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On This Day in Baseball History: November 5
Sources Lahman People + MLB StatsAPI0 debuts70 transactions
Every major-league debut, final game, transaction, birth and death recorded for November 5, 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
Transactions70
Born62
Died34
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Tampa Bay Rays traded RHP Cole Wilcox to Seattle Mariners for cash. 2025 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2025 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent RHP Hector Perez to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Houston Astros signed free agent LHP Steven Okert to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Texas Rangers signed free agent RHP Jefferson Encarnacion to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Seattle Mariners traded RHP Riley O'Brien to St. Louis Cardinals for cash. 2023 transaction archive | |  |
| 2021 | New York Yankees signed free agent RHP Chalniel Arias to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | New York Yankees signed free agent RHP Alexis Paulino to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | New York Yankees signed free agent LF David Beckles to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | St. Louis Cardinals signed free agent CF Moises Gomez to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | Atlanta Braves traded SS AJ Graffanino and 2B Greg Cullen to Baltimore Orioles. PTBNL in Tommy Milone trade, 8/30/2020 2020 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2020 | Chicago Cubs traded SS Ronny Simon to Arizona Diamondbacks. PTBNL in Andrew Chafin trade, 8/31/2020 2020 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2020 | Tampa Bay Rays traded RHP Rodolfo Sanchez to Philadelphia Phillies. 2020 transaction archive | |  |
| 2020 | San Diego Padres traded CF Junior Perez to Oakland Athletics. PTBNL in Jorge Mateo trade, 6/29/20 2020 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2020 | San Diego Padres traded RHP Dylan Coleman to Kansas City Royals. 2020 transaction archive | |  |
| 2020 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent SS Abiatal Avelino to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent SS Abiatal Avelino to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent SS Abiatal Avelino. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent RHP Julio Cruz to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Texas Rangers signed free agent C Beycker Barroso to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Texas Rangers signed free agent RHP Eury Rosado to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Texas Rangers signed free agent RHP Jose Trinidad to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent RHP Tim Adleman to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent LHP Matt Grace to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent RHP Jose Disla to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Texas Rangers signed free agent RHP Angel Rivas to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Texas Rangers signed free agent SS Franklin Rojas to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent 2B Corban Joseph to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent RHP Corey Black to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | San Francisco Giants signed free agent RF Jeffrey Baez to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | Miami Marlins signed free agent C Santiago Chavez to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent LHP Patrick Schuster to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2016 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2015 | Seattle Mariners traded 2B Brad Miller, 1B Logan Morrison and RHP Danny Farquhar to Tampa Bay Rays for RHP Nate Karns, LHP C.J. Riefenhauser and CF Boog Powell. 2015 transaction archive | | |
| 2015 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent RHP Connor Little to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Miami Marlins signed free agent SS Raymond Rodriguez to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent 2B Chase d'Arnaud to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent LHP Rayniel Moreno to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2015 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent P Bryan Castill to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Houston Astros traded C Carlos Perez and RHP Nick Tropeano to Los Angeles Angels for C Hank Conger. 2014 transaction archive | |  |
| 2014 | Los Angeles Angels traded RHP Mark Sappington to Tampa Bay Rays for LHP Cesar Ramos. 2014 transaction archive | | |
| 2014 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent SS Jake Elmore. 2014 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2014 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent LHP Noel Arguelles to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent OF Edwin Yon to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | St. Louis Cardinals signed free agent RHP Jose Geronimo to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent OF Mariel Bautista to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent LHP Juan Perez to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2013 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2013 | Texas Rangers signed free agent C Geovany Soto. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent RF Jordan Parraz to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent 3B Cameron Kneeland to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent RHP Chris Volstad to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent RHP Jonathan Arias to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent RHP Orangel Arenas to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent OF Hunter Jones to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2013 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent RHP Luis Vasquez to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent RHP Enrique De Pena to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | St. Louis Cardinals signed free agent RHP Juan Alvarez to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | St. Louis Cardinals signed free agent RHP Franyel Casadilla to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | St. Louis Cardinals signed free agent RHP Oneiver Diaz to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | St. Louis Cardinals signed free agent SS Luis Flores to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | St. Louis Cardinals signed free agent RF Jonathan Rivera to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | St. Louis Cardinals signed free agent OF Carlos Rodriguez to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent DH David Ortiz. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent Jairo Asencio. 2012 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2012 | Cleveland Indians signed free agent 3B Luis Hernandez to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2012 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2012 | Miami Marlins signed free agent RHP Jordan Smith to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Miami Marlins signed free agent 3B Chris Valaika to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent RHP Eddie Bonine to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Miami Marlins signed free agent 3B Kevin Kouzmanoff to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent RHP Wirfin Obispo to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent 1B Jim Thome. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent OF Yunior Santana to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 2000 | Ben Williamson |
| 1996 | Bryan King |
| 1996 | Michael Plassmeyer |
| 1993 | Jacob Waguespack |
| 1991 | Jon Gray |
| 1990 | Josh Lucas |
| 1989 | Ramon Cabrera |
| 1983 | Juan Morillo |
| 1982 | Bryan LaHair |
| 1981 | Jarrett Grube |
| 1981 | Merkin Valdez |
| 1979 | Alex Herrera |
| 1978 | Corey Thurman |
| 1976 | Liu Rodriguez |
| 1974 | Jose Santiago |
| 1973 | Johnny Damon |
| 1970 | Glenn Dishman |
| 1970 | Javy Lopez |
| 1967 | Brian Raabe |
| 1961 | Fred Manrique |
| 1959 | Craig McMurtry |
| 1959 | Lloyd Moseby |
| 1958 | Mike Bishop |
| 1958 | Tom Wiedenbauer |
| 1955 | Bobby Ramos |
| 1952 | Tom Carroll |
| 1946 | Jim Bethke |
| 1942 | Richie Scheinblum |
| 1941 | Bill Schlesinger |
| 1937 | Ed Olivares |
| 1927 | Putsy Caballero |
| 1924 | Sonny Dixon |
| 1921 | Mike Goliat |
| 1918 | Rogelio Martinez |
| 1916 | Jim Tabor |
| 1914 | Mark Mauldin |
| 1912 | Buck Rogers |
| 1909 | Harry Gumbert |
| 1909 | Les Powers |
| 1908 | Ralph Birkofer |
| 1905 | Carl Fischer |
| 1904 | Ollie Sax |
| 1900 | Pete Donohue |
| 1899 | Jack Wisner |
| 1897 | Jack Ogden |
| 1895 | Rasty Wright |
| 1895 | Tom McNamara |
| 1893 | Spencer Heath |
| 1892 | Flame Delhi |
| 1892 | Roxy Walters |
| 1892 | Yam Yaryan |
| 1891 | Greasy Neale |
| 1883 | Otis Johnson |
| 1881 | Pryor McElveen |
| 1877 | Tommy Sheehan |
| 1875 | Harry Hardy |
| 1873 | Billy Campbell |
| 1868 | Charlie Newman |
| 1867 | Ice Box Chamberlain |
| 1864 | Joe Walsh |
| 1862 | Jim McElroy |
| 1861 | Dan Phelan |
| Year | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Buddy Harris | 73 |
| 2003 | Dernell Stenson | 25 |
| 2000 | Harry Taylor | 81 |
| 2000 | Willard Marshall | 79 |
| 1994 | Gene Desautels | 87 |
| 1994 | Joe Hague | 50 |
| 1994 | Tim McNamara | 95 |
| 1992 | Dick Hahn | 76 |
| 1992 | Rod Scurry | 36 |
| 1988 | Glenn Chapman | 82 |
| 1983 | Lefty Taber | 83 |
| 1983 | Pat Murray | 86 |
| 1978 | Tommy O'Brien | 59 |
| 1973 | Bert Hogg | 60 |
| 1971 | Joe Palmisano | 68 |
| 1971 | Sam Jones | 45 |
| 1970 | Charlie Root | 71 |
| 1970 | Dave Robertson | 81 |
| 1970 | Freddy Spurgeon | 69 |
| 1969 | Hardin Barry | 78 |
| 1968 | Wally Mattick | 81 |
| 1964 | Sterling Stryker | 69 |
| 1955 | Frank Gregory | 67 |
| 1951 | George Stovall | 73 |
| 1950 | Bill Johnson | 58 |
| 1941 | Varney Anderson | 75 |
| 1940 | Bill Mellor | 66 |
| 1928 | George Treadway | 61 |
| 1923 | Buck Becannon | 64 |
| 1909 | Walt Kinzie | 52 |
| 1908 | Pat Hannivan | 42 |
| 1903 | Harrison Peppers | 39 |
| 1902 | Daisy Davis | 43 |
| 1881 | Clipper Flynn | 32 |
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 5.
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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