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On This Day in Baseball History: October 21
Sources Lahman People + MLB StatsAPI2 debuts27 transactions
Every major-league debut, final game, transaction, birth and death recorded for October 21, 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 games5
Transactions27
Born56
Died30
| Year | Player | That season |
|---|---|---|
| 1871 | Frank Abercrombie | |
| 1871 | Mike Brannock |
| Year | Player | That season |
|---|---|---|
| 1876 | Foghorn Bradley | |
| 1874 | Count Sensenderfer | |
| 1873 | Phonney Martin | |
| 1872 | Andy Allison | |
| 1871 | Frank Abercrombie |
| Year | Move | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent LHP David Colmenares to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent RHP Kendry Garcia to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - | |
| 2025 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent IF Dionys Medina to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - | |
| 2023 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent RHP Victor Garcia to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent RHP Lenixon Armas to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent C Gabriel Lopez to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent LHP Miguel Del Pozo to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent RHP Angel Ferreras to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent RHP Josbel Garcia to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent RHP Maikel Rosales to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Washington Nationals signed free agent LHP Luis Acevedo to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2020 | Arizona Diamondbacks released RHP Artie Lewicki. 2020 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent SS Enoy Jimenez to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | San Francisco Giants signed free agent OF Jose Hernandez to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2017 | San Francisco Giants signed free agent RHP Freddery Paulino to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent RHP Arcenio Leon to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | New York Yankees signed free agent RHP Matthew Wivinis to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | Minnesota Twins signed free agent LHP Nik Turley to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | New York Mets signed free agent RHP Dedniel Nunez to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2015 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent SS Jose King to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent LF Eddy Vizcaino to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2013 | Milwaukee Brewers signed 3B Taylor Green. 2013 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2013 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent OF Rachid Engelhardt to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2013 | Houston Astros signed free agent RHP Jose Ramos to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2013 | Houston Astros signed free agent RHP Abdiel Saldana to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Toronto Blue Jays traded RHP David Carpenter to Boston Red Sox for SS Mike Aviles. 2012 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2012 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent OF Jose Azocar to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 2002 | Christian Moore |
| 2000 | Luis Curvelo |
| 1996 | Kolton Ingram |
| 1994 | Ben Bowden |
| 1994 | Jose Ruiz |
| 1994 | Matt Krook |
| 1989 | Danny Barnes |
| 1987 | Justin De Fratus |
| 1986 | C. C. Lee |
| 1984 | Danny Herrera |
| 1984 | Jose Lobaton |
| 1983 | Andy Marte |
| 1983 | Casey Fien |
| 1983 | Zack Greinke |
| 1982 | Jim Henderson |
| 1980 | Jon Coutlangus |
| 1980 | Troy Cate |
| 1979 | Gabe Gross |
| 1979 | Khalil Greene |
| 1979 | Steve Holm |
| 1979 | Tim Spooneybarger |
| 1975 | Toby Hall |
| 1973 | Bryan Corey |
| 1970 | Marc Wilkins |
| 1969 | Chuck Smith |
| 1967 | John Flaherty |
| 1966 | Kevin Batiste |
| 1960 | Franklin Stubbs |
| 1959 | George Bell |
| 1955 | Jerry Garvin |
| 1954 | Keith Drumright |
| 1953 | Juan Eichelberger |
| 1951 | Ron Pruitt |
| 1949 | Skip James |
| 1948 | Bill Russell |
| 1941 | Ron Davis |
| 1939 | Ted Uhlaender |
| 1933 | Johnny Goryl |
| 1928 | Whitey Ford |
| 1925 | Valmy Thomas |
| 1922 | Stan Partenheimer |
| 1918 | Ralph McCabe |
| 1917 | Bob Prichard |
| 1917 | Frank Papish |
| 1916 | Bill Bevens |
| 1916 | Eddie Carnett |
| 1913 | Mark Christman |
| 1909 | Bill Lee |
| 1887 | Finners Quinlan |
| 1887 | Roy Corhan |
| 1885 | Gus Fisher |
| 1884 | Bill Lelivelt |
| 1880 | Jack Hayden |
| 1877 | Charlie Harris |
| 1864 | Pete Lohman |
| 1863 | George Rooks |
| Year | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Rob Gardner | 78 |
| 2021 | Billy Moran | 87 |
| 2017 | Chuck Churn | 87 |
| 2015 | Jim Robertson | 87 |
| 2008 | Jake Crawford | 80 |
| 2004 | Jim Bucher | 93 |
| 1998 | Phil Haugstad | 74 |
| 1997 | Dolph Camilli | 90 |
| 1995 | Vada Pinson | 57 |
| 1993 | Wayne Belardi | 63 |
| 1992 | Joe Dwyer | 89 |
| 1991 | Bobby Coombs | 83 |
| 1991 | Jim Hamby | 94 |
| 1990 | Frank Waddey | 85 |
| 1988 | Reggie Otero | 73 |
| 1984 | Johnny Rigney | 69 |
| 1981 | Gene Robertson | 81 |
| 1969 | Ray Richmond | 73 |
| 1968 | Jack Killilay | 81 |
| 1961 | Harry Gleason | 86 |
| 1960 | Oscar Tuero | 66 |
| 1959 | Elmer Rieger | 70 |
| 1958 | Lep Long | 70 |
| 1954 | Art Gardiner | 54 |
| 1936 | Charlie Mason | 83 |
| 1925 | Marv Goodwin | 34 |
| 1923 | Timothy Sheehan | 55 |
| 1918 | Harry Chapman | 32 |
| 1912 | Charlie Waitt | 63 |
| 1891 | Ed Daily | 29 |
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 21.
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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