Atlanta Braves and San Diego Padres players: who played for both
Who played for both the Braves and Padres?
115 players played for both the Atlanta Braves and the San Diego Padres between 1969 and 2025, including Ryan Klesko, Jerry Royster, Cito Gaston and Fred McGriff. 53 of them played for the Braves first and 57 for the Padres first; 5 played for both in the same season.
Did you know?
- Al Santorini is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Braves first, then the Padres from 1969.
- Ramon Laureano is the most recent: Braves first, then the Padres from 2025.
- Ryan Klesko played the most games across the two: 792 for the Braves and 828 for the Padres.
- 19 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Jerry Royster.
- Most common positions on this list: P (58), OF (25), 3B (8), C (7).
How many can you name?
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All 115 players, most games for the two first
| Player | Pos | Braves | Padres |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Klesko | OF | 1992–1999 (792 g) | 2000–2006 (828 g) |
| Jerry Royster | 3B | 1976–1984, 1988 (1118 g) | 1985–1986 (208 g) |
| Cito Gaston | OF | 1967, 1975–1978 (258 g) | 1969–1974 (766 g) |
| Fred McGriff | 1B | 1993–1997 (636 g) | 1991–1993 (388 g) |
| Ron Gant | OF | 1987–1993 (858 g) | 2002 (102 g) |
| Marcus Giles | 2B | 2001–2006 (676 g) | 2007 (116 g) |
| Keith Lockhart | 2B | 1997–2002 (658 g) | 1994, 2003 (89 g) |
| Jeff Francoeur | OF | 2005–2009, 2016 (730 g) | 2014 (10 g) |
| Jason Heyward | OF | 2010–2014 (681 g) | 2025 (34 g) |
| Mark Kotsay | OF | 2008 (88 g) | 2001–2003, 2012–2013 (586 g) |
| Ken Caminiti | 3B | 2001 (64 g) | 1995–1998 (557 g) |
| Wally Joyner | 1B | 2000 (119 g) | 1996–1999 (497 g) |
| Jurickson Profar | OF | 2025 (80 g) | 2020–2024 (517 g) |
| Quilvio Veras | 2B | 2000–2001 (155 g) | 1997–1999 (415 g) |
| Ha-Seong Kim | SS | 2025 (24 g) | 2021–2024 (540 g) |
| Cameron Maybin | OF | 2015 (141 g) | 2011–2014 (393 g) |
| Ivan Murrell | OF | 1974 (73 g) | 1969–1973 (437 g) |
| Gary Sheffield | OF | 2002–2003 (290 g) | 1992–1993 (214 g) |
| Graig Nettles | 3B | 1987 (112 g) | 1984–1986 (387 g) |
| Justin Upton | OF | 2013–2014 (303 g) | 2015 (150 g) |
| B. J. Upton | OF | 2013–2014 (267 g) | 2015–2016 (179 g) |
| Greg Maddux | P | 1993–2003 (366 g) | 2007–2008 (62 g) |
| Matt Kemp | OF | 2016–2017 (171 g) | 2015–2016 (254 g) |
| Jace Peterson | 2B | 2015–2017 (356 g) | 2014 (27 g) |
| Vinny Castilla | 3B | 1991–1992, 2002–2003 (311 g) | 2006 (72 g) |
| Scott Linebrink | P | 2011 (64 g) | 2003–2007 (306 g) |
| Willie Montanez | 1B | 1976–1977 (239 g) | 1980 (128 g) |
| Craig Kimbrel | P | 2010–2014, 2025 (295 g) | 2015 (61 g) |
| Bret Boone | 2B | 1999 (152 g) | 2000 (127 g) |
| Tony Gonzalez | OF | 1969–1970 (212 g) | 1969 (53 g) |
| Kirby Yates | P | 2022–2023 (70 g) | 2017–2020 (192 g) |
| Pierce Johnson | P | 2023–2025 (147 g) | 2020–2022 (102 g) |
| Mark Davis | P | 1992 (14 g) | 1987–1989, 1993–1994 (230 g) |
| Brooks Conrad | 3B | 2009–2011 (225 g) | 2014 (13 g) |
| David Ross | C | 2009–2012 (227 g) | 2005 (11 g) |
| Reggie Sanders | OF | 2000 (103 g) | 1999 (133 g) |
| Robert Fick | 1B | 2003 (126 g) | 2004–2005 (106 g) |
| Darren Bragg | OF | 2002–2003 (213 g) | 2004 (9 g) |
| Rudy Seanez | P | 1998–2001 (125 g) | 1993, 2001, 2005–2006 (94 g) |
| Ed Giovanola | 3B | 1995–1997 (70 g) | 1998–1999 (148 g) |
| Jose Azocar | OF | 2025 (2 g) | 2022–2024 (214 g) |
| Brad Hand | P | 2023 (20 g) | 2016–2018 (195 g) |
| Andy Ashby | P | 2000 (16 g) | 1993–1999, 2004 (189 g) |
| Erick Aybar | SS | 2016 (97 g) | 2017 (108 g) |
| Henry Blanco | C | 2002–2003 (136 g) | 2009 (67 g) |
| Alan Embree | P | 1997–1998 (86 g) | 2002, 2006 (109 g) |
| Dick Kelley | P | 1964–1968 (114 g) | 1969, 1971 (75 g) |
| Pete Smith | P | 1987–1993 (126 g) | 1997–1998 (49 g) |
| Greg Myers | C | 1997, 1999 (43 g) | 1998–1999 (119 g) |
| Blaine Boyer | P | 2005–2009 (129 g) | 2014 (32 g) |
| Christian Bethancourt | C | 2013–2015 (80 g) | 2016–2017 (81 g) |
| Jim Presley | 3B | 1990 (140 g) | 1991 (20 g) |
| Mark Grant | P | 1990 (33 g) | 1987–1990 (127 g) |
| Trent Hubbard | OF | 2000 (61 g) | 2002 (89 g) |
| Jason Marquis | P | 2000–2003 (106 g) | 2012–2013 (38 g) |
| Danny Frisella | P | 1973–1974 (78 g) | 1975 (65 g) |
| Jesse Garcia | SS | 2001–2004 (124 g) | 2005 (16 g) |
| Melvin Nieves | OF | 1992 (12 g) | 1993–1995 (127 g) |
| Will Cunnane | P | 2003–2004 (29 g) | 1997–2000 (109 g) |
| Brad Brach | P | 2018 (27 g) | 2011–2013 (109 g) |
| Abraham Almonte | OF | 2021 (64 g) | 2014–2015, 2020 (70 g) |
| Rene Rivera | C | 2018 (3 g) | 2013–2014 (126 g) |
| Alex Dickerson | OF | 2022 (13 g) | 2015–2016, 2019 (107 g) |
| Chris Hammond | P | 2002 (63 g) | 2005 (55 g) |
| Chase d'Arnaud | SS | 2016–2017 (95 g) | 2017 (22 g) |
| Ramon Laureano | OF | 2024 (67 g) | 2025 (50 g) |
| Robbie Erlin | P | 2020 (7 g) | 2013–2016, 2018–2019 (107 g) |
| Mark Melancon | P | 2019–2020 (46 g) | 2021 (64 g) |
| Ryan Buchter | P | 2014 (1 g) | 2016–2017 (109 g) |
| Eddie Miller | OF | 1978–1981 (94 g) | 1984 (13 g) |
| Pedro Ciriaco | 3B | 2015 (84 g) | 2013 (23 g) |
| Elias Sosa | P | 1975–1976 (64 g) | 1983 (41 g) |
| Matt Wisler | P | 2015–2018 (77 g) | 2019 (21 g) |
| Juan Eichelberger | P | 1988 (20 g) | 1978–1982 (77 g) |
| Eric Stults | P | 2015 (9 g) | 2012–2014 (87 g) |
| Buddy Carlyle | P | 2007–2009 (84 g) | 1999–2000 (11 g) |
| Gaylord Perry | P | 1981 (24 g) | 1978–1979 (69 g) |
| Sean Bergman | P | 1999 (6 g) | 1996–1997 (87 g) |
| John Montefusco | P | 1981 (26 g) | 1982–1983 (63 g) |
| Ron Herbel | P | 1971 (25 g) | 1970 (64 g) |
| Enyel De Los Santos | P | 2025 (43 g) | 2024 (44 g) |
| Joe Niekro | P | 1973–1974 (47 g) | 1969 (38 g) |
| Jaret Wright | P | 2003–2004 (43 g) | 2003 (39 g) |
| Steve Reed | P | 2001 (39 g) | 2002 (41 g) |
| Ray Holbert | SS | 1998 (8 g) | 1994–1995 (68 g) |
| Al Santorini | P | 1968 (1 g) | 1969–1971 (71 g) |
| Derek Lilliquist | P | 1989–1990 (49 g) | 1990–1991 (22 g) |
| Royce Ring | P | 2007–2008 (53 g) | 2007 (15 g) |
| Jarvis Brown | OF | 1994 (17 g) | 1993 (47 g) |
| Aaron Harang | P | 2014 (33 g) | 2011 (28 g) |
| Derrek Lee | 1B | 2010 (39 g) | 1997 (22 g) |
| Pat Dobson | P | 1973 (12 g) | 1970 (40 g) |
| Jim Vatcher | OF | 1990 (21 g) | 1991–1992 (30 g) |
| Matt Whiteside | P | 2001 (13 g) | 1999–2000 (38 g) |
| Walt Hriniak | C | 1968–1969 (16 g) | 1969 (31 g) |
| Wil Ledezma | P | 2007 (12 g) | 2007–2008 (34 g) |
| Paul Doyle | P | 1969 (36 g) | 1970 (9 g) |
| Jim Brower | P | 2005 (37 g) | 2006 (6 g) |
| Bud Norris | P | 2016 (22 g) | 2015 (20 g) |
| Jhoulys Chacin | P | 2016, 2020 (7 g) | 2017 (34 g) |
| Edwin Jackson | P | 2015 (24 g) | 2016 (16 g) |
| Ray Kerr | P | 2024 (10 g) | 2022–2023 (29 g) |
| Cal Quantrill | P | 2025 (2 g) | 2019–2020 (33 g) |
| Ross Detwiler | P | 2015 (24 g) | 2021 (7 g) |
| Trevor Cahill | P | 2015 (15 g) | 2017 (11 g) |
| Darrell May | P | 1995 (2 g) | 2005 (22 g) |
| Sean Kazmar | SS | 2021 (3 g) | 2008 (19 g) |
| Robinson Cano | 2B | 2022 (9 g) | 2022 (12 g) |
| Casey Kelly | P | 2016 (10 g) | 2012, 2015 (10 g) |
| Don Wengert | P | 2000 (10 g) | 1998 (10 g) |
| Jay Jackson | P | 2022 (2 g) | 2015 (6 g) |
| Chris Stewart | C | 2018 (5 g) | 2010 (2 g) |
| Jason Shiell | P | 2006 (4 g) | 2002 (3 g) |
| Carl Edwards | P | 2021 (1 g) | 2019, 2024 (3 g) |
| Jose Ruiz | P | 2025 (2 g) | 2017 (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).
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Questions
How many players have played for both the Atlanta Braves and the San Diego Padres?
115 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1969 to 2025, including Ryan Klesko, Jerry Royster, Cito Gaston and Fred McGriff. 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?
Al Santorini: Atlanta Braves first, then the San Diego Padres from 1969.
Who has played for both recently?
Jason Heyward, Jurickson Profar, Ha-Seong Kim, Craig Kimbrel, Pierce Johnson and Jose Azocar and 6 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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