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On This Day in Baseball History: October 28
Sources Lahman People + MLB StatsAPI0 debuts20 transactions
Every major-league debut, final game, transaction, birth and death recorded for October 28, 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
Transactions20
Born58
Died24
| Year | Player | That season |
|---|---|---|
| No major-league debuts are recorded for this date. | ||
| Year | Player | That season |
|---|---|---|
| 1875 | Adam Rocap | |
| 1875 | Charlie Pabor | |
| 1875 | George Trenwith | |
| 1875 | Jim Tipper | |
| 1875 | John McKelvey |
| Year | Move | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | New York Mets signed free agent SS Jose Subero to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | Cleveland Indians signed free agent RHP Bryant Capellan to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent OF Moises Barajas to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent LHP Jose Lopez to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP Luis Duran to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent RHP Eduardo Figueroa to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2015 | San Francisco Giants signed free agent P Camilo Doval to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2015 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent RHP Gonzalez Germen to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2015 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2014 | Oakland Athletics signed free agent RHP Kevin Whelan to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2014 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2014 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent RHP Junior Guerra to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2014 | New York Mets signed free agent SS Angel Manzanarez to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent C Blake Lalli to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2013 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2013 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent OF Elias Arias to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2013 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent RHP Alfredo Mena to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2013 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent LHP Yean Paredes to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent 3B Leandro Santana to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent SS Andy Sugilio to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Cleveland Indians signed free agent SS Gabriel Mejia to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | New York Yankees signed free agent LHP Eduardo Polanco to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2011 | Minnesota Twins signed free agent RHP Sebastian Perez to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - |  |
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 2001 | C. J. Kayfus |
| 1998 | Spencer Strider |
| 1997 | Diego Castillo |
| 1997 | Zack Thompson |
| 1996 | Jake Woodford |
| 1996 | Willie MacIver |
| 1991 | Daniel Palka |
| 1990 | Justin Hancock |
| 1988 | Corban Joseph |
| 1987 | Casey Lawrence |
| 1986 | Josh Thole |
| 1983 | Esmailin Caridad |
| 1982 | Anthony Lerew |
| 1982 | Jeremy Bonderman |
| 1981 | Nate McLouth |
| 1979 | Bobby Cramer |
| 1977 | Chin-Feng Chen |
| 1974 | Braden Looper |
| 1969 | Kirk Bullinger |
| 1966 | Juan Guzman |
| 1966 | Tim Bogar |
| 1965 | Larry Casian |
| 1964 | Lenny Harris |
| 1961 | Bob Melvin |
| 1960 | Mark Knudson |
| 1954 | Gary Rajsich |
| 1954 | Sammy Stewart |
| 1935 | Bob Veale |
| 1931 | Gair Allie |
| 1926 | Rudy Rufer |
| 1925 | Luis Márquez |
| 1920 | Artie Wilson |
| 1917 | Joe Page |
| 1916 | Ed Levy |
| 1914 | Johnny Rigney |
| 1907 | George Hennessey |
| 1906 | Ed Clough |
| 1904 | Joe O'Rourke |
| 1904 | Liz Funk |
| 1903 | Hank Boney |
| 1900 | Johnny Neun |
| 1899 | Percy Jones |
| 1896 | Roxy Snipes |
| 1894 | John Bischoff |
| 1892 | Bill McCabe |
| 1890 | Doc Lavan |
| 1886 | Ed McDonald |
| 1884 | Chet Chadbourne |
| 1883 | Frank Lange |
| 1879 | Benny Bowcock |
| 1879 | Frank Smith |
| 1877 | Joe Adams |
| 1877 | Vive Lindaman |
| 1875 | Bert Miller |
| 1867 | Bill Wilson |
| 1864 | Dan Dugdale |
| 1863 | Tommy Tucker |
| 1859 | Art Sladen |
| Year | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Cecil Perkins | 80 |
| 2011 | Ricky Adams | 52 |
| 2000 | Andujar Cedeno | 31 |
| 1996 | Joe Samuels | 91 |
| 1993 | Bob Seeds | 86 |
| 1993 | Cal Koonce | 52 |
| 1988 | Dave Tyriver | 50 |
| 1987 | Pete McClanahan | 81 |
| 1983 | Ray Sanders | 66 |
| 1979 | Mel Ingram | 75 |
| 1974 | George Wilson | 50 |
| 1970 | Wedo Martini | 57 |
| 1969 | Dave Callahan | 81 |
| 1969 | Joe Rullo | 53 |
| 1965 | Walter Barbare | 74 |
| 1952 | Bob Lawson | 77 |
| 1948 | Roy Ellam | 62 |
| 1942 | Dan Coogan | 67 |
| 1937 | Gus Shallix | 79 |
| 1937 | Jesse Whiting | 58 |
| 1925 | Willy Wilson | 40 |
| 1907 | Ted Kennedy | 42 |
| 1904 | Sam Field | 56 |
| 1879 | Jimmy Hallinan | 30 |
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 28.
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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