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On This Day in Baseball History: November 7
Sources Lahman People + MLB StatsAPI0 debuts59 transactions
Every major-league debut, final game, transaction, birth and death recorded for November 7, 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
Transactions59
Born59
Died32
| 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 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent RHP Jefferson Lopez to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent RHP Jabes Martinez to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - | |
| 2025 | Cleveland Guardians signed free agent RHP Carlos Hernández to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent RHP Sandy Gaston to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Athletics signed free agent LHP T.J. McFarland. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent RHP Kyle Hendricks. 2024 transaction archive | - | |
| 2024 | St. Louis Cardinals signed free agent RHP Michael Gomez to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Minnesota Twins signed free agent LHP Samuel Perez to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent RHP Jose Nova to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | San Diego Padres signed free agent RHP Drew Carlton to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Washington Nationals signed free agent LHP Sean Doolittle and to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | Atlanta Braves released LHP Grant Dayton. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2021 | Cleveland Indians signed free agent RF Oscar Gonzalez to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - | |
| 2021 | Houston Astros signed free agent RHP Nolan Riggs to a minor league contract. 2021 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2020 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent LHP Robbie Ray. 2020 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | San Diego Padres released RHP Eric Yardley. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent RF Alexander Palma to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Toronto Blue Jays released RHP Ryan Tepera. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent SS Isaias Falcon to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Oakland Athletics signed free agent RHP Brian Schlitter to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Washington Nationals signed free agent C Jake Lowery to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | San Francisco Giants signed free agent LHP Yapson Gomez to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent RHP Justin De Fratus to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | New York Yankees signed free agent LHP CC Sabathia. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent OF Derek Escobar to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | Oakland Athletics signed free agent SS Darlyn Montero to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent RHP David Holman to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | New York Yankees signed free agent C Ryan Lavarnway to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Tampa Bay Rays signed free agent OF Jake Smolinski to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent 3B Gerson Montilla to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | Washington Nationals signed free agent C Adderling Ruiz to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent RHP Rubby De La Rosa to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2017 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent RHP Ariel Vega to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Los Angeles Dodgers traded C Carlos Ruiz to Seattle Mariners for LHP Vidal Nuno. 2016 transaction archive | |  |
| 2015 | Miami Marlins signed free agent RHP Felipe Gonzalez to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2014 | Milwaukee Brewers released LHP Miguel De Los Santos. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent LHP Francisco Rondon to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent RHP Aroni Nina to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2014 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent RF Jeremy Hermida to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent 2B Pete Orr to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent SS Ozzie Martinez to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2013 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent C Francisco Diaz to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent LF Danny Dorn to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | New York Mets released LF Jason Bay. 2012 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2012 | New York Mets signed free agent RHP Greg Burke to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | San Diego Padres traded CF Blake Tekotte to Chicago White Sox for RHP Brandon Kloess. 2012 transaction archive | | |
| 2012 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent RHP Wilmi Francisco to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Washington Nationals signed free agent 2B Will Rhymes to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Washington Nationals signed free agent OF Raymond Kruml to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent RHP Blake Parker to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2012 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2012 | New York Mets signed free agent Mike Nickeas. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Philadelphia Phillies signed RHP Victor Delgado. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Philadelphia Phillies signed RHP Reiwal Gonzalez. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Philadelphia Phillies signed RHP Alexis Rivero. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Kansas City Royals Traded LF Melky Cabrera to San Francisco Giants; San Francisco Giants Traded LHP Jonathan Sanchez to Kansas City Royals and Richmond Flying Squirrels Traded LHP Ryan Verdugo to Northwest Arkansas Naturals. 2011 transaction archive | | |
| 2011 | Arizona Diamondbacks released RHP Kam Mickolio. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent LF Daryl Jones to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2011 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2011 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent LHP Hector Villarroel to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Colorado Rockies signed free agent OF Denzel Richardson to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 2000 | Mason Barnett |
| 2000 | Rafael Flores |
| 1999 | Roansy Contreras |
| 1997 | Jonathan Pintaro |
| 1992 | Jordan Weems |
| 1990 | Danny Santana |
| 1989 | Sonny Gray |
| 1988 | Dariel Alvarez |
| 1985 | Mitch Harris |
| 1983 | Esmerling Vasquez |
| 1982 | Brian Horwitz |
| 1981 | Dave Krynzel |
| 1979 | Juan Brito |
| 1979 | Willie Collazo |
| 1978 | Juan Salas |
| 1976 | Les Walrond |
| 1974 | Glendon Rusch |
| 1974 | Kris Benson |
| 1973 | Sean DePaula |
| 1972 | Travis Smith |
| 1971 | Todd Ritchie |
| 1969 | Dave Fleming |
| 1968 | Russ Springer |
| 1967 | Dave Wainhouse |
| 1966 | Andy Tomberlin |
| 1966 | Brian Drahman |
| 1966 | William Suero |
| 1965 | Kevin Bearse |
| 1961 | Orlando Mercado |
| 1959 | Rich Rodas |
| 1958 | Reggie Patterson |
| 1955 | Guy Sularz |
| 1951 | John Tamargo |
| 1950 | Willie Norwood |
| 1948 | Buck Martinez |
| 1948 | Tom Walker |
| 1947 | Don Newhauser |
| 1945 | Dave Bennett |
| 1944 | Joe Niekro |
| 1940 | Clarence Jones |
| 1938 | Jake Gibbs |
| 1938 | Jim Kaat |
| 1935 | Jay Hankins |
| 1933 | Bob Hale |
| 1932 | Dick Stuart |
| 1919 | Tommy Neill |
| 1916 | Joe Hatten |
| 1911 | Herb Crompton |
| 1910 | Bill Brubaker |
| 1906 | Alan Strange |
| 1898 | Mike Pasquella |
| 1891 | Tracy Baker |
| 1889 | Tommy Thompson |
| 1885 | Ed Mensor |
| 1873 | Frank Eustace |
| 1872 | Billy Ging |
| 1872 | Monte McFarland |
| 1868 | Julie Freeman |
| 1855 | The Only Nolan |
| Year | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Pedro Feliciano | 45 |
| 2017 | Roy Halladay | 40 |
| 2015 | Fred Besana | 85 |
| 2014 | Allen Ripley | 62 |
| 2010 | George Estock | 86 |
| 2009 | Bob Dillinger | 91 |
| 2006 | Buddy Kerr | 84 |
| 2006 | Johnny Sain | 89 |
| 1996 | Eddie Lukon | 76 |
| 1993 | Tex Shirley | 75 |
| 1989 | Tommy Tatum | 70 |
| 1982 | Jim Bivin | 72 |
| 1970 | Johnny Hudson | 58 |
| 1970 | Paul McCullough | 72 |
| 1969 | Chick Galloway | 73 |
| 1966 | Rube Bressler | 72 |
| 1954 | Art Bues | 66 |
| 1954 | Charlie Frisbee | 80 |
| 1948 | Jake Smith | 61 |
| 1947 | Ceylon Wright | 54 |
| 1946 | Tom Daly | 54 |
| 1943 | Bill Wolff | 67 |
| 1942 | Birdie Cree | 60 |
| 1942 | Lev Shreve | 76 |
| 1930 | John Hanna | 67 |
| 1930 | Warren Fitzgerald | - |
| 1927 | Ed Clark | - |
| 1922 | Sam Thompson | 62 |
| 1918 | Mike Tiernan | 51 |
| 1904 | Fred Carroll | 40 |
| 1901 | Tub Welch | 35 |
| 1888 | Rit Harrison | 39 |
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 7.
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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