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On This Day in Baseball History: October 19
Sources Lahman People + MLB StatsAPI0 debuts18 transactions
Every major-league debut, final game, transaction, birth and death recorded for October 19, 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 games10
Transactions18
Born66
Died38
| Year | Player | That season |
|---|---|---|
| No major-league debuts are recorded for this date. | ||
| Year | Player | That season |
|---|---|---|
| 1884 | Bob Black | 1884 postseason |
| 1884 | Charlie Geggus | 1884 postseason |
| 1884 | Henry Moore | 1884 postseason |
| 1884 | Jerry McCormick | 1884 postseason |
| 1884 | John Kelly | 1884 postseason |
| 1884 | Lew Brown | 1884 postseason |
| 1884 | Lou Say | 1884 postseason |
| 1884 | Milt Whitehead | 1884 postseason |
| 1884 | Pat Sullivan | 1884 postseason |
| 1884 | Tim Murnane | 1884 postseason |
| Year | Move | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent RHP Zach Thompson to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Texas Rangers signed free agent LHP Pedro Belisario to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent RHP Adrian Gonzalez to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | New York Yankees signed free agent RHP Yordanny Sosa to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent 3B Junior Calderon to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent RHP Kevin Solano to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | New York Yankees signed free agent CF Leonel Hernandez to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | New York Yankees signed free agent SS Carlos Verdecia to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent 1B K.C. Hobson to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent LHP Onelki Garcia to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Houston Astros signed free agent RHP Jose Rivera to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2015 | Seattle Mariners released RHP Logan Kensing. 2015 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2015 | Oakland Athletics signed free agent OF Jose Paula to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2015 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent RHP Simon Castro to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2015 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2013 | Texas Rangers signed free agent RHP Kyle Lotzkar to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | New York Yankees signed free agent RHP Miguel Rosario to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent 2B Ariel Venegas to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | New York Mets released RHP Ryota Igarashi. 2011 transaction archive | - |  |
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 1999 | Zack Gelof |
| 1996 | Bryan Hoeing |
| 1994 | Anthony Santander |
| 1994 | Brandon Bailey |
| 1992 | Sam Tuivailala |
| 1991 | Jimmy Cordero |
| 1990 | Jordan Lyles |
| 1990 | Tyler Matzek |
| 1989 | Carson Smith |
| 1989 | Cory Mazzoni |
| 1987 | John Holdzkom |
| 1986 | Daniel Descalso |
| 1984 | James McDonald |
| 1984 | Josh Tomlin |
| 1984 | Travis Schlichting |
| 1982 | J. A. Happ |
| 1980 | Jose Bautista |
| 1980 | Rajai Davis |
| 1977 | Mario Ramos |
| 1977 | Randy Ruiz |
| 1976 | Jason Shiell |
| 1976 | Jeff Austin |
| 1976 | Michael Young |
| 1975 | Horacio Estrada |
| 1972 | Joe McEwing |
| 1972 | Keith Foulke |
| 1972 | Marc Newfield |
| 1969 | Lance Dickson |
| 1966 | Dave Veres |
| 1965 | Dave Haas |
| 1965 | Mike Gardiner |
| 1965 | Wade Taylor |
| 1964 | Mike Perez |
| 1962 | Oswaldo Peraza |
| 1961 | Tim Belcher |
| 1960 | Mark Davis |
| 1957 | David Palmer |
| 1956 | German Barranca |
| 1948 | Rimp Lanier |
| 1946 | Warren Bogle |
| 1945 | Al Gallagher |
| 1945 | Gary Taylor |
| 1943 | Brock Davis |
| 1943 | Sandy Alomar |
| 1938 | Vic Roznovsky |
| 1937 | Walt Bond |
| 1933 | Ossie Alvarez |
| 1931 | Don Leppert |
| 1930 | Joe Koppe |
| 1919 | Jack Niemes |
| 1916 | Ralph McLeod |
| 1915 | Sam Nahem |
| 1913 | Al Brazle |
| 1905 | Mike Meola |
| 1898 | Herb Welch |
| 1897 | Tom Lovelace |
| 1896 | Bob O'Farrell |
| 1894 | Tim McCabe |
| 1893 | Lloyd Christenbury |
| 1892 | Michael Driscoll |
| 1890 | Carl Sawyer |
| 1887 | Fred Snodgrass |
| 1883 | Walt Miller |
| 1876 | Mordecai Brown |
| 1874 | Tom McCreery |
| 1865 | Ollie Smith |
| Year | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Jesus Montero | 35 |
| 2025 | Mickey McGuire | 84 |
| 2025 | Rob Mallicoat | 60 |
| 2024 | Rudy May | 80 |
| 2023 | Ed Winceniak | 94 |
| 2023 | Fritz Peterson | 81 |
| 2022 | Bob Giallombardo | 85 |
| 2016 | Joe Kirrene | 85 |
| 2014 | Ed Keegan | 75 |
| 2014 | Frank Barnes | 88 |
| 2008 | Lou Stringer | 91 |
| 2005 | Bob Carpenter | 87 |
| 2005 | Ron Mrozinski | 75 |
| 2001 | Hugh Mulcahy | 88 |
| 2001 | Joe Murray | 80 |
| 1999 | Ray Katt | 72 |
| 1993 | John Kerr | 94 |
| 1992 | Atley Donald | 82 |
| 1988 | Bill Burgo | 68 |
| 1986 | George Pipgras | 86 |
| 1984 | Del Lundgren | 85 |
| 1982 | George Bradley | 68 |
| 1975 | Horace Kibbie | 72 |
| 1967 | Art Garibaldi | 60 |
| 1964 | Grover Hartley | 76 |
| 1960 | Ed McCreery | 70 |
| 1959 | Bunny Hearn | 68 |
| 1954 | Hugh Duffy | 87 |
| 1951 | Emil Haberer | 73 |
| 1950 | Lefty Gervais | 60 |
| 1949 | Bill Steele | 63 |
| 1939 | Red Downs | 56 |
| 1936 | Jack Jones | 75 |
| 1935 | Walt Doan | 48 |
| 1928 | Harry DeMiller | 60 |
| 1925 | Jack Carney | 58 |
| 1915 | Russ McKelvy | 61 |
| 1911 | Marshall King | - |
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 19.
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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