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On This Day in Baseball History: December 26
Sources Lahman People + MLB StatsAPI0 debuts41 transactions
Every major-league debut, final game, transaction, birth and death recorded for December 26, newest first. Player names link to career pages where one exists, and each season links onward to that year’s awards and postseason archives.
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Transactions41
Born62
Died41
| 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 | New York Yankees signed free agent OF Nicholas Torres to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent C Mark Kolozsvary to a minor league contract. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | New York Mets signed free agent RHP Brian Metoyer to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Cleveland Guardians traded RHP Cody Morris to New York Yankees for CF Estevan Florial. 2023 transaction archive | |  |
| 2023 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent CF Conner Capel to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent C David García to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | San Francisco Giants signed free agent LF Yoshi Tsutsugo to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent C Tucker Barnhart to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent RHP Jackson Stephens. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | New York Yankees signed free agent SS Delvin Pérez to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | Texas Rangers signed free agent RHP Kohei Arihara. 2020 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2020 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent LF Jaycob Brugman to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | Texas Rangers signed free agent P Kohei Arihara. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | Texas Rangers signed free agent P Kohei Arihara. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Washington Nationals signed free agent 3B Dante Bichette to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2018 | Washington Nationals signed free agent RHP Jose Marquez to a minor league contract. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent RHP Anthony Bass to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | New York Yankees signed free agent LHP CC Sabathia. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent RHP Jared Hughes. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Minnesota Twins signed free agent LHP Zach Duke. 2017 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2017 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent OF Fleury Nova to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2017 | Cleveland Indians signed free agent RHP Jhon Vergara to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent 2B Jose Rosario to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent RHP Wilmy De Jesus to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent OF Luis Valdez to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent LHP Andrew Albers to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | San Francisco Giants signed free agent C Josmil Pinto to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent 1B Jordan Lennerton to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2014 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2013 | San Diego Padres signed free agent SS Brandon Wood to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2013 | Minnesota Twins signed free agent 2B Corey Wimberly to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent RHP Misja Harcksen to a minor league contract. 2013 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2012 | Texas Rangers signed free agent C A.J. Pierzynski. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Pittsburgh Pirates traded RHP Joel Hanrahan and 2B Brock Holt to Boston Red Sox for 2B Ivan De Jesus Jr., RHP Mark Melancon, RHP Stolmy Pimentel and LF Jerry Sands. 2012 transaction archive | | |
| 2012 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent SS Stephen Drew. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent LF Raul Ibanez. 2012 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2012 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent Wilmin Rodriguez. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent LHP Gregory Soto to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent Manny Corpas. 2011 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2011 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent Andy Sonnanstine. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Los Angeles Dodgers signed free agent 3B Josh Fields to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | New York Yankees signed free agent SS Abiatal Avelino to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 1999 | Jack Perkins |
| 1998 | Nelson Velazquez |
| 1997 | Bryce Jarvis |
| 1997 | Easton McGee |
| 1997 | Logan Davidson |
| 1997 | Will Robertson |
| 1996 | Hogan Harris |
| 1993 | Yonny Chirinos |
| 1989 | Sean Nolin |
| 1987 | Mike Minor |
| 1985 | Chris Carpenter |
| 1984 | Brett Sinkbeil |
| 1984 | Darin Downs |
| 1983 | Yohan Pino |
| 1981 | Alvin Colina |
| 1981 | Dustin Moseley |
| 1981 | Omar Infante |
| 1979 | J. C. Boscan |
| 1978 | Charles Thomas |
| 1975 | Yoshinori Tateyama |
| 1974 | Brian Fitzgerald |
| 1974 | Corey Lee |
| 1971 | Carlos Valdez |
| 1971 | Jay Tessmer |
| 1967 | Esteban Beltre |
| 1964 | Jeff King |
| 1961 | Jim Traber |
| 1961 | Storm Davis |
| 1960 | Jeff Stone |
| 1954 | Ozzie Smith |
| 1950 | Mario Mendoza |
| 1950 | Mike Willis |
| 1948 | Chris Chambliss |
| 1948 | Dave Rader |
| 1947 | Carlton Fisk |
| 1940 | Ray Sadecki |
| 1939 | John Braun |
| 1936 | Wayne Causey |
| 1935 | Al Jackson |
| 1927 | Danny Schell |
| 1927 | Stu Miller |
| 1919 | Gene Markland |
| 1913 | Al Milnar |
| 1907 | Harry Taylor |
| 1902 | Bill Cronin |
| 1901 | Doc Farrell |
| 1899 | Art Gardiner |
| 1899 | Logan Drake |
| 1895 | Bonnie Hollingsworth |
| 1895 | Herman Pillette |
| 1892 | Lee King |
| 1889 | Andy Rush |
| 1889 | John Henry |
| 1889 | Pug Cavet |
| 1887 | Jim Clark |
| 1883 | Jimmy O'Rourke |
| 1879 | Jerry Freeman |
| 1874 | Frank Hansford |
| 1873 | John O'Neil |
| 1866 | Bob Murphy |
| 1863 | Dick Burns |
| 1861 | George Tebeau |
| Year | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Fred Valentine | 87 |
| 2020 | Derek Aucoin | 50 |
| 2018 | Pete Lovrich | 76 |
| 2015 | Jim O'Toole | 78 |
| 2013 | Paul Blair | 69 |
| 2007 | Jim Castiglia | 89 |
| 2006 | Chris Brown | 45 |
| 2002 | Frank Reiber | 93 |
| 2001 | Tom McBride | 87 |
| 1998 | Dewey Adkins | 80 |
| 1995 | Bob Veselic | 40 |
| 1994 | Allie Reynolds | 77 |
| 1992 | Tom Gorman | 67 |
| 1989 | Roy Joiner | 83 |
| 1985 | Jim Bilbrey | 61 |
| 1985 | Les Bell | 84 |
| 1984 | Johnny Gill | 79 |
| 1983 | Josh Billings | 76 |
| 1983 | Sid Graves | 82 |
| 1980 | Bill Crouch | 73 |
| 1980 | Johnny Oulliber | 69 |
| 1977 | Al Mahon | 68 |
| 1971 | Cliff Daringer | 86 |
| 1970 | Jack Stansbury | 85 |
| 1957 | Tom Fleming | 84 |
| 1948 | Joe Pate | 56 |
| 1947 | Phil Stremmel | 67 |
| 1947 | Roxey Roach | 65 |
| 1945 | Frank Lange | 62 |
| 1939 | Clyde Engle | 55 |
| 1936 | Bill Clymer | 64 |
| 1934 | George Kopshaw | 38 |
| 1934 | Jule Mallonee | 34 |
| 1926 | Charles Matthews | 63 |
| 1926 | William Stecher | 57 |
| 1924 | Doc Gessler | 44 |
| 1918 | Bob Blakiston | 63 |
| 1915 | Art Ball | - |
| 1913 | Frank O'Connor | 45 |
| 1908 | Charlie Householder | 53 |
| 1908 | Harry Pyle | 47 |
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 26.
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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