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On This Day in Baseball History: October 23
Sources Lahman People + MLB StatsAPI2 debuts23 transactions
Every major-league debut, final game, transaction, birth and death recorded for October 23, 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 games4
Transactions23
Born48
Died32
| Year | Player | That season |
|---|---|---|
| 1875 | Fred Goldsmith | |
| 1874 | Fancy O'Neil |
| Year | Player | That season |
|---|---|---|
| 1874 | Fancy O'Neil | |
| 1873 | Bob Reach | |
| 1873 | Ed Atkinson | |
| 1871 | Ned Connor |
| Year | Move | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | New York Mets signed free agent LHP Richard Lovelady. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Washington Nationals signed free agent RHP Maximin Medina to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent RHP Nathan Webb to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent RHP Adam Bates to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent RHP Elquis Perez to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | Colorado Rockies released RHP DJ Johnson. 2019 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2017 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent RHP Franniel Polanco to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent LHP Jorge Gonzalez to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent SS Josue Huma to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent RHP Elias Herrera to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent OF Albert Hinirio to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent RHP Carlos Paula to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent LHP Adam Kolarek to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent 3B Reid Brignac to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2015 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2015 | San Francisco Giants signed free agent CF Gorkys Hernandez to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2015 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2014 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent RHP Josh Stinson to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2014 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2014 | Minnesota Twins released LHP Kris Johnson. 2014 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2013 | Los Angeles Dodgers traded RF Alex Castellanos to Boston Red Sox for cash and OF Jeremy Hazelbaker. 2013 transaction archive |  | |
| 2013 | Texas Rangers signed free agent LHP Aaron Poreda to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2013 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2013 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP Jeffry Done to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2013 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP Luigence Thomas to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | San Diego Padres released RHP Micah Owings. 2012 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2012 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent SS Enneider Torres to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 1999 | Craig Yoho |
| 1998 | Dylan Carlson |
| 1993 | Cristofer Ogando |
| 1993 | Zach Thompson |
| 1987 | Felix Doubront |
| 1987 | Kyle Gibson |
| 1985 | Sam Demel |
| 1981 | Ben Francisco |
| 1980 | Pedro Liriano |
| 1979 | Bud Smith |
| 1979 | Ramon Castro |
| 1978 | John Lackey |
| 1976 | David Riske |
| 1975 | Kazuo Matsui |
| 1975 | Todd Belitz |
| 1975 | Todd Sears |
| 1972 | Giomar Guevara |
| 1965 | Al Leiter |
| 1961 | Jim Presley |
| 1959 | George Hinshaw |
| 1957 | Dwight Lowry |
| 1956 | Luis Silverio |
| 1954 | John Castino |
| 1953 | Bo McLaughlin |
| 1952 | John Poff |
| 1952 | Randy Tate |
| 1949 | Greg Thayer |
| 1944 | Jim Rittwage |
| 1939 | George Williams |
| 1937 | Bob Allen |
| 1937 | Cecil Butler |
| 1933 | Jake Striker |
| 1931 | Jim Bunning |
| 1930 | Solly Drake |
| 1929 | Bruce Barmes |
| 1922 | Ewell Blackwell |
| 1920 | Vern Stephens |
| 1910 | Billy Sullivan |
| 1907 | Lee Grissom |
| 1894 | Rube Bressler |
| 1889 | Hugh Bedient |
| 1889 | Jack Mills |
| 1889 | Owen Conway |
| 1886 | Lena Blackburne |
| 1882 | Birdie Cree |
| 1881 | Lave Winham |
| 1870 | Mike Sullivan |
| 1860 | Jack Jones |
| Year | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Tom Walker | 74 |
| 2013 | Mario Picone | 87 |
| 2008 | Dave Melton | 80 |
| 2007 | Don Nicholas | 76 |
| 2004 | Jim McDonald | 77 |
| 2003 | Al Corwin | 76 |
| 2000 | Benny Culp | 86 |
| 1996 | Bob Grim | 66 |
| 1993 | John Wells | 70 |
| 1993 | Marv Blaylock | 64 |
| 1992 | Lou Rochelli | 73 |
| 1986 | Paul Gehrman | 74 |
| 1983 | Buck Crouse | 86 |
| 1977 | George Gerken | 74 |
| 1971 | Jesse Petty | 76 |
| 1971 | Woody Upchurch | 59 |
| 1970 | Sherry Robertson | 51 |
| 1969 | Monk Dubiel | 51 |
| 1968 | Jack Bliss | 86 |
| 1966 | Fred Fussell | 71 |
| 1966 | Jack Peerson | 56 |
| 1966 | Rex Cecil | 50 |
| 1965 | Chick Shorten | 73 |
| 1965 | Ed Fitzpatrick | 75 |
| 1965 | Otis Lawry | 71 |
| 1965 | Ted Odenwald | 63 |
| 1949 | Bill Burdick | 90 |
| 1947 | Cy Rheam | 54 |
| 1943 | Heinie Peitz | 72 |
| 1940 | Harry Krause | 52 |
| 1937 | John Singleton | 40 |
| 1912 | Piggy Ward | 45 |
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 23.
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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