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On This Day in Baseball History: October 7
Sources Lahman People + MLB StatsAPI14 debuts13 transactions
Every major-league debut, final game, transaction, birth and death recorded for October 7, newest first. Player names link to career pages where one exists, and each season links onward to that year’s awards and postseason archives.
Debuts14
Final games134
Transactions13
Born65
Died18
| Year | Player | That season |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Scott Sobkowiak | 2001 awards · 2001 postseason |
| 1923 | Phil Collins | 1923 awards · 1923 postseason |
| 1915 | Fletcher Low | 1915 postseason |
| 1915 | Red Shannon | 1915 postseason |
| 1911 | Charlie Faust | 1911 awards · 1911 postseason |
| 1910 | Alex McCarthy | 1910 postseason |
| 1908 | Doc Martin | 1908 postseason |
| 1905 | Art Goodwin | 1905 postseason |
| 1905 | Joseph Myers | 1905 postseason |
| 1898 | Frank Bates | |
| 1887 | Hank Simon | 1887 postseason |
| 1886 | Farmer Vaughn | 1886 postseason |
| 1886 | John McGlone | 1886 postseason |
| 1886 | William Zay | 1886 postseason |
| Year | Move | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent RHP Windel Encarnacion to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent C Sandy León to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Cleveland Guardians signed free agent RHP Jhonaiker Castillo to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent 2B Alejo Lopez to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent RHP Po-Yu Chen to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent LHP Elian Acosta to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent RHP Raibel Custodio to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent LHP Ezequiel De La Cruz to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent RHP Ramon Pineda to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent RHP Victor Medina to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2015 | San Diego Padres signed free agent RHP Jose Hernandez to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2013 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent SS Jose Reyes to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | New York Yankees signed free agent C Sammy De Jesus to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - |  |
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 1998 | Bob Seymour |
| 1997 | Jesus Sanchez |
| 1997 | Kyle Muller |
| 1996 | Coco Montes |
| 1996 | Justin Hagenman |
| 1996 | Nick Mears |
| 1996 | Yusniel Diaz |
| 1994 | Kirby Snead |
| 1994 | Kohl Stewart |
| 1992 | Mookie Betts |
| 1991 | Adrian Sampson |
| 1991 | Mike Foltynewicz |
| 1988 | Brandon Cunniff |
| 1987 | Alex Cobb |
| 1985 | Evan Longoria |
| 1985 | Kris Medlen |
| 1983 | Ryan Rohlinger |
| 1975 | Justin Brunette |
| 1970 | Tim Unroe |
| 1968 | Butch Henry |
| 1968 | Milt Cuyler |
| 1965 | Enrique Burgos |
| 1964 | Jim Bruske |
| 1964 | Rich DeLucia |
| 1963 | Ty Van Burkleo |
| 1956 | Rudy Law |
| 1953 | Andy Replogle |
| 1952 | John Caneira |
| 1945 | Dick Bates |
| 1943 | Jose Cardenal |
| 1940 | Morrie Steevens |
| 1939 | John O'Donoghue |
| 1939 | Phil Ortega |
| 1934 | Sammy Drake |
| 1932 | Bud Daley |
| 1928 | Joe Presko |
| 1922 | Grady Hatton |
| 1921 | Al Sima |
| 1921 | Charlie Fox |
| 1921 | Red Adams |
| 1919 | Tommy Hughes |
| 1918 | Frank Baumholtz |
| 1918 | Irv Hall |
| 1916 | Russ Derry |
| 1912 | Bill Patton |
| 1909 | Tony Malinosky |
| 1904 | Chuck Klein |
| 1903 | Bill Walker |
| 1898 | Joe Giard |
| 1895 | Fred Fussell |
| 1892 | Adam DeBus |
| 1891 | George Batten |
| 1889 | Lynn Brenton |
| 1885 | Ernie Ovitz |
| 1885 | Fred Liese |
| 1883 | Al Burch |
| 1883 | Phil Lewis |
| 1881 | James Durham |
| 1881 | Punch Knoll |
| 1880 | Tom Tuckey |
| 1869 | Frank Donnelly |
| 1867 | Brickyard Kennedy |
| 1859 | Chris Rickley |
| 1857 | Moxie Hengel |
| 1856 | Fleet Walker |
| Year | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Jim Landis | 83 |
| 2008 | Bruce Dal Canton | 67 |
| 1997 | Lou Possehl | 71 |
| 1994 | Stan Ferens | 79 |
| 1991 | Leo Durocher | 86 |
| 1990 | Walt Ripley | 73 |
| 1984 | Art Butler | 96 |
| 1974 | Frank Fletcher | 83 |
| 1971 | Les Barnhart | 66 |
| 1964 | Charlie Armbruster | 84 |
| 1958 | Chick Brandom | 71 |
| 1956 | Tom Stouch | 86 |
| 1948 | Harry Imlay | 59 |
| 1925 | Christy Mathewson | 45 |
| 1918 | Bob Troy | 30 |
| 1900 | Bill Phillips | - |
| 1888 | Studs Bancker | - |
| 1881 | Mike Brannock | 29 |
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 7.
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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