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On This Day in Baseball History: October 17
Sources Lahman People + MLB StatsAPI0 debuts27 transactions
Every major-league debut, final game, transaction, birth and death recorded for October 17, newest first. Player names link to career pages where one exists, and each season links onward to that year’s awards and postseason archives.
Debuts0
Final games5
Transactions27
Born62
Died27
| Year | Player | That season |
|---|---|---|
| No major-league debuts are recorded for this date. | ||
| Year | Player | That season |
|---|---|---|
| 1888 | Bill McClellan | 1888 postseason |
| 1888 | Mortimer Hogan | 1888 postseason |
| 1876 | Eddie Booth | |
| 1876 | Everett Mills | |
| 1876 | Fred Treacey |
| Year | Move | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | New York Mets signed free agent Roberto Pena to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP Angel Castillo to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent RHP Trevor Kuncl to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Houston Astros signed free agent RHP Jesus Nunez to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent LHP Darrell Thompson to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | Oakland Athletics signed free agent RHP Luis Florentino to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | New York Yankees signed free agent CF Jose Cairo to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent RHP Juan Gonzalez to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP Cristian Guzman to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Miami Marlins signed free agent OF Dalton Wheat to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent RHP Sandel De La Cruz to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | Miami Marlins signed free agent RHP Ryan Beckman to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent 3B Victor Ruiz to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | San Diego Padres signed free agent OF Gilberto Vizcarra to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2014 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent C Jake Turnbull to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Cleveland Indians signed free agent RHP Hector Figueroa to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2014 | Oakland Athletics signed free agent LHP Brad Mills to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent SS Jake Turnbull to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent SS Melvin Jimenez to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2014 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent 2B Vidal Brujan to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Atlanta Braves traded 1B Jackson Laumann to Chicago White Sox for Future Considerations. 2013 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2013 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent C Keinner Pina to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2012 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent SS Victor Acosta to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2012 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent RHP Daniel Gonzalez to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Houston Astros signed free agent LHP Junior Garcia to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent RHP Brock Mansion to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2011 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent IF Jhonnathan Teran to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 2000 | Carson Palmquist |
| 1995 | Ha-Seong Kim |
| 1994 | Adam Oller |
| 1994 | Myles Straw |
| 1993 | Brody Koerner |
| 1992 | Hanser Alberto |
| 1990 | Rafael Montero |
| 1989 | Chris Mazza |
| 1988 | Stefen Romero |
| 1986 | Dan Butler |
| 1985 | Carlos Gonzalez |
| 1985 | Jose De La Torre |
| 1983 | Mitch Talbot |
| 1982 | Abe Alvarez |
| 1981 | Brett Campbell |
| 1981 | Edwin Maysonet |
| 1979 | Gil Velazquez |
| 1979 | John Ennis |
| 1976 | Jason Jones |
| 1976 | Seth Etherton |
| 1975 | Hector Almonte |
| 1974 | Curt Lyons |
| 1974 | John Rocker |
| 1974 | Luis Pineda |
| 1970 | John Mabry |
| 1969 | Chris Tremie |
| 1967 | Mark Johnson |
| 1965 | Charlie Montoyo |
| 1963 | Ravelo Manzanillo |
| 1962 | Glenn Braggs |
| 1961 | Dan Pasqua |
| 1960 | Ken Dixon |
| 1957 | Kelly Paris |
| 1947 | Jim Hutto |
| 1946 | Rich Folkers |
| 1945 | Bob Christian |
| 1942 | Pete Cimino |
| 1933 | Bob Powell |
| 1931 | Dan Porter |
| 1929 | Hardy Peterson |
| 1928 | Jim Gilliam |
| 1927 | Johnny Klippstein |
| 1921 | Ken Brondell |
| 1919 | Charlie Cozart |
| 1918 | Howie Moss |
| 1917 | Johnny Ostrowski |
| 1915 | Mike Sandlock |
| 1908 | Red Rolfe |
| 1906 | Paul Derringer |
| 1900 | Ernie Wingard |
| 1898 | Clint Blume |
| 1892 | Ted Welch |
| 1891 | Frank Madden |
| 1887 | Harry Kirsch |
| 1886 | Bert Maxwell |
| 1877 | Ed Kenna |
| 1873 | Frank Dillon |
| 1870 | George Nicol |
| 1863 | Count Campau |
| 1861 | Dan Stearns |
| 1859 | Buck Ewing |
| 1857 | Bill Morgan |
| Year | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Bill Pleis | 88 |
| 2024 | Jim Campbell | 87 |
| 2017 | Ed Barnowski | 74 |
| 2010 | Joe Lis | 64 |
| 2007 | Mickey Rutner | 88 |
| 2004 | Ray Boone | 81 |
| 1996 | Bob Adams | 95 |
| 1992 | John O'Connell | 88 |
| 1989 | John Mackinson | 65 |
| 1987 | Pete Cote | 85 |
| 1985 | Bud Sheely | 64 |
| 1982 | Hank McDonald | 71 |
| 1981 | Johnny Peacock | 71 |
| 1971 | Mike Massey | 78 |
| 1966 | Bob Swift | 51 |
| 1964 | Carson Bigbee | 69 |
| 1962 | Olaf Henriksen | 74 |
| 1961 | Harry Felix | 86 |
| 1953 | Jim Delahanty | 74 |
| 1952 | Vince Shields | 51 |
| 1951 | Al Clancy | 63 |
| 1950 | Tom Tuckey | 70 |
| 1944 | Jack Powell | 70 |
| 1940 | George Davis | 70 |
| 1939 | George Bristow | 69 |
| 1937 | Clyde Hatter | 29 |
| 1905 | John Otten | 35 |
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 17.
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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