The record for October 1 in baseball history — 50 milestones, 13 debuts, 186 final games, 64 births, 25 deaths and 811 games played.
The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Boston Americans 7–3 in the first game of the first modern World Series, a best-of-nine matchup between the champions of the National and American Leagues.
The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Boston Americans 7–3 in the first game of the first modern World Series, a best-of-nine matchup between the champions of the National and American Leagues.
Chicago White Sox 1, Cincinnati Reds 9.
St. Louis Cardinals 2, Philadelphia Athletics 5.
Philadelphia Athletics 6, St. Louis Cardinals 2.
New York Yankees 7, Chicago Cubs 5.
Brooklyn Dodgers 2, New York Yankees 3.
New York Yankees 3, St. Louis Cardinals 4.
Brooklyn Dodgers 3, New York Yankees 10.
New York Yankees 2, Brooklyn Dodgers 4.
Brooklyn Dodgers 2, New York Yankees 4.
New York Giants 6, Cleveland Indians 2.
New York Yankees 5, Brooklyn Dodgers 8.
New York Yankees 3, Milwaukee Braves 4.
Los Angeles Dodgers 0, Chicago White Sox 11.
Charlie Moore hit for the cycle for the Milwaukee Brewers against the California Angels on October 1, 1980.
San Diego Padres 1, St. Louis Cardinals 3.
Texas Rangers 6, New York Yankees 2.
Cleveland Indians 4, Baltimore Orioles 10.
San Francisco Giants 6, Florida Marlins 7.
Houston Astros 3, Atlanta Braves 13.
Baltimore Orioles 9, Seattle Mariners 3.
San Diego Padres 4, Houston Astros 5.
Chicago Cubs 1, Atlanta Braves 2.
Minnesota Twins 7, Oakland Athletics 5.
Anaheim Angels 5, New York Yankees 8.
St. Louis Cardinals 12, Arizona Diamondbacks 2.
Boston Red Sox 4, Oakland Athletics 5.
Chicago Cubs 3, Atlanta Braves 5.
Florida Marlins 9, San Francisco Giants 5.
Los Angeles Dodgers 7, Chicago Cubs 2.
Milwaukee Brewers 1, Philadelphia Phillies 3.
Boston Red Sox 4, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 1.
Arizona Diamondbacks 1, Milwaukee Brewers 4.
St. Louis Cardinals 6, Philadelphia Phillies 11.
Tampa Bay Rays 6, Texas Rangers 8.
Cincinnati Reds 2, Pittsburgh Pirates 6.
San Francisco Giants 8, Pittsburgh Pirates 0.
Milwaukee Brewers 3, Washington Nationals 4.
Cincinnati Reds 0, Atlanta Braves 5.
Milwaukee Brewers 0, Los Angeles Dodgers 3.
St. Louis Cardinals 9, San Diego Padres 11.
Chicago White Sox 4, Oakland Athletics 6.
New York Mets 8, Milwaukee Brewers 4.
Atlanta Braves 0, San Diego Padres 4.
Kansas City Royals 1, Baltimore Orioles 0.
Detroit Tigers 3, Houston Astros 1.
San Diego Padres 3, Chicago Cubs 0.
Cincinnati Reds 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 8.
Detroit Tigers 1, Cleveland Guardians 6.
Boston Red Sox 3, New York Yankees 4.
Joe Casey made a major-league debut on October 1, 1909.
Irish Meusel made a major-league debut on October 1, 1914.
Fred Heimach made a major-league debut on October 1, 1920.
Bubber Jonnard made a major-league debut on October 1, 1920.
Frank Barrett made a major-league debut on October 1, 1939.
Elmer Riddle made a major-league debut on October 1, 1939.
Cecil Upshaw made a major-league debut on October 1, 1966.
Reggie Cleveland made a major-league debut on October 1, 1969.
Bob Jones made a major-league debut on October 1, 1974.
Keith Moreland made a major-league debut on October 1, 1978.
Don Carman made a major-league debut on October 1, 1983.
Carlos Delgado made a major-league debut on October 1, 1993.
Brian Falkenborg made a major-league debut on October 1, 1999.
Tom York played a final major-league game on October 1, 1885.
Mike Donlin played a final major-league game on October 1, 1914.
Bill Killefer played a final major-league game on October 1, 1921.
Ed Konetchy played a final major-league game on October 1, 1921.
Ossie Vitt played a final major-league game on October 1, 1921.
Hal Janvrin played a final major-league game on October 1, 1922.
Dave Danforth played a final major-league game on October 1, 1925.
Joe Evans played a final major-league game on October 1, 1925.
Nick Altrock played a final major-league game on October 1, 1933.
Harry Rice played a final major-league game on October 1, 1933.
Hollis Thurston played a final major-league game on October 1, 1933.
Red Lucas played a final major-league game on October 1, 1938.
Jimmy Dykes played a final major-league game on October 1, 1939.
Carl Reynolds played a final major-league game on October 1, 1939.
Bill Conroy played a final major-league game on October 1, 1944.
Estel Crabtree played a final major-league game on October 1, 1944.
Pepper Martin played a final major-league game on October 1, 1944.
George Susce played a final major-league game on October 1, 1944.
Ab Wright played a final major-league game on October 1, 1944.
Russ Christopher played a final major-league game on October 1, 1948.
Don Lang played a final major-league game on October 1, 1948.
Max West played a final major-league game on October 1, 1948.
Whitey Kurowski played a final major-league game on October 1, 1949.
Luke Appling played a final major-league game on October 1, 1950.
Tommy Henrich played a final major-league game on October 1, 1950.
Emil Verban played a final major-league game on October 1, 1950.
Roy Weatherly played a final major-league game on October 1, 1950.
Jim Russell played a final major-league game on October 1, 1951.
Jack Harshman played a final major-league game on October 1, 1960.
Grady Hatton played a final major-league game on October 1, 1960.
Don Newcombe played a final major-league game on October 1, 1960.
Irv Noren played a final major-league game on October 1, 1960.
Billy Martin played a final major-league game on October 1, 1961.
Rocky Bridges played a final major-league game on October 1, 1961.
Jackie Jensen played a final major-league game on October 1, 1961.
Ted Kluszewski played a final major-league game on October 1, 1961.
Elmer Valo played a final major-league game on October 1, 1961.
Dick Williams played a final major-league game on October 1, 1964.
Don Mossi played a final major-league game on October 1, 1965.
Warren Spahn played a final major-league game on October 1, 1965.
Joe Adcock played a final major-league game on October 1, 1966.
Frank Malzone played a final major-league game on October 1, 1966.
George Altman played a final major-league game on October 1, 1967.
Smoky Burgess played a final major-league game on October 1, 1967.
Dick Groat played a final major-league game on October 1, 1967.
Jerry Lumpe played a final major-league game on October 1, 1967.
Curt Simmons played a final major-league game on October 1, 1967.
Bill Skowron played a final major-league game on October 1, 1967.
Bobby Cox played a final major-league game on October 1, 1969.
Danny Murphy played a final major-league game on October 1, 1970.
Ray Washburn played a final major-league game on October 1, 1970.
Julián Javier played a final major-league game on October 1, 1972.
Tommie Reynolds played a final major-league game on October 1, 1972.
Phil Gagliano played a final major-league game on October 1, 1974.
Luke Walker played a final major-league game on October 1, 1974.
Nate Colbert played a final major-league game on October 1, 1976.
Dave Duncan played a final major-league game on October 1, 1976.
Alex Johnson played a final major-league game on October 1, 1976.
Ken Boswell played a final major-league game on October 1, 1977.
Willie Crawford played a final major-league game on October 1, 1977.
Larry Dierker played a final major-league game on October 1, 1977.
Bob Heise played a final major-league game on October 1, 1977.
Tommy Helms played a final major-league game on October 1, 1977.
Mike Kekich played a final major-league game on October 1, 1977.
Cookie Rojas played a final major-league game on October 1, 1977.
Ron Blomberg played a final major-league game on October 1, 1978.
Clay Carroll played a final major-league game on October 1, 1978.
Jim Colborn played a final major-league game on October 1, 1978.
Cito Gaston played a final major-league game on October 1, 1978.
Larry Haney played a final major-league game on October 1, 1978.
Paul Lindblad played a final major-league game on October 1, 1978.
Dave May played a final major-league game on October 1, 1978.
Tony Muser played a final major-league game on October 1, 1978.
Horacio Piña played a final major-league game on October 1, 1978.
Mark Fidrych played a final major-league game on October 1, 1980.
Elliott Maddox played a final major-league game on October 1, 1980.
Marty Pattin played a final major-league game on October 1, 1980.
John D'Acquisto played a final major-league game on October 1, 1982.
Fred Stanley played a final major-league game on October 1, 1982.
Bert Campaneris played a final major-league game on October 1, 1983.
Bake McBride played a final major-league game on October 1, 1983.
Aurelio Rodríguez played a final major-league game on October 1, 1983.
Wayne Gross played a final major-league game on October 1, 1986.
Roy Lee Jackson played a final major-league game on October 1, 1986.
Bob Owchinko played a final major-league game on October 1, 1986.
Bill Russell played a final major-league game on October 1, 1986.
Don Baylor played a final major-league game on October 1, 1988.
Charlie Lea played a final major-league game on October 1, 1988.
Graig Nettles played a final major-league game on October 1, 1988.
Tony Armas played a final major-league game on October 1, 1989.
Bob Brenly played a final major-league game on October 1, 1989.
Mike Davis played a final major-league game on October 1, 1989.
Bob Dernier played a final major-league game on October 1, 1989.
Darrell Evans played a final major-league game on October 1, 1989.
Dwayne Murphy played a final major-league game on October 1, 1989.
Chris Speier played a final major-league game on October 1, 1989.
Oil Can Boyd played a final major-league game on October 1, 1991.
Larry Sheets played a final major-league game on October 1, 1993.
Frank Tanana played a final major-league game on October 1, 1993.
Kevin Bass played a final major-league game on October 1, 1995.
Jerry Browne played a final major-league game on October 1, 1995.
Chris James played a final major-league game on October 1, 1995.
Howard Johnson played a final major-league game on October 1, 1995.
Barry Lyons played a final major-league game on October 1, 1995.
Don Mattingly played a final major-league game on October 1, 1995.
Mike Pagliarulo played a final major-league game on October 1, 1995.
Andy Van Slyke played a final major-league game on October 1, 1995.
Mitch Webster played a final major-league game on October 1, 1995.
Bill Wegman played a final major-league game on October 1, 1995.
Lou Whitaker played a final major-league game on October 1, 1995.
Dave Winfield played a final major-league game on October 1, 1995.
Steve Decker played a final major-league game on October 1, 1999.
Joe Grahe played a final major-league game on October 1, 1999.
Terry Steinbach played a final major-league game on October 1, 1999.
Albert Belle played a final major-league game on October 1, 2000.
Will Clark played a final major-league game on October 1, 2000.
Kevin Elster played a final major-league game on October 1, 2000.
Ozzie Guillén played a final major-league game on October 1, 2000.
Carlos Hernández played a final major-league game on October 1, 2000.
Thomas Howard played a final major-league game on October 1, 2000.
Brian Hunter played a final major-league game on October 1, 2000.
Jeff Huson played a final major-league game on October 1, 2000.
Scott Kamieniecki played a final major-league game on October 1, 2000.
Mickey Morandini played a final major-league game on October 1, 2000.
Hal Morris played a final major-league game on October 1, 2000.
Steve Ontiveros played a final major-league game on October 1, 2000.
Luis Polonia played a final major-league game on October 1, 2000.
Jeff Reed played a final major-league game on October 1, 2000.
Walt Weiss played a final major-league game on October 1, 2000.
Eddie Zosky played a final major-league game on October 1, 2000.
Jason Christiansen played a final major-league game on October 1, 2005.
Doug Creek played a final major-league game on October 1, 2005.
Cal Eldred played a final major-league game on October 1, 2005.
John Flaherty played a final major-league game on October 1, 2005.
Keith Osik played a final major-league game on October 1, 2005.
Ismael Valdez played a final major-league game on October 1, 2005.
David Bell played a final major-league game on October 1, 2006.
Todd Greene played a final major-league game on October 1, 2006.
José Hernández played a final major-league game on October 1, 2006.
Cory Lidle played a final major-league game on October 1, 2006.
Curtis Pride played a final major-league game on October 1, 2006.
Joe Randa played a final major-league game on October 1, 2006.
Tim Salmon played a final major-league game on October 1, 2006.
Michael Tucker played a final major-league game on October 1, 2006.
José Vizcaíno played a final major-league game on October 1, 2006.
Bernie Williams played a final major-league game on October 1, 2006.
Brian Shouse played a final major-league game on October 1, 2009.
Troy Glaus played a final major-league game on October 1, 2010.
Chan Ho Park played a final major-league game on October 1, 2010.
Tim Hudson played a final major-league game on October 1, 2015.
César Jiménez played a final major-league game on October 1, 2015.
Tim Stauffer played a final major-league game on October 1, 2015.
Colby Lewis played a final major-league game on October 1, 2016.
David Ross played a final major-league game on October 1, 2016.
Mike Aviles played a final major-league game on October 1, 2017.
Erick Aybar played a final major-league game on October 1, 2017.
Carlos Beltrán played a final major-league game on October 1, 2017.
Joe Blanton played a final major-league game on October 1, 2017.
Alejandro De Aza played a final major-league game on October 1, 2017.
Andre Ethier played a final major-league game on October 1, 2017.
Jason Grilli played a final major-league game on October 1, 2017.
Ryan Hanigan played a final major-league game on October 1, 2017.
J. J. Hardy played a final major-league game on October 1, 2017.
John Jaso played a final major-league game on October 1, 2017.
John Lackey played a final major-league game on October 1, 2017.
Adam Lind played a final major-league game on October 1, 2017.
Dustin McGowan played a final major-league game on October 1, 2017.
Brandon Moss played a final major-league game on October 1, 2017.
Jason Motte played a final major-league game on October 1, 2017.
Michael Saunders played a final major-league game on October 1, 2017.
Jayson Werth played a final major-league game on October 1, 2017.
Jaime García played a final major-league game on October 1, 2018.
Matt Holliday played a final major-league game on October 1, 2018.
Andrew Miller played a final major-league game on October 1, 2021.
Blake Parker played a final major-league game on October 1, 2021.
Yusmeiro Petit played a final major-league game on October 1, 2021.
Ervin Santana played a final major-league game on October 1, 2021.
Dylan Bundy played a final major-league game on October 1, 2022.
Drew Hutchison played a final major-league game on October 1, 2022.
Aníbal Sánchez played a final major-league game on October 1, 2022.
Elvis Andrus played a final major-league game on October 1, 2023.
Michael Brantley played a final major-league game on October 1, 2023.
Josh Donaldson played a final major-league game on October 1, 2023.
Evan Longoria played a final major-league game on October 1, 2023.
Joey Votto played a final major-league game on October 1, 2023.
Kolten Wong played a final major-league game on October 1, 2023.
Tampa Bay Rays 12, Toronto Blue Jays 8.
Texas Rangers 0, Seattle Mariners 1.
New York Yankees 2, Kansas City Royals 5.
Cleveland Guardians 2, Detroit Tigers 5.
San Diego Padres 2, Chicago White Sox 1.
Boston Red Sox 6, Baltimore Orioles 1.
Oakland Athletics 3, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 7.
Cincinnati Reds 3, St. Louis Cardinals 4.
Los Angeles Dodgers 5, San Francisco Giants 2.
Miami Marlins 0, Pittsburgh Pirates 3.
Philadelphia Phillies 9, New York Mets 1.
Chicago Cubs 0, Milwaukee Brewers 4.
These are the 12 most recent of 811 games played on this date. The sections above lead with what made the day matter.
64 players were born on October 1; these are the 24 best known.
25 players died on October 1; these are the 24 best known.