Atlanta Braves and Washington Nationals players: who played for both
Who played for both the Braves and Nationals?
119 players played for both the Atlanta Braves and the Washington Nationals between 1969 and 2025, including Andres Galarraga, Marquis Grissom, Adam LaRoche and Mack Jones. 66 of them played for the Braves first and 49 for the Nationals first; 4 played for both in the same season.
Did you know?
- Claude Raymond is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Braves first, then the Nationals from 1969.
- Wander Suero is the most recent: Nationals first, then the Braves from 2025.
- Andres Galarraga played the most games across the two: 294 for the Braves and 951 for the Nationals.
- 29 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Andres Galarraga.
- Most common positions on this list: P (62), OF (24), C (11), 1B (7).
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All 119 players, most games for the two first
| Player | Pos | Braves | Nationals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andres Galarraga | 1B | 1998, 2000 (294 g) | 1985–1991, 2002 (951 g) |
| Marquis Grissom | OF | 1995–1996 (297 g) | 1989–1994 (698 g) |
| Adam LaRoche | 1B | 2004–2006, 2009 (457 g) | 2011–2014 (489 g) |
| Mack Jones | OF | 1961–1963, 1965–1967 (613 g) | 1969–1971 (286 g) |
| Rowland Office | OF | 1972, 1974–1979 (752 g) | 1980–1982 (145 g) |
| Felipe Alou | OF | 1964–1969 (841 g) | 1973 (19 g) |
| Otis Nixon | OF | 1991–1993, 1999 (462 g) | 1988–1990 (335 g) |
| Mike Jorgensen | 1B | 1983–1984 (88 g) | 1972–1977 (670 g) |
| Mike Mordecai | 3B | 1994–1997 (200 g) | 1998–2002 (419 g) |
| Yunel Escobar | SS | 2007–2010 (446 g) | 2015 (139 g) |
| Pepe Frias | SS | 1979 (140 g) | 1973–1978 (429 g) |
| Dan Uggla | 2B | 2011–2014 (499 g) | 2015 (67 g) |
| Dave Martinez | OF | 2001 (120 g) | 1988–1991 (431 g) |
| Earl Williams | C | 1970–1972, 1975–1976 (478 g) | 1976 (61 g) |
| Willie Harris | OF | 2007 (117 g) | 2008–2010 (409 g) |
| Ryan Langerhans | OF | 2002–2003, 2005–2007 (296 g) | 2007–2008 (176 g) |
| Jeff Treadway | 2B | 1989–1992 (429 g) | 1995 (41 g) |
| Vinny Castilla | 3B | 1991–1992, 2002–2003 (311 g) | 2005 (142 g) |
| Ty Cline | OF | 1963–1967 (348 g) | 1969–1970 (103 g) |
| Mark DeRosa | 3B | 1998–2004 (393 g) | 2012 (48 g) |
| Kurt Suzuki | C | 2017–2018 (186 g) | 2012–2013, 2019–2020 (240 g) |
| Ryan Church | OF | 2009 (44 g) | 2004–2007 (347 g) |
| Mike Stanton | P | 1989–1995 (304 g) | 2005–2006 (86 g) |
| Jeff Reardon | P | 1992 (14 g) | 1981–1986 (359 g) |
| Luis Ayala | P | 2013 (37 g) | 2003–2005, 2007–2008 (320 g) |
| Eddie Rosario | OF | 2021–2025 (282 g) | 2024 (67 g) |
| Pete Orr | 2B | 2005–2007 (271 g) | 2008–2009 (76 g) |
| Nate McLouth | OF | 2009–2011 (250 g) | 2014 (79 g) |
| Matt Adams | 1B | 2017, 2020 (116 g) | 2018–2019 (205 g) |
| Rick Mahler | P | 1979–1988, 1991 (309 g) | 1991 (10 g) |
| Robert Fick | 1B | 2003 (126 g) | 2006–2007 (178 g) |
| Dennis Martinez | P | 1998 (53 g) | 1986–1993 (241 g) |
| Rafael Soriano | P | 2007–2009 (162 g) | 2013–2014 (132 g) |
| Claude Raymond | P | 1961–1963, 1967–1969 (181 g) | 1969–1971 (111 g) |
| Willie Montanez | 1B | 1976–1977 (239 g) | 1980–1981 (40 g) |
| Johnny Estrada | C | 2003–2005 (255 g) | 2008 (23 g) |
| Mike Marshall | P | 1976–1977 (28 g) | 1970–1973 (247 g) |
| Jonny Venters | P | 2010–2012, 2018–2019 (267 g) | 2019 (3 g) |
| Carl Morton | P | 1973–1976 (144 g) | 1969–1972 (122 g) |
| Pat Jarvis | P | 1966–1972 (221 g) | 1973 (28 g) |
| Rick Ankiel | OF | 2010 (47 g) | 2011–2012 (190 g) |
| Tony Tarasco | OF | 1993–1994 (111 g) | 1995 (126 g) |
| Zane Smith | P | 1984–1989 (178 g) | 1989–1990 (55 g) |
| Javier Vazquez | P | 2009 (37 g) | 1998–2003 (192 g) |
| Kevin Gryboski | P | 2002–2005 (221 g) | 2006 (6 g) |
| Elias Sosa | P | 1975–1976 (64 g) | 1979–1981 (161 g) |
| Livan Hernandez | P | 2012 (18 g) | 2003–2006, 2009–2011 (204 g) |
| Luis Avilan | P | 2012–2015 (218 g) | 2021 (4 g) |
| Tim Spehr | C | 1997 (8 g) | 1993–1996 (209 g) |
| Joe Hesketh | P | 1990 (31 g) | 1984–1990 (175 g) |
| Denny Lemaster | P | 1962–1967 (192 g) | 1972 (13 g) |
| Graig Nettles | 3B | 1987 (112 g) | 1988 (80 g) |
| Pascual Perez | P | 1982–1985 (103 g) | 1987–1989 (88 g) |
| Wander Suero | P | 2025 (5 g) | 2018–2021 (185 g) |
| David Palmer | P | 1986–1987 (63 g) | 1978–1980, 1982, 1984–1985 (123 g) |
| Mike Gonzalez | P | 2007–2009 (134 g) | 2012 (47 g) |
| Greg Colbrunn | 1B | 1997–1998 (56 g) | 1992–1993 (122 g) |
| Curtis Pride | OF | 1998 (70 g) | 1993, 1995, 2001 (94 g) |
| Miguel Batista | P | 2012 (5 g) | 1998–2000, 2010 (157 g) |
| Jeff Parrett | P | 1990–1991 (38 g) | 1986–1988 (118 g) |
| Ross Detwiler | P | 2015 (24 g) | 2007, 2009–2014 (132 g) |
| Ehire Adrianza | SS | 2021–2023 (120 g) | 2022 (31 g) |
| Jason Marquis | P | 2000–2003 (106 g) | 2010–2011 (42 g) |
| Emilio Bonifacio | OF | 2014, 2016–2017 (103 g) | 2008, 2020 (44 g) |
| Ray King | P | 2003 (80 g) | 2007–2008 (67 g) |
| Ian Krol | P | 2016–2017 (114 g) | 2013 (32 g) |
| Gary Roenicke | OF | 1987–1988 (116 g) | 1976 (29 g) |
| Randy St. Claire | P | 1991–1992 (29 g) | 1984–1988 (107 g) |
| Reed Johnson | OF | 2012–2013 (117 g) | 2015 (17 g) |
| Ken Johnson | P | 1965–1969 (130 g) | 1970 (3 g) |
| Marv Staehle | 2B | 1971 (22 g) | 1969–1970 (110 g) |
| David Carpenter | P | 2013–2014 (121 g) | 2015 (8 g) |
| Rick Cerone | C | 1985 (96 g) | 1992 (33 g) |
| Sam Freeman | P | 2017–2018 (121 g) | 2020 (7 g) |
| Charlie O'Brien | C | 1994–1995 (118 g) | 2000 (9 g) |
| Jonny Gomes | OF | 2015 (83 g) | 2011 (43 g) |
| Jerry Blevins | P | 2019 (45 g) | 2014 (64 g) |
| Erick Fedde | P | 2025 (5 g) | 2017–2022 (102 g) |
| Damaso Garcia | 2B | 1988 (21 g) | 1989 (80 g) |
| Daryle Ward | OF | 2006 (20 g) | 2006 (78 g) |
| Carl Edwards | P | 2021 (1 g) | 2022–2023 (89 g) |
| Jorge Sosa | P | 2005–2006 (72 g) | 2009 (18 g) |
| Roberto Kelly | OF | 1994 (63 g) | 1995 (24 g) |
| Odalis Perez | P | 1998–1999, 2001 (52 g) | 2008 (31 g) |
| Anibal Sanchez | P | 2018 (25 g) | 2019–2020, 2022 (55 g) |
| Julian Tavarez | P | 2008 (36 g) | 2009 (42 g) |
| Edwin Jackson | P | 2015 (24 g) | 2012, 2017 (53 g) |
| Marc Valdes | P | 2001 (9 g) | 1997–1998 (68 g) |
| Jim Britton | P | 1967–1969 (60 g) | 1971 (16 g) |
| Mark Melancon | P | 2019–2020 (46 g) | 2016 (30 g) |
| Mickey Mahler | P | 1977–1979 (65 g) | 1985 (9 g) |
| Eury Perez | OF | 2015 (47 g) | 2012–2013 (22 g) |
| Jim Brower | P | 2005 (37 g) | 2002 (30 g) |
| Jerry Willard | C | 1991–1992 (43 g) | 1992 (21 g) |
| Brad Hand | P | 2023 (20 g) | 2021 (41 g) |
| Sergio Valdez | P | 1989–1990 (25 g) | 1986, 1992–1993 (36 g) |
| Mike Soroka | P | 2018–2020, 2023 (44 g) | 2025 (16 g) |
| George Lombard | OF | 1998–2000 (39 g) | 2006 (20 g) |
| Bruce Chen | P | 1998–2000 (42 g) | 2002 (15 g) |
| Terry Crowley | DH | 1976 (7 g) | 1983 (50 g) |
| Micah Bowie | P | 1999 (3 g) | 2006–2007 (45 g) |
| Larry Jaster | P | 1970, 1972 (19 g) | 1969 (24 g) |
| Remy Hermoso | 2B | 1967 (11 g) | 1969–1970 (32 g) |
| Sandy Leon | C | 2025 (5 g) | 2012–2014 (34 g) |
| Scott Downs | P | 2013 (25 g) | 2000, 2003–2004 (14 g) |
| Lucas Sims | P | 2017–2018 (20 g) | 2025 (18 g) |
| Reynaldo Lopez | P | 2024–2025 (27 g) | 2016 (11 g) |
| Mike Hubbard | C | 2000 (2 g) | 1998 (32 g) |
| Bartolo Colon | P | 2017 (13 g) | 2002 (17 g) |
| C. J. Nitkowski | P | 2004 (22 g) | 2005 (7 g) |
| Steve Lyons | OF | 1992 (11 g) | 1992 (16 g) |
| Tim Drew | P | 2004 (12 g) | 2002–2003 (13 g) |
| Trey Moore | P | 2001 (2 g) | 1998, 2000 (22 g) |
| Wil Ledezma | P | 2007 (12 g) | 2009 (5 g) |
| Tommy Milone | P | 2020 (3 g) | 2011, 2018 (10 g) |
| Ray Holbert | SS | 1998 (8 g) | 1998 (2 g) |
| Jonathan Lucroy | C | 2021 (2 g) | 2021 (5 g) |
| Rene Rivera | C | 2018 (3 g) | 2021 (4 g) |
| Everett Stull | P | 1999 (1 g) | 1997 (3 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).Nationals seasons include the Montreal Expos (1969–2004).
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Questions
How many players have played for both the Atlanta Braves and the Washington Nationals?
119 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1969 to 2025, including Andres Galarraga, Marquis Grissom, Adam LaRoche and Mack Jones. 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?
Claude Raymond: Atlanta Braves first, then the Washington Nationals from 1969.
Who has played for both recently?
Eddie Rosario, Wander Suero, Erick Fedde, Mike Soroka, Sandy Leon and Lucas Sims and 1 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). Nationals seasons include the Montreal Expos (1969–2004).
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