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On This Day in Baseball History: December 28
Sources Lahman People + MLB StatsAPI0 debuts55 transactions
Every major-league debut, final game, transaction, birth and death recorded for December 28, 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
Transactions55
Born43
Died21
| 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 | Miami Marlins signed free agent RHP Pete Fairbanks. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2025 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent RHP Zach Eflin. 2025 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Boston Red Sox signed free agent RHP Walker Buehler. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent RHP Elvis Alvarado. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2024 | San Francisco Giants signed free agent RHP Miguel Díaz to a minor league contract. 2024 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Cincinnati Reds signed free agent RHP Buck Farmer. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Seattle Mariners signed free agent C Mitch Garver. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Chicago White Sox signed free agent LHP Tim Hill. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent CF Kevin Kiermaier. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2023 | San Diego Padres signed free agent CF Óscar Mercado to a minor league contract. 2023 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent RHP Jordan Lyles. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | San Francisco Giants signed free agent LHP Taylor Rogers. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | Pittsburgh Pirates signed free agent LHP Jarlín García. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | New York Yankees traded LHP Lucas Luetge to Atlanta Braves for SS Caleb Durbin and RHP Indigo Diaz. 2022 transaction archive |  |  |
| 2022 | Minnesota Twins signed free agent RHP Jose Bravo to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2022 | Atlanta Braves signed free agent 1B Ryder Jones to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2022 | San Diego Padres signed free agent RHP Domingo Tapia to a minor league contract. 2022 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | Texas Rangers signed free agent 2B Charlie Culberson to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2020 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2020 | Texas Rangers signed free agent RHP Jesus Linarez to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | Texas Rangers signed free agent LHP Sal Mendez to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | Texas Rangers signed free agent RHP Tim Dillard to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | Texas Rangers signed free agent OF Elier Hernandez to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | Texas Rangers signed free agent RHP Collin Wiles to a minor league contract. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | Washington Nationals signed free agent RHP Javy Guerra to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2020 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2020 | Washington Nationals signed free agent P Javy Guerra. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2020 | Texas Rangers signed free agent 3B Charlie Culberson. 2020 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent RHP Shun Yamaguchi. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2019 | Texas Rangers signed free agent RHP Wilfredo Bormie to a minor league contract. 2019 transaction archive | - | |
| 2018 | Toronto Blue Jays signed free agent RHP Matt Shoemaker. 2018 transaction archive | - | |
| 2017 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent RHP Miguel Tejada to a minor league contract. 2017 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Detroit Tigers signed free agent SS Brendan Ryan to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2016 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | Los Angeles Angels signed free agent LHP Cody Ege to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2016 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2016 | Minnesota Twins signed free agent RF Leandro Castro to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - | |
| 2016 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent RHP Jesse Beal to a minor league contract. 2016 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2015 | New York Yankees Traded RHP Caleb Cotham and RHP Rookie Davis to Cincinnati Reds; Trenton Thunder Traded 3B Eric Jagielo and 2B Tony Renda to Pensacola Blue Wahoos and Cincinnati Reds Traded LHP Aroldis Chapman to New York Yankees. 2015 transaction archive | | |
| 2015 | Oakland Athletics signed free agent RHP Henderson Alvarez. 2015 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2015 | San Diego Padres signed free agent LF D'Arby Myers to a minor league contract. 2015 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent 1B Chris Valaika to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2014 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2014 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent 3B Alex Liddi to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent OF Mitch Maier to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Washington Nationals signed free agent LF Mark Minicozzi to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Washington Nationals signed free agent C Omir Santos to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent C Jordan Pacheco to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2014 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2014 | Chicago Cubs signed free agent C Taylor Teagarden to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2014 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent LF Brandon Jacobs to a minor league contract. 2014 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | San Diego Padres signed free agent RHP Joaquin Benoit. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent 2B Jason Donald to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2013 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent CF Melky Mesa to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2013 transaction archive | - | |
| 2012 | Milwaukee Brewers signed free agent LF Rene Tosoni to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - |  |
| 2012 | Kansas City Royals signed free agent 1B Chad Tracy to a minor league contract. 2012 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Washington Nationals signed free agent LF Mark DeRosa. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Oakland Athletics traded RHP Andrew Bailey and RF Ryan Sweeney to Boston Red Sox for RF Josh Reddick, 1B Miles Head and RHP Raul Alcantara. 2011 transaction archive | | |
| 2011 | Baltimore Orioles signed free agent RHP Jon Link to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | San Francisco Giants signed free agent RHP Eric Hacker to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| 2011 | Philadelphia Phillies signed free agent RHP Ricardo Pinto to a minor league contract. 2011 transaction archive | - | |
| Year | Player |
|---|---|
| 1998 | Enmanuel Valdez |
| 1995 | Corbin Martin |
| 1995 | Dylan Cease |
| 1994 | Dario Agrazal |
| 1994 | Mitch White |
| 1993 | Scott Effross |
| 1992 | Carlos Estevez |
| 1991 | Myles Jaye |
| 1989 | Austin Barnes |
| 1989 | Austin Nola |
| 1987 | Shawn O'Malley |
| 1984 | Barret Browning |
| 1979 | Bill Hall |
| 1975 | B. J. Ryan |
| 1972 | Einar Diaz |
| 1971 | Benny Agbayani |
| 1971 | Melvin Nieves |
| 1963 | Mel Stottlemyre |
| 1960 | Carl Willis |
| 1960 | Zane Smith |
| 1952 | Jose Sosa |
| 1952 | Ray Knight |
| 1950 | Steve Lawson |
| 1949 | John Milner |
| 1947 | Aurelio Rodriguez |
| 1946 | Bill Lee |
| 1924 | Steve Kuczek |
| 1923 | Don Thompson |
| 1923 | Tony Daniels |
| 1921 | Nelson Burbrink |
| 1920 | Tex Aulds |
| 1915 | Harry Sweeney |
| 1912 | Otto Denning |
| 1906 | Tommy Bridges |
| 1901 | Wattie Holm |
| 1900 | Ted Lyons |
| 1898 | Bill Kelly |
| 1891 | Ralph Carroll |
| 1887 | Pete Henning |
| 1875 | Bill Karns |
| 1864 | Charlie Kalbfus |
| 1860 | Cal Broughton |
| 1847 | Count Sensenderfer |
| Year | Player | Age |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Bill Voss | 80 |
| 2023 | Carlos Pulido | 52 |
| 2017 | Al Luplow | 78 |
| 2017 | Ken Poulsen | 70 |
| 2011 | Don Mueller | 84 |
| 1993 | Augie Galan | 81 |
| 1992 | Sal Maglie | 75 |
| 1981 | John Bischoff | 87 |
| 1979 | Hank Butcher | 93 |
| 1979 | Jim Mosolf | 74 |
| 1979 | Red Tramback | 64 |
| 1974 | Jack Salveson | 60 |
| 1970 | Horace Ozmer | 69 |
| 1967 | Bill Pertica | 69 |
| 1963 | Ray Keating | 70 |
| 1952 | Carroll Jones | 59 |
| 1944 | Bill Bowman | 77 |
| 1943 | Steve Evans | 58 |
| 1941 | Jack Hickey | 60 |
| 1935 | Jack Corcoran | 77 |
| 1901 | George Flynn | 30 |
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 28.
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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