Athletics and Baltimore Orioles players: who played for both
Who played for both the Athletics and Orioles?
229 players played for both the Athletics and the Baltimore Orioles between 1901 and 2025, including Miguel Tejada, Bing Miller, Mike Bordick and Reggie Jackson. 118 of them played for the Athletics first and 98 for the Orioles first; 13 played for both in the same season.
Did you know?
- Phil Geier is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Athletics first, then the Orioles from 1901.
- Vimael Machin is the most recent: Athletics first, then the Orioles from 2025.
- Miguel Tejada played the most games across the two: 936 for the Athletics and 716 for the Orioles.
- 56 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Miguel Tejada.
- Most common positions on this list: P (95), OF (55), C (26), SS (14).
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All 229 players, most games for the two first
| Player | Pos | Athletics | Orioles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miguel Tejada | SS | 1997–2003 (936 g) | 2004–2007, 2010 (716 g) |
| Bing Miller | OF | 1922–1926, 1928–1934 (1361 g) | 1926–1927 (237 g) |
| Mike Bordick | SS | 1990–1996 (823 g) | 1997–2002 (739 g) |
| Reggie Jackson | OF | 1967–1975, 1987 (1346 g) | 1976 (134 g) |
| George McQuinn | 1B | 1946 (136 g) | 1938–1945 (1138 g) |
| Baby Doll Jacobson | OF | 1927 (17 g) | 1915, 1917, 1919–1926 (1242 g) |
| Frankie Hayes | C | 1933–1934, 1936–1942, 1944–1945 (992 g) | 1942–1943 (144 g) |
| Wayne Gross | 3B | 1976–1983, 1986 (876 g) | 1984–1985 (230 g) |
| Tillie Walker | OF | 1918–1923 (737 g) | 1913–1915 (318 g) |
| Russ Snyder | OF | 1959–1960 (198 g) | 1961–1967 (815 g) |
| Joe DeMaestri | SS | 1953–1959 (905 g) | 1952 (81 g) |
| Harold Baines | DH | 1990–1992 (313 g) | 1993–1995, 1997–2000 (666 g) |
| Ramon Hernandez | C | 1999–2003 (595 g) | 2006–2008 (383 g) |
| Wally Schang | C | 1913–1917, 1930 (575 g) | 1926–1929 (385 g) |
| Norm Siebern | 1B | 1960–1963 (611 g) | 1964–1965 (256 g) |
| Wayne Causey | SS | 1961–1966 (689 g) | 1955–1957 (136 g) |
| Chet Laabs | OF | 1947 (15 g) | 1939–1946 (794 g) |
| Sammy Hale | 3B | 1923–1929 (735 g) | 1930 (62 g) |
| Don Baylor | DH | 1976, 1988 (249 g) | 1970–1975 (511 g) |
| Jim Gentile | 1B | 1964–1965 (174 g) | 1960–1963 (583 g) |
| Lou Finney | OF | 1931, 1933–1939 (658 g) | 1945–1946 (73 g) |
| Dick Williams | OF | 1959–1960 (257 g) | 1956–1958, 1961–1962 (447 g) |
| Dave Duncan | C | 1964, 1967–1972 (509 g) | 1975–1976 (189 g) |
| Dave Philley | OF | 1951–1953 (433 g) | 1955–1956, 1960–1961 (228 g) |
| Buddy Groom | P | 1996–1999 (301 g) | 2000–2004 (330 g) |
| Curt Blefary | OF | 1971–1972 (58 g) | 1965–1968 (567 g) |
| Al Pilarcik | OF | 1956, 1961 (104 g) | 1957–1960 (517 g) |
| Mickey Tettleton | C | 1984–1987 (283 g) | 1988–1990 (338 g) |
| Hank Majeski | 3B | 1946–1949, 1951–1952 (604 g) | 1955 (16 g) |
| Bob Dillinger | 3B | 1950 (84 g) | 1946–1949 (510 g) |
| Danny Hoffman | OF | 1903–1906 (253 g) | 1908–1911 (341 g) |
| Eddie Plank | P | 1901–1914 (530 g) | 1916–1917 (57 g) |
| Tommy Davis | OF | 1970–1971 (145 g) | 1972–1975 (437 g) |
| Don Heffner | 2B | 1943 (52 g) | 1938–1943 (524 g) |
| Hal Smith | C | 1956–1959 (351 g) | 1955–1956 (212 g) |
| Bob Boyd | 1B | 1961 (26 g) | 1956–1960 (535 g) |
| Jack Cust | DH | 2007–2010 (533 g) | 2003–2004 (28 g) |
| Ramon Laureano | OF | 2018–2023 (471 g) | 2025 (82 g) |
| Tony Batista | 3B | 1996–1997 (142 g) | 2001–2003 (406 g) |
| Geronimo Berroa | DH | 1994–1997 (463 g) | 1997 (83 g) |
| George Kell | 3B | 1943–1946 (313 g) | 1956–1957 (201 g) |
| Doc Lavan | SS | 1913 (6 g) | 1913–1917 (506 g) |
| Paul Lehner | OF | 1950–1951 (123 g) | 1946–1949, 1951 (379 g) |
| Bob Johnson | SS | 1960, 1969–1970 (157 g) | 1963–1967 (337 g) |
| Eric Byrnes | OF | 2000–2005 (442 g) | 2005 (52 g) |
| Jay Payton | OF | 2005–2006 (211 g) | 2007–2008 (258 g) |
| Lenn Sakata | 2B | 1986 (17 g) | 1980–1985 (441 g) |
| Tony Kemp | OF | 2020–2023 (451 g) | 2024 (5 g) |
| Clint Courtney | C | 1961 (1 g) | 1952–1954, 1960–1961 (452 g) |
| Ed Coleman | OF | 1932–1935 (239 g) | 1935–1936 (200 g) |
| Bobby Estalella | OF | 1943–1945, 1949 (391 g) | 1941 (46 g) |
| Mark McLemore | 2B | 2004 (77 g) | 1992–1994 (353 g) |
| Jim Finigan | 3B | 1954–1956 (377 g) | 1959 (48 g) |
| Ray Coleman | OF | 1948 (68 g) | 1947–1948, 1950–1952 (355 g) |
| Whitey Herzog | OF | 1958–1960 (209 g) | 1961–1962 (212 g) |
| Billy Hunter | SS | 1957–1958 (138 g) | 1953–1954 (279 g) |
| Ollie Pickering | OF | 1903–1904 (261 g) | 1907 (151 g) |
| Jim Johnson | P | 2014 (38 g) | 2006–2013 (360 g) |
| Billy Hitchcock | 3B | 1950–1952 (311 g) | 1947 (80 g) |
| Charlie Lau | C | 1963–1964 (105 g) | 1961–1967 (286 g) |
| Larry Haney | C | 1969–1970, 1972–1976 (273 g) | 1966–1968 (116 g) |
| Sam Gray | P | 1924–1927 (141 g) | 1928–1933 (238 g) |
| Dick Hall | P | 1960 (32 g) | 1961–1966, 1969–1971 (346 g) |
| Chad Bradford | P | 2001–2004 (250 g) | 2007–2008 (125 g) |
| Frank McGowan | OF | 1922–1923 (194 g) | 1928–1929 (172 g) |
| Mike Kreevich | OF | 1942 (116 g) | 1943–1945 (249 g) |
| Bob Swift | C | 1942–1943 (137 g) | 1940–1942 (222 g) |
| Seth Smith | OF | 2012–2013 (242 g) | 2017 (111 g) |
| Earl Williams | C | 1977 (100 g) | 1973–1974 (250 g) |
| Dick Kryhoski | 1B | 1955 (28 g) | 1952–1954 (315 g) |
| Ned Garver | P | 1957–1960 (115 g) | 1948–1952 (225 g) |
| Gino Cimoli | OF | 1962–1964 (301 g) | 1964 (38 g) |
| Rube Waddell | P | 1902–1907 (252 g) | 1908–1910 (84 g) |
| George Caster | P | 1934–1935, 1937–1940 (174 g) | 1941–1945 (158 g) |
| Luis Polonia | OF | 1987–1989 (268 g) | 1996 (58 g) |
| Dan Johnson | 1B | 2005–2008 (318 g) | 2013 (3 g) |
| Wes Stock | P | 1964–1967 (148 g) | 1959–1964 (173 g) |
| Joe Ginsberg | C | 1956 (71 g) | 1956–1960 (240 g) |
| Jim Delsing | OF | 1960 (16 g) | 1950–1952 (293 g) |
| Danny Valencia | 3B | 2015–2016 (177 g) | 2013, 2018 (131 g) |
| George Blaeholder | P | 1935 (23 g) | 1925, 1927–1935 (280 g) |
| Tito Francona | OF | 1969–1970 (64 g) | 1956–1957 (236 g) |
| Johnny Groth | OF | 1956–1957 (150 g) | 1953 (141 g) |
| Storm Davis | P | 1987–1989, 1993 (88 g) | 1982–1986, 1992 (202 g) |
| Nels Potter | P | 1938–1941, 1948 (128 g) | 1943–1948 (154 g) |
| Renato Nunez | DH | 2016–2017 (17 g) | 2018–2020 (263 g) |
| Arthur Rhodes | P | 2004 (37 g) | 1991–1999 (239 g) |
| Craig Gentry | OF | 2014–2015 (120 g) | 2017–2018 (145 g) |
| Mike Epstein | 1B | 1971–1972 (242 g) | 1966–1967 (15 g) |
| Moe Drabowsky | P | 1962–1965 (104 g) | 1966–1968, 1970 (153 g) |
| Chris Singleton | OF | 2003 (120 g) | 2002 (136 g) |
| Jack Knott | P | 1941–1942, 1946 (50 g) | 1933–1938 (205 g) |
| Bullet Joe Bush | P | 1912–1917, 1928 (196 g) | 1925 (57 g) |
| T. J. McFarland | P | 2020, 2024–2025 (129 g) | 2013–2016 (121 g) |
| Jamie Quirk | C | 1989–1992 (219 g) | 1989 (25 g) |
| Willie Hogan | OF | 1911 (7 g) | 1911–1912 (232 g) |
| Danny Coulombe | P | 2015–2018 (143 g) | 2023–2024 (94 g) |
| Eddie Robinson | 1B | 1953, 1956 (231 g) | 1957 (4 g) |
| Bobo Newsom | P | 1944–1946, 1952–1953 (114 g) | 1934–1935, 1938–1939, 1943 (119 g) |
| Cass Michaels | 2B | 1952–1953 (172 g) | 1952 (55 g) |
| Jemile Weeks | 2B | 2011–2013 (223 g) | 2014 (3 g) |
| Woodie Held | SS | 1957–1958 (139 g) | 1966–1967 (82 g) |
| Roy Mahaffey | P | 1930–1935 (197 g) | 1936 (21 g) |
| Jace Peterson | 2B | 2023 (93 g) | 2018–2019 (122 g) |
| Marv Throneberry | 1B | 1960–1961 (144 g) | 1961–1962 (65 g) |
| Bill Knickerbocker | SS | 1942 (87 g) | 1937 (121 g) |
| Joe Coleman | P | 1942, 1946–1951, 1953 (167 g) | 1954–1955 (39 g) |
| Rusty Peters | 2B | 1936–1938 (163 g) | 1947 (39 g) |
| Darold Knowles | P | 1971–1974 (195 g) | 1965 (5 g) |
| Ray Murray | C | 1951–1953 (168 g) | 1954 (22 g) |
| Jack Voigt | OF | 1998 (57 g) | 1992–1995 (127 g) |
| Gene Stephens | OF | 1961–1962 (67 g) | 1960–1961 (116 g) |
| Doug Jones | P | 1999–2000 (124 g) | 1995 (52 g) |
| Chico Carrasquel | SS | 1958 (59 g) | 1959 (114 g) |
| Jim Corsi | P | 1988–1989, 1992, 1995–1996 (159 g) | 1999 (13 g) |
| Ken Holtzman | P | 1972–1975 (159 g) | 1976 (13 g) |
| Ryan Noda | 1B | 2023–2024 (164 g) | 2025 (7 g) |
| Sam Zoldak | P | 1951–1952 (42 g) | 1944–1948 (126 g) |
| Arnie Portocarrero | P | 1954–1957 (94 g) | 1958–1960 (72 g) |
| Greg Myers | C | 2001–2002 (98 g) | 2000–2001 (68 g) |
| Jerry Walker | P | 1961–1962 (81 g) | 1957–1960 (85 g) |
| Don Larsen | P | 1960–1961 (41 g) | 1953–1954, 1965 (121 g) |
| Jim Rivera | OF | 1961 (64 g) | 1952 (97 g) |
| Tom Underwood | P | 1981–1983 (123 g) | 1984 (37 g) |
| Dave Danforth | P | 1911–1912 (17 g) | 1922–1925 (137 g) |
| Cy Morgan | P | 1909–1912 (118 g) | 1903–1905, 1907 (33 g) |
| Tyler Nevin | 3B | 2024 (87 g) | 2021–2022 (64 g) |
| Bump Hadley | P | 1941 (25 g) | 1932–1934 (124 g) |
| Fernando Abad | P | 2014–2015 (131 g) | 2021 (16 g) |
| George Puccinelli | OF | 1936 (135 g) | 1934 (10 g) |
| Johnny Marcum | P | 1933–1935 (127 g) | 1939 (16 g) |
| Rich Becker | OF | 1999–2000 (63 g) | 1998 (79 g) |
| Austin Wynns | C | 2025 (22 g) | 2018–2019, 2021 (115 g) |
| George Binks | OF | 1947–1948 (121 g) | 1948 (15 g) |
| Tom Jenkins | OF | 1926 (6 g) | 1929–1932 (129 g) |
| Larry Brown | SS | 1971–1972 (117 g) | 1973 (17 g) |
| Bob Savage | P | 1942, 1946–1948 (125 g) | 1949 (4 g) |
| Tex Shirley | P | 1941–1942 (20 g) | 1944–1946 (108 g) |
| Tom Ferrick | P | 1941 (36 g) | 1946, 1949–1950 (92 g) |
| Sal Fasano | C | 2000–2001 (63 g) | 2005 (64 g) |
| Satchel Paige | P | 1965 (1 g) | 1951–1953 (126 g) |
| Mike Oquist | P | 1997–1999 (79 g) | 1993–1995 (47 g) |
| Sugar Cain | P | 1932–1935 (91 g) | 1935–1936 (35 g) |
| Scott Perry | P | 1918–1921 (123 g) | 1915 (1 g) |
| Bob Harris | P | 1942 (16 g) | 1939–1942 (104 g) |
| Morrie Martin | P | 1951–1954 (111 g) | 1956 (9 g) |
| Orlando Peña | P | 1962–1965 (102 g) | 1971, 1973 (16 g) |
| Freddie Bynum | SS | 2005 (7 g) | 2007–2008 (110 g) |
| Kermit Wahl | 3B | 1950–1951 (109 g) | 1951 (8 g) |
| Doug Johns | P | 1995–1996 (53 g) | 1998–1999 (63 g) |
| Vimael Machin | 3B | 2020–2022 (112 g) | 2025 (4 g) |
| Cole Irvin | P | 2021–2022 (62 g) | 2023–2024 (49 g) |
| Chuck Essegian | OF | 1961, 1963 (105 g) | 1961 (1 g) |
| Jimmy Haynes | P | 1997–1999 (76 g) | 1995–1996 (30 g) |
| Jake Fox | OF | 2010 (39 g) | 2010–2011 (65 g) |
| Lou Kretlow | P | 1956 (25 g) | 1950, 1953–1955 (79 g) |
| Byron Houck | P | 1912–1914 (74 g) | 1918 (27 g) |
| Hal Epps | OF | 1944 (67 g) | 1943–1944 (30 g) |
| Harry Byrd | P | 1950, 1952–1953 (83 g) | 1955 (14 g) |
| John O'Donoghue | P | 1963–1965 (80 g) | 1968 (16 g) |
| Cristian Pache | OF | 2022 (91 g) | 2024 (3 g) |
| Tim Worrell | P | 1998–1999 (78 g) | 2000 (5 g) |
| Tommy Milone | P | 2012–2014 (76 g) | 2020 (6 g) |
| Mike Torrez | P | 1976–1977, 1984 (45 g) | 1975 (36 g) |
| Nick Hundley | C | 2019 (31 g) | 2014 (50 g) |
| Billy DeMars | SS | 1948 (18 g) | 1950–1951 (62 g) |
| Tommy Harper | OF | 1975 (34 g) | 1976 (46 g) |
| Virgil Trucks | P | 1957–1958 (64 g) | 1953 (16 g) |
| Tom Rogers | P | 1919 (23 g) | 1917–1919 (55 g) |
| Johnnie Heving | C | 1931–1932 (75 g) | 1920 (1 g) |
| Alex Metzler | OF | 1926 (20 g) | 1930 (55 g) |
| Mike Fetters | P | 1998 (48 g) | 1999 (27 g) |
| Syd Smith | C | 1908 (46 g) | 1908 (28 g) |
| Brad Komminsk | OF | 1991 (24 g) | 1990 (46 g) |
| Izzy Molina | C | 1996–1998 (68 g) | 2002 (1 g) |
| Bert Husting | P | 1902 (32 g) | 1901 (36 g) |
| Joe Taylor | OF | 1954 (18 g) | 1958–1959 (50 g) |
| Shintaro Fujinami | P | 2023 (34 g) | 2023 (30 g) |
| Burch Smith | P | 2020–2021 (37 g) | 2024 (25 g) |
| Tim Raines | OF | 1999 (58 g) | 2001 (4 g) |
| Phil Geier | OF | 1901 (50 g) | 1901 (11 g) |
| Lou Sleater | P | 1955 (21 g) | 1950–1952, 1958 (39 g) |
| Jason Hammel | P | 2014 (13 g) | 2012–2013 (46 g) |
| Jeff Fiorentino | OF | 2008 (2 g) | 2005–2006, 2009 (56 g) |
| Jim Pisoni | OF | 1956–1957 (54 g) | 1953 (3 g) |
| Rich Bordi | P | 1980–1981, 1988 (5 g) | 1986 (52 g) |
| Dana Eveland | P | 2008–2009 (42 g) | 2012 (14 g) |
| John Wasdin | P | 1995–1996 (30 g) | 2001 (26 g) |
| Rip Coleman | P | 1957, 1959 (48 g) | 1959–1960 (8 g) |
| Dan Straily | P | 2012–2014 (41 g) | 2019 (14 g) |
| Art Ceccarelli | P | 1955–1956 (34 g) | 1957 (20 g) |
| Steven Tolleson | 2B | 2010 (25 g) | 2012 (29 g) |
| Gordon Jones | P | 1962 (21 g) | 1960–1961 (32 g) |
| Cesar Valdez | P | 2017 (4 g) | 2020–2021 (48 g) |
| Jesus Aguilar | 1B | 2023 (36 g) | 2022 (16 g) |
| John Halama | P | 2003 (35 g) | 2006 (17 g) |
| Willie Adams | P | 1918–1919 (33 g) | 1912–1913 (17 g) |
| Hank Foiles | C | 1960 (6 g) | 1961 (43 g) |
| Tom Zachary | P | 1918 (2 g) | 1926–1927 (47 g) |
| Aaron Brooks | P | 2015, 2018–2019, 2024 (34 g) | 2019 (14 g) |
| Hank McDonald | P | 1931, 1933 (23 g) | 1933 (25 g) |
| Jim Wilson | P | 1949 (2 g) | 1948, 1955–1956 (45 g) |
| Jose Morales | DH | 1973 (6 g) | 1981–1982 (41 g) |
| Paul Mitchell | P | 1976–1977 (31 g) | 1975 (11 g) |
| Jim Miller | P | 2012 (33 g) | 2008 (8 g) |
| Spenser Watkins | P | 2023 (1 g) | 2021–2022 (39 g) |
| Mike Morgan | P | 1978–1979 (16 g) | 1988 (22 g) |
| Tom Leahy | C | 1901 (5 g) | 1901 (33 g) |
| Joe Hassler | SS | 1928–1929 (32 g) | 1930 (5 g) |
| Rico Garcia | P | 2023 (7 g) | 2022, 2025 (26 g) |
| Jeremy Accardo | P | 2012 (1 g) | 2011 (31 g) |
| George Brunet | P | 1956–1957, 1959–1960 (15 g) | 1963 (16 g) |
| Glenn Liebhardt | P | 1930 (5 g) | 1936, 1938 (26 g) |
| Rich Hill | P | 2016 (14 g) | 2009 (15 g) |
| Corban Joseph | 2B | 2019 (11 g) | 2018 (14 g) |
| Edwin Jackson | P | 2018 (17 g) | 2017 (3 g) |
| Richie Lewis | P | 1997 (14 g) | 1992, 1998 (4 g) |
| Bert Blue | C | 1908 (6 g) | 1908 (11 g) |
| Josh Lucas | P | 2018 (8 g) | 2019 (9 g) |
| Ryan Lavarnway | C | 2017 (6 g) | 2015 (10 g) |
| Tayler Scott | P | 2023 (8 g) | 2019 (8 g) |
| Ryne Duren | P | 1957 (14 g) | 1954 (1 g) |
| Alberto Castillo | C | 2005 (1 g) | 2007 (11 g) |
| Ozzie Virgil | 3B | 1961 (11 g) | 1962 (1 g) |
| Jason Pridie | OF | 2015 (6 g) | 2013 (4 g) |
| Vinny Nittoli | P | 2024 (7 g) | 2024 (2 g) |
| Drew Jackson | OF | 2022 (3 g) | 2019 (3 g) |
| Ed Farmer | P | 1983 (5 g) | 1977 (1 g) |
| Matt Krook | P | 2025 (3 g) | 2024 (1 g) |
From the SABR Lahman Baseball Database (CC BY-SA 3.0), 1876–2025. A season counts when the player played at least one regular-season game for the franchise.Athletics seasons include the Philadelphia Athletics (1901–1954), Kansas City Athletics (1955–1967) and Oakland Athletics (1968–2024).Orioles seasons include the Milwaukee Brewers (1901) and St. Louis Browns (1902–1953).
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Questions
How many players have played for both the Athletics and the Baltimore Orioles?
229 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1901 to 2025, including Miguel Tejada, Bing Miller, Mike Bordick and Reggie Jackson. A player counts when he played at least one regular-season game for each franchise.
Who was the first player on this list to play for both?
Phil Geier: Athletics first, then the Baltimore Orioles from 1901.
Who has played for both recently?
Ramon Laureano, Tony Kemp, T. J. McFarland, Danny Coulombe, Ryan Noda and Tyler Nevin and 9 more, with a season for one of the two in 2024 or 2025.
Does a player count if the team has moved or changed its name?
Yes. Seasons count for today's franchise, the way the Lahman database links every team-season to a franchise. Athletics seasons include the Philadelphia Athletics (1901–1954), Kansas City Athletics (1955–1967) and Oakland Athletics (1968–2024). Orioles seasons include the Milwaukee Brewers (1901) and St. Louis Browns (1902–1953).
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