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DATE PLAYER/POSITION PREVIOUS CLUB DATE PLAYER/POSITION PREVIOUS CLUB
11/16/76 Don Baylor, DH/OF Oakland 12/31/08 Brian Fuentes, LHP Colorado
11/17/76 Joe Rudi, INF Oakland 2/12/09 Bobby Abreu, OF New York (A.L.)
11/24/76 Bobby Grich, INF Baltimore 12/14/09 Hideki Matsui, OF New York (A.L.)
11/21/77 Lyman Bostock, OF Minnesota 12/23/09 Fernando Rodney, RHP Detroit
12/3/78 Jim Barr, RHP San Francisco 1/20/10 Joel Pineiro, RHP St. Louis
11/16/79 Bruce Kison, RHP Pittsburgh 12/2/10 Hisanori Takahashi, LHP New York (N.L.)
12/5/79 Freddie Patek, INF Kansas City 12/10/10 Scott Downs, LHP Toronto
12/2/80 Geoff Zahn, LHP Minnesota 12/7/11 LaTroy Hawkins, RHP Milwaukee
12/29/80 Juan Beniquez, OF Seattle 12/10/11 Albert Pujols, INF St. Louis
1/16/81 Bill Travers, LHP Milwaukee 12/10/11 C.J. Wilson, LHP Texas
1/22/82 Reggie Jackson, OF New York (A.L.) 11/28/12 Ryan Madson, RHP Cincinnati
1/21/83 Ellis Valentine, OF New York (N.L.) 12/12/12 Joe Blanton, RHP Los Angeles (N.L.)
1/10/85 Rob Wilfong, INF Minnesota 12/12/12 Sean Burnett, LHP Washington
1/30/85 Ruppert Jones, OF Detroit 12/15/12 Josh Hamilton, OF Texas
12/1/87 Chili Davis, OF San Francisco 11/29/13 Joe Smith, RHP Cleveland
1/17/89 Claudell Washington, OF New York (A.L.) 12/27/13 Raul Ibanez, OF Seattle
12/1/89 Mark Langston, LHP Montreal 1/16/14 John McDonald, INF Boston
2/21/90 Greg Minton, RHP San Francisco 11/9/16 Andrew Bailey, RHP Los Angeles (A.L.)
1/23/91 Gary Gaetti, INF Minnesota 11/11/16 Jesse Chavez, RHP Los Angeles (N.L.)
5/20/91 Fernando Valenzuela, LHP Los Angeles (N.L.) 12/23/16 Ben Revere, OF Washington
2/14/92 Alvin Davis, INF Seattle 12/9/17 Shohei Ohtani, RHP/DH Nippon-Ham (Japan)
12/11/92 Chili Davis, OF Minnesota 12/15/17 Zack Cozart, INF Cincinnati
2/11/93 Scott Sanderson, RHP New York (A.L.) 12/20/18 Trevor Cahill, RHP Oakland
1/31/94 Bo Jackson, OF Chicago (A.L.) 12/21/18 Matt Harvey, RHP Cincinnati
2/1/94 Dwight Smith, OF Chicago (N.L.) 1/20/19 Cody Allen, RHP Cleveland
12/14/94 Lee Smith, RHP Baltimore 12/13/19 Anthony Rendon, INF Washington
11/21/95 Randy Velarde, INF New York (A.L.) 12/21/19 Julio Teheran, RHP Atlanta
11/20/96 Dave Hollins, INF Seattle 1/7/20 Jason Castro, C Minnesota
12/18/96 Eddie Murray, INF Baltimore 12/15/20 Alex Claudio, LHP Milwaukee
12/11/97 Omar Olivares, RHP Seattle 1/15/21 Kurt Suzuki, C Washington
12/19/97 Cecil Fielder, INF New York (A.L.) 1/22/21 José Quintana, LHP Chicago (N.L.)
2/27/98 Jack McDowell, RHP Cleveland 7/14/21 Adam Eaton, OF Chicago (A.L.)
12/11/98 Mo Vaughn, INF Boston 11/16/21 Noah Syndergaard, RHP New York (N.L.)
12/23/98 Tim Belcher, RHP Kansas City 11/22/21 Aaron Loup, LHP New York (N.L.)
1/11/00 Scott Spiezio, INF Oakland 11/30/21 Michael Lorenzen, RHP Cincinnati
1/26/00 Kent Mercker, LHP Boston 12/1/21 Raisel Iglesias, RHP Los Angeles (A.L.)
1/11/00 Pat Rapp, RHP Baltimore 3/16/22 Matt Duffy, INF Chicago (N.L.)
1/4/01 Ismael Valdez, RHP Los Angeles (N.L.) 3/18/22 Archie Bradley, RHP Philadelphia
1/25/01 Wally Joyner, INF Atlanta 3/19/22 Ryan Tepera, RHP Chicago (A.L.)
12/19/01 Dennis Cook, LHP Philadelphia 11/16/22 Tyler Anderson, LHP Los Angeles (N.L.)
1/4/02 Aaron Sele, RHP Seattle 12/5/22 Carlos Estévez, RHP Colorado
12/30/02 Eric Owens, OF Florida 12/22/22 Brandon Drury, INF San Diego
11/24/03 Kelvim Escobar, RHP Toronto 2/16/23 Matt Moore, LHP Texas
12/10/03 Bartolo Colon, RHP Chicago (A.L.) 12/13/23 Luis García, RHP San Diego
12/20/03 Jose Guillen, OF Oakland Adam Cimber, RHP Toronto
1/14/04 Vladimir Guerrero, OF Montreal 1/6/24 Zach Plesac, RHP Cleveland
12/11/04 Steve Finley, OF Los Angeles (N.L.) 1/23/24 Robert Stephenson, RHP Tampa Bay
12/14/04 Paul Byrd, RHP Atlanta 1/27/24 Matt Moore, LHP Miami
1/12/05 Orlando Cabrera, INF Boston 1/29/24 Aaron Hicks, OF Baltimore
12/2/05 Hector Carrasco, RHP Washington 2/3/24 José Cisnero, RHP Detroit
2/23/06 Jeff Weaver, RHP Los Angeles (N.L.) 4/30/24 Kevin Pillar, OF Chicago (A.L.)
11/19/06 Justin Speier, RHP Toronto 11/7/24 Kyle Hendricks, RHP Chicago (N.L.)
11/22/06 Gary Matthews Jr., OF Texas 11/12/24 Travis d’Arnaud, C Atlanta
12/11/06 Darren Oliver, LHP New York (N.L.) 11/14/24 Kevin Newman, INF Arizona
1/8/07 Shea Hillenbrand, INF San Francisco
11/22/07 Torii Hunter, OF Minnesota

mlb security policies
Bag Inspections: Fans may not bring coolers, backpacks and large bags (exceeding 16x16x8) into any ballpark. All bags will be inspected CLUB HISTORY
before they are permitted into the ballpark.
Vehicles: Only authorized vehicles may be parked within 100 feet of any ballpark exterior. Authorized vehicles may include law enforce-
ment/emergency vehicles, broadcast equipment trucks, and vehicles of Club staff, players and their families and umpires. Unattended
cars left overnight will be investigated and removed as soon as possible.
Clubhouse and Field Access: Clubhouse security will be provided for at least four hours prior to each game. With the exception of per-
mitted players’ family members, absolutely no one without proper credentials will be given access to the clubhouse, field or press box.
Except for uniformed players and staff, all persons entering the clubhouse or field area (including credentialed personnel and permitted
players’ family members) must present photo identification and be logged in prior to gaining access.
Club security personnel will make random credential checks of photographers and others present on the field. All equipment and bags
used by members of the press must be thoroughly inspected before being allowed into a ballpark. All broadcast equipment trunks must
be removed from the ballpark immediately following pre-game set-up.
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