Baltimore Orioles and Pittsburgh Pirates players: who played for both
Who played for both the Orioles and Pirates?
182 players played for both the Baltimore Orioles and the Pittsburgh Pirates between 1901 and 2025, including Wally Gerber, Frankie Gustine, Bob Elliott and Andy Van Slyke. 84 of them played for the Orioles first and 91 for the Pirates first; 7 played for both in the same season.
Did you know?
- Bert Husting is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Pirates first, then the Orioles from 1901.
- Roansy Contreras is the most recent: Pirates first, then the Orioles from 2025.
- Wally Gerber played the most games across the two: 1,285 for the Orioles and 73 for the Pirates.
- 25 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Adam Frazier.
- Most common positions on this list: P (83), OF (33), C (23), 2B (14).
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All 182 players, most games for the two first
| Player | Pos | Orioles | Pirates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wally Gerber | SS | 1917–1928 (1285 g) | 1914–1915 (73 g) |
| Frankie Gustine | 2B | 1950 (9 g) | 1939–1948 (1176 g) |
| Bob Elliott | 3B | 1953 (48 g) | 1939–1946 (1047 g) |
| Andy Van Slyke | OF | 1995 (17 g) | 1987–1994 (1057 g) |
| Bobby Bonilla | 3B | 1995–1996 (220 g) | 1986–1991 (843 g) |
| Lee Lacy | OF | 1985–1987 (338 g) | 1979–1984 (638 g) |
| Joe Orsulak | OF | 1988–1992 (632 g) | 1983–1986 (298 g) |
| Pedro Alvarez | 3B | 2016–2018 (168 g) | 2010–2015 (742 g) |
| Adam Frazier | 2B | 2023 (141 g) | 2016–2021, 2025 (686 g) |
| Fred Schulte | OF | 1927–1932 (720 g) | 1936–1937 (103 g) |
| Rollie Hemsley | C | 1933–1937 (515 g) | 1928–1931 (252 g) |
| Johnny Berardino | 2B | 1939–1942, 1946–1947, 1951 (698 g) | 1950, 1952 (59 g) |
| Nate McLouth | OF | 2012–2013 (201 g) | 2005–2009, 2012 (515 g) |
| Wally Judnich | OF | 1940–1942, 1946–1947 (701 g) | 1949 (10 g) |
| Joe Sugden | C | 1902–1905 (343 g) | 1893–1897 (280 g) |
| Dick Padden | 2B | 1902–1905 (294 g) | 1896–1898 (323 g) |
| Wally Westlake | OF | 1955 (8 g) | 1947–1951 (580 g) |
| Bob Dillinger | 3B | 1946–1949 (510 g) | 1950–1951 (70 g) |
| Don Gutteridge | 2B | 1942–1945 (570 g) | 1948 (4 g) |
| Dick Hall | P | 1961–1966, 1969–1971 (346 g) | 1952–1957, 1959 (211 g) |
| Randy Milligan | 1B | 1989–1992 (511 g) | 1988 (40 g) |
| Jimmy Williams | 2B | 1908–1909 (258 g) | 1899–1900 (259 g) |
| Grant Jackson | P | 1971–1976 (209 g) | 1977–1982 (278 g) |
| Gene Woodling | OF | 1955, 1958–1960 (460 g) | 1947 (22 g) |
| Steve Pearce | OF | 2012–2016 (291 g) | 2007–2011 (185 g) |
| Tike Redman | OF | 2007 (40 g) | 2000–2001, 2003–2005 (392 g) |
| Jose Bautista | OF | 2004 (16 g) | 2004–2008 (400 g) |
| Earl Hamilton | P | 1911–1917 (233 g) | 1918–1923 (169 g) |
| Debs Garms | OF | 1932–1935 (213 g) | 1940–1941 (186 g) |
| Stan Rojek | SS | 1952 (9 g) | 1948–1951 (385 g) |
| Ty Wigginton | 3B | 2009–2010 (276 g) | 2004–2005 (115 g) |
| Hank Foiles | C | 1961 (43 g) | 1956–1959 (345 g) |
| Travis Snider | OF | 2015 (69 g) | 2012–2015 (319 g) |
| Heinie Manush | OF | 1928–1930 (345 g) | 1938–1939 (25 g) |
| Jeff Reboulet | 2B | 1997–1999 (277 g) | 2003 (93 g) |
| Keith Osik | C | 2004 (11 g) | 1996–2002 (359 g) |
| Cal Abrams | OF | 1954–1955 (233 g) | 1953–1954 (136 g) |
| Hal Smith | C | 1955–1956 (212 g) | 1960–1961 (144 g) |
| Eddie Pellagrini | SS | 1948–1949 (184 g) | 1953–1954 (151 g) |
| Babe Dahlgren | 1B | 1942, 1946 (30 g) | 1944–1945 (302 g) |
| Dale Long | 1B | 1951 (35 g) | 1951, 1955–1957 (296 g) |
| Cesar Izturis | SS | 2009–2011 (282 g) | 2007 (45 g) |
| Ronny Paulino | C | 2012 (20 g) | 2005–2008 (304 g) |
| Billy Cox | 3B | 1955 (53 g) | 1941, 1946–1947 (263 g) |
| Chris Gomez | SS | 2005–2007 (217 g) | 2008 (90 g) |
| Felix Pie | OF | 2009–2011 (268 g) | 2013 (27 g) |
| Lefty Leifield | P | 1918–1920 (38 g) | 1905–1912 (240 g) |
| Billy Sullivan | C | 1938–1939 (229 g) | 1947 (38 g) |
| Jacob Stallings | C | 2025 (14 g) | 2016–2021 (249 g) |
| Bill Hallman | OF | 1901 (139 g) | 1906–1907 (117 g) |
| Jack O'Connor | C | 1904, 1906–1907, 1910 (96 g) | 1900–1902 (153 g) |
| Mike Gonzalez | P | 2010–2011 (78 g) | 2003–2006 (168 g) |
| Harvey Haddix | P | 1964–1965 (73 g) | 1959–1963 (169 g) |
| Joe Schultz | C | 1943–1948 (218 g) | 1939–1941 (23 g) |
| Bob Muncrief | P | 1937, 1939, 1941–1947 (219 g) | 1949 (13 g) |
| Doug Drabek | P | 1998 (23 g) | 1987–1992 (207 g) |
| Wid Conroy | 3B | 1901 (131 g) | 1902 (99 g) |
| Dave May | OF | 1967–1970 (223 g) | 1978 (5 g) |
| Ward Miller | OF | 1916–1917 (190 g) | 1909 (15 g) |
| Richard Rodriguez | P | 2017 (5 g) | 2018–2021 (196 g) |
| Billy O'Dell | P | 1954, 1956–1959 (133 g) | 1966–1967 (65 g) |
| Jeff Ballard | P | 1987–1991 (144 g) | 1993–1994 (53 g) |
| Mark Smith | OF | 1994–1996 (67 g) | 1997–1998 (130 g) |
| Pete Compton | OF | 1911–1913 (192 g) | 1916 (5 g) |
| Gary Matthews | OF | 2002–2003 (150 g) | 2001 (46 g) |
| Evan Meek | P | 2014 (23 g) | 2008–2012 (156 g) |
| Pink Hawley | P | 1901 (30 g) | 1895–1897 (147 g) |
| Jose Mesa | P | 1987, 1990–1992 (50 g) | 2004–2005 (125 g) |
| Midre Cummings | OF | 2005 (2 g) | 1993–1997 (172 g) |
| Clyde Kluttz | C | 1951 (4 g) | 1947–1948 (167 g) |
| Bill Abstein | 1B | 1910 (25 g) | 1906, 1909 (145 g) |
| Charlie Morton | P | 2025 (23 g) | 2009–2015 (142 g) |
| Heinie Meine | P | 1922 (1 g) | 1929–1934 (164 g) |
| Gino Cimoli | OF | 1964 (38 g) | 1960–1961 (122 g) |
| Kris Benson | P | 2006 (30 g) | 1999–2000, 2002–2004 (128 g) |
| Fritz Ostermueller | P | 1941–1943 (37 g) | 1944–1948 (120 g) |
| Willis Roberts | P | 2001–2003 (138 g) | 2004 (9 g) |
| Jim Marshall | 1B | 1958 (85 g) | 1962 (55 g) |
| Erik Bedard | P | 2002, 2004–2007 (114 g) | 2012 (24 g) |
| Jimmy Burke | 3B | 1901 (64 g) | 1901–1902 (74 g) |
| Lonnie Smith | OF | 1993–1994 (44 g) | 1993 (94 g) |
| Bunny Brief | 1B | 1912–1913 (100 g) | 1917 (36 g) |
| Jason Johnson | P | 1999–2003 (133 g) | 1997 (3 g) |
| Mark Parent | C | 1992–1993, 1996 (57 g) | 1995 (69 g) |
| Wally Hebert | P | 1931–1933 (91 g) | 1943 (35 g) |
| Nelson Briles | P | 1977–1978 (18 g) | 1971–1973 (98 g) |
| Rube Waddell | P | 1908–1910 (84 g) | 1900–1901 (32 g) |
| Johnny Hetki | P | 1952 (3 g) | 1953–1954 (112 g) |
| Pat Clements | P | 1992 (23 g) | 1985–1986 (92 g) |
| Russ Bauers | P | 1950 (1 g) | 1936–1941 (113 g) |
| Derrek Lee | 1B | 2011 (85 g) | 2011 (28 g) |
| Spencer Adams | 2B | 1927 (88 g) | 1923 (25 g) |
| Dick Littlefield | P | 1952–1954 (48 g) | 1954–1956 (64 g) |
| Jim Weaver | P | 1934, 1938 (6 g) | 1935–1937 (103 g) |
| Brian Burres | P | 2006–2008 (79 g) | 2010–2011 (25 g) |
| John Powers | OF | 1960 (10 g) | 1955–1958 (90 g) |
| Bullet Joe Bush | P | 1925 (57 g) | 1926–1927 (35 g) |
| George Susce | C | 1940 (61 g) | 1939 (31 g) |
| Jay Clarke | C | 1911 (82 g) | 1920 (3 g) |
| Al Gerheauser | P | 1948 (14 g) | 1945–1946 (69 g) |
| Chris Snyder | C | 2013 (9 g) | 2010–2011 (74 g) |
| Mike Fetters | P | 1999 (27 g) | 2001–2002 (52 g) |
| Vance Worley | P | 2016 (35 g) | 2014–2015 (44 g) |
| Yohan Ramirez | P | 2024 (5 g) | 2022–2023, 2025 (72 g) |
| Odell Jones | P | 1986 (21 g) | 1975, 1977–1978, 1981 (52 g) |
| Bill Burwell | P | 1920–1921 (68 g) | 1928 (4 g) |
| Jiggs Donahue | 1B | 1901–1902 (67 g) | 1900–1901 (5 g) |
| Dave Johnson | P | 1989–1991 (66 g) | 1987 (5 g) |
| Wade LeBlanc | P | 2020–2021 (12 g) | 2016–2017 (58 g) |
| Mike Morse | OF | 2013 (12 g) | 2015–2016 (51 g) |
| Travis Ishikawa | 1B | 2013 (6 g) | 2014–2015 (53 g) |
| Raul Chavez | C | 2006 (16 g) | 2008 (42 g) |
| Brian Bass | P | 2008–2009 (53 g) | 2010 (4 g) |
| Tom Leahy | C | 1901 (33 g) | 1897 (24 g) |
| Tully Sparks | P | 1901 (29 g) | 1899 (28 g) |
| Alberto Reyes | P | 1999–2000 (40 g) | 2002 (15 g) |
| Jay Tibbs | P | 1988–1990 (50 g) | 1990 (5 g) |
| Roansy Contreras | P | 2025 (1 g) | 2021–2024 (53 g) |
| Greg Allen | OF | 2025 (7 g) | 2022 (46 g) |
| Denny Bautista | P | 2004 (2 g) | 2008–2009 (49 g) |
| Isaac Mattson | P | 2021 (4 g) | 2024–2025 (47 g) |
| George Grant | P | 1923–1925 (38 g) | 1931 (11 g) |
| Jack Maguire | OF | 1951 (41 g) | 1951 (8 g) |
| Jordan Lyles | P | 2022 (32 g) | 2019 (17 g) |
| Charlie Starr | 2B | 1905 (26 g) | 1908 (21 g) |
| Pedro Florimon | SS | 2011 (4 g) | 2015–2016 (42 g) |
| Art Weaver | C | 1905 (28 g) | 1903 (16 g) |
| Keon Broxton | OF | 2019 (37 g) | 2015 (7 g) |
| Jesse Jefferson | P | 1973–1975 (42 g) | 1980 (1 g) |
| Radhames Liz | P | 2007–2009 (28 g) | 2015 (14 g) |
| Billy Gleason | 2B | 1921 (26 g) | 1916–1917 (15 g) |
| Ozzie Virgil | 3B | 1962 (1 g) | 1965 (39 g) |
| Fred Bennett | OF | 1928 (7 g) | 1931 (32 g) |
| Lou Koupal | P | 1937 (26 g) | 1925–1926 (13 g) |
| Orlando Peña | P | 1971, 1973 (16 g) | 1970 (23 g) |
| Bert Husting | P | 1901 (36 g) | 1900 (2 g) |
| Chris Owings | SS | 2022 (27 g) | 2023 (11 g) |
| John Wasdin | P | 2001 (26 g) | 2007 (12 g) |
| Garrett Olson | P | 2007–2008 (33 g) | 2011 (4 g) |
| Rich Hill | P | 2009 (15 g) | 2023 (22 g) |
| Yamaico Navarro | 3B | 2013 (8 g) | 2012 (29 g) |
| Chris Jakubauskas | P | 2011 (34 g) | 2010 (1 g) |
| Colin Selby | P | 2024–2025 (14 g) | 2023 (21 g) |
| Boom-Boom Beck | P | 1924, 1927–1928 (20 g) | 1945 (14 g) |
| Jim Suchecki | P | 1951 (29 g) | 1952 (5 g) |
| Syd Smith | C | 1908 (28 g) | 1914–1915 (6 g) |
| Jhan Marinez | P | 2018 (8 g) | 2017 (24 g) |
| Steve Lombardozzi | 2B | 2014 (20 g) | 2015 (12 g) |
| George McBride | SS | 1901 (3 g) | 1905 (27 g) |
| Yefry Ramirez | P | 2018–2019 (21 g) | 2019 (9 g) |
| Dorn Taylor | P | 1990 (4 g) | 1987, 1989 (25 g) |
| Jeff Robinson | P | 1991 (21 g) | 1992 (8 g) |
| Victor Santos | P | 2007 (4 g) | 2006 (25 g) |
| George Brunet | P | 1963 (16 g) | 1970 (12 g) |
| Roy Mahaffey | P | 1936 (21 g) | 1926–1927 (6 g) |
| Tim Laker | C | 1997 (7 g) | 1998–1999 (20 g) |
| Butch Davis | OF | 1988–1989 (18 g) | 1987 (7 g) |
| J. R. House | C | 2007 (19 g) | 2003–2004 (6 g) |
| Zach Phillips | P | 2011–2012 (16 g) | 2016 (8 g) |
| Corban Joseph | 2B | 2018 (14 g) | 2019 (9 g) |
| Dave Pagan | P | 1976 (20 g) | 1977 (1 g) |
| Sheriff Blake | P | 1937 (15 g) | 1920 (6 g) |
| John Shovlin | 2B | 1919–1920 (16 g) | 1911 (2 g) |
| Bill Short | P | 1962, 1966 (11 g) | 1967 (6 g) |
| Dana Eveland | P | 2012 (14 g) | 2010 (3 g) |
| Hayden Penn | P | 2005–2006 (14 g) | 2010 (3 g) |
| Jeff Pfeffer | P | 1911 (2 g) | 1924 (15 g) |
| Ryan Lavarnway | C | 2015 (10 g) | 2018 (6 g) |
| Mark Huismann | P | 1989 (8 g) | 1990–1991 (7 g) |
| Rick van den Hurk | P | 2010–2011 (11 g) | 2012 (4 g) |
| Bob Kuzava | P | 1954–1955 (10 g) | 1957 (4 g) |
| George Boehler | P | 1920–1921 (4 g) | 1923 (10 g) |
| Ed Kinsella | P | 1910 (10 g) | 1905 (3 g) |
| Rivington Bisland | SS | 1913 (12 g) | 1912 (1 g) |
| Bob Oliver | 1B | 1974 (9 g) | 1965 (3 g) |
| Andrew Susac | C | 2018 (9 g) | 2020 (1 g) |
| Beau Sulser | P | 2022 (6 g) | 2022 (4 g) |
| Jorge Rondon | P | 2015 (8 g) | 2016 (2 g) |
| Gene DeMontreville | 2B | 1904 (4 g) | 1894 (2 g) |
| Brandon Waddell | P | 2021 (1 g) | 2020 (2 g) |
| Lou Gertenrich | OF | 1901 (2 g) | 1903 (1 g) |
| John Scheneberg | P | 1920 (1 g) | 1913 (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).Pirates seasons include the Pittsburg Alleghenys (1882–1890).
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Questions
How many players have played for both the Baltimore Orioles and the Pittsburgh Pirates?
182 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1901 to 2025, including Wally Gerber, Frankie Gustine, Bob Elliott and Andy Van Slyke. 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: Pittsburgh Pirates first, then the Baltimore Orioles from 1901.
Who has played for both recently?
Adam Frazier, Jacob Stallings, Charlie Morton, Yohan Ramirez, Roansy Contreras and Greg Allen 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). Pirates seasons include the Pittsburg Alleghenys (1882–1890).
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