Baltimore Orioles and Boston Red Sox players: who played for both

Who played for both the Orioles and Red Sox?

245 players played for both the Baltimore Orioles and the Boston Red Sox between 1901 and 2025, including Dwight Evans, Brady Anderson, Vern Stephens and Wally Gerber. 113 of them played for the Orioles first and 118 for the Red Sox first; 14 played for both in the same season.

Did you know?

Bert Husting is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Orioles first, then the Red Sox from 1902.
Tyler O'Neill is the most recent: Red Sox first, then the Orioles from 2025.
Dwight Evans played the most games across the two: 101 for the Orioles and 2,505 for the Red Sox.
51 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Vern Stephens.
Most common positions on this list: P (100), OF (59), C (27), 2B (17).

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All 245 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	Orioles	Red Sox
Dwight Evans	OF	1991 (101 g)	1972–1990 (2505 g)
Brady Anderson	OF	1988–2001 (1759 g)	1988 (41 g)
Vern Stephens	SS	1941–1947, 1953–1955 (994 g)	1948–1952 (660 g)
Wally Gerber	SS	1917–1928 (1285 g)	1928–1929 (166 g)
Baby Doll Jacobson	OF	1915, 1917, 1919–1926 (1242 g)	1926–1927 (143 g)
Oscar Melillo	2B	1926–1935 (1147 g)	1935–1937 (231 g)
Ken Williams	OF	1918–1927 (1110 g)	1928–1929 (207 g)
Jack Tobin	OF	1916, 1918–1925 (1136 g)	1926–1927 (162 g)
Hobe Ferris	2B	1908–1909 (296 g)	1901–1907 (984 g)
Fred Lynn	OF	1985–1988 (434 g)	1974–1980 (828 g)
Billy Goodman	2B	1957 (73 g)	1947–1957 (1177 g)
Rick Ferrell	C	1929–1933, 1941–1943 (703 g)	1933–1937 (522 g)
Del Pratt	2B	1912–1917 (905 g)	1921–1922 (289 g)
Rick Burleson	SS	1987 (62 g)	1974–1980 (1031 g)
Luis Aparicio	SS	1963–1967 (721 g)	1971–1973 (367 g)
Marty McManus	2B	1920–1926 (856 g)	1931–1933 (216 g)
Al Zarilla	OF	1943–1944, 1946–1949, 1952 (629 g)	1949–1950, 1952–1953 (332 g)
Jerry Adair	2B	1958–1966 (736 g)	1967–1968 (163 g)
George Stone	OF	1905–1910 (847 g)	1903 (2 g)
Kevin Millar	1B	2006–2008 (417 g)	2003–2005 (432 g)
Gene Stephens	OF	1960–1961 (116 g)	1952–1953, 1955–1960 (694 g)
Jim Dwyer	OF	1981–1988 (637 g)	1979–1980 (169 g)
Don Baylor	DH	1970–1975 (511 g)	1986–1987 (268 g)
Charlie Hemphill	OF	1902–1904, 1906–1907 (629 g)	1901 (136 g)
Wally Schang	C	1926–1929 (385 g)	1918–1920 (323 g)
Lou Criger	C	1909, 1912 (76 g)	1901–1908 (629 g)
Les Moss	C	1946–1955 (621 g)	1951 (71 g)
Billy Gardner	2B	1956–1959 (589 g)	1962–1963 (89 g)
Don Gutteridge	2B	1942–1945 (570 g)	1946–1947 (76 g)
Billy Klaus	SS	1959–1960 (150 g)	1955–1958 (458 g)
Lou Finney	OF	1945–1946 (73 g)	1939–1942, 1944–1945 (535 g)
Dick Williams	OF	1956–1958, 1961–1962 (447 g)	1963–1964 (140 g)
Frank O'Rourke	3B	1927–1931 (517 g)	1922 (67 g)
Jesse Burkett	OF	1902–1904 (417 g)	1905 (148 g)
Tillie Walker	OF	1913–1915 (318 g)	1916–1917 (234 g)
Sam Agnew	C	1913–1915 (325 g)	1916–1918 (197 g)
Vic Wertz	OF	1952–1954 (194 g)	1959–1961 (324 g)
Mike Timlin	P	1999–2000 (99 g)	2003–2008 (394 g)
Tom Carey	2B	1935–1937 (340 g)	1939–1942, 1946 (126 g)
Mel Almada	OF	1938–1939 (144 g)	1933–1937 (317 g)
Tommy Harper	OF	1976 (46 g)	1972–1974 (409 g)
Harry Niles	OF	1906–1907 (264 g)	1908–1910 (182 g)
Moose Solters	OF	1935–1936, 1939 (319 g)	1934–1935 (125 g)
Walt Dropo	1B	1959–1961 (155 g)	1949–1952 (283 g)
George Kell	3B	1956–1957 (201 g)	1952–1954 (235 g)
Joe Vosmik	OF	1937 (144 g)	1938–1939 (291 g)
Ellis Kinder	P	1946–1947 (67 g)	1948–1955 (365 g)
Heinie Manush	OF	1928–1930 (345 g)	1936 (82 g)
Jim Busby	OF	1957–1958, 1960–1961 (353 g)	1959–1960 (62 g)
Lyn Lary	SS	1935–1936, 1940 (275 g)	1934 (129 g)
Paul Lehner	OF	1946–1949, 1951 (379 g)	1952 (3 g)
Don Lenhardt	OF	1950–1954 (298 g)	1952, 1954 (74 g)
Steve Pearce	OF	2012–2016 (291 g)	2018–2019 (79 g)
Roy Partee	C	1948 (82 g)	1943–1944, 1946–1947 (285 g)
Sam Horn	DH	1990–1992 (263 g)	1987–1989 (103 g)
Stan Spence	OF	1949 (104 g)	1940–1941, 1948–1949 (258 g)
Julio Lugo	SS	2010 (93 g)	2007–2009 (266 g)
Eddie Foster	3B	1922–1923 (64 g)	1920–1922 (285 g)
Javy Lopez	C	2004–2006 (329 g)	2006 (18 g)
Bing Miller	OF	1926–1927 (237 g)	1935–1936 (109 g)
Juan Beniquez	OF	1986 (113 g)	1971–1972, 1974–1975 (233 g)
Tony Muser	1B	1975–1977 (336 g)	1969 (2 g)
Mike Fornieles	P	1956–1957 (49 g)	1957–1963 (287 g)
Sam Mele	OF	1954 (72 g)	1947–1949, 1954–1955 (263 g)
Bob Melvin	C	1989–1991 (257 g)	1993 (77 g)
Sammy Stewart	P	1978–1985 (307 g)	1986 (27 g)
Lenny Green	OF	1957–1959, 1964 (129 g)	1965–1966 (204 g)
Ike Delock	P	1963 (7 g)	1952–1953, 1955–1963 (322 g)
Koji Uehara	P	2009–2011 (98 g)	2013–2016 (230 g)
Carl Reynolds	OF	1933 (135 g)	1934–1935 (191 g)
Johnnie Heving	C	1920 (1 g)	1924–1925, 1928–1930 (323 g)
Jackie Gutierrez	SS	1986–1987 (64 g)	1983–1985 (259 g)
Hoot Evers	OF	1955–1956 (108 g)	1952–1954 (211 g)
Norm Siebern	1B	1964–1965 (256 g)	1967–1968 (60 g)
Jay Payton	OF	2007–2008 (258 g)	2005 (55 g)
Muddy Ruel	C	1915, 1933 (46 g)	1921–1922, 1931 (261 g)
Willie Tasby	OF	1958–1960 (199 g)	1960 (105 g)
Hal Brown	P	1955–1962 (228 g)	1953–1955 (72 g)
Tubby Spencer	C	1905–1908 (252 g)	1909 (29 g)
Eddie Pellagrini	SS	1948–1949 (184 g)	1946–1947 (96 g)
Matt Batts	C	1951 (79 g)	1947–1951 (199 g)
Mike Boddicker	P	1980–1988 (195 g)	1988–1990 (83 g)
Frank LaPorte	2B	1911–1912 (213 g)	1908 (61 g)
Harry Gleason	3B	1904–1905 (196 g)	1901–1903 (78 g)
Otis Miller	3B	1927 (51 g)	1930–1932 (221 g)
Ken Wood	OF	1948–1951 (254 g)	1952 (15 g)
Dave Philley	OF	1955–1956, 1960–1961 (228 g)	1962 (38 g)
Jack Kramer	P	1939–1941, 1943–1947 (214 g)	1948–1949 (50 g)
Denny Galehouse	P	1941–1944, 1946–1947 (156 g)	1939–1940, 1947–1949 (105 g)
Fritz Ostermueller	P	1941–1943 (37 g)	1934–1940 (223 g)
Joe Ginsberg	C	1956–1960 (240 g)	1961 (19 g)
Damon Buford	OF	1993–1995 (81 g)	1998–1999 (177 g)
Grady Hatton	3B	1956 (27 g)	1954–1956 (230 g)
Manny Alexander	SS	1992–1993, 1995–1996 (155 g)	2000 (101 g)
Dud Lee	SS	1920–1921 (74 g)	1924–1926 (180 g)
Bill Dinneen	P	1907–1909 (69 g)	1902–1907 (184 g)
Darnell McDonald	OF	2004 (17 g)	2010–2012 (234 g)
Buster Mills	OF	1938 (123 g)	1937 (123 g)
Craig Kimbrel	P	2024 (57 g)	2016–2018 (187 g)
Dick Drago	P	1977 (36 g)	1974–1975, 1978–1980 (206 g)
Matt Albers	P	2008–2010 (146 g)	2011–2012 (96 g)
Cedric Durst	OF	1922–1923, 1926 (140 g)	1930 (101 g)
Homer Ezzell	3B	1923 (89 g)	1924–1925 (148 g)
Tim Hendryx	OF	1918 (88 g)	1920–1921 (148 g)
Lenny Webster	C	1997–1999 (222 g)	1999 (6 g)
Grover Hartley	C	1916–1917, 1934 (117 g)	1927 (103 g)
Les Nunamaker	C	1918 (85 g)	1911–1914 (134 g)
Milt Gaston	P	1925–1927 (111 g)	1929–1931 (100 g)
Todd Frohwirth	P	1991–1993 (186 g)	1994 (22 g)
Norm McMillan	3B	1924 (76 g)	1923 (131 g)
Sad Sam Jones	P	1927 (32 g)	1916–1921 (169 g)
Mike Torrez	P	1975 (36 g)	1978–1982 (161 g)
John Wasdin	P	2001 (26 g)	1997–2000 (170 g)
Babe Dahlgren	1B	1942, 1946 (30 g)	1935–1936 (165 g)
Bullet Joe Bush	P	1925 (57 g)	1918–1921 (137 g)
Ivy Andrews	P	1934–1936 (129 g)	1932–1933 (63 g)
Steve O'Neill	C	1927–1928 (84 g)	1924 (106 g)
Billy Hitchcock	3B	1947 (80 g)	1948–1949 (104 g)
Chick Shorten	OF	1922 (55 g)	1915–1917 (129 g)
Andrew Miller	P	2014 (23 g)	2011–2014 (158 g)
Lee Smith	P	1994 (41 g)	1988–1990 (139 g)
Don Aase	P	1985–1988 (162 g)	1977 (13 g)
Richard Bleier	P	2017–2020 (143 g)	2023 (27 g)
Floyd Baker	3B	1943–1944 (66 g)	1953–1954 (102 g)
Tyler O'Neill	OF	2025 (54 g)	2024 (113 g)
Allen Sothoron	P	1914–1915, 1917–1921 (163 g)	1921 (2 g)
Tom Jenkins	OF	1929–1932 (129 g)	1925–1926 (36 g)
Nels Potter	P	1943–1948 (154 g)	1941 (10 g)
Curt Schilling	P	1988–1990 (44 g)	2004–2007 (119 g)
Justin Turner	3B	2009–2010 (17 g)	2023 (146 g)
Bill Bayne	P	1919–1924 (134 g)	1929–1930 (28 g)
Jose Iglesias	SS	2020 (39 g)	2011–2013, 2021 (121 g)
Elden Auker	P	1940–1942 (126 g)	1939 (31 g)
Chad Bradford	P	2007–2008 (125 g)	2005 (31 g)
Bobo Newsom	P	1934–1935, 1938–1939, 1943 (119 g)	1937 (31 g)
Tom Bolton	P	1994 (22 g)	1987–1992 (128 g)
Al Smith	OF	1963 (120 g)	1964 (29 g)
Frankie Hayes	C	1942–1943 (144 g)	1947 (5 g)
Fritz Dorish	P	1950, 1955–1956 (78 g)	1947–1949, 1956 (70 g)
Jim Corsi	P	1999 (13 g)	1997–1999 (134 g)
Johnny Lipon	SS	1953 (7 g)	1952–1953 (139 g)
Sam Dente	SS	1948 (98 g)	1947 (46 g)
Danny Valencia	3B	2013, 2018 (131 g)	2012 (10 g)
Jason Johnson	P	1999–2003 (133 g)	2006 (6 g)
Charlie Maxwell	OF	1955 (4 g)	1950–1952, 1954 (134 g)
Frank Truesdale	2B	1910–1911 (123 g)	1918 (15 g)
Owen Friend	2B	1949–1950 (121 g)	1955 (14 g)
Billy Hoeft	P	1959–1962 (127 g)	1959 (7 g)
Heathcliff Slocumb	P	1999 (10 g)	1996–1997 (124 g)
Johnny Marcum	P	1939 (16 g)	1936–1938 (118 g)
Juan Bell	2B	1989–1991 (113 g)	1995 (17 g)
Bill Hall	3B	2012 (7 g)	2010 (120 g)
Bill Wight	P	1955–1957 (81 g)	1951–1952 (44 g)
Erik Bedard	P	2002, 2004–2007 (114 g)	2011 (8 g)
Tom Wright	OF	1952 (29 g)	1948–1951 (90 g)
Ramon Ramirez	P	2014 (1 g)	2009–2010 (114 g)
Al Widmar	P	1948, 1950–1951 (111 g)	1947 (2 g)
Jeff Manto	3B	1995 (89 g)	1996 (22 g)
Rip Collins	P	1929–1931 (78 g)	1922 (33 g)
Alejandro De Aza	OF	2014–2015 (50 g)	2015 (60 g)
Bill Kennedy	P	1948–1951 (94 g)	1953 (16 g)
Joe Glenn	C	1939 (88 g)	1940 (22 g)
Merv Shea	C	1933 (94 g)	1933 (16 g)
Bob Weiland	P	1935 (14 g)	1932–1934 (93 g)
Ryan Lavarnway	C	2015 (10 g)	2011–2014 (97 g)
Hal Wiltse	P	1928 (26 g)	1926–1928 (75 g)
Jamie Moyer	P	1993–1995 (75 g)	1996 (23 g)
Mike Fiore	1B	1968 (6 g)	1970–1971 (92 g)
Archie McKain	P	1941, 1943 (18 g)	1937–1938 (75 g)
Bill James	P	1914–1915 (79 g)	1919 (13 g)
Cy Morgan	P	1903–1905, 1907 (33 g)	1907–1909 (58 g)
Midre Cummings	OF	2005 (2 g)	1998, 2000 (88 g)
Rich Hill	P	2009 (15 g)	2010–2012, 2015, 2022, 2024 (74 g)
Bruce Chen	P	2004–2006 (82 g)	2003 (5 g)
Charlie Jones	OF	1908 (74 g)	1901 (10 g)
Fernando Abad	P	2021 (16 g)	2016–2017 (66 g)
Joe Price	P	1990 (50 g)	1989 (31 g)
George Schmees	OF	1952 (34 g)	1952 (42 g)
Wade Miley	P	2016–2017 (43 g)	2015 (32 g)
David Wells	P	1996 (34 g)	2005–2006 (38 g)
Andrew Cashner	P	2018–2019 (46 g)	2019 (25 g)
Jack Harshman	P	1958–1959 (62 g)	1959 (9 g)
Jim Wilson	P	1948, 1955–1956 (45 g)	1945–1946 (26 g)
Babe Martin	OF	1944–1946, 1953 (63 g)	1948–1949 (6 g)
Jonathan Arauz	2B	2022 (9 g)	2020–2022 (59 g)
Pat Rapp	P	2000 (31 g)	1999 (37 g)
Scott Williamson	P	2007 (16 g)	2003–2004 (52 g)
Travis Lakins	P	2020–2022 (52 g)	2019 (16 g)
Brad Pennington	P	1993–1995 (50 g)	1996 (14 g)
Earl Caldwell	P	1935–1937 (56 g)	1948 (8 g)
Dick Littlefield	P	1952–1954 (48 g)	1950 (15 g)
Tommy Thomas	P	1936–1937 (53 g)	1937 (9 g)
Wally Mayer	C	1919 (30 g)	1917–1918 (30 g)
Al Papai	P	1949 (42 g)	1950 (16 g)
Guillermo Quiroz	C	2008 (56 g)	2012 (2 g)
Bob Turley	P	1951, 1953–1954 (46 g)	1963 (11 g)
Bob Chakales	P	1954 (38 g)	1957 (18 g)
Willie Harris	OF	2001 (9 g)	2006 (47 g)
Jeff Stone	OF	1988 (26 g)	1989–1990 (28 g)
Chris Owings	SS	2022 (27 g)	2019 (26 g)
Cla Meredith	P	2009–2010 (50 g)	2005 (3 g)
Jesus Tavarez	OF	1998 (8 g)	1997 (42 g)
Calvin Pickering	DH	1998–1999 (32 g)	2001 (17 g)
Adam Stern	OF	2007 (2 g)	2005–2006 (46 g)
Hector Carrasco	P	2003 (40 g)	2000 (8 g)
Jim McDonald	P	1951, 1955 (38 g)	1950 (9 g)
John Halama	P	2006 (17 g)	2005 (30 g)
Tully Sparks	P	1901 (29 g)	1902 (17 g)
Yamaico Navarro	3B	2013 (8 g)	2010–2011 (36 g)
Bobby Thomson	OF	1960 (3 g)	1960 (40 g)
Brandon Snyder	1B	2010–2011 (16 g)	2013 (27 g)
Ernie Whitt	C	1991 (35 g)	1976 (8 g)
Bobby Avila	2B	1959 (20 g)	1959 (22 g)
Clem Dreisewerd	P	1948 (13 g)	1944–1946 (29 g)
Lloyd Brown	P	1933 (8 g)	1933 (33 g)
Fernando Cabrera	P	2007–2008 (31 g)	2009–2010 (7 g)
Bert Husting	P	1901 (36 g)	1902 (1 g)
Bryan Holaday	C	2020 (21 g)	2016 (14 g)
Dean Stone	P	1963 (17 g)	1957 (17 g)
Beany Jacobson	P	1906–1907 (31 g)	1907 (2 g)
Jim Suchecki	P	1951 (29 g)	1950 (4 g)
Hap Myers	1B	1911 (11 g)	1910–1911 (18 g)
Kelly Johnson	2B	2014 (19 g)	2014 (10 g)
Dizzy Trout	P	1957 (2 g)	1952 (26 g)
J. C. Romero	P	2012 (5 g)	2007 (23 g)
Pete Appleton	P	1942, 1945 (16 g)	1932 (11 g)
Tommy Fine	P	1950 (16 g)	1947 (9 g)
Jake Wade	P	1939 (4 g)	1939 (20 g)
Quintin Berry	OF	2014 (10 g)	2013 (13 g)
Jemile Weeks	2B	2014 (3 g)	2014–2015 (17 g)
Johnny Schmitz	P	1956 (18 g)	1956 (2 g)
Bill Short	P	1962, 1966 (11 g)	1966 (8 g)
Kent Mercker	P	1996 (14 g)	1999 (5 g)
Mike Meola	P	1936 (9 g)	1933, 1936 (9 g)
Eduard Bazardo	P	2023 (3 g)	2021–2022 (14 g)
Ken Huckaby	C	2004 (8 g)	2006 (8 g)
Keith Shepherd	P	1996 (13 g)	1995 (2 g)
Ken Holcombe	P	1952 (12 g)	1953 (3 g)
Tommy Matchick	SS	1972 (3 g)	1970 (10 g)
Vince Molyneaux	P	1917 (7 g)	1918 (6 g)
Tayler Scott	P	2019 (8 g)	2023 (4 g)
Gustavo Molina	C	2007 (7 g)	2010 (4 g)
Mike Hartley	P	1995 (3 g)	1995 (5 g)
Walter Moser	P	1911 (2 g)	1911 (6 g)
Yohan Ramirez	P	2024 (5 g)	2024 (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.Orioles seasons include the Milwaukee Brewers (1901) and St. Louis Browns (1902–1953).Red Sox seasons include the Boston Americans (1901–1907).

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Questions

How many players have played for both the Baltimore Orioles and the Boston Red Sox?

245 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1901 to 2025, including Dwight Evans, Brady Anderson, Vern Stephens and Wally Gerber. 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?

Bert Husting: Baltimore Orioles first, then the Boston Red Sox from 1902.

Who has played for both recently?

Craig Kimbrel, Tyler O'Neill, Rich Hill and Yohan Ramirez, 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. Orioles seasons include the Milwaukee Brewers (1901) and St. Louis Browns (1902–1953). Red Sox seasons include the Boston Americans (1901–1907).

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