Atlanta Braves and Philadelphia Phillies players: who played for both

Who played for both the Braves and Phillies?

268 players played for both the Atlanta Braves and the Philadelphia Phillies between 1883 and 2025, including Dale Murphy, Sherry Magee, Herman Long and Pinky Whitney. 148 of them played for the Braves first and 106 for the Phillies first; 14 played for both in the same season.

Did you know?

  • Fred Lewis is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Braves first, then the Phillies from 1883.
  • Jose Ruiz is the most recent: Phillies first, then the Braves from 2025.
  • Dale Murphy played the most games across the two: 1,926 for the Braves and 228 for the Phillies.
  • 56 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Pinky Whitney.
  • Most common positions on this list: P (111), OF (59), C (28), 2B (22).

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All 268 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.
PlayerPosBravesPhillies
Dale MurphyOF1976–1990 (1926 g)1990–1992 (228 g)
Sherry MageeOF1915–1917 (350 g)1904–1914 (1521 g)
Herman LongSS1890–1902 (1647 g)1904 (1 g)
Pinky Whitney3B1933–1936 (382 g)1928–1933, 1936–1939 (1157 g)
Billy HamiltonOF1896–1901 (690 g)1890–1895 (732 g)
John TitusOF1912–1913 (183 g)1903–1912 (1219 g)
Billy Nash3B1885–1889, 1891–1895 (1187 g)1896–1898 (189 g)
Roy ThomasOF1909 (82 g)1899–1908, 1910–1911 (1287 g)
Tony GonzalezOF1969–1970 (212 g)1960–1968 (1118 g)
Hugh DuffyOF1892–1900 (1153 g)1904–1906 (34 g)
Dave BancroftSS1924–1927 (445 g)1915–1920 (681 g)
Ron GantOF1987–1993 (858 g)1999–2000 (227 g)
Wally BergerOF1930–1937 (1057 g)1940 (20 g)
Jack ClementsC1900 (16 g)1884–1897 (1000 g)
Earl Torgeson1B1947–1952 (720 g)1953–1955 (293 g)
Wes CovingtonOF1956–1961 (468 g)1961–1965 (522 g)
Gary MatthewsOF1977–1980 (588 g)1981–1983 (395 g)
Connie Ryan2B1943–1944, 1946–1950 (670 g)1952–1953 (244 g)
Duff CooleyOF1901–1904 (459 g)1896–1899 (440 g)
Willie Montanez1B1976–1977 (239 g)1970–1975, 1982 (651 g)
Walter Holke1B1919–1922 (536 g)1923–1925 (334 g)
Stan LopataC1959–1960 (32 g)1948–1958 (821 g)
Jeff FrancoeurOF2005–2009, 2016 (730 g)2015 (119 g)
Kitty Bransfield1B1898 (5 g)1905–1911 (814 g)
Gene GarberP1978–1987 (558 g)1974–1978 (250 g)
Eddie MillerSS1939–1942 (524 g)1948–1949 (215 g)
Hal LeeOF1933–1936 (491 g)1931–1933 (239 g)
Ozzie VirgilC1986–1988 (344 g)1980–1985 (383 g)
Frank Torre1B1956–1960 (514 g)1962–1963 (200 g)
Lonnie SmithOF1988–1992 (518 g)1978–1981 (196 g)
Horace FordSS1919–1923, 1932–1933 (549 g)1924 (145 g)
Deron Johnson1B1968 (127 g)1969–1973 (563 g)
Buck Jordan1B1932–1937 (601 g)1938 (87 g)
Milt ThompsonOF1984–1985 (98 g)1986–1988, 1993–1994 (584 g)
Ron ReedP1966–1975 (221 g)1976–1983 (458 g)
Johnny BatesOF1906–1909 (457 g)1909–1910 (211 g)
Lance RichbourgOF1927–1931 (629 g)1921 (10 g)
Freddy LeachOF1932 (84 g)1923–1928 (539 g)
Kid NicholsP1890–1901 (585 g)1905–1906 (21 g)
Bob AllenSS1897 (34 g)1890–1894 (568 g)
George WhittedOF1914 (66 g)1915–1919 (524 g)
Tommy McCarthyOF1885, 1892–1895 (552 g)1886–1887 (26 g)
Harry Wolverton3B1905 (122 g)1900–1904 (453 g)
Bama Rowell2B1939–1941, 1946–1947 (497 g)1948 (77 g)
Charlie GanzelC1889–1897 (536 g)1885–1886 (35 g)
Rico Brogna1B2001 (72 g)1997–2000 (496 g)
Steve BedrosianP1981–1985, 1993–1995 (350 g)1986–1989 (218 g)
Danny LitwhilerOF1946–1948 (183 g)1940–1943 (374 g)
Pat MoranC1901–1905 (439 g)1910–1914 (117 g)
Beals BeckerOF1908–1909 (195 g)1913–1915 (338 g)
Lew BurdetteP1951–1963 (507 g)1965 (19 g)
Ed Abbaticchio2B1903–1905, 1910 (495 g)1897–1898 (28 g)
Julio FrancoSS2001–2005, 2007 (501 g)1982 (16 g)
Ernie Courtney3B1902 (48 g)1905–1908 (463 g)
Gene OliverC1963–1967 (403 g)1967 (85 g)
Ed Konetchy1B1916–1918 (407 g)1921 (72 g)
Johnny Rawlings2B1917–1920 (316 g)1920–1921 (158 g)
Charlie BuffintonP1882–1886 (314 g)1887–1889 (159 g)
John BarryOF1900–1901 (92 g)1901–1904 (379 g)
Doc MillerOF1910–1912 (327 g)1912–1913 (136 g)
Jack ManningOF1876, 1878 (130 g)1883–1885 (309 g)
Brian Hunter1B1991–1993, 1999–2000 (352 g)2000 (85 g)
George HarperOF1929 (136 g)1924–1926 (297 g)
Davey Johnson2B1973–1975 (294 g)1977–1978 (122 g)
Johan Camargo3B2017–2021 (364 g)2022 (52 g)
Vince DiMaggioOF1937–1938 (282 g)1945–1946 (133 g)
Hector NerisP2025 (2 g)2014–2021 (405 g)
Al NixonOF1921–1923 (229 g)1926–1928 (172 g)
Al DarkSS1946, 1948–1949, 1960 (332 g)1960 (55 g)
Les Mallon2B1934–1935 (158 g)1931–1932 (225 g)
Michael BournOF2011–2012, 2015 (254 g)2006–2007 (122 g)
Johnny Evers2B1914–1917, 1929 (318 g)1917 (56 g)
Pete Orr2B2005–2007 (271 g)2011–2013 (96 g)
Craig KimbrelP2010–2014, 2025 (295 g)2023 (71 g)
Todd PrattC2006 (62 g)1992–1994, 2001–2005 (299 g)
Bill RobinsonOF1966 (6 g)1972–1974, 1982–1983 (351 g)
Wes SchulmerichOF1931–1933 (243 g)1933–1934 (112 g)
Johnny EstradaC2003–2005 (255 g)2001–2002 (99 g)
Emil Verban2B1950 (4 g)1946–1948 (348 g)
Danny Murtaugh2B1947 (3 g)1941–1943, 1946 (348 g)
Andy High3B1925–1927 (303 g)1934 (47 g)
Peaches GrahamC1908–1911 (313 g)1912 (24 g)
John RussellC1989 (74 g)1984–1988 (259 g)
Joe OeschgerP1919–1923 (181 g)1914–1919, 1924 (149 g)
Johnny OatesC1973–1975 (201 g)1975–1976 (127 g)
Jim KonstantyP1946 (10 g)1948–1954 (314 g)
Bob BuhlP1953–1962 (282 g)1966–1967 (35 g)
Fred BeckOF1909–1910 (253 g)1911 (64 g)
Huck BettsP1932–1935 (150 g)1920–1925 (161 g)
Wes Helms3B1998, 2000–2002 (198 g)2007 (112 g)
Frank McCormick1B1947–1948 (156 g)1946–1947 (150 g)
Cole HamelsP2020 (1 g)2006–2015 (302 g)
Stuffy McInnis1B1923–1924 (300 g)1927 (1 g)
Bucky WaltersP1931–1932, 1950 (32 g)1934–1938 (268 g)
Mickey LivingstonC1949 (28 g)1941–1943 (269 g)
Casey StengelOF1924–1925 (143 g)1920–1921 (153 g)
Michael TuckerOF1997–1998 (268 g)2005 (22 g)
Dick RuthvenP1976–1978 (75 g)1973–1975, 1978–1983 (212 g)
Chad DurbinP2012 (76 g)2008–2010, 2013 (210 g)
Tito FranconaOF1967–1969 (255 g)1967 (27 g)
Dave Shean2B1909–1910, 1912 (231 g)1908–1909 (50 g)
Walt TragesserC1913, 1915–1919 (175 g)1919–1920 (97 g)
Tommy ThevenowSS1937 (21 g)1929–1930 (246 g)
Togie PittingerP1900–1904 (180 g)1905–1907 (82 g)
Mickey HaslinSS1936 (36 g)1933–1936 (224 g)
Cotton Tierney2B1924 (136 g)1923 (121 g)
Phil GeierOF1904 (148 g)1896–1897 (109 g)
Jimmy SlagleOF1901 (66 g)1900–1901 (189 g)
Craig RobinsonSS1974–1977 (197 g)1972–1973 (51 g)
Terry MulhollandP1999–2000 (70 g)1989–1993, 1996 (170 g)
Ray BengeP1936 (21 g)1928–1932, 1936 (217 g)
Fred JacklitschC1917 (1 g)1900–1902, 1907–1910 (232 g)
Kenny LoftonOF1997 (122 g)2005 (110 g)
Joe BoeverP1987–1990 (129 g)1990–1991 (102 g)
John HerrnsteinOF1966 (17 g)1962–1966 (213 g)
Luis AvilanP2012–2015 (218 g)2018 (12 g)
Kevin MillwoodP1997–2002 (168 g)2003–2004 (60 g)
George BrowneOF1908 (141 g)1901–1902, 1912 (84 g)
Chick FraserP1905 (48 g)1899–1900, 1902–1904 (174 g)
Blondie PurcellOF1885 (21 g)1883–1884 (200 g)
Bobby Malkmus2B1957 (13 g)1960–1962 (208 g)
Frank ThomasOF1961, 1965 (139 g)1964–1965 (74 g)
Roy SmalleySS1954 (25 g)1955–1958 (186 g)
Jack ScottP1917, 1919–1921 (126 g)1927 (83 g)
Joe KoppeSS1958 (16 g)1959–1961 (190 g)
Bob UeckerC1962–1963, 1967 (108 g)1966–1967 (96 g)
Mel Roach2B1953–1954, 1957–1961 (139 g)1962 (65 g)
Carl SawatskiC1957–1958 (68 g)1958–1959 (134 g)
Ron SchuelerP1972–1973 (76 g)1974–1976 (125 g)
Si JohnsonP1946–1947 (64 g)1940–1943, 1946 (137 g)
Gene ConleyP1952, 1954–1958 (146 g)1959–1960 (54 g)
Oscar Dugey2B1913–1914, 1920 (69 g)1915–1917 (129 g)
Dana FillingimP1918–1923 (190 g)1925 (5 g)
Billy WagnerP2010 (71 g)2004–2005 (121 g)
Andy KarlP1947 (27 g)1943–1946 (159 g)
Dan Brouthers1B1889 (126 g)1896 (57 g)
Al Glossop2B1940 (60 g)1942 (121 g)
Babe Dahlgren1B1941 (44 g)1943 (136 g)
Joe HoernerP1972–1973 (45 g)1970–1972, 1975 (133 g)
Harry Hanebrink2B1953, 1957–1958 (120 g)1959 (57 g)
Jeff ParrettP1990–1991 (38 g)1989–1990, 1996 (137 g)
Fritz Knothe3B1932–1933 (132 g)1933 (41 g)
Matt JoyceOF2019 (129 g)2021 (43 g)
Buster BrownP1909–1913 (139 g)1907–1909 (32 g)
Rudy SeanezP1998–2001 (125 g)2008 (42 g)
Philip Gosselin2B2013–2015, 2022 (82 g)2019–2020 (83 g)
Peter BourjosOF2018 (36 g)2016 (123 g)
Mark WhitenOF1996 (36 g)1995–1996 (120 g)
Don PadgettC1946 (44 g)1947–1948 (111 g)
Marvin FreemanP1990–1993 (122 g)1986, 1988–1990 (31 g)
Dave GallagherOF1994 (89 g)1995 (62 g)
Luke WilliamsOF2023–2025 (89 g)2021 (58 g)
Charlie MortonP2008, 2021–2025 (142 g)2016 (4 g)
Larry McWilliamsP1978–1982, 1987 (100 g)1989 (41 g)
Wilbur GoodOF1910–1911 (66 g)1916 (75 g)
Antonio AlfonsecaP2004 (79 g)2007 (61 g)
Jimmy Smith2B1918 (35 g)1921–1922 (105 g)
Jumbo ElliottP1934 (7 g)1931–1934 (130 g)
Russ SpringerP1998–1999 (71 g)1995–1996 (65 g)
Randall Simon1B1997–1999 (110 g)2006 (23 g)
Tom ZacharyP1930–1934 (123 g)1936 (8 g)
Wiley PiattP1903 (27 g)1898–1900 (103 g)
Pat RaganP1915–1919 (128 g)1923 (1 g)
Paul BakoC2000–2001 (85 g)2009 (44 g)
Roberto HernandezP2003 (66 g)2004 (63 g)
Joe SchultzOF1912–1913 (13 g)1924–1925 (112 g)
Billy KlausSS1952–1953 (9 g)1962–1963 (113 g)
Cristian PacheOF2020–2021 (24 g)2023–2024 (98 g)
Lew RichieP1909–1910 (26 g)1906–1909 (94 g)
Lloyd WanerOF1941 (19 g)1942 (101 g)
Tommy GreeneP1989–1990 (9 g)1990–1995 (111 g)
Blix DonnellyP1951 (6 g)1946–1950 (113 g)
Patsy FlahertyP1907–1908, 1911 (115 g)1910 (2 g)
Jack MartinSS1914 (33 g)1914 (83 g)
Tom GunningC1884–1886 (87 g)1887 (28 g)
Paul ByrdP1997–1998, 2004 (51 g)1998–2001 (61 g)
Dick BarrettP1934 (15 g)1943–1945 (96 g)
Bill KeisterOF1898 (10 g)1903 (100 g)
Jim Morrison3B1988 (51 g)1977–1978 (58 g)
Josh DevoreOF1914 (52 g)1913–1914 (56 g)
Chase d'ArnaudSS2016–2017 (95 g)2015 (11 g)
Manny SalvoP1940–1943 (103 g)1943 (1 g)
Lena BlackburneSS1919 (31 g)1919 (72 g)
Bill LeeP1945–1946 (41 g)1943–1945 (57 g)
Humberto RobinsonP1955–1956, 1958 (33 g)1959–1960 (64 g)
Al DemareeP1919 (25 g)1915–1916 (71 g)
Whit Merrifield2B2024 (42 g)2024 (53 g)
Chris BrockP1997 (7 g)2000–2001 (87 g)
Jimmy CooneySS1928 (18 g)1927 (76 g)
Don CardwellP1970 (16 g)1957–1960 (77 g)
Taylor PhillipsP1956–1957 (50 g)1959–1960 (42 g)
Danys BaezP2006 (11 g)2010–2011 (80 g)
Sean Rodriguez2B2017 (15 g)2019 (76 g)
Al LakemanC1949 (3 g)1947–1948 (87 g)
Flint RhemP1934–1935 (35 g)1932–1933 (54 g)
Jim NashP1970–1972 (78 g)1972 (9 g)
Tyler Houston3B1996 (33 g)2003 (54 g)
David PalmerP1986–1987 (63 g)1988 (22 g)
Cliff CurtisP1909–1911 (65 g)1911–1912 (18 g)
Jack KnightP1927 (3 g)1925–1926 (80 g)
Brad HoggP1911–1912 (18 g)1918–1919 (64 g)
Enyel De Los SantosP2025 (43 g)2018–2019, 2021 (38 g)
Kaiser WilhelmP1904–1905 (77 g)1921 (4 g)
Bill NahorodnyC1980–1981 (73 g)1976 (3 g)
Seth MoreheadP1961 (12 g)1957–1959 (64 g)
Brad HandP2023 (20 g)2022 (55 g)
Gary NeibauerP1969–1973 (66 g)1972 (9 g)
Johnny SchulteC1932 (10 g)1928 (65 g)
Bruce ChenP1998–2000 (42 g)2000–2001 (31 g)
Bob WalkP1981–1983 (45 g)1980 (27 g)
David HaleP2013–2014 (47 g)2020–2021 (23 g)
Jose RuizP2025 (2 g)2024–2025 (68 g)
Ben RiveraP1992 (8 g)1992–1994 (59 g)
Howie BedellOF1962 (58 g)1968 (9 g)
Dave ColeP1950–1953 (59 g)1955 (7 g)
Jose HernandezSS1999 (48 g)2006 (18 g)
Fred LewisOF1881 (27 g)1883 (38 g)
Charlie Starr2B1909 (61 g)1909 (3 g)
Aaron HarangP2014 (33 g)2015 (29 g)
Hub PruettP1932 (18 g)1927–1928 (44 g)
Red CauseyP1919 (10 g)1920–1921 (52 g)
Sammy WhiteC1961 (21 g)1962 (41 g)
Hugh PolandC1943–1944, 1946 (56 g)1947 (4 g)
Fred MitchellP1913 (4 g)1903–1904 (54 g)
Jim VatcherOF1990 (21 g)1990 (36 g)
Billy CowanOF1965 (19 g)1967 (34 g)
Andy AshbyP2000 (16 g)1991–1992, 2000 (34 g)
Lou HardieC1890 (47 g)1884 (3 g)
Mark DavisP1992 (14 g)1980–1981, 1993 (36 g)
Reid BrignacSS2016 (13 g)2014 (37 g)
Dick CoffmanP1940 (31 g)1945 (14 g)
Stan AndrewsC1939–1940 (32 g)1945 (13 g)
Drew SmylyP2021 (32 g)2019 (12 g)
Fabian KowalikP1936 (2 g)1936 (42 g)
Terry FoxP1960 (5 g)1966 (38 g)
Nick StrincevichP1940–1941 (36 g)1948 (6 g)
Heinie Heltzel3B1943 (29 g)1944 (11 g)
Joe Morgan3B1959 (13 g)1960 (26 g)
Jose BautistaOF2018 (12 g)2018 (27 g)
Nippy Jones1B1957 (30 g)1952 (8 g)
Norm CharltonP1998 (13 g)1995 (25 g)
Adam BerneroP2005 (36 g)2006 (1 g)
Randy O'NealP1987 (17 g)1989 (20 g)
Ed FallensteinP1933 (11 g)1931 (24 g)
Doc MartellC1910 (10 g)1909 (24 g)
Gavin FloydP2014 (9 g)2004–2006 (24 g)
Stu MillerP1968 (2 g)1956 (29 g)
James RussellP2014 (22 g)2016 (7 g)
Roberto HernandezP2016 (2 g)2014 (23 g)
Dick MulliganP1946–1947 (5 g)1946 (19 g)
Matt WhitesideP2001 (13 g)1998 (10 g)
Joe CowleyP1982 (17 g)1987 (5 g)
Doc MarshallC1904 (13 g)1904 (8 g)
Howard Battle3B1999 (15 g)1996 (5 g)
Clarence PickrelP1934 (10 g)1933 (9 g)
Freddy GarciaP2013 (6 g)2007 (11 g)
Larry CheneyP1919 (8 g)1919 (9 g)
George HodsonP1894 (12 g)1895 (4 g)
Pop WilliamsP1903 (14 g)1903 (2 g)
Jim MoroneyP1906 (3 g)1910 (12 g)
Kolby AllardP2018, 2023 (7 g)2024 (7 g)
Tom SmithP1894 (2 g)1895 (11 g)
Henry LampeP1894 (2 g)1895 (7 g)
Tommy ReisP1938 (4 g)1938 (4 g)
Jim TyngP1879 (3 g)1888 (1 g)
John EnnisP2002 (1 g)2007 (3 g)
Pedro BeatoP2014 (3 g)2017 (1 g)
King BradyP1912 (1 g)1905 (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).Phillies seasons include the Philadelphia Quakers (1883–1889) and Philadelphia Blue Jays (1943–1944).

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Questions

How many players have played for both the Atlanta Braves and the Philadelphia Phillies?

268 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1883 to 2025, including Dale Murphy, Sherry Magee, Herman Long and Pinky Whitney. 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?

Fred Lewis: Atlanta Braves first, then the Philadelphia Phillies from 1883.

Who has played for both recently?

Hector Neris, Craig Kimbrel, Luke Williams, Charlie Morton, Cristian Pache and Whit Merrifield and 3 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). Phillies seasons include the Philadelphia Quakers (1883–1889) and Philadelphia Blue Jays (1943–1944).

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