Athletics and Kansas City Royals players: who played for both
Who played for both the Athletics and Royals?
118 players played for both the Athletics and the Kansas City Royals between 1969 and 2025, including Willie Wilson, Billy Butler, Mike Sweeney and Mike Macfarlane. 56 of them played for the Athletics first and 56 for the Royals first; 6 played for both in the same season.
Did you know?
- Dave Wickersham is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Athletics first, then the Royals from 1969.
- Rich Hill is the most recent: Athletics first, then the Royals from 2025.
- Willie Wilson played the most games across the two: 245 for the Athletics and 1,787 for the Royals.
- 16 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Mike Macfarlane.
- Most common positions on this list: P (55), OF (31), C (10), 3B (7).
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All 118 players, most games for the two first
| Player | Pos | Athletics | Royals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Wilson | OF | 1991–1992 (245 g) | 1976–1990 (1787 g) |
| Billy Butler | DH | 2015–2016 (236 g) | 2007–2014 (1166 g) |
| Mike Sweeney | DH | 2008 (42 g) | 1995–2007 (1282 g) |
| Mike Macfarlane | C | 1998–1999 (159 g) | 1987–1994, 1996–1998 (890 g) |
| David DeJesus | OF | 2011 (131 g) | 2003–2010 (876 g) |
| Miguel Tejada | SS | 1997–2003 (936 g) | 2013 (53 g) |
| Matt Stairs | OF | 1996–2000 (632 g) | 2004–2006 (330 g) |
| Johnny Damon | OF | 2001 (155 g) | 1995–2000 (803 g) |
| Jermaine Dye | OF | 2001–2004 (394 g) | 1997–2001 (547 g) |
| Kevin Seitzer | 3B | 1993 (73 g) | 1986–1991 (741 g) |
| Jamie Quirk | C | 1989–1992 (219 g) | 1975–1976, 1978–1982, 1985–1988 (582 g) |
| Coco Crisp | OF | 2010–2016 (734 g) | 2009 (49 g) |
| Dave Henderson | OF | 1988–1993 (702 g) | 1994 (56 g) |
| Brent Mayne | C | 1997 (85 g) | 1990–1995, 2001–2003 (664 g) |
| Terrence Long | OF | 2000–2003 (602 g) | 2005 (137 g) |
| Mark Canha | OF | 2015–2021 (645 g) | 2025 (46 g) |
| Danny Tartabull | OF | 1995 (24 g) | 1987–1991 (657 g) |
| Emil Brown | OF | 2008 (117 g) | 2005–2007 (410 g) |
| Joakim Soria | P | 2019–2020 (93 g) | 2007–2011, 2016–2017 (427 g) |
| Alberto Callaspo | 3B | 2013–2014 (177 g) | 2008–2010 (317 g) |
| Brandon Moss | OF | 2012–2014 (376 g) | 2017 (118 g) |
| Jason Kendall | C | 2005–2007 (373 g) | 2010 (118 g) |
| Brent Rooker | DH | 2023–2025 (444 g) | 2022 (14 g) |
| Craig Paquette | 3B | 1993–1995 (224 g) | 1996–1997 (195 g) |
| Felix Jose | OF | 1988–1990 (129 g) | 1993–1995 (257 g) |
| Jose Guillen | OF | 2003 (45 g) | 2008–2010 (340 g) |
| Jeremy Giambi | OF | 2000–2002 (270 g) | 1998–1999 (108 g) |
| Esteban German | 2B | 2002–2004 (45 g) | 2006–2008 (316 g) |
| Kendrys Morales | DH | 2019 (34 g) | 2015–2016 (312 g) |
| Mike Magnante | P | 2000–2002 (152 g) | 1991–1996 (191 g) |
| Kevin Appier | P | 1999–2000 (43 g) | 1989–1999, 2003–2004 (287 g) |
| Joe Keough | OF | 1968 (34 g) | 1969–1972 (293 g) |
| Vida Blue | P | 1969–1977 (276 g) | 1982–1983 (50 g) |
| A. J. Hinch | C | 1998–2000 (202 g) | 2001–2002 (117 g) |
| Steve Hovley | OF | 1970–1971 (96 g) | 1972–1973 (209 g) |
| Tom Burgmeier | P | 1983–1984 (68 g) | 1969–1973 (214 g) |
| Ernie Young | OF | 1994–1997 (249 g) | 1998 (25 g) |
| Dee Brown | OF | 2007 (8 g) | 1998–2004 (263 g) |
| Liam Hendriks | P | 2016–2020 (247 g) | 2014 (6 g) |
| Bip Roberts | 2B | 1998 (61 g) | 1996–1997 (187 g) |
| Billy Burns | OF | 2014–2016 (211 g) | 2016–2017 (31 g) |
| Curt Young | P | 1983–1991, 1993 (230 g) | 1992 (10 g) |
| Sal Fasano | C | 2000–2001 (63 g) | 1996–1999, 2001 (164 g) |
| Dave McCarty | 1B | 2003 (8 g) | 2000–2002 (214 g) |
| Danny Valencia | 3B | 2015–2016 (177 g) | 2014 (36 g) |
| Robbie Grossman | OF | 2019–2020 (189 g) | 2024 (16 g) |
| Larry Sutton | OF | 2002 (7 g) | 1997–1999 (181 g) |
| Rodney Scott | 2B | 1977 (133 g) | 1975 (48 g) |
| Moe Drabowsky | P | 1962–1965 (104 g) | 1969–1970 (76 g) |
| Scott Service | P | 2000 (20 g) | 1997–1999 (153 g) |
| Lucas Erceg | P | 2023–2024 (88 g) | 2024–2025 (84 g) |
| Ryan Madson | P | 2016–2017 (103 g) | 2015 (68 g) |
| Jake Diekman | P | 2019–2021 (116 g) | 2019 (48 g) |
| Dave Chalk | 3B | 1979 (66 g) | 1980–1981 (96 g) |
| Josh Willingham | OF | 2011 (136 g) | 2014 (24 g) |
| Storm Davis | P | 1987–1989, 1993 (88 g) | 1990–1991 (72 g) |
| Tommy Davis | OF | 1970–1971 (145 g) | 1976 (8 g) |
| Billy Brewer | P | 1997 (3 g) | 1993–1995 (144 g) |
| Ryan Buchter | P | 2018–2019 (118 g) | 2017 (29 g) |
| Jay Witasick | P | 1996–1998, 2005–2007 (91 g) | 1999–2000 (54 g) |
| Jonny Gomes | OF | 2012, 2014 (133 g) | 2015 (12 g) |
| Joe Blanton | P | 2004–2008 (122 g) | 2015 (15 g) |
| Chris Codiroli | P | 1982–1987 (124 g) | 1990 (6 g) |
| Jesse Chavez | P | 2012–2015 (101 g) | 2010–2011 (27 g) |
| Donnie Murphy | 3B | 2007–2008 (88 g) | 2004–2005 (39 g) |
| Trevor Cahill | P | 2009–2011, 2018 (117 g) | 2017 (10 g) |
| Ben Zobrist | 2B | 2015 (67 g) | 2015 (59 g) |
| Greg Cadaret | P | 1987–1989 (113 g) | 1993 (13 g) |
| Kila Ka'aihue | 1B | 2012 (39 g) | 2008, 2010–2011 (87 g) |
| Dave Wickersham | P | 1960–1963 (90 g) | 1969 (34 g) |
| Scott Alexander | P | 2024 (45 g) | 2015–2017 (79 g) |
| Sam Long | P | 2023 (40 g) | 2024–2025 (82 g) |
| Blake Stein | P | 1998–1999 (25 g) | 1999–2002 (92 g) |
| Don Wengert | P | 1995–1997 (104 g) | 1999 (11 g) |
| Ron Mahay | P | 1999–2000 (12 g) | 2008–2009 (98 g) |
| Mike Minor | P | 2020 (5 g) | 2017, 2021 (93 g) |
| Mike Wood | P | 2003 (7 g) | 2004–2006 (87 g) |
| Jason Hammel | P | 2014 (13 g) | 2017–2018 (71 g) |
| Octavio Dotel | P | 2004–2005 (60 g) | 2007 (24 g) |
| Juan Cruz | P | 2005 (28 g) | 2009–2010 (51 g) |
| Burch Smith | P | 2020–2021 (37 g) | 2018 (38 g) |
| Mike Kingery | OF | 1992 (12 g) | 1986 (62 g) |
| George Kottaras | C | 2012 (27 g) | 2013 (46 g) |
| Richard Lovelady | P | 2023 (27 g) | 2019–2021 (46 g) |
| Brett Eibner | OF | 2016 (44 g) | 2016 (26 g) |
| Pat Lennon | OF | 1997 (56 g) | 1996 (14 g) |
| Ken Sanders | P | 1964, 1966, 1968 (66 g) | 1976 (3 g) |
| Shane Mack | OF | 1998 (3 g) | 1998 (66 g) |
| Jesse Hahn | P | 2015–2017 (39 g) | 2019–2021 (29 g) |
| Brad Rigby | P | 1997, 1999 (43 g) | 1999–2000 (24 g) |
| Ken Phelps | DH | 1989–1990 (43 g) | 1980–1981 (24 g) |
| Vin Mazzaro | P | 2009–2010 (41 g) | 2011–2012 (25 g) |
| Daniel Mengden | P | 2016–2020 (60 g) | 2022 (5 g) |
| Alberto Castillo | C | 2005 (1 g) | 2004–2005 (63 g) |
| Mark Redman | P | 2004 (32 g) | 2006 (29 g) |
| Henry Mercedes | C | 1992–1993 (29 g) | 1995–1996 (27 g) |
| Joel Payamps | P | 2022 (12 g) | 2021–2022 (44 g) |
| Steve Renko | P | 1978 (27 g) | 1983 (25 g) |
| Lenny DiNardo | P | 2007–2008 (46 g) | 2009 (5 g) |
| Aurelio Monteagudo | P | 1963–1966 (26 g) | 1970 (21 g) |
| Carlos Peña | 1B | 2002 (40 g) | 2013 (4 g) |
| Domingo Tapia | P | 2022 (11 g) | 2021 (32 g) |
| Jeff Francis | P | 2014 (9 g) | 2011 (31 g) |
| Aaron Brooks | P | 2015, 2018–2019, 2024 (34 g) | 2014–2015 (4 g) |
| Orlando Cepeda | 1B | 1972 (3 g) | 1974 (33 g) |
| Homer Bailey | P | 2019 (13 g) | 2019 (18 g) |
| Justin Grimm | P | 2022 (15 g) | 2018 (16 g) |
| Jai Miller | OF | 2011 (7 g) | 2010 (20 g) |
| Brett Tomko | P | 2009 (6 g) | 2008 (16 g) |
| Rich Sauveur | P | 2000 (10 g) | 1992 (8 g) |
| Rich Hill | P | 2016 (14 g) | 2025 (2 g) |
| Frank Schwindel | 1B | 2021 (8 g) | 2019 (6 g) |
| Jim Nettles | OF | 1981 (1 g) | 1979 (11 g) |
| CJ Alexander | 3B | 2025 (6 g) | 2024 (4 g) |
| Brett Laxton | P | 1999 (3 g) | 2000 (6 g) |
| Manny Pina | C | 2023 (4 g) | 2011–2012 (5 g) |
| Will Klein | P | 2024 (3 g) | 2024 (5 g) |
| Seth Etherton | P | 2005 (3 g) | 2006 (2 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).
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Questions
How many players have played for both the Athletics and the Kansas City Royals?
118 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1969 to 2025, including Willie Wilson, Billy Butler, Mike Sweeney and Mike Macfarlane. 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?
Dave Wickersham: Athletics first, then the Kansas City Royals from 1969.
Who has played for both recently?
Mark Canha, Brent Rooker, Robbie Grossman, Lucas Erceg, Scott Alexander and Sam Long and 4 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).
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