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On This Day in Baseball History: December 24
Sources Lahman People + MLB StatsAPI0 debuts33 transactions
Every major-league debut, final game, transaction, birth and death recorded for December 24, 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
Transactions33
Born45
Died29
| 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 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent RHP David Mendoza to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent RHP Indigo Diaz to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent 2B Michael Chavis to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - | |
| 2025 | New York Yankees signed free agent CF Kenedy Corona to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Boston Red Sox traded 2B Mickey Gasper to Minnesota Twins for LHP Jovani Moran. 2024 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2024 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent LHP Drew Parrish to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent LHP Drew Smyly, and. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent C Austin Romine to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | New York Yankees signed free agent LF Rafael Ortega to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent RHP Jake Jewell to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Texas Rangers signed free agent LF Joe McCarthy to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2020 | Pittsburgh Pirates traded 1B Josh Bell to Washington Nationals for RHP Wil Crowe and RHP Eddy Yean. 2020 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2020 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent RHP Mike Wright to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2020 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2020 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent RHP Mike Wright to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent P Mike Wright. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | New York Mets signed free agent RHP Dellin Betances. 2019 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2019 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent RHP Carlos Bustamante to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Oakland Athletics signed free agent RHP Mike Fiers. 2018 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent LHP Tyler Lyons to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent RHP Fernando Rodriguez to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | San Diego Padres released RHP Marcos Mateo. 2015 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2015 | New York Yankees signed free agent 3B Donovan Solano to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Oakland Athletics signed free agent RF Matt McBride to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2015 | Miami Marlins signed free agent 1B Dan Black to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2015 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2014 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent LHP Cesar Cabral to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2013 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent SS Munenori Kawasaki to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2013 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2013 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent RHP Chris Perez. 2013 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2013 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent RHP Jamey Wright. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent 3B Juan Uribe. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | New York Yankees signed free agent RHP Bruce Billings to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent C Robinson Cancel to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2012 | New York Yankees signed free agent 2B Gil Velazquez to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent 3B Jimmy Swift to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - |  |
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 1997 | William Contreras |
| 1996 | Nicholas Padilla |
| 1994 | Fernando Romero |
| 1994 | Miguel Castro |
| 1993 | James Norwood |
| 1992 | A. J. Ladwig |
| 1985 | Andrew Romine |
| 1983 | Gregor Blanco |
| 1979 | Joe Valentine |
| 1977 | Matt Ginter |
| 1974 | Jamey Wright |
| 1974 | Keith Luuloa |
| 1974 | Kevin Millwood |
| 1971 | Alex Cabrera |
| 1968 | Kirt Ojala |
| 1966 | Mo Sanford |
| 1964 | Carlos Diaz |
| 1964 | Tim Drummond |
| 1960 | John Costello |
| 1957 | Victor Cruz |
| 1951 | John D'Acquisto |
| 1949 | Frank Taveras |
| 1943 | Al Stanek |
| 1938 | Bobby Henrich |
| 1937 | Larry Foster |
| 1930 | Evelio Hernandez |
| 1924 | Chico Garcia |
| 1916 | Jack Graham |
| 1915 | Frank Trechock |
| 1913 | George Jeffcoat |
| 1913 | Owen Scheetz |
| 1912 | Dave Coble |
| 1910 | Lloyd Johnson |
| 1890 | Tod Sloan |
| 1889 | Bill Otis |
| 1889 | Ed McCreery |
| 1886 | Henry Mathewson |
| 1884 | Ernie Groth |
| 1884 | George Zackert |
| 1880 | John Brackenridge |
| 1878 | Rick Adams |
| 1877 | Del Howard |
| 1869 | Zeke Wilson |
| 1862 | Joe Quinn |
| 1859 | Joe Crotty |
| Year | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Jerry Kindall | 82 |
| 2016 | John Barfield | 52 |
| 2009 | Stan Benjamin | 95 |
| 2005 | Xavier Rescigno | 93 |
| 2004 | Johnny Oates | 58 |
| 1987 | Nino Espinosa | 34 |
| 1981 | Joe Kracher | 68 |
| 1980 | Bob Habenicht | 54 |
| 1978 | Bill Rodgers | 91 |
| 1978 | George McQuinn | 68 |
| 1975 | Russ Lyon | 62 |
| 1968 | Johnnie Heving | 72 |
| 1963 | Skipper Roberts | 75 |
| 1959 | Bill Friel | 83 |
| 1958 | Jim Boyle | 54 |
| 1957 | Hal Reilly | 63 |
| 1956 | Del Howard | 79 |
| 1955 | Jake Boultes | 71 |
| 1953 | Pinch Thomas | 65 |
| 1947 | Joe Cobb | 52 |
| 1945 | Hughie Miller | 59 |
| 1938 | Bill Yohe | 60 |
| 1938 | Luke Lutenberg | 74 |
| 1936 | Ren Deagle | 78 |
| 1927 | Al Myers | 64 |
| 1915 | John Doyle | - |
| 1913 | Chief Sockalexis | 42 |
| 1913 | John Donnelly | 63 |
| 1894 | Charlie Duffee | 28 |
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 December 24.
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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