The record for October 7 in baseball history — 135 milestones, 3 debuts, 30 final games, 66 births, 18 deaths and 132 games played.
Rickey Henderson doubles in his only at-bat on the final day of the 2001 season for his 3,000th hit, the same afternoon Tony Gwynn played his last game.
Boston Americans 11, Pittsburgh Pirates 2.
Philadelphia Athletics 6, New York Giants 4.
Brooklyn Robins 5, Boston Red Sox 6.
New York Giants 2, Chicago White Sox 7.
Chicago White Sox 5, Cincinnati Reds 4.
Cleveland Indians 1, Brooklyn Robins 2.
New York Yankees 5, New York Giants 13.
New York Giants 4, New York Yankees 3.
Washington Senators 7, New York Giants 4.
Washington Senators 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 1.
New York Yankees 3, St. Louis Cardinals 2.
Pittsburgh Pirates 1, New York Yankees 8.
New York Yankees 7, St. Louis Cardinals 3.
St. Louis Cardinals 5, Philadelphia Athletics 1.
New York Giants 4, Washington Senators 3.
Detroit Tigers 3, St. Louis Cardinals 1.
Chicago Cubs 3, Detroit Tigers 4.
New York Giants 1, New York Yankees 8.
New York Yankees 7, Cincinnati Reds 3.
Detroit Tigers 0, Cincinnati Reds 4.
St. Louis Cardinals 2, New York Yankees 6.
St. Louis Cardinals 5, St. Louis Browns 1.
Detroit Tigers 8, Chicago Cubs 4.
Boston Red Sox 0, St. Louis Cardinals 3.
Cleveland Indians 4, Boston Braves 1.
New York Yankees 4, Brooklyn Dodgers 3.
Philadelphia Phillies 2, New York Yankees 5.
New York Yankees 4, Brooklyn Dodgers 2.
Brooklyn Dodgers 2, New York Yankees 6.
New York Yankees 0, Milwaukee Braves 1.
New York Yankees 3, Cincinnati Reds 2.
San Francisco Giants 2, New York Yankees 3.
New York Yankees 5, St. Louis Cardinals 9.
Los Angeles Dodgers 1, Minnesota Twins 5.
Boston Red Sox 2, St. Louis Cardinals 5.
St. Louis Cardinals 3, Detroit Tigers 5.
Cincinnati Reds 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 5.
Detroit Tigers 2, Oakland Athletics 3.
New York Mets 5, Cincinnati Reds 0.
Oakland Athletics 6, Baltimore Orioles 3.
Cincinnati Reds 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 3.
Boston Red Sox 5, Oakland Athletics 3.
Los Angeles Dodgers 6, Philadelphia Phillies 5.
New York Yankees 2, Kansas City Royals 6.
Philadelphia Phillies 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 4.
Kansas City Royals 1, New York Yankees 2.
Houston Astros 1, Philadelphia Phillies 3.
Philadelphia Phillies 1, Montreal Expos 3.
Los Angeles Dodgers 0, Houston Astros 1.
New York Yankees 5, Milwaukee Brewers 3.
Oakland Athletics 2, Kansas City Royals 1.
Atlanta Braves 0, St. Louis Cardinals 7.
Los Angeles Dodgers 2, Philadelphia Phillies 7.
Baltimore Orioles 11, Chicago White Sox 1.
Chicago Cubs 3, San Diego Padres 6.
California Angels 8, Boston Red Sox 1.
San Francisco Giants 5, St. Louis Cardinals 0.
Detroit Tigers 5, Minnesota Twins 8.
Chicago Cubs 4, San Francisco Giants 5.
Oakland Athletics 6, Toronto Blue Jays 5.
Oakland Athletics 4, Boston Red Sox 1.
Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Atlanta Braves 13.
Oakland Athletics 4, Toronto Blue Jays 3.
Atlanta Braves 14, Philadelphia Phillies 3.
Colorado Rockies 4, Atlanta Braves 10.
New York Yankees 8, Seattle Mariners 11.
Florida Marlins 5, Atlanta Braves 3.
Cleveland Indians 4, New York Yankees 1.
San Diego Padres 3, Atlanta Braves 2.
Boston Red Sox 1, Cleveland Indians 11.
Texas Rangers 1, New York Yankees 3.
St. Louis Cardinals 7, Atlanta Braves 1.
San Francisco Giants 2, New York Mets 3.
Oakland Athletics 11, New York Yankees 1.
Rickey Henderson doubles in his only at-bat on the final day of the 2001 season for his 3,000th hit, the same afternoon Tony Gwynn played his last game.
San Francisco Giants 3, Atlanta Braves 1.
Florida Marlins 9, Chicago Cubs 8.
Los Angeles Dodgers 3, St. Louis Cardinals 8.
Houston Astros 2, Atlanta Braves 4.
Chicago White Sox 5, Boston Red Sox 3.
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 11, New York Yankees 7.
New York Yankees 3, Detroit Tigers 8.
San Diego Padres 3, St. Louis Cardinals 1.
New York Mets 9, Los Angeles Dodgers 5.
Boston Red Sox 9, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 1.
Cleveland Indians 4, New York Yankees 8.
Colorado Rockies 1, Philadelphia Phillies 5.
St. Louis Cardinals 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 5.
Minnesota Twins 2, New York Yankees 7.
New York Yankees 5, Minnesota Twins 2.
Texas Rangers 6, Tampa Bay Rays 0.
Atlanta Braves 0, San Francisco Giants 1.
Arizona Diamondbacks 2, Milwaukee Brewers 3.
St. Louis Cardinals 1, Philadelphia Phillies 0.
Oakland Athletics 4, Detroit Tigers 5.
New York Yankees 7, Baltimore Orioles 2.
Cincinnati Reds 9, San Francisco Giants 0.
Washington Nationals 3, St. Louis Cardinals 2.
Boston Red Sox 4, Tampa Bay Rays 5.
Oakland Athletics 6, Detroit Tigers 3.
St. Louis Cardinals 2, Pittsburgh Pirates 1.
Atlanta Braves 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 4.
Washington Nationals 2, San Francisco Giants 3.
Los Angeles Dodgers 2, St. Louis Cardinals 3.
Chicago Cubs 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 0.
Toronto Blue Jays 5, Texas Rangers 3.
Boston Red Sox 0, Cleveland Indians 6.
San Francisco Giants 0, Chicago Cubs 1.
Los Angeles Dodgers 4, Washington Nationals 3.
Arizona Diamondbacks 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 8.
Chicago Cubs 3, Washington Nationals 6.
Los Angeles Dodgers 5, Atlanta Braves 6.
Milwaukee Brewers 6, Colorado Rockies 0.
Atlanta Braves 4, St. Louis Cardinals 5.
Los Angeles Dodgers 1, Washington Nationals 6.
New York Yankees 5, Minnesota Twins 1.
Houston Astros 3, Tampa Bay Rays 10.
Miami Marlins 0, Atlanta Braves 2.
San Diego Padres 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 6.
Oakland Athletics 9, Houston Astros 7.
Tampa Bay Rays 8, New York Yankees 4.
Boston Red Sox 0, Tampa Bay Rays 5.
Chicago White Sox 1, Houston Astros 6.
San Diego Padres 7, New York Mets 1.
Philadelphia Phillies 6, St. Louis Cardinals 3.
Tampa Bay Rays 1, Cleveland Guardians 2.
Seattle Mariners 4, Toronto Blue Jays 0.
Arizona Diamondbacks 11, Los Angeles Dodgers 2.
Philadelphia Phillies 3, Atlanta Braves 0.
Texas Rangers 3, Baltimore Orioles 2.
Minnesota Twins 4, Houston Astros 6.
Detroit Tigers 3, Cleveland Guardians 0.
Kansas City Royals 4, New York Yankees 2.
Toronto Blue Jays 6, New York Yankees 9.
Seattle Mariners 8, Detroit Tigers 4.
Farmer Vaughn made a major-league debut on October 7, 1886.
Red Shannon made a major-league debut on October 7, 1915.
Phil Collins made a major-league debut on October 7, 1923.
Jim McCormick played a final major-league game on October 7, 1887.
Jesse Burkett played a final major-league game on October 7, 1905.
William Clarke played a final major-league game on October 7, 1905.
Joe Connor played a final major-league game on October 7, 1905.
John Barry played a final major-league game on October 7, 1908.
Dan McGann played a final major-league game on October 7, 1908.
Socks Seybold played a final major-league game on October 7, 1908.
Fred Tenney played a final major-league game on October 7, 1911.
Clark Griffith played a final major-league game on October 7, 1914.
Mike Menosky played a final major-league game on October 7, 1923.
Bobby Bonilla played a final major-league game on October 7, 2001.
Jay Buhner played a final major-league game on October 7, 2001.
Ken Caminiti played a final major-league game on October 7, 2001.
Norm Charlton played a final major-league game on October 7, 2001.
Eric Davis played a final major-league game on October 7, 2001.
Tony Eusebio played a final major-league game on October 7, 2001.
Tony Fernández played a final major-league game on October 7, 2001.
Mark Gardner played a final major-league game on October 7, 2001.
Bernard Gilkey played a final major-league game on October 7, 2001.
Tony Gwynn played a final major-league game on October 7, 2001.
Mark Leiter played a final major-league game on October 7, 2001.
Jesse Levis played a final major-league game on October 7, 2001.
Dave Martinez played a final major-league game on October 7, 2001.
Chuck McElroy played a final major-league game on October 7, 2001.
Mark McGwire played a final major-league game on October 7, 2001.
Paul O'Neill played a final major-league game on October 7, 2001.
Ed Sprague played a final major-league game on October 7, 2001.
Ed Taubensee played a final major-league game on October 7, 2001.
Bobby Witt played a final major-league game on October 7, 2001.
Jeff Zimmerman played a final major-league game on October 7, 2001.
Houston Astros 9, St. Louis Cardinals 2.
Los Angeles Dodgers 1, San Francisco Giants 2.
Montreal Expos 5, New York Mets 0.
Arizona Diamondbacks 5, Milwaukee Brewers 15.
Philadelphia Phillies 4, Cincinnati Reds 1.
Pittsburgh Pirates 4, Chicago Cubs 3.
Florida Marlins 4, Atlanta Braves 2.
Cleveland Indians 3, Toronto Blue Jays 2.
New York Yankees 1, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 0.
Texas Rangers 4, Seattle Mariners 3.
Chicago White Sox 5, Minnesota Twins 8.
Kansas City Royals 10, Detroit Tigers 4.
These are the 12 most recent of 132 games played on this date. The sections above lead with what made the day matter.
66 players were born on October 7; these are the 24 best known.