Atlanta Braves and Boston Red Sox players: who played for both
Who played for both the Braves and Red Sox?
185 players played for both the Atlanta Braves and the Boston Red Sox between 1901 and 2025, including Jimmy Collins, Chick Stahl, Javy Lopez and Mark Lemke. 88 of them played for the Braves first and 91 for the Red Sox first; 6 played for both in the same season.
Did you know?
- Buck Freeman is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Braves first, then the Red Sox from 1901.
- Sean Newcomb is the most recent: Braves first, then the Red Sox from 2025.
- Jimmy Collins played the most games across the two: 674 for the Braves and 742 for the Red Sox.
- 26 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as John Smoltz.
- Most common positions on this list: P (82), OF (33), C (20), 2B (14).
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All 185 players, most games for the two first
| Player | Pos | Braves | Red Sox |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Collins | 3B | 1895–1900 (674 g) | 1901–1907 (742 g) |
| Chick Stahl | OF | 1897–1900 (523 g) | 1901–1906 (781 g) |
| Javy Lopez | C | 1992–2003 (1156 g) | 2006 (18 g) |
| Mark Lemke | 2B | 1988–1997 (1038 g) | 1998 (31 g) |
| Sammy White | C | 1961 (21 g) | 1951–1959 (981 g) |
| Buck Freeman | OF | 1900 (117 g) | 1901–1907 (820 g) |
| Rabbit Warstler | SS | 1936–1940 (512 g) | 1930–1933 (328 g) |
| Stuffy McInnis | 1B | 1923–1924 (300 g) | 1918–1921 (538 g) |
| Gary Geiger | OF | 1966–1967 (147 g) | 1959–1965 (618 g) |
| Bob Tillman | C | 1968–1970 (226 g) | 1962–1967 (527 g) |
| Felix Mantilla | 2B | 1956–1961 (402 g) | 1963–1965 (349 g) |
| J. D. Drew | OF | 2004 (145 g) | 2007–2011 (606 g) |
| John Smoltz | P | 1988–1999, 2001–2008 (720 g) | 2009 (8 g) |
| Kelly Johnson | 2B | 2005, 2007–2009, 2015–2016 (601 g) | 2014 (10 g) |
| Roy Johnson | OF | 1937–1938 (92 g) | 1932–1935 (515 g) |
| Otis Nixon | OF | 1991–1993, 1999 (462 g) | 1994 (103 g) |
| Darren Bragg | OF | 2002–2003 (213 g) | 1996–1998 (340 g) |
| Alex Verdugo | OF | 2025 (56 g) | 2020–2023 (493 g) |
| Orlando Cepeda | 1B | 1969–1972 (401 g) | 1973 (142 g) |
| George Metkovich | OF | 1954 (68 g) | 1943–1946 (436 g) |
| Derek Lowe | P | 2009–2011 (102 g) | 1997–2004 (384 g) |
| Craig Kimbrel | P | 2010–2014, 2025 (295 g) | 2016–2018 (187 g) |
| Adam Duvall | OF | 2018–2022, 2024 (376 g) | 2023 (92 g) |
| Billy Klaus | SS | 1952–1953 (9 g) | 1955–1958 (458 g) |
| Adam LaRoche | 1B | 2004–2006, 2009 (457 g) | 2009 (6 g) |
| Eric Hinske | 3B | 2010–2012 (339 g) | 2006–2007 (115 g) |
| Edgar Renteria | SS | 2006–2007 (273 g) | 2005 (153 g) |
| Babe Ruth | OF | 1935 (28 g) | 1914–1919 (392 g) |
| Gene Oliver | C | 1963–1967 (403 g) | 1968 (16 g) |
| Jarrod Saltalamacchia | C | 2007 (47 g) | 2010–2013 (355 g) |
| Mike Stanton | P | 1989–1995 (304 g) | 1995–1996, 2005 (82 g) |
| Alex Gonzalez | SS | 2010–2011 (221 g) | 2006, 2009 (155 g) |
| Dave Shean | 2B | 1909–1910, 1912 (231 g) | 1918–1919 (144 g) |
| Bobby Thomson | OF | 1954–1957 (327 g) | 1960 (40 g) |
| Sandy Leon | C | 2025 (5 g) | 2015–2019 (358 g) |
| Danny MacFayden | P | 1935–1939, 1943 (169 g) | 1926–1932 (190 g) |
| Cy Young | P | 1911 (11 g) | 1901–1908 (332 g) |
| Steve Lyons | OF | 1992 (11 g) | 1985–1986, 1991–1993 (328 g) |
| Mike Remlinger | P | 1999–2002, 2006 (328 g) | 2005 (8 g) |
| Marty McManus | 2B | 1934 (119 g) | 1931–1933 (216 g) |
| David Ross | C | 2009–2012 (227 g) | 2008, 2013–2014 (94 g) |
| Vic Correll | C | 1974–1977 (299 g) | 1972 (1 g) |
| Damon Berryhill | C | 1991–1993 (217 g) | 1994 (82 g) |
| Alan Embree | P | 1997–1998 (86 g) | 2002–2005 (211 g) |
| Lee Thomas | OF | 1966 (39 g) | 1964–1965 (258 g) |
| Mickey Vernon | 1B | 1959 (74 g) | 1956–1957 (221 g) |
| Don McMahon | P | 1957–1962 (233 g) | 1966–1967 (60 g) |
| Julio Lugo | SS | 2011 (22 g) | 2007–2009 (266 g) |
| Bill Dinneen | P | 1900–1901 (98 g) | 1902–1907 (184 g) |
| Rick Cerone | C | 1985 (96 g) | 1988–1989 (186 g) |
| Tony Graffanino | 2B | 1996–1998 (231 g) | 2005 (51 g) |
| Jonny Gomes | OF | 2015 (83 g) | 2013–2014 (194 g) |
| Ed Romero | SS | 1989 (7 g) | 1986–1989 (265 g) |
| Steve Avery | P | 1990–1996 (205 g) | 1997–1998 (63 g) |
| A. J. Pierzynski | C | 2015–2016 (194 g) | 2014 (72 g) |
| Kent Mercker | P | 1989–1995, 2003 (251 g) | 1999 (5 g) |
| Bob Watson | 1B | 1982–1984 (171 g) | 1979 (84 g) |
| Doc Farrell | SS | 1927–1929 (249 g) | 1935 (4 g) |
| Walter Barbare | 3B | 1921–1922 (240 g) | 1918 (13 g) |
| Wally Rehg | OF | 1917–1918 (127 g) | 1913–1915 (124 g) |
| Bob Didier | C | 1969–1972 (235 g) | 1974 (5 g) |
| Marty Keough | OF | 1966 (17 g) | 1956–1960 (214 g) |
| Pablo Sandoval | 3B | 2020–2021 (70 g) | 2015–2017 (161 g) |
| Tom House | P | 1971–1975 (185 g) | 1976–1977 (44 g) |
| Gene Conley | P | 1952, 1954–1958 (146 g) | 1961–1963 (76 g) |
| Eddie Joost | SS | 1943, 1945 (159 g) | 1955 (56 g) |
| Babe Dahlgren | 1B | 1941 (44 g) | 1935–1936 (165 g) |
| Zane Smith | P | 1984–1989 (178 g) | 1995 (24 g) |
| Nick Green | 2B | 2004 (95 g) | 2009 (104 g) |
| Wes Ferrell | P | 1941 (4 g) | 1934–1937 (188 g) |
| Pedro Ciriaco | 3B | 2015 (84 g) | 2012–2013 (104 g) |
| Chet Nichols | P | 1951, 1954–1956 (104 g) | 1960–1963 (82 g) |
| Chris Martin | P | 2019–2021 (85 g) | 2023–2024 (100 g) |
| Red Rollings | 3B | 1930 (52 g) | 1927–1928 (133 g) |
| Ted Lewis | P | 1896–1900 (145 g) | 1901 (39 g) |
| Joe Wilhoit | OF | 1916–1917 (170 g) | 1919 (6 g) |
| Rudy Seanez | P | 1998–2001 (125 g) | 2003, 2006 (50 g) |
| Kenley Jansen | P | 2022 (65 g) | 2023–2024 (105 g) |
| Casey Kotchman | 1B | 2008–2009 (130 g) | 2009 (39 g) |
| Danny Heep | OF | 1991 (14 g) | 1989–1990 (154 g) |
| Chris Sale | P | 2024–2025 (50 g) | 2017–2019, 2021–2023 (115 g) |
| Joe Hesketh | P | 1990 (31 g) | 1990–1994 (134 g) |
| Jeff Reardon | P | 1992 (14 g) | 1990–1992 (150 g) |
| Willie Harris | OF | 2007 (117 g) | 2006 (47 g) |
| Nick Esasky | 1B | 1990 (9 g) | 1989 (154 g) |
| Anthony Varvaro | P | 2011–2014 (153 g) | 2015 (9 g) |
| Blaine Boyer | P | 2005–2009 (129 g) | 2017 (32 g) |
| Hank Fischer | P | 1962–1966 (144 g) | 1966–1967 (15 g) |
| Hap Myers | 1B | 1913 (140 g) | 1910–1911 (18 g) |
| Deron Johnson | 1B | 1968 (127 g) | 1974–1976 (29 g) |
| Rey Sanchez | SS | 2001 (49 g) | 2002 (107 g) |
| Sean Newcomb | P | 2017–2022 (144 g) | 2025 (12 g) |
| Jack Quinn | P | 1913 (9 g) | 1922–1925 (145 g) |
| Joe Dugan | 3B | 1929 (60 g) | 1922 (84 g) |
| Roger Moret | P | 1976 (27 g) | 1970–1975 (117 g) |
| Dan Osinski | P | 1965 (61 g) | 1966–1967 (78 g) |
| Gene Mauch | 2B | 1950–1951 (67 g) | 1956–1957 (72 g) |
| Jay Ritchie | P | 1966–1967 (74 g) | 1964–1965 (65 g) |
| Julian Tavarez | P | 2008 (36 g) | 2006–2008 (101 g) |
| Mark Kotsay | OF | 2008 (88 g) | 2008–2009 (49 g) |
| Al Simmons | OF | 1939 (93 g) | 1943 (40 g) |
| Brandon Phillips | 2B | 2017 (120 g) | 2018 (9 g) |
| Frank O'Rourke | 3B | 1912 (61 g) | 1922 (67 g) |
| Jim Wilson | P | 1951–1954 (100 g) | 1945–1946 (26 g) |
| John Burkett | P | 2000–2001 (65 g) | 2002–2003 (61 g) |
| Ryan Lavarnway | C | 2015 (27 g) | 2011–2014 (97 g) |
| Danny Santana | OF | 2017–2018 (84 g) | 2021 (38 g) |
| Juan Pizarro | P | 1957–1960 (93 g) | 1968–1969 (26 g) |
| Bob Sadowski | P | 1963–1965 (104 g) | 1966 (11 g) |
| Rico Brogna | 1B | 2001 (72 g) | 2000 (43 g) |
| Joe Riggert | OF | 1919 (63 g) | 1911 (51 g) |
| Takashi Saito | P | 2010 (56 g) | 2009 (56 g) |
| Kevin Pillar | OF | 2023 (81 g) | 2020 (30 g) |
| Bucky Walters | P | 1931–1932, 1950 (32 g) | 1933–1934 (75 g) |
| Bernard Gilkey | OF | 2001 (69 g) | 2000 (36 g) |
| Chris Woodward | SS | 2007 (92 g) | 2009 (13 g) |
| Joe Heving | P | 1945 (3 g) | 1938–1940 (101 g) |
| Stan Belinda | P | 2000 (10 g) | 1995–1996 (94 g) |
| Alexi Ogando | P | 2016 (36 g) | 2015 (64 g) |
| Craig Skok | P | 1978–1979 (87 g) | 1973 (11 g) |
| Frank Barrett | P | 1946 (23 g) | 1944–1945 (75 g) |
| Chase d'Arnaud | SS | 2016–2017 (95 g) | 2017 (2 g) |
| Vaughn Grissom | 2B | 2022–2023 (64 g) | 2024 (31 g) |
| Al Shaw | C | 1909 (18 g) | 1907 (75 g) |
| Chris Hammond | P | 2002 (63 g) | 1997 (29 g) |
| Ron Mahay | P | 2007 (30 g) | 1995, 1997–1998 (62 g) |
| Murray Wall | P | 1950 (1 g) | 1957–1959 (89 g) |
| Jack Coffey | SS | 1909 (73 g) | 1918 (15 g) |
| Alejandro Peña | P | 1991–1992, 1995 (70 g) | 1995 (17 g) |
| Mark Melancon | P | 2019–2020 (46 g) | 2012 (41 g) |
| Billy Wagner | P | 2010 (71 g) | 2009 (15 g) |
| Curtis Pride | OF | 1998 (70 g) | 1997, 2000 (11 g) |
| Red Shannon | 2B | 1915 (1 g) | 1919 (80 g) |
| David Aardsma | P | 2015 (33 g) | 2008 (47 g) |
| Abraham Almonte | OF | 2021 (64 g) | 2022 (15 g) |
| Derek Lilliquist | P | 1989–1990 (49 g) | 1995 (28 g) |
| Ernie Whitt | C | 1990 (67 g) | 1976 (8 g) |
| Bobby Avila | 2B | 1959 (51 g) | 1959 (22 g) |
| Don Schwall | P | 1966–1967 (12 g) | 1961–1962 (61 g) |
| Keith Mitchell | OF | 1991 (48 g) | 1998 (23 g) |
| Nels Potter | P | 1948–1949 (59 g) | 1941 (10 g) |
| Charlie Hickman | 1B | 1897–1899 (40 g) | 1902 (28 g) |
| Jack Warner | C | 1895 (3 g) | 1902 (65 g) |
| Lou Legett | C | 1929 (39 g) | 1933–1935 (29 g) |
| Mark Whiten | OF | 1996 (36 g) | 1995 (32 g) |
| Chuck Goggin | 2B | 1973 (64 g) | 1974 (2 g) |
| Paul Byrd | P | 1997–1998, 2004 (51 g) | 2008–2009 (15 g) |
| Brandon Snyder | 1B | 2016 (37 g) | 2013 (27 g) |
| Ken Aspromonte | 2B | 1962 (34 g) | 1957–1958 (30 g) |
| Gene Bailey | OF | 1919–1920 (17 g) | 1920 (46 g) |
| Ramon Hernandez | P | 1967 (46 g) | 1977 (12 g) |
| Ryan Weber | P | 2015–2016 (21 g) | 2019–2021 (36 g) |
| Ray Boone | 3B | 1959–1960 (20 g) | 1960 (34 g) |
| Lew Krausse | P | 1974 (29 g) | 1972 (24 g) |
| Tyler Thornburg | P | 2022 (9 g) | 2018–2019 (41 g) |
| Billy Hoeft | P | 1964 (42 g) | 1959 (7 g) |
| Chet Chadbourne | OF | 1918 (27 g) | 1906–1907 (21 g) |
| Bruce Chen | P | 1998–2000 (42 g) | 2003 (5 g) |
| Chad Fox | P | 1997 (30 g) | 2003 (17 g) |
| Corky Miller | C | 2007–2008 (43 g) | 2006 (1 g) |
| Ed Sadowski | C | 1966 (3 g) | 1960 (38 g) |
| Brent Lillibridge | OF | 2008 (29 g) | 2012 (10 g) |
| Andy Karl | P | 1947 (27 g) | 1943 (11 g) |
| Sergio Valdez | P | 1989–1990 (25 g) | 1994 (12 g) |
| Lucas Sims | P | 2017–2018 (20 g) | 2024 (15 g) |
| George Cuppy | P | 1900 (17 g) | 1901 (17 g) |
| Woody Rich | P | 1944 (7 g) | 1939–1941 (26 g) |
| Zack Short | SS | 2024 (30 g) | 2024 (2 g) |
| Jimmy Cooney | SS | 1928 (18 g) | 1917 (11 g) |
| Fred Mitchell | P | 1913 (4 g) | 1901–1902 (21 g) |
| Dan Petry | P | 1991 (10 g) | 1991 (13 g) |
| Jason Shiell | P | 2006 (4 g) | 2003 (17 g) |
| Ron Kline | P | 1970 (5 g) | 1969 (16 g) |
| Bartolo Colon | P | 2017 (13 g) | 2008 (7 g) |
| Dick Littlefield | P | 1958 (4 g) | 1950 (15 g) |
| Pedro Beato | P | 2014 (3 g) | 2012–2013 (14 g) |
| Jhoulys Chacin | P | 2016, 2020 (7 g) | 2019 (6 g) |
| Joe Nelson | P | 2001 (2 g) | 2004, 2010 (11 g) |
| Rube Kroh | P | 1912 (3 g) | 1906–1907 (8 g) |
| Connor Seabold | P | 2025 (4 g) | 2021–2022 (6 g) |
| Matt Murray | P | 1995 (4 g) | 1995 (2 g) |
| Frank Barberich | P | 1907 (2 g) | 1910 (2 g) |
| Jake Volz | P | 1905 (3 g) | 1901 (1 g) |
| Jonathan Lucroy | C | 2021 (2 g) | 2020 (1 g) |
| King Brady | P | 1912 (1 g) | 1908 (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.Braves seasons include the Boston Red Caps (1876–1882), Boston Beaneaters (1883–1906), Boston Doves (1907–1910), Boston Rustlers (1911), Boston Braves (1912–1935, 1941–1952), Boston Bees (1936–1940) and Milwaukee Braves (1953–1965).Red Sox seasons include the Boston Americans (1901–1907).
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Questions
How many players have played for both the Atlanta Braves and the Boston Red Sox?
185 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1901 to 2025, including Jimmy Collins, Chick Stahl, Javy Lopez and Mark Lemke. 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?
Buck Freeman: Atlanta Braves first, then the Boston Red Sox from 1901.
Who has played for both recently?
Alex Verdugo, Craig Kimbrel, Adam Duvall, Sandy Leon, Chris Martin and Kenley Jansen and 6 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. Braves seasons include the Boston Red Caps (1876–1882), Boston Beaneaters (1883–1906), Boston Doves (1907–1910), Boston Rustlers (1911), Boston Braves (1912–1935, 1941–1952), Boston Bees (1936–1940) and Milwaukee Braves (1953–1965). Red Sox seasons include the Boston Americans (1901–1907).
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