Atlanta Braves and Minnesota Twins players: who played for both
Who played for both the Braves and Twins?
143 players played for both the Atlanta Braves and the Minnesota Twins between 1901 and 2025, including Mickey Vernon, Zoilo Versalles, Eddie Rosario and John Henry. 63 of them played for the Braves first and 70 for the Twins first; 10 played for both in the same season.
Did you know?
- Joe Quinn is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Braves first, then the Twins from 1901.
- Tyler Kinley is the most recent: Twins first, then the Braves from 2025.
- Mickey Vernon played the most games across the two: 74 for the Braves and 1,805 for the Twins.
- 19 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Mickey Vernon.
- Most common positions on this list: P (62), OF (31), C (25), 2B (9).
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All 143 players, most games for the two first
| Player | Pos | Braves | Twins |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mickey Vernon | 1B | 1959 (74 g) | 1939–1943, 1946–1948, 1950–1955 (1805 g) |
| Zoilo Versalles | SS | 1971 (66 g) | 1959–1967 (1109 g) |
| Eddie Rosario | OF | 2021–2025 (282 g) | 2015–2020 (697 g) |
| John Henry | C | 1918 (43 g) | 1910–1917 (646 g) |
| Gene Moore | OF | 1936–1938, 1940–1941 (585 g) | 1942–1943 (93 g) |
| Lance Richbourg | OF | 1927–1931 (629 g) | 1924 (15 g) |
| Andrelton Simmons | SS | 2012–2015 (499 g) | 2021 (131 g) |
| A. J. Pierzynski | C | 2015–2016 (194 g) | 1998–2003 (430 g) |
| Jimmie Hall | OF | 1970 (39 g) | 1963–1966 (573 g) |
| Buck Jordan | 1B | 1932–1937 (601 g) | 1931 (9 g) |
| Mickey O'Neil | C | 1919–1925 (576 g) | 1927 (5 g) |
| Otis Nixon | OF | 1991–1993, 1999 (462 g) | 1998 (110 g) |
| Kurt Suzuki | C | 2017–2018 (186 g) | 2014–2016 (368 g) |
| William Clarke | C | 1899–1900 (141 g) | 1901–1904 (408 g) |
| Jim Delahanty | 2B | 1904–1905 (264 g) | 1907–1909 (283 g) |
| Dave Harris | OF | 1925, 1928 (99 g) | 1930–1934 (410 g) |
| Joe Quinn | 2B | 1888–1889, 1891–1892 (417 g) | 1901 (66 g) |
| Malachi Kittridge | C | 1901–1903 (226 g) | 1903–1906 (240 g) |
| Gabby Street | C | 1905 (3 g) | 1908–1911 (430 g) |
| Ehire Adrianza | SS | 2021–2023 (120 g) | 2017–2020 (312 g) |
| Greg Olson | C | 1990–1993 (411 g) | 1989 (3 g) |
| George Sisler | 1B | 1928–1930 (388 g) | 1928 (20 g) |
| Steve Bedrosian | P | 1981–1985, 1993–1995 (350 g) | 1991 (56 g) |
| Tom Zachary | P | 1930–1934 (123 g) | 1919–1925, 1927–1928 (280 g) |
| Luis Gomez | SS | 1980–1981 (156 g) | 1974–1977 (241 g) |
| Robbie Grossman | OF | 2022 (46 g) | 2016–2018 (347 g) |
| Shanty Hogan | C | 1925–1927, 1933–1935 (331 g) | 1936–1937 (40 g) |
| Ryan Doumit | C | 2014 (100 g) | 2012–2013 (269 g) |
| Danny Santana | OF | 2017–2018 (84 g) | 2014–2017 (280 g) |
| Clyde Kluttz | C | 1942–1945 (244 g) | 1951–1952 (111 g) |
| Mike McCormick | OF | 1946–1948 (266 g) | 1951 (81 g) |
| Jordan Schafer | OF | 2009, 2011, 2013–2014 (259 g) | 2014–2015 (68 g) |
| Al Simmons | OF | 1939 (93 g) | 1937–1938 (228 g) |
| Carden Gillenwater | OF | 1945–1946 (243 g) | 1948 (77 g) |
| Josh Donaldson | 3B | 2019 (155 g) | 2020–2021 (163 g) |
| Charlie Hickman | 1B | 1897–1899 (40 g) | 1905–1907 (272 g) |
| Sandy Valdespino | OF | 1968 (36 g) | 1965–1967 (259 g) |
| Juan Berenguer | P | 1991–1992 (77 g) | 1987–1990 (211 g) |
| Gene DeMontreville | 2B | 1901–1902 (264 g) | 1903 (12 g) |
| Phil Roof | C | 1961, 1964 (2 g) | 1971–1976 (264 g) |
| George Browne | OF | 1908 (141 g) | 1909–1910 (109 g) |
| Henry Blanco | C | 2002–2003 (136 g) | 2004 (114 g) |
| Pinky Hargrave | C | 1932–1933 (127 g) | 1923–1925, 1930–1931 (112 g) |
| Roberto Kelly | OF | 1994 (63 g) | 1996–1997 (173 g) |
| Graig Nettles | 3B | 1987 (112 g) | 1967–1969 (121 g) |
| Otis Clymer | OF | 1913 (15 g) | 1907–1909 (214 g) |
| Anthony Swarzak | P | 2019 (44 g) | 2009, 2011–2014 (181 g) |
| Mickey Haefner | P | 1950 (8 g) | 1943–1949 (216 g) |
| Michael Tonkin | P | 2023 (45 g) | 2013–2017, 2024–2025 (175 g) |
| George Mogridge | P | 1926–1927 (60 g) | 1921–1925 (145 g) |
| Jeff Reardon | P | 1992 (14 g) | 1987–1989 (191 g) |
| Greg Myers | C | 1997, 1999 (43 g) | 1996–1997 (159 g) |
| Ken Aspromonte | 2B | 1962 (34 g) | 1958–1960 (166 g) |
| Jeff Heath | OF | 1948–1949 (151 g) | 1946 (48 g) |
| Frank O'Rourke | 3B | 1912 (61 g) | 1920–1921 (137 g) |
| Blaine Boyer | P | 2005–2009 (129 g) | 2015 (68 g) |
| Joe Stanley | OF | 1903–1904 (89 g) | 1902, 1905–1906 (106 g) |
| Marty Martinez | SS | 1967–1968 (157 g) | 1962 (37 g) |
| Garland Braxton | P | 1921–1922 (43 g) | 1927–1930 (148 g) |
| Mike Marshall | P | 1976–1977 (28 g) | 1978–1980 (162 g) |
| Harry Wolverton | 3B | 1905 (122 g) | 1902 (59 g) |
| Gio Urshela | 3B | 2024 (36 g) | 2022 (144 g) |
| Danny MacFayden | P | 1935–1939, 1943 (169 g) | 1941 (5 g) |
| Bret Boone | 2B | 1999 (152 g) | 2005 (14 g) |
| Jack Warner | C | 1895 (3 g) | 1906–1908 (157 g) |
| Terry Mulholland | P | 1999–2000 (70 g) | 2004–2005 (88 g) |
| Patsy Donovan | OF | 1890 (32 g) | 1904 (125 g) |
| Charlie Pick | 2B | 1919–1920 (128 g) | 1914–1915 (13 g) |
| Neil Chrisley | OF | 1961 (10 g) | 1957–1958 (131 g) |
| Dave Stevens | P | 2000 (2 g) | 1994–1997 (135 g) |
| Bill Keister | OF | 1898 (10 g) | 1902 (119 g) |
| Ron Schueler | P | 1972–1973 (76 g) | 1977 (52 g) |
| Greg Colbrunn | 1B | 1997–1998 (56 g) | 1997 (70 g) |
| Art Shires | 1B | 1932 (82 g) | 1930 (38 g) |
| Ervin Santana | P | 2014 (31 g) | 2015–2018 (85 g) |
| Billy Martin | 2B | 1961 (6 g) | 1961 (108 g) |
| Jason Marquis | P | 2000–2003 (106 g) | 2012 (7 g) |
| Jack Ryan | C | 1894–1896 (110 g) | 1912–1913 (2 g) |
| Ted Abernathy | P | 1966 (38 g) | 1955–1957, 1960 (73 g) |
| Matt Wisler | P | 2015–2018 (77 g) | 2020 (18 g) |
| Pete Whisenant | OF | 1952 (24 g) | 1960–1961 (68 g) |
| Jarvis Brown | OF | 1994 (17 g) | 1991–1992 (73 g) |
| Buzz Murphy | OF | 1918 (9 g) | 1919 (79 g) |
| Ron Mahay | P | 2007 (30 g) | 2009–2010 (57 g) |
| Roric Harrison | P | 1973–1975 (74 g) | 1978 (9 g) |
| Wes Ferrell | P | 1941 (4 g) | 1937–1938 (79 g) |
| Denny Neagle | P | 1996–1998 (72 g) | 1991 (7 g) |
| Cory Gearrin | P | 2011–2013 (77 g) | 2020 (1 g) |
| Chuck James | P | 2005–2008 (69 g) | 2011 (8 g) |
| Jake Odorizzi | P | 2022 (10 g) | 2018–2020 (67 g) |
| Johnny Niggeling | P | 1938, 1946 (10 g) | 1943–1946 (64 g) |
| Joe Niekro | P | 1973–1974 (47 g) | 1987–1988 (24 g) |
| R. A. Dickey | P | 2017 (31 g) | 2009 (35 g) |
| Luis Ayala | P | 2013 (37 g) | 2009 (28 g) |
| Red Shannon | 2B | 1915 (1 g) | 1920 (62 g) |
| Bobby Malkmus | 2B | 1957 (13 g) | 1958–1959 (47 g) |
| Eddie Phillips | C | 1924 (3 g) | 1934 (56 g) |
| Ron Kline | P | 1970 (5 g) | 1967 (54 g) |
| Dick Coffman | P | 1940 (31 g) | 1927, 1932 (27 g) |
| Wilkin Ramirez | OF | 2011 (20 g) | 2013 (35 g) |
| Bill McAfee | P | 1931 (18 g) | 1932–1933 (35 g) |
| Mark Redman | P | 2007 (6 g) | 1999–2001 (46 g) |
| Tommy Milone | P | 2020 (3 g) | 2014–2016 (49 g) |
| Al Bool | C | 1931 (49 g) | 1928 (2 g) |
| Morrie Aderholt | OF | 1945 (31 g) | 1939–1941 (19 g) |
| Corky Miller | C | 2007–2008 (43 g) | 2005 (5 g) |
| David Hale | P | 2013–2014 (47 g) | 2018 (1 g) |
| Rene Rivera | C | 2018 (3 g) | 2011 (45 g) |
| Elmer Singleton | P | 1945–1946 (23 g) | 1950 (21 g) |
| Billy Hamilton | OF | 2019 (26 g) | 2022 (17 g) |
| Randy St. Claire | P | 1991–1992 (29 g) | 1989 (14 g) |
| Livan Hernandez | P | 2012 (18 g) | 2008 (23 g) |
| Lou Sleater | P | 1956 (25 g) | 1952 (15 g) |
| Steve Shields | P | 1985–1986 (29 g) | 1989 (11 g) |
| John Gant | P | 2016 (20 g) | 2021 (14 g) |
| George Twombly | OF | 1917 (32 g) | 1919 (1 g) |
| Mickey Livingston | C | 1949 (28 g) | 1938 (2 g) |
| Sandy Leon | C | 2025 (5 g) | 2022 (25 g) |
| Dallas Keuchel | P | 2019 (19 g) | 2023 (10 g) |
| Izzy Hoffman | OF | 1907 (19 g) | 1904 (10 g) |
| Johnny Riddle | C | 1937–1938 (21 g) | 1937 (8 g) |
| Bartolo Colon | P | 2017 (13 g) | 2017 (15 g) |
| Tyler Kinley | P | 2025 (24 g) | 2018 (4 g) |
| Gregg Olson | P | 1994 (16 g) | 1997 (11 g) |
| J. R. Murphy | C | 2019 (1 g) | 2016 (26 g) |
| Roy Witherup | P | 1906 (8 g) | 1908–1909 (18 g) |
| Scott Blewett | P | 2025 (11 g) | 2024–2025 (14 g) |
| Bonnie Hollingsworth | P | 1928 (7 g) | 1923 (17 g) |
| Ewald Pyle | P | 1945 (4 g) | 1943 (18 g) |
| Jay Jackson | P | 2022 (2 g) | 2024 (20 g) |
| Sean Bergman | P | 1999 (6 g) | 2000 (15 g) |
| Joey Wentz | P | 2025 (14 g) | 2025 (6 g) |
| Jaime Garcia | P | 2017 (18 g) | 2017 (1 g) |
| Jim Constable | P | 1962 (3 g) | 1958 (15 g) |
| Bob Loane | OF | 1940 (13 g) | 1939 (3 g) |
| Tyler Thornburg | P | 2022 (9 g) | 2022 (5 g) |
| Seth Greisinger | P | 2005 (1 g) | 2004 (12 g) |
| Emilio Palmero | P | 1928 (3 g) | 1926 (7 g) |
| Dereck Rodriguez | P | 2023 (3 g) | 2022–2023 (3 g) |
| Dick Mulligan | P | 1946–1947 (5 g) | 1941 (1 g) |
| Wade Lefler | OF | 1924 (1 g) | 1924 (5 g) |
| Steve White | P | 1912 (3 g) | 1912 (1 g) |
| Murray Wall | P | 1950 (1 g) | 1959 (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).Twins seasons include the Washington Senators (1901–1960).
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Questions
How many players have played for both the Atlanta Braves and the Minnesota Twins?
143 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1901 to 2025, including Mickey Vernon, Zoilo Versalles, Eddie Rosario and John Henry. 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?
Joe Quinn: Atlanta Braves first, then the Minnesota Twins from 1901.
Who has played for both recently?
Eddie Rosario, Michael Tonkin, Gio Urshela, Sandy Leon, Tyler Kinley and Scott Blewett and 2 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). Twins seasons include the Washington Senators (1901–1960).
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