Atlanta Braves and Cincinnati Reds players: who played for both

Who played for both the Braves and Reds?

259 players played for both the Atlanta Braves and the Cincinnati Reds between 1882 and 2025, including Roy McMillan, Brandon Phillips, Joe Adcock and Ken Griffey. 142 of them played for the Braves first and 108 for the Reds first; 9 played for both in the same season.

Did you know?

Phil Powers is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Braves first, then the Reds from 1882.
Stuart Fairchild is the most recent: Reds first, then the Braves from 2025.
Roy McMillan played the most games across the two: 399 for the Braves and 1,348 for the Reds.
60 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Ken Griffey.
Most common positions on this list: P (99), OF (75), C (27), SS (17).

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All 259 players, most games for the two first

Seasons and regular-season games with each franchise (1876–2025). A gap of a season or more starts a new spell.
Player	Pos	Braves	Reds
Roy McMillan	SS	1961–1964 (399 g)	1951–1960 (1348 g)
Brandon Phillips	2B	2017 (120 g)	2006–2016 (1614 g)
Joe Adcock	1B	1953–1962 (1207 g)	1950–1952 (332 g)
Ken Griffey	OF	1986–1988 (271 g)	1973–1981, 1988–1990 (1224 g)
Mike Lum	OF	1967–1975, 1979–1981 (1225 g)	1976–1978 (251 g)
Frank McCormick	1B	1947–1948 (156 g)	1934, 1937–1945 (1228 g)
Gus Bell	OF	1962–1964 (85 g)	1953–1961 (1235 g)
Ernie Lombardi	C	1942 (105 g)	1932–1941 (1203 g)
Wally Berger	OF	1930–1937 (1057 g)	1938–1940 (198 g)
Horace Ford	SS	1919–1923, 1932–1933 (549 g)	1926–1931 (686 g)
Eddie Miller	SS	1939–1942 (524 g)	1936–1937, 1943–1947 (707 g)
Ron Gant	OF	1987–1993 (858 g)	1995 (119 g)
Denis Menke	SS	1962–1967 (685 g)	1972–1973 (279 g)
Darrel Chaney	SS	1976–1979 (379 g)	1969–1975 (536 g)
Connie Ryan	2B	1943–1944, 1946–1950 (670 g)	1950–1951, 1954 (243 g)
Harry Steinfeldt	3B	1911 (19 g)	1898–1905 (894 g)
Reggie Sanders	OF	2000 (103 g)	1991–1998 (805 g)
Tony Cuccinello	2B	1936–1940, 1942–1943 (617 g)	1930–1931 (279 g)
Woody Woodward	SS	1963–1968 (491 g)	1968–1971 (389 g)
Johnny Bates	OF	1906–1909 (457 g)	1911–1914 (420 g)
Bret Boone	2B	1999 (152 g)	1994–1998 (684 g)
Adam Duvall	OF	2018–2022, 2024 (376 g)	2015–2018 (439 g)
Ed Bailey	C	1964 (95 g)	1953–1961 (714 g)
Dick Egan	2B	1915–1916 (166 g)	1908–1913 (642 g)
Ray Mueller	C	1935–1938, 1951 (242 g)	1943–1944, 1946–1949 (527 g)
Buck Herzog	2B	1910–1911, 1918–1919 (376 g)	1914–1916 (372 g)
Max West	OF	1938–1942, 1946 (665 g)	1946 (72 g)
Billy Hamilton	OF	2019 (26 g)	2013–2018 (690 g)
Mack Jones	OF	1961–1963, 1965–1967 (613 g)	1968 (103 g)
Buck Jordan	1B	1932–1937 (601 g)	1937–1938 (107 g)
Larry Kopf	SS	1922–1923 (165 g)	1916–1917, 1919–1921 (527 g)
Deron Johnson	1B	1968 (127 g)	1964–1967 (549 g)
Bob Smith	P	1923–1930, 1933–1937 (647 g)	1933 (23 g)
Nick Esasky	1B	1990 (9 g)	1983–1988 (647 g)
Terry Pendleton	3B	1991–1994, 1996 (593 g)	1997 (50 g)
Clay Carroll	P	1964–1968 (155 g)	1968–1975 (486 g)
Michael Tucker	OF	1997–1998 (268 g)	1999–2001 (367 g)
Charley Jones	OF	1879–1880 (149 g)	1883–1887 (482 g)
Red Lucas	P	1924–1925 (39 g)	1926–1933 (590 g)
Eddie Joost	SS	1943, 1945 (159 g)	1936–1937, 1939–1942 (443 g)
Walter Holke	1B	1919–1922 (536 g)	1925 (65 g)
Tommy Griffith	OF	1913–1914 (53 g)	1915–1918 (547 g)
Cy Seymour	OF	1913 (39 g)	1902–1906 (556 g)
Gene Moore	OF	1936–1938, 1940–1941 (585 g)	1931 (4 g)
Les Mann	OF	1913–1914, 1919–1920, 1924–1927 (573 g)	1923 (8 g)
Joe Kelley	OF	1891, 1908 (85 g)	1902–1906 (486 g)
Sherry Magee	OF	1915–1917 (350 g)	1917–1919 (216 g)
Jeff Treadway	2B	1989–1992 (429 g)	1987–1988 (126 g)
Mike McCormick	OF	1946–1948 (266 g)	1940–1943, 1946 (287 g)
George Crowe	1B	1952–1953, 1955 (224 g)	1956–1958 (321 g)
Cozy Dolan	OF	1895–1896, 1905–1906 (296 g)	1903–1905 (243 g)
Deion Sanders	OF	1991–1994 (292 g)	1994–1995, 1997, 2001 (226 g)
Drew Stubbs	OF	2016 (20 g)	2009–2012 (486 g)
Pop Snyder	C	1878–1879, 1881 (203 g)	1882–1886 (296 g)
Raisel Iglesias	P	2022–2025 (222 g)	2015–2020 (274 g)
Willard Marshall	OF	1950–1952 (263 g)	1952–1953 (229 g)
Joe Quinn	2B	1888–1889, 1891–1892 (417 g)	1900 (74 g)
David Ross	C	2009–2012 (227 g)	2006–2008 (254 g)
Ty Cline	OF	1963–1967 (348 g)	1970–1971 (117 g)
Walker Cooper	C	1950–1953 (366 g)	1949–1950 (97 g)
Kent Mercker	P	1989–1995, 2003 (251 g)	1997, 2003, 2005–2006, 2008 (210 g)
Danny Litwhiler	OF	1946–1948 (183 g)	1948–1951 (274 g)
Mike Remlinger	P	1999–2002, 2006 (328 g)	1995–1998 (127 g)
Mark Wohlers	P	1991–1999 (388 g)	2000–2001 (50 g)
Paul Janish	SS	2012–2013 (107 g)	2008–2011 (324 g)
Al Bridwell	SS	1906–1907, 1911–1912 (343 g)	1905 (82 g)
Doc Miller	OF	1910–1912 (327 g)	1914 (94 g)
Bill Rariden	C	1909–1913 (306 g)	1919–1920 (113 g)
Andy High	3B	1925–1927 (303 g)	1932–1933 (108 g)
Vic Correll	C	1974–1977 (299 g)	1978–1980 (110 g)
Dolf Luque	P	1914–1915 (5 g)	1918–1929 (403 g)
Jonny Gomes	OF	2015 (83 g)	2009–2011 (323 g)
Brian Hunter	1B	1991–1993, 1999–2000 (352 g)	1994–1995 (49 g)
Joe Nolan	C	1975, 1977–1980 (267 g)	1980–1981 (134 g)
Joe Stripp	3B	1938 (59 g)	1928–1931 (342 g)
Alex Gonzalez	SS	2010–2011 (221 g)	2007, 2009 (178 g)
Claude Ritchey	2B	1907–1909 (296 g)	1897 (101 g)
Marty Keough	OF	1966 (17 g)	1962–1965 (377 g)
Elmer Smith	OF	1901 (16 g)	1886–1889, 1898–1900 (370 g)
Rick Mahler	P	1979–1988, 1991 (309 g)	1989–1990 (75 g)
Jim Delahanty	2B	1904–1905 (264 g)	1906 (115 g)
Bucky Walters	P	1931–1932, 1950 (32 g)	1938–1948 (341 g)
Mike Stanton	P	1989–1995 (304 g)	2007 (69 g)
Jake Fraley	OF	2025 (9 g)	2022–2025 (362 g)
Edgar Renteria	SS	2006–2007 (273 g)	2011 (96 g)
Dave Shean	2B	1909–1910, 1912 (231 g)	1917 (131 g)
Scott Schebler	OF	2020 (1 g)	2016–2019 (360 g)
George Harper	OF	1929 (136 g)	1922–1924 (217 g)
Tommy Gregg	OF	1988–1992, 1997 (340 g)	1993 (10 g)
Johnny Rawlings	2B	1917–1920 (316 g)	1914 (33 g)
Tony Cloninger	P	1961–1968 (234 g)	1968–1971 (115 g)
Larry Benton	P	1923–1927, 1935 (182 g)	1930–1934 (158 g)
Wes Schulmerich	OF	1931–1933 (243 g)	1934 (74 g)
Chris Reitsma	P	2004–2006 (187 g)	2001–2003 (127 g)
Herbie Moran	OF	1908–1910, 1914–1915 (207 g)	1914 (107 g)
Joey Jay	P	1953–1955, 1957–1960, 1966 (124 g)	1961–1966 (186 g)
Miguel de la Hoz	3B	1964–1967 (304 g)	1969 (1 g)
Si Johnson	P	1946–1947 (64 g)	1928–1936 (235 g)
Brayan Peña	C	2005–2008 (71 g)	2014–2015 (223 g)
Fred Beck	OF	1909–1910 (253 g)	1911 (41 g)
Vince DiMaggio	OF	1937–1938 (282 g)	1939–1940 (10 g)
John Barry	OF	1900–1901 (92 g)	1905–1906 (198 g)
Dave Brain	3B	1906–1907 (272 g)	1908 (16 g)
Alex Trevino	C	1984 (79 g)	1982–1984, 1990 (207 g)
Jim Pendleton	OF	1953–1956 (213 g)	1959 (65 g)
Mike Donlin	OF	1911 (56 g)	1902–1904 (220 g)
Les Scarsella	1B	1940 (18 g)	1935–1937, 1939 (247 g)
Nick Masset	P	2015 (20 g)	2008–2011 (241 g)
Stuart Fairchild	OF	2025 (28 g)	2022–2024 (229 g)
Norm Charlton	P	1998 (13 g)	1988–1992, 2000 (243 g)
Dave Martinez	OF	2001 (120 g)	1992 (135 g)
Aaron Harang	P	2014 (33 g)	2003–2010 (218 g)
Damon Berryhill	C	1991–1993 (217 g)	1995 (34 g)
Darren Bragg	OF	2002–2003 (213 g)	2004 (38 g)
Tony Gonzalez	OF	1969–1970 (212 g)	1960 (39 g)
Frank Thomas	OF	1961, 1965 (139 g)	1959 (108 g)
Pete Whisenant	OF	1952 (24 g)	1957–1961 (215 g)
Johnny Kling	C	1911–1912 (156 g)	1913 (80 g)
Hal King	C	1970–1971 (175 g)	1973–1974 (55 g)
Lucas Sims	P	2017–2018 (20 g)	2018–2024 (210 g)
Beals Becker	OF	1908–1909 (195 g)	1913 (30 g)
Steve Avery	P	1990–1996 (205 g)	1999 (19 g)
Mike Kelly	OF	1994–1995 (127 g)	1996–1997 (92 g)
Clyde Shoun	P	1947–1949 (63 g)	1942–1944, 1946–1947 (154 g)
Will White	P	1877 (3 g)	1882–1886 (208 g)
Juan Francisco	3B	2012–2013 (128 g)	2009–2011 (81 g)
Ken Henderson	OF	1976 (133 g)	1978–1979 (74 g)
Old Hoss Radbourn	P	1886–1889 (176 g)	1891 (29 g)
Alexis Diaz	P	2025 (3 g)	2022–2025 (196 g)
Corky Miller	C	2007–2008 (43 g)	2001–2004, 2009–2010, 2013 (153 g)
Red Barrett	P	1943–1945, 1947–1949 (182 g)	1937–1940 (12 g)
Matt Kemp	OF	2016–2017 (171 g)	2019 (20 g)
Don Nottebart	P	1960–1962 (82 g)	1966–1967 (106 g)
Roberto Kelly	OF	1994 (63 g)	1993–1994 (125 g)
Ted Abernathy	P	1966 (38 g)	1967–1968 (148 g)
Jerome Walton	OF	1996 (37 g)	1994–1995 (148 g)
Paul Bako	C	2000–2001 (85 g)	2008 (99 g)
Phil Geier	OF	1904 (148 g)	1900 (30 g)
Danny MacFayden	P	1935–1939, 1943 (169 g)	1935 (7 g)
Charlie Leibrandt	P	1990–1992 (92 g)	1979–1982 (82 g)
Dee Phillips	3B	1944, 1946 (142 g)	1942 (28 g)
Stan Belinda	P	2000 (10 g)	1997–1999 (153 g)
Art Nehf	P	1915–1919 (131 g)	1926–1927 (28 g)
Terry Crowley	DH	1976 (7 g)	1974–1975 (150 g)
Lena Blackburne	SS	1919 (31 g)	1918 (125 g)
Hank Fischer	P	1962–1966 (144 g)	1966 (11 g)
Johnny Hutchings	P	1941–1942, 1944–1946 (128 g)	1940–1941 (27 g)
Jim Turner	P	1937–1939 (99 g)	1940–1942 (51 g)
George Twombly	OF	1917 (32 g)	1914–1916 (117 g)
Rube Marquard	P	1922–1925 (109 g)	1921 (39 g)
Al Lakeman	C	1949 (3 g)	1942–1947 (144 g)
Chris Hammond	P	2002 (63 g)	1990–1992, 2006 (82 g)
Ken Johnson	P	1965–1969 (130 g)	1961 (15 g)
Milt Pappas	P	1968–1970 (59 g)	1966–1968 (86 g)
Willie Harris	OF	2007 (117 g)	2012 (25 g)
Charlie Puleo	P	1986–1989 (109 g)	1983–1984 (32 g)
Jim Thorpe	OF	1919 (60 g)	1917 (77 g)
Pete Smith	P	1987–1993 (126 g)	1995 (11 g)
Tex McDonald	SS	1913 (62 g)	1912–1913 (73 g)
Phil Powers	C	1880 (37 g)	1882–1885 (96 g)
Wally Rehg	OF	1917–1918 (127 g)	1919 (5 g)
Mike Minor	P	2010–2014 (111 g)	2022 (19 g)
Pat Ragan	P	1915–1919 (128 g)	1909 (2 g)
Jack Scott	P	1917, 1919–1921 (126 g)	1922 (1 g)
Tommy Thevenow	SS	1937 (21 g)	1936 (106 g)
Tony Tarasco	OF	1993–1994 (111 g)	1998 (15 g)
Al Wickland	OF	1918 (96 g)	1913 (26 g)
Jimmy Outlaw	OF	1939 (65 g)	1937–1938 (53 g)
Josh Devore	OF	1914 (52 g)	1913 (66 g)
Jason Marquis	P	2000–2003 (106 g)	2015 (10 g)
Gus Dorner	P	1906–1909 (113 g)	1906 (2 g)
Ted Davidson	P	1968 (4 g)	1965–1968 (110 g)
Dewayne Wise	OF	2004 (77 g)	2006–2007 (36 g)
Denny Neagle	P	1996–1998 (72 g)	1999–2000 (39 g)
Marv Rickert	OF	1948–1949 (103 g)	1948 (8 g)
Elmer Dessens	P	2008 (4 g)	2000–2002 (106 g)
Billy Martin	2B	1961 (6 g)	1960 (103 g)
Dwayne Henry	P	1989–1990 (46 g)	1992–1993 (63 g)
Chet Nichols	P	1951, 1954–1956 (104 g)	1964 (3 g)
Jim Brower	P	2005 (37 g)	2001–2002 (70 g)
Fred Lewis	OF	1881 (27 g)	1886 (77 g)
Lee Viau	P	1892 (1 g)	1888–1890 (103 g)
Al Simmons	OF	1939 (93 g)	1939 (9 g)
Art Kruger	OF	1910 (1 g)	1907 (101 g)
Bill Merritt	C	1893–1894, 1899 (50 g)	1894–1895 (52 g)
Jay Ritchie	P	1966–1967 (74 g)	1968 (28 g)
Nate Andrews	P	1943–1945 (95 g)	1946 (7 g)
Philip Gosselin	2B	2013–2015, 2022 (82 g)	2018 (20 g)
Geronimo Berroa	DH	1989–1990 (88 g)	1992 (13 g)
Gus Getz	3B	1909–1910 (94 g)	1917 (7 g)
Preston Tucker	OF	2018 (80 g)	2018 (17 g)
Mike Gonzalez	C	1912 (1 g)	1914 (95 g)
Melvin Nieves	OF	1992 (12 g)	1998 (83 g)
Alex Wood	P	2013–2015 (86 g)	2019 (7 g)
Ray Starr	P	1933 (9 g)	1941–1943 (80 g)
Matt Wisler	P	2015–2018 (77 g)	2018 (11 g)
Milt Shoffner	P	1937–1939 (58 g)	1939–1940 (30 g)
Bill McKechnie	3B	1913 (1 g)	1916–1917 (85 g)
Jesse Biddle	P	2018–2019, 2021 (83 g)	2020 (1 g)
Jackson Stephens	P	2022–2024 (47 g)	2017–2018 (36 g)
Jim Beauchamp	1B	1965, 1967 (8 g)	1968–1969 (74 g)
Bruce Chen	P	1998–2000 (42 g)	2002 (39 g)
Chick Fraser	P	1905 (48 g)	1906 (31 g)
Chick Autry	1B	1909 (61 g)	1907, 1909 (16 g)
Bob Johnson	SS	1968 (59 g)	1968 (16 g)
Hugh Poland	C	1943–1944, 1946 (56 g)	1947–1948 (19 g)
Lloyd Waner	OF	1941 (19 g)	1941 (55 g)
Allyn Stout	P	1943 (9 g)	1933–1934 (64 g)
Mike McQueen	P	1969–1972 (63 g)	1974 (10 g)
Russ Springer	P	1998–1999 (71 g)	2010 (2 g)
Jeff Reardon	P	1992 (14 g)	1993 (58 g)
Earl Blackburn	C	1915–1916 (50 g)	1912–1913 (18 g)
Bob Hazle	OF	1957–1958 (61 g)	1955 (6 g)
Jesse Gonder	C	1965 (31 g)	1962–1963 (35 g)
Milt Hill	P	1994 (10 g)	1991–1993 (55 g)
Jimmy Smith	2B	1918 (35 g)	1919 (28 g)
Brad Brach	P	2018 (27 g)	2021 (35 g)
Jay Howell	P	1993 (54 g)	1980 (5 g)
Keith Mitchell	OF	1991 (48 g)	1996 (11 g)
Todd Hollandsworth	OF	2005 (24 g)	2006 (34 g)
Johnny Riddle	C	1937–1938 (21 g)	1941, 1944–1945 (34 g)
Derek Lilliquist	P	1989–1990 (49 g)	1996 (5 g)
Ross Detwiler	P	2015 (24 g)	2022 (30 g)
Joe Hoerner	P	1972–1973 (45 g)	1977 (8 g)
Guy Bush	P	1936–1937 (48 g)	1945 (4 g)
Elmer Knetzer	P	1916 (2 g)	1916–1917 (48 g)
Jung Bong	P	2002–2003 (46 g)	2004 (3 g)
Mike Sullivan	P	1899 (1 g)	1892–1893 (48 g)
John Hudek	P	1999 (15 g)	1998–1999 (32 g)
Joe Schultz	OF	1912–1913 (13 g)	1925 (33 g)
Gabby Street	C	1905 (3 g)	1904–1905 (42 g)
Kevin Gausman	P	2018–2019 (27 g)	2019 (15 g)
Bob Allen	SS	1897 (34 g)	1900 (5 g)
Moe Drabowsky	P	1961 (16 g)	1962 (23 g)
Randy St. Claire	P	1991–1992 (29 g)	1988 (10 g)
Bob Logan	P	1945 (34 g)	1941 (2 g)
Nate Jones	P	2021 (12 g)	2020 (21 g)
Ryan Lavarnway	C	2015 (27 g)	2019 (5 g)
C. J. Nitkowski	P	2004 (22 g)	1995 (9 g)
Jim Konstanty	P	1946 (10 g)	1944 (20 g)
Ray Benge	P	1936 (21 g)	1938 (9 g)
Tom McCarthy	P	1908–1909 (23 g)	1908 (1 g)
Jack Quinn	P	1913 (9 g)	1933 (14 g)
Mike Ford	DH	2022 (5 g)	2024 (17 g)
Hank Gastright	P	1893 (20 g)	1896 (1 g)
Hank Schreiber	3B	1917 (2 g)	1919 (19 g)
Johnny Niggeling	P	1938, 1946 (10 g)	1939 (10 g)
Bill Chappelle	P	1908–1909 (18 g)	1909 (1 g)
Chasen Shreve	P	2014 (15 g)	2023 (3 g)
Lefty George	P	1918 (10 g)	1915 (7 g)
Tyler Thornburg	P	2022 (9 g)	2020 (7 g)
Kevin Herget	P	2025 (1 g)	2023 (14 g)
Jimmy Herget	P	2024 (8 g)	2019 (5 g)
Casey Kelly	P	2016 (10 g)	2024 (2 g)
Jake Volz	P	1905 (3 g)	1908 (7 g)
Lee Richmond	OF	1879 (1 g)	1886 (8 g)
Silvino Bracho	P	2022 (3 g)	2023 (5 g)
Harry Riconda	3B	1926 (4 g)	1930 (1 g)
Bill McCarthy	C	1905 (1 g)	1907 (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.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).Reds seasons include the Cincinnati Red Stockings (1882–1889) and Cincinnati Redlegs (1954–1959).

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Questions

How many players have played for both the Atlanta Braves and the Cincinnati Reds?

259 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1882 to 2025, including Roy McMillan, Brandon Phillips, Joe Adcock and Ken Griffey. 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?

Phil Powers: Atlanta Braves first, then the Cincinnati Reds from 1882.

Who has played for both recently?

Adam Duvall, Raisel Iglesias, Jake Fraley, Stuart Fairchild, Lucas Sims and Alexis Diaz and 5 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). Reds seasons include the Cincinnati Red Stockings (1882–1889) and Cincinnati Redlegs (1954–1959).

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