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On This Day in Baseball History: October 12
Sources Lahman People + MLB StatsAPI7 debuts26 transactions
Every major-league debut, final game, transaction, birth and death recorded for October 12, newest first. Player names link to career pages where one exists, and each season links onward to that year’s awards and postseason archives.
Debuts7
Final games33
Transactions26
Born66
Died24
| Year | Player | That season |
|---|---|---|
| 1898 | Harry Wilson | |
| 1898 | Joe Rickert | |
| 1898 | Mike Heydon | |
| 1890 | John Sterling | 1890 postseason |
| 1890 | McBride | 1890 postseason |
| 1890 | Stafford | 1890 postseason |
| 1890 | Sweigert | 1890 postseason |
| Year | Player | That season |
|---|---|---|
| 1911 | Bill Dahlen | 1911 awards · 1911 postseason |
| 1911 | Charlie Faust | 1911 awards · 1911 postseason |
| 1911 | Jim Doyle | 1911 awards · 1911 postseason |
| 1911 | Ray Boyd | 1911 awards · 1911 postseason |
| 1910 | Cy Alberts | 1910 postseason |
| 1910 | Joe Burg | 1910 postseason |
| 1910 | Rube Dessau | 1910 postseason |
| 1899 | Harry Colliflower | |
| 1899 | Jack Fifield | |
| 1899 | James Stafford | |
| 1899 | Mike Roach | |
| 1898 | Bill Joyce | |
| 1898 | Harry Wilson | |
| 1892 | Jimmy Knowles | 1892 postseason |
| 1892 | Tom Dowse | 1892 postseason |
| 1890 | Andy Knox | 1890 postseason |
| 1890 | Ed Mars | 1890 postseason |
| 1890 | Ed O'Neil | 1890 postseason |
| 1890 | Fred Smith | 1890 postseason |
| 1890 | George Carman | 1890 postseason |
| 1890 | George Crawford | 1890 postseason |
| 1890 | Hank Simon | 1890 postseason |
| 1890 | Harry Sage | 1890 postseason |
| 1890 | Herman Pitz | 1890 postseason |
| 1890 | John Sterling | 1890 postseason |
| 1890 | McBride | 1890 postseason |
| 1890 | Pete Weckbecker | 1890 postseason |
| 1890 | Stafford | 1890 postseason |
| 1890 | Sweigert | 1890 postseason |
| 1889 | Will Holland | 1889 postseason |
| 1884 | Lou Galvin | 1884 postseason |
| 1884 | Tom Morrissey | 1884 postseason |
| 1884 | Tom Sexton | 1884 postseason |
| Year | Move | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent RHP Victor Morin to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent CF Jesus Ortega to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent RHP Wilkerman Chourio to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent RHP Rafael Camacho to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent C Henry Leon to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent RHP Shane Watson to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2017 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent OF Darlin Guzman to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent RHP Geremy Jimenez to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | Cleveland Indians signed free agent RHP Luis C. Garcia to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2015 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP Onasis Reyes to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2015 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent LHP Stanly Sabino to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Oakland Athletics signed free agent RHP Angello Infante to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2015 | Oakland Athletics signed free agent OF Iraj Serrano to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Oakland Athletics signed free agent C Luke Montz to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | New York Yankees signed free agent 2B Welfrin Mateo to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2013 | New York Yankees signed free agent RHP Leyfer Ramirez to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | New York Yankees signed free agent RHP Amauris Sanchez to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | New York Yankees signed free agent LHP Orby Tavares to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent RHP Yeudy Garcia to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2013 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent LHP Raymond Rodriguez to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent RHP Edgar Santana to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent LHP Cesar Santos to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent RHP Angel Vasquez to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | New York Mets signed free agent RHP Eucebio Arias to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2012 | Texas Rangers signed free agent RHP Werner Leal to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2012 | Texas Rangers signed free agent C Kevin Mendoza to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 1995 | Kirk McCarty |
| 1994 | Max Schrock |
| 1993 | Ketel Marte |
| 1993 | Sal Romano |
| 1992 | Jandel Gustave |
| 1991 | JT Riddle |
| 1989 | Francisco Peña |
| 1988 | Jose Ortega |
| 1988 | Nick Tepesch |
| 1986 | Trevor Bell |
| 1983 | Nolan Reimold |
| 1982 | Casey McGehee |
| 1982 | Paul Janish |
| 1973 | Leslie Brea |
| 1971 | Tony Fiore |
| 1970 | Tanyon Sturtze |
| 1969 | Derrick White |
| 1969 | Jose Valentin |
| 1966 | Jorge Pedre |
| 1962 | Sid Fernandez |
| 1956 | Steve Shirley |
| 1955 | Jim Lewis |
| 1954 | Garth Iorg |
| 1954 | Gil Kubski |
| 1945 | Herman Hill |
| 1940 | Glenn Beckert |
| 1935 | Bobo Osborne |
| 1935 | Tony Kubek |
| 1930 | Joe Trimble |
| 1927 | Harold Daugherty |
| 1926 | John Kennedy |
| 1917 | Ray Murray |
| 1916 | Sam Gentile |
| 1915 | Lou Novikoff |
| 1912 | Al Unser |
| 1912 | Ed Moriarty |
| 1911 | Red Bullock |
| 1910 | Walter Signer |
| 1907 | Al Smith |
| 1907 | Phil Weintraub |
| 1906 | Joe Cronin |
| 1905 | Rick Ferrell |
| 1903 | Dutch Holland |
| 1903 | Jack Crouch |
| 1902 | Stew Bolen |
| 1901 | Erv Brame |
| 1899 | Bub Kuhn |
| 1894 | John Merritt |
| 1893 | Hank Ritter |
| 1892 | Rupert Mills |
| 1890 | Dixie Davis |
| 1890 | Joe Jenkins |
| 1889 | Dick Cotter |
| 1888 | Bill Swanson |
| 1888 | Max Fiske |
| 1883 | Charlie French |
| 1882 | Ivan Howard |
| 1874 | Jimmy Burke |
| 1869 | Ed Householder |
| 1869 | Malachi Kittridge |
| 1862 | Frank Ringo |
| 1857 | Chub Collins |
| 1856 | Pop Smith |
| 1855 | John Carbine |
| 1854 | Charlie Morton |
| 1848 | Sam Field |
| Year | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Jackie Hernandez | 79 |
| 2012 | Jim Kremmel | 63 |
| 2008 | Juan Jimenez | 59 |
| 2006 | Johnny Callison | 67 |
| 2005 | Mike Naymick | 88 |
| 1989 | Joe Foy | 46 |
| 1987 | Snake Henry | 92 |
| 1983 | Charlie Engle | 80 |
| 1973 | Jim Mattox | 76 |
| 1965 | Curt Davis | 62 |
| 1962 | Rube Geyer | 78 |
| 1954 | Walter Holke | 61 |
| 1951 | Bill Essick | 70 |
| 1951 | Pug Griffin | 55 |
| 1951 | Rube Vinson | 72 |
| 1948 | Bill Gardner | 82 |
| 1945 | Henry Oxley | 87 |
| 1935 | Ray Treadaway | 27 |
| 1918 | Harry Glenn | 28 |
| 1918 | Tom Burr | 24 |
| 1917 | Bill Clay | 42 |
| 1915 | Bert Myers | 41 |
| 1910 | George Mundinger | 55 |
| 1892 | Ernie Burch | 36 |
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 12.
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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