Athletics and Toronto Blue Jays players: who played for both
Who played for both the Athletics and Blue Jays?
126 players played for both the Athletics and the Toronto Blue Jays between 1977 and 2025, including Rickey Henderson, Alfredo Griffin, Jose Canseco and Shannon Stewart. 74 of them played for the Athletics first and 47 for the Blue Jays first; 5 played for both in the same season.
Did you know?
- Gary Woods is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Athletics first, then the Blue Jays from 1977.
- Richard Lovelady is the most recent: Athletics first, then the Blue Jays from 2025.
- Rickey Henderson played the most games across the two: 1,704 for the Athletics and 44 for the Blue Jays.
- 20 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Rickey Henderson.
- Most common positions on this list: P (62), OF (21), 3B (12), C (10).
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All 126 players, most games for the two first
| Player | Pos | Athletics | Blue Jays |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rickey Henderson | OF | 1979–1984, 1989–1995, 1998 (1704 g) | 1993 (44 g) |
| Alfredo Griffin | SS | 1985–1987 (468 g) | 1979–1984, 1992–1993 (982 g) |
| Jose Canseco | OF | 1985–1992, 1997 (1058 g) | 1998 (151 g) |
| Shannon Stewart | OF | 2007 (146 g) | 1995–2003, 2008 (907 g) |
| Tony Phillips | OF | 1982–1989, 1999 (941 g) | 1998 (13 g) |
| Marcus Semien | SS | 2015–2020 (773 g) | 2021 (162 g) |
| Mike Bordick | SS | 1990–1996 (823 g) | 2003 (102 g) |
| Ed Sprague | 3B | 1998 (27 g) | 1991–1998 (888 g) |
| Matt Chapman | 3B | 2017–2021 (573 g) | 2022–2023 (295 g) |
| Josh Donaldson | 3B | 2010, 2012–2014 (405 g) | 2015–2018 (462 g) |
| Matt Stairs | OF | 1996–2000 (632 g) | 2007–2008 (230 g) |
| Rajai Davis | OF | 2008–2010, 2017 (469 g) | 2011–2013 (345 g) |
| Marco Scutaro | SS | 2004–2007 (476 g) | 2008–2009 (289 g) |
| Dave McKay | 2B | 1980–1982 (280 g) | 1977–1979 (287 g) |
| Cliff Pennington | SS | 2008–2012 (525 g) | 2015 (33 g) |
| Cliff Johnson | DH | 1981–1982 (157 g) | 1983–1986 (400 g) |
| Eric Sogard | 2B | 2010–2015 (435 g) | 2019 (73 g) |
| Brett Lawrie | 3B | 2015 (149 g) | 2011–2014 (345 g) |
| Geronimo Berroa | DH | 1994–1997 (463 g) | 1999 (22 g) |
| Greg Myers | C | 2001–2002 (98 g) | 1987, 1989–1992, 2003–2005 (375 g) |
| Dave Revering | 1B | 1978–1981 (414 g) | 1982 (55 g) |
| Tony Batista | 3B | 1996–1997 (142 g) | 1999–2001 (324 g) |
| Frank Menechino | 2B | 1999–2004 (308 g) | 2004–2005 (142 g) |
| Rick Bosetti | OF | 1981–1982 (15 g) | 1978–1981 (376 g) |
| Phil Roof | C | 1966–1969 (381 g) | 1977 (3 g) |
| Ruben Sierra | OF | 1992–1995 (365 g) | 1997 (14 g) |
| Jeff Burroughs | OF | 1982–1984 (292 g) | 1985 (86 g) |
| Frank Thomas | DH | 2006, 2008 (192 g) | 2007–2008 (171 g) |
| Dave Collins | OF | 1985 (112 g) | 1983–1984 (246 g) |
| Bobby Kielty | OF | 2004–2007 (293 g) | 2003 (62 g) |
| Dan Johnson | 1B | 2005–2008 (318 g) | 2014 (15 g) |
| Ernie Clement | 3B | 2022 (6 g) | 2023–2025 (326 g) |
| Kendrys Morales | DH | 2019 (34 g) | 2017–2018 (280 g) |
| Liam Hendriks | P | 2016–2020 (247 g) | 2014–2015 (61 g) |
| Dave Stewart | P | 1986–1992, 1995 (257 g) | 1993–1994 (48 g) |
| Danny Valencia | 3B | 2015–2016 (177 g) | 2014–2015 (108 g) |
| Rico Carty | OF | 1973, 1978 (48 g) | 1978–1979 (236 g) |
| Billy Koch | P | 2002 (84 g) | 1999–2001 (193 g) |
| Dave Parker | OF | 1988–1989 (245 g) | 1991 (13 g) |
| Aledmys Diaz | SS | 2023–2024 (121 g) | 2018 (130 g) |
| Todd Stottlemyre | P | 1995 (31 g) | 1988–1994 (206 g) |
| Jeff Tam | P | 2000–2002 (182 g) | 2003 (44 g) |
| Tom Wilson | C | 2001 (9 g) | 2002–2003 (192 g) |
| Chris Bassitt | P | 2015–2016, 2018–2021 (100 g) | 2023–2025 (96 g) |
| Charlie O'Brien | C | 1985 (16 g) | 1996–1997 (178 g) |
| Mickey Klutts | 3B | 1979–1982 (169 g) | 1983 (22 g) |
| Gabe Gross | OF | 2010 (105 g) | 2004–2005 (84 g) |
| Tom Underwood | P | 1981–1983 (123 g) | 1978–1979 (64 g) |
| Dennis Lamp | P | 1987 (36 g) | 1984–1986 (149 g) |
| Bill Caudill | P | 1984, 1987 (74 g) | 1985–1986 (107 g) |
| Ryan Dull | P | 2015–2019 (167 g) | 2019 (1 g) |
| Steven Tolleson | 2B | 2010 (25 g) | 2014–2015 (128 g) |
| Jesse Chavez | P | 2012–2015 (101 g) | 2012, 2016 (48 g) |
| Ron Fairly | 1B | 1976 (15 g) | 1977 (132 g) |
| Billy McKinney | OF | 2022 (23 g) | 2018–2020 (122 g) |
| Brett Anderson | P | 2009–2013, 2018–2019 (132 g) | 2017 (7 g) |
| Jeremy Accardo | P | 2012 (1 g) | 2006–2010 (138 g) |
| John Axford | P | 2016–2017 (90 g) | 2018 (45 g) |
| Vince Horsman | P | 1992–1994 (131 g) | 1991 (4 g) |
| Greg Cadaret | P | 1987–1989 (113 g) | 1994 (21 g) |
| Alberto Castillo | C | 2005 (1 g) | 2000–2001 (132 g) |
| Chad Gaudin | P | 2006–2008, 2010 (127 g) | 2005 (5 g) |
| Mike Stanley | C | 2000 (32 g) | 1998 (98 g) |
| Marco Estrada | P | 2019 (5 g) | 2015–2018 (124 g) |
| Ted Lilly | P | 2002–2003 (38 g) | 2004–2006 (89 g) |
| Marc Rzepczynski | P | 2016 (56 g) | 2009–2011 (68 g) |
| Steve Staggs | 2B | 1978 (47 g) | 1977 (72 g) |
| Kevin Smith | 3B | 2022–2023 (96 g) | 2021 (18 g) |
| Tyler Clippard | P | 2015 (37 g) | 2018 (73 g) |
| Aaron Small | P | 1996–1998 (107 g) | 1994 (1 g) |
| Brian Lesher | OF | 1996–1998 (79 g) | 2002 (24 g) |
| Esteban Loaiza | P | 2006–2007 (28 g) | 2000–2002 (75 g) |
| Joakim Soria | P | 2019–2020 (93 g) | 2021 (10 g) |
| Gary Lavelle | P | 1987 (6 g) | 1985, 1987 (92 g) |
| Octavio Dotel | P | 2004–2005 (60 g) | 2011 (36 g) |
| Joe Kennedy | P | 2005–2007 (85 g) | 2007 (9 g) |
| Jorge Velandia | 2B | 1998–2000 (89 g) | 2008 (3 g) |
| Tilson Brito | 2B | 1997 (17 g) | 1996–1997 (75 g) |
| Cory Lidle | P | 2001–2002 (60 g) | 2003 (31 g) |
| Chris Coghlan | OF | 2016 (51 g) | 2017 (36 g) |
| Doug Bair | P | 1977, 1986 (76 g) | 1988 (10 g) |
| Joe Coleman | P | 1977–1978 (53 g) | 1978 (31 g) |
| Kendall Graveman | P | 2015–2018 (78 g) | 2014 (5 g) |
| Ross Stripling | P | 2024 (22 g) | 2020–2022 (61 g) |
| Yan Gomes | C | 2021 (40 g) | 2012 (43 g) |
| Tommy Milone | P | 2012–2014 (76 g) | 2021 (6 g) |
| Sal Fasano | C | 2000–2001 (63 g) | 2007 (16 g) |
| Gio Urshela | 3B | 2025 (59 g) | 2018 (19 g) |
| Mark Guthrie | P | 2001 (54 g) | 2000 (23 g) |
| Gary Woods | OF | 1976 (6 g) | 1977–1978 (68 g) |
| Sergio Romo | P | 2021 (66 g) | 2022 (6 g) |
| David Purcey | P | 2011 (9 g) | 2008–2011 (59 g) |
| Kirby Snead | P | 2022–2023 (61 g) | 2021 (7 g) |
| Pat Lennon | OF | 1997 (56 g) | 1998–1999 (11 g) |
| Willie Horton | OF | 1978 (32 g) | 1978 (33 g) |
| Tom Candiotti | P | 1998–1999 (44 g) | 1991 (19 g) |
| Neil Wagner | P | 2011 (6 g) | 2013–2014 (46 g) |
| Dana Eveland | P | 2008–2009 (42 g) | 2010 (9 g) |
| Dane Johnson | P | 1997 (38 g) | 1996 (10 g) |
| Wilmer Font | P | 2018 (4 g) | 2019–2020 (44 g) |
| Andy LaRoche | 3B | 2011 (40 g) | 2013 (1 g) |
| Scott Service | P | 2000 (20 g) | 2003 (16 g) |
| Joel Payamps | P | 2022 (12 g) | 2021 (22 g) |
| Pat Venditte | P | 2015 (26 g) | 2016 (8 g) |
| Fred Manrique | 2B | 1991 (9 g) | 1981, 1984 (24 g) |
| John Wasdin | P | 1995–1996 (30 g) | 2003 (3 g) |
| Mike Morgan | P | 1978–1979 (16 g) | 1983 (16 g) |
| George Kottaras | C | 2012 (27 g) | 2014 (4 g) |
| Edgar Gonzalez | P | 2009 (26 g) | 2013 (3 g) |
| Richard Lovelady | P | 2023 (27 g) | 2025 (2 g) |
| Edwin Jackson | P | 2018 (17 g) | 2019 (8 g) |
| Jake Lamb | 3B | 2020 (13 g) | 2021 (12 g) |
| Tanner Roark | P | 2019 (10 g) | 2020–2021 (14 g) |
| Jeff Francis | P | 2014 (9 g) | 2015 (14 g) |
| Arnold Leon | P | 2015 (19 g) | 2016 (2 g) |
| Brad Mills | P | 2014–2015 (4 g) | 2009–2011, 2014 (16 g) |
| Dave Righetti | P | 1994 (7 g) | 1994 (13 g) |
| Beau Taylor | C | 2018–2019 (17 g) | 2019 (1 g) |
| Carlos Ramirez | P | 2018 (3 g) | 2017–2018 (14 g) |
| Easton Lucas | P | 2023–2024 (9 g) | 2024–2025 (8 g) |
| Felix Doubront | P | 2015 (11 g) | 2015 (5 g) |
| Cesar Valdez | P | 2017 (4 g) | 2017 (7 g) |
| Ryan Glynn | P | 2005 (5 g) | 2004 (6 g) |
| Sean Nolin | P | 2015 (6 g) | 2013–2014 (2 g) |
| Eric Ludwick | P | 1997 (6 g) | 1999 (1 g) |
| Ryan Langerhans | OF | 2007 (2 g) | 2013 (4 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 Toronto Blue Jays?
126 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1977 to 2025, including Rickey Henderson, Alfredo Griffin, Jose Canseco and Shannon Stewart. 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?
Gary Woods: Athletics first, then the Toronto Blue Jays from 1977.
Who has played for both recently?
Ernie Clement, Aledmys Diaz, Chris Bassitt, Ross Stripling, Gio Urshela and Richard Lovelady 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).
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