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On This Day in Baseball History: October 14
Sources Lahman People + MLB StatsAPI2 debuts31 transactions
Every major-league debut, final game, transaction, birth and death recorded for October 14, newest first. Player names link to career pages where one exists, and each season links onward to that year’s awards and postseason archives.
Debuts2
Final games40
Transactions31
Born70
Died32
| Year | Player | That season |
|---|---|---|
| 1900 | Henry Stein | |
| 1874 | Henry Reville |
| Year | Player | That season |
|---|---|---|
| 1900 | Henry Stein | |
| 1899 | Bill Merritt | |
| 1899 | Charlie Gettig | |
| 1899 | Charlie Harris | |
| 1899 | Charlie Kuhns | |
| 1899 | Chummy Gray | |
| 1899 | Dan McFarlan | |
| 1899 | Mike Kelley | |
| 1899 | Parke Wilson | |
| 1899 | Pete Woodruff | |
| 1899 | Zeke Wrigley | |
| 1892 | Ben Sanders | 1892 postseason |
| 1890 | Billy Hart | 1890 postseason |
| 1890 | Charlie Hamburg | 1890 postseason |
| 1890 | Ed Pabst | 1890 postseason |
| 1890 | Ned Bligh | 1890 postseason |
| 1890 | Phil Tomney | 1890 postseason |
| 1889 | Dan Stearns | 1889 postseason |
| 1889 | John Galligan | 1889 postseason |
| 1889 | Park Swartzel | 1889 postseason |
| 1889 | Red Bittmann | 1889 postseason |
| 1888 | Bill Phillips | 1888 postseason |
| 1888 | Bill White | 1888 postseason |
| 1888 | Frank Hankinson | 1888 postseason |
| 1888 | Joe Werrick | 1888 postseason |
| 1888 | Tom Dolan | 1888 postseason |
| 1886 | Cyclone Miller | 1886 postseason |
| 1886 | Jack Manning | 1886 postseason |
| 1886 | Jimmy Macullar | 1886 postseason |
| 1886 | Len Sowders | 1886 postseason |
| 1886 | Milt Scott | 1886 postseason |
| 1884 | Bill Sweeney | 1884 postseason |
| 1884 | Henry Jones | 1884 postseason |
| 1884 | Jack Gorman | 1884 postseason |
| 1884 | Tom Kearns | 1884 postseason |
| 1874 | Asa Brainard | |
| 1874 | Harry Deane | |
| 1874 | Henry Reville | |
| 1874 | Levin Jones | |
| 1874 | Z. H. Taylor |
| Year | Move | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | New York Mets signed free agent RHP Randy Gutierrez to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | St. Louis Cardinals signed free agent LHP Yordi Jose to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent RHP Merlin Bido to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent LHP Williams Salazar to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | New York Mets signed free agent OF Justin Ramirez to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | New York Mets signed free agent RHP Yoralbert Cadiz to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | New York Mets signed free agent SS Railin Reyes to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP Renaldito Florian to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent LHP Sandy Eusebio to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | Miami Marlins signed free agent OF Andre Arthur to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2020 | San Diego Padres signed free agent RHP Wilton Castillo to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2020 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent RHP Geison Urbaez to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2020 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent LHP Johan Simon to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent LHP Kendry Rojas to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | Texas Rangers signed free agent RHP Dianye Florentino to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2017 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent RHP Moises Ruiz to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2017 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent RHP Jean Correa to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2017 | New York Yankees signed free agent C Edwin Tordecilla to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent LHP Sam Freeman to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2016 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2015 | Los Angeles Dodgers released RHP Jim Johnson. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Oakland Athletics released CF Jason Pridie. 2015 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2015 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent RHP Michael Zouzalik to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2015 | Houston Astros signed free agent OF Ramiro Ramirez to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2013 | Pittsburgh Pirates traded 3B Jimmy Rider to Boston Red Sox for Future Considerations. 2013 transaction archive |  | |
| 2013 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent RHP Timothy Adleman to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2013 | New York Yankees signed free agent LHP Anderson Diaz to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | New York Yankees signed free agent RHP Abel Duarte to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | New York Yankees signed free agent LF Yeangel Pujols to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent RHP Eumir Sepulveda to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent 2B Dean Bell to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Chicago White Sox released RHP Ramon Pena. 2011 transaction archive | - |  |
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 1993 | Austin Dean |
| 1993 | Patrick Mazeika |
| 1992 | Miguel Del Pozo |
| 1991 | Brad Wieck |
| 1991 | Julian Merryweather |
| 1991 | Willians Astudillo |
| 1990 | William Cuevas |
| 1988 | Merrill Kelly |
| 1988 | Seth Maness |
| 1987 | Kole Calhoun |
| 1984 | Kris Johnson |
| 1983 | Alberto Arias |
| 1982 | Carlos Marmol |
| 1982 | Jerry Gil |
| 1981 | Boof Bonser |
| 1979 | Duaner Sanchez |
| 1978 | Ryan Church |
| 1976 | Henry Mateo |
| 1974 | Erik Sabel |
| 1971 | Midre Cummings |
| 1969 | Hector Ortiz |
| 1968 | Zak Shinall |
| 1967 | Dave Hajek |
| 1967 | Pat Kelly |
| 1964 | Joe Girardi |
| 1962 | Carl Nichols |
| 1960 | Bill Bathe |
| 1955 | Jesus Vega |
| 1954 | Willie Aikens |
| 1953 | Kiko Garcia |
| 1948 | Brent Strom |
| 1948 | Ed Figueroa |
| 1946 | Al Oliver |
| 1946 | Frank Duffy |
| 1945 | Tom Silverio |
| 1944 | Rich Robertson |
| 1941 | Art Shamsky |
| 1940 | Billy Sorrell |
| 1940 | Tommy Harper |
| 1934 | Tom Cheney |
| 1924 | Bill Renna |
| 1924 | Dave Jolly |
| 1915 | Ken Heintzelman |
| 1915 | Max Macon |
| 1915 | William Ford |
| 1914 | Harry Brecheen |
| 1913 | Hugh Casey |
| 1909 | Jimmy Ripple |
| 1897 | Vance McIlree |
| 1891 | Bert Gallia |
| 1889 | Charlie Becker |
| 1889 | Mark Stewart |
| 1886 | Joe Walsh |
| 1886 | Ona Dodd |
| 1886 | Vincent Maney |
| 1885 | Bill Leard |
| 1885 | Ivy Olson |
| 1884 | Homer Davidson |
| 1883 | Harry Huston |
| 1872 | Suter Sullivan |
| 1871 | Ed Eiteljorge |
| 1868 | Fred Underwood |
| 1866 | Charlie Abbey |
| 1864 | Jim Chatterton |
| 1862 | Norm Baker |
| 1861 | Paul Radford |
| 1858 | Wyman Andrus |
| 1857 | Tom Poorman |
| 1849 | Charlie Waitt |
| 1842 | Joe Start |
| Year | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Larry Burright | 88 |
| 2022 | Ed Olivares | 84 |
| 2017 | Daniel Webb | 28 |
| 2008 | Tom Tresh | 70 |
| 2007 | Fred Bruckbauer | 69 |
| 2007 | Owen Friend | 80 |
| 2003 | Wil Culmer | 45 |
| 2001 | Ben Sankey | 94 |
| 1988 | Abie Hood | 85 |
| 1988 | Vic Raschi | 69 |
| 1985 | Ossie Bluege | 84 |
| 1971 | Doc Prothro | 78 |
| 1968 | Lynn Brenton | 79 |
| 1961 | Clyde Southwick | 74 |
| 1954 | Bill Swanson | 66 |
| 1952 | Jim Banning | 87 |
| 1951 | Henry Zeiher | 89 |
| 1950 | Jocko Fields | 85 |
| 1949 | Huyler Westervelt | 80 |
| 1945 | Fred Tyler | 53 |
| 1944 | Topsy Hartsel | 70 |
| 1934 | Les Cox | 30 |
| 1931 | Al Niehaus | 32 |
| 1929 | Joe Borden | 75 |
| 1928 | Bill Stuart | 55 |
| 1928 | Billy Milligan | 50 |
| 1922 | Rasty Wright | 59 |
| 1919 | Harry Blake | 45 |
| 1915 | Bill Reidy | 42 |
| 1891 | Larry Corcoran | 32 |
| 1890 | August Williams | 20 |
| 1890 | James Cavanagh | - |
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 14.
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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