Athletics and Seattle Mariners players: who played for both
Who played for both the Athletics and Mariners?
123 players played for both the Athletics and the Seattle Mariners between 1977 and 2025, including Rickey Henderson, Dave Henderson, Bruce Bochte and Dan Meyer. 62 of them played for the Athletics first and 58 for the Mariners first; 3 played for both in the same season.
Did you know?
- Diego Segui is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Athletics first, then the Mariners from 1977.
- Luis Urias is the most recent: Mariners first, then the Athletics from 2025.
- Rickey Henderson played the most games across the two: 1,704 for the Athletics and 92 for the Mariners.
- 18 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Rickey Henderson.
- Most common positions on this list: P (60), OF (25), C (8), 1B (7).
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All 123 players, most games for the two first
| Player | Pos | Athletics | Mariners |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rickey Henderson | OF | 1979–1984, 1989–1995, 1998 (1704 g) | 2000 (92 g) |
| Dave Henderson | OF | 1988–1993 (702 g) | 1981–1986 (654 g) |
| Bruce Bochte | 1B | 1984–1986 (410 g) | 1978–1982 (681 g) |
| Dan Meyer | 1B | 1982–1985 (223 g) | 1977–1981 (655 g) |
| Stan Javier | OF | 1986–1990, 1994–1995 (635 g) | 2000–2001 (194 g) |
| Jack Cust | DH | 2007–2010 (533 g) | 2011 (67 g) |
| Mike Blowers | 3B | 1998 (129 g) | 1992–1995, 1997, 1999 (464 g) |
| Ken Phelps | DH | 1989–1990 (43 g) | 1983–1988 (529 g) |
| Mark McLemore | 2B | 2004 (77 g) | 2000–2003 (466 g) |
| Seth Smith | OF | 2012–2013 (242 g) | 2015–2016 (273 g) |
| Scott Spiezio | 1B | 1996–1999 (359 g) | 2004–2005 (141 g) |
| Rick Honeycutt | P | 1987–1993, 1995 (390 g) | 1977–1980 (99 g) |
| Ruben Sierra | OF | 1992–1995 (365 g) | 2002 (122 g) |
| Bob Kearney | C | 1981–1983 (131 g) | 1984–1987 (346 g) |
| Brent Gates | 2B | 1993–1996 (403 g) | 1997 (65 g) |
| Eric Byrnes | OF | 2000–2005 (442 g) | 2010 (15 g) |
| Dave Revering | 1B | 1978–1981 (414 g) | 1982 (29 g) |
| Jim Essian | C | 1978–1980, 1984 (374 g) | 1982 (48 g) |
| Ryon Healy | 1B | 2016–2017 (221 g) | 2018–2019 (180 g) |
| Jeff Burroughs | OF | 1982–1984 (292 g) | 1981 (89 g) |
| Steve Henderson | OF | 1985–1987 (142 g) | 1983–1984 (230 g) |
| Mike Moore | P | 1989–1992 (138 g) | 1982–1988 (227 g) |
| Diego Segui | P | 1962–1965, 1967–1968, 1970–1972 (324 g) | 1977 (40 g) |
| Arthur Rhodes | P | 2004 (37 g) | 2000–2003, 2008 (313 g) |
| Gene Nelson | P | 1987–1992 (287 g) | 1982–1983 (32 g) |
| Danny Valencia | 3B | 2015–2016 (177 g) | 2017 (130 g) |
| Rafael Bournigal | SS | 1996–1998 (252 g) | 1999 (55 g) |
| Ray Fosse | C | 1973–1975 (294 g) | 1977 (11 g) |
| Yonder Alonso | 1B | 2016–2017 (256 g) | 2017 (42 g) |
| Willie Horton | OF | 1978 (32 g) | 1979–1980 (259 g) |
| John Mabry | OF | 2002 (89 g) | 1999–2000, 2003 (199 g) |
| Jack Hannahan | 3B | 2007–2009 (236 g) | 2009 (51 g) |
| John Jaso | C | 2013–2014 (169 g) | 2012 (108 g) |
| Ed Nunez | P | 1993–1994 (71 g) | 1982–1988 (205 g) |
| Sean Doolittle | P | 2012–2017 (255 g) | 2021 (11 g) |
| Abraham Toro | 3B | 2024 (94 g) | 2021–2022 (169 g) |
| Kendrys Morales | DH | 2019 (34 g) | 2013–2014 (215 g) |
| Jim Mecir | P | 2000–2004 (246 g) | 1995 (2 g) |
| Adam Kennedy | 2B | 2009 (129 g) | 2011 (114 g) |
| Dave Magadan | 3B | 1997–1998 (163 g) | 1993 (71 g) |
| Dave Collins | OF | 1985 (112 g) | 1977 (120 g) |
| Glenn Abbott | P | 1973–1976 (73 g) | 1977–1981, 1983 (155 g) |
| Mike Kingery | OF | 1992 (12 g) | 1987–1989 (208 g) |
| Ryan Cook | P | 2012–2015 (200 g) | 2018 (19 g) |
| Matt Young | P | 1989 (26 g) | 1983–1986, 1990 (191 g) |
| Milton Bradley | OF | 2006–2007 (115 g) | 2010–2011 (101 g) |
| Jeff Schaefer | SS | 1994 (6 g) | 1990–1992 (204 g) |
| Bill Caudill | P | 1984, 1987 (74 g) | 1982–1983 (133 g) |
| Jim Todd | P | 1975–1976, 1979 (158 g) | 1978 (49 g) |
| Jose Guillen | OF | 2003 (45 g) | 2007 (153 g) |
| Dave Heaverlo | P | 1978–1979, 1981 (137 g) | 1980 (60 g) |
| Steve Ontiveros | P | 1985–1988, 1994–1995 (183 g) | 1993 (14 g) |
| Danny Tartabull | OF | 1995 (24 g) | 1984–1986 (166 g) |
| John Halama | P | 2003 (35 g) | 1999–2002 (130 g) |
| Fernando Rodney | P | 2018–2019 (39 g) | 2014–2015 (123 g) |
| Dave Beard | P | 1980–1983 (118 g) | 1984 (43 g) |
| Kevin Mitchell | OF | 1998 (51 g) | 1992 (99 g) |
| Mike Sweeney | DH | 2008 (42 g) | 2009–2010 (104 g) |
| Tony Bernazard | 2B | 1987 (61 g) | 1983 (80 g) |
| Shawn Kelley | P | 2018 (19 g) | 2009–2012 (120 g) |
| Marc Rzepczynski | P | 2016 (56 g) | 2017–2018 (82 g) |
| Luis Urias | 2B | 2025 (96 g) | 2024 (41 g) |
| Bill Krueger | P | 1983–1987 (95 g) | 1991, 1995 (41 g) |
| Evan Scribner | P | 2012–2015 (115 g) | 2016–2017 (20 g) |
| Casper Wells | OF | 2013 (3 g) | 2011–2012 (124 g) |
| Eric O'Flaherty | P | 2014–2015 (46 g) | 2006–2008 (78 g) |
| Orlando Mercado | C | 1988 (16 g) | 1982–1984 (105 g) |
| Kendall Graveman | P | 2015–2018 (78 g) | 2020–2021 (41 g) |
| Ryan Langerhans | OF | 2007 (2 g) | 2009–2011 (117 g) |
| Tommy Milone | P | 2012–2014 (76 g) | 2019, 2022–2023 (32 g) |
| Dann Howitt | OF | 1989–1992 (60 g) | 1992–1993 (45 g) |
| Joe Klink | P | 1990–1991 (102 g) | 1996 (3 g) |
| Rich Gossage | P | 1992–1993 (69 g) | 1994 (36 g) |
| Brian Fuentes | P | 2011–2012 (93 g) | 2001 (10 g) |
| Torey Lovullo | 2B | 1996 (65 g) | 1994 (36 g) |
| Jimmy Sexton | SS | 1981–1982 (76 g) | 1977 (14 g) |
| Emilio Pagan | P | 2018 (55 g) | 2017 (34 g) |
| Mike Morgan | P | 1978–1979 (16 g) | 1985–1987 (73 g) |
| Jerry Willard | C | 1986–1987 (82 g) | 1994 (6 g) |
| Austin Adams | P | 2024 (56 g) | 2019 (29 g) |
| Brian Lesher | OF | 1996–1998 (79 g) | 2000 (5 g) |
| Sergio Romo | P | 2021 (66 g) | 2022 (17 g) |
| Paul Mitchell | P | 1976–1977 (31 g) | 1977–1979 (48 g) |
| Hiram Bocachica | OF | 2005–2007 (23 g) | 2004 (50 g) |
| Mike Brumley | SS | 1994 (11 g) | 1990 (62 g) |
| Ed Sprague | 3B | 1998 (27 g) | 2001 (45 g) |
| Kirby Snead | P | 2022–2023 (61 g) | 2024 (11 g) |
| Matt Sinatro | C | 1987–1988 (16 g) | 1990–1992 (53 g) |
| Chris Herrmann | C | 2019 (30 g) | 2018 (36 g) |
| Pat Lennon | OF | 1997 (56 g) | 1991–1992 (10 g) |
| Chris Denorfia | OF | 2008–2009 (33 g) | 2014 (32 g) |
| Chris Snelling | OF | 2007 (6 g) | 2002, 2005–2006 (59 g) |
| Boog Powell | OF | 2017–2018 (36 g) | 2017 (23 g) |
| Cory Gearrin | P | 2018 (6 g) | 2019 (48 g) |
| Jeff Gray | P | 2008–2009 (29 g) | 2011 (24 g) |
| Brett Tomko | P | 2009 (6 g) | 2000–2001 (43 g) |
| Omar Olivares | P | 1999–2000 (33 g) | 1997 (13 g) |
| Aaron Harang | P | 2002–2003 (23 g) | 2013 (22 g) |
| Jesse Hahn | P | 2015–2017 (39 g) | 2025 (3 g) |
| Dale Sveum | SS | 1993 (30 g) | 1994 (10 g) |
| Tommy La Stella | 2B | 2020 (27 g) | 2023 (12 g) |
| Pat Venditte | P | 2015 (26 g) | 2016 (7 g) |
| Travis Blackley | P | 2012 (24 g) | 2004 (6 g) |
| Doc Medich | P | 1977 (26 g) | 1977 (3 g) |
| Jake Lamb | 3B | 2020 (13 g) | 2022 (16 g) |
| Mark Holzemer | P | 1998 (13 g) | 1997 (14 g) |
| Justin Grimm | P | 2022 (15 g) | 2018 (5 g) |
| Brian Snyder | P | 1989 (2 g) | 1985 (15 g) |
| Andrew Lorraine | P | 1997 (12 g) | 1998 (4 g) |
| Dave McCarty | 1B | 2003 (8 g) | 1998 (8 g) |
| Dillon Overton | P | 2016 (7 g) | 2017 (9 g) |
| Cody Martin | P | 2015 (4 g) | 2016–2017 (10 g) |
| Domingo Tapia | P | 2022 (11 g) | 2021 (2 g) |
| Tayler Scott | P | 2023 (8 g) | 2019 (5 g) |
| Kevin Jarvis | P | 1999 (4 g) | 2004 (8 g) |
| Rich Bordi | P | 1980–1981, 1988 (5 g) | 1982 (7 g) |
| Ross Detwiler | P | 2016 (9 g) | 2018 (1 g) |
| Tim Harikkala | P | 2005 (8 g) | 1995–1996 (2 g) |
| David McKay | P | 2022 (1 g) | 2019 (7 g) |
| Parker Markel | P | 2022 (3 g) | 2019 (5 g) |
| Vinny Nittoli | P | 2024 (7 g) | 2021 (1 g) |
| Devin Sweet | P | 2023 (5 g) | 2023 (2 g) |
| Yacksel Rios | P | 2023 (3 g) | 2021 (3 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 Seattle Mariners?
123 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1977 to 2025, including Rickey Henderson, Dave Henderson, Bruce Bochte and Dan Meyer. 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?
Diego Segui: Athletics first, then the Seattle Mariners from 1977.
Who has played for both recently?
Abraham Toro, Luis Urias, Austin Adams, Kirby Snead, Jesse Hahn and Vinny Nittoli, 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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