 | Bill Johnson |
| 1960 | Bruce Fields |
| 1960 | Jay Baller |
| 1960 | Jeff Zaske |
| 1959 | Greg Walker |
| 1959 | Oil Can Boyd |
| 1957 | Alfredo Griffin |
| 1956 | George Riley |
| 1954 | Roger Weaver |
| 1953 | Victor Bernal |
| 1947 | Charlie Vaughan |
| 1947 | Jerry Bell |
| 1947 | Rich Hacker |
| 1947 | Steve Kline |
| 1946 | Gary Gentry |
| 1946 | Gene Clines |
| 1943 | Jerry Stephenson |
| 1943 | Jim McGlothlin |
| 1942 | Jerry Grote |
| 1939 | Jack Cullen |
| 1928 | Fred Marolewski |
| 1922 | Joe Frazier |
| 1918 | Jimmy Grant |
| 1917 | Paul Calvert |
| 1915 | Dutch Meyer |
| 1914 | George Washburn |
| 1913 | Ken Chase |
| 1909 | Walt Bashore |
| 1908 | Tom Padden |
| 1901 | Carlisle Littlejohn |
| 1896 | Harry Heitmann |
| 1893 | Johnny Tillman |
| 1893 | Pat Duncan |
| 1892 | Harry Baumgartner |
| 1889 | Carl Zamloch |
| 1887 | Charlie Enwright |
| 1886 | Jack Snyder |
| 1886 | Scotty Barr |
| 1885 | Buddy Ryan |
| 1885 | John Knight |
| 1884 | Barney Slaughter |
| 1883 | Red Morgan |
| 1878 | Len Swormstedt |
| 1873 | George Starnagle |
| 1872 | Jack Dunn |
| 1868 | Whitey Gibson |
| 1866 | Eddie Burke |
| 1859 | Ed Cartwright |
| 1856 | Robert Foster |
| 1855 | Dale Williams |
| 1854 | Frank McCarton |
| 1854 | Pop Snyder |
| Year | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Jim Poole | 57 |
| 2020 | Fred Wenz | 79 |
| 2004 | Norm Schlueter | 88 |
| 2001 | Miguel Del Toro | 29 |
| 1999 | Bob Patrick | 81 |
| 1998 | Mark Belanger | 54 |
| 1997 | Johnny Vander Meer | 82 |
| 1977 | Gene Bedford | 80 |
| 1976 | Joe Erautt | 55 |
| 1969 | Desmond Beatty | 76 |
| 1969 | Roy Crumpler | 73 |
| 1966 | Bill Henderson | 64 |
| 1964 | Barney Schreiber | 82 |
| 1964 | Dan Adams | 77 |
| 1962 | Dick Gossett | 72 |
| 1957 | Billy Campbell | 83 |
| 1957 | Phil Cooney | 75 |
| 1954 | Josh Devore | 66 |
| 1949 | Guy Zinn | 62 |
| 1934 | Tom Mansell | 79 |
| 1931 | John Kirby | 66 |
| 1926 | Holly Hollingshead | 73 |
| 1912 | Bill Finley | 49 |
| 1911 | Larry Murphy | 54 |
| 1910 | Lawrence Farley | - |
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 6.
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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