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On This Day in Baseball History: October 25
Sources Lahman People + MLB StatsAPI1 debuts26 transactions
Every major-league debut, final game, transaction, birth and death recorded for October 25, newest first. Player names link to career pages where one exists, and each season links onward to that year’s awards and postseason archives.
Debuts1
Final games1
Transactions26
Born63
Died23
| Year | Player | That season |
|---|---|---|
| 1875 | Sam Weaver |
| Year | Player | That season |
|---|---|---|
| 1875 | John McMullin |
| Year | Move | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent 2B Juan Berroteran to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent RHP Isael Fis to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent 2B Jesus Valdez to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent RHP Chris Devenski to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent RHP Squiorin Lorenzo to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | Cleveland Indians signed free agent LHP Alexandro Castro to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | Cleveland Indians signed free agent RHP Olmandi Diaz to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Cleveland Indians signed free agent RHP Dielmon Urena to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent LHP Isaias Uribe to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent SS Victor Valera to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | Cleveland Indians signed free agent LHP R.C. Orlan to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Cleveland Indians signed free agent RHP Shao-Ching Chiang to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent OF Juan Batista to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent RHP Alexis Araujo to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent RHP Juan Gonzalez to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent SS Aiverson Palacios to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent C Cesar Mendoza to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | San Diego Padres signed free agent LHP Carlos Valenzuela to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2014 | Cleveland Indians traded SS Justin Sellers to Pittsburgh Pirates for cash. 2014 transaction archive | | |
| 2014 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent C Gabriel Brito to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent CF Yondry Contreras to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | New York Yankees signed free agent RHP Jonathan Padilla to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2013 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent C Geoandry Montilla to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2012 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent Angel Sanchez. 2012 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2011 | Oakland Athletics released RHP Michael Wuertz. 2011 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2011 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent LHP Jack Van Leur to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 1998 | Juan Soto |
| 1992 | Tyler Payne |
| 1988 | Alberto Cabrera |
| 1985 | Wilkin Ramirez |
| 1980 | Clint Nageotte |
| 1979 | Jeremy Brown |
| 1979 | Tony Torcato |
| 1978 | J. J. Davis |
| 1974 | Joe Nelson |
| 1971 | Pedro Martinez |
| 1970 | Curtis King |
| 1970 | Terrell Lowery |
| 1969 | Keith Garagozzo |
| 1969 | Larry Thomas |
| 1967 | Joe Siddall |
| 1966 | Mike Harkey |
| 1965 | Steve Decker |
| 1960 | Kelly Downs |
| 1958 | Dave Von Ohlen |
| 1958 | Tom Romano |
| 1956 | Andy McGaffigan |
| 1955 | Danny Darwin |
| 1955 | Jeff Schattinger |
| 1955 | Tommy Boggs |
| 1954 | Tito Landrum |
| 1952 | Rowland Office |
| 1952 | Roy Smalley |
| 1951 | Al Cowens |
| 1951 | John LaRose |
| 1946 | Don Eddy |
| 1944 | Skip Guinn |
| 1939 | Pete Mikkelsen |
| 1937 | Chuck Schilling |
| 1931 | Dick Murphy |
| 1925 | Roy Hartsfield |
| 1924 | Bobby Brown |
| 1923 | Bobby Thomson |
| 1923 | Russ Meyer |
| 1918 | Nanny Fernandez |
| 1913 | Gene Corbett |
| 1913 | Herb Bremer |
| 1913 | Phil Marchildon |
| 1909 | Mickey Haslin |
| 1905 | Joe Malay |
| 1904 | Andy Cohen |
| 1901 | Ray Gardner |
| 1893 | Vic Aldridge |
| 1889 | Smoky Joe Wood |
| 1887 | Oscar Dugey |
| 1880 | Weldon Henley |
| 1875 | Jake Gettman |
| 1874 | Tom Stanton |
| 1871 | Marty Bergen |
| 1869 | Jack Doyle |
| 1869 | Marty Hogan |
| 1868 | Dan Burke |
| 1866 | Mickey Hughes |
| 1864 | John Godar |
| 1861 | Joe Werrick |
| 1858 | Harry Jacoby |
| 1857 | John Foley |
| 1855 | Harry McCormick |
| 1851 | Mike Brannock |
| Year | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Tim Thompson | 97 |
| 2017 | Ross Powell | 49 |
| 2012 | Les Mueller | 93 |
| 2011 | Bert Cueto | 74 |
| 2010 | Rudy Rufer | 83 |
| 2008 | Rafael Batista | 62 |
| 1996 | Harry Shuman | 81 |
| 1994 | George Fallon | 80 |
| 1991 | George Brunet | 56 |
| 1991 | Joe Bokina | 81 |
| 1981 | Pete Reiser | 62 |
| 1979 | Morrie Schick | 87 |
| 1978 | Molly Craft | 82 |
| 1963 | Jim Lindsey | 64 |
| 1949 | Tim Bowden | 58 |
| 1948 | Jerry Kane | 83 |
| 1945 | Ernie Baker | 70 |
| 1941 | Bill Phillips | 72 |
| 1927 | Tom Brown | 67 |
| 1922 | Pat Kilhullen | 32 |
| 1921 | Jimmy Barrett | 46 |
| 1911 | Chris Rickley | 52 |
| 1906 | Marty Swandell | - |
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 25.
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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