Atlanta Braves and New York Mets players: who played for both
Who played for both the Braves and Mets?
158 players played for both the Atlanta Braves and the New York Mets between 1962 and 2025, including Felix Millan, Joe Torre, Jeff Francoeur and Travis d'Arnaud. 70 of them played for the Braves first and 77 for the Mets first; 11 played for both in the same season.
Did you know?
- Felix Mantilla is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Braves first, then the Mets from 1962.
- Rafael Montero is the most recent: Mets first, then the Braves from 2025.
- Felix Millan played the most games across the two: 799 for the Braves and 681 for the Mets.
- 26 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Jeff Francoeur.
- Most common positions on this list: P (82), OF (32), C (15), SS (11).
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All 158 players, most games for the two first
| Player | Pos | Braves | Mets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Felix Millan | 2B | 1966–1972 (799 g) | 1973–1977 (681 g) |
| Joe Torre | C | 1960–1968 (1037 g) | 1975–1977 (254 g) |
| Jeff Francoeur | OF | 2005–2009, 2016 (730 g) | 2009–2010 (199 g) |
| Travis d'Arnaud | C | 2020–2024 (384 g) | 2013–2019 (407 g) |
| Lucas Duda | 1B | 2018 (20 g) | 2010–2017 (760 g) |
| Warren Spahn | P | 1942, 1946–1964 (746 g) | 1965 (21 g) |
| Roy McMillan | SS | 1961–1964 (399 g) | 1964–1966 (346 g) |
| Kelly Johnson | 2B | 2005, 2007–2009, 2015–2016 (601 g) | 2015–2016 (131 g) |
| Claudell Washington | OF | 1981–1986 (651 g) | 1980 (79 g) |
| Tom Glavine | P | 1987–2002, 2008 (541 g) | 2003–2007 (168 g) |
| Matt Franco | 1B | 2002–2003 (193 g) | 1996–2000 (452 g) |
| Julio Franco | SS | 2001–2005, 2007 (501 g) | 2006–2007 (135 g) |
| Bobby Bonilla | 3B | 2000 (114 g) | 1992–1995, 1999 (515 g) |
| Ender Inciarte | OF | 2016–2021 (607 g) | 2022 (11 g) |
| Mike Jorgensen | 1B | 1983–1984 (88 g) | 1968, 1970–1971, 1980–1983 (492 g) |
| Felix Mantilla | 2B | 1956–1961 (402 g) | 1962 (141 g) |
| Willie Montanez | 1B | 1976–1977 (239 g) | 1978–1979 (268 g) |
| Frank Thomas | OF | 1961, 1965 (139 g) | 1962–1964 (342 g) |
| Bernard Gilkey | OF | 2001 (69 g) | 1996–1998 (380 g) |
| Mike Stanton | P | 1989–1995 (304 g) | 2003–2004 (133 g) |
| Greg McMichael | P | 1993–1996, 2000 (280 g) | 1997–1999 (144 g) |
| Danny Heep | OF | 1991 (14 g) | 1983–1986 (395 g) |
| A. J. Minter | P | 2017–2024 (384 g) | 2025 (13 g) |
| Gary Sheffield | OF | 2002–2003 (290 g) | 2009 (100 g) |
| Eric O'Flaherty | P | 2009–2013, 2016–2017 (356 g) | 2015 (16 g) |
| Brett Butler | OF | 1981–1983 (280 g) | 1995 (90 g) |
| Gerald Williams | OF | 1998–1999 (272 g) | 2004–2005 (96 g) |
| Charlie O'Brien | C | 1994–1995 (118 g) | 1990–1993 (232 g) |
| Luis Guillorme | 2B | 2024 (10 g) | 2018–2023 (335 g) |
| Mike Remlinger | P | 1999–2002, 2006 (328 g) | 1994–1995 (15 g) |
| Todd Pratt | C | 2006 (62 g) | 1997–2001 (276 g) |
| Alex Trevino | C | 1984 (79 g) | 1978–1981, 1990 (256 g) |
| Michael Tucker | OF | 1997–1998 (268 g) | 2006 (35 g) |
| Rico Brogna | 1B | 2001 (72 g) | 1994–1996 (228 g) |
| Dave Gallagher | OF | 1994 (89 g) | 1992–1993 (197 g) |
| Doug Sisk | P | 1990–1991 (17 g) | 1982–1987 (263 g) |
| Joe Nolan | C | 1975, 1977–1980 (267 g) | 1972 (4 g) |
| Jerry Blevins | P | 2019 (45 g) | 2015–2018 (219 g) |
| Luis Avilan | P | 2012–2015 (218 g) | 2019 (45 g) |
| Jesse Gonder | C | 1965 (31 g) | 1963–1965 (226 g) |
| Chris Woodward | SS | 2007 (92 g) | 2005–2006 (164 g) |
| Billy Wagner | P | 2010 (71 g) | 2006–2009 (183 g) |
| Bill Pecota | 3B | 1993–1994 (136 g) | 1992 (117 g) |
| Hawk Taylor | C | 1957–1958, 1961–1963 (67 g) | 1964–1967 (183 g) |
| Bob Aspromonte | 3B | 1969–1970 (144 g) | 1971 (104 g) |
| Eric Young | OF | 2015 (35 g) | 2013–2015 (209 g) |
| Willie Harris | OF | 2007 (117 g) | 2011 (126 g) |
| Julio Teheran | P | 2011–2019 (237 g) | 2024 (1 g) |
| Danny Frisella | P | 1973–1974 (78 g) | 1967–1972 (158 g) |
| Tom Paciorek | OF | 1976–1978 (188 g) | 1985 (46 g) |
| Manny Acosta | P | 2007–2009 (103 g) | 2010–2012 (130 g) |
| Darren Bragg | OF | 2002–2003 (213 g) | 2001 (18 g) |
| Pete Falcone | P | 1983–1984 (68 g) | 1979–1982 (145 g) |
| George Stone | P | 1967–1972 (153 g) | 1973–1975 (56 g) |
| Kevin Pillar | OF | 2023 (81 g) | 2021 (124 g) |
| Guillermo Heredia | OF | 2021–2022 (194 g) | 2020 (7 g) |
| Ryan Church | OF | 2009 (44 g) | 2008–2009 (157 g) |
| Carl Willey | P | 1958–1962 (142 g) | 1963–1965 (57 g) |
| Brad Clontz | P | 1995–1997 (191 g) | 1998 (2 g) |
| Ray Sadecki | P | 1975 (25 g) | 1970–1974, 1977 (165 g) |
| Henry Blanco | C | 2002–2003 (136 g) | 2010 (50 g) |
| Rick Cerone | C | 1985 (96 g) | 1991 (90 g) |
| Ruben Gotay | 2B | 2008 (88 g) | 2007 (98 g) |
| Anthony Recker | C | 2016–2017 (39 g) | 2013–2015 (140 g) |
| Robinson Cano | 2B | 2022 (9 g) | 2019–2020, 2022 (168 g) |
| Tony Tarasco | OF | 1993–1994 (111 g) | 2002 (60 g) |
| Alejandro Peña | P | 1991–1992, 1995 (70 g) | 1990–1991 (96 g) |
| Gary Gentry | P | 1973–1975 (27 g) | 1969–1972 (131 g) |
| Roberto Hernandez | P | 2003 (66 g) | 2005–2006 (89 g) |
| Tyler Yates | P | 2006–2007 (131 g) | 2004 (21 g) |
| Cameron Maybin | OF | 2015 (141 g) | 2021 (9 g) |
| Bob Johnson | SS | 1968 (59 g) | 1967 (90 g) |
| Charlie Puleo | P | 1986–1989 (109 g) | 1981–1982 (40 g) |
| Pete Smith | P | 1987–1993 (126 g) | 1994 (21 g) |
| Amado Samuel | SS | 1962–1963 (91 g) | 1964 (53 g) |
| Leo Foster | SS | 1971, 1973–1974 (84 g) | 1976–1977 (60 g) |
| Buzz Capra | P | 1974–1977 (101 g) | 1971–1973 (41 g) |
| Ken Henderson | OF | 1976 (133 g) | 1978 (7 g) |
| Bob Shaw | P | 1962–1963 (86 g) | 1966–1967 (49 g) |
| Blaine Boyer | P | 2005–2009 (129 g) | 2011 (5 g) |
| Jorge Sosa | P | 2005–2006 (72 g) | 2007–2008 (62 g) |
| Rene Rivera | C | 2018 (3 g) | 2016–2017, 2019–2020 (130 g) |
| Sandy Alomar | 2B | 1964–1966 (117 g) | 1967 (15 g) |
| Mike Hampton | P | 2003–2005, 2008 (93 g) | 2000 (35 g) |
| Tom Hausman | P | 1982 (3 g) | 1978–1982 (125 g) |
| R. A. Dickey | P | 2017 (31 g) | 2010–2012 (94 g) |
| Buddy Carlyle | P | 2007–2009 (84 g) | 2014–2015 (38 g) |
| Don Cardwell | P | 1970 (16 g) | 1967–1970 (103 g) |
| Bob Hendley | P | 1961–1963 (101 g) | 1967 (15 g) |
| Jim Beauchamp | 1B | 1965, 1967 (8 g) | 1972–1973 (108 g) |
| Eli Marrero | C | 2004 (90 g) | 2006 (25 g) |
| Gus Bell | OF | 1962–1964 (85 g) | 1962 (30 g) |
| Adeiny Hechavarria | SS | 2019–2020 (51 g) | 2019 (60 g) |
| Bartolo Colon | P | 2017 (13 g) | 2014–2016 (98 g) |
| Jeff Reardon | P | 1992 (14 g) | 1979–1981 (97 g) |
| Collin McHugh | P | 2022–2023 (99 g) | 2012–2013 (11 g) |
| Terry Blocker | OF | 1988–1989 (92 g) | 1985 (18 g) |
| Paul Byrd | P | 1997–1998, 2004 (51 g) | 1995–1996 (55 g) |
| Rey Sanchez | SS | 2001 (49 g) | 2003 (56 g) |
| Billy Cowan | OF | 1965 (19 g) | 1965 (82 g) |
| Gary Kolb | OF | 1964–1965 (60 g) | 1965 (40 g) |
| Jose Bautista | OF | 2018 (12 g) | 2018 (83 g) |
| Rafael Montero | P | 2025 (36 g) | 2014–2017 (58 g) |
| John DeMerit | OF | 1957–1959, 1961 (79 g) | 1962 (14 g) |
| Juan Berenguer | P | 1991–1992 (77 g) | 1978–1980 (16 g) |
| Juan Uribe | SS | 2015 (46 g) | 2015 (44 g) |
| Ken MacKenzie | P | 1960–1961 (14 g) | 1962–1963 (76 g) |
| Elmer Dessens | P | 2008 (4 g) | 2009–2010 (81 g) |
| Kurt Abbott | SS | 2001 (6 g) | 2000 (79 g) |
| Lou Klimchock | 3B | 1962–1965 (76 g) | 1966 (5 g) |
| Rafael Ortega | OF | 2019 (34 g) | 2023 (47 g) |
| Tony Castillo | P | 1989–1991 (71 g) | 1991 (10 g) |
| Mike Hessman | 1B | 2003–2004 (48 g) | 2010 (32 g) |
| Royce Ring | P | 2007–2008 (53 g) | 2005–2006 (26 g) |
| Carlos Diaz | P | 1982 (19 g) | 1982–1983 (58 g) |
| John Thomson | P | 2004–2006 (68 g) | 2002 (9 g) |
| David Aardsma | P | 2015 (33 g) | 2013 (43 g) |
| Anthony Swarzak | P | 2019 (44 g) | 2018 (29 g) |
| Abraham Almonte | OF | 2021 (64 g) | 2023 (8 g) |
| Pedro Beato | P | 2014 (3 g) | 2011–2012 (67 g) |
| Kyle Farnsworth | P | 2005, 2010 (49 g) | 2014 (19 g) |
| Rick Ankiel | OF | 2010 (47 g) | 2013 (20 g) |
| Carlos Carrasco | P | 2025 (3 g) | 2021–2023 (61 g) |
| Steve Reed | P | 2001 (39 g) | 2002 (24 g) |
| Danny Young | P | 2022–2023 (9 g) | 2024–2025 (52 g) |
| Darren O'Day | P | 2019–2020, 2022 (55 g) | 2009 (4 g) |
| Brad Brach | P | 2018 (27 g) | 2019–2020 (30 g) |
| Chasen Shreve | P | 2014 (15 g) | 2020, 2022 (42 g) |
| Luis Ayala | P | 2013 (37 g) | 2008 (19 g) |
| Bruce Chen | P | 1998–2000 (42 g) | 2001–2002 (12 g) |
| Michael Tonkin | P | 2023 (45 g) | 2024 (5 g) |
| Mike Marshall | P | 1976–1977 (28 g) | 1981 (20 g) |
| Tom Martin | P | 2004–2005 (33 g) | 2001 (14 g) |
| Dave Eilers | P | 1964–1965 (12 g) | 1965–1966 (34 g) |
| Miguel Batista | P | 2012 (5 g) | 2011–2012 (39 g) |
| Billy Hamilton | OF | 2019 (26 g) | 2020 (17 g) |
| John Hudek | P | 1999 (15 g) | 1998 (28 g) |
| Livan Hernandez | P | 2012 (18 g) | 2009 (24 g) |
| Jack Aker | P | 1974 (17 g) | 1974 (24 g) |
| Dana Eveland | P | 2015 (10 g) | 2014 (30 g) |
| Zack Short | SS | 2024 (30 g) | 2024 (10 g) |
| Aaron Harang | P | 2014 (33 g) | 2013 (4 g) |
| Ron Herbel | P | 1971 (25 g) | 1970 (12 g) |
| Armando Reynoso | P | 1991–1992 (9 g) | 1997–1998 (27 g) |
| Brad Hand | P | 2023 (20 g) | 2021 (16 g) |
| Frank Lary | P | 1964 (5 g) | 1964–1965 (27 g) |
| Jorge Julio | P | 2008 (12 g) | 2006 (18 g) |
| Tim Spehr | C | 1997 (8 g) | 1998 (21 g) |
| Octavio Dotel | P | 2007 (9 g) | 1999 (19 g) |
| C. J. Nitkowski | P | 2004 (22 g) | 2001 (5 g) |
| Dario Alvarez | P | 2016 (16 g) | 2014–2015 (10 g) |
| Jorge Fabregas | C | 1999 (6 g) | 1998 (20 g) |
| Bob Johnson | P | 1977 (15 g) | 1969 (2 g) |
| Jose Azocar | OF | 2025 (2 g) | 2025 (12 g) |
| Tommy Milone | P | 2020 (3 g) | 2017 (11 g) |
| Kevin Lomon | P | 1996 (6 g) | 1995 (6 g) |
| Akeel Morris | P | 2017 (8 g) | 2015 (1 g) |
| Kevin Herget | P | 2025 (1 g) | 2025 (6 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).
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Questions
How many players have played for both the Atlanta Braves and the New York Mets?
158 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1962 to 2025, including Felix Millan, Joe Torre, Jeff Francoeur and Travis d'Arnaud. 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?
Felix Mantilla: Atlanta Braves first, then the New York Mets from 1962.
Who has played for both recently?
Travis d'Arnaud, A. J. Minter, Luis Guillorme, Julio Teheran, Rafael Montero and Carlos Carrasco 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).
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