Athletics and New York Yankees players: who played for both

Who played for both the Athletics and Yankees?

291 players played for both the Athletics and the New York Yankees between 1901 and 2025, including Rickey Henderson, Reggie Jackson, Jason Giambi and Bert Campaneris. 137 of them played for the Athletics first and 136 for the Yankees first; 18 played for both in the same season.

Did you know?

Lewis Wiltse is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Athletics first, then the Yankees from 1902.
Rico Garcia is the most recent: Athletics first, then the Yankees from 2025.
Rickey Henderson played the most games across the two: 1,704 for the Athletics and 596 for the Yankees.
68 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Rickey Henderson.
Most common positions on this list: P (130), OF (67), 1B (19), 2B (19).

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All 291 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	Yankees
Rickey Henderson	OF	1979–1984, 1989–1995, 1998 (1704 g)	1985–1989 (596 g)
Reggie Jackson	OF	1967–1975, 1987 (1346 g)	1977–1981 (653 g)
Jason Giambi	1B	1995–2001, 2009 (1036 g)	2002–2008 (897 g)
Bert Campaneris	SS	1964–1976 (1795 g)	1983 (60 g)
Willie Randolph	2B	1990 (93 g)	1976–1988 (1694 g)
Home Run Baker	3B	1908–1914 (899 g)	1916–1919, 1921–1922 (676 g)
Hank Bauer	OF	1960–1961 (138 g)	1948–1959 (1406 g)
Eric Chavez	3B	1998–2010 (1320 g)	2011–2012 (171 g)
Hector Lopez	OF	1955–1959 (586 g)	1959–1966 (864 g)
Elmer Valo	OF	1940–1943, 1946–1956 (1361 g)	1960 (8 g)
Joe Dugan	3B	1917–1921 (511 g)	1922–1928 (785 g)
Rube Oldring	OF	1906–1916, 1918 (1188 g)	1905, 1916 (51 g)
Clete Boyer	3B	1955–1957 (124 g)	1959–1966 (1068 g)
Cy Perkins	C	1915, 1917–1930 (1154 g)	1931 (16 g)
Scott Brosius	3B	1991–1997 (606 g)	1998–2001 (540 g)
Wally Schang	C	1913–1917, 1930 (575 g)	1921–1925 (528 g)
Jose Canseco	OF	1985–1992, 1997 (1058 g)	2000 (37 g)
Whitey Witt	OF	1916–1917, 1919–1921 (612 g)	1922–1925 (464 g)
Roger Maris	OF	1958–1959 (221 g)	1960–1966 (850 g)
Hideki Matsui	OF	2011 (141 g)	2003–2009 (916 g)
Nick Swisher	OF	2004–2007 (458 g)	2009–2012 (598 g)
Mike Gallego	2B	1985–1991, 1995 (772 g)	1992–1994 (261 g)
Joe DeMaestri	SS	1953–1959 (905 g)	1960–1961 (79 g)
Norm Siebern	1B	1960–1963 (611 g)	1956, 1958–1959 (308 g)
Randy Velarde	2B	1999–2000, 2002 (239 g)	1987–1995, 2001 (673 g)
Jerry Lumpe	2B	1959–1963 (715 g)	1956–1959 (159 g)
Danny Cater	1B	1966–1969 (557 g)	1970–1971 (276 g)
Andy Carey	3B	1960–1961 (141 g)	1952–1960 (688 g)
Bob Cerv	OF	1957–1960 (413 g)	1951–1956, 1960–1962 (379 g)
Mike Heath	C	1979–1985 (725 g)	1978 (33 g)
Ruben Sierra	OF	1992–1995 (365 g)	1995–1996, 2003–2005 (383 g)
Johnny Damon	OF	2001 (155 g)	2006–2009 (576 g)
Buddy Rosar	C	1945–1949 (437 g)	1939–1942 (252 g)
Fred Stanley	SS	1981–1982 (167 g)	1973–1980 (521 g)
Claudell Washington	OF	1974–1976 (355 g)	1986–1988, 1990 (315 g)
Don Baylor	DH	1976, 1988 (249 g)	1983–1985 (420 g)
Stan Javier	OF	1986–1990, 1994–1995 (635 g)	1984 (7 g)
John Knight	SS	1905–1907 (203 g)	1909–1911, 1913 (436 g)
Nick Etten	1B	1938–1939 (65 g)	1943–1946 (568 g)
Terrence Long	OF	2000–2003 (602 g)	2006 (12 g)
Hank Majeski	3B	1946–1949, 1951–1952 (604 g)	1946 (8 g)
Billy Martin	2B	1957 (73 g)	1950–1953, 1955–1957 (528 g)
Josh Donaldson	3B	2010, 2012–2014 (405 g)	2022–2023 (166 g)
Irv Noren	OF	1957 (81 g)	1952–1956 (488 g)
Dave Fultz	OF	1901–1902 (261 g)	1903–1905 (305 g)
Doc Powers	C	1901–1909 (540 g)	1905 (11 g)
Enos Slaughter	OF	1955–1956 (199 g)	1954–1959 (350 g)
Luis Polonia	OF	1987–1989 (268 g)	1989–1990, 1994–1995, 2000 (276 g)
Ping Bodie	OF	1917 (148 g)	1918–1921 (385 g)
Dave Righetti	P	1994 (7 g)	1979, 1981–1990 (522 g)
Catfish Hunter	P	1965–1974 (378 g)	1975–1979 (137 g)
Johnny Blanchard	OF	1965 (52 g)	1955, 1959–1965 (454 g)
Felipe Alou	OF	1970–1971 (156 g)	1971–1973 (344 g)
Danny Hoffman	OF	1903–1906 (253 g)	1906–1907 (241 g)
Bob Shawkey	P	1913–1915 (73 g)	1915–1927 (415 g)
Harry Simpson	OF	1955–1959 (389 g)	1957–1958 (99 g)
Paul Lindblad	P	1965–1971, 1973–1976 (481 g)	1978 (7 g)
Steve Sax	2B	1994 (7 g)	1989–1991 (471 g)
Bill Lamar	OF	1924–1927 (425 g)	1917–1919 (50 g)
Dave Revering	1B	1978–1981 (414 g)	1981–1982 (59 g)
Jimmy Walsh	OF	1912–1916 (426 g)	1914 (43 g)
Mike Stanley	C	2000 (32 g)	1992–1995, 1997 (426 g)
Dave Kingman	OF	1984–1986 (449 g)	1977 (8 g)
Ron Hassey	C	1988–1990 (298 g)	1985–1986 (156 g)
Danny Tartabull	OF	1995 (24 g)	1992–1995 (424 g)
Ira Thomas	C	1909–1915 (319 g)	1906–1907 (125 g)
Eddie Robinson	1B	1953, 1956 (231 g)	1954–1956 (199 g)
Herb Pennock	P	1912–1915 (70 g)	1923–1933 (346 g)
Jack Quinn	P	1925–1930 (184 g)	1909–1912, 1919–1921 (228 g)
Dick Howser	SS	1961–1963 (256 g)	1967–1968 (148 g)
Bobby Shantz	P	1949–1956 (245 g)	1957–1960 (149 g)
Miguel Andujar	OF	2024–2025 (135 g)	2017–2022 (259 g)
Rick Honeycutt	P	1987–1993, 1995 (390 g)	1995 (3 g)
Rich Gossage	P	1992–1993 (69 g)	1978–1983, 1989 (319 g)
Jim Spencer	1B	1981–1982 (87 g)	1978–1981 (299 g)
Waite Hoyt	P	1931 (16 g)	1921–1930 (365 g)
Mike Hegan	1B	1971–1973 (239 g)	1964, 1966–1967, 1973–1974 (141 g)
George McQuinn	1B	1946 (136 g)	1947–1948 (238 g)
Gio Urshela	3B	2025 (59 g)	2019–2021 (291 g)
Bobby Del Greco	OF	1961–1963 (327 g)	1957–1958 (20 g)
Jack Aker	P	1964–1968 (221 g)	1969–1972 (124 g)
Oscar Grimes	3B	1946 (59 g)	1943–1946 (281 g)
Billy Bryan	C	1961–1966 (291 g)	1966–1967 (43 g)
Bullet Joe Bush	P	1912–1917, 1928 (196 g)	1922–1924 (138 g)
Buddy Groom	P	1996–1999 (301 g)	2005 (24 g)
George Burns	1B	1918–1920, 1929 (307 g)	1928–1929 (13 g)
Bill Renna	OF	1954–1956 (256 g)	1953 (61 g)
Cliff Johnson	DH	1981–1982 (157 g)	1977–1979 (160 g)
David Justice	OF	2002 (118 g)	2000–2001 (189 g)
John Wyatt	P	1961–1966, 1969 (296 g)	1968 (7 g)
Tuck Stainback	OF	1946 (91 g)	1942–1945 (211 g)
Greg Cadaret	P	1987–1989 (113 g)	1989–1992 (188 g)
Deron Johnson	1B	1961–1962, 1973–1974 (281 g)	1960–1961 (19 g)
Tim Raines	OF	1999 (58 g)	1996–1998 (242 g)
Jim Mecir	P	2000–2004 (246 g)	1996–1997 (51 g)
Ralph Terry	P	1957–1959, 1966 (86 g)	1956–1957, 1959–1964 (210 g)
Gene Nelson	P	1987–1992 (287 g)	1981 (8 g)
Tyler Wade	2B	2023 (26 g)	2017–2021 (264 g)
Art Ditmar	P	1954–1956, 1961–1962 (119 g)	1957–1961 (170 g)
Tom Gorman	P	1955–1959 (214 g)	1952–1954 (75 g)
Lou Trivino	P	2018–2022 (260 g)	2022 (25 g)
Marv Throneberry	1B	1960–1961 (144 g)	1955, 1958–1959 (141 g)
Billy Hunter	SS	1957–1958 (138 g)	1955–1956 (137 g)
Billy Werber	3B	1937–1938 (262 g)	1930, 1933 (8 g)
Chris Young	OF	2013 (107 g)	2014–2015 (163 g)
Roger Repoz	OF	1966–1967 (141 g)	1964–1966 (127 g)
Mike Aldrete	OF	1993–1995 (231 g)	1996 (32 g)
Billy Butler	DH	2015–2016 (236 g)	2016 (12 g)
Eric Plunk	P	1986–1989 (130 g)	1989–1991 (117 g)
Frank Fernandez	C	1970–1971 (98 g)	1967–1969 (149 g)
Fred Heimach	P	1920–1926 (191 g)	1928–1929 (54 g)
Curt Young	P	1983–1991, 1993 (230 g)	1992 (13 g)
Vic Raschi	P	1955 (20 g)	1946–1953 (218 g)
Jamie Quirk	C	1989–1992 (219 g)	1989 (13 g)
Larry Murray	OF	1977–1979 (206 g)	1974–1976 (20 g)
Tommy John	P	1985 (11 g)	1979–1982, 1986–1989 (214 g)
Bob Grim	P	1958–1959, 1962 (78 g)	1954–1958 (146 g)
Dave Collins	OF	1985 (112 g)	1982 (111 g)
Jay Howell	P	1985–1987 (137 g)	1982–1984 (86 g)
Al Downing	P	1970 (10 g)	1961–1969 (212 g)
Stan Bahnsen	P	1975–1977 (67 g)	1966, 1968–1971 (153 g)
Doc Edwards	C	1963–1965 (174 g)	1965 (45 g)
Stephen Drew	SS	2012 (39 g)	2014–2015 (177 g)
Don Heffner	2B	1943 (52 g)	1934–1937 (162 g)
Lou Skizas	OF	1956–1957 (202 g)	1956 (6 g)
Johnny Kucks	P	1959–1960 (64 g)	1955–1959 (143 g)
Mike Blowers	3B	1998 (129 g)	1989–1991 (76 g)
Ken Holtzman	P	1972–1975 (159 g)	1976–1978 (44 g)
Tom Morgan	P	1957 (46 g)	1951–1952, 1954–1956 (156 g)
Rocky Colavito	OF	1964 (160 g)	1968 (39 g)
Bud Daley	P	1958–1961 (118 g)	1961–1964 (80 g)
Matt Holliday	OF	2009 (93 g)	2017 (105 g)
Don Larsen	P	1960–1961 (41 g)	1955–1959 (154 g)
Bill Stafford	P	1966–1967 (23 g)	1960–1965 (164 g)
Don Bollweg	1B	1954–1955 (115 g)	1953 (70 g)
Russ Derry	OF	1946 (69 g)	1944–1945 (116 g)
Bill Knickerbocker	SS	1942 (87 g)	1938–1940 (97 g)
Matt Keough	P	1977–1983 (172 g)	1983 (12 g)
Rich McKinney	3B	1973–1975, 1977 (147 g)	1972 (37 g)
Curt Blefary	OF	1971–1972 (58 g)	1970–1971 (120 g)
Jesse Hill	OF	1937 (70 g)	1935 (107 g)
Mickey Klutts	3B	1979–1982 (169 g)	1976–1978 (8 g)
Ken Phelps	DH	1989–1990 (43 g)	1988–1989 (131 g)
Tom Sturdivant	P	1959, 1963–1964 (57 g)	1955–1959 (115 g)
Allie Clark	OF	1951–1953 (147 g)	1947 (24 g)
Kent Hadley	1B	1958–1959 (116 g)	1960 (55 g)
Luis Severino	P	2025 (29 g)	2015–2019, 2021–2023 (141 g)
Ryan Dull	P	2015–2019 (167 g)	2019 (3 g)
Tom Underwood	P	1981–1983 (123 g)	1980–1981 (47 g)
Hank Johnson	P	1936 (3 g)	1925–1926, 1928–1932 (166 g)
Chad Gaudin	P	2006–2008, 2010 (127 g)	2009–2010 (41 g)
Chris Carter	1B	2010–2012 (106 g)	2017 (62 g)
Johnny Sain	P	1955 (25 g)	1951–1955 (143 g)
Tom Daley	OF	1913–1914 (89 g)	1914–1915 (79 g)
Andrew Bailey	P	2009–2011 (157 g)	2015 (10 g)
Bump Hadley	P	1941 (25 g)	1936–1940 (140 g)
Alan Embree	P	2007–2008 (138 g)	2005 (24 g)
Fred Talbot	P	1965–1966, 1969–1970 (71 g)	1966–1969 (90 g)
Matty Alou	OF	1972 (32 g)	1973 (123 g)
Sonny Gray	P	2013–2017 (114 g)	2017–2018 (41 g)
Dooley Womack	P	1970 (2 g)	1966–1968 (152 g)
Felix Jose	OF	1988–1990 (129 g)	2000 (20 g)
Ryne Duren	P	1957 (14 g)	1958–1961 (131 g)
Woodie Held	SS	1957–1958 (139 g)	1954, 1957 (5 g)
Rodney Scott	2B	1977 (133 g)	1982 (10 g)
Doc Medich	P	1977 (26 g)	1972–1975 (112 g)
Rollie Sheldon	P	1965–1966 (46 g)	1961–1962, 1964–1965 (92 g)
Steve Karsay	P	1993–1994, 1997, 2006 (46 g)	2002, 2004–2005 (91 g)
Carroll Brown	P	1911–1914 (94 g)	1914–1915 (41 g)
Mark Bellhorn	2B	1997–1998, 2000–2001 (126 g)	2005 (9 g)
Shawn Kelley	P	2018 (19 g)	2013–2014 (116 g)
Ed Figueroa	P	1981 (2 g)	1976–1980 (132 g)
Aaron Small	P	1996–1998 (107 g)	2005–2006 (26 g)
Marty Perez	SS	1977–1978 (131 g)	1977 (1 g)
Ralph Young	2B	1922 (125 g)	1913 (7 g)
Billy Shantz	C	1954–1955 (130 g)	1960 (1 g)
Bobo Newsom	P	1944–1946, 1952–1953 (114 g)	1947 (17 g)
Luis Vizcaino	P	1999–2001 (49 g)	2007 (77 g)
Frankie Montas	P	2017–2022 (114 g)	2022–2023 (9 g)
Jay Witasick	P	1996–1998, 2005–2007 (91 g)	2001 (32 g)
Loren Babe	3B	1953 (103 g)	1952–1953 (17 g)
Jim Roland	P	1969–1972 (100 g)	1972 (16 g)
Kenny Rogers	P	1998–1999 (53 g)	1996–1997 (61 g)
Tyler Clippard	P	2015 (37 g)	2007, 2016–2017 (75 g)
Mickey McDermott	P	1957, 1961 (65 g)	1956 (46 g)
Brian Doyle	2B	1981 (17 g)	1978–1980 (93 g)
Randy Gumpert	P	1936–1938 (36 g)	1946–1948 (73 g)
Harry Byrd	P	1950, 1952–1953 (83 g)	1954 (25 g)
Duke Maas	P	1958 (10 g)	1958–1961 (96 g)
Chris Hammond	P	2004 (41 g)	2003 (62 g)
Edwar Ramirez	P	2010 (7 g)	2007–2009 (96 g)
JP Sears	P	2022–2025 (96 g)	2022 (7 g)
Gary Thomasson	OF	1978 (47 g)	1978 (54 g)
Scott Sanderson	P	1990 (34 g)	1991–1992 (67 g)
Scott Sizemore	3B	2011, 2013 (95 g)	2014 (6 g)
Kevin Smith	3B	2022–2023 (96 g)	2024 (2 g)
Jace Peterson	2B	2023 (93 g)	2018 (3 g)
Jose Rijo	P	1985–1987 (72 g)	1984 (24 g)
Larry Rosenthal	OF	1944–1945 (60 g)	1944 (36 g)
Braggo Roth	OF	1919 (48 g)	1921 (43 g)
Jim Pisoni	OF	1956–1957 (54 g)	1959–1960 (37 g)
Sal Fasano	C	2000–2001 (63 g)	2006 (28 g)
Ron Klimkowski	P	1971 (26 g)	1969–1970, 1972 (64 g)
Bill Kunkel	P	1961–1962 (67 g)	1963 (22 g)
Paul Blackburn	P	2017–2024 (81 g)	2025 (8 g)
Virgil Trucks	P	1957–1958 (64 g)	1958 (25 g)
Fred Mitchell	P	1902 (20 g)	1910 (68 g)
Lou Clinton	OF	1965 (1 g)	1966–1967 (86 g)
Rip Coleman	P	1957, 1959 (48 g)	1955–1956 (39 g)
Ted Lilly	P	2002–2003 (38 g)	2000–2002 (49 g)
Torey Lovullo	2B	1996 (65 g)	1991 (22 g)
Bartolo Colon	P	2012–2013 (54 g)	2011 (29 g)
Claud Derrick	SS	1910–1912 (60 g)	1913 (23 g)
Dell Alston	OF	1978 (58 g)	1977–1978 (25 g)
Dick Kryhoski	1B	1955 (28 g)	1949 (54 g)
Ike Davis	1B	2015 (74 g)	2016 (8 g)
Jay Johnstone	OF	1973 (23 g)	1978–1979 (59 g)
Andy Hawkins	P	1991 (15 g)	1989–1991 (66 g)
Lewis Wiltse	P	1901–1902 (39 g)	1902–1903 (40 g)
Andy Coakley	P	1902–1906 (74 g)	1911 (2 g)
Gordon Rhodes	P	1936 (35 g)	1929–1932 (41 g)
Mike Torrez	P	1976–1977, 1984 (45 g)	1977 (31 g)
Tom Ferrick	P	1941 (36 g)	1950–1951 (39 g)
Octavio Dotel	P	2004–2005 (60 g)	2006 (14 g)
Billy McKinney	OF	2022 (23 g)	2018, 2023 (50 g)
Murry Dickson	P	1958–1959 (66 g)	1958 (6 g)
Rich Bordi	P	1980–1981, 1988 (5 g)	1985, 1987 (67 g)
Cory Lidle	P	2001–2002 (60 g)	2006 (10 g)
Dustin Fowler	OF	2018 (69 g)	2017 (1 g)
Steve Kiefer	3B	1984–1985 (63 g)	1989 (5 g)
Jimmie DeShong	P	1932 (6 g)	1934–1935 (60 g)
Tom Carroll	SS	1959 (15 g)	1955–1956 (50 g)
Tom Sheehan	P	1915–1916 (53 g)	1921 (12 g)
Ken Johnson	P	1958–1961 (52 g)	1969 (12 g)
Russ Springer	P	2009 (48 g)	1992 (14 g)
Cesar Tovar	OF	1975–1976 (48 g)	1976 (13 g)
Brad Halsey	P	2006 (52 g)	2004 (8 g)
Dale Sveum	SS	1993 (30 g)	1998 (30 g)
Gary Waslewski	P	1972 (8 g)	1970–1971 (50 g)
Brandon McCarthy	P	2011–2012 (43 g)	2014 (14 g)
Kendrys Morales	DH	2019 (34 g)	2019 (19 g)
Ray Burris	P	1984 (37 g)	1979 (15 g)
Zeke Bella	OF	1959 (47 g)	1957 (5 g)
J. D. Davis	3B	2024 (39 g)	2024 (7 g)
Mike Morgan	P	1978–1979 (16 g)	1982 (30 g)
Gregorio Petit	2B	2008–2009 (25 g)	2015 (20 g)
Shawn Hillegas	P	1992–1993 (23 g)	1992 (21 g)
Sonny Dixon	P	1954–1955 (40 g)	1956 (3 g)
Dock Ellis	P	1977 (7 g)	1976–1977 (35 g)
Josh Outman	P	2008–2009, 2011 (33 g)	2014 (9 g)
Danny McDevitt	P	1962 (33 g)	1961 (8 g)
Kevin Thompson	OF	2007 (9 g)	2006–2007 (32 g)
Bruce Robinson	C	1978 (28 g)	1979–1980 (10 g)
Esteban Loaiza	P	2006–2007 (28 g)	2004 (10 g)
Tom Zachary	P	1918 (2 g)	1928–1930 (36 g)
Jim Delsing	OF	1960 (16 g)	1949–1950 (21 g)
Jim Miller	P	2012 (33 g)	2013–2014 (3 g)
Lenn Sakata	2B	1986 (17 g)	1987 (19 g)
Oscar Roettger	1B	1932 (26 g)	1923–1924 (6 g)
Rob Gardner	P	1971, 1973 (7 g)	1970–1972 (23 g)
Tom Rogers	P	1919 (23 g)	1921 (6 g)
Gil Blanco	P	1966 (11 g)	1965 (17 g)
Rich Hill	P	2016 (14 g)	2014 (14 g)
Dan Giese	P	2009 (7 g)	2008 (20 g)
Mike Patterson	OF	1981 (12 g)	1981–1982 (15 g)
Gerry Staley	P	1961 (23 g)	1955–1956 (3 g)
Randy Keisler	P	2006 (11 g)	2000–2001 (14 g)
Cory Gearrin	P	2018 (6 g)	2019 (18 g)
Brett Tomko	P	2009 (6 g)	2009 (15 g)
Gordie Windhorn	OF	1962 (14 g)	1959 (7 g)
Bob Meyer	P	1964 (12 g)	1964 (7 g)
Ralph Buxton	P	1938 (5 g)	1949 (14 g)
Stan Coveleski	P	1912 (5 g)	1928 (12 g)
Alberto Castillo	C	2005 (1 g)	2002 (15 g)
D'Angelo Jimenez	2B	2006 (8 g)	1999 (7 g)
Ewell Blackwell	P	1955 (2 g)	1952–1953 (13 g)
Pete Kozma	SS	2021 (3 g)	2017 (11 g)
Corban Joseph	2B	2019 (11 g)	2013 (2 g)
Ryan LaMarre	OF	2017 (3 g)	2021 (9 g)
Jeff Francis	P	2014 (9 g)	2014 (2 g)
Ensign Cottrell	P	1913 (2 g)	1915 (7 g)
Marshall Brant	1B	1983 (5 g)	1980 (3 g)
Rico Garcia	P	2023 (7 g)	2025 (1 g)
Billy Brewer	P	1997 (3 g)	1996 (4 g)
Matt Krook	P	2025 (3 g)	2023 (4 g)
Jim Curry	2B	1909 (1 g)	1911 (4 g)
Bruce Billings	P	2011 (3 g)	2014 (1 g)
Charlie Sands	DH	1975 (3 g)	1967 (1 g)
Mark Freeman	P	1959 (3 g)	1959 (1 g)
David McKay	P	2022 (1 g)	2022 (2 g)
Clint Courtney	C	1961 (1 g)	1951 (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).Yankees seasons include the Baltimore Orioles (1901–1902) and New York Highlanders (1903–1912).

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Questions

How many players have played for both the Athletics and the New York Yankees?

291 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1901 to 2025, including Rickey Henderson, Reggie Jackson, Jason Giambi and Bert Campaneris. 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?

Lewis Wiltse: Athletics first, then the New York Yankees from 1902.

Who has played for both recently?

Miguel Andujar, Gio Urshela, Luis Severino, JP Sears, Kevin Smith and Paul Blackburn and 3 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). Yankees seasons include the Baltimore Orioles (1901–1902) and New York Highlanders (1903–1912).

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