Athletics and Boston Red Sox players: who played for both

Who played for both the Athletics and Red Sox?

258 players played for both the Athletics and the Boston Red Sox between 1901 and 2025, including Jimmie Foxx, Rickey Henderson, Bob Johnson and Stuffy McInnis. 140 of them played for the Athletics first and 107 for the Red Sox first; 11 played for both in the same season.

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Bert Husting is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Athletics first, then the Red Sox from 1902.
Sean Newcomb is the most recent: Athletics first, then the Red Sox from 2025.
Jimmie Foxx played the most games across the two: 1,256 for the Athletics and 887 for the Red Sox.
53 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Rickey Henderson.
Most common positions on this list: P (106), OF (65), C (25), SS (17).

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All 258 players, most games for the two first

Seasons and regular-season games with each franchise (1876–2025). A gap of a season or more starts a new spell.
Player	Pos	Athletics	Red Sox
Jimmie Foxx	1B	1925–1935 (1256 g)	1936–1942 (887 g)
Rickey Henderson	OF	1979–1984, 1989–1995, 1998 (1704 g)	2002 (72 g)
Bob Johnson	OF	1933–1942 (1459 g)	1944–1945 (287 g)
Stuffy McInnis	1B	1909–1917 (1042 g)	1918–1921 (538 g)
Bing Miller	OF	1922–1926, 1928–1934 (1361 g)	1935–1936 (109 g)
Carney Lansford	3B	1983–1992 (1203 g)	1981–1982 (230 g)
Wally Moses	OF	1935–1941, 1949–1951 (1170 g)	1946–1948 (216 g)
Doc Cramer	OF	1929–1935 (642 g)	1936–1940 (722 g)
Max Bishop	2B	1924–1933 (1183 g)	1934–1935 (157 g)
Al Simmons	OF	1924–1932, 1940–1941, 1944 (1290 g)	1943 (40 g)
Larry Gardner	3B	1918 (127 g)	1908–1917 (1130 g)
Jose Canseco	OF	1985–1992, 1997 (1058 g)	1995–1996 (198 g)
Jack Barry	SS	1908–1915 (906 g)	1915–1917, 1919 (319 g)
Tony Armas	OF	1977–1982 (694 g)	1983–1986 (526 g)
Lou Finney	OF	1931, 1933–1939 (658 g)	1939–1942, 1944–1945 (535 g)
Amos Strunk	OF	1908–1917, 1919–1920, 1924 (1030 g)	1918–1919 (162 g)
Joe Rudi	OF	1967–1976, 1982 (1107 g)	1981 (49 g)
Jed Lowrie	SS	2013–2014, 2016–2018, 2021–2022 (876 g)	2008–2011 (256 g)
Tris Speaker	OF	1928 (64 g)	1907–1915 (1066 g)
Coco Crisp	OF	2010–2016 (734 g)	2006–2008 (368 g)
Nomar Garciaparra	SS	2009 (65 g)	1996–2004 (966 g)
Scott Hatteberg	1B	2002–2005 (569 g)	1995–2001 (454 g)
Eric McNair	SS	1929–1935, 1942 (707 g)	1936–1938 (300 g)
Frankie Hayes	C	1933–1934, 1936–1942, 1944–1945 (992 g)	1947 (5 g)
Eddie Joost	SS	1947–1954 (917 g)	1955 (56 g)
Tillie Walker	OF	1918–1923 (737 g)	1916–1917 (234 g)
Phil Todt	1B	1931 (62 g)	1924–1930 (895 g)
Jimmy Collins	3B	1907–1908 (214 g)	1901–1907 (742 g)
Pinky Higgins	3B	1930, 1933–1936 (589 g)	1937–1938, 1946 (356 g)
Skeeter Newsome	SS	1935–1939 (425 g)	1941–1945 (497 g)
Wally Schang	C	1913–1917, 1930 (575 g)	1918–1920 (323 g)
Dave Henderson	OF	1988–1993 (702 g)	1986–1987 (111 g)
Billy Werber	3B	1937–1938 (262 g)	1933–1936 (529 g)
Danny Cater	1B	1966–1969 (557 g)	1972–1974 (211 g)
Dennis Eckersley	P	1987–1995 (525 g)	1978–1984, 1998 (241 g)
Gene Stephens	OF	1961–1962 (67 g)	1952–1953, 1955–1960 (694 g)
Johnny Damon	OF	2001 (155 g)	2002–2005 (597 g)
Jose Tartabull	OF	1962–1966, 1969–1970 (494 g)	1966–1968 (255 g)
Ossee Schrecongost	C	1902–1908 (662 g)	1901 (86 g)
Josh Reddick	OF	2012–2016 (596 g)	2009–2011 (143 g)
Marco Scutaro	SS	2004–2007 (476 g)	2010–2011 (263 g)
Frank Welch	OF	1919–1926 (723 g)	1927 (15 g)
Jeff Newman	C	1976–1982 (652 g)	1983–1984 (83 g)
Jack Rothrock	OF	1937 (88 g)	1925–1932 (604 g)
Matt Stairs	OF	1996–2000 (632 g)	1995 (39 g)
Norm Siebern	1B	1960–1963 (611 g)	1967–1968 (60 g)
Rabbit Warstler	SS	1934–1936 (321 g)	1930–1933 (328 g)
Lefty Grove	P	1925–1933 (402 g)	1934–1941 (217 g)
George Burns	1B	1918–1920, 1929 (307 g)	1922–1923 (293 g)
Joe Dugan	3B	1917–1921 (511 g)	1922 (84 g)
Ken Harrelson	1B	1963–1967 (402 g)	1967–1969 (183 g)
Mike Andrews	2B	1973 (18 g)	1966–1970 (566 g)
Charlie Berry	C	1925, 1934–1936, 1938 (185 g)	1928–1932 (366 g)
George Kell	3B	1943–1946 (313 g)	1952–1954 (235 g)
Rube Walberg	P	1923–1933 (415 g)	1934–1937 (130 g)
Hal Wagner	C	1937–1944 (339 g)	1944, 1946–1947 (204 g)
Buddy Rosar	C	1945–1949 (437 g)	1950–1951 (85 g)
Mark Kotsay	OF	2004–2007 (472 g)	2008–2009 (49 g)
Don Baylor	DH	1976, 1988 (249 g)	1986–1987 (268 g)
Ryan Sweeney	OF	2008–2011 (439 g)	2012 (63 g)
Jimmy Walsh	OF	1912–1916 (426 g)	1916–1917 (71 g)
Darren Lewis	OF	1990 (25 g)	1998–2001 (469 g)
Mike Stanley	C	2000 (32 g)	1996–2000 (459 g)
Rajai Davis	OF	2008–2010, 2017 (469 g)	2017 (17 g)
Dib Williams	2B	1930–1935 (401 g)	1935 (75 g)
Bill Lamar	OF	1924–1927 (425 g)	1919 (48 g)
Dave Philley	OF	1951–1953 (433 g)	1962 (38 g)
Mitch Moreland	1B	2021 (81 g)	2017–2020 (386 g)
Mario Guerrero	SS	1978–1980 (305 g)	1973–1974 (159 g)
Jim Gosger	OF	1966–1968 (310 g)	1963, 1965–1966 (140 g)
Tommy Harper	OF	1975 (34 g)	1972–1974 (409 g)
Brandon Moss	OF	2012–2014 (376 g)	2007–2008 (49 g)
Dee Miles	OF	1939–1942 (373 g)	1943 (45 g)
Yoenis Cespedes	OF	2012–2014 (365 g)	2014 (51 g)
Billy Hitchcock	3B	1950–1952 (311 g)	1948–1949 (104 g)
Diego Segui	P	1962–1965, 1967–1968, 1970–1972 (324 g)	1974–1975 (91 g)
Lou Clinton	OF	1965 (1 g)	1960–1964 (412 g)
John Wyatt	P	1961–1966, 1969 (296 g)	1966–1968 (110 g)
Craig Breslow	P	2009–2011 (202 g)	2006, 2012–2015 (202 g)
Gene Desautels	C	1946 (52 g)	1937–1940 (351 g)
Johnnie Heving	C	1931–1932 (75 g)	1924–1925, 1928–1930 (323 g)
Dick Williams	OF	1959–1960 (257 g)	1963–1964 (140 g)
Billy Consolo	SS	1962 (54 g)	1953–1959 (318 g)
Alan Embree	P	2007–2008 (138 g)	2002–2005 (211 g)
Mark Bellhorn	2B	1997–1998, 2000–2001 (126 g)	2004–2005 (223 g)
Slim Harriss	P	1920–1926 (257 g)	1926–1928 (92 g)
Bullet Joe Bush	P	1912–1917, 1928 (196 g)	1918–1921 (137 g)
Jack Quinn	P	1925–1930 (184 g)	1922–1925 (145 g)
Jonny Gomes	OF	2012, 2014 (133 g)	2013–2014 (194 g)
Bill Wambsganss	2B	1926 (54 g)	1924–1925 (267 g)
Jeremy Giambi	OF	2000–2002 (270 g)	2003 (50 g)
Mike Guerra	C	1947–1950 (310 g)	1951 (10 g)
Jim Pagliaroni	C	1968–1969 (80 g)	1955, 1960–1962 (239 g)
Pete Daley	C	1960 (73 g)	1955–1959 (246 g)
Bobby Kielty	OF	2004–2007 (293 g)	2007 (20 g)
Haywood Sullivan	C	1961–1963 (252 g)	1955, 1957, 1959–1960 (60 g)
Deron Johnson	1B	1961–1962, 1973–1974 (281 g)	1974–1976 (29 g)
Bill Renna	OF	1954–1956 (256 g)	1958–1959 (53 g)
John Knight	SS	1905–1907 (203 g)	1907 (99 g)
Billy Conigliaro	OF	1973 (48 g)	1969–1971 (247 g)
Jim Corsi	P	1988–1989, 1992, 1995–1996 (159 g)	1997–1999 (134 g)
Val Picinich	C	1916–1917 (42 g)	1923–1925 (246 g)
Chad Bradford	P	2001–2004 (250 g)	2005 (31 g)
Tom Burgmeier	P	1983–1984 (68 g)	1978–1982 (213 g)
Herb Pennock	P	1912–1915 (70 g)	1915–1917, 1919–1922, 1934 (205 g)
Mike Macfarlane	C	1998–1999 (159 g)	1995 (115 g)
Chris Young	OF	2013 (107 g)	2016–2017 (166 g)
Garry Hancock	OF	1983–1984 (152 g)	1978, 1980–1982 (121 g)
Hideki Okajima	P	2013 (5 g)	2007–2011 (261 g)
Jay Payton	OF	2005–2006 (211 g)	2005 (55 g)
Jack Wilson	P	1934 (2 g)	1935–1941 (260 g)
Keith Foulke	P	2003, 2008 (103 g)	2004–2006 (159 g)
Liam Hendriks	P	2016–2020 (247 g)	2025 (14 g)
Brad Ziegler	P	2008–2011 (223 g)	2016 (33 g)
Jon Lester	P	2014 (11 g)	2006–2014 (242 g)
Phil Plantier	OF	1996 (73 g)	1990–1992 (175 g)
Mickey McDermott	P	1957, 1961 (65 g)	1948–1953 (182 g)
Fred Thomas	3B	1919–1920 (202 g)	1918 (44 g)
Johnny Marcum	P	1933–1935 (127 g)	1936–1938 (118 g)
Jemile Weeks	2B	2011–2013 (223 g)	2014–2015 (17 g)
Rudy York	1B	1948 (31 g)	1946–1947 (202 g)
Red Shannon	2B	1917–1921 (149 g)	1919 (80 g)
Howard Ehmke	P	1926–1930 (88 g)	1923–1926 (137 g)
Lew Krausse	P	1961, 1964–1969 (199 g)	1972 (24 g)
Dennis Lamp	P	1987 (36 g)	1988–1991 (186 g)
Fred Heimach	P	1920–1926 (191 g)	1926 (26 g)
Leo Kiely	P	1960 (20 g)	1951, 1954–1956, 1958–1959 (190 g)
Andrew Bailey	P	2009–2011 (157 g)	2012–2013 (49 g)
Mike Torrez	P	1976–1977, 1984 (45 g)	1978–1982 (161 g)
Ryan Cook	P	2012–2015 (200 g)	2015 (5 g)
Ernie Riles	SS	1991 (108 g)	1993 (94 g)
Stephen Drew	SS	2012 (39 g)	2013–2014 (163 g)
John Wasdin	P	1995–1996 (30 g)	1997–2000 (170 g)
Fernando Abad	P	2014–2015 (131 g)	2016–2017 (66 g)
Danny Valencia	3B	2015–2016 (177 g)	2012 (10 g)
Steve Ontiveros	P	1985–1988, 1994–1995 (183 g)	2000 (3 g)
Ford Garrison	OF	1944–1946 (136 g)	1943–1944 (49 g)
Phil Marchildon	P	1940–1942, 1945–1949 (184 g)	1950 (1 g)
Cy Morgan	P	1909–1912 (118 g)	1907–1909 (58 g)
Carlos Reyes	P	1994–1997 (150 g)	1998 (24 g)
Jose Santiago	P	1963–1965 (42 g)	1966–1970 (130 g)
Abraham Toro	3B	2024 (94 g)	2025 (77 g)
Bill Conroy	C	1935–1937 (28 g)	1942–1944 (141 g)
Dave Shean	2B	1906 (22 g)	1918–1919 (144 g)
Ed Jurak	SS	1988 (3 g)	1982–1985 (160 g)
Gordon Rhodes	P	1936 (35 g)	1932–1935 (128 g)
Todd Walker	2B	2007 (18 g)	2003 (144 g)
Baby Doll Jacobson	OF	1927 (17 g)	1926–1927 (143 g)
Jake Diekman	P	2019–2021 (116 g)	2022 (44 g)
Sonny Siebert	P	1975 (17 g)	1969–1973 (143 g)
Eric Patterson	OF	2008–2010 (114 g)	2010 (45 g)
Orlando Cabrera	SS	2009 (101 g)	2004 (58 g)
Elmer Myers	P	1915–1918 (109 g)	1920–1922 (45 g)
Bobo Newsom	P	1944–1946, 1952–1953 (114 g)	1937 (31 g)
Drew Pomeranz	P	2014–2015 (73 g)	2016–2018 (72 g)
Orlando Cepeda	1B	1972 (3 g)	1973 (142 g)
Bob Kline	P	1934 (20 g)	1930–1933 (122 g)
Cody Ross	OF	2015 (9 g)	2012 (130 g)
Nels Potter	P	1938–1941, 1948 (128 g)	1941 (10 g)
Nick Punto	2B	2014 (73 g)	2012 (65 g)
Bill Cissell	2B	1937 (34 g)	1934 (102 g)
Jack Hayden	OF	1901 (51 g)	1906 (85 g)
Ted Bowsfield	P	1963–1964 (95 g)	1958–1960 (39 g)
Conor Jackson	1B	2010–2011 (120 g)	2011 (12 g)
Bill Barrett	OF	1921 (14 g)	1929–1930 (117 g)
Dave McCarty	1B	2003 (8 g)	2003–2005 (120 g)
Luis Urias	2B	2025 (96 g)	2023 (32 g)
Jonathan Lucroy	C	2018 (126 g)	2020 (1 g)
Paul Lehner	OF	1950–1951 (123 g)	1952 (3 g)
Jim Landis	OF	1965 (118 g)	1967 (5 g)
Horace Lisenbee	P	1936 (19 g)	1929–1932 (102 g)
Pat Donahue	C	1910 (15 g)	1908–1910 (104 g)
Weldon Wyckoff	P	1913–1916 (105 g)	1916–1918 (11 g)
Edward Mujica	P	2015 (38 g)	2014–2015 (75 g)
John Henry Johnson	P	1978–1979 (48 g)	1983–1984 (64 g)
Braggo Roth	OF	1919 (48 g)	1919 (63 g)
Felix Doubront	P	2015 (11 g)	2010–2014 (98 g)
Bill Landis	P	1963 (1 g)	1967–1969 (105 g)
Ryan Lavarnway	C	2017 (6 g)	2011–2014 (97 g)
Mark Guthrie	P	2001 (54 g)	1999 (46 g)
Tom Sturdivant	P	1959, 1963–1964 (57 g)	1960 (40 g)
Eddie Smith	P	1936–1939 (88 g)	1947 (8 g)
Willie McGee	OF	1990 (29 g)	1995 (67 g)
Ray Boone	3B	1959 (61 g)	1960 (34 g)
Joe Azcue	C	1962–1963 (74 g)	1969 (19 g)
Chuck Rainey	P	1984 (16 g)	1979–1982 (74 g)
Joe Ginsberg	C	1956 (71 g)	1961 (19 g)
Ken Sanders	P	1964, 1966, 1968 (66 g)	1966 (24 g)
Lenny DiNardo	P	2007–2008 (46 g)	2004–2006 (43 g)
Jeff Russell	P	1992 (8 g)	1993–1994 (80 g)
Rich Hill	P	2016 (14 g)	2010–2012, 2015, 2022, 2024 (74 g)
Bob Garbark	C	1944 (18 g)	1945 (68 g)
Steve Renko	P	1978 (27 g)	1979–1980 (59 g)
Al Benton	P	1934–1935 (59 g)	1952 (24 g)
Dan Osinski	P	1962 (4 g)	1966–1967 (78 g)
Raymond Haley	C	1916–1917 (76 g)	1915–1916 (6 g)
Walt Kinney	P	1919–1920, 1923 (76 g)	1918 (6 g)
Vean Gregg	P	1918 (30 g)	1914–1916 (51 g)
Al Niemiec	2B	1936 (69 g)	1934 (9 g)
Kevin Mitchell	OF	1998 (51 g)	1996 (27 g)
Floyd Robinson	OF	1968 (53 g)	1968 (23 g)
Mike Brumley	SS	1994 (11 g)	1991–1992 (65 g)
George Kottaras	C	2012 (27 g)	2008–2009 (48 g)
Joe Bowman	P	1932 (7 g)	1944–1945 (68 g)
Ron Mahay	P	1999–2000 (12 g)	1995, 1997–1998 (62 g)
Hank Johnson	P	1936 (3 g)	1933–1935 (70 g)
Jeremy Hermida	OF	2010 (21 g)	2010 (52 g)
Matt Young	P	1989 (26 g)	1991–1992 (47 g)
Emmet McCann	SS	1920–1921 (66 g)	1926 (6 g)
Chris Hammond	P	2004 (41 g)	1997 (29 g)
Rollie Sheldon	P	1965–1966 (46 g)	1966 (23 g)
Joe Cascarella	P	1934–1935 (51 g)	1935–1936 (16 g)
Skip Lockwood	P	1965 (42 g)	1980 (24 g)
John Halama	P	2003 (35 g)	2005 (30 g)
Andy Tomberlin	OF	1995 (46 g)	1994 (18 g)
Clem Hausmann	P	1949 (1 g)	1944–1945 (63 g)
Shane Mack	OF	1998 (3 g)	1997 (60 g)
Sean Newcomb	P	2023–2025 (50 g)	2025 (12 g)
Bartolo Colon	P	2012–2013 (54 g)	2008 (7 g)
Ed Sprague	3B	1998 (27 g)	2000 (33 g)
Gary Waslewski	P	1972 (8 g)	1967–1968 (51 g)
Carlos Peña	1B	2002 (40 g)	2006 (18 g)
Clayton Mortensen	P	2009–2010 (7 g)	2012–2013 (50 g)
Jeurys Familia	P	2018, 2023 (44 g)	2022 (10 g)
Babe Barna	OF	1937–1938 (23 g)	1943 (30 g)
Gene Bailey	OF	1917 (5 g)	1920 (46 g)
Waite Hoyt	P	1931 (16 g)	1919–1920 (35 g)
Chad Harville	P	1999, 2001, 2003–2004 (42 g)	2005 (8 g)
Andrew Triggs	P	2016–2018 (45 g)	2020 (4 g)
Jeffrey Springs	P	2025 (32 g)	2020 (16 g)
Scott Sauerbeck	P	2006 (22 g)	2003 (26 g)
Bob Duliba	P	1967 (7 g)	1965 (39 g)
Randy Gumpert	P	1936–1938 (36 g)	1952 (10 g)
Josh Smith	P	2017 (26 g)	2019 (18 g)
Tom Jenkins	OF	1926 (6 g)	1925–1926 (36 g)
Fred Mitchell	P	1902 (20 g)	1901–1902 (21 g)
Victor Schlitzer	P	1908–1909 (28 g)	1909 (13 g)
Joe Cicero	OF	1945 (12 g)	1929–1930 (28 g)
Chris Smith	P	2016–2017 (27 g)	2008 (12 g)
Bert Husting	P	1902 (32 g)	1902 (1 g)
Juan Pizarro	P	1969 (3 g)	1968–1969 (26 g)
Jim Wilson	P	1949 (2 g)	1945–1946 (26 g)
Yacksel Rios	P	2023 (3 g)	2021 (20 g)
Guido Grilli	P	1966 (16 g)	1966 (6 g)
Reggie Harris	P	1990–1991 (18 g)	1996 (4 g)
Marlan Coughtry	2B	1962 (6 g)	1960 (15 g)
Russ Meyer	P	1959 (18 g)	1957 (2 g)
Mike Holtz	P	2002 (16 g)	2006 (3 g)
Domingo Tapia	P	2022 (11 g)	2020 (5 g)
Boof Bonser	P	2010 (13 g)	2010 (2 g)
Tim Harikkala	P	2005 (8 g)	1999 (7 g)
Hal Bevan	3B	1952, 1955 (11 g)	1952 (1 g)
Tayler Scott	P	2023 (8 g)	2023 (4 g)
Andy Abad	1B	2001 (1 g)	2003 (9 g)
Ryan LaMarre	OF	2017 (3 g)	2016 (6 g)
Kevin Jarvis	P	1999 (4 g)	2006 (4 g)
Al Kellett	P	1923 (5 g)	1924 (1 g)
Michael Feliz	P	2021 (1 g)	2021–2022 (5 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).Red Sox seasons include the Boston Americans (1901–1907).

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Questions

How many players have played for both the Athletics and the Boston Red Sox?

258 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1901 to 2025, including Jimmie Foxx, Rickey Henderson, Bob Johnson and Stuffy McInnis. 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?

Bert Husting: Athletics first, then the Boston Red Sox from 1902.

Who has played for both recently?

Liam Hendriks, Abraham Toro, Luis Urias, Rich Hill, Sean Newcomb and Jeffrey Springs, 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). Red Sox seasons include the Boston Americans (1901–1907).

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