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On This Day in Baseball History: November 2
Sources Lahman People + MLB StatsAPI0 debuts39 transactions
Every major-league debut, final game, transaction, birth and death recorded for November 2, 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 games0
Transactions39
Born60
Died38
| Year | Player | That season |
|---|---|---|
| No major-league debuts are recorded for this date. | ||
| Year | Player | That season |
|---|---|---|
| No final games are recorded for this date. | ||
| Year | Move | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Oakland Athletics signed free agent 2B Alejo Lopez to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Milwaukee Brewers traded 1B Owen Miller to Colorado Rockies for cash. 2024 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2023 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent RHP Colin Rea. 2023 transaction archive | - | |
| 2023 | Pittsburgh Pirates traded RHP Cody Bolton to Seattle Mariners for cash. 2023 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2023 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent RHP Tony Santillan to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent LHP Drew Parrish to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent RHP Tyson Miller to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - | |
| 2023 | Houston Astros signed free agent RHP Anthony Gantes to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Houston Astros signed free agent RHP Jose Tejeda to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - | |
| 2023 | San Diego Padres signed free agent IF Fabian Alcantara to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | Washington Nationals signed free agent LHP Sean Nolin to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent CF Luis Leones to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent RHP Tim Melville to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Chicago Cubs traded Player To Be Named Later and LHP Drew Smyly to Texas Rangers for Player To Be Named Later. 2018 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2018 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent LHP Sean Gilmartin to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | Washington Nationals signed free agent RHP Bryan Sanchez to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Miami Marlins signed free agent C Derek Vegas to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2017 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent C Zachary Jones to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2017 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent OF Oswel Leones to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Cincinnati Reds traded LHP John Lamb to Tampa Bay Rays for cash. 2016 transaction archive | |  |
| 2016 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent LHP Dan Runzler to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent RHP Alejandro Chavez to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent RHP Raul De Los Reyes to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent LHP Juan Vazquez to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | New York Yankees released RHP Chris Martin. 2015 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2015 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent 3B Randy Federico to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent OF Osvaldo Santilien to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent RHP Leonel Goitia to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent RHP Edgar Escalona to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent OF Jose Quero to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent IF Mike Torres to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent SS Greg Picart to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent 3B Drew Sutton to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2012 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2012 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed RHP Nick Hutchings. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Miami Marlins signed free agent 3B Alberto Sanchez to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Miami Marlins signed free agent RHP Francis Martes to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent SS John McDonald. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | San Diego Padres signed free agent LHP Deninson Martinez to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent RHP Daniel Thieben to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 1999 | Parker Meadows |
| 1996 | Denyi Reyes |
| 1996 | Rene Pinto |
| 1994 | Jonathan Loaisiga |
| 1991 | Carlos Asuaje |
| 1990 | Brian Goodwin |
| 1990 | Matt Koch |
| 1990 | Melvin Mercedes |
| 1988 | Seth Rosin |
| 1986 | Taylor Green |
| 1985 | Daryl Thompson |
| 1984 | Tommy Layne |
| 1982 | Yunel Escobar |
| 1981 | Wilson Betemit |
| 1976 | Sidney Ponson |
| 1975 | Paul Rigdon |
| 1974 | Jose Fernandez |
| 1974 | Orlando Cabrera |
| 1972 | Travis Miller |
| 1970 | Marcus Moore |
| 1966 | Orlando Merced |
| 1963 | Pat Rice |
| 1963 | Sam Horn |
| 1958 | Willie McGee |
| 1956 | Gary Hargis |
| 1955 | Bob Tufts |
| 1955 | Greg Harris |
| 1953 | Paul Hartzell |
| 1946 | Tom Paciorek |
| 1942 | Ron Reed |
| 1941 | Bill Connors |
| 1928 | Bob Ross |
| 1927 | Davey Williams |
| 1924 | George Estock |
| 1920 | Dick Sisler |
| 1920 | John Sullivan |
| 1919 | Bill Mills |
| 1916 | Al Campanis |
| 1914 | Jesse Flores |
| 1914 | Johnny Vander Meer |
| 1914 | Tom McBride |
| 1911 | Red Jones |
| 1906 | Tim McKeithan |
| 1903 | Elon Hogsett |
| 1903 | Travis Jackson |
| 1901 | Jerry Standaert |
| 1896 | Chick Maynard |
| 1888 | Dutch Zwilling |
| 1886 | Clem Clemens |
| 1879 | Burt Keeley |
| 1877 | Otto Williams |
| 1874 | George Bell |
| 1869 | George Sharrott |
| 1868 | Jim McCormick |
| 1866 | Frank Genins |
| 1863 | Ed Smith |
| 1860 | Frank Graves |
| 1859 | William Nusz |
| 1847 | Charlie Sweasy |
| 1846 | Tom Carey |
| Year | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Jim McManus | 88 |
| 2016 | Vern Handrahan | 79 |
| 2015 | Eddie Milner | 60 |
| 2013 | Russ Sullivan | 90 |
| 2012 | Joe Ginsberg | 86 |
| 2010 | Clyde King | 86 |
| 2009 | Ron Moeller | 71 |
| 2006 | Red Hayworth | 90 |
| 2000 | Eddie Collins | 83 |
| 1998 | Elmo Plaskett | 60 |
| 1997 | Roy McMillan | 68 |
| 1995 | Sal Gliatto | 93 |
| 1993 | Butch Nieman | 75 |
| 1993 | Fred Williams | 80 |
| 1989 | Steve Simpson | 41 |
| 1983 | Hal Wiltse | 80 |
| 1982 | Bill Zuber | 69 |
| 1981 | Hugh East | 62 |
| 1976 | Dee Miles | 67 |
| 1976 | Regis Leheny | 68 |
| 1973 | Greasy Neale | 81 |
| 1972 | Freddy Parent | 96 |
| 1970 | Bobby LaMotte | 72 |
| 1967 | Clem Clemens | 81 |
| 1966 | Lew Moren | 83 |
| 1965 | Clarence Fisher | 67 |
| 1960 | Everett Scott | 67 |
| 1947 | Dot Fulghum | 47 |
| 1944 | Bert Conn | 65 |
| 1944 | Ed Brandt | 39 |
| 1932 | Frank Cross | 59 |
| 1926 | Bill Bailey | 38 |
| 1904 | Henry Austin | - |
| 1901 | John Corcoran | - |
| 1899 | Tim McGinley | - |
| 1897 | Joe Sullivan | 27 |
| 1894 | Alamazoo Jennings | 43 |
| 1894 | William Houseman | - |
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 November 2.
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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