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On This Day in Baseball History: October 15
Sources Lahman People + MLB StatsAPI7 debuts44 transactions
Every major-league debut, final game, transaction, birth and death recorded for October 15, 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 games49
Transactions44
Born56
Died22
| Year | Player | That season |
|---|---|---|
| 1899 | Eddie Kolb | |
| 1892 | Bumpus Jones | 1892 postseason |
| 1892 | Heinie Peitz | 1892 postseason |
| 1884 | Buck Becannon | 1884 postseason |
| 1884 | Harry Pyle | 1884 postseason |
| 1884 | Tony Murphy | 1884 postseason |
| 1874 | Billy Geer |
| Year | Player | That season |
|---|---|---|
| 1910 | Ginger Beaumont | 1910 postseason |
| 1910 | John Kane | 1910 postseason |
| 1910 | Ody Abbott | 1910 postseason |
| 1899 | Bid McPhee | |
| 1899 | Bill Lange | |
| 1899 | Eddie Kolb | |
| 1899 | Jim Duncan | |
| 1899 | Suter Sullivan | |
| 1898 | Art Ball | |
| 1898 | Billy Taylor | |
| 1898 | Dad Clarke | |
| 1898 | Fred Frank | |
| 1898 | Mike Griffin | |
| 1898 | Stub Smith | |
| 1892 | Charley Bassett | 1892 postseason |
| 1892 | Charlie Newman | 1892 postseason |
| 1892 | Darby O'Brien | 1892 postseason |
| 1892 | Gene Moriarty | 1892 postseason |
| 1892 | Jake Drauby | 1892 postseason |
| 1892 | Sun Daly | 1892 postseason |
| 1892 | William Hoover | 1892 postseason |
| 1890 | Bill Greenwood | 1890 postseason |
| 1890 | Dan Long | 1890 postseason |
| 1890 | Edward Tate | 1890 postseason |
| 1890 | Joe Sommer | 1890 postseason |
| 1890 | Ledell Titcomb | 1890 postseason |
| 1890 | Leo Smith | 1890 postseason |
| 1890 | Mike O'Rourke | 1890 postseason |
| 1890 | Ted Scheffler | 1890 postseason |
| 1890 | Tom Power | 1890 postseason |
| 1888 | Dick Van Zant | 1888 postseason |
| 1884 | Barney Graham | 1884 postseason |
| 1884 | Bill Hawes | 1884 postseason |
| 1884 | Billy Colgan | 1884 postseason |
| 1884 | Billy Reid | 1884 postseason |
| 1884 | Bob Blakiston | 1884 postseason |
| 1884 | Charlie Householder | 1884 postseason |
| 1884 | Ed Dugan | 1884 postseason |
| 1884 | Fleury Sullivan | 1884 postseason |
| 1884 | George Meister | 1884 postseason |
| 1884 | Harry Wheeler | 1884 postseason |
| 1884 | Jack Remsen | 1884 postseason |
| 1884 | John Hanna | 1884 postseason |
| 1884 | Johnny Lavin | 1884 postseason |
| 1884 | Marty Barrett | 1884 postseason |
| 1884 | Mike Mansell | 1884 postseason |
| 1884 | Tom Mansell | 1884 postseason |
| 1884 | Tony Murphy | 1884 postseason |
| 1884 | Tony Suck | 1884 postseason |
| Year | Move | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | San Diego Padres signed free agent RHP Tatsuya Nogami to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2026 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent OF Sebastian Enriquez to a minor league contract. 2026 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP Ismael Sanchez to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent 3B Nick Dunn to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | New York Mets signed free agent RHP Miguel Mejias to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | Oakland Athletics signed free agent RHP Alejandro Manzano to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent RHP Wilkerson Hernandez to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | Houston Astros signed free agent RHP Luis Rodriguez to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent CF Abraham Almonte to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2020 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent RHP Edrian Robinson to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | Minnesota Twins signed free agent RHP Eduardo Soriano to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2020 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent RHP Joandy Duran to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2020 | San Francisco Giants signed free agent RHP Jose Montilla to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2020 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent RHP Yohan Crispin to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent IF Andrws Cruz to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent SS Leonel Espinoza to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent RHP Waimer Fabian to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent LHP Angel Hernandez to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent C Jose Herrera to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent RHP Jose Lopez to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent RHP Jose Romero to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent LHP Marino Santy to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent OF Jerry Torres to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | Washington Nationals signed free agent RHP Paolo Espino to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2020 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2020 | Washington Nationals signed free agent P Paolo Espino. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent LHP Yoldin De La Paz to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent RHP Yunior Thibo to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | New York Yankees signed free agent LHP Brandom Sanchez to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | New York Yankees signed free agent LF Kelvin Espino to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | New York Yankees signed free agent SS Alex Garcia to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Oakland Athletics signed free agent RHP Pedro Santos to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | New York Yankees signed free agent RHP Steven Fulgencio to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | New York Yankees signed free agent LHP Geremias Peguero to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | New York Yankees signed free agent RHP Deurys Marte to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent LHP Ruben Nunez to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent RHP Andry Cuevas to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent RHP Ariel Mojica to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent LHP Jeff Singer to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2014 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent SS Jonathan Diaz to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP Michael Kohn. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent RHP Simon Castro to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2014 | Washington Nationals signed free agent C Devin Ivany to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent RHP Carlos Bustamante to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent OF Angel Moreno to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 1999 | Yoendrys Gómez |
| 1998 | Brandon Pfaadt |
| 1998 | Gavin Stone |
| 1997 | Yerry Rodriguez |
| 1995 | Jack Flaherty |
| 1992 | Cody Carroll |
| 1992 | Teoscar Hernandez |
| 1989 | Huascar Brazoban |
| 1978 | Josh Rabe |
| 1978 | Juan Cruz |
| 1977 | Mitch Jones |
| 1973 | David Cortes |
| 1973 | Mendy Lopez |
| 1973 | Tim Young |
| 1971 | Chad Mottola |
| 1968 | Matt Dunbar |
| 1967 | Carlos Garcia |
| 1964 | John Barfield |
| 1954 | Glenn Gulliver |
| 1951 | Mitchell Page |
| 1951 | Tommy Toms |
| 1946 | Scott Northey |
| 1945 | Jim Palmer |
| 1944 | Dick Such |
| 1939 | Lou Klimchock |
| 1936 | Red Swanson |
| 1931 | Gail Harris |
| 1930 | Don Robertson |
| 1928 | Gail Henley |
| 1928 | Jim Command |
| 1927 | Bill Henry |
| 1926 | Don Carlsen |
| 1918 | Austin Knickerbocker |
| 1912 | Nick Tremark |
| 1909 | Mel Harder |
| 1908 | Hugo Klaerner |
| 1907 | Samuel Byrd |
| 1904 | Bill Lewis |
| 1903 | Mule Haas |
| 1902 | Evar Swanson |
| 1899 | John Chapman |
| 1897 | Dinty Gearin |
| 1897 | Sam Gray |
| 1896 | Mule Watson |
| 1893 | Gil Whitehouse |
| 1893 | John Karst |
| 1889 | Bert Hall |
| 1889 | Chick Evans |
| 1887 | Bob Harmon |
| 1876 | Percy Coleman |
| 1875 | Charley O'Leary |
| 1874 | Emil Frisk |
| 1869 | Jack McMahon |
| 1863 | Con Murphy |
| 1860 | Edgar Smith |
| 1852 | Thorny Hawkes |
| Year | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | John Morris | 84 |
| 2024 | Bud Daley | 92 |
| 2018 | Joe Stanka | 87 |
| 2015 | Neill Sheridan | 93 |
| 2013 | Rudy Minarcin | 83 |
| 2005 | Al Widmar | 80 |
| 2005 | Don Rowe | 69 |
| 1996 | Mike Balas | 86 |
| 1996 | Tom Ferrick | 81 |
| 1992 | Jackie Sullivan | 74 |
| 1989 | Lou Guisto | 94 |
| 1986 | Larry Kopf | 95 |
| 1984 | Red Cox | 89 |
| 1975 | Mickey Grasso | 55 |
| 1965 | Fritz Brickell | 30 |
| 1962 | George Whitted | 72 |
| 1960 | Jack Wallace | 70 |
| 1957 | Neal Ball | 76 |
| 1947 | Pol Perritt | 56 |
| 1943 | Joe Rickert | 69 |
| 1931 | Oscar Graham | 53 |
| 1928 | Pony Sager | 80 |
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 15.
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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