Atlanta Braves and Pittsburgh Pirates players: who played for both

Who played for both the Braves and Pirates?

283 players played for both the Atlanta Braves and the Pittsburgh Pirates between 1882 and 2025, including Rabbit Maranville, Paul Waner, Lloyd Waner and Bob Elliott. 137 of them played for the Braves first and 137 for the Pirates first; 9 played for both in the same season.

Did you know?

Jack Leary is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Braves first, then the Pirates from 1882.
Zach Thompson is the most recent: Pirates first, then the Braves from 2025.
Rabbit Maranville played the most games across the two: 1,795 for the Braves and 601 for the Pirates.
53 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Rabbit Maranville.
Most common positions on this list: P (106), OF (77), C (33), 2B (19).

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All 283 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	Pirates
Rabbit Maranville	SS	1912–1920, 1929–1933, 1935 (1795 g)	1921–1924 (601 g)
Paul Waner	OF	1941–1942 (209 g)	1926–1940 (2155 g)
Lloyd Waner	OF	1941 (19 g)	1927–1941, 1944–1945 (1803 g)
Bob Elliott	3B	1947–1951 (718 g)	1939–1946 (1047 g)
Johnny Logan	SS	1951–1961 (1351 g)	1961–1963 (152 g)
Del Crandall	C	1949–1950, 1953–1963 (1394 g)	1965 (60 g)
Elbie Fletcher	1B	1934–1935, 1937–1939, 1949 (499 g)	1939–1943, 1946–1947 (916 g)
Bobby Lowe	2B	1890–1901 (1411 g)	1904 (1 g)
Ginger Beaumont	OF	1907–1909 (400 g)	1899–1906 (988 g)
Claude Ritchey	2B	1907–1909 (296 g)	1900–1906 (977 g)
Jack Wilson	SS	2011–2012 (57 g)	2001–2009 (1159 g)
Rafael Belliard	SS	1991–1998 (670 g)	1982–1990 (484 g)
Al Lopez	C	1936–1940 (471 g)	1940–1946 (656 g)
Frank Thomas	OF	1961, 1965 (139 g)	1951–1958 (925 g)
Omar Moreno	OF	1986 (118 g)	1975–1982 (944 g)
Patsy Donovan	OF	1890 (32 g)	1892–1899 (982 g)
Phil Masi	C	1939–1949 (945 g)	1949 (48 g)
Sid Bream	1B	1991–1993 (333 g)	1985–1990 (643 g)
Bobby Bonilla	3B	2000 (114 g)	1986–1991 (843 g)
Vince DiMaggio	OF	1937–1938 (282 g)	1940–1944 (670 g)
Jim Russell	OF	1948–1949 (219 g)	1942–1947 (723 g)
Adam LaRoche	1B	2004–2006, 2009 (457 g)	2007–2009 (375 g)
Ed Abbaticchio	2B	1903–1905, 1910 (495 g)	1907–1910 (334 g)
Bill Robinson	OF	1966 (6 g)	1975–1982 (805 g)
Elmer Smith	OF	1901 (16 g)	1892–1897, 1901 (766 g)
Tony Boeckel	3B	1919–1923 (668 g)	1917, 1919 (109 g)
Nate McLouth	OF	2009–2011 (250 g)	2005–2009, 2012 (515 g)
Max West	OF	1938–1942, 1946 (665 g)	1948 (87 g)
Pop Smith	2B	1889–1890 (193 g)	1885–1889 (557 g)
Sid Gordon	OF	1950–1953 (568 g)	1954–1955 (147 g)
Ryan Doumit	C	2014 (100 g)	2005–2011 (611 g)
Lee Lacy	OF	1976 (50 g)	1979–1984 (638 g)
Danny O'Connell	2B	1954–1957 (457 g)	1950, 1953 (228 g)
Matt Diaz	OF	2006–2012 (578 g)	2011 (100 g)
Billy Southworth	OF	1921–1923 (337 g)	1918–1920 (331 g)
Craig Wilson	OF	2007 (24 g)	2001–2006 (634 g)
Ken Oberkfell	3B	1984–1988 (590 g)	1988–1989 (34 g)
Lonnie Smith	OF	1988–1992 (518 g)	1993 (94 g)
Jim Morrison	3B	1988 (51 g)	1982–1987 (552 g)
Johnny Hopp	OF	1946–1947 (263 g)	1948–1950 (331 g)
Johnny Barrett	OF	1946 (24 g)	1942–1946 (564 g)
Whitey Wietelmann	SS	1939–1946 (532 g)	1947 (48 g)
Gene Garber	P	1978–1987 (558 g)	1969–1970, 1972 (20 g)
Ed Konetchy	1B	1916–1918 (407 g)	1914 (154 g)
Debs Garms	OF	1937–1939 (374 g)	1940–1941 (186 g)
Johnny Rawlings	2B	1917–1920 (316 g)	1923–1926 (219 g)
Duff Cooley	OF	1901–1904 (459 g)	1900 (66 g)
Tommy Thevenow	SS	1937 (21 g)	1931–1935, 1938 (499 g)
Chuck Workman	OF	1943–1946 (457 g)	1946 (58 g)
Kitty Bransfield	1B	1898 (5 g)	1901–1904 (507 g)
Terry Harper	OF	1980–1986 (473 g)	1987 (36 g)
Vic Willis	P	1898–1905 (338 g)	1906–1909 (160 g)
Eddie Moore	2B	1926–1928 (234 g)	1923–1926 (263 g)
Bill Brubaker	3B	1943 (13 g)	1932–1940 (466 g)
Gus Bell	OF	1962–1964 (85 g)	1950–1952 (391 g)
Tom Brown	OF	1888–1889 (197 g)	1885–1887 (270 g)
Francisco Cervelli	C	2019 (14 g)	2015–2019 (450 g)
Earl Smith	C	1923–1924 (105 g)	1924–1928 (354 g)
Sam Jethroe	OF	1950–1952 (440 g)	1954 (2 g)
Dick Cole	SS	1957 (15 g)	1951, 1953–1956 (426 g)
Brian Hunter	1B	1991–1993, 1999–2000 (352 g)	1994 (76 g)
Danny Murtaugh	2B	1947 (3 g)	1948–1951 (416 g)
Cotton Tierney	2B	1924 (136 g)	1920–1923 (280 g)
Jose Bautista	OF	2018 (12 g)	2004–2008 (400 g)
Clyde Kluttz	C	1942–1945 (244 g)	1947–1948 (167 g)
Nanny Fernandez	3B	1942, 1946–1947 (343 g)	1950 (65 g)
Steve Brodie	OF	1890–1891 (265 g)	1897–1898 (142 g)
Stuffy McInnis	1B	1923–1924 (300 g)	1925–1926 (106 g)
Ray Mueller	C	1935–1938, 1951 (242 g)	1939–1940, 1950 (157 g)
Sean Rodriguez	2B	2017 (15 g)	2015–2018 (384 g)
Eric Hinske	3B	2010–2012 (339 g)	2009 (54 g)
Walter Barbare	3B	1921–1922 (240 g)	1919–1920 (142 g)
Walker Cooper	C	1950–1953 (366 g)	1954 (14 g)
Jim Tobin	P	1940–1945 (259 g)	1937–1939 (120 g)
Albert Hall	OF	1981–1988 (355 g)	1989 (20 g)
Bill McKechnie	3B	1913 (1 g)	1907, 1910–1912, 1918, 1920 (369 g)
Tommy Gregg	OF	1988–1992, 1997 (340 g)	1987–1988 (24 g)
Ed Brandt	P	1928–1935 (305 g)	1937–1938 (57 g)
Bill Salkeld	C	1948–1949 (144 g)	1945–1947 (211 g)
Dave Brain	3B	1906–1907 (272 g)	1905 (82 g)
Ray Berres	C	1940–1941 (205 g)	1937–1940 (144 g)
Babe Dahlgren	1B	1941 (44 g)	1944–1945 (302 g)
George Whitted	OF	1914 (66 g)	1919–1921 (277 g)
George Metkovich	OF	1954 (68 g)	1951–1953 (271 g)
Harry Smith	C	1908–1910 (154 g)	1902–1907 (179 g)
Johnny O'Brien	2B	1959 (44 g)	1953, 1955–1958 (283 g)
Bob Walk	P	1981–1983 (45 g)	1984–1993 (280 g)
Joe Kelly	OF	1917–1919 (181 g)	1914 (141 g)
Del Howard	OF	1906–1907 (198 g)	1905 (123 g)
Red Lucas	P	1924–1925 (39 g)	1934–1938 (276 g)
Mark Melancon	P	2019–2020 (46 g)	2013–2016 (267 g)
Bill Swift	P	1940 (4 g)	1932–1939 (305 g)
Ramon Hernandez	P	1967 (46 g)	1971–1976 (263 g)
Zane Smith	P	1984–1989 (178 g)	1990–1994, 1996 (129 g)
Willie Montanez	1B	1976–1977 (239 g)	1981–1982 (65 g)
Mike Gonzalez	P	2007–2009 (134 g)	2003–2006 (168 g)
Ron Kline	P	1970 (5 g)	1952, 1955–1959, 1968–1969 (295 g)
Frank Bowerman	C	1908–1909 (120 g)	1898–1899 (179 g)
Bill Merritt	C	1893–1894, 1899 (50 g)	1894–1897 (242 g)
Fred Nicholson	OF	1921–1922 (161 g)	1919–1920 (129 g)
Earl Sheely	1B	1931 (147 g)	1929 (139 g)
Charlie Morton	P	2008, 2021–2025 (142 g)	2009–2015 (142 g)
Vin Campbell	OF	1912 (145 g)	1910–1911 (139 g)
Melky Cabrera	OF	2010 (147 g)	2019 (133 g)
Jesse Chavez	P	2010, 2021–2025 (190 g)	2008–2009 (88 g)
Johnny Lanning	P	1936–1939, 1947 (132 g)	1940–1943, 1945–1946 (146 g)
Larry McWilliams	P	1978–1982, 1987 (100 g)	1982–1986 (173 g)
Casey Stengel	OF	1924–1925 (143 g)	1918–1919 (128 g)
Matt Joyce	OF	2019 (129 g)	2016 (140 g)
David Ross	C	2009–2012 (227 g)	2005 (40 g)
Gene DeMontreville	2B	1901–1902 (264 g)	1894 (2 g)
Denny Neagle	P	1996–1998 (72 g)	1992–1996 (192 g)
Jim Pendleton	OF	1953–1956 (213 g)	1957–1958 (49 g)
Randall Simon	1B	1997–1999 (110 g)	2003–2004 (152 g)
Cito Gaston	OF	1967, 1975–1978 (258 g)	1978 (2 g)
Zip Collins	OF	1915–1917 (106 g)	1914–1915 (150 g)
Brad Clontz	P	1995–1997 (191 g)	1999–2000 (61 g)
Toby Atwell	C	1956 (15 g)	1953–1956 (232 g)
Tom McCreery	OF	1903 (23 g)	1898–1900 (215 g)
Reggie Sanders	OF	2000 (103 g)	2003 (130 g)
Daryle Ward	OF	2006 (20 g)	2004–2005 (212 g)
Stan Belinda	P	2000 (10 g)	1989–1993 (222 g)
Frank Killen	P	1899 (12 g)	1893–1898 (218 g)
Art Wilson	C	1918–1920 (176 g)	1916 (53 g)
Jason Grilli	P	2015–2016 (57 g)	2011–2014 (168 g)
Richard Rodriguez	P	2021 (27 g)	2018–2021 (196 g)
Paul Maholm	P	2012–2013 (37 g)	2005–2011 (185 g)
Harry Staley	P	1891–1894 (133 g)	1888–1889, 1891 (85 g)
Tyler Yates	P	2006–2007 (131 g)	2008–2009 (87 g)
Beals Becker	OF	1908–1909 (195 g)	1908 (20 g)
Pete Reiser	OF	1949–1950 (137 g)	1951 (74 g)
Kenny Lofton	OF	1997 (122 g)	2003 (84 g)
Danny MacFayden	P	1935–1939, 1943 (169 g)	1940 (35 g)
Guillermo Heredia	OF	2021–2022 (194 g)	2020 (8 g)
Nick Strincevich	P	1940–1941 (36 g)	1941–1942, 1944–1948 (162 g)
Chris Stewart	C	2018 (5 g)	2014–2017 (192 g)
Dave May	OF	1975–1976 (187 g)	1978 (5 g)
Mike Bielecki	P	1991–1992, 1994, 1996–1997 (130 g)	1984–1987 (56 g)
Patsy Flaherty	P	1907–1908, 1911 (115 g)	1900, 1904–1905 (70 g)
Roy Thomas	OF	1909 (82 g)	1908 (101 g)
Bruce Dal Canton	P	1975–1976 (68 g)	1967–1970 (113 g)
Joe Wilhoit	OF	1916–1917 (170 g)	1917 (9 g)
Chris Resop	P	2008, 2010 (17 g)	2010–2012 (159 g)
Freddy Garcia	3B	1999 (2 g)	1995, 1997–1999 (173 g)
Max Surkont	P	1950–1953 (105 g)	1954–1956 (69 g)
Jose Hernandez	SS	1999 (48 g)	2003, 2006 (125 g)
Bud Sharpe	1B	1905, 1910 (161 g)	1910 (4 g)
Frank Miller	P	1922–1923 (39 g)	1916–1919 (124 g)
Gary Kolb	OF	1964–1965 (60 g)	1968–1969 (103 g)
Juan Pizarro	P	1957–1960 (93 g)	1967–1968, 1974 (70 g)
Terry Forster	P	1983–1985 (127 g)	1977 (36 g)
Hank Camelli	C	1947 (52 g)	1943–1946 (108 g)
Chase d'Arnaud	SS	2016–2017 (95 g)	2011–2012, 2014 (64 g)
Gino Cimoli	OF	1961 (37 g)	1960–1961 (122 g)
Irv Young	P	1905–1908 (142 g)	1908 (16 g)
Clay Carroll	P	1964–1968 (155 g)	1978 (2 g)
Zeb Terry	SS	1918 (28 g)	1919 (129 g)
Billy O'Dell	P	1965–1966 (88 g)	1966–1967 (65 g)
Art Butler	SS	1911 (27 g)	1912–1913 (125 g)
Eddie Solomon	P	1977–1979 (88 g)	1980–1982 (64 g)
Jason Schmidt	P	1995–1996 (22 g)	1996–2001 (129 g)
Bob Beall	1B	1975, 1978–1979 (145 g)	1980 (3 g)
Burleigh Grimes	P	1930 (11 g)	1916–1917, 1928–1929, 1934 (137 g)
Otis Clymer	OF	1913 (15 g)	1905–1907 (130 g)
Joe Boever	P	1987–1990 (129 g)	1996 (13 g)
Joe Kelley	OF	1891, 1908 (85 g)	1892 (56 g)
Wally Rehg	OF	1917–1918 (127 g)	1912 (8 g)
Mike Donlin	OF	1911 (56 g)	1912 (77 g)
Edgar Santana	P	2021 (41 g)	2017–2018 (88 g)
George Yeager	C	1896–1899 (103 g)	1901 (26 g)
Jack Scott	P	1917, 1919–1921 (126 g)	1916 (3 g)
Al Bool	C	1931 (49 g)	1930 (78 g)
Bob Johnson	P	1977 (15 g)	1971–1973 (112 g)
Cliff Carroll	OF	1893 (120 g)	1888 (5 g)
Lyle Overbay	1B	2012 (20 g)	2011 (103 g)
Pascual Perez	P	1982–1985 (103 g)	1980–1981 (20 g)
Don Cardwell	P	1970 (16 g)	1963–1966 (106 g)
Marv Rickert	OF	1948–1949 (103 g)	1950 (17 g)
Don Schwall	P	1966–1967 (12 g)	1963–1966 (103 g)
Pedro Ciriaco	3B	2015 (84 g)	2010–2011 (31 g)
Deacon White	C	1877 (59 g)	1889 (55 g)
Mule Watson	P	1920–1923 (109 g)	1920 (5 g)
Ryan Church	OF	2009 (44 g)	2010 (69 g)
Jesse Gonder	C	1965 (31 g)	1966–1967 (81 g)
Roberto Hernandez	P	2003 (66 g)	2006 (46 g)
Philip Gosselin	2B	2013–2015, 2022 (82 g)	2017 (28 g)
Eddie Phillips	C	1924 (3 g)	1931 (106 g)
Eddie Eayrs	OF	1920–1921 (102 g)	1913 (4 g)
Bob Addis	OF	1950–1951 (101 g)	1953 (4 g)
Guy Bush	P	1936–1937 (48 g)	1935–1936 (57 g)
Bob Priddy	P	1969–1971 (82 g)	1962, 1964 (21 g)
Elmer Singleton	P	1945–1946 (23 g)	1947–1948 (79 g)
Gus Getz	3B	1909–1910 (94 g)	1918 (7 g)
Joe Sullivan	P	1939–1941 (85 g)	1941 (16 g)
Julian Tavarez	P	2008 (36 g)	2003 (64 g)
Paul Hines	OF	1890 (69 g)	1890 (31 g)
Mike Sandlock	C	1942, 1944 (32 g)	1953 (64 g)
Bill Wagner	C	1918 (13 g)	1914–1917 (80 g)
John Richmond	SS	1880–1881 (59 g)	1885 (34 g)
Juan Cruz	P	2004 (50 g)	2012 (43 g)
Alejandro Peña	P	1991–1992, 1995 (70 g)	1994 (22 g)
Terry Mulholland	P	1999–2000 (70 g)	2001 (22 g)
Ed Glenn	OF	1888 (20 g)	1886 (71 g)
Billy Herman	2B	1946 (75 g)	1947 (15 g)
Joe Schultz	OF	1912–1913 (13 g)	1916 (77 g)
Kaiser Wilhelm	P	1904–1905 (77 g)	1903 (13 g)
Bob Hall	P	1949–1950 (52 g)	1953 (37 g)
Gene Mauch	2B	1950–1951 (67 g)	1947 (16 g)
Mickey Vernon	1B	1959 (74 g)	1960 (9 g)
Charlie Starr	2B	1909 (61 g)	1908 (21 g)
Luis Márquez	OF	1951 (68 g)	1954 (14 g)
Bill Sowders	P	1888–1889 (43 g)	1889–1890 (32 g)
Pete Compton	OF	1915–1916 (70 g)	1916 (5 g)
Chasen Shreve	P	2014 (15 g)	2021 (57 g)
Jimmy Smith	2B	1918 (35 g)	1916 (36 g)
Chuck Goggin	2B	1973 (64 g)	1972–1973 (6 g)
Danny Kolb	P	2005 (65 g)	2007 (3 g)
Dick Littlefield	P	1958 (4 g)	1954–1956 (64 g)
Derrek Lee	1B	2010 (39 g)	2011 (28 g)
Jim Kelly	OF	1918 (35 g)	1914 (32 g)
Mickey Mahler	P	1977–1979 (65 g)	1980 (2 g)
Raul Mondesi	OF	2005 (41 g)	2004 (26 g)
Adeiny Hechavarria	SS	2019–2020 (51 g)	2018 (15 g)
Elmer Dessens	P	2008 (4 g)	1996–1998 (61 g)
Sam Frock	P	1907, 1910–1911 (54 g)	1909–1910 (9 g)
Jack Leary	3B	1880 (1 g)	1882 (60 g)
Bryan De La Cruz	OF	2025 (16 g)	2024 (44 g)
Hunter Stratton	P	2025 (12 g)	2023–2025 (47 g)
Fred Crolius	OF	1901 (49 g)	1902 (9 g)
Kirby White	P	1909–1910 (26 g)	1910–1911 (32 g)
Kyle Farnsworth	P	2005, 2010 (49 g)	2013 (9 g)
Bryse Wilson	P	2018–2021 (23 g)	2021–2022 (33 g)
Tony Sanchez	C	2017 (1 g)	2013–2015 (51 g)
Earl Blackburn	C	1915–1916 (50 g)	1912 (1 g)
Enyel De Los Santos	P	2025 (43 g)	2021 (7 g)
Octavio Dotel	P	2007 (9 g)	2010 (41 g)
Percy Jones	P	1929 (36 g)	1930 (9 g)
Shelby Miller	P	2015 (33 g)	2021 (10 g)
Joey Wentz	P	2025 (14 g)	2024–2025 (27 g)
Ray Starr	P	1933 (9 g)	1944–1945 (31 g)
Lou Tost	P	1942–1943 (38 g)	1947 (1 g)
Wil Ledezma	P	2007 (12 g)	2010 (27 g)
John Fox	P	1881 (30 g)	1884 (8 g)
Manny Banuelos	P	2015 (7 g)	2022 (31 g)
Mark Redman	P	2007 (6 g)	2005 (30 g)
George Brunet	P	1960–1961 (22 g)	1970 (12 g)
Ryan Lavarnway	C	2015 (27 g)	2018 (6 g)
Fred Lake	C	1891, 1897, 1910 (27 g)	1898 (5 g)
Al Lyons	P	1948 (16 g)	1947 (15 g)
Johnny Riddle	C	1937–1938 (21 g)	1948 (10 g)
Zach Thompson	P	2025 (2 g)	2022 (29 g)
Hank Gastright	P	1893 (20 g)	1893 (9 g)
Frank Barrett	P	1946 (23 g)	1950 (5 g)
Ben Heller	P	2023 (19 g)	2024 (8 g)
Tom McCarthy	P	1908–1909 (23 g)	1908 (4 g)
J. R. Murphy	C	2019 (1 g)	2020 (25 g)
Donnie Veal	P	2015 (5 g)	2009 (19 g)
Trevor Cahill	P	2015 (15 g)	2021 (9 g)
Jose Ascanio	P	2007 (13 g)	2009, 2011 (10 g)
Trench Davis	OF	1987 (6 g)	1985–1986 (17 g)
Ernie Diehl	OF	1906, 1909 (4 g)	1903–1904 (13 g)
Bonnie Hollingsworth	P	1928 (7 g)	1922 (9 g)
George Kopacz	1B	1966 (6 g)	1970 (10 g)
Joe Rickert	OF	1901 (13 g)	1898 (2 g)
Jouett Meekin	P	1899 (13 g)	1900 (2 g)
Don Wengert	P	2000 (10 g)	2001 (4 g)
Harley Young	P	1908 (6 g)	1908 (8 g)
Dana Eveland	P	2015 (10 g)	2010 (3 g)
Pat Veltman	C	1931 (1 g)	1934 (12 g)
Frank Brooks	P	2005 (1 g)	2004 (11 g)
Harry Riconda	3B	1926 (4 g)	1929 (8 g)
Red Peery	P	1929 (10 g)	1927 (1 g)
Robbie Erlin	P	2020 (7 g)	2020 (2 g)
Charlie Kuhns	3B	1899 (7 g)	1897 (1 g)
Wayne Osborne	P	1936 (5 g)	1935 (3 g)
Darrell May	P	1995 (2 g)	1996 (5 g)
Miguel Batista	P	2012 (5 g)	1992 (1 g)
Bill Schuster	SS	1939 (2 g)	1937 (3 g)
King Brady	P	1912 (1 g)	1906–1907 (4 g)
Nick Solak	2B	2023 (1 g)	2025 (4 g)
Al Lawson	P	1890 (1 g)	1890 (2 g)
Ensign Cottrell	P	1914 (1 g)	1911 (1 g)
Hi Ladd	OF	1898 (1 g)	1898 (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).Pirates seasons include the Pittsburg Alleghenys (1882–1890).

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How many players have played for both the Atlanta Braves and the Pittsburgh Pirates?

283 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1882 to 2025, including Rabbit Maranville, Paul Waner, Lloyd Waner and Bob Elliott. 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?

Jack Leary: Atlanta Braves first, then the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1882.

Who has played for both recently?

Charlie Morton, Jesse Chavez, Bryan De La Cruz, Hunter Stratton, Enyel De Los Santos and Joey Wentz 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). Pirates seasons include the Pittsburg Alleghenys (1882–1890).

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