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On This Day in Baseball History: October 13
Sources Lahman People + MLB StatsAPI3 debuts22 transactions
Every major-league debut, final game, transaction, birth and death recorded for October 13, newest first. Player names link to career pages where one exists, and each season links onward to that year’s awards and postseason archives.
Debuts3
Final games21
Transactions22
Born61
Died32
| Year | Player | That season |
|---|---|---|
| 1898 | John Puhl | |
| 1889 | Charlie Bell | 1889 postseason |
| 1874 | Bill Smiley |
| Year | Player | That season |
|---|---|---|
| 1910 | Frank Betcher | 1910 postseason |
| 1910 | Johnny Lush | 1910 postseason |
| 1900 | Pearce Chiles | |
| 1900 | Tom O'Brien | |
| 1899 | Marty Bergen | |
| 1898 | Bill Gray | |
| 1898 | Lefty Hopper | |
| 1892 | George Cobb | 1892 postseason |
| 1890 | John Peltz | 1890 postseason |
| 1889 | Jim Manning | 1889 postseason |
| 1889 | Michael McDermott | 1889 postseason |
| 1888 | Pete McShannic | 1888 postseason |
| 1884 | Andy Swan | 1884 postseason |
| 1884 | Bill Barnes | 1884 postseason |
| 1884 | Bill Watkins | 1884 postseason |
| 1884 | Ed Callahan | 1884 postseason |
| 1884 | Jack Corcoran | 1884 postseason |
| 1884 | John Humphries | 1884 postseason |
| 1884 | John Tilley | 1884 postseason |
| 1884 | Steve Dunn | 1884 postseason |
| 1884 | Terry Larkin | 1884 postseason |
| Year | Move | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent RHP Connor Cooke to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent RHP Yohan Ramírez to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Houston Astros signed free agent RHP Juan Estrella to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent RHP Guachi Jules to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent IF Carlos Caro to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Texas Rangers signed free agent RHP Nick Bautista III to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2020 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent OF Kevin Garcia to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2020 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent RHP Bladimir Dotel to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | San Diego Padres signed free agent 2B Jake Perez to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2020 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent RHP Emael Miliano to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent RHP Joneivy Polonia to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | Cleveland Indians signed free agent RHP Miguel Cordones to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2017 | San Francisco Giants signed free agent C Cesar Gonzalez to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2017 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent LHP Rigoberto Borbolla to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent OF Luis Matos to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | Miami Marlins signed free agent RHP Rafael Eysseric to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent LHP Jose Palacio to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Cleveland Indians signed free agent P Jahir Varela to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent 2B Pedro Ciriaco to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2014 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2013 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent 2B Marquis Riley to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Arizona Diamondbacks released RHP Juan Gutierrez. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | St. Louis Cardinals signed free agent RHP Andres Serrano to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - |  |
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 1999 | Carlos Vargas |
| 1998 | Ricky Vanasco |
| 1995 | Andrew Wantz |
| 1994 | Jose Godoy |
| 1984 | Hayden Penn |
| 1984 | Steven Lerud |
| 1983 | Chris Seddon |
| 1981 | Taylor Buchholz |
| 1970 | Kennie Steenstra |
| 1969 | Damian Miller |
| 1969 | Tim Crabtree |
| 1968 | Julio Valera |
| 1967 | Monty Fariss |
| 1967 | Scott Cooper |
| 1967 | Trevor Hoffman |
| 1964 | Chris Gwynn |
| 1963 | Bryan Hickerson |
| 1961 | Mike Capel |
| 1956 | Andy Beene |
| 1954 | George Frazier |
| 1951 | Frank LaCorte |
| 1950 | Dick Pole |
| 1948 | Randy Moffitt |
| 1946 | John Strohmayer |
| 1943 | Jerry Robertson |
| 1942 | Bob Bailey |
| 1941 | Jim Price |
| 1938 | Ron Moeller |
| 1937 | Lou Clinton |
| 1932 | Dick Barone |
| 1931 | Eddie Mathews |
| 1926 | Eddie Yost |
| 1924 | Charlie Silvera |
| 1916 | Ray Hathaway |
| 1914 | Frankie Hayes |
| 1912 | Xavier Rescigno |
| 1904 | Howie Carter |
| 1901 | Phil Hensiek |
| 1900 | Heinie Odom |
| 1897 | Elliot Bigelow |
| 1896 | Charlie See |
| 1896 | Claude Davidson |
| 1895 | Ben Paschal |
| 1895 | Jim Roberts |
| 1895 | Mike Gazella |
| 1894 | Bob Allen |
| 1894 | Swede Risberg |
| 1893 | Dick Spalding |
| 1893 | Pickles Dillhoefer |
| 1892 | Chauncey Burkam |
| 1891 | Fred McMullin |
| 1889 | Frank Smykal |
| 1889 | Sandy Piez |
| 1888 | Jack Onslow |
| 1885 | Jim Hanley |
| 1883 | Walter Blair |
| 1877 | Ham Patterson |
| 1876 | Bill Donovan |
| 1876 | Rube Waddell |
| 1858 | Fred Lewis |
| 1849 | Gat Stires |
| Year | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Sandy Alomar | 81 |
| 2023 | Leo Burke | 89 |
| 2022 | Bruce Sutter | 69 |
| 2022 | Jim Bailey | 87 |
| 2022 | Moe Savransky | 93 |
| 2021 | Ray Fosse | 74 |
| 2019 | Bobby Del Greco | 86 |
| 2011 | Vic LaRose | 66 |
| 2004 | Mike Blyzka | 75 |
| 1999 | Tex Aulds | 78 |
| 1990 | Lino Donoso | 68 |
| 1988 | Ramon Romero | 29 |
| 1984 | Dixie Carroll | 93 |
| 1984 | Ed Carroll | 77 |
| 1984 | George Kelly | 89 |
| 1981 | Jack Knott | 74 |
| 1978 | George Jeffcoat | 64 |
| 1977 | Joe Bratcher | 79 |
| 1975 | Swede Risberg | 81 |
| 1974 | Sam Rice | 84 |
| 1973 | Icehouse Wilson | 61 |
| 1970 | Fred Mitchell | 92 |
| 1969 | Harry Huston | 85 |
| 1964 | Scrappy Moore | 71 |
| 1962 | Gus Hetling | 76 |
| 1959 | Dave Wills | 82 |
| 1956 | George Dumont | 60 |
| 1955 | Fred Lear | 61 |
| 1941 | George Proeser | 77 |
| 1916 | Cyclone Miller | 57 |
| 1913 | Mike Heydon | 39 |
| 1909 | Sleeper Sullivan | - |
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 13.
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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