Athletics and Cleveland Guardians players: who played for both

Who played for both the Athletics and Guardians?

260 players played for both the Athletics and the Cleveland Guardians between 1901 and 2025, including Nap Lajoie, Charlie Jamieson, Terry Turner and Tris Speaker. 130 of them played for the Athletics first and 113 for the Guardians first; 17 played for both in the same season.

Did you know?

Bock Baker is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Athletics first, then the Guardians from 1901.
Gio Urshela is the most recent: Guardians first, then the Athletics from 2025.
Nap Lajoie played the most games across the two: 374 for the Athletics and 1,614 for the Guardians.
52 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Nap Lajoie.
Most common positions on this list: P (103), OF (52), C (32), 2B (20).

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All 260 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	Guardians
Nap Lajoie	2B	1901–1902, 1915–1916 (374 g)	1902–1914 (1614 g)
Charlie Jamieson	OF	1917–1918 (195 g)	1919–1932 (1487 g)
Terry Turner	SS	1919 (38 g)	1904–1918 (1619 g)
Tris Speaker	OF	1928 (64 g)	1916–1926 (1521 g)
Harry Davis	1B	1901–1911, 1913–1917 (1415 g)	1912 (2 g)
Elmer Valo	OF	1940–1943, 1946–1956 (1361 g)	1959 (34 g)
Sam Chapman	OF	1938–1941, 1945–1951 (1274 g)	1951 (94 g)
Brook Jacoby	3B	1991 (56 g)	1984–1992 (1240 g)
Bill Wambsganss	2B	1926 (54 g)	1914–1923 (1173 g)
Stuffy McInnis	1B	1909–1917 (1042 g)	1922 (142 g)
Coco Crisp	OF	2010–2016 (734 g)	2002–2005, 2016 (435 g)
Frankie Hayes	C	1933–1934, 1936–1942, 1944–1945 (992 g)	1945–1946 (170 g)
Jason Giambi	1B	1995–2001, 2009 (1036 g)	2013–2014 (97 g)
Vic Power	1B	1954–1958 (582 g)	1958–1961 (534 g)
Rocky Colavito	OF	1964 (160 g)	1955–1959, 1965–1967 (913 g)
George Burns	1B	1918–1920, 1929 (307 g)	1920–1921, 1924–1928 (758 g)
Larry Brown	SS	1971–1972 (117 g)	1963–1971 (941 g)
Woodie Held	SS	1957–1958 (139 g)	1958–1964 (855 g)
Glenn Myatt	C	1920–1921 (116 g)	1923–1935 (852 g)
Elmer Flick	OF	1902 (11 g)	1902–1910 (936 g)
Ferris Fain	1B	1947–1952 (844 g)	1955 (56 g)
Tito Francona	OF	1969–1970 (64 g)	1959–1964 (835 g)
Ray Fosse	C	1973–1975 (294 g)	1967–1972, 1976–1977 (600 g)
Ron Hassey	C	1988–1990 (298 g)	1978–1984 (569 g)
Homer Summa	OF	1929–1930 (62 g)	1922–1928 (768 g)
Larry Gardner	3B	1918 (127 g)	1919–1924 (673 g)
Doc Johnston	1B	1922 (71 g)	1912–1914, 1918–1921 (722 g)
Hank Majeski	3B	1946–1949, 1951–1952 (604 g)	1952–1955 (179 g)
Vic Davalillo	OF	1973–1974 (55 g)	1963–1968 (693 g)
Harry Simpson	OF	1955–1959 (389 g)	1951–1953, 1955 (353 g)
Dave Duncan	C	1964, 1967–1972 (509 g)	1973–1974 (231 g)
Nick Swisher	OF	2004–2007 (458 g)	2013–2015 (272 g)
Rajai Davis	OF	2008–2010, 2017 (469 g)	2016, 2018 (235 g)
Shoeless Joe Jackson	OF	1908–1909 (10 g)	1910–1915 (674 g)
Ossee Schrecongost	C	1902–1908 (662 g)	1902 (18 g)
Bris Lord	OF	1905–1907, 1910–1912 (543 g)	1909–1910 (129 g)
Joe Azcue	C	1962–1963 (74 g)	1963–1969 (594 g)
Buddy Rosar	C	1945–1949 (437 g)	1943–1944 (214 g)
Yan Gomes	C	2021 (40 g)	2013–2018 (609 g)
George Hendrick	OF	1971–1972 (100 g)	1973–1976 (546 g)
Dick Howser	SS	1961–1963 (256 g)	1963–1966 (385 g)
Dennis Eckersley	P	1987–1995 (525 g)	1975–1977 (104 g)
Joe Hauser	1B	1922–1924, 1926, 1928 (592 g)	1929 (37 g)
Ken Harrelson	1B	1963–1967 (402 g)	1969–1971 (218 g)
Dave Philley	OF	1951–1953 (433 g)	1954–1955 (176 g)
David Justice	OF	2002 (118 g)	1997–2000 (486 g)
Bill Knickerbocker	SS	1942 (87 g)	1933–1936 (513 g)
Jerry Browne	2B	1992–1993 (187 g)	1989–1991 (400 g)
Tony Bernazard	2B	1987 (61 g)	1984–1987 (518 g)
Ray Boone	3B	1959 (61 g)	1948–1953 (489 g)
Barney McCosky	OF	1946–1948, 1950–1951 (442 g)	1951–1953 (107 g)
Ramon Laureano	OF	2018–2023 (471 g)	2023–2024 (72 g)
Joe Boley	SS	1927–1932 (539 g)	1932 (1 g)
Chubby Dean	P	1936–1941 (405 g)	1941–1943 (128 g)
Bruce Bochte	1B	1984–1986 (410 g)	1977 (112 g)
Miguel Dilone	OF	1978–1979 (165 g)	1980–1983 (340 g)
Eric Plunk	P	1986–1989 (130 g)	1992–1998 (374 g)
Alfredo Griffin	SS	1985–1987 (468 g)	1976–1978 (31 g)
Chris Bando	C	1989 (1 g)	1981–1988 (496 g)
Eddie Robinson	1B	1953, 1956 (231 g)	1942, 1946–1948, 1957 (264 g)
Geronimo Berroa	DH	1994–1997 (463 g)	1998 (20 g)
Rico Carty	OF	1973, 1978 (48 g)	1974–1977 (430 g)
Brandon Moss	OF	2012–2014 (376 g)	2015 (94 g)
Ollie Pickering	OF	1903–1904 (261 g)	1901–1902 (206 g)
Braggo Roth	OF	1919 (48 g)	1915–1918 (415 g)
Jack Hannahan	3B	2007–2009 (236 g)	2011–2012 (215 g)
Rusty Peters	2B	1936–1938 (163 g)	1940–1944, 1946 (270 g)
Ricardo Rincon	P	2002–2005 (223 g)	1999–2002 (207 g)
Phil Roof	C	1966–1969 (381 g)	1965 (43 g)
Jim Essian	C	1978–1980, 1984 (374 g)	1983 (48 g)
Josh Donaldson	3B	2010, 2012–2014 (405 g)	2018 (16 g)
Doug Jones	P	1999–2000 (124 g)	1986–1991, 1998 (295 g)
Yonder Alonso	1B	2016–2017 (256 g)	2018 (145 g)
Roger Maris	OF	1958–1959 (221 g)	1957–1958 (167 g)
Russ Snyder	OF	1959–1960 (198 g)	1968–1969 (190 g)
Mudcat Grant	P	1970–1971 (87 g)	1958–1964 (294 g)
Blue Moon Odom	P	1964–1975 (376 g)	1975 (3 g)
Chico Carrasquel	SS	1958 (59 g)	1956–1958 (315 g)
Stan Coveleski	P	1912 (5 g)	1916–1924 (361 g)
Hal Peck	OF	1944–1946 (162 g)	1947–1949 (192 g)
Dan Otero	P	2013–2015 (146 g)	2016–2019 (200 g)
Harold Baines	DH	1990–1992 (313 g)	1999 (28 g)
Gary Alexander	C	1978 (58 g)	1978–1980 (276 g)
Allie Clark	OF	1951–1953 (147 g)	1948–1951 (178 g)
Dick Williams	OF	1959–1960 (257 g)	1957 (67 g)
Milton Bradley	OF	2006–2007 (115 g)	2001–2003 (209 g)
Oscar Grimes	3B	1946 (59 g)	1938–1942 (262 g)
Mike Aldrete	OF	1993–1995 (231 g)	1991 (85 g)
Simon Nicholls	SS	1906–1909 (308 g)	1910 (3 g)
Joe Tipton	C	1950–1952 (159 g)	1948, 1952–1953 (137 g)
Preston Ward	1B	1958–1959 (139 g)	1956–1958 (145 g)
Cliff Johnson	DH	1981–1982 (157 g)	1979–1980 (126 g)
Adam Rosales	2B	2010–2013, 2017 (268 g)	2018 (13 g)
Bill Cissell	2B	1937 (34 g)	1932–1933 (243 g)
Don Mossi	P	1965 (51 g)	1954–1958 (224 g)
Jerry Willard	C	1986–1987 (82 g)	1984–1985 (191 g)
Chuck Essegian	OF	1961, 1963 (105 g)	1961–1962 (166 g)
Mike Mohler	P	1993–1998 (264 g)	2000 (2 g)
Gene Desautels	C	1946 (52 g)	1941–1943, 1945 (206 g)
Ernie Young	OF	1994–1997 (249 g)	2004 (3 g)
Russ Christopher	P	1942–1947 (197 g)	1948 (45 g)
Bob Lacey	P	1977–1980 (227 g)	1981 (14 g)
Doc Edwards	C	1963–1965 (174 g)	1962–1963 (63 g)
Lou Brissie	P	1947–1951 (122 g)	1951–1953 (112 g)
Fred Stanley	SS	1981–1982 (167 g)	1971–1972 (66 g)
Lou Klimchock	3B	1958–1961 (86 g)	1968–1970 (142 g)
Ray Murray	C	1951–1953 (168 g)	1948, 1950–1951 (60 g)
Tom Candiotti	P	1998–1999 (44 g)	1986–1991, 1999 (184 g)
Felix Mackiewicz	OF	1941–1943 (20 g)	1945–1947 (200 g)
Jamie Quirk	C	1989–1992 (219 g)	1984 (1 g)
Jim Perry	P	1975 (15 g)	1959–1963, 1974–1975 (205 g)
Travis Buck	OF	2007–2010 (170 g)	2011 (50 g)
Johnny Damon	OF	2001 (155 g)	2012 (64 g)
Bartolo Colon	P	2012–2013 (54 g)	1997–2002 (162 g)
Craig Breslow	P	2009–2011 (202 g)	2008, 2017 (14 g)
Billy Hunter	SS	1957–1958 (138 g)	1958 (76 g)
Steve Karsay	P	1993–1994, 1997, 2006 (46 g)	1998–2001 (164 g)
Gio Urshela	3B	2025 (59 g)	2015, 2017 (148 g)
Jim Gentile	1B	1964–1965 (174 g)	1966 (33 g)
Marc Rzepczynski	P	2016 (56 g)	2013–2015, 2018 (150 g)
Kevin Kouzmanoff	3B	2010–2011 (189 g)	2006 (16 g)
Jim Landis	OF	1965 (118 g)	1966 (85 g)
Ed Klieman	P	1950 (5 g)	1943–1948 (197 g)
Sonny Siebert	P	1975 (17 g)	1964–1969 (185 g)
Orlando Cabrera	SS	2009 (101 g)	2011 (91 g)
Alan Embree	P	2007–2008 (138 g)	1992, 1995–1996 (51 g)
Keith Atherton	P	1983–1986 (155 g)	1989 (32 g)
Bob Hooper	P	1950–1952 (126 g)	1953–1954 (60 g)
Jeff Tam	P	2000–2002 (182 g)	1999 (1 g)
Bill Bernhard	P	1901–1902 (33 g)	1902–1907 (146 g)
Ken Suarez	C	1966–1967 (74 g)	1968–1969, 1971 (103 g)
Jesse Flores	P	1943–1947 (144 g)	1950 (28 g)
Bud Daley	P	1958–1961 (118 g)	1955–1957 (50 g)
Dell Alston	OF	1978 (58 g)	1979–1980 (106 g)
Tommy Harper	OF	1975 (34 g)	1968 (130 g)
Vean Gregg	P	1918 (30 g)	1911–1914 (132 g)
Larry Kopf	SS	1914–1915 (155 g)	1913 (6 g)
Kevin Seitzer	3B	1993 (73 g)	1996–1997 (86 g)
Ray Bates	3B	1917 (127 g)	1913 (28 g)
Don Black	P	1943–1945 (88 g)	1946–1948 (66 g)
Orlando Peña	P	1962–1965 (102 g)	1967 (48 g)
Paddy Livingston	C	1909–1911 (129 g)	1901, 1912 (21 g)
Elmer Myers	P	1915–1918 (109 g)	1919–1920 (39 g)
Billy Martin	2B	1957 (73 g)	1959 (73 g)
Ernie Camacho	P	1980 (5 g)	1983–1987 (141 g)
John O'Donoghue	P	1963–1965 (80 g)	1966–1967 (65 g)
Cy Falkenberg	P	1917 (15 g)	1908–1911, 1913 (124 g)
John Axford	P	2016–2017 (90 g)	2014 (49 g)
Chris Codiroli	P	1982–1987 (124 g)	1988 (14 g)
Al Benton	P	1934–1935 (59 g)	1949–1950 (76 g)
Paul Lehner	OF	1950–1951 (123 g)	1951 (12 g)
Joe Berry	P	1944–1946 (110 g)	1946 (21 g)
Jerry Walker	P	1961–1962 (81 g)	1963–1964 (45 g)
Manny Trillo	2B	1973–1974 (38 g)	1983 (88 g)
Charlie Carr	1B	1901 (2 g)	1904–1905 (123 g)
Morrie Martin	P	1951–1954 (111 g)	1958 (14 g)
Sam Zoldak	P	1951–1952 (42 g)	1948–1950 (83 g)
Skeeter Webb	SS	1948 (23 g)	1938–1939 (101 g)
Ben Egan	C	1908, 1912 (51 g)	1914–1915 (71 g)
Joe Ginsberg	C	1956 (71 g)	1953–1954 (49 g)
Aaron Cunningham	OF	2008–2009 (45 g)	2012 (72 g)
Ralph Terry	P	1957–1959, 1966 (86 g)	1965 (30 g)
Carlos Gonzalez	OF	2008 (85 g)	2019 (30 g)
Lary Sorensen	P	1984 (46 g)	1982–1983 (68 g)
Syd Smith	C	1908 (46 g)	1910–1911 (67 g)
Bob Owchinko	P	1981–1982 (83 g)	1980 (29 g)
Larry Lintz	2B	1976–1977 (109 g)	1978 (3 g)
Ed Farmer	P	1983 (5 g)	1971–1973 (105 g)
Ernie Clement	3B	2022 (6 g)	2021–2022 (104 g)
Dick Tomanek	P	1958–1959 (52 g)	1953–1954, 1957–1958 (56 g)
Ted Bowsfield	P	1963–1964 (95 g)	1960 (11 g)
Larry Rosenthal	OF	1944–1945 (60 g)	1941 (45 g)
Scott Sauerbeck	P	2006 (22 g)	2005–2006 (82 g)
Dick Bosman	P	1975–1976 (49 g)	1973–1975 (53 g)
Hank Foiles	C	1960 (6 g)	1953, 1955–1956, 1960 (94 g)
Dave Keefe	P	1917, 1919–1921 (80 g)	1922 (18 g)
Jorge Velandia	2B	1998–2000 (89 g)	2008 (7 g)
Brad Komminsk	OF	1991 (24 g)	1989 (71 g)
Edward Mujica	P	2015 (38 g)	2006–2008 (53 g)
Horacio Pina	P	1973 (47 g)	1968–1969 (43 g)
Ken Sanders	P	1964, 1966, 1968 (66 g)	1973–1974 (24 g)
Tyler Clippard	P	2015 (37 g)	2019 (53 g)
Bubba Harris	P	1948–1949, 1951 (85 g)	1951 (2 g)
Harry Krause	P	1908–1912 (84 g)	1912 (3 g)
Mark McLemore	2B	2004 (77 g)	1990 (8 g)
Arthur Rhodes	P	2004 (37 g)	2005 (47 g)
Bip Roberts	2B	1998 (61 g)	1997 (23 g)
Michael Kelly	P	2024–2025 (70 g)	2023 (14 g)
Roger Wolff	P	1941–1943 (75 g)	1947 (7 g)
Willie Horton	OF	1978 (32 g)	1978 (50 g)
Bob Grim	P	1958–1959, 1962 (78 g)	1960 (3 g)
Steve Dunning	P	1977 (6 g)	1970–1973 (75 g)
Tim Worrell	P	1998–1999 (78 g)	1998 (3 g)
Junior Noboa	2B	1994 (17 g)	1984, 1987 (62 g)
Scott Kazmir	P	2014–2015 (50 g)	2013 (29 g)
Sal Fasano	C	2000–2001 (63 g)	2008 (15 g)
Rich Hill	P	2016 (14 g)	2013 (63 g)
Charles George	C	1945 (51 g)	1935–1936 (25 g)
Tom Ferrick	P	1941 (36 g)	1942, 1946 (40 g)
Shawn Hillegas	P	1992–1993 (23 g)	1991 (51 g)
Andrew Brown	P	2007–2008 (64 g)	2006 (9 g)
Bobby Witt	P	1992–1994 (66 g)	2000 (7 g)
Jesus Aguilar	1B	2023 (36 g)	2014–2016 (35 g)
Kevin Mitchell	OF	1998 (51 g)	1997 (20 g)
Torey Lovullo	2B	1996 (65 g)	1998 (6 g)
Ken Phelps	DH	1989–1990 (43 g)	1990 (24 g)
Matt Carson	OF	2009–2010 (46 g)	2013 (20 g)
Josh Outman	P	2008–2009, 2011 (33 g)	2014 (31 g)
Luis Vizcaino	P	1999–2001 (49 g)	2009 (11 g)
George Blaeholder	P	1935 (23 g)	1936 (35 g)
Dave Von Ohlen	P	1986–1987 (28 g)	1985 (26 g)
Orlando Gonzalez	1B	1980 (25 g)	1976 (28 g)
Satchel Paige	P	1965 (1 g)	1948–1949 (52 g)
Juan Pizarro	P	1969 (3 g)	1969 (48 g)
Lou Klein	2B	1951 (49 g)	1951 (2 g)
Baby Doll Jacobson	OF	1927 (17 g)	1927 (32 g)
Mike Rouse	2B	2006 (8 g)	2007 (41 g)
Matt Young	P	1989 (26 g)	1993 (22 g)
Morrie Rath	2B	1909–1910 (25 g)	1910 (23 g)
Collin Cowgill	OF	2012 (38 g)	2016 (9 g)
Joe Morgan	3B	1959 (20 g)	1960–1961 (26 g)
Dave Otto	P	1987–1990 (9 g)	1991–1992 (36 g)
Frank Bonner	2B	1902 (11 g)	1902 (34 g)
Allan Collamore	P	1911 (2 g)	1914–1915 (40 g)
Tommy John	P	1985 (11 g)	1963–1964 (31 g)
Dan Boone	P	1919 (3 g)	1922–1923 (38 g)
Charlie Gassaway	P	1945 (24 g)	1946 (13 g)
George Kottaras	C	2012 (27 g)	2014 (10 g)
Johnny Gray	P	1954–1955 (27 g)	1957 (7 g)
Dick Rozek	P	1953–1954 (4 g)	1950–1952 (29 g)
John Briggs	P	1960 (8 g)	1959–1960 (25 g)
Jeff Kaiser	P	1985 (15 g)	1987–1990 (16 g)
Johnnie LeMaster	SS	1987 (20 g)	1985 (11 g)
Granny Hamner	SS	1962 (3 g)	1959 (27 g)
Jimmy Zinn	P	1919 (10 g)	1929 (20 g)
Bob Garbark	C	1944 (18 g)	1934–1935 (11 g)
Mike Kilkenny	P	1972 (1 g)	1972–1973 (27 g)
Rick Rodriguez	P	1986–1987 (18 g)	1988 (10 g)
Jeremy Accardo	P	2012 (1 g)	2012 (26 g)
José Santiago	P	1956 (9 g)	1954–1955 (18 g)
Jim Sullivan	P	1921–1922 (22 g)	1923 (3 g)
Beau Taylor	C	2018–2019 (17 g)	2020 (7 g)
Andrew Lorraine	P	1997 (12 g)	2000 (10 g)
Dennis Kinney	P	1982 (3 g)	1978 (18 g)
Dwain Anderson	SS	1971–1972 (19 g)	1974 (2 g)
Elmer Yoter	3B	1921 (2 g)	1924 (19 g)
Francisco Perez	P	2023 (17 g)	2021 (4 g)
Jeff Russell	P	1992 (8 g)	1994 (13 g)
Lee Gooch	OF	1917 (17 g)	1915 (2 g)
Darrel Akerfelds	P	1986 (2 g)	1987 (16 g)
Pat Donahue	C	1910 (15 g)	1910 (2 g)
Ross Detwiler	P	2016 (9 g)	2016 (7 g)
Ryan Lavarnway	C	2017 (6 g)	2021 (9 g)
Lou Clinton	OF	1965 (1 g)	1965 (12 g)
Rob Gardner	P	1971, 1973 (7 g)	1968 (5 g)
Al Aber	P	1957 (3 g)	1950, 1953 (7 g)
Marlan Coughtry	2B	1962 (6 g)	1962 (3 g)
Jon Meloan	P	2009 (6 g)	2008 (2 g)
Bock Baker	P	1901 (1 g)	1901 (1 g)
George Leitner	P	1901 (1 g)	1902 (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).Guardians seasons include the Cleveland Blues (1901), Cleveland Bronchos (1902), Cleveland Naps (1903–1914) and Cleveland Indians (1915–2021).

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Questions

How many players have played for both the Athletics and the Cleveland Guardians?

260 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1901 to 2025, including Nap Lajoie, Charlie Jamieson, Terry Turner and Tris Speaker. 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?

Bock Baker: Athletics first, then the Cleveland Guardians from 1901.

Who has played for both recently?

Ramon Laureano, Gio Urshela and Michael Kelly, 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). Guardians seasons include the Cleveland Blues (1901), Cleveland Bronchos (1902), Cleveland Naps (1903–1914) and Cleveland Indians (1915–2021).

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