Baltimore Orioles and Los Angeles Angels players: who played for both
Who played for both the Orioles and Angels?
127 players played for both the Baltimore Orioles and the Los Angeles Angels between 1961 and 2025, including Bobby Grich, Eddie Murray, Doug DeCinces and Don Baylor. 75 of them played for the Orioles first and 49 for the Angels first; 3 played for both in the same season.
Did you know?
- Albie Pearson is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Orioles first, then the Angels from 1961.
- Shaun Anderson is the most recent: Orioles first, then the Angels from 2025.
- Bobby Grich played the most games across the two: 786 for the Orioles and 1,222 for the Angels.
- 19 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Eddie Murray.
- Most common positions on this list: P (65), OF (27), SS (11), C (7).
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All 127 players, most games for the two first
| Player | Pos | Orioles | Angels |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Grich | 2B | 1970–1976 (786 g) | 1977–1986 (1222 g) |
| Eddie Murray | 1B | 1977–1988, 1996 (1884 g) | 1997 (46 g) |
| Doug DeCinces | 3B | 1973–1981 (858 g) | 1982–1987 (787 g) |
| Don Baylor | DH | 1970–1975 (511 g) | 1977–1982 (824 g) |
| Frank Robinson | OF | 1966–1971 (827 g) | 1973–1974 (276 g) |
| Vladimir Guerrero | OF | 2011 (145 g) | 2004–2009 (846 g) |
| Andy Etchebarren | C | 1962, 1965–1975 (730 g) | 1975–1977 (214 g) |
| Fred Lynn | OF | 1985–1988 (434 g) | 1981–1984 (473 g) |
| Mark Trumbo | OF | 2016–2019 (407 g) | 2010–2013 (460 g) |
| Reggie Jackson | OF | 1976 (134 g) | 1982–1986 (687 g) |
| Albie Pearson | OF | 1959–1960 (128 g) | 1961–1966 (689 g) |
| Merv Rettenmund | OF | 1968–1973 (570 g) | 1978–1980 (87 g) |
| Mark McLemore | 2B | 1992–1994 (353 g) | 1986–1990 (272 g) |
| Luis Polonia | OF | 1996 (58 g) | 1990–1993 (560 g) |
| Juan Beniquez | OF | 1986 (113 g) | 1981–1985 (504 g) |
| Dan Ford | OF | 1982–1985 (279 g) | 1979–1981 (304 g) |
| Ron Jackson | 1B | 1984 (12 g) | 1975–1978, 1982–1984 (539 g) |
| Gary Matthews | OF | 2002–2003 (150 g) | 2007–2009 (370 g) |
| Rene Gonzales | 3B | 1987–1990 (267 g) | 1992–1993, 1995 (252 g) |
| Tommy Davis | OF | 1972–1975 (437 g) | 1976 (72 g) |
| Larry Harlow | OF | 1975, 1977–1979 (235 g) | 1979–1981 (214 g) |
| Francisco Rodriguez | P | 2013 (23 g) | 2002–2008 (408 g) |
| Jim Johnson | P | 2006–2013 (360 g) | 2018 (62 g) |
| Darren O'Day | P | 2012–2018 (391 g) | 2008 (30 g) |
| Bob Oliver | 1B | 1974 (9 g) | 1972–1974 (395 g) |
| Norm Siebern | 1B | 1964–1965 (256 g) | 1966 (125 g) |
| Don Aase | P | 1985–1988 (162 g) | 1978–1982, 1984 (192 g) |
| Steve Barber | P | 1960–1967 (253 g) | 1972–1973 (84 g) |
| Steve Finley | OF | 1989–1990 (223 g) | 2005 (112 g) |
| Billy Smith | 2B | 1977–1979 (262 g) | 1975–1976 (72 g) |
| Aurelio Rodriguez | 3B | 1983 (45 g) | 1967–1970 (281 g) |
| Rick Burleson | SS | 1987 (62 g) | 1981–1984, 1986 (253 g) |
| Greg Myers | C | 2000–2001 (68 g) | 1992–1995 (246 g) |
| Curt Motton | OF | 1967–1971, 1973–1974 (268 g) | 1972 (42 g) |
| Eddie Fisher | P | 1966–1967 (90 g) | 1969–1972 (219 g) |
| Mike Cuellar | P | 1969–1976 (291 g) | 1977 (2 g) |
| Rudy May | P | 1976–1977 (61 g) | 1965, 1969–1974 (231 g) |
| Rex Hudler | 2B | 1986 (14 g) | 1994–1996 (232 g) |
| Mark Eichhorn | P | 1994 (43 g) | 1990–1992, 1996 (196 g) |
| Ned Garver | P | 1948–1952 (225 g) | 1961 (12 g) |
| Johnny Giavotella | 2B | 2017 (7 g) | 2015–2016 (228 g) |
| Hoyt Wilhelm | P | 1958–1962 (185 g) | 1969 (44 g) |
| Jonathan Villar | SS | 2018–2019 (216 g) | 2022 (13 g) |
| Kevin Gregg | P | 2011–2012 (103 g) | 2003–2006 (125 g) |
| Andrew Velazquez | SS | 2020 (40 g) | 2022–2023 (179 g) |
| Harold Reynolds | 2B | 1993 (145 g) | 1994 (74 g) |
| George Brunet | P | 1963 (16 g) | 1964–1969 (194 g) |
| Dave Skaggs | C | 1977–1980 (181 g) | 1980 (24 g) |
| Todd Cruz | SS | 1983–1984 (177 g) | 1980 (18 g) |
| Todd Frohwirth | P | 1991–1993 (186 g) | 1996 (4 g) |
| Dyar Miller | P | 1975–1977 (91 g) | 1977–1979 (96 g) |
| Jeff Huson | SS | 1995–1996 (83 g) | 1999 (97 g) |
| Doug Corbett | P | 1987 (11 g) | 1982–1986 (165 g) |
| Woodie Held | SS | 1966–1967 (82 g) | 1967–1968 (91 g) |
| Marcelino Lopez | P | 1967, 1969–1970 (58 g) | 1965–1967 (114 g) |
| Lenny Green | OF | 1957–1959, 1964 (129 g) | 1964 (39 g) |
| Dylan Bundy | P | 2012, 2016–2019 (127 g) | 2020–2021 (35 g) |
| Craig Gentry | OF | 2017–2018 (145 g) | 2016 (14 g) |
| Jose Iglesias | SS | 2020 (39 g) | 2021 (114 g) |
| Rick Schu | 3B | 1988–1989 (90 g) | 1990 (61 g) |
| Wayne Causey | SS | 1955–1957 (136 g) | 1968 (4 g) |
| Carlos Lopez | OF | 1978 (129 g) | 1976 (9 g) |
| Paul Hartzell | P | 1980 (6 g) | 1976–1978 (132 g) |
| Tommy Harper | OF | 1976 (46 g) | 1975 (89 g) |
| Joe Saunders | P | 2012, 2014 (13 g) | 2005–2010 (115 g) |
| Hector Carrasco | P | 2003 (40 g) | 2006–2007 (85 g) |
| Dave Gallagher | OF | 1990 (23 g) | 1991, 1995 (101 g) |
| Mike Epstein | 1B | 1966–1967 (15 g) | 1973–1974 (109 g) |
| Bud Norris | P | 2013–2015 (58 g) | 2017 (60 g) |
| Chuck McElroy | P | 2000–2001 (61 g) | 1996–1997 (53 g) |
| Jacob Webb | P | 2023–2024 (85 g) | 2023 (29 g) |
| Mickey Scott | P | 1972–1973 (16 g) | 1975–1977 (97 g) |
| LaTroy Hawkins | P | 2006 (60 g) | 2012 (48 g) |
| Lee Smith | P | 1994 (41 g) | 1995–1996 (63 g) |
| Mike Baumann | P | 2021–2024 (94 g) | 2024 (10 g) |
| David Hernandez | P | 2009–2010 (61 g) | 2017 (38 g) |
| Jason Grimsley | P | 2004–2005 (63 g) | 1996 (35 g) |
| Dick Drago | P | 1977 (36 g) | 1976–1977 (56 g) |
| Hank Foiles | C | 1961 (43 g) | 1963–1964 (45 g) |
| Shawn Boskie | P | 1997 (29 g) | 1995–1996 (58 g) |
| Mike Fetters | P | 1999 (27 g) | 1989–1991, 1998 (58 g) |
| Aaron Hicks | OF | 2023 (65 g) | 2024 (18 g) |
| Ryne Duren | P | 1954 (1 g) | 1961–1962 (82 g) |
| Anthony Bemboom | C | 2022–2023 (28 g) | 2019–2021 (51 g) |
| Jerry DaVanon | SS | 1971 (38 g) | 1973 (41 g) |
| Tim Nordbrook | SS | 1974–1976 (74 g) | 1976 (5 g) |
| Dwight Smith | OF | 1994 (28 g) | 1994 (45 g) |
| J. C. Romero | P | 2012 (5 g) | 2006 (65 g) |
| John Habyan | P | 1985–1988 (42 g) | 1995 (28 g) |
| Esteban Yan | P | 1996–1997 (7 g) | 2005–2006 (62 g) |
| Jesse Jefferson | P | 1973–1975 (42 g) | 1981 (26 g) |
| Sal Fasano | C | 2005 (64 g) | 2002 (2 g) |
| Bob Turley | P | 1951, 1953–1954 (46 g) | 1963 (19 g) |
| Pat Clements | P | 1992 (23 g) | 1985 (41 g) |
| Pat Rapp | P | 2000 (31 g) | 2001 (31 g) |
| Alex Cobb | P | 2018–2020 (41 g) | 2021 (18 g) |
| Brad Pennington | P | 1993–1995 (50 g) | 1996 (8 g) |
| Terry Clark | P | 1995 (38 g) | 1988–1989 (19 g) |
| Carson Fulmer | P | 2020 (3 g) | 2023–2025 (53 g) |
| Cesar Valdez | P | 2020–2021 (48 g) | 2022 (1 g) |
| Brett Phillips | OF | 2022 (8 g) | 2023 (40 g) |
| Ron Moeller | P | 1956, 1958 (8 g) | 1961, 1963 (38 g) |
| Del Rice | C | 1960 (1 g) | 1961 (44 g) |
| Gino Cimoli | OF | 1964 (38 g) | 1965 (4 g) |
| Matt Harvey | P | 2021 (28 g) | 2019 (12 g) |
| Jordyn Adams | OF | 2025 (10 g) | 2023–2024 (28 g) |
| Oliver Drake | P | 2015–2017 (30 g) | 2018 (8 g) |
| Roansy Contreras | P | 2025 (1 g) | 2024 (37 g) |
| Leo Burke | OF | 1958–1959 (12 g) | 1961–1962 (25 g) |
| Craig Lefferts | P | 1992 (5 g) | 1994 (30 g) |
| Kent Mercker | P | 1996 (14 g) | 2000 (21 g) |
| Tom Dukes | P | 1971 (28 g) | 1972 (7 g) |
| Fernando Valenzuela | P | 1993 (32 g) | 1991 (2 g) |
| Livan Soto | SS | 2024 (12 g) | 2022–2023 (22 g) |
| Doug Linton | P | 1999 (14 g) | 1993 (19 g) |
| Jerome Walton | OF | 1997 (26 g) | 1993 (5 g) |
| Jahmai Jones | DH | 2021 (26 g) | 2020 (3 g) |
| Parker Bridwell | P | 2016 (2 g) | 2017–2018 (26 g) |
| Orlando Peña | P | 1971, 1973 (16 g) | 1974–1975 (11 g) |
| Tucker Davidson | P | 2024 (1 g) | 2022–2023 (26 g) |
| Mike Cook | P | 1993 (2 g) | 1986–1988 (24 g) |
| Odrisamer Despaigne | P | 2016 (16 g) | 2018 (8 g) |
| Wade LeBlanc | P | 2020–2021 (12 g) | 2014 (10 g) |
| Rich Hill | P | 2009 (15 g) | 2014 (2 g) |
| Shaun Anderson | P | 2021 (7 g) | 2025 (7 g) |
| Wesley Wright | P | 2015 (2 g) | 2015 (9 g) |
| Jo-Jo Reyes | P | 2011 (9 g) | 2015 (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).Angels seasons include the California Angels (1965–1996) and Anaheim Angels (1997–2004).
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Questions
How many players have played for both the Baltimore Orioles and the Los Angeles Angels?
127 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1961 to 2025, including Bobby Grich, Eddie Murray, Doug DeCinces and Don Baylor. 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?
Albie Pearson: Baltimore Orioles first, then the Los Angeles Angels from 1961.
Who has played for both recently?
Jacob Webb, Mike Baumann, Aaron Hicks, Carson Fulmer, Jordyn Adams and Roansy Contreras and 3 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). Angels seasons include the California Angels (1965–1996) and Anaheim Angels (1997–2004).
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