Baltimore Orioles and Cleveland Guardians players: who played for both

Who played for both the Orioles and Guardians?

274 players played for both the Baltimore Orioles and the Cleveland Guardians between 1901 and 2025, including Eddie Murray, Boog Powell, Brady Anderson and Steve O'Neill. 138 of them played for the Orioles first and 125 for the Guardians first; 11 played for both in the same season.

Did you know?

  • Joe Connor is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Orioles first, then the Guardians from 1901.
  • Ramon Laureano is the most recent: Guardians first, then the Orioles from 2025.
  • Eddie Murray played the most games across the two: 1,884 for the Orioles and 309 for the Guardians.
  • 59 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Eddie Murray.
  • Most common positions on this list: P (122), OF (66), C (30), 1B (16).

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All 274 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.
PlayerPosOriolesGuardians
Eddie Murray1B1977–1988, 1996 (1884 g)1994–1996 (309 g)
Boog Powell1B1961–1974 (1763 g)1975–1976 (229 g)
Brady AndersonOF1988–2001 (1759 g)2002 (34 g)
Steve O'NeillC1927–1928 (84 g)1911–1923 (1365 g)
Jim Thome1B2012 (28 g)1991–2002, 2011 (1399 g)
Rick DempseyC1976–1986, 1992 (1245 g)1987 (60 g)
John LowensteinOF1979–1985 (645 g)1970–1977 (646 g)
Baby Doll JacobsonOF1915, 1917, 1919–1926 (1242 g)1927 (32 g)
Bobby Avila2B1959 (20 g)1949–1958 (1207 g)
Albert BelleOF1999–2000 (302 g)1989–1996 (913 g)
Jeff HeathOF1946–1947 (227 g)1936–1945 (957 g)
George Stovall1B1912–1913 (205 g)1904–1911 (952 g)
Tito FranconaOF1956–1957 (236 g)1959–1964 (835 g)
Russ SnyderOF1961–1967 (815 g)1968–1969 (190 g)
Luke SewellC1942 (6 g)1921–1932, 1939 (979 g)
Bruce CampbellOF1932–1934 (425 g)1935–1939 (553 g)
Joe VosmikOF1937 (144 g)1930–1936 (823 g)
Larry BrownSS1973 (17 g)1963–1971 (941 g)
Woodie HeldSS1966–1967 (82 g)1958–1964 (855 g)
Frank RobinsonOF1966–1971 (827 g)1974–1976 (100 g)
Joe CarterOF1998 (85 g)1984–1989 (839 g)
Rollie HemsleyC1933–1937 (515 g)1938–1941 (390 g)
Roberto Alomar2B1996–1998 (412 g)1999–2001 (471 g)
Johnny Berardino2B1939–1942, 1946–1947, 1951 (698 g)1948–1950, 1952 (155 g)
Gene WoodlingOF1955, 1958–1960 (460 g)1943, 1946, 1955–1957 (381 g)
Casey Blake3B2001 (6 g)2003–2008 (810 g)
Al SmithOF1963 (120 g)1953–1957, 1964 (669 g)
Wally JudnichOF1940–1942, 1946–1947 (701 g)1948 (79 g)
Billy Ripken2B1987–1992, 1996 (724 g)1995 (8 g)
Beau BellOF1935–1939 (545 g)1940–1941 (168 g)
Bob KennedyOF1954–1955 (132 g)1948–1954 (565 g)
Harold BainesDH1993–1995, 1997–2000 (666 g)1999 (28 g)
Vic WertzOF1952–1954 (194 g)1954–1958 (473 g)
Chico Salmon2B1969–1972 (174 g)1964–1968 (484 g)
Charlie HemphillOF1902–1904, 1906–1907 (629 g)1902 (25 g)
Bobby Young2B1951–1955 (633 g)1955–1956 (19 g)
Bob NiemanOF1951–1952, 1956–1959 (609 g)1961–1962 (41 g)
David Segui1B1990–1993, 2001–2004 (580 g)2000 (57 g)
Bill KnickerbockerSS1937 (121 g)1933–1936 (513 g)
Joe EvansOF1924–1925 (132 g)1915–1922 (499 g)
Jim Gentile1B1960–1963 (583 g)1966 (33 g)
Moose SoltersOF1935–1936, 1939 (319 g)1937–1939 (260 g)
Lyn LarySS1935–1936, 1940 (275 g)1937–1939 (300 g)
Roy CullenbineOF1940–1942 (273 g)1943–1945 (300 g)
Johnny BurnettSS1935 (70 g)1927–1934 (488 g)
Mike YoungOF1982–1987 (520 g)1989 (32 g)
Randy Milligan1B1989–1992 (511 g)1993 (19 g)
Jim BusbyOF1957–1958, 1960–1961 (353 g)1956–1957 (165 g)
Dick WilliamsOF1956–1958, 1961–1962 (447 g)1957 (67 g)
Jesse OroscoP1995–1999 (336 g)1989–1991 (171 g)
Willis HudlinP1940, 1944 (7 g)1926–1940 (476 g)
Hank EdwardsOF1953 (65 g)1941–1943, 1946–1949 (413 g)
Willie KirklandOF1964 (66 g)1961–1963 (410 g)
Jay ClarkeC1911 (82 g)1905–1910 (393 g)
Ryan Flaherty2B2012–2017 (452 g)2019 (14 g)
Chico CarrasquelSS1959 (114 g)1956–1958 (315 g)
Pat KellyOF1977–1980 (377 g)1981 (48 g)
Dave DuncanC1975–1976 (189 g)1973–1974 (231 g)
Roy Hughes2B1938–1939 (75 g)1935–1937 (338 g)
Dave PhilleyOF1955–1956, 1960–1961 (228 g)1954–1955 (176 g)
Billy SullivanC1938–1939 (229 g)1936–1937 (165 g)
Dick BrownC1963–1965 (243 g)1957–1959 (150 g)
Dennis MartinezP1976–1986 (320 g)1994–1996 (72 g)
Jose MesaP1987, 1990–1992 (50 g)1992–1998 (341 g)
Paul LehnerOF1946–1949, 1951 (379 g)1951 (12 g)
Mark Reynolds3B2011–2012 (290 g)2013 (99 g)
Paul ShueyP2007 (25 g)1994–2002 (361 g)
Benny AyalaOF1979–1984 (333 g)1985 (46 g)
Bob Hale1B1955–1959 (253 g)1960–1961 (112 g)
Mark McLemore2B1992–1994 (353 g)1990 (8 g)
Sherm LollarC1949–1951 (333 g)1946 (28 g)
Ollie PickeringOF1907 (151 g)1901–1902 (206 g)
Billy HunterSS1953–1954 (279 g)1958 (76 g)
Michael BournOF2016 (24 g)2013–2015 (331 g)
Art Griggs1B1909–1910 (230 g)1911–1912 (117 g)
Doug JonesP1995 (52 g)1986–1991, 1998 (295 g)
Craig Worthington3B1988–1991 (335 g)1992 (9 g)
Harry NilesOF1906–1907 (264 g)1910 (72 g)
Sammy StewartP1978–1985 (307 g)1987 (25 g)
Fred Marsh3B1951–1952, 1955–1956 (326 g)1949 (1 g)
Willie TasbyOF1958–1960 (199 g)1962–1963 (127 g)
Gregg OlsonP1988–1993 (320 g)1995 (3 g)
Mark Lewis2B2000 (71 g)1991–1994, 2001 (246 g)
George BlaeholderP1925, 1927–1935 (280 g)1936 (35 g)
Frankie HayesC1942–1943 (144 g)1945–1946 (170 g)
Myril HoagOF1939–1941 (206 g)1944–1945 (107 g)
Jim DyckOF1951–1953, 1955–1956 (310 g)1954 (2 g)
Rusty Peters2B1947 (39 g)1940–1944, 1946 (270 g)
Ivan Howard1B1914–1915 (195 g)1916–1917 (111 g)
Johnny Temple2B1962 (78 g)1960–1961 (227 g)
Jorge JulioP2001–2005 (281 g)2008 (15 g)
Joe GinsbergC1956–1960 (240 g)1953–1954 (49 g)
Rene Gonzales3B1987–1990 (267 g)1994 (22 g)
Arthur RhodesP1991–1999 (239 g)2005 (47 g)
Frank Ellerbe3B1921–1924 (235 g)1924 (46 g)
Sam HornDH1990–1992 (263 g)1993 (12 g)
Denny GalehouseP1941–1944, 1946–1947 (156 g)1934–1938 (114 g)
Eddie Robinson1B1957 (4 g)1942, 1946–1948, 1957 (264 g)
Danys BaezP2007, 2009 (112 g)2001–2003 (155 g)
Marty CordovaOF2002–2003 (140 g)2001 (122 g)
Josh BillingsC1919–1923 (136 g)1913–1918 (111 g)
Tommy HunterP2011–2016 (224 g)2016 (21 g)
Tim StoddardP1978–1983 (229 g)1989 (14 g)
Bob MuncriefP1937, 1939, 1941–1947 (219 g)1948 (21 g)
Sam DenteSS1948 (98 g)1954–1955 (141 g)
Chris GomezSS2005–2007 (217 g)2007 (19 g)
Andres MoraOF1976–1978 (226 g)1980 (9 g)
Dave PopeOF1955–1956 (98 g)1952, 1954–1956 (132 g)
Greg AllenOF2025 (7 g)2017–2020 (220 g)
Oral HildebrandP1937–1938 (54 g)1931–1936 (171 g)
Wally WestlakeOF1955 (8 g)1952–1955 (212 g)
Les NunamakerC1918 (85 g)1919–1922 (133 g)
Hoyt WilhelmP1958–1962 (185 g)1957–1958 (32 g)
Lefty StewartP1927–1932 (193 g)1935 (24 g)
George ZuverinkP1955–1959 (197 g)1951–1952 (18 g)
Buster MillsOF1938 (123 g)1942, 1946 (89 g)
Jim PooleP1991–1994 (123 g)1995–1996, 1998–1999 (89 g)
Jeff Manto3B1995 (89 g)1990–1991, 1997–1999 (120 g)
Sam ZoldakP1944–1948 (126 g)1948–1950 (83 g)
Al MilnarP1943, 1946 (7 g)1936, 1938–1943 (200 g)
Matt AlbersP2008–2010 (146 g)2013 (56 g)
Steve ReedP2005 (30 g)1998–2001 (172 g)
David DellucciOF1997 (17 g)2007–2009 (183 g)
Hank Majeski3B1955 (16 g)1952–1955 (179 g)
Don HoodP1973–1974 (33 g)1975–1979 (160 g)
Allen SothoronP1914–1915, 1917–1921 (163 g)1921–1922 (28 g)
Pete O'Brien2B1906 (148 g)1907 (43 g)
Ubaldo JimenezP2014–2017 (117 g)2011–2013 (74 g)
Wayne GarlandP1973–1976 (91 g)1977–1981 (99 g)
Jeremy GuthrieP2007–2011 (165 g)2004–2006 (16 g)
Fritz BuelowC1907 (25 g)1904–1906 (153 g)
Satchel PaigeP1951–1953 (126 g)1948–1949 (52 g)
Johnny AllenP1941 (20 g)1936–1940 (157 g)
Tommy HarperOF1976 (46 g)1968 (130 g)
Ross GrimsleyP1974–1977, 1982 (158 g)1980 (14 g)
Bill BayneP1919–1924 (134 g)1928 (37 g)
Chuck EssegianOF1961 (1 g)1961–1962 (166 g)
Drew StubbsOF2016 (20 g)2013 (146 g)
Vern KennedyP1939–1941 (75 g)1942–1944 (86 g)
Owen Friend2B1949–1950 (121 g)1953 (34 g)
Ramon LaureanoOF2025 (82 g)2023–2024 (72 g)
Hoot EversOF1955–1956 (108 g)1955–1956 (42 g)
Rick SutcliffeP1992–1993 (65 g)1982–1984 (85 g)
Ivy AndrewsP1934–1936 (129 g)1937 (20 g)
Jason JohnsonP1999–2003 (133 g)2006 (14 g)
Jim FridleyOF1954 (85 g)1952 (62 g)
Eddie FisherP1966–1967 (90 g)1968 (54 g)
Pat DobsonP1971–1972 (76 g)1976–1977 (68 g)
Snuffy Stirnweiss2B1950 (93 g)1951–1952 (51 g)
Andrew MillerP2014 (23 g)2016–2018 (120 g)
Lloyd BrownP1933 (8 g)1934–1937 (135 g)
Grover HartleyC1916–1917, 1934 (117 g)1929–1930 (25 g)
Claude Rossman1B1909 (2 g)1904, 1906 (137 g)
Hank FoilesC1961 (43 g)1953, 1955–1956, 1960 (94 g)
Ralph WinegarnerP1949 (9 g)1930, 1932, 1934–1936 (126 g)
Tom FerrickP1946, 1949–1950 (92 g)1942, 1946 (40 g)
Jerry WalkerP1957–1960 (85 g)1963–1964 (45 g)
Gene BeardenP1952 (45 g)1947–1950 (84 g)
Rick BauerP2001–2005 (125 g)2008 (4 g)
Sam MeleOF1954 (72 g)1956 (57 g)
Red EmbreeP1949 (40 g)1941–1942, 1944–1947 (87 g)
Bob MilackiP1988–1992 (121 g)1993 (5 g)
Karim GarciaOF2000, 2004 (31 g)2001–2003 (95 g)
Fernando CabreraP2007–2008 (31 g)2004–2007 (94 g)
Shawn ArmstrongP2019–2021 (85 g)2015–2017 (39 g)
Tim LakerC1997 (7 g)2001, 2003–2004, 2006 (116 g)
Red DonahueP1902–1903 (51 g)1903–1905 (71 g)
Art HouttemanP1957 (5 g)1953–1957 (116 g)
Bill WightP1955–1957 (81 g)1953, 1955 (37 g)
Brad KomminskOF1990 (46 g)1989 (71 g)
Tim HendryxOF1918 (88 g)1911–1912 (27 g)
Bob ReynoldsP1972–1975 (106 g)1975 (5 g)
Scott KamienieckiP1997–1999 (85 g)2000 (26 g)
Gene GreenOF1960 (1 g)1962–1963 (109 g)
Ed FarmerP1977 (1 g)1971–1973 (105 g)
George GrantP1923–1925 (38 g)1927–1929 (66 g)
Geronimo BerroaDH1997 (83 g)1998 (20 g)
Herman Bronkie3B1919, 1922 (90 g)1910–1912 (13 g)
Jason GrimsleyP2004–2005 (63 g)1993–1995 (39 g)
Jaret WrightP2007 (3 g)1997–2002 (98 g)
Bill KennedyP1948–1951 (94 g)1948 (6 g)
Jack HarshmanP1958–1959 (62 g)1959–1960 (36 g)
Chris DickersonOF2013 (56 g)2014 (41 g)
Ron KittleOF1990 (22 g)1988 (75 g)
George SusceC1940 (61 g)1941–1944 (35 g)
Ron WashingtonSS1987 (26 g)1988 (69 g)
Syd SmithC1908 (28 g)1910–1911 (67 g)
Stan JeffersonOF1989–1990 (45 g)1990 (49 g)
Bob GroomP1916–1917 (79 g)1918 (14 g)
Don FerrareseP1955–1957 (50 g)1958–1959 (43 g)
Joe BorowskiP1995 (6 g)2007–2008 (87 g)
Roxie LawsonP1939–1940 (67 g)1930–1931 (24 g)
Ryan WebbP2014 (51 g)2015 (40 g)
Bill JamesP1914–1915 (79 g)1911–1912 (11 g)
Brad HavensP1985–1986 (54 g)1988–1989 (35 g)
Pete AppletonP1942, 1945 (16 g)1930–1932 (73 g)
Adam PlutkoP2021 (38 g)2016, 2018–2020 (50 g)
Steve KlineP2005 (67 g)1997 (20 g)
Ed Miller1B1912, 1914 (53 g)1918 (33 g)
Bruce ChenP2004–2006 (82 g)2015 (2 g)
Ray MurrayC1954 (22 g)1948, 1950–1951 (60 g)
John O'DonoghueP1968 (16 g)1966–1967 (65 g)
Sad Sam JonesP1927 (32 g)1914–1915 (49 g)
Sal FasanoC2005 (64 g)2008 (15 g)
Hank HelfC1946 (71 g)1938, 1940 (7 g)
Rich HillP2009 (15 g)2013 (63 g)
Joe ConnorC1901 (38 g)1901 (37 g)
Bryan StephensP1948 (43 g)1947 (31 g)
Jay PorterC1952 (33 g)1958 (40 g)
Grover LowdermilkP1915, 1917–1919 (61 g)1916 (10 g)
Bob ChakalesP1954 (38 g)1951–1954 (32 g)
Fay ThomasP1935 (49 g)1931 (16 g)
Orlando PeñaP1971, 1973 (16 g)1967 (48 g)
Marcelino LopezP1967, 1969–1970 (58 g)1972 (4 g)
Kevin MillwoodP2010 (31 g)2005 (30 g)
Fred BeeneP1968–1970 (7 g)1974–1975 (53 g)
Chad ParontoP2001 (24 g)2002–2003 (35 g)
Eric BellP1985–1987 (41 g)1991–1992 (17 g)
Roric HarrisonP1972 (39 g)1975 (19 g)
Jeremy AccardoP2011 (31 g)2012 (26 g)
Cord Phelps2B2014 (3 g)2011–2013 (53 g)
Rick KrivdaP1995–1997 (45 g)1998 (11 g)
Joe FrazierOF1956 (45 g)1947 (9 g)
Daniel JohnsonOF2024–2025 (18 g)2020–2021 (35 g)
Jesus Aguilar1B2022 (16 g)2014–2016 (35 g)
Roy SmithP1991 (17 g)1984–1985 (34 g)
Gene WrightP1903–1904 (9 g)1902–1903 (38 g)
Michael Aubrey1B2009 (31 g)2008 (15 g)
Andrew VelazquezSS2020 (40 g)2019 (5 g)
Alex CobbP2018–2020 (41 g)2024 (3 g)
Pete DowlingP1901 (10 g)1901 (33 g)
Terry ClarkP1995 (38 g)1997 (4 g)
Lefty GeorgeP1911 (28 g)1912 (11 g)
Dave GallagherOF1990 (23 g)1987 (15 g)
Jim BrowerP2006 (12 g)1999–2000 (26 g)
Trent HubbardOF2000 (31 g)1997 (7 g)
Clay RapadaP2011 (32 g)2013 (4 g)
Valmy ThomasC1960 (8 g)1961 (27 g)
Dickie NolesP1988 (2 g)1986 (32 g)
Oliver DrakeP2015–2017 (30 g)2018 (4 g)
Rivington BislandSS1913 (12 g)1914 (19 g)
Bob WeilandP1935 (14 g)1934 (16 g)
Heathcliff SlocumbP1999 (10 g)1993 (20 g)
Mark HuismannP1989 (8 g)1987 (20 g)
Nick CullopP1921 (4 g)1913–1914 (24 g)
Tom PhillipsP1915 (5 g)1919 (22 g)
Carl FischerP1932 (24 g)1937 (2 g)
Jamie QuirkC1989 (25 g)1984 (1 g)
Fred LinkP1910 (3 g)1910 (22 g)
Logan AllenP2022 (3 g)2019–2022 (22 g)
Kent MerckerP1996 (14 g)1996 (10 g)
Cam CarreonC1966 (4 g)1965 (19 g)
Morrie MartinP1956 (9 g)1958 (14 g)
Sam JonesP1964 (7 g)1951–1952 (16 g)
Jairo AsencioP2013 (4 g)2012 (18 g)
Nerio RodriguezP1996–1998 (20 g)2002 (1 g)
Brian WilliamsP1997 (13 g)2000 (7 g)
Greg AquinoP2008 (9 g)2009 (10 g)
Ryan LavarnwayC2015 (10 g)2021 (9 g)
John PowersOF1960 (10 g)1960 (8 g)
Bob KuzavaP1954–1955 (10 g)1946–1947 (6 g)
Ray Barker1B1960 (5 g)1965 (11 g)
Tom JordanC1948 (1 g)1946 (14 g)
Preston GuilmetP2014 (10 g)2013 (4 g)
Omir SantosC2008 (11 g)2013 (1 g)
Harry AblesP1905 (6 g)1909 (5 g)
Ted GrayP1955 (9 g)1955 (2 g)
Lou PiniellaOF1964 (4 g)1968 (6 g)
Winston AbreuP2006 (7 g)2009 (3 g)
Bob AlexanderP1955 (4 g)1957 (5 g)
Frank WilsonOF1928 (7 g)1928 (2 g)
Tim WorrellP2000 (5 g)1998 (3 g)
Jimmy McAleerOF1902, 1907 (4 g)1901 (3 g)
Yohan RamirezP2024 (5 g)2022 (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).Guardians seasons include the Cleveland Blues (1901), Cleveland Bronchos (1902), Cleveland Naps (1903–1914) and Cleveland Indians (1915–2021).

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Questions

How many players have played for both the Baltimore Orioles and the Cleveland Guardians?

274 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1901 to 2025, including Eddie Murray, Boog Powell, Brady Anderson and Steve O'Neill. 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?

Joe Connor: Baltimore Orioles first, then the Cleveland Guardians from 1901.

Who has played for both recently?

Greg Allen, Ramon Laureano, Daniel Johnson, Alex Cobb 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). Guardians seasons include the Cleveland Blues (1901), Cleveland Bronchos (1902), Cleveland Naps (1903–1914) and Cleveland Indians (1915–2021).

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