Baltimore Orioles and Detroit Tigers players: who played for both

Who played for both the Orioles and Tigers?

247 players played for both the Baltimore Orioles and the Detroit Tigers between 1901 and 2025, including Marty McManus, Jim Northrup, Lu Blue and Aurelio Rodriguez. 105 of them played for the Orioles first and 130 for the Tigers first; 12 played for both in the same season.

Did you know?

Ed Siever is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Tigers first, then the Orioles from 1903.
Jahmai Jones is the most recent: Orioles first, then the Tigers from 2025.
Marty McManus played the most games across the two: 856 for the Orioles and 640 for the Tigers.
52 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Baby Doll Jacobson.
Most common positions on this list: P (115), OF (46), C (29), 3B (19).

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All 247 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	Tigers
Marty McManus	2B	1920–1926 (856 g)	1927–1931 (640 g)
Jim Northrup	OF	1974–1975 (92 g)	1964–1974 (1279 g)
Lu Blue	1B	1928–1930 (422 g)	1921–1927 (925 g)
Aurelio Rodriguez	3B	1983 (45 g)	1971–1979 (1241 g)
Baby Doll Jacobson	OF	1915, 1917, 1919–1926 (1242 g)	1915 (37 g)
Del Pratt	2B	1912–1917 (905 g)	1923–1924 (222 g)
Gus Triandos	C	1955–1962 (953 g)	1963 (106 g)
Vic Wertz	OF	1952–1954 (194 g)	1947–1952, 1961–1963 (836 g)
George Kell	3B	1956–1957 (201 g)	1946–1952 (826 g)
Jonathan Schoop	2B	2013–2018 (635 g)	2020–2023 (386 g)
Tom Jones	1B	1904–1909 (844 g)	1909–1910 (177 g)
Heinie Manush	OF	1928–1930 (345 g)	1923–1927 (616 g)
Chet Laabs	OF	1939–1946 (794 g)	1937–1939 (141 g)
Goose Goslin	OF	1930–1932 (402 g)	1934–1937 (524 g)
Mickey Tettleton	C	1988–1990 (338 g)	1991–1994 (570 g)
Jack Burns	1B	1930–1936 (752 g)	1936 (138 g)
Johnny Groth	OF	1953 (141 g)	1946–1952, 1957–1960 (737 g)
Hoot Evers	OF	1955–1956 (108 g)	1941, 1946–1952, 1954 (769 g)
Red Kress	SS	1927–1932, 1938–1939 (785 g)	1939–1940 (85 g)
Bob Swift	C	1940–1942 (222 g)	1944–1953 (642 g)
Charlie Maxwell	OF	1955 (4 g)	1955–1962 (853 g)
Deivi Cruz	SS	2003 (152 g)	1997–2001 (703 g)
Bob Nieman	OF	1951–1952, 1956–1959 (609 g)	1953–1954 (233 g)
Charley O'Leary	SS	1934 (1 g)	1904–1912 (836 g)
Frank O'Rourke	3B	1927–1931 (517 g)	1924–1926 (282 g)
Roy Cullenbine	OF	1940–1942 (273 g)	1938–1939, 1945–1947 (501 g)
Billy Ripken	2B	1987–1992, 1996 (724 g)	1998 (27 g)
Jerry Priddy	2B	1948–1949 (296 g)	1950–1953 (451 g)
Harry Rice	OF	1923–1927 (446 g)	1928–1930 (298 g)
Larry Sheets	DH	1984–1989 (606 g)	1990 (131 g)
Jim Delsing	OF	1950–1952 (293 g)	1952–1956 (417 g)
Davy Jones	OF	1901–1902 (29 g)	1906–1912, 1918 (657 g)
Bruce Campbell	OF	1932–1934 (425 g)	1940–1941 (244 g)
Ray Hayworth	C	1942 (1 g)	1926, 1929–1938 (659 g)
John Shelby	OF	1981–1987 (512 g)	1990–1991 (131 g)
Mark Christman	3B	1939, 1943–1946 (531 g)	1938–1939 (101 g)
Johnny Lipon	SS	1953 (7 g)	1942, 1946, 1948–1952 (611 g)
Beau Bell	OF	1935–1939 (545 g)	1939 (54 g)
Jose Iglesias	SS	2020 (39 g)	2013, 2015–2018 (558 g)
James McCann	C	2023–2024 (136 g)	2014–2018 (452 g)
Fred Lynn	OF	1985–1988 (434 g)	1988–1989 (144 g)
Don Heffner	2B	1938–1943 (524 g)	1944 (6 g)
Walt Dropo	1B	1959–1961 (155 g)	1952–1954 (374 g)
Joe Ginsberg	C	1956–1960 (240 g)	1948, 1950–1953 (280 g)
Chris Gomez	SS	2005–2007 (217 g)	1993–1996 (301 g)
Dizzy Trout	P	1957 (2 g)	1939–1952 (507 g)
Jamie Walker	P	2007–2009 (162 g)	2002–2006 (327 g)
Dick Kryhoski	1B	1952–1954 (315 g)	1950–1951 (172 g)
Dick Brown	C	1963–1965 (243 g)	1961–1962 (227 g)
Aubrey Huff	1B	2007–2009 (415 g)	2009 (40 g)
Neil Berry	SS	1953–1954 (62 g)	1948–1952 (375 g)
Buddy Groom	P	2000–2004 (330 g)	1992–1995 (94 g)
Matt Nokes	C	1995 (26 g)	1986–1990 (395 g)
Wally Schang	C	1926–1929 (385 g)	1931 (30 g)
Pinky Hargrave	C	1925–1926 (159 g)	1928–1930 (252 g)
Jim Delahanty	2B	1907 (33 g)	1909–1912 (376 g)
Tubby Spencer	C	1905–1908 (252 g)	1916–1918 (155 g)
Rip Radcliff	OF	1940–1941 (169 g)	1941–1943 (228 g)
Billy Hoeft	P	1959–1962 (127 g)	1952–1959 (265 g)
Billy Sullivan	C	1938–1939 (229 g)	1940–1941 (163 g)
Jim Johnson	P	2006–2013 (360 g)	2014 (16 g)
Claude Rossman	1B	1909 (2 g)	1907–1909 (373 g)
Elam Vangilder	P	1919–1927 (329 g)	1928–1929 (44 g)
Clyde Manion	C	1928–1930 (168 g)	1920–1924, 1926–1927 (199 g)
Gregg Olson	P	1988–1993 (320 g)	1996 (43 g)
Enos Cabell	3B	1972–1974 (115 g)	1982–1983 (246 g)
Chick Shorten	OF	1922 (55 g)	1919–1921 (303 g)
Joe Sugden	C	1902–1905 (343 g)	1912 (1 g)
Don Lenhardt	OF	1950–1954 (298 g)	1952 (45 g)
Joe Yeager	3B	1907–1908 (134 g)	1901–1903 (200 g)
Virgil Trucks	P	1953 (16 g)	1941–1943, 1945–1952, 1956 (316 g)
Ned Garver	P	1948–1952 (225 g)	1952–1956 (106 g)
Harry Davis	1B	1937 (120 g)	1932–1933 (207 g)
Delmon Young	OF	2014–2015 (135 g)	2011–2012 (191 g)
Elden Auker	P	1940–1942 (126 g)	1933–1938 (199 g)
Charlie Lau	C	1961–1967 (286 g)	1956, 1958–1959 (35 g)
Elon Hogsett	P	1936–1937 (83 g)	1929–1936, 1944 (224 g)
Bob Melvin	C	1989–1991 (257 g)	1985 (41 g)
Dave Philley	OF	1955–1956, 1960–1961 (228 g)	1957 (65 g)
Hal White	P	1953 (10 g)	1941–1943, 1946–1952 (274 g)
Tito Francona	OF	1956–1957 (236 g)	1958 (45 g)
Renato Nunez	DH	2018–2020 (263 g)	2021 (14 g)
Fritz Buelow	C	1907 (25 g)	1901–1904 (242 g)
Whitey Herzog	OF	1961–1962 (212 g)	1963 (52 g)
Matt Batts	C	1951 (79 g)	1952–1954 (184 g)
Storm Davis	P	1982–1986, 1992 (202 g)	1993–1994 (59 g)
Art Griggs	1B	1909–1910 (230 g)	1918 (28 g)
Ray Knight	3B	1987 (150 g)	1988 (105 g)
Gregory Soto	P	2024–2025 (68 g)	2019–2022 (186 g)
Stubby Overmire	P	1950–1952 (56 g)	1943–1949 (195 g)
George Zuverink	P	1955–1959 (197 g)	1954–1955 (49 g)
Don Lund	OF	1948 (63 g)	1949, 1952–1954 (176 g)
Earl Hamilton	P	1911–1917 (233 g)	1916 (5 g)
Jim Brideweser	SS	1954, 1957 (164 g)	1956 (70 g)
Bobo Newsom	P	1934–1935, 1938–1939, 1943 (119 g)	1939–1941 (114 g)
Eric Davis	OF	1997–1998 (173 g)	1993–1994 (60 g)
Luis Polonia	OF	1996 (58 g)	1999–2000 (167 g)
Ted Gray	P	1955 (9 g)	1946, 1948–1954 (214 g)
Merv Shea	C	1933 (94 g)	1927–1929, 1939 (127 g)
Ray Demmitt	OF	1910, 1917–1919 (219 g)	1914 (1 g)
Rip Collins	P	1929–1931 (78 g)	1923–1927 (141 g)
Bernie Boland	P	1921 (7 g)	1915–1920 (210 g)
Mark Lewis	2B	2000 (71 g)	1996 (145 g)
Doyle Alexander	P	1972–1976 (137 g)	1987–1989 (78 g)
Art Houtteman	P	1957 (5 g)	1945–1950, 1952–1953 (209 g)
George Caster	P	1941–1945 (158 g)	1945–1946 (48 g)
Ed Siever	P	1903–1904 (61 g)	1901–1902, 1906–1908 (144 g)
Bob Kennedy	OF	1954–1955 (132 g)	1956 (70 g)
Pat Dobson	P	1971–1972 (76 g)	1967–1969 (124 g)
Jason Johnson	P	1999–2003 (133 g)	2004–2005 (66 g)
Lefty Stewart	P	1927–1932 (193 g)	1921 (5 g)
Lenny Green	OF	1957–1959, 1964 (129 g)	1967–1968 (64 g)
Chad Kimsey	P	1929–1932 (170 g)	1936 (22 g)
Billy Hitchcock	3B	1947 (80 g)	1942, 1946, 1953 (110 g)
Rick Schu	3B	1988–1989 (90 g)	1989 (98 g)
Ed Wells	P	1933–1934 (71 g)	1923–1927 (116 g)
Marlin Stuart	P	1952–1954 (94 g)	1949–1952 (93 g)
Roxie Lawson	P	1939–1940 (67 g)	1933, 1935–1939 (118 g)
Tommy Matchick	SS	1972 (3 g)	1967–1969 (182 g)
Bill James	P	1914–1915 (79 g)	1915–1919 (96 g)
Rich Becker	OF	1998 (79 g)	2000 (92 g)
General Crowder	P	1927–1930 (115 g)	1934–1936 (51 g)
Mark Thurmond	P	1988–1989 (92 g)	1986–1987 (73 g)
Pete Incaviglia	OF	1996–1997 (60 g)	1991, 1998 (104 g)
Elliott Maddox	OF	1977 (49 g)	1970 (109 g)
Paul Bako	C	2007 (60 g)	1998 (96 g)
Owen Friend	2B	1949–1950 (121 g)	1953 (31 g)
Emil Frisk	OF	1905, 1907 (129 g)	1901 (20 g)
Sammy Hale	3B	1930 (62 g)	1920–1921 (87 g)
Wilson Betemit	3B	2012–2013 (108 g)	2011 (40 g)
Raul Casanova	C	2002 (2 g)	1996–1998 (142 g)
Bryan Holaday	C	2020 (21 g)	2012–2015, 2017 (121 g)
Cliff Mapes	OF	1951 (56 g)	1952 (86 g)
Jim Poole	P	1991–1994 (123 g)	2000 (18 g)
Willis Roberts	P	2001–2003 (138 g)	1999 (1 g)
Geronimo Berroa	DH	1997 (83 g)	1998 (52 g)
Karim Garcia	OF	2000, 2004 (31 g)	1999–2000 (104 g)
Joe Lake	P	1910–1912 (78 g)	1912–1913 (54 g)
Ozzie Virgil	3B	1962 (1 g)	1958, 1960–1961 (131 g)
Jay Porter	C	1952 (33 g)	1955–1957 (96 g)
Bob Reynolds	P	1972–1975 (106 g)	1975 (21 g)
Keith Moreland	OF	1989 (33 g)	1989 (90 g)
George Coffman	P	1940 (32 g)	1937–1939 (90 g)
Bill Bailey	P	1907–1912 (111 g)	1918 (8 g)
Bill Wight	P	1955–1957 (81 g)	1952–1953 (36 g)
Jeff Robinson	P	1991 (21 g)	1987–1990 (96 g)
Wayne Krenchicki	3B	1979–1981 (58 g)	1983 (59 g)
Jim Walkup	P	1934–1939 (109 g)	1939 (7 g)
Vern Kennedy	P	1939–1941 (75 g)	1938–1939 (41 g)
Bob Harris	P	1939–1942 (104 g)	1938–1939 (8 g)
Francisco Rodriguez	P	2013 (23 g)	2016–2017 (89 g)
Jim Finigan	3B	1959 (48 g)	1957 (64 g)
Muddy Ruel	C	1915, 1933 (46 g)	1931–1932 (65 g)
Gene Kingsale	OF	1996, 1998–2001 (71 g)	2003 (39 g)
Lou Kretlow	P	1950, 1953–1955 (79 g)	1946, 1948–1949 (31 g)
Alfredo Simon	P	2008–2011 (78 g)	2015 (31 g)
Jeff Manto	3B	1995 (89 g)	1998 (16 g)
Tyler Nevin	3B	2021–2022 (64 g)	2023 (41 g)
Bob Cain	P	1952–1953 (69 g)	1951 (35 g)
Nate Snell	P	1984–1986 (82 g)	1987 (22 g)
Quintin Berry	OF	2014 (10 g)	2012 (94 g)
Orlando Peña	P	1971, 1973 (16 g)	1965–1967 (86 g)
David Wells	P	1996 (34 g)	1993–1995 (66 g)
Nelson Simmons	OF	1987 (16 g)	1984–1985 (84 g)
Jahmai Jones	DH	2021 (26 g)	2025 (72 g)
Nick Maton	2B	2024 (5 g)	2023 (93 g)
Jose Bautista	P	1988–1991 (75 g)	1997 (21 g)
Tim Byrdak	P	2005–2006 (57 g)	2007 (39 g)
Mark Parent	C	1992–1993, 1996 (57 g)	1996 (38 g)
Archie McKain	P	1941, 1943 (18 g)	1939–1941 (74 g)
George Gill	P	1939 (27 g)	1937–1939 (58 g)
Jay Clarke	C	1911 (82 g)	1905 (3 g)
Lou Sleater	P	1950–1952, 1958 (39 g)	1957–1958 (45 g)
Bill Scherrer	P	1988 (4 g)	1984–1986 (79 g)
Carl Fischer	P	1932 (24 g)	1933–1935 (58 g)
Charlie Deal	3B	1916 (23 g)	1912–1913 (59 g)
Gene Bearden	P	1952 (45 g)	1951 (37 g)
Red Donahue	P	1902–1903 (51 g)	1906 (29 g)
Jake Wade	P	1939 (4 g)	1936–1938 (73 g)
Dick Littlefield	P	1952–1954 (48 g)	1952 (28 g)
Esteban Yan	P	1996–1997 (7 g)	2004 (69 g)
Richie Lewis	P	1992, 1998 (4 g)	1996 (72 g)
Dave Madison	P	1952 (31 g)	1952–1953 (42 g)
Dave Johnson	P	1989–1991 (66 g)	1993 (6 g)
Grover Lowdermilk	P	1915, 1917–1919 (61 g)	1915–1916 (8 g)
Hank Foiles	C	1961 (43 g)	1960 (26 g)
Brad Havens	P	1985–1986 (54 g)	1989 (13 g)
Pete Burnside	P	1963 (6 g)	1959–1960 (61 g)
Jose Mesa	P	1987, 1990–1992 (50 g)	2007 (16 g)
Johnny Bero	SS	1951 (61 g)	1948 (4 g)
Tom Bolton	P	1994 (22 g)	1993 (43 g)
Clay Rapada	P	2011 (32 g)	2007–2009 (32 g)
Red Corriden	SS	1910 (26 g)	1912 (38 g)
George Susce	C	1940 (61 g)	1932 (2 g)
Marc Hall	P	1910 (8 g)	1913–1914 (55 g)
Oscar Salazar	OF	2008–2009 (51 g)	2002 (8 g)
Jack Flaherty	P	2023 (9 g)	2024–2025 (49 g)
Earl Rapp	OF	1951–1952 (56 g)	1949 (1 g)
Joe Coleman	P	1954–1955 (39 g)	1955 (17 g)
Jess Doyle	P	1931 (1 g)	1925–1927 (54 g)
Brian Williams	P	1997 (13 g)	1996 (40 g)
Dave Borkowski	P	2004 (17 g)	1999–2001 (34 g)
Harry Byrd	P	1955 (14 g)	1957 (37 g)
Boom-Boom Beck	P	1924, 1927–1928 (20 g)	1944 (28 g)
Edwin Jackson	P	2017 (3 g)	2009, 2019 (43 g)
Andrew Miller	P	2014 (23 g)	2006–2007 (21 g)
Earl Harrist	P	1952 (36 g)	1953 (8 g)
Fred Holdsworth	P	1976–1977 (28 g)	1972–1974 (15 g)
Ron Jackson	1B	1984 (12 g)	1981 (31 g)
George Boehler	P	1920–1921 (4 g)	1912–1916 (38 g)
Babe Birrer	P	1956 (4 g)	1955 (36 g)
Ben Taylor	1B	1951 (33 g)	1952 (7 g)
Sean Douglass	P	2001–2003 (22 g)	2005 (18 g)
Sam Jones	P	1964 (7 g)	1962 (30 g)
Victor Santos	P	2007 (4 g)	2001 (33 g)
Saul Rogovin	P	1955 (15 g)	1949–1951 (21 g)
Billy Mullen	3B	1920–1921, 1928 (21 g)	1926 (11 g)
Charlie Morton	P	2025 (23 g)	2025 (9 g)
Bob Molinaro	OF	1979 (8 g)	1975, 1977, 1983 (18 g)
Ed Farmer	P	1977 (1 g)	1973 (24 g)
Omir Santos	C	2008 (11 g)	2011–2012 (14 g)
Dietrich Enns	P	2025 (17 g)	2025 (7 g)
Frank Huelsman	OF	1904 (20 g)	1904 (4 g)
Wiley Taylor	P	1913–1914 (21 g)	1911 (3 g)
Charlie Fuchs	P	1943 (13 g)	1942 (9 g)
Tim Worrell	P	2000 (5 g)	1998 (15 g)
George Maisel	OF	1913 (11 g)	1916 (8 g)
Dave Boswell	P	1971 (15 g)	1971 (3 g)
Denny Bautista	P	2004 (2 g)	2008 (16 g)
Eddie Robinson	1B	1957 (4 g)	1957 (13 g)
George Archie	3B	1941, 1946 (13 g)	1938 (3 g)
Reed Garrett	P	2023 (2 g)	2019 (13 g)
Chris Lambert	P	2009 (4 g)	2008–2009 (10 g)
Freddy Garcia	P	2013 (11 g)	2008 (3 g)
Gene Harris	P	1995 (3 g)	1994 (11 g)
Josh Lester	1B	2023 (11 g)	2022 (2 g)
Mark Huismann	P	1989 (8 g)	1988 (5 g)
Randy Wolf	P	2012 (5 g)	2015 (8 g)
John Pacella	P	1984 (6 g)	1986 (5 g)
Carson Fulmer	P	2020 (3 g)	2020 (7 g)
Jair Jurrjens	P	2013 (2 g)	2007 (7 g)
Elvin Rodriguez	P	2025 (1 g)	2022 (7 g)
Harry Kane	P	1902 (4 g)	1903 (3 g)
Dickie Noles	P	1988 (2 g)	1987 (4 g)
John Terry	P	1903 (3 g)	1902 (1 g)
Alex Remneas	P	1915 (2 g)	1912 (1 g)
John DeSilva	P	1995 (2 g)	1993 (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).

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Questions

How many players have played for both the Baltimore Orioles and the Detroit Tigers?

247 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1901 to 2025, including Marty McManus, Jim Northrup, Lu Blue and Aurelio Rodriguez. 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?

Ed Siever: Detroit Tigers first, then the Baltimore Orioles from 1903.

Who has played for both recently?

James McCann, Gregory Soto, Jahmai Jones, Nick Maton, Jack Flaherty and Charlie Morton and 2 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. Orioles seasons include the Milwaukee Brewers (1901) and St. Louis Browns (1902–1953).

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