Athletics and Philadelphia Phillies players: who played for both
Who played for both the Athletics and Phillies?
150 players played for both the Athletics and the Philadelphia Phillies between 1901 and 2025, including Elmer Valo, Granny Hamner, Lave Cross and Jimmie Foxx. 75 of them played for the Athletics first and 67 for the Phillies first; 8 played for both in the same season.
Did you know?
- Bill Bernhard is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Phillies first, then the Athletics from 1901.
- Lou Trivino is the most recent: Athletics first, then the Phillies from 2025.
- Elmer Valo played the most games across the two: 1,361 for the Athletics and 148 for the Phillies.
- 28 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Elmer Valo.
- Most common positions on this list: P (70), OF (35), 2B (13), 1B (9).
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All 150 players, most games for the two first
| Player | Pos | Athletics | Phillies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elmer Valo | OF | 1940–1943, 1946–1956 (1361 g) | 1956, 1961 (148 g) |
| Granny Hamner | SS | 1962 (3 g) | 1944–1959 (1501 g) |
| Lave Cross | 3B | 1901–1905 (676 g) | 1892–1897 (677 g) |
| Jimmie Foxx | 1B | 1925–1935 (1256 g) | 1945 (89 g) |
| Dwayne Murphy | OF | 1978–1987 (1213 g) | 1989 (98 g) |
| Monte Cross | SS | 1902–1907 (717 g) | 1898–1901 (573 g) |
| Dick Allen | 1B | 1977 (54 g) | 1963–1969, 1975–1976 (1070 g) |
| Stuffy McInnis | 1B | 1909–1917 (1042 g) | 1927 (1 g) |
| Nap Lajoie | 2B | 1901–1902, 1915–1916 (374 g) | 1896–1900 (492 g) |
| Deron Johnson | 1B | 1961–1962, 1973–1974 (281 g) | 1969–1973 (563 g) |
| Matt Stairs | OF | 1996–2000 (632 g) | 2008–2009 (115 g) |
| Stan Javier | OF | 1986–1990, 1994–1995 (635 g) | 1992 (74 g) |
| Lou Finney | OF | 1931, 1933–1939 (658 g) | 1947 (4 g) |
| Dave Philley | OF | 1951–1953 (433 g) | 1958–1960 (204 g) |
| Skeeter Newsome | SS | 1935–1939 (425 g) | 1946–1947 (207 g) |
| Danny Cater | 1B | 1966–1969 (557 g) | 1964 (60 g) |
| Vic Power | 1B | 1954–1958 (582 g) | 1964 (18 g) |
| Ryan Madson | P | 2016–2017 (103 g) | 2003–2011 (491 g) |
| Elmer Flick | OF | 1902 (11 g) | 1898–1901 (537 g) |
| Manny Trillo | 2B | 1973–1974 (38 g) | 1979–1982 (502 g) |
| Wes Covington | OF | 1961 (17 g) | 1961–1965 (522 g) |
| Jay Johnstone | OF | 1973 (23 g) | 1974–1978 (462 g) |
| Charles Bender | P | 1903–1914 (434 g) | 1916–1917 (48 g) |
| Bobby Del Greco | OF | 1961–1963 (327 g) | 1960–1961, 1965 (149 g) |
| Jim Essian | C | 1978–1980, 1984 (374 g) | 1973–1975 (21 g) |
| Ron Stone | OF | 1966 (26 g) | 1969–1972 (362 g) |
| Brandon Moss | OF | 2012–2014 (376 g) | 2011 (5 g) |
| Nick Etten | 1B | 1938–1939 (65 g) | 1941–1942, 1947 (304 g) |
| Jeremy Giambi | OF | 2000–2002 (270 g) | 2002 (82 g) |
| Randy Ready | 2B | 1992 (61 g) | 1989–1991, 1994–1995 (289 g) |
| Hal Wagner | C | 1937–1944 (339 g) | 1948–1949 (4 g) |
| Bill Nicholson | OF | 1936 (11 g) | 1949–1953 (318 g) |
| Jake Diekman | P | 2019–2021 (116 g) | 2012–2015 (191 g) |
| Ollie Brown | OF | 1972 (20 g) | 1974–1977 (272 g) |
| Dave Fultz | OF | 1901–1902 (261 g) | 1898–1899 (21 g) |
| Bevo LeBourveau | OF | 1929 (12 g) | 1919–1922 (268 g) |
| Ron Gant | OF | 2001, 2003 (51 g) | 1999–2000 (227 g) |
| Lou Trivino | P | 2018–2022 (260 g) | 2025 (10 g) |
| Rick Joseph | 3B | 1964 (17 g) | 1967–1970 (253 g) |
| Bill Almon | SS | 1983–1984 (249 g) | 1988 (20 g) |
| Dave Stewart | P | 1986–1992, 1995 (257 g) | 1985–1986 (12 g) |
| Matt Joyce | OF | 2017–2018 (224 g) | 2021 (43 g) |
| Darold Knowles | P | 1971–1974 (195 g) | 1966 (69 g) |
| Bobby Shantz | P | 1949–1956 (245 g) | 1964 (14 g) |
| Frank Bruggy | C | 1922–1924 (157 g) | 1921 (96 g) |
| Billy Lauder | 3B | 1901 (2 g) | 1898–1899 (248 g) |
| Joe Dolan | 2B | 1901 (98 g) | 1899–1901 (145 g) |
| Joe Morgan | 2B | 1984 (116 g) | 1983 (123 g) |
| Bill Duggleby | P | 1902 (2 g) | 1898, 1901–1907 (232 g) |
| Joe Blanton | P | 2004–2008 (122 g) | 2008–2012 (105 g) |
| Chick Fraser | P | 1901 (43 g) | 1899–1900, 1902–1904 (174 g) |
| Tom Underwood | P | 1981–1983 (123 g) | 1974–1977 (90 g) |
| Doc Edwards | C | 1963–1965 (174 g) | 1970 (35 g) |
| A. J. Hinch | C | 1998–2000 (202 g) | 2004 (4 g) |
| Jeff Parrett | P | 1992 (66 g) | 1989–1990, 1996 (137 g) |
| Ray Herbert | P | 1955, 1958–1961 (153 g) | 1965–1966 (48 g) |
| Steve Ontiveros | P | 1985–1988, 1994–1995 (183 g) | 1989–1990 (11 g) |
| Andrew Bailey | P | 2009–2011 (157 g) | 2016 (33 g) |
| Cristian Pache | OF | 2022 (91 g) | 2023–2024 (98 g) |
| Tim Worrell | P | 1998–1999 (78 g) | 2004–2005 (96 g) |
| Doug Jones | P | 1999–2000 (124 g) | 1994 (47 g) |
| Billy McMillon | OF | 2001, 2003–2004 (138 g) | 1997 (24 g) |
| Dave Leiper | P | 1984, 1986–1987, 1994–1995 (136 g) | 1996 (26 g) |
| Pat Neshek | P | 2012–2013 (69 g) | 2017–2019 (93 g) |
| Carlos Reyes | P | 1994–1997 (150 g) | 2000 (10 g) |
| Phil Geier | OF | 1901 (50 g) | 1896–1897 (109 g) |
| Roberto Peña | SS | 1970 (19 g) | 1968 (138 g) |
| Stan Baumgartner | P | 1924–1926 (83 g) | 1914–1916, 1921–1922 (71 g) |
| Russ Meyer | P | 1959 (18 g) | 1949–1952 (134 g) |
| Nick Punto | 2B | 2014 (73 g) | 2001–2003 (77 g) |
| Cesar Tovar | OF | 1975–1976 (48 g) | 1973 (97 g) |
| Murry Dickson | P | 1958–1959 (66 g) | 1954–1956 (79 g) |
| Chuck Essegian | OF | 1961, 1963 (105 g) | 1958 (39 g) |
| Joe Boever | P | 1993 (42 g) | 1990–1991 (102 g) |
| Jim Nash | P | 1966–1969 (115 g) | 1972 (9 g) |
| Bill Nagel | 2B | 1939 (105 g) | 1941 (17 g) |
| Cory Lidle | P | 2001–2002 (60 g) | 2004–2006 (62 g) |
| Tuck Stainback | OF | 1946 (91 g) | 1938 (30 g) |
| Wiley Piatt | P | 1901 (18 g) | 1898–1900 (103 g) |
| Russ Springer | P | 2009 (48 g) | 1995–1996 (65 g) |
| Sal Fasano | C | 2000–2001 (63 g) | 2006 (50 g) |
| Dick Hall | P | 1960 (32 g) | 1967–1968 (80 g) |
| Dick Barrett | P | 1933 (15 g) | 1943–1945 (96 g) |
| John Mabry | OF | 2002 (89 g) | 2002 (21 g) |
| Darrel Akerfelds | P | 1986 (2 g) | 1990–1991 (101 g) |
| Joe Bowman | P | 1932 (7 g) | 1935–1936 (93 g) |
| Rube Bressler | OF | 1914–1916 (66 g) | 1932 (27 g) |
| Arthur Rhodes | P | 2004 (37 g) | 2006 (55 g) |
| Tito Francona | OF | 1969–1970 (64 g) | 1967 (27 g) |
| Josh Harrison | 2B | 2021 (48 g) | 2023 (41 g) |
| Doug Bair | P | 1977, 1986 (76 g) | 1987 (11 g) |
| Bill Bernhard | P | 1901–1902 (33 g) | 1899–1900 (53 g) |
| Dale Sveum | SS | 1993 (30 g) | 1992 (54 g) |
| Jack Sanford | P | 1967 (10 g) | 1956–1958 (74 g) |
| Jeurys Familia | P | 2018, 2023 (44 g) | 2022 (38 g) |
| Torey Lovullo | 2B | 1996 (65 g) | 1999 (17 g) |
| Cole Irvin | P | 2021–2022 (62 g) | 2019–2020 (19 g) |
| Stan Sperry | 2B | 1938 (60 g) | 1936 (20 g) |
| Ed Farmer | P | 1983 (5 g) | 1974, 1982–1983 (73 g) |
| Ed Heusser | P | 1940 (41 g) | 1938, 1948 (34 g) |
| Stan Bahnsen | P | 1975–1977 (67 g) | 1982 (8 g) |
| Fred Mitchell | P | 1902 (20 g) | 1903–1904 (54 g) |
| Michael Kelly | P | 2024–2025 (70 g) | 2022 (4 g) |
| Dave Shean | 2B | 1906 (22 g) | 1908–1909 (50 g) |
| Mike Sweeney | DH | 2008 (42 g) | 2010 (26 g) |
| Reggie Harris | P | 1990–1991 (18 g) | 1997 (50 g) |
| Billy Consolo | SS | 1962 (54 g) | 1962 (13 g) |
| Billy Grabarkewitz | 3B | 1975 (6 g) | 1973–1974 (59 g) |
| Ed Vosberg | P | 1994 (16 g) | 2000–2001 (49 g) |
| Steve Montgomery | P | 1996–1997 (12 g) | 1999 (53 g) |
| Trevor Plouffe | 3B | 2017 (58 g) | 2018 (7 g) |
| Jesus Luzardo | P | 2019–2021 (31 g) | 2025 (32 g) |
| Deolis Guerra | P | 2021 (53 g) | 2020 (9 g) |
| Ryne Duren | P | 1957 (14 g) | 1963–1965 (42 g) |
| Yacksel Rios | P | 2023 (3 g) | 2017–2019 (53 g) |
| Billy Brewer | P | 1997 (3 g) | 1997–1999 (52 g) |
| George Williams | 2B | 1964 (37 g) | 1961 (17 g) |
| Aaron Harang | P | 2002–2003 (23 g) | 2015 (29 g) |
| Orlando Gonzalez | 1B | 1980 (25 g) | 1978 (26 g) |
| Horacio Pina | P | 1973 (47 g) | 1978 (2 g) |
| Cal Stevenson | OF | 2022 (23 g) | 2024–2025 (23 g) |
| Joe Morgan | 3B | 1959 (20 g) | 1960 (26 g) |
| Morgan Murphy | C | 1901 (9 g) | 1898, 1900 (36 g) |
| Joe Savery | P | 2014 (3 g) | 2011–2013 (41 g) |
| Johnny Gray | P | 1954–1955 (27 g) | 1958 (15 g) |
| Mark Holzemer | P | 1998 (13 g) | 2000 (25 g) |
| Omar Olivares | P | 1999–2000 (33 g) | 1995 (5 g) |
| Aramis Garcia | C | 2021 (32 g) | 2024 (3 g) |
| Bill Kelly | 1B | 1920 (8 g) | 1928 (23 g) |
| Rick Bosetti | OF | 1981–1982 (15 g) | 1976 (13 g) |
| Danny Tartabull | OF | 1995 (24 g) | 1997 (3 g) |
| Josh Lindblom | P | 2014 (1 g) | 2012 (26 g) |
| Scott Service | P | 2000 (20 g) | 1988 (5 g) |
| Cam Bedrosian | P | 2021 (9 g) | 2021 (11 g) |
| Alejandro Sanchez | OF | 1987 (2 g) | 1982–1983 (15 g) |
| Ron Clark | 3B | 1971–1972 (16 g) | 1975 (1 g) |
| John McPherson | P | 1901 (1 g) | 1904 (15 g) |
| Casper Wells | OF | 2013 (3 g) | 2013 (12 g) |
| Jason Pridie | OF | 2015 (6 g) | 2012 (9 g) |
| Ed Keegan | P | 1961 (6 g) | 1959, 1962 (8 g) |
| Dana Fillingim | P | 1915 (8 g) | 1925 (5 g) |
| Bill Dawley | P | 1989 (4 g) | 1988 (8 g) |
| Ken Richardson | 2B | 1942 (6 g) | 1946 (6 g) |
| Paul Fletcher | P | 1996 (1 g) | 1993, 1995 (11 g) |
| Tyler Cyr | P | 2022 (11 g) | 2022 (1 g) |
| Patrick Schuster | P | 2016 (5 g) | 2016 (6 g) |
| Chris Snelling | OF | 2007 (6 g) | 2008 (4 g) |
| Tom Zachary | P | 1918 (2 g) | 1936 (8 g) |
| Vinny Nittoli | P | 2024 (7 g) | 2022 (2 g) |
| Walt Masters | P | 1939 (4 g) | 1937 (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).Phillies seasons include the Philadelphia Quakers (1883–1889) and Philadelphia Blue Jays (1943–1944).
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Questions
How many players have played for both the Athletics and the Philadelphia Phillies?
150 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1901 to 2025, including Elmer Valo, Granny Hamner, Lave Cross and Jimmie Foxx. 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?
Bill Bernhard: Philadelphia Phillies first, then the Athletics from 1901.
Who has played for both recently?
Lou Trivino, Cristian Pache, Michael Kelly, Jesus Luzardo, Cal Stevenson and Aramis Garcia and 1 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). Phillies seasons include the Philadelphia Quakers (1883–1889) and Philadelphia Blue Jays (1943–1944).
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