The record for October 2 in baseball history — 60 milestones, 11 debuts, 156 final games, 60 births, 41 deaths and 660 games played.
Addie Joss started as the Cleveland Naps held the Chicago White Sox without a hit on October 2, 1908, winning 1–0.
Pittsburgh Pirates 0, Boston Americans 3.
Addie Joss started as the Cleveland Naps held the Chicago White Sox without a hit on October 2, 1908, winning 1–0.
Chicago White Sox 2, Cincinnati Reds 4.
St. Louis Cardinals 1, New York Yankees 2.
St. Louis Cardinals 1, Philadelphia Athletics 6.
Philadelphia Athletics 0, St. Louis Cardinals 2.
New York Yankees 13, Chicago Cubs 6.
Chicago Cubs 3, Detroit Tigers 0.
New York Yankees 18, New York Giants 4.
Detroit Tigers 7, Cincinnati Reds 2.
Brooklyn Dodgers 3, New York Yankees 2.
New York Yankees 8, Brooklyn Dodgers 9.
New York Yankees 7, Brooklyn Dodgers 1.
New York Yankees 2, Brooklyn Dodgers 3.
New York Giants 7, Cleveland Indians 4.
New York Yankees 3, Brooklyn Dodgers 5.
Milwaukee Braves 1, New York Yankees 3.
New York Yankees 5, Milwaukee Braves 13.
Los Angeles Dodgers 4, Chicago White Sox 3.
Los Angeles Dodgers 5, New York Yankees 2.
Detroit Tigers 0, St. Louis Cardinals 4.
Pittsburgh Pirates 4, San Francisco Giants 5.
Bill Stoneman threw a no-hitter for the Montreal Expos against the New York Mets on October 2, 1972, winning 7–0.
Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Cincinnati Reds 2.
San Diego Padres 0, Chicago Cubs 13.
Detroit Tigers 8, Kansas City Royals 1.
Atlanta Braves 2, Los Angeles Dodgers 1.
Texas Rangers 4, New York Yankees 5.
Cleveland Indians 4, Baltimore Orioles 7.
Cleveland Indians 7, New York Yankees 5.
Baltimore Orioles 9, Seattle Mariners 3.
Cleveland Indians 4, Boston Red Sox 3.
New York Yankees 4, Texas Rangers 0.
Minnesota Twins 1, Oakland Athletics 9.
Anaheim Angels 8, New York Yankees 6.
San Francisco Giants 8, Atlanta Braves 5.
Minnesota Twins 1, New York Yankees 4.
Boston Red Sox 1, Oakland Athletics 5.
Los Angeles Dodgers 10, Chicago Cubs 3.
Milwaukee Brewers 2, Philadelphia Phillies 5.
Chicago White Sox 4, Tampa Bay Rays 6.
B. J. Upton hit for the cycle for the Tampa Bay Rays against the New York Yankees on October 2, 2009.
Arizona Diamondbacks 4, Milwaukee Brewers 9.
St. Louis Cardinals 5, Philadelphia Phillies 4.
Detroit Tigers 5, New York Yankees 3.
Tampa Bay Rays 4, Cleveland Indians 0.
Detroit Tigers 3, Baltimore Orioles 12.
Kansas City Royals 3, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 2.
Colorado Rockies 2, Chicago Cubs 1.
Tampa Bay Rays 5, Oakland Athletics 1.
Miami Marlins 2, Chicago Cubs 0.
St. Louis Cardinals 0, San Diego Padres 4.
Brandon Lowe hit three home runs for the Tampa Bay Rays against the New York Yankees on October 2, 2021.
New York Mets 3, Milwaukee Brewers 5.
Atlanta Braves 4, San Diego Padres 5.
Kansas City Royals 2, Baltimore Orioles 1.
Detroit Tigers 5, Houston Astros 2.
Detroit Tigers 6, Cleveland Guardians 3.
Boston Red Sox 0, New York Yankees 4.
San Diego Padres 1, Chicago Cubs 3.
Jack Gleason made a major-league debut on October 2, 1877.
Rube Oldring made a major-league debut on October 2, 1905.
Jim Curry made a major-league debut on October 2, 1909.
Del Gainer made a major-league debut on October 2, 1909.
Johnny Miljus made a major-league debut on October 2, 1915.
Leo Durocher made a major-league debut on October 2, 1925.
Dick Bartell made a major-league debut on October 2, 1927.
Ken Keltner made a major-league debut on October 2, 1937.
Sam Nahem made a major-league debut on October 2, 1938.
Scott Garrelts made a major-league debut on October 2, 1982.
Pedro Borbón made a major-league debut on October 2, 1992.
George Wright played a final major-league game on October 2, 1882.
Abner Dalrymple played a final major-league game on October 2, 1891.
George Shoch played a final major-league game on October 2, 1897.
Jack Clements played a final major-league game on October 2, 1900.
John Anderson played a final major-league game on October 2, 1908.
Ossee Schrecongost played a final major-league game on October 2, 1908.
Jack Chesbro played a final major-league game on October 2, 1909.
Jiggs Donahue played a final major-league game on October 2, 1909.
Cy Barger played a final major-league game on October 2, 1915.
Gavvy Cravath played a final major-league game on October 2, 1920.
Larry Doyle played a final major-league game on October 2, 1920.
Rowdy Elliott played a final major-league game on October 2, 1920.
Ray Fisher played a final major-league game on October 2, 1920.
Bill Rariden played a final major-league game on October 2, 1920.
Charlie Deal played a final major-league game on October 2, 1921.
Nemo Leibold played a final major-league game on October 2, 1925.
Bobby Veach played a final major-league game on October 2, 1925.
Jack Fournier played a final major-league game on October 2, 1927.
Frank Gibson played a final major-league game on October 2, 1927.
Heinie Groh played a final major-league game on October 2, 1927.
Dave Malarcher played a final major-league game on October 2, 1934.
Jack Rothrock played a final major-league game on October 2, 1937.
Rube Walberg played a final major-league game on October 2, 1937.
Bill Harris played a final major-league game on October 2, 1938.
Buck Jordan played a final major-league game on October 2, 1938.
Joe Stripp played a final major-league game on October 2, 1938.
Tommy Thevenow played a final major-league game on October 2, 1938.
George McQuinn played a final major-league game on October 2, 1948.
Bama Rowell played a final major-league game on October 2, 1948.
Babe Young played a final major-league game on October 2, 1948.
Elbie Fletcher played a final major-league game on October 2, 1949.
Tex Hughson played a final major-league game on October 2, 1949.
Stan Spence played a final major-league game on October 2, 1949.
Al Dark played a final major-league game on October 2, 1960.
Gil McDougald played a final major-league game on October 2, 1960.
Andy Carey played a final major-league game on October 2, 1962.
Bill Bruton played a final major-league game on October 2, 1964.
Don Elston played a final major-league game on October 2, 1964.
Jerry Kindall played a final major-league game on October 2, 1965.
Don Zimmer played a final major-league game on October 2, 1965.
Wes Covington played a final major-league game on October 2, 1966.
Joey Jay played a final major-league game on October 2, 1966.
Sandy Koufax played a final major-league game on October 2, 1966.
Harvey Kuenn played a final major-league game on October 2, 1966.
Jerry Lynch played a final major-league game on October 2, 1966.
Félix Mantilla played a final major-league game on October 2, 1966.
Joe Nuxhall played a final major-league game on October 2, 1966.
Bobby Richardson played a final major-league game on October 2, 1966.
Leon Wagner played a final major-league game on October 2, 1969.
Al Worthington played a final major-league game on October 2, 1969.
Johnny Edwards played a final major-league game on October 2, 1974.
Dick Green played a final major-league game on October 2, 1974.
Al Kaline played a final major-league game on October 2, 1974.
Ivan Murrell played a final major-league game on October 2, 1974.
Tommy Davis played a final major-league game on October 2, 1976.
Billy Williams played a final major-league game on October 2, 1976.
Terry Harmon played a final major-league game on October 2, 1977.
Ed Kirkpatrick played a final major-league game on October 2, 1977.
Carlos May played a final major-league game on October 2, 1977.
Doug Rader played a final major-league game on October 2, 1977.
Héctor Torres played a final major-league game on October 2, 1977.
Bob Bailey played a final major-league game on October 2, 1978.
Mike Marshall played a final major-league game on October 2, 1981.
Mike Tyson played a final major-league game on October 2, 1981.
Stan Bahnsen played a final major-league game on October 2, 1982.
Mark Belanger played a final major-league game on October 2, 1982.
Doc Medich played a final major-league game on October 2, 1982.
Willie Montañez played a final major-league game on October 2, 1982.
Jim Barr played a final major-league game on October 2, 1983.
Terry Crowley played a final major-league game on October 2, 1983.
Ed Farmer played a final major-league game on October 2, 1983.
Don Hood played a final major-league game on October 2, 1983.
Carl Yastrzemski played a final major-league game on October 2, 1983.
Benny Ayala played a final major-league game on October 2, 1985.
Ellis Valentine played a final major-league game on October 2, 1985.
Vida Blue played a final major-league game on October 2, 1986.
Terry Forster played a final major-league game on October 2, 1986.
Bobby Grich played a final major-league game on October 2, 1986.
Matt Keough played a final major-league game on October 2, 1986.
Pete Vuckovich played a final major-league game on October 2, 1986.
Al Woods played a final major-league game on October 2, 1986.
Jamie Easterly played a final major-league game on October 2, 1987.
Tom Hume played a final major-league game on October 2, 1987.
Bob James played a final major-league game on October 2, 1987.
Gary Matthews played a final major-league game on October 2, 1987.
Phil Garner played a final major-league game on October 2, 1988.
George Hendrick played a final major-league game on October 2, 1988.
Larry Herndon played a final major-league game on October 2, 1988.
Ray Knight played a final major-league game on October 2, 1988.
Larry Parrish played a final major-league game on October 2, 1988.
Ted Simmons played a final major-league game on October 2, 1988.
Dave Parker played a final major-league game on October 2, 1991.
Pascual Pérez played a final major-league game on October 2, 1991.
Mike Scioscia played a final major-league game on October 2, 1992.
Walt Terrell played a final major-league game on October 2, 1992.
Steve Balboni played a final major-league game on October 2, 1993.
George Bell played a final major-league game on October 2, 1993.
Geno Petralli played a final major-league game on October 2, 1993.
John Russell played a final major-league game on October 2, 1993.
Andy Allanson played a final major-league game on October 2, 1995.
Spike Owen played a final major-league game on October 2, 1995.
Jeff Montgomery played a final major-league game on October 2, 1999.
Eric Plunk played a final major-league game on October 2, 1999.
Paul Sorrento played a final major-league game on October 2, 1999.
Ellis Burks played a final major-league game on October 2, 2004.
Brook Fordyce played a final major-league game on October 2, 2004.
Curt Leskanic played a final major-league game on October 2, 2004.
Brent Mayne played a final major-league game on October 2, 2004.
Mark McLemore played a final major-league game on October 2, 2004.
Todd Van Poppel played a final major-league game on October 2, 2004.
Robin Ventura played a final major-league game on October 2, 2004.
Jeff Bagwell played a final major-league game on October 2, 2005.
Jacob Cruz played a final major-league game on October 2, 2005.
Ben Grieve played a final major-league game on October 2, 2005.
Dave Hansen played a final major-league game on October 2, 2005.
Lenny Harris played a final major-league game on October 2, 2005.
Aaron Holbert played a final major-league game on October 2, 2005.
Al Leiter played a final major-league game on October 2, 2005.
Tino Martinez played a final major-league game on October 2, 2005.
José Offerman played a final major-league game on October 2, 2005.
John Olerud played a final major-league game on October 2, 2005.
B. J. Surhoff played a final major-league game on October 2, 2005.
Ugueth Urbina played a final major-league game on October 2, 2005.
Larry Walker played a final major-league game on October 2, 2005.
Gerald Williams played a final major-league game on October 2, 2005.
John Bale played a final major-league game on October 2, 2009.
Doug Brocail played a final major-league game on October 2, 2009.
Braden Looper played a final major-league game on October 2, 2009.
Elmer Dessens played a final major-league game on October 2, 2010.
Mike Lowell played a final major-league game on October 2, 2010.
Chris Carpenter played a final major-league game on October 2, 2012.
Guillermo Mota played a final major-league game on October 2, 2012.
Vicente Padilla played a final major-league game on October 2, 2012.
Randy Choate played a final major-league game on October 2, 2015.
Travis Ishikawa played a final major-league game on October 2, 2015.
Adam LaRoche played a final major-league game on October 2, 2015.
Nick Swisher played a final major-league game on October 2, 2015.
Michael Bourn played a final major-league game on October 2, 2016.
Billy Butler played a final major-league game on October 2, 2016.
Coco Crisp played a final major-league game on October 2, 2016.
Jeff Francoeur played a final major-league game on October 2, 2016.
Ryan Howard played a final major-league game on October 2, 2016.
Kelly Johnson played a final major-league game on October 2, 2016.
James Loney played a final major-league game on October 2, 2016.
Justin Morneau played a final major-league game on October 2, 2016.
Ross Ohlendorf played a final major-league game on October 2, 2016.
David Ortiz played a final major-league game on October 2, 2016.
Ángel Pagán played a final major-league game on October 2, 2016.
Alexei Ramírez played a final major-league game on October 2, 2016.
Mark Teixeira played a final major-league game on October 2, 2016.
B. J. Upton played a final major-league game on October 2, 2016.
Ryan Vogelsong played a final major-league game on October 2, 2016.
Jarrod Dyson played a final major-league game on October 2, 2021.
Brock Holt played a final major-league game on October 2, 2021.
Jon Lester played a final major-league game on October 2, 2021.
Mark Melancon played a final major-league game on October 2, 2022.
Boston Red Sox 3, Toronto Blue Jays 6.
Oakland Athletics 10, Seattle Mariners 3.
Baltimore Orioles 3, New York Yankees 1.
Tampa Bay Rays 1, Houston Astros 3.
Minnesota Twins 2, Detroit Tigers 5.
Kansas City Royals 5, Cleveland Guardians 7.
Texas Rangers 3, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 8.
Philadelphia Phillies 8, Washington Nationals 1.
Pittsburgh Pirates 7, St. Louis Cardinals 5.
Arizona Diamondbacks 3, San Francisco Giants 4.
Chicago White Sox 2, San Diego Padres 1.
Miami Marlins 4, Milwaukee Brewers 3.
These are the 12 most recent of 660 games played on this date. The sections above lead with what made the day matter.
60 players were born on October 2; these are the 24 best known.
41 players died on October 2; these are the 24 best known.