Baltimore Orioles and New York Yankees players: who played for both

Who played for both the Orioles and Yankees?

279 players played for both the Baltimore Orioles and the New York Yankees between 1901 and 2025, including Paul Blair, Jimmy Austin, Brian Roberts and Rick Dempsey. 126 of them played for the Orioles first and 142 for the Yankees first; 11 played for both in the same season.

Did you know?

  • Billy Gilbert is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Orioles first, then the Yankees from 1902.
  • Rico Garcia is the most recent: Orioles first, then the Yankees from 2025.
  • Paul Blair played the most games across the two: 1,700 for the Orioles and 172 for the Yankees.
  • 64 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Jimmy Austin.
  • Most common positions on this list: P (135), OF (46), C (32), 2B (23).

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All 279 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.
PlayerPosOriolesYankees
Paul BlairOF1964–1976 (1700 g)1977–1980 (172 g)
Jimmy Austin3B1911–1923, 1925–1926, 1929 (1315 g)1909–1910 (269 g)
Brian Roberts2B2001–2013 (1327 g)2014 (91 g)
Rick DempseyC1976–1986, 1992 (1245 g)1973–1976 (141 g)
George McQuinn1B1938–1945 (1138 g)1947–1948 (238 g)
Del Pratt2B1912–1917 (905 g)1918–1920 (420 g)
Roy HartzellOF1906–1910 (589 g)1911–1916 (702 g)
Hank SevereidC1915–1925 (1183 g)1926 (41 g)
Jimmy Williams2B1908–1909 (258 g)1901–1907 (941 g)
Gene WoodlingOF1955, 1958–1960 (460 g)1949–1954 (699 g)
Lou PiniellaOF1964 (4 g)1974–1984 (1037 g)
Charlie HemphillOF1902–1904, 1906–1907 (629 g)1908–1911 (389 g)
Snuffy Stirnweiss2B1950 (93 g)1943–1950 (884 g)
Gus TriandosC1955–1962 (953 g)1953–1954 (20 g)
Don BaylorDH1970–1975 (511 g)1983–1985 (420 g)
Wid Conroy3B1901 (131 g)1903–1908 (797 g)
Gary RoenickeOF1978–1985 (850 g)1986 (69 g)
Wally SchangC1926–1929 (385 g)1921–1925 (528 g)
Tom Jones1B1904–1909 (844 g)1902 (37 g)
Reggie JacksonOF1976 (134 g)1977–1981 (653 g)
Lyn LarySS1935–1936, 1940 (275 g)1929–1934 (498 g)
Willy MirandaSS1952–1953, 1955–1959 (608 g)1953–1954 (140 g)
Mike Pagliarulo3B1993 (33 g)1984–1989 (703 g)
Frank LaPorte2B1911–1912 (213 g)1905–1910 (520 g)
Aaron HicksOF2023 (65 g)2016–2023 (651 g)
Elrod HendricksC1968–1976, 1978–1979 (658 g)1976–1977 (36 g)
Rollie HemsleyC1933–1937 (515 g)1942–1944 (174 g)
Curt BlefaryOF1965–1968 (567 g)1970–1971 (120 g)
Don Heffner2B1938–1943 (524 g)1934–1937 (162 g)
Myril HoagOF1939–1941 (206 g)1931–1932, 1934–1938 (472 g)
Billy Gardner2B1956–1959 (589 g)1961–1962 (45 g)
Gene Robertson3B1919, 1922–1926 (454 g)1928–1929 (173 g)
Fritz Maisel3B1918 (94 g)1913–1917 (503 g)
Danny HoffmanOF1908–1911 (341 g)1906–1907 (241 g)
John AndersonOF1901–1903 (402 g)1904–1905 (175 g)
Jerry Hairston2B1998–2004 (530 g)2009 (45 g)
Gary SanchezC2025 (30 g)2015–2021 (538 g)
Norm Siebern1B1964–1965 (256 g)1956, 1958–1959 (308 g)
Joe Gedeon2B1918–1920 (396 g)1916–1917 (155 g)
Harry RiceOF1923–1927 (446 g)1930 (100 g)
Tippy MartinezP1976–1986 (501 g)1974–1976 (44 g)
Mike MussinaP1991–2000 (288 g)2001–2008 (249 g)
Pat CollinsC1919–1924 (273 g)1926–1928 (264 g)
Ron HansenSS1958–1962 (393 g)1970–1971 (120 g)
Matt NokesC1995 (26 g)1990–1994 (452 g)
Lenn Sakata2B1980–1985 (441 g)1987 (19 g)
Les NunamakerC1918 (85 g)1914–1917 (369 g)
Clint CourtneyC1952–1954, 1960–1961 (452 g)1951 (1 g)
Zack BrittonP2011–2018 (306 g)2018–2022 (136 g)
Billy HunterSS1953–1954 (279 g)1955–1956 (137 g)
Urban ShockerP1918–1924 (260 g)1916–1917, 1925–1928 (152 g)
Benny BengoughC1931–1932 (94 g)1923–1930 (317 g)
Jerry Priddy2B1948–1949 (296 g)1941–1942 (115 g)
Harry HowellP1904–1910 (218 g)1901–1903 (189 g)
Darren O'DayP2012–2018 (391 g)2021 (12 g)
Alan MillsP1992–1998, 2000–2001 (346 g)1990–1991 (42 g)
Jack PowellP1902–1903, 1905–1912 (299 g)1904–1905 (84 g)
Cedric DurstOF1922–1923, 1926 (140 g)1927–1930 (241 g)
Cliff MapesOF1951 (56 g)1948–1951 (317 g)
Dick Kryhoski1B1952–1954 (315 g)1949 (54 g)
Sherm LollarC1949–1951 (333 g)1947–1948 (33 g)
Harry NilesOF1906–1907 (264 g)1908 (95 g)
Babe Dahlgren1B1942, 1946 (30 g)1937–1940 (327 g)
Buddy GroomP2000–2004 (330 g)2005 (24 g)
Jesse OroscoP1995–1999 (336 g)2003 (15 g)
Ernie JohnsonSS1916–1918 (190 g)1923–1925 (159 g)
Tommy ByrneP1951–1952 (74 g)1943, 1946–1951, 1954–1957 (271 g)
Ray DemmittOF1910, 1917–1919 (219 g)1909 (123 g)
Tim StoddardP1978–1983 (229 g)1986–1988 (109 g)
Luis PoloniaOF1996 (58 g)1989–1990, 1994–1995, 2000 (276 g)
Mark Reynolds3B2011–2012 (290 g)2013 (36 g)
Jim DelsingOF1950–1952 (293 g)1949–1950 (21 g)
Nick Johnson1B2012 (38 g)2001–2003, 2010 (272 g)
Joe Yeager3B1907–1908 (134 g)1905–1906 (173 g)
Steve PearceOF2012–2016 (291 g)2012 (12 g)
Rich CogginsOF1972–1974 (239 g)1975–1976 (58 g)
Roy CullenbineOF1940–1942 (273 g)1942 (21 g)
Steve BarberP1960–1967 (253 g)1967–1968 (37 g)
Armando MarsansOF1916–1917 (226 g)1917–1918 (62 g)
Bob TurleyP1951, 1953–1954 (46 g)1955–1962 (234 g)
Don LarsenP1953–1954, 1965 (121 g)1955–1959 (154 g)
Bob MelvinC1989–1991 (257 g)1994 (9 g)
Bob Hale1B1955–1959 (253 g)1961 (11 g)
Bump HadleyP1932–1934 (124 g)1936–1940 (140 g)
Elliott MaddoxOF1977 (49 g)1974–1976 (210 g)
Billy Gilbert2B1901 (127 g)1902 (129 g)
Tom ShopayOF1971–1972, 1975–1977 (217 g)1967, 1969 (36 g)
Tim RainesOF2001 (4 g)1996–1998 (242 g)
Rudy MayP1976–1977 (61 g)1974–1976, 1980–1983 (184 g)
Sidney PonsonP1998–2005 (223 g)2006, 2008 (21 g)
Sad Sam JonesP1927 (32 g)1922–1926 (210 g)
Tim HendryxOF1918 (88 g)1915–1917 (153 g)
Johnny Lucadello2B1938–1941, 1946 (227 g)1947 (12 g)
Rougned Odor2B2022 (135 g)2021 (102 g)
Jack KramerP1939–1941, 1943–1947 (214 g)1951 (19 g)
Mike ChartakOF1942–1944 (216 g)1940, 1942 (16 g)
Wilson Betemit3B2012–2013 (108 g)2007–2008 (124 g)
Eddie LopatP1955 (10 g)1948–1955 (220 g)
Grant JacksonP1971–1976 (209 g)1976 (21 g)
Hal BrownP1955–1962 (228 g)1962 (2 g)
Joe GlennC1939 (88 g)1932–1933, 1935–1938 (138 g)
Bob MuncriefP1937, 1939, 1941–1947 (219 g)1951 (2 g)
Bill KnickerbockerSS1937 (121 g)1938–1940 (97 g)
Lee MageeOF1917 (36 g)1916–1917 (182 g)
Miguel CastroP2017–2020 (183 g)2022 (34 g)
Armando BenitezP1994–1998 (207 g)2003 (9 g)
Muddy RuelC1915, 1933 (46 g)1917–1920 (170 g)
Jim BrideweserSS1954, 1957 (164 g)1951–1953 (51 g)
Scott EricksonP1995–2000, 2002 (201 g)2006 (9 g)
Russ Van AttaP1935–1939 (149 g)1933–1935 (59 g)
John HabyanP1985–1988 (42 g)1990–1993 (164 g)
Marv Throneberry1B1961–1962 (65 g)1955, 1958–1959 (141 g)
Eddie Robinson1B1957 (4 g)1954–1956 (199 g)
Frank Truesdale2B1910–1911 (123 g)1914 (77 g)
Scott KamienieckiP1997–1999 (85 g)1991–1996 (113 g)
Bullet Joe BushP1925 (57 g)1922–1924 (138 g)
Todd WilliamsP2004–2007 (177 g)2001 (15 g)
Ed WellsP1933–1934 (71 g)1929–1932 (112 g)
Duane PilletteP1950–1955 (166 g)1949–1950 (16 g)
Jason GrimsleyP2004–2005 (63 g)1999–2000 (118 g)
Ray Barker1B1960 (5 g)1965–1967 (176 g)
Doyle AlexanderP1972–1976 (137 g)1976, 1982–1983 (43 g)
George MogridgeP1925 (2 g)1915–1920 (174 g)
Juan BeniquezOF1986 (113 g)1979 (62 g)
Ivy AndrewsP1934–1936 (129 g)1931–1932, 1937–1938 (41 g)
Pat DobsonP1971–1972 (76 g)1973–1975 (94 g)
Richard BleierP2017–2020 (143 g)2016 (23 g)
Walt AlexanderC1912–1913, 1915 (81 g)1915–1917 (81 g)
Jack O'ConnorC1904, 1906–1907, 1910 (96 g)1903 (64 g)
Joe DeMaestriSS1952 (81 g)1960–1961 (79 g)
David WellsP1996 (34 g)1997–1998, 2002–2003 (124 g)
Fred SanfordP1943, 1946–1948, 1951 (92 g)1949–1951 (66 g)
Buster MillsOF1938 (123 g)1940 (34 g)
Joe LakeP1910–1912 (78 g)1908–1909 (76 g)
Jimmy KeyP1997–1998 (59 g)1993–1996 (94 g)
Joe OstrowskiP1948–1950 (75 g)1950–1952 (75 g)
Frank BakerSS1973–1974 (68 g)1970–1971 (78 g)
Tony TarascoOF1996–1997 (131 g)1999 (14 g)
Rip CollinsP1929–1931 (78 g)1920–1921 (64 g)
Chris DickersonOF2013 (56 g)2011–2012 (85 g)
Milt GastonP1925–1927 (111 g)1924 (29 g)
Johnny OatesC1970, 1972 (90 g)1980–1981 (49 g)
Jim HardinP1967–1971 (126 g)1971 (12 g)
Bobo NewsomP1934–1935, 1938–1939, 1943 (119 g)1947 (17 g)
Steve SundraP1942–1944, 1946 (57 g)1936, 1938–1940 (77 g)
Juan Bonilla2B1986 (102 g)1985, 1987 (31 g)
Ryne DurenP1954 (1 g)1958–1961 (131 g)
Fred GladeP1904–1907 (126 g)1908 (5 g)
Nestor CortesP2018 (4 g)2019, 2021–2024 (127 g)
Tom FerrickP1946, 1949–1950 (92 g)1950–1951 (39 g)
Andrew MillerP2014 (23 g)2015–2016 (104 g)
Jace Peterson2B2018–2019 (122 g)2018 (3 g)
Aurelio Rodriguez3B1983 (45 g)1980–1981 (79 g)
Branch RickeyC1905–1906, 1914 (68 g)1907 (52 g)
Luis AyalaP2012–2013 (68 g)2011 (52 g)
Rich BordiP1986 (52 g)1985, 1987 (67 g)
Steve O'NeillC1927–1928 (84 g)1925 (35 g)
Dale Long1B1951 (35 g)1960, 1962–1963 (81 g)
Spencer Adams2B1927 (88 g)1926 (28 g)
Bob KuzavaP1954–1955 (10 g)1951–1954 (105 g)
Johnny AllenP1941 (20 g)1932–1935 (94 g)
Ron KittleOF1990 (22 g)1986–1987 (89 g)
Norm McMillan3B1924 (76 g)1922 (34 g)
Jim McDonaldP1951, 1955 (38 g)1952–1954 (71 g)
Joe GallagherOF1939–1940 (94 g)1939 (14 g)
Marlin StuartP1952–1954 (94 g)1954 (10 g)
Karl DrewsP1948–1949 (51 g)1946–1948 (52 g)
Lou CrigerC1909, 1912 (76 g)1910 (27 g)
Clay RapadaP2011 (32 g)2012 (70 g)
Babe Borton1B1916 (66 g)1913 (33 g)
Bill WightP1955–1957 (81 g)1946–1947 (15 g)
Kelly Johnson2B2014 (19 g)2014 (77 g)
Eddie Foster3B1922–1923 (64 g)1910 (31 g)
Jeff Manto3B1995 (89 g)1999 (6 g)
Todd Zeile3B1996 (29 g)2003 (66 g)
LaTroy HawkinsP2006 (60 g)2008 (33 g)
Sal FasanoC2005 (64 g)2006 (28 g)
Oral HildebrandP1937–1938 (54 g)1939–1940 (34 g)
Woodie HeldSS1966–1967 (82 g)1954, 1957 (5 g)
Don JohnsonP1950–1951, 1955 (62 g)1947, 1950 (23 g)
Karim GarciaOF2000, 2004 (31 g)2002–2003 (54 g)
Leo Hernandez3B1982–1983, 1985 (78 g)1986 (7 g)
Dick StarrP1949–1951 (79 g)1947–1948 (5 g)
Pat ClementsP1992 (23 g)1987–1988 (61 g)
Tom UnderwoodP1984 (37 g)1980–1981 (47 g)
Tom ZacharyP1926–1927 (47 g)1928–1930 (36 g)
Chad MoellerC2009 (30 g)2008, 2010 (50 g)
Chris BrittonP2006 (52 g)2007–2008 (26 g)
Pete Ward3B1962 (8 g)1970 (66 g)
Cuddles MarshallP1950 (28 g)1946, 1948–1949 (45 g)
Stubby OvermireP1950–1952 (56 g)1951 (15 g)
Andrew VelazquezSS2020 (40 g)2021 (28 g)
Joe GiardP1925–1926 (52 g)1927 (16 g)
Freddy GarciaP2013 (11 g)2011–2012 (56 g)
Ken SearsC1946 (7 g)1943 (60 g)
Mike TorrezP1975 (36 g)1977 (31 g)
Pete IncavigliaOF1996–1997 (60 g)1997 (5 g)
Fred BeeneP1968–1970 (7 g)1972–1974 (55 g)
Nick CullopP1921 (4 g)1916–1917 (58 g)
Darrell JohnsonC1952, 1962 (35 g)1957–1958 (26 g)
Kevin BrownP1995 (26 g)2004–2005 (35 g)
Tom RogersP1917–1919 (55 g)1921 (6 g)
Bobby HogueP1951–1952 (26 g)1951–1952 (34 g)
Dave PaganP1976 (20 g)1973–1976 (40 g)
Don HoodP1973–1974 (33 g)1979 (27 g)
Red EmbreeP1949 (40 g)1948 (20 g)
Jahmai JonesDH2021 (26 g)2024 (33 g)
Art SchallockP1955 (30 g)1951–1955 (28 g)
Ken HoltzmanP1976 (13 g)1976–1978 (44 g)
Garland BraxtonP1931, 1933 (16 g)1925–1926 (40 g)
Stan JeffersonOF1989–1990 (45 g)1989 (10 g)
Alberto ReyesP1999–2000 (40 g)2003 (13 g)
Mike MorganP1988 (22 g)1982 (30 g)
Doug DrabekP1998 (23 g)1986 (27 g)
Lee SmithP1994 (41 g)1993 (8 g)
Chaz RoeP2015–2016 (45 g)2014 (3 g)
Austin SlaterOF2024 (33 g)2025 (14 g)
Bobby MunozP1998 (9 g)1993 (38 g)
Jaret WrightP2007 (3 g)2005–2006 (44 g)
Rip ColemanP1959–1960 (8 g)1955–1956 (39 g)
Joe ConnorC1901 (38 g)1905 (8 g)
Mason WilliamsOF2019–2020 (21 g)2015–2017 (25 g)
Mike FiggaC1999 (41 g)1997–1999 (5 g)
Keith HughesOF1988 (41 g)1987 (4 g)
Greg AllenOF2025 (7 g)2021, 2023 (37 g)
Rex Hudler2B1986 (14 g)1984–1985 (29 g)
Sean HennP2009 (6 g)2005–2007 (36 g)
Bill MillerP1955 (5 g)1952–1954 (36 g)
Mike GriffinP1987 (23 g)1979–1981 (18 g)
Virgil TrucksP1953 (16 g)1958 (25 g)
Jim PisoniOF1953 (3 g)1959–1960 (37 g)
Darren HolmesP2000 (5 g)1998 (34 g)
Harry ByrdP1955 (14 g)1954 (25 g)
Ned GarvinP1901 (37 g)1904 (2 g)
Chris ParmeleeOF2015 (32 g)2016 (6 g)
David DellucciOF1997 (17 g)2003 (21 g)
Jamie QuirkC1989 (25 g)1989 (13 g)
Matthew BowmanP2024–2025 (35 g)2023 (3 g)
Mike McCormickP1963–1964 (29 g)1970 (9 g)
Ken HolcombeP1952 (12 g)1945 (23 g)
Ricky BonesP1999 (31 g)1996 (4 g)
Vidal NunoP2017 (12 g)2013–2014 (22 g)
Vito TamulisP1938 (3 g)1934–1935 (31 g)
Dave MadisonP1952 (31 g)1950 (1 g)
Josh TowersP2001–2002 (29 g)2009 (2 g)
Chris WidgerC2006 (9 g)2002 (21 g)
Rich HillP2009 (15 g)2014 (14 g)
Asher WojciechowskiP2019–2020 (27 g)2021 (1 g)
Charlie ShieldsP1902 (4 g)1902 (24 g)
Bob Oliver1B1974 (9 g)1975 (18 g)
Rico GarciaP2022, 2025 (26 g)2025 (1 g)
Alberto CastilloC2007 (11 g)2002 (15 g)
Johnny SchmitzP1956 (18 g)1952–1953 (8 g)
Breyvic Valera2B2018 (12 g)2019 (12 g)
Hank Majeski3B1955 (16 g)1946 (8 g)
Jim WeaverP1934, 1938 (6 g)1931 (17 g)
Red HoffP1915 (11 g)1911–1913 (12 g)
Bill ShortP1962, 1966 (11 g)1960 (10 g)
Darnell McDonaldOF2004 (17 g)2012 (4 g)
Kal Segrist2B1955 (7 g)1952 (13 g)
Jake WadeP1939 (4 g)1946 (13 g)
Pete AppletonP1942, 1945 (16 g)1933 (1 g)
Brooks KriskeP2021 (4 g)2020–2021 (12 g)
Corban Joseph2B2018 (14 g)2013 (2 g)
Jim BrowerP2006 (12 g)2007 (3 g)
Joe BorowskiP1995 (6 g)1997–1998 (9 g)
Cesar CabralP2015 (2 g)2013–2014 (12 g)
Roy SandersP1920 (8 g)1918 (6 g)
John FrillP1912 (3 g)1910 (10 g)
Paul MirabellaP1983 (3 g)1979 (10 g)
Wade LeBlancP2020–2021 (12 g)2014 (1 g)
Jim MillerP2008 (8 g)2013–2014 (3 g)
Gustavo MolinaC2007 (7 g)2011 (3 g)
Ted GrayP1955 (9 g)1955 (1 g)
Harry AblesP1905 (6 g)1911 (3 g)
John PacellaP1984 (6 g)1982 (3 g)
Travis Ishikawa1B2013 (6 g)2013 (1 g)
Cody PoteetP2025 (1 g)2024 (5 g)
Matt KrookP2024 (1 g)2023 (4 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).Yankees seasons include the Baltimore Orioles (1901–1902) and New York Highlanders (1903–1912).

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Questions

How many players have played for both the Baltimore Orioles and the New York Yankees?

279 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1901 to 2025, including Paul Blair, Jimmy Austin, Brian Roberts and Rick Dempsey. 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?

Billy Gilbert: Baltimore Orioles first, then the New York Yankees from 1902.

Who has played for both recently?

Gary Sanchez, Nestor Cortes, Jahmai Jones, Austin Slater, Greg Allen and Matthew Bowman 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). Yankees seasons include the Baltimore Orioles (1901–1902) and New York Highlanders (1903–1912).

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