Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Angels players: who played for both
Who played for both the Braves and Angels?
142 players played for both the Atlanta Braves and the Los Angeles Angels between 1961 and 2025, including Garret Anderson, Joe Adcock, Erick Aybar and Andrelton Simmons. 76 of them played for the Braves first and 56 for the Angels first; 10 played for both in the same season.
Did you know?
- Chuck Tanner is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Braves first, then the Angels from 1961.
- Travis d'Arnaud is the most recent: Braves first, then the Angels from 2025.
- Garret Anderson played the most games across the two: 135 for the Braves and 2,013 for the Angels.
- 26 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Wally Joyner.
- Most common positions on this list: P (62), OF (33), C (16), 2B (11).
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All 142 players, most games for the two first
| Player | Pos | Braves | Angels |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garret Anderson | OF | 2009 (135 g) | 1994–2008 (2013 g) |
| Joe Adcock | 1B | 1953–1962 (1207 g) | 1964–1966 (323 g) |
| Erick Aybar | SS | 2016 (97 g) | 2006–2015 (1220 g) |
| Andrelton Simmons | SS | 2012–2015 (499 g) | 2016–2020 (561 g) |
| Wally Joyner | 1B | 2000 (119 g) | 1986–1991, 2001 (899 g) |
| Troy Glaus | 3B | 2010 (128 g) | 1998–2004 (827 g) |
| Sandy Alomar | 2B | 1964–1966 (117 g) | 1969–1974 (795 g) |
| Ron Gant | OF | 1987–1993 (858 g) | 2000 (34 g) |
| Ralph Garr | OF | 1968–1975 (800 g) | 1979–1980 (27 g) |
| Claudell Washington | OF | 1981–1986 (651 g) | 1989–1990 (122 g) |
| Marty Perez | SS | 1971–1976 (690 g) | 1969–1970 (16 g) |
| Justin Upton | OF | 2013–2014 (303 g) | 2017–2021 (366 g) |
| Yunel Escobar | SS | 2007–2010 (446 g) | 2016–2017 (221 g) |
| Ken Oberkfell | 3B | 1984–1988 (590 g) | 1992 (41 g) |
| Luis Polonia | OF | 1995–1996 (50 g) | 1990–1993 (560 g) |
| Lew Burdette | P | 1951–1963 (507 g) | 1966–1967 (73 g) |
| David Fletcher | 2B | 2024 (5 g) | 2018–2023 (534 g) |
| Lee Thomas | OF | 1966 (39 g) | 1961–1964 (486 g) |
| Casey Kotchman | 1B | 2008–2009 (130 g) | 2004–2008 (351 g) |
| Alberto Callaspo | 3B | 2015 (37 g) | 2010–2013 (423 g) |
| Travis d'Arnaud | C | 2020–2024 (384 g) | 2025 (69 g) |
| Jeff Mathis | C | 2021 (3 g) | 2005–2011 (426 g) |
| Peter Bourjos | OF | 2018 (36 g) | 2010–2013, 2019 (380 g) |
| Joe Koppe | SS | 1958 (16 g) | 1961–1965 (372 g) |
| Tony Gonzalez | OF | 1969–1970 (212 g) | 1970–1971 (137 g) |
| Raisel Iglesias | P | 2022–2025 (222 g) | 2021–2022 (104 g) |
| Jorge Fabregas | C | 1999 (6 g) | 1994–1997, 2001–2002 (315 g) |
| Kurt Suzuki | C | 2017–2018 (186 g) | 2021–2022 (123 g) |
| Andres Galarraga | 1B | 1998, 2000 (294 g) | 2004 (7 g) |
| Ryan Langerhans | OF | 2002–2003, 2005–2007 (296 g) | 2012 (2 g) |
| Greg Myers | C | 1997, 1999 (43 g) | 1992–1995 (246 g) |
| Bubba Morton | OF | 1963 (15 g) | 1966–1969 (263 g) |
| Kent Mercker | P | 1989–1995, 2003 (251 g) | 2000 (21 g) |
| Ervin Santana | P | 2014 (31 g) | 2005–2012 (236 g) |
| Donnie Moore | P | 1982–1984 (106 g) | 1985–1988 (155 g) |
| Del Rice | C | 1955–1959 (208 g) | 1961 (44 g) |
| Dwight Smith | OF | 1995–1996 (204 g) | 1994 (45 g) |
| Julio Teheran | P | 2011–2019 (237 g) | 2020 (10 g) |
| Willie Montanez | 1B | 1976–1977 (239 g) | 1966 (8 g) |
| Mark Eichhorn | P | 1989 (45 g) | 1990–1992, 1996 (196 g) |
| Jesse Chavez | P | 2010, 2021–2025 (190 g) | 2017, 2022 (49 g) |
| Jim Johnson | P | 2015–2017 (175 g) | 2018 (62 g) |
| Cameron Maybin | OF | 2015 (141 g) | 2017 (93 g) |
| Al Spangler | OF | 1959–1961 (175 g) | 1965–1966 (57 g) |
| Jordan Walden | P | 2013–2014 (108 g) | 2010–2012 (123 g) |
| Matt Joyce | OF | 2019 (129 g) | 2015 (93 g) |
| Andy Messersmith | P | 1976–1977 (45 g) | 1968–1972 (174 g) |
| George Brunet | P | 1960–1961 (22 g) | 1964–1969 (194 g) |
| Jimmie Hall | OF | 1970 (39 g) | 1967–1968 (175 g) |
| Mark Teixeira | 1B | 2007–2008 (157 g) | 2008 (54 g) |
| Philip Gosselin | 2B | 2013–2015, 2022 (82 g) | 2021–2022 (126 g) |
| Rufino Linares | OF | 1981–1982, 1984 (189 g) | 1985 (18 g) |
| Tommy La Stella | 2B | 2014 (93 g) | 2019–2020 (108 g) |
| Chuck Tanner | OF | 1955–1957 (179 g) | 1961–1962 (14 g) |
| Billy Cowan | OF | 1965 (19 g) | 1969–1972 (173 g) |
| Carlos Perez | C | 2018 (8 g) | 2015–2017 (184 g) |
| Dave Gallagher | OF | 1994 (89 g) | 1991, 1995 (101 g) |
| Dan Osinski | P | 1965 (61 g) | 1962–1964 (127 g) |
| Jorge Soler | OF | 2021, 2024 (104 g) | 2025 (82 g) |
| Scott Downs | P | 2013 (25 g) | 2011–2013 (160 g) |
| Ed Sadowski | C | 1966 (3 g) | 1961–1963 (176 g) |
| Justin Speier | P | 1999 (19 g) | 2007–2009 (154 g) |
| Terry Forster | P | 1983–1985 (127 g) | 1986 (41 g) |
| Kevin Pillar | OF | 2023 (81 g) | 2024 (83 g) |
| Mike Bielecki | P | 1991–1992, 1994, 1996–1997 (130 g) | 1995 (22 g) |
| Charlie O'Brien | C | 1994–1995 (118 g) | 1998–1999 (32 g) |
| Brandon Phillips | 2B | 2017 (120 g) | 2017 (24 g) |
| Chuck Cottier | 2B | 1959–1960 (105 g) | 1968–1969 (35 g) |
| Curtis Pride | OF | 1998 (70 g) | 2004–2006 (68 g) |
| Steve Barber | P | 1970–1972 (49 g) | 1972–1973 (84 g) |
| Michael Kohn | P | 2015 (6 g) | 2010–2011, 2013–2014 (126 g) |
| Lou Johnson | OF | 1962 (61 g) | 1961, 1969 (68 g) |
| Ehire Adrianza | SS | 2021–2023 (120 g) | 2024 (8 g) |
| Kenley Jansen | P | 2022 (65 g) | 2025 (62 g) |
| Eric Young | OF | 2015 (35 g) | 2017–2018 (88 g) |
| Tommy Hanson | P | 2009–2012 (108 g) | 2013 (15 g) |
| Russ Springer | P | 1998–1999 (71 g) | 1993–1995 (51 g) |
| Sam Freeman | P | 2017–2018 (121 g) | 2019 (1 g) |
| Ron Piche | P | 1960–1963 (102 g) | 1965 (14 g) |
| Ian Krol | P | 2016–2017 (114 g) | 2018 (1 g) |
| Gordon Beckham | 2B | 2016 (85 g) | 2014 (26 g) |
| Bartolo Colon | P | 2017 (13 g) | 2004–2007 (96 g) |
| Jacob Webb | P | 2019–2021 (78 g) | 2023 (29 g) |
| Jose Suarez | P | 2025 (7 g) | 2019–2024 (99 g) |
| Hoyt Wilhelm | P | 1969–1971 (61 g) | 1969 (44 g) |
| Ed Bailey | C | 1964 (95 g) | 1966 (5 g) |
| Horacio Ramirez | P | 2003–2006 (88 g) | 2011 (12 g) |
| Jimmy Herget | P | 2024 (8 g) | 2021–2023 (92 g) |
| Ken Aspromonte | 2B | 1962 (34 g) | 1961 (66 g) |
| Rafael Ortega | OF | 2019 (34 g) | 2016 (66 g) |
| Gio Urshela | 3B | 2024 (36 g) | 2023 (62 g) |
| Bob Priddy | P | 1969–1971 (82 g) | 1969 (15 g) |
| Jason Grilli | P | 2015–2016 (57 g) | 2014 (40 g) |
| Kevan Smith | C | 2021 (30 g) | 2019 (67 g) |
| Hawk Taylor | C | 1957–1958, 1961–1963 (67 g) | 1967 (23 g) |
| Julio Navarro | P | 1970 (17 g) | 1962–1964 (71 g) |
| Sean Rodriguez | 2B | 2017 (15 g) | 2008–2009 (71 g) |
| Darren O'Day | P | 2019–2020, 2022 (55 g) | 2008 (30 g) |
| Len Gabrielson | OF | 1960, 1963–1964 (74 g) | 1967 (11 g) |
| Cory Rasmus | P | 2013 (3 g) | 2013–2016 (81 g) |
| Bud Norris | P | 2016 (22 g) | 2017 (60 g) |
| Paul Byrd | P | 1997–1998, 2004 (51 g) | 2005 (31 g) |
| Paul Doyle | P | 1969 (36 g) | 1970, 1972 (42 g) |
| Mickey Mahler | P | 1977–1979 (65 g) | 1981–1982 (12 g) |
| Aubrey Gatewood | P | 1970 (3 g) | 1963–1965 (73 g) |
| Jonathan Lucroy | C | 2021 (2 g) | 2019 (74 g) |
| Kirby Yates | P | 2022–2023 (70 g) | 2017 (1 g) |
| Adrian Garrett | DH | 1966 (4 g) | 1975–1976 (66 g) |
| Todd Cunningham | OF | 2013, 2015 (47 g) | 2016 (20 g) |
| Luis Guillorme | 2B | 2024 (10 g) | 2024 (51 g) |
| Frank LaCorte | P | 1975–1979 (46 g) | 1984 (13 g) |
| Ian Anderson | P | 2020–2022 (52 g) | 2025 (7 g) |
| Touki Toussaint | P | 2018–2021 (50 g) | 2022, 2025 (9 g) |
| Trevor Cahill | P | 2015 (15 g) | 2019 (38 g) |
| Dan Petry | P | 1991 (10 g) | 1988–1989 (41 g) |
| Merritt Ranew | C | 1964 (9 g) | 1965 (41 g) |
| Raul Mondesi | OF | 2005 (41 g) | 2004 (8 g) |
| Jo-Jo Reyes | P | 2007–2010 (46 g) | 2015 (1 g) |
| Jerome Walton | OF | 1996 (37 g) | 1993 (5 g) |
| Gino Cimoli | OF | 1961 (37 g) | 1965 (4 g) |
| Reynaldo Lopez | P | 2024–2025 (27 g) | 2023 (13 g) |
| Darrell May | P | 1995 (2 g) | 1996–1997 (34 g) |
| Jhoulys Chacin | P | 2016, 2020 (7 g) | 2016 (29 g) |
| Tucker Davidson | P | 2020–2022 (9 g) | 2022–2023 (26 g) |
| David Carpenter | P | 2015 (4 g) | 2012–2014 (30 g) |
| Mike Ford | DH | 2022 (5 g) | 2022 (28 g) |
| Rene Rivera | C | 2018 (3 g) | 2018 (30 g) |
| Nicky Lopez | 2B | 2023 (26 g) | 2025 (5 g) |
| Ron Kline | P | 1970 (5 g) | 1961 (26 g) |
| Tim Unroe | 1B | 2000 (4 g) | 1999 (27 g) |
| Hector Neris | P | 2025 (2 g) | 2025 (21 g) |
| Terry Clark | P | 1995 (3 g) | 1988–1989 (19 g) |
| Chris Resop | P | 2008, 2010 (17 g) | 2007 (4 g) |
| Wayne Causey | SS | 1968 (16 g) | 1968 (4 g) |
| Dave Schuler | P | 1985 (9 g) | 1979–1980 (9 g) |
| Akeel Morris | P | 2017 (8 g) | 2018 (9 g) |
| Scott Schebler | OF | 2020 (1 g) | 2021 (14 g) |
| Cory Aldridge | OF | 2001 (8 g) | 2010 (5 g) |
| Davis Daniel | P | 2025 (3 g) | 2023–2024 (9 g) |
| Phil Roof | C | 1961, 1964 (2 g) | 1965 (9 g) |
| Ryan Buchter | P | 2014 (1 g) | 2020 (10 g) |
| Carl Edwards | P | 2021 (1 g) | 2025 (2 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).Angels seasons include the California Angels (1965–1996) and Anaheim Angels (1997–2004).
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Questions
How many players have played for both the Atlanta Braves and the Los Angeles Angels?
142 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1961 to 2025, including Garret Anderson, Joe Adcock, Erick Aybar and Andrelton Simmons. 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?
Chuck Tanner: Atlanta Braves first, then the Los Angeles Angels from 1961.
Who has played for both recently?
David Fletcher, Travis d'Arnaud, Raisel Iglesias, Jesse Chavez, Jorge Soler and Kevin Pillar and 13 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). Angels seasons include the California Angels (1965–1996) and Anaheim Angels (1997–2004).
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