1928 | The New York Yankees purchase infielder Jimmie Reese and shortstop Lyn Lary from the Oakland Oaks of the Pacific Coast League for $150,000 (roughly the equivalent of $2.84 million in 2025). Reese appeared in just 232 games over three seasons with the Yankees, while Lary spent 12 years in the big leagues with seven teams.

1932 | The American League cuts its umpire roster to 11 due to the Great Depression.

1942 | Rogers Hornsby is elected to the Hall of Fame, receiving 78% of the vote.

1957 | The Brooklyn Dodgers purchase a 44-seat passenger airplane for $775,000. They are the first major league team to own their own plane.

1977 | Mary Shane is hired by the Chicago White Sox as the first woman play-by-play announcer. Her contract would not be renewed after the season.

1995 | Five bills are introduced by the U.S. House of Representatives to help end the MLB labor strike.

1998 | The Toronto Blue Jays are impacted by a pair of offseason injuries. First, catcher Benito Santiago loses control of the car he is driving and crashes into a tree in Ft Lauderdale, FL. He’ll miss almost the entire season. Then, first baseman Carlos Delgado sustains a shoulder injury diving for a ball during a winter league game in Puerto Rico. He’ll be out until late April.

2000 | Padres right-hander Carlton Loewer breaks his leg falling from a tree while hunting. He’ll only make seven more appearances in the majors in his career.

2002 | Ron Gardenhire is named Twins manager, replacing Tom Kelly.

2005 | Wade Boggs and Ryne Sandberg are elected to the Hall of Fame, receiving 91.9% and 76.2% of the vote, respectively.

2010 | Third baseman Adrian Beltré agrees to a one-year, $9 million free agent contract with the Boston Red Sox.

2011 | The Atlanta Braves and second baseman Dan Uggla agree to a five-year, $62 million contract extension.

2021 | Bianca Smith is hired as a minor league coach by the Boston Red Sox, the first African American woman to be named to a coaching role in baseball.

1915 | Nap Lajoie rejoins the Philadelphia Athletics, prompting the Cleveland Naps to solicit suggestions through the newspaper for a new nickname. Ownership will choose the “Indians.”

1916 | Charles H. Weeghman purchases the Chicago Cubs for $500,000 (roughly the equivalent of $14.86 million in 2025). William Wrigley Jr. joins the ownership group as a minority stockholder.

1944 | Red Sox third baseman Joe Dugan is struck by a car while crossing a Boston street. Luckily, Dugan escapes with only a slight concussion.

1957 | Jackie Robinson announces his retirement.

1963 | Rogers Hornsby dies from a heart attack at age 66.

1965 | James M. Johnston and James H. Lemon purchase the remaining 40% of the Washington Senators.

1975 | Houston Astros right-hander Don Wilson is found dead in his garage from carbon monoxide poisoning in an apparent suicide. He was 29.

1993 | Reggie Jackson is elected to the Hall of Fame, receiving 93.6% of the vote.

1997 | Red Sox right-hander Tim Wakefield is struck by a car while jogging but escapes with only minor bruises.

1998 | Don Sutton is elected to the Hall of Fame, receiving 81.6% of the vote.

1999 | Nolan Ryan, George Brett, and Robin Yount are elected to the Hall of Fame, receiving 98.8%, 98.2%, and 77.5% of the vote, respectively.

2001 | Outfielder Ichiro Suzuki agrees to a three-year, $14.088 million contract to join the Seattle Mariners.

2010 | Randy Johnson announces his retirement.

2010 | Outfielder Matt Holliday agrees to a seven-year, $120 million contract to return to the St. Louis Cardinals.

2011 | Roberto Alomar and Bert Blyleven are elected to the Hall of Fame, receiving 90.0% and 79.7% of the vote, respectively.

2011 | Third baseman Adrian Beltré agrees to a six-year, $96 million contract to join the Texas Rangers.

1916 | King Cole dies from lung cancer at age 29. The former Cubs, Pirates, and Yankees right-hander won the NL ERA title while helping the Cubs win the World Series in 1910 and then famously allowed Babe Ruth’s first career hit in 1914.

1936 | New York Giants owner Charles Stoneham dies of Bright’s disease. He is the last surviving member of the trio (along with John McGraw and Francis McQuade) that purchased the team in 1919.

1942 | Bob Feller reports to Norfolk, VA, for duty in the U.S. Navy. The future Hall of Famer will miss the 1942, 1943, and 1944 seasons due to World War II.

1964 | A’s owner Charlie Finley attempts to move the team from Kansas City to Louisville, but the other AL owners block the effort. The A’s will leave KC after 1967 for Oakland.

1976 | Ted Turner purchases the Atlanta Braves for $12 million.

1977 | California Angels shortstop Mike Miley is killed in a car crash in Baton Rouge, LA. He was 23.

1992 | Outfielder Danny Tartabull agrees to a five-year, $25 million free agent contract to join the New York Yankees.

1997 | Phil Niekro is elected to the Hall of Fame, receiving 80.34% of the vote.

1997 | Dodgers owner Peter O’Malley announces plans to sell the team.

2000 | Gene Budig resigns as AL President to become an advisor to Commissioner Bud Selig. The American and National Leagues are dissolved as separate legal entities, with all functions consolidated into the commissioner’s office.

2008 | Roger Clemens files a defamation suit against former trainer Brian McNamee for statements McNamee made in the Mitchell Report.

2009 | First baseman Mark Teixeira agrees to an eight-year, $180 million free agent contract to join the New York Yankees.

2010 | Andre Dawson is elected to the Hall of Fame, receiving 77.9% of the vote.

2012 | The San Diego Padres trade first baseman Anthony Rizzo and right-hander Zach Cates to the Chicago Cubs for right-hander Andrew Cashner and outfielder Kyung-Min Na.

2015 | Randy Johnson, Pedro Martínez, John Smoltz, and Craig Biggio are all elected to the Hall of Fame. They received 97.3%, 91.1%, 82.9%, and 82.7% of the vote, respectively.

2016 | Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza are elected to the Hall of Fame, receiving 99.3% and 83.0% of the vote, respectively.

2016 | Outfielder Alex Gordon agrees to a four-year, $72 million contract to return to the Kansas City Royals.

2023 | Trevor Bauer is reinstated from serving a 194-game suspension for violating the league’s domestic violence policies. The Los Angeles Dodgers promptly released him, bowing to pressure from the public and various victim support groups.

1915 | The New York Yankees claim Wally Pipp off of waivers from the Detroit Tigers. Pipp will anchor first base for New York until Lou Gehrig replaces him.

1971 | Reds outfielder Bobby Tolan ruptures his Achilles tendon while playing basketball and will miss the entire 1972 season.

1985 | Hoyt Wilhelm and Lou Brock are elected to the Hall of Fame, receiving 83.8% and 79.7% of the vote, respectively.

1991 | Pete Rose is released from prison in Marion, IL, after serving five months for tax evasion.

1992 | Tom Seaver and Rollie Fingers are elected to the Hall of Fame, receiving 98.8% and 81.2% of the vote, respectively.

1993 | First baseman Cecil Fielder agrees to a five-year, $35 million contract extension with the Detroit Tigers. He becomes, temporarily, the highest-paid player in baseball.

2011 | The Tampa Bay Rays traded right-hander Matt Garza, right-hander Fernando Perez, and left-hander Zac Rosscup to the Chicago Cubs for right-hander Chris Archer, infielder Hak-Ju Lee, catcher Robinson Chirinos, and outfielders Sam Fuld and Brandon Guyer.

2012 | Jorge Posada announces his retirement.

2016 | Right-hander Kenta Maeda agrees to an eight-year, $25 million contract to join the Los Angeles Dodgers, but various incentives could raise the total value to $106 million. The Dodgers will also pay a $20 million posting fee to the Hiroshima Carp.

2021 | The Cleveland Indians trade shortstop Francisco Lindor and right-hander Carlos Carrasco to the New York Mets for infielders Amed Rosario and Andres Gimenez, outfielder Isaiah Greene, and right-hander Josh Wolf.

1913 | Frank Chance is named manager of the New York Yankees.

1916 | James E. Gaffney sells the Boston Braves for $500,000 to Harvard University football coach Percy Haughton.

1944 | First baseman Bill Terry announces his retirement. He’ll be elected to the Hall of Fame in 1954.

1986 | Willie McCovey is elected to the Hall of Fame, receiving 81.4% of the vote.

1987 | A midnight deadline is missed, meaning ten free agents (Doyle Alexander, Bob Boone, Andre Dawson, Rich Gedman, Ron Guidry, Toby Harrah, Bob Horner, Lance Parrish, Tim Raines, and Gary Roenicke) will not be permitted to re-sign with their former teams before May 1 unless another club offers them a deal first. The matter will become a central focus of the Players Association’s first lawsuit against the owners, claiming collusion.

1991 | Gaylord Perry, Ferguson Jenkins, and Rod Carew are elected to the Hall of Fame. They received 77.2%, 75.4%, and 90.5% of the vote, respectively.

1995 | Mike Schmidt is elected to the Hall of Fame, receiving 96.5% of the vote.

2002 | Outfielder Juan Gonzalez agrees to a two-year, $24 million contract to return to the Texas Rangers.

2002 | Ozzie Smith is elected to the Hall of Fame, receiving 91.7% of the vote.

2003 | Eddie Murray and Gary Carter are elected to the Hall of Fame, receiving 85.3% and 78.0% of the vote, respectively.

2008 | Goose Gossage is elected to the Hall of Fame, receiving 85.8% of the vote.

2014 | Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, and Frank Thomas are elected to the Hall of Fame. They received 97.2%, 91.9%, and 83.7% of the vote, respectively.

2016 | Chris Correa, former scouting director of the St. Louis Cardinals, pleads guilty to five charges of hacking following an investigation by the FBI into charges that the Cardinals had accessed the Houston Astros’ proprietary scouting database.

1894 | Boston Beaneaters catcher Charlie Bennett loses both legs in a train accident.

1903 | Frank Farrell and Bill Devery purchase the defunct Baltimore Orioles franchise for $18,000 and move it to Manhattan, where they become the New York Highlanders.

1918 | The Brooklyn Robins trade outfielder Casey Stengel and infielder George Cutshaw to the Pittsburgh Pirates for infielder Chuck Ward and right-handers Burleigh Grimes and Al Mamaux.

1952 | Ted Williams is recalled by the U.S. Marines to serve in the Korean War. He will fly 39 missions and survive being shot down before returning to the Red Sox in 1953.

1971 | Outfielder Elmer Flick, who had been elected into the Hall of Fame in 1963, dies at the age of 94.

1976 | A group of Canadian investors agrees to purchase the San Francisco Giants for $13.3 million with the intention of moving the franchise to Toronto. Fan-led protests prompt the city to bring legal action, which ultimately blocks the move. Toronto will be awarded an expansion franchise in 1977.

1980 | Al Kaline and Duke Snider are elected to the Hall of Fame, receiving 88.3% and 86.5% of the vote, respectively.

1982 | Former Red Sox outfielder Tony Conigliaro is in Boston to interview for a broadcasting job, but he suffers a massive heart attack and will be in a coma until March.

1989 | Johnny Bench and Carl Yastrzemski are elected to the Hall of Fame, receiving 96.4% and 94.6% of the vote, respectively.

1990 | Jim Palmer and Joe Morgan are elected to the Hall of Fame, receiving 92.6% and 81.8% of the vote, respectively.

1991 | Former Padres and Orioles infielder Alan Wiggins, who appeared in 631 games over a seven-year career, dies in an L.A. hospital at the age of 32, reportedly from complications due to AIDS.

1994 | Harvey Haddix dies from emphysema at the age of 68.

1995 | Hideo Nomo files his retirement paperwork with the NPB, allowing him to use a loophole to become an MLB free agent. He’ll sign with the Dodgers in February.

2002 | Left-hander Billy Wagner agrees to a three-year, $27 million contract extension with the Houston Astros.

2005 | Outfielder Carlos Beltrán agrees to a seven-year, $119 million contract to join the New York Mets.

2012 | Barry Larkin is elected to the Hall of Fame, receiving 86.4% of the vote.

2014 | Miami Herald columnist Dan Le Batard is banned from future Hall of Fame voting by the BBWAA after revealing he had crowdsourced how to complete his ballot through online readers.

2020 | The St. Louis Cardinals trade outfielders Randy Arozarena and José Martínez to the Tampa Bay Rays for left-hander Matthew Liberatore and catcher Edgardo Rodriguez.

2022 | Rachel Balkovec is named manager of the Yankees’ Class-A Tampa Tarpons, becoming the first woman to manage a team in the minor leagues.

1928 | The New York Giants trade second baseman Rogers Hornsby to the Boston Braves for catcher Shanty Hogan and outfielder Jimmy Welch.

1983 | An injunction is filed to prevent the Yankees from relocating their home-opening series with the Tigers in April to Denver, CO, after concerns are raised that ongoing renovations at Yankee Stadium will not be completed in time for Opening Day.

1984 | Luis Aparicio, Harmon Killebrew, and Don Drysdale are elected to the Hall of Fame. They received 84.6%, 83.1%, and 78.4% of the vote, respectively.

1991 | The Baltimore Orioles trade right-hander Curt Schilling, right-hander Pete Harnisch, and outfielder Steve Finley to the Houston Astros for first baseman Glenn Davis.

1992 | The New York Yankees trade second baseman Steve Sax to the Chicago White Sox for right-handers Melido Perez, Domingo Jean, and Bob Wickman.

2006 | Bruce Sutter is elected to the Hall of Fame, receiving 76.9% of the vote. In a separate special election, 17 figures from the Negro Leagues are also elected.

2013 | Major League Baseball announces changes to its drug-testing program, notably players will now be subject to unannounced blood testing for HGH and other synthetic testosterones.

2023 | Shortstop Carlos Correa agrees to a six-year, $200 million contract to join the Minnesota Twins.