Atlanta Braves and St. Louis Cardinals players: who played for both

Who played for both the Braves and Cardinals?

242 players played for both the Atlanta Braves and the St. Louis Cardinals between 1882 and 2025, including Red Schoendienst, Joe Torre, Rabbit Maranville and Enos Slaughter. 106 of them played for the Braves first and 129 for the Cardinals first; 7 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 Cardinals from 1883.
Erick Fedde is the most recent: Cardinals first, then the Braves from 2025.
Red Schoendienst played the most games across the two: 272 for the Braves and 1,795 for the Cardinals.
57 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Red Schoendienst.
Most common positions on this list: P (103), OF (55), C (27), 3B (16).

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All 242 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	Cardinals
Red Schoendienst	2B	1957–1960 (272 g)	1945–1956, 1961–1963 (1795 g)
Joe Torre	C	1960–1968 (1037 g)	1969–1974 (918 g)
Rabbit Maranville	SS	1912–1920, 1929–1933, 1935 (1795 g)	1927–1928 (121 g)
Enos Slaughter	OF	1959 (11 g)	1938–1942, 1946–1953 (1820 g)
Ted Simmons	C	1986–1988 (227 g)	1968–1980 (1564 g)
Rogers Hornsby	2B	1928 (140 g)	1915–1926, 1933 (1580 g)
Terry Pendleton	3B	1991–1994, 1996 (593 g)	1984–1990 (927 g)
Jack Smith	OF	1926–1929 (297 g)	1915–1926 (1111 g)
Ed Konetchy	1B	1916–1918 (407 g)	1907–1913 (982 g)
Ken Oberkfell	3B	1984–1988 (590 g)	1977–1984 (724 g)
Joe Medwick	OF	1945 (66 g)	1932–1940, 1947–1948 (1216 g)
Del Rice	C	1955–1959 (208 g)	1945–1955, 1960 (1038 g)
Ron Gant	OF	1987–1993 (858 g)	1996–1998 (382 g)
Brian Jordan	OF	1999–2001, 2005–2006 (558 g)	1992–1998 (643 g)
Edgar Renteria	SS	2006–2007 (273 g)	1999–2004 (903 g)
Tommy McCarthy	OF	1885, 1892–1895 (552 g)	1888–1891 (538 g)
Gerald Perry	1B	1983–1989 (643 g)	1991–1995 (417 g)
Bob Horner	3B	1978–1986 (960 g)	1988 (60 g)
Tommy Tucker	1B	1890–1897 (917 g)	1898 (72 g)
Rafael Furcal	SS	2000–2005 (817 g)	2011–2012 (171 g)
Lonnie Smith	OF	1988–1992 (518 g)	1982–1985 (459 g)
Joe Quinn	2B	1888–1889, 1891–1892 (417 g)	1893–1896, 1898, 1900 (549 g)
Johnny Hopp	OF	1946–1947 (263 g)	1939–1945 (671 g)
Walker Cooper	C	1950–1953 (366 g)	1940–1945, 1956–1957 (525 g)
Jason Heyward	OF	2010–2014 (681 g)	2015 (154 g)
Orlando Cepeda	1B	1969–1972 (401 g)	1966–1968 (431 g)
Marcell Ozuna	OF	2020–2024 (538 g)	2018–2019 (278 g)
Les Mann	OF	1913–1914, 1919–1920, 1924–1927 (573 g)	1921–1923 (220 g)
Les Bell	3B	1928–1929 (292 g)	1923–1927 (455 g)
J. D. Drew	OF	2004 (145 g)	1998–2003 (597 g)
Walton Cruise	OF	1919–1924 (407 g)	1914, 1916–1919 (330 g)
John Smoltz	P	1988–1999, 2001–2008 (720 g)	2009 (7 g)
Duff Cooley	OF	1901–1904 (459 g)	1893–1896 (256 g)
Andy High	3B	1925–1927 (303 g)	1928–1931 (392 g)
Randy Moore	OF	1930–1935 (658 g)	1937 (8 g)
Bernard Gilkey	OF	2001 (69 g)	1990–1995 (593 g)
Gene Oliver	C	1963–1967 (403 g)	1959, 1961–1963 (251 g)
Ray Sanders	1B	1946, 1948–1949 (94 g)	1942–1945 (536 g)
Kid Nichols	P	1890–1901 (585 g)	1904–1905 (44 g)
Matt Adams	1B	2017, 2020 (116 g)	2012–2018 (513 g)
Eli Marrero	C	2004 (90 g)	1997–2003 (525 g)
Milt Thompson	OF	1984–1985 (98 g)	1989–1992 (514 g)
Debs Garms	OF	1937–1939 (374 g)	1943–1945 (237 g)
Gene Moore	OF	1936–1938, 1940–1941 (585 g)	1933–1935 (23 g)
Al Dark	SS	1946, 1948–1949, 1960 (332 g)	1956–1958 (258 g)
Eddie Miller	SS	1939–1942 (524 g)	1950 (64 g)
Jack Stivetts	P	1892–1898 (404 g)	1889–1891 (179 g)
Don Padgett	C	1946 (44 g)	1937–1941 (525 g)
Mike Gonzalez	C	1912 (1 g)	1915–1918, 1924–1925, 1931–1932 (568 g)
Dave Brain	3B	1906–1907 (272 g)	1903–1905 (290 g)
Horace Ford	SS	1919–1923, 1932–1933 (549 g)	1932 (1 g)
Bill Sherdel	P	1930–1932 (49 g)	1918–1930, 1932 (500 g)
Billy Southworth	OF	1921–1923 (337 g)	1926–1927, 1929 (210 g)
Jack Fournier	1B	1927 (122 g)	1920–1922 (418 g)
Lew Burdette	P	1951–1963 (507 g)	1963–1964 (29 g)
Steve Brodie	OF	1890–1891 (265 g)	1892–1893 (261 g)
Patsy Donovan	OF	1890 (32 g)	1900–1903 (487 g)
Heinie Mueller	OF	1928–1929 (88 g)	1920–1926 (420 g)
Mark DeRosa	3B	1998–2004 (393 g)	2009 (68 g)
Al Hrabosky	P	1980–1982 (100 g)	1970–1977 (330 g)
Tito Francona	OF	1967–1969 (255 g)	1965–1966 (164 g)
Joe Schultz	OF	1912–1913 (13 g)	1919–1924 (405 g)
Brian Hunter	1B	1991–1993, 1999–2000 (352 g)	1998 (62 g)
Danny Litwhiler	OF	1946–1948 (183 g)	1943–1944, 1946 (226 g)
Nippy Jones	1B	1957 (30 g)	1946–1951 (374 g)
Dan McGann	1B	1896, 1908 (178 g)	1900–1901 (224 g)
George Barclay	OF	1904–1905 (53 g)	1902–1904 (349 g)
Rick Ankiel	OF	2010 (47 g)	1999–2001, 2004, 2007–2009 (344 g)
Andres Galarraga	1B	1998, 2000 (294 g)	1992 (95 g)
George Crowe	1B	1952–1953, 1955 (224 g)	1959–1961 (157 g)
Ken Dayley	P	1982–1984 (50 g)	1984–1990 (328 g)
Tommy Thevenow	SS	1937 (21 g)	1924–1928 (357 g)
Carl Sawatski	C	1957–1958 (68 g)	1960–1963 (305 g)
Vic Willis	P	1898–1905 (338 g)	1910 (33 g)
Jimmy Bannon	OF	1894–1896 (341 g)	1893 (26 g)
Bruce Sutter	P	1985–1986, 1988 (112 g)	1981–1984 (249 g)
Jason Motte	P	2017 (46 g)	2008–2012, 2014 (311 g)
Ken O'Dea	C	1946 (12 g)	1942–1946 (336 g)
Jack Ryan	C	1894–1896 (110 g)	1901–1903 (226 g)
Art Butler	SS	1911 (27 g)	1914–1916 (304 g)
Reggie Sanders	OF	2000 (103 g)	2004–2005 (228 g)
Fred Frankhouse	P	1930–1935, 1939 (237 g)	1927–1930 (73 g)
Kent Mercker	P	1989–1995, 2003 (251 g)	1998–1999 (58 g)
John Barry	OF	1900–1901 (92 g)	1906–1908 (216 g)
Darren Bragg	OF	2002–2003 (213 g)	1999 (93 g)
Emil Verban	2B	1950 (4 g)	1944–1946 (302 g)
Clyde Kluttz	C	1942–1945 (244 g)	1946 (52 g)
Troy Glaus	3B	2010 (128 g)	2008–2009 (165 g)
Red Worthington	OF	1931–1934 (291 g)	1934 (1 g)
Mort Cooper	P	1945–1947 (58 g)	1938–1945 (230 g)
Tom Brown	OF	1888–1889 (197 g)	1895 (84 g)
Mark Whiten	OF	1996 (36 g)	1993–1994 (244 g)
Howard Freigau	3B	1928 (53 g)	1922–1925 (223 g)
Eddie Stanky	2B	1948–1949 (205 g)	1952–1953 (70 g)
Doc Farrell	SS	1927–1929 (249 g)	1930 (23 g)
Peter Bourjos	OF	2018 (36 g)	2014–2015 (236 g)
Joe Hoerner	P	1972–1973 (45 g)	1966–1969 (206 g)
Tony Cloninger	P	1961–1968 (234 g)	1972 (17 g)
Carden Gillenwater	OF	1945–1946 (243 g)	1940 (7 g)
Ron Reed	P	1966–1975 (221 g)	1975 (24 g)
Pat Deasley	C	1881–1882 (110 g)	1883–1884 (133 g)
Ray King	P	2003 (80 g)	2004–2005 (163 g)
Ray Sadecki	P	1975 (25 g)	1960–1966, 1975 (217 g)
Red Barrett	P	1943–1945, 1947–1949 (182 g)	1945–1946 (59 g)
Flint Rhem	P	1934–1935 (35 g)	1924–1928, 1930–1932, 1934, 1936 (205 g)
Clyde Shoun	P	1947–1949 (63 g)	1938–1942 (175 g)
George Harper	OF	1929 (136 g)	1928 (99 g)
Russ Springer	P	1998–1999 (71 g)	2003, 2007–2008 (163 g)
Jason Marquis	P	2000–2003 (106 g)	2004–2006 (125 g)
A. J. Pierzynski	C	2015–2016 (194 g)	2014 (30 g)
George Whitted	OF	1914 (66 g)	1912–1914 (156 g)
Cliff Carroll	OF	1893 (120 g)	1892 (101 g)
Mike Jorgensen	1B	1983–1984 (88 g)	1984–1985 (131 g)
Bobby Bonilla	3B	2000 (114 g)	2001 (93 g)
Clay Carroll	P	1964–1968 (155 g)	1977 (51 g)
Buster Brown	P	1909–1913 (139 g)	1905–1907 (64 g)
Sam Freeman	P	2017–2018 (121 g)	2012–2014 (81 g)
Bob Uecker	C	1962–1963, 1967 (108 g)	1964–1965 (93 g)
Ted Cather	OF	1914–1915 (90 g)	1912–1914 (111 g)
Jack O'Neill	C	1906 (62 g)	1902–1903 (138 g)
Mike Donlin	OF	1911 (56 g)	1899–1900 (144 g)
Earl Smith	C	1923–1924 (105 g)	1928–1930 (89 g)
Julian Tavarez	P	2008 (36 g)	2004–2005 (151 g)
Jimmy Cooney	SS	1928 (18 g)	1924–1925 (164 g)
Gino Cimoli	OF	1961 (37 g)	1959 (143 g)
Jaime Garcia	P	2017 (18 g)	2008, 2010–2016 (162 g)
Lou North	P	1924 (9 g)	1917, 1920–1924 (164 g)
John Brebbia	P	2024–2025 (8 g)	2017–2019 (161 g)
Ira Hutchinson	P	1937–1938, 1944–1945 (118 g)	1940–1941 (49 g)
Marty Martinez	SS	1967–1968 (157 g)	1972 (9 g)
Hub Perdue	P	1911–1914 (108 g)	1914–1915 (53 g)
John Gant	P	2016 (20 g)	2017–2021 (141 g)
Harry Staley	P	1891–1894 (133 g)	1895 (23 g)
Chippy McGarr	3B	1890 (121 g)	1888 (34 g)
Joe Boever	P	1987–1990 (129 g)	1985–1986 (24 g)
Max Macon	P	1944, 1947 (107 g)	1938 (46 g)
Frank Demaree	OF	1941–1942 (112 g)	1943 (39 g)
Fred Smith	3B	1913 (94 g)	1917 (56 g)
Gary Kolb	OF	1964–1965 (60 g)	1960, 1962–1963 (90 g)
Fred Lewis	OF	1881 (27 g)	1883–1884 (122 g)
Pete Falcone	P	1983–1984 (68 g)	1976–1978 (78 g)
Larry McWilliams	P	1978–1982, 1987 (100 g)	1988 (45 g)
Blaine Boyer	P	2005–2009 (129 g)	2009 (15 g)
Doc Marshall	C	1904 (13 g)	1906–1908 (128 g)
Gerald Laird	C	2013–2014 (100 g)	2011 (37 g)
Bill Keister	OF	1898 (10 g)	1900 (126 g)
Jim Beauchamp	1B	1965, 1967 (8 g)	1963, 1970–1971 (125 g)
Jeff Parrett	P	1990–1991 (38 g)	1995–1996 (92 g)
Joe Mather	OF	2011 (36 g)	2008, 2010 (90 g)
Ron Piche	P	1960–1963 (102 g)	1966 (20 g)
Ernie White	P	1946–1948 (31 g)	1940–1943 (90 g)
Jordan Walden	P	2013–2014 (108 g)	2015 (12 g)
Si Johnson	P	1946–1947 (64 g)	1936–1938 (56 g)
Donnie Moore	P	1982–1984 (106 g)	1980 (11 g)
Jack Clements	C	1900 (16 g)	1898 (99 g)
Larry Jaster	P	1970, 1972 (19 g)	1965–1968 (96 g)
Eddie Solomon	P	1977–1979 (88 g)	1976 (26 g)
Mike Heath	C	1991 (49 g)	1986 (65 g)
Hal Haid	P	1931 (27 g)	1928–1930 (86 g)
Joe Stripp	3B	1938 (59 g)	1938 (54 g)
Max Surkont	P	1950–1953 (105 g)	1956 (5 g)
Nate Andrews	P	1943–1945 (95 g)	1937, 1939 (15 g)
Darren Holmes	P	2002–2003 (103 g)	2000 (5 g)
Ed Sauer	OF	1949 (79 g)	1949 (24 g)
Shelby Miller	P	2015 (33 g)	2012–2014 (69 g)
Hoyt Wilhelm	P	1969–1971 (61 g)	1957 (40 g)
Joe Riggert	OF	1919 (63 g)	1914 (35 g)
Moe Drabowsky	P	1961 (16 g)	1971–1972 (81 g)
Cy Young	P	1911 (11 g)	1899–1900 (85 g)
Danny Frisella	P	1973–1974 (78 g)	1976 (18 g)
Pedro Borbon	P	1992–1993, 1995–1996 (89 g)	2003 (7 g)
Phil Paine	P	1951, 1954–1957 (49 g)	1958 (46 g)
Bobby Tiefenauer	P	1963–1965 (64 g)	1952, 1955, 1961 (27 g)
Jorge Sosa	P	2005–2006 (72 g)	2006 (19 g)
Jose Oliva	3B	1994–1995 (67 g)	1995 (22 g)
Bud Norris	P	2016 (22 g)	2018 (64 g)
Brian Barton	OF	2009 (1 g)	2008 (82 g)
Josh Clarke	OF	1911 (32 g)	1905 (50 g)
Pete Whisenant	OF	1952 (24 g)	1955 (58 g)
Bill Higgins	2B	1888 (14 g)	1890 (67 g)
Brayan Peña	C	2005–2008 (71 g)	2016 (9 g)
Stu Miller	P	1968 (2 g)	1952–1954, 1956 (78 g)
Bob Johnson	SS	1968 (59 g)	1969 (19 g)
Elias Sosa	P	1975–1976 (64 g)	1975 (14 g)
Blix Donnelly	P	1951 (6 g)	1944–1946 (71 g)
Allyn Stout	P	1943 (9 g)	1931–1933 (67 g)
Johnny Beazley	P	1947–1949 (13 g)	1941–1942, 1946 (63 g)
Gene Mauch	2B	1950–1951 (67 g)	1952 (7 g)
Johnny Schulte	C	1932 (10 g)	1927 (64 g)
Julio Lugo	SS	2011 (22 g)	2009 (51 g)
Burleigh Grimes	P	1930 (11 g)	1930–1931, 1933–1934 (60 g)
Pretzels Getzien	P	1890–1891 (55 g)	1892 (13 g)
Art Delaney	P	1928–1929 (59 g)	1924 (8 g)
Dad Clarkson	P	1892 (1 g)	1893–1895 (65 g)
Frank Bonner	2B	1903 (48 g)	1895 (15 g)
Miguel Socolovich	P	2018 (4 g)	2015–2017 (58 g)
Nels Potter	P	1948–1949 (59 g)	1936 (1 g)
Charlie Wilson	SS	1931 (16 g)	1932–1933, 1935 (41 g)
Al Santorini	P	1968 (1 g)	1971–1973 (55 g)
Johnny O'Brien	2B	1959 (44 g)	1958 (12 g)
Guy Bush	P	1936–1937 (48 g)	1938 (6 g)
Gene Moriarty	OF	1884 (4 g)	1892 (47 g)
Bill Lewis	C	1935–1936 (35 g)	1933 (15 g)
Ted Abernathy	P	1966 (38 g)	1970 (11 g)
Hal Goldsmith	P	1926–1928 (45 g)	1929 (2 g)
Don Liddle	P	1953 (31 g)	1956 (15 g)
Jack Warner	C	1895 (3 g)	1905 (41 g)
Billy Klusman	2B	1888 (28 g)	1890 (15 g)
Daisy Davis	P	1884–1885 (15 g)	1884 (25 g)
Ramon Caraballo	2B	1993 (6 g)	1995 (34 g)
Ron Kline	P	1970 (5 g)	1960 (34 g)
Chasen Shreve	P	2014 (15 g)	2018–2019 (23 g)
George Cuppy	P	1900 (17 g)	1899 (21 g)
Mike Thompson	P	1974–1975 (17 g)	1973–1974 (21 g)
Octavio Dotel	P	2007 (9 g)	2011 (29 g)
Edwin Jackson	P	2015 (24 g)	2011 (13 g)
Jim Konstanty	P	1946 (10 g)	1956 (27 g)
Bunny Hearn	P	1918, 1920 (28 g)	1910–1911 (7 g)
Erick Fedde	P	2025 (5 g)	2024–2025 (30 g)
Miguel Batista	P	2012 (5 g)	2011 (26 g)
Dick Cole	SS	1957 (15 g)	1951 (15 g)
Lew Krausse	P	1974 (29 g)	1973 (1 g)
George Brunet	P	1960–1961 (22 g)	1971 (7 g)
Travis Smith	P	2004, 2006 (17 g)	2002 (12 g)
Randy O'Neal	P	1987 (17 g)	1987–1988 (11 g)
Forrest More	P	1909 (10 g)	1909 (15 g)
Frank Barrett	P	1946 (23 g)	1939 (1 g)
Ken MacKenzie	P	1960–1961 (14 g)	1963 (8 g)
Gabe Molina	P	2000 (2 g)	2002–2003 (15 g)
Doc Crandall	P	1918 (14 g)	1913 (2 g)
Joe Morgan	3B	1959 (13 g)	1964 (3 g)
Ray Starr	P	1933 (9 g)	1932 (3 g)
Zeke Wilson	P	1895 (6 g)	1899 (5 g)
Joe Connor	C	1900 (7 g)	1895 (2 g)
John Kelleher	3B	1924 (1 g)	1912 (8 g)
Jesus Cruz	P	2022 (7 g)	2020 (1 g)
Bill Van Dyke	OF	1893 (3 g)	1892 (4 g)
Dick Littlefield	P	1958 (4 g)	1956 (3 g)
Gabby Street	C	1905 (3 g)	1931 (1 g)
Jack Knight	P	1927 (3 g)	1922 (1 g)
Mike Mahoney	1B	1897 (2 g)	1898 (2 g)
Tom Smith	P	1894 (2 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).Cardinals seasons include the St. Louis Brown Stockings (1882), St. Louis Browns (1883–1898) and St. Louis Perfectos (1899).

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Questions

How many players have played for both the Atlanta Braves and the St. Louis Cardinals?

242 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1882 to 2025, including Red Schoendienst, Joe Torre, Rabbit Maranville and Enos Slaughter. 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 St. Louis Cardinals from 1883.

Who has played for both recently?

Marcell Ozuna, John Brebbia and Erick Fedde, 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). Cardinals seasons include the St. Louis Brown Stockings (1882), St. Louis Browns (1883–1898) and St. Louis Perfectos (1899).

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