Athletics and Pittsburgh Pirates players: who played for both
Who played for both the Athletics and Pirates?
170 players played for both the Athletics and the Pittsburgh Pirates between 1901 and 2025, including Harry Davis, Jason Kendall, Dave Parker and Manny Sanguillen. 78 of them played for the Athletics first and 83 for the Pirates first; 9 played for both in the same season.
Did you know?
- Bones Ely is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Pirates first, then the Athletics from 1901.
- Angel Perdomo is the most recent: Pirates first, then the Athletics from 2025.
- Harry Davis played the most games across the two: 1,415 for the Athletics and 213 for the Pirates.
- 23 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Harry Davis.
- Most common positions on this list: P (80), OF (37), C (17), SS (10).
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All 170 players, most games for the two first
| Player | Pos | Athletics | Pirates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Davis | 1B | 1901–1911, 1913–1917 (1415 g) | 1896–1898 (213 g) |
| Jason Kendall | C | 2005–2007 (373 g) | 1996–2004 (1252 g) |
| Dave Parker | OF | 1988–1989 (245 g) | 1973–1983 (1301 g) |
| Manny Sanguillen | C | 1977 (152 g) | 1967, 1969–1976, 1978–1980 (1296 g) |
| Stuffy McInnis | 1B | 1909–1917 (1042 g) | 1925–1926 (106 g) |
| Phil Garner | 2B | 1973–1976 (358 g) | 1977–1981 (664 g) |
| Starling Marte | OF | 2021 (56 g) | 2012–2019 (953 g) |
| Josh Harrison | 2B | 2021 (48 g) | 2011–2018 (842 g) |
| Gene Tenace | C | 1969–1976 (805 g) | 1983 (53 g) |
| Monte Cross | SS | 1902–1907 (717 g) | 1894–1895 (122 g) |
| Bones Ely | SS | 1901 (45 g) | 1896–1901 (743 g) |
| Charlie Grimm | 1B | 1916 (12 g) | 1919–1924 (770 g) |
| Matty Alou | OF | 1972 (32 g) | 1966–1970 (743 g) |
| Matt Stairs | OF | 1996–2000 (632 g) | 2003 (121 g) |
| Bobby Crosby | SS | 2003–2009 (677 g) | 2010 (61 g) |
| Tony Armas | OF | 1977–1982 (694 g) | 1976 (4 g) |
| Mitchell Page | DH | 1977–1983 (657 g) | 1984 (16 g) |
| Mule Haas | OF | 1928–1932, 1938 (647 g) | 1925 (4 g) |
| Brandon Moss | OF | 2012–2014 (376 g) | 2008–2010 (195 g) |
| Jim Pagliaroni | C | 1968–1969 (80 g) | 1963–1967 (490 g) |
| Rajai Davis | OF | 2008–2010, 2017 (469 g) | 2006–2007 (44 g) |
| Hal Smith | C | 1956–1959 (351 g) | 1960–1961 (144 g) |
| Bill Almon | SS | 1983–1984 (249 g) | 1985–1987 (209 g) |
| Angel Mangual | OF | 1971–1976 (444 g) | 1969 (6 g) |
| Dave Giusti | P | 1977 (40 g) | 1970–1976 (410 g) |
| Preston Ward | 1B | 1958–1959 (139 g) | 1953–1956 (305 g) |
| Bobby Del Greco | OF | 1961–1963 (327 g) | 1952, 1956 (113 g) |
| John Jaso | C | 2013–2014 (169 g) | 2016–2017 (258 g) |
| Gino Cimoli | OF | 1962–1964 (301 g) | 1960–1961 (122 g) |
| Manny Jimenez | OF | 1962–1964, 1966 (307 g) | 1967–1968 (116 g) |
| Eddie Murphy | OF | 1912–1915 (387 g) | 1926 (16 g) |
| Harry Simpson | OF | 1955–1959 (389 g) | 1959 (9 g) |
| Jose Guillen | OF | 2003 (45 g) | 1997–1999 (336 g) |
| Matt Joyce | OF | 2017–2018 (224 g) | 2016 (140 g) |
| Scott Sauerbeck | P | 2006 (22 g) | 1999–2003 (342 g) |
| Hank Foiles | C | 1960 (6 g) | 1956–1959 (345 g) |
| Ricardo Rincon | P | 2002–2005 (223 g) | 1997–1998 (122 g) |
| Andy LaRoche | 3B | 2011 (40 g) | 2008–2010 (301 g) |
| Doc Johnston | 1B | 1922 (71 g) | 1915–1916 (262 g) |
| Vic Davalillo | OF | 1973–1974 (55 g) | 1971–1973 (275 g) |
| Matt Alexander | OF | 1975–1977 (214 g) | 1978–1981 (103 g) |
| Mike Edwards | 2B | 1978–1980 (310 g) | 1977 (7 g) |
| Emil Brown | OF | 2008 (117 g) | 1997–2001 (196 g) |
| Murry Dickson | P | 1958–1959 (66 g) | 1949–1953 (234 g) |
| Bobby Shantz | P | 1949–1956 (245 g) | 1961 (44 g) |
| Rube Waddell | P | 1902–1907 (252 g) | 1900–1901 (32 g) |
| Billy Taylor | P | 1994, 1996–1999 (281 g) | 2001 (1 g) |
| Dock Ellis | P | 1977 (7 g) | 1968–1975, 1979 (274 g) |
| Tom Saffell | OF | 1955 (9 g) | 1949–1951, 1955 (262 g) |
| Rick Langford | P | 1977–1986 (253 g) | 1976 (12 g) |
| Al Rubeling | 3B | 1940–1941 (114 g) | 1943–1944 (139 g) |
| Bob Ganley | OF | 1909 (80 g) | 1905–1906 (169 g) |
| Miguel Dilone | OF | 1978–1979 (165 g) | 1974–1977, 1983 (82 g) |
| Dick Hall | P | 1960 (32 g) | 1952–1957, 1959 (211 g) |
| Bullet Joe Bush | P | 1912–1917, 1928 (196 g) | 1926–1927 (35 g) |
| Dal Maxvill | SS | 1972–1975 (136 g) | 1973–1974 (82 g) |
| Dale Sveum | SS | 1993 (30 g) | 1996–1997, 1999 (187 g) |
| Danny Kravitz | C | 1960 (59 g) | 1956–1960 (156 g) |
| Joe Bowman | P | 1932 (7 g) | 1937–1941 (202 g) |
| Ike Davis | 1B | 2015 (74 g) | 2014 (131 g) |
| Roy Mahaffey | P | 1930–1935 (197 g) | 1926–1927 (6 g) |
| Harry Smith | C | 1901 (11 g) | 1902–1907 (179 g) |
| Jesse Chavez | P | 2012–2015 (101 g) | 2008–2009 (88 g) |
| Spook Jacobs | 2B | 1954–1956 (177 g) | 1956 (11 g) |
| Chris Resop | P | 2013 (18 g) | 2010–2012 (159 g) |
| Miguel Andujar | OF | 2024–2025 (135 g) | 2022–2023 (39 g) |
| Zip Collins | OF | 1921 (24 g) | 1914–1915 (150 g) |
| Waite Hoyt | P | 1931 (16 g) | 1933–1937 (156 g) |
| George Hendrick | OF | 1971–1972 (100 g) | 1985 (69 g) |
| Ed Sprague | 3B | 1998 (27 g) | 1999 (137 g) |
| Dave Hamilton | P | 1972–1975, 1979–1980 (142 g) | 1978 (16 g) |
| Bob Dillinger | 3B | 1950 (84 g) | 1950–1951 (70 g) |
| Doug Bair | P | 1977, 1986 (76 g) | 1976, 1989–1990 (70 g) |
| Harry Riconda | 3B | 1923–1924 (138 g) | 1929 (8 g) |
| Ken Hamlin | SS | 1960 (140 g) | 1957, 1959 (5 g) |
| Joe Blanton | P | 2004–2008 (122 g) | 2015 (21 g) |
| Rich Gossage | P | 1992–1993 (69 g) | 1977 (72 g) |
| Brian Harper | C | 1987, 1995 (13 g) | 1982–1984 (127 g) |
| Mudcat Grant | P | 1970–1971 (87 g) | 1970–1971 (50 g) |
| Mike Kingery | OF | 1992 (12 g) | 1996 (117 g) |
| Vance Law | 3B | 1991 (74 g) | 1980–1981 (55 g) |
| Esteban Loaiza | P | 2006–2007 (28 g) | 1995–1998 (98 g) |
| Trevor Cahill | P | 2009–2011, 2018 (117 g) | 2021 (9 g) |
| Orlando Peña | P | 1962–1965 (102 g) | 1970 (23 g) |
| Brandon Inge | 3B | 2012 (74 g) | 2013 (50 g) |
| Willie Randolph | 2B | 1990 (93 g) | 1975 (30 g) |
| Joakim Soria | P | 2019–2020 (93 g) | 2015 (29 g) |
| Todd Van Poppel | P | 1991, 1993–1996 (104 g) | 1998 (18 g) |
| Tom Sturdivant | P | 1959, 1963–1964 (57 g) | 1961–1963 (65 g) |
| Dave Barbee | OF | 1926 (19 g) | 1932 (97 g) |
| Michael Feliz | P | 2021 (1 g) | 2018–2021 (115 g) |
| Don Wengert | P | 1995–1997 (104 g) | 2001 (4 g) |
| John Axford | P | 2016–2017 (90 g) | 2014 (13 g) |
| Vin Mazzaro | P | 2009–2010 (41 g) | 2013–2014 (62 g) |
| Dave Wickersham | P | 1960–1963 (90 g) | 1968 (11 g) |
| Octavio Dotel | P | 2004–2005 (60 g) | 2010 (41 g) |
| Mike Fetters | P | 1998 (48 g) | 2001–2002 (52 g) |
| Roger Wolff | P | 1941–1943 (75 g) | 1947 (13 g) |
| Charlie Engle | SS | 1925–1926 (20 g) | 1930 (67 g) |
| Dustin Fowler | OF | 2018 (69 g) | 2021 (18 g) |
| Tom Sheehan | P | 1915–1916 (53 g) | 1925–1926 (33 g) |
| Bob Owchinko | P | 1981–1982 (83 g) | 1983 (1 g) |
| Omar Olivares | P | 1999–2000 (33 g) | 2001 (47 g) |
| Gary Alexander | C | 1978 (58 g) | 1981 (21 g) |
| Harl Maggert | OF | 1912 (74 g) | 1907 (3 g) |
| Andy Tomberlin | OF | 1995 (46 g) | 1993 (27 g) |
| Juan Pizarro | P | 1969 (3 g) | 1967–1968, 1974 (70 g) |
| Homer Summa | OF | 1929–1930 (62 g) | 1920 (10 g) |
| Juan Cruz | P | 2005 (28 g) | 2012 (43 g) |
| Akinori Iwamura | 2B | 2010 (10 g) | 2010 (54 g) |
| Deolis Guerra | P | 2021 (53 g) | 2015 (10 g) |
| Joe Coleman | P | 1977–1978 (53 g) | 1979 (10 g) |
| Mark Redman | P | 2004 (32 g) | 2005 (30 g) |
| Andrew Lambo | OF | 2016 (1 g) | 2013–2015 (59 g) |
| Bill Haeffner | C | 1915 (4 g) | 1920 (54 g) |
| Osvaldo Bido | P | 2024–2025 (42 g) | 2023 (16 g) |
| Val Picinich | C | 1916–1917 (42 g) | 1933 (16 g) |
| Dennis Lamp | P | 1987 (36 g) | 1992 (21 g) |
| Jimmy Zinn | P | 1919 (10 g) | 1920–1922 (46 g) |
| Doc Medich | P | 1977 (26 g) | 1976 (29 g) |
| Joe Boever | P | 1993 (42 g) | 1996 (13 g) |
| Luke Hamlin | P | 1944 (29 g) | 1942 (23 g) |
| Syd Smith | C | 1908 (46 g) | 1914–1915 (6 g) |
| Ozzie Virgil | 3B | 1961 (11 g) | 1965 (39 g) |
| Ka'ai Tom | OF | 2021 (9 g) | 2021 (39 g) |
| Sean Gallagher | P | 2008–2009 (17 g) | 2010 (31 g) |
| Lewis Wiltse | P | 1901–1902 (39 g) | 1901 (7 g) |
| Dana Eveland | P | 2008–2009 (42 g) | 2010 (3 g) |
| Jaff Decker | OF | 2017 (17 g) | 2014–2015 (28 g) |
| Lyle Bigbee | P | 1920 (38 g) | 1921 (5 g) |
| John Wasdin | P | 1995–1996 (30 g) | 2007 (12 g) |
| Johnnie LeMaster | SS | 1987 (20 g) | 1985 (22 g) |
| Terry Turner | SS | 1919 (38 g) | 1901 (2 g) |
| Dave Otto | P | 1987–1990 (9 g) | 1993 (28 g) |
| Rich Hill | P | 2016 (14 g) | 2023 (22 g) |
| Angel Perdomo | P | 2025 (4 g) | 2023 (30 g) |
| Bert Husting | P | 1902 (32 g) | 1900 (2 g) |
| Jack McMahan | P | 1956 (23 g) | 1956 (11 g) |
| Billy McKinney | OF | 2022 (23 g) | 2024 (10 g) |
| Charlie Sands | DH | 1975 (3 g) | 1971–1972 (29 g) |
| Mule Watson | P | 1918–1919 (25 g) | 1920 (5 g) |
| J. J. Furmaniak | 2B | 2007 (16 g) | 2005 (13 g) |
| Tom Leahy | C | 1901 (5 g) | 1897 (24 g) |
| George Brunet | P | 1956–1957, 1959–1960 (15 g) | 1970 (12 g) |
| Cy Falkenberg | P | 1917 (15 g) | 1903 (10 g) |
| Wei-Chung Wang | P | 2019 (20 g) | 2019 (5 g) |
| Paul Giel | P | 1961 (1 g) | 1959–1960 (20 g) |
| Corban Joseph | 2B | 2019 (11 g) | 2019 (9 g) |
| Junior Noboa | 2B | 1994 (17 g) | 1994 (2 g) |
| Daryl Patterson | P | 1971 (4 g) | 1974 (14 g) |
| Daulton Jefferies | P | 2020–2022 (14 g) | 2024 (4 g) |
| Mike Edwards | 3B | 2003 (4 g) | 2006 (14 g) |
| Parker Markel | P | 2022 (3 g) | 2019 (15 g) |
| Yacksel Rios | P | 2023 (3 g) | 2019–2020 (13 g) |
| Morgan Murphy | C | 1901 (9 g) | 1898 (5 g) |
| Rich Sauveur | P | 2000 (10 g) | 1986 (3 g) |
| Tanner Anderson | P | 2019 (6 g) | 2018, 2021 (7 g) |
| Ernie Camacho | P | 1980 (5 g) | 1981 (7 g) |
| Ryan Lavarnway | C | 2017 (6 g) | 2018 (6 g) |
| Al Grunwald | P | 1959 (8 g) | 1955 (3 g) |
| Bill Duggleby | P | 1902 (2 g) | 1907 (9 g) |
| Don Williams | P | 1962 (3 g) | 1958–1959 (8 g) |
| Jim Dougherty | P | 1998 (9 g) | 1999 (2 g) |
| Britt Reames | P | 2005 (2 g) | 2006 (6 g) |
| Eddie Yount | OF | 1937 (4 g) | 1939 (2 g) |
| Ben Guintini | OF | 1950 (3 g) | 1946 (2 g) |
| Bert Maxwell | P | 1908 (4 g) | 1906 (1 g) |
| Josh Lindblom | P | 2014 (1 g) | 2017 (4 g) |
| Ensign Cottrell | P | 1913 (2 g) | 1911 (1 g) |
| Pat Bohen | P | 1913 (1 g) | 1914 (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).Pirates seasons include the Pittsburg Alleghenys (1882–1890).
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Questions
How many players have played for both the Athletics and the Pittsburgh Pirates?
170 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1901 to 2025, including Harry Davis, Jason Kendall, Dave Parker and Manny Sanguillen. 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?
Bones Ely: Pittsburgh Pirates first, then the Athletics from 1901.
Who has played for both recently?
Miguel Andujar, Osvaldo Bido, Angel Perdomo, Billy McKinney and Daulton Jefferies, 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). Pirates seasons include the Pittsburg Alleghenys (1882–1890).
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