Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Guardians players: who played for both

Who played for both the Red Sox and Guardians?

272 players played for both the Boston Red Sox and the Cleveland Guardians between 1901 and 2025, including Tris Speaker, Manny Ramirez, Larry Gardner and Lou Boudreau. 122 of them played for the Red Sox first and 136 for the Guardians first; 14 played for both in the same season.

Did you know?

  • Charlie Hemphill is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Red Sox first, then the Guardians from 1902.
  • Lucas Giolito is the most recent: Guardians first, then the Red Sox from 2025.
  • Tris Speaker played the most games across the two: 1,066 for the Red Sox and 1,521 for the Guardians.
  • 58 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Ken Keltner.
  • Most common positions on this list: P (105), OF (66), C (35), 2B (22).

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All 272 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.
PlayerPosRed SoxGuardians
Tris SpeakerOF1907–1915 (1066 g)1916–1926 (1521 g)
Manny RamirezOF2001–2008 (1083 g)1993–2000 (967 g)
Larry Gardner3B1908–1917 (1130 g)1919–1924 (673 g)
Lou BoudreauSS1951–1952 (86 g)1938–1950 (1560 g)
Ken Keltner3B1950 (13 g)1937–1944, 1946–1949 (1513 g)
Steve O'NeillC1924 (106 g)1911–1923 (1365 g)
Bill Wambsganss2B1924–1925 (267 g)1914–1923 (1173 g)
Jim PiersallOF1950, 1952–1958 (931 g)1959–1961 (359 g)
Bobby Avila2B1959 (22 g)1949–1958 (1207 g)
Joe VosmikOF1938–1939 (291 g)1930–1936 (823 g)
Trot NixonOF1996, 1998–2006 (982 g)2007 (99 g)
George Burns1B1922–1923 (293 g)1920–1921, 1924–1928 (758 g)
Ellis BurksOF1987–1992, 2004 (733 g)2001–2003 (317 g)
Odell Hale2B1941 (12 g)1931, 1933–1940 (1009 g)
Carlos Baerga2B2002 (73 g)1990–1996, 1999 (941 g)
Victor MartinezDH2009–2010 (183 g)2002–2009 (821 g)
Grady SizemoreOF2014 (52 g)2004–2011 (892 g)
Frank DuffySS1978–1979 (70 g)1972–1977 (805 g)
Coco CrispOF2006–2008 (368 g)2002–2005, 2016 (435 g)
Vic WertzOF1959–1961 (324 g)1954–1958 (473 g)
Frankie PytlakC1941, 1945–1946 (120 g)1932–1940 (676 g)
Russ NixonC1960–1965, 1968 (499 g)1957–1960 (282 g)
Ed Morgan1B1934 (138 g)1928–1933 (633 g)
Elmer SmithOF1922 (73 g)1914–1917, 1919–1921 (674 g)
Tony PeñaC1990–1993 (543 g)1994–1996 (198 g)
Johnny Hodapp2B1933 (115 g)1925–1932 (608 g)
Gary GeigerOF1959–1965 (618 g)1958 (91 g)
Smoky Joe WoodOF1908–1915 (231 g)1917–1922 (471 g)
Al SmithOF1964 (29 g)1953–1957, 1964 (669 g)
Stuffy McInnis1B1918–1921 (538 g)1922 (142 g)
Dick PorterOF1934 (80 g)1929–1934 (595 g)
Johnny DamonOF2002–2005 (597 g)2012 (64 g)
Tony Horton1B1964–1967 (123 g)1967–1970 (513 g)
Jack Brohamer2B1978–1980 (166 g)1972–1975, 1980 (461 g)
Joe AzcueC1969 (19 g)1963–1969 (594 g)
Reggie JeffersonDH1995–1999 (449 g)1991–1993 (163 g)
George LaChance1B1902–1905 (448 g)1901 (133 g)
Joe Harris1B1922–1925 (403 g)1917, 1919 (174 g)
George MetkovichOF1943–1946 (436 g)1947 (126 g)
Gene DesautelsC1937–1940 (351 g)1941–1943, 1945 (206 g)
Tommy HarperOF1972–1974 (409 g)1968 (130 g)
Ben ChapmanOF1937–1938 (240 g)1939–1940 (292 g)
Clyde Engle1B1910–1914 (513 g)1916 (11 g)
Ray Boone3B1960 (34 g)1948–1953 (489 g)
Mickey Vernon1B1956–1957 (221 g)1949–1950, 1958 (300 g)
Birdie TebbettsC1947–1950 (419 g)1951–1952 (97 g)
Mike AvilesSS2011–2012 (174 g)2013–2015 (335 g)
Mike Napoli1B2013–2015 (356 g)2016 (150 g)
Pinch ThomasC1912–1917 (388 g)1918–1921 (98 g)
Gary BellP1967–1968 (64 g)1958–1967 (421 g)
Luis TiantP1971–1978 (274 g)1964–1969 (211 g)
Nemo LeiboldOF1921–1923 (216 g)1913–1915 (264 g)
Braggo RothOF1919 (63 g)1915–1918 (415 g)
Wes FerrellP1934–1937 (188 g)1927–1933 (267 g)
Hanley RamirezSS2005, 2015–2018 (431 g)2019 (16 g)
Lyn LarySS1934 (129 g)1937–1939 (300 g)
Lou ClintonOF1960–1964 (412 g)1965 (12 g)
Charlie Hickman1B1902 (28 g)1902–1904, 1908 (385 g)
Derek LoweP1997–2004 (384 g)2012 (21 g)
Bernie CarboOF1974–1978 (344 g)1978 (60 g)
Ken Harrelson1B1967–1969 (183 g)1969–1971 (218 g)
Cy YoungP1901–1908 (332 g)1909–1911 (63 g)
Sandy LeonC2015–2019 (358 g)2020, 2022 (34 g)
Wil CorderoOF1996–1997 (199 g)1999–2002 (187 g)
Moose SoltersOF1934–1935 (125 g)1937–1939 (260 g)
Otis NixonOF1994 (103 g)1984–1987 (277 g)
Carroll HardyOF1960–1962 (273 g)1958–1960 (88 g)
Kelly ShoppachC2005, 2012 (57 g)2006–2009, 2013 (302 g)
Lou Merloni2B1998–2003 (273 g)2004, 2006 (80 g)
Mark WhitenOF1995 (32 g)1991–1992, 1998–2000 (320 g)
Alex CoraSS2005–2008 (301 g)2005 (49 g)
Neal BallSS1912–1913 (42 g)1909–1912 (308 g)
Bill Cissell2B1934 (102 g)1932–1933 (243 g)
Dennis EckersleyP1978–1984, 1998 (241 g)1975–1977 (104 g)
Joe DobsonP1941–1943, 1946–1950, 1954 (259 g)1939–1940 (75 g)
Dick RadatzP1962–1966 (286 g)1966–1967 (42 g)
Sonny SiebertP1969–1973 (143 g)1964–1969 (185 g)
Sam MeleOF1947–1949, 1954–1955 (263 g)1956 (57 g)
Chick Fewster2B1922–1923 (113 g)1924–1925 (194 g)
Roxy WaltersC1919–1923 (269 g)1924–1925 (37 g)
Buddy RosarC1950–1951 (85 g)1943–1944 (214 g)
John McDonaldSS2013 (6 g)1999–2004, 2013 (293 g)
David RiskeP2006 (8 g)1999, 2001–2005 (287 g)
Joe HevingP1938–1940 (101 g)1937–1938, 1941–1944 (190 g)
Bob SeedsOF1933–1934 (90 g)1930–1932, 1934 (196 g)
Jim BagbyP1938–1940, 1946 (131 g)1941–1945 (154 g)
Jack RussellP1926–1932, 1936 (261 g)1932 (18 g)
Marty KeoughOF1956–1960 (214 g)1960 (65 g)
Andrew MillerP2011–2014 (158 g)2016–2018 (120 g)
Chris JamesOF1995 (16 g)1990–1991 (255 g)
Les NunamakerC1911–1914 (134 g)1919–1922 (133 g)
Benn KarrP1920–1922 (167 g)1925–1927 (99 g)
Alan EmbreeP2002–2005 (211 g)1992, 1995–1996 (51 g)
Bunk CongaltonOF1907 (124 g)1905–1907 (138 g)
Harry NilesOF1908–1910 (182 g)1910 (72 g)
Denny SullivanOF1907–1908 (246 g)1908–1909 (7 g)
Hoot EversOF1952–1954 (211 g)1955–1956 (42 g)
Rajai DavisOF2017 (17 g)2016, 2018 (235 g)
Alex ColeOF1996 (24 g)1990–1992 (226 g)
Justin MastersonP2008–2009, 2015 (85 g)2009–2014 (164 g)
Lee StangeP1966–1970 (174 g)1964–1966 (73 g)
David MurphyOF2006–2007 (23 g)2014–2015 (213 g)
Willie TasbyOF1960 (105 g)1962–1963 (127 g)
Jim BusbyOF1959–1960 (62 g)1956–1957 (165 g)
Christian Arroyo2B2020–2023 (224 g)2020 (1 g)
Corey KluberP2023 (15 g)2011–2019 (210 g)
John Kroner2B1935–1936 (86 g)1937–1938 (137 g)
Denny GalehouseP1939–1940, 1947–1949 (105 g)1934–1938 (114 g)
Julian TavarezP2006–2008 (101 g)1993–1996 (117 g)
Sad Sam JonesP1916–1921 (169 g)1914–1915 (49 g)
Craig BreslowP2006, 2012–2015 (202 g)2008, 2017 (14 g)
Dave PhilleyOF1962 (38 g)1954–1955 (176 g)
Buster MillsOF1937 (123 g)1942, 1946 (89 g)
Jack ThoneyOF1908–1909, 1911 (150 g)1902–1903 (60 g)
Kevin PlaweckiC2020–2022 (149 g)2019 (60 g)
Dick WilliamsOF1963–1964 (140 g)1957 (67 g)
Jerry MosesC1965, 1968–1970 (155 g)1972 (52 g)
Abraham AlmonteOF2022 (15 g)2015–2017 (187 g)
Bo DiazC1977 (2 g)1978–1981 (198 g)
Don McMahonP1966–1967 (60 g)1964–1966 (140 g)
Rick CeroneC1988–1989 (186 g)1975–1976 (14 g)
Scott AtchisonP2010–2012 (103 g)2014–2015 (93 g)
Greg SwindellP1998 (29 g)1986–1991, 1996 (166 g)
Wally ShanerOF1926–1927 (191 g)1923 (3 g)
Derek LilliquistP1995 (28 g)1992–1994 (163 g)
Ken Aspromonte2B1957–1958 (30 g)1960–1962 (159 g)
Jack O'BrienOF1903 (96 g)1901 (92 g)
Moe BergC1935–1939 (148 g)1931, 1934 (39 g)
Sam DenteSS1947 (46 g)1954–1955 (141 g)
Vean GreggP1914–1916 (51 g)1911–1914 (132 g)
Casey Kotchman1B2009 (39 g)2012 (142 g)
Yu ChangSS2022–2023 (50 g)2019–2022 (131 g)
Baby Doll JacobsonOF1926–1927 (143 g)1927 (32 g)
Frankie HayesC1947 (5 g)1945–1946 (170 g)
Tim HendryxOF1920–1921 (148 g)1911–1912 (27 g)
Billy HarrellSS1961 (37 g)1955, 1957–1958 (137 g)
Boze Berger2B1939 (20 g)1932, 1935–1936 (153 g)
Fritz CoumbeP1914 (17 g)1914–1919 (156 g)
Ted Cox3B1977 (13 g)1978–1979 (160 g)
Rick WiseP1974–1977 (104 g)1978–1979 (67 g)
Bartolo ColonP2008 (7 g)1997–2002 (162 g)
Lloyd BrownP1933 (33 g)1934–1937 (135 g)
Josh BardC2006 (7 g)2002–2005 (156 g)
Bill Selby3B1996 (40 g)2000, 2002–2003 (122 g)
Charlie HemphillOF1901 (136 g)1902 (25 g)
Mickey HarrisP1940–1941, 1946–1949 (124 g)1952 (29 g)
Matt AlbersP2011–2012 (96 g)2013 (56 g)
Bob OjedaP1980–1985 (140 g)1993 (9 g)
Orlando CabreraSS2004 (58 g)2011 (91 g)
Brandon Phillips2B2018 (9 g)2002–2005 (135 g)
Don DemeterOF1966–1967 (93 g)1967 (51 g)
Heathcliff SlocumbP1996–1997 (124 g)1993 (20 g)
Brandon MossOF2007–2008 (49 g)2015 (94 g)
Vicente RomoP1969–1970 (100 g)1968–1969 (43 g)
Jeff Manto3B1996 (22 g)1990–1991, 1997–1999 (120 g)
Al Van CampOF1931–1932 (135 g)1928 (5 g)
Bob HowryP2002–2003 (24 g)2004–2005 (116 g)
Luis AlvaradoSS1968–1970 (77 g)1974 (61 g)
Rich HillP2010–2012, 2015, 2022, 2024 (74 g)2013 (63 g)
Ricky GutierrezSS2004 (21 g)2002–2003 (110 g)
Sam LangfordOF1926 (1 g)1927–1928 (130 g)
Fabian GaffkeOF1936–1939 (85 g)1941–1942 (44 g)
Edward MujicaP2014–2015 (75 g)2006–2008 (53 g)
Grover HartleyC1927 (103 g)1929–1930 (25 g)
Stan WilliamsP1972 (3 g)1965, 1967–1969 (124 g)
Alva WilliamsC1911 (95 g)1918 (28 g)
Fred KendallC1978 (20 g)1977 (103 g)
Al NipperP1983–1987 (113 g)1990 (9 g)
Damian Jackson2B2003 (109 g)1996–1997 (13 g)
Dave RobertsOF2004 (45 g)1999–2001 (75 g)
Ray CaldwellP1919 (33 g)1919–1921 (87 g)
Walter Barbare3B1918 (13 g)1914–1916 (106 g)
Sam HornDH1987–1989 (103 g)1993 (12 g)
Fred Hatfield3B1950–1952 (109 g)1958 (3 g)
Luis AponteP1980–1983 (85 g)1984 (25 g)
Bob WeilandP1932–1934 (93 g)1934 (16 g)
Bob HeffnerP1963–1965 (103 g)1966 (5 g)
Scott SauerbeckP2003 (26 g)2005–2006 (82 g)
Pat DonahueC1908–1910 (104 g)1910 (2 g)
Ryan LavarnwayC2011–2014 (97 g)2021 (9 g)
Ossee SchrecongostC1901 (86 g)1902 (18 g)
Merl CombsSS1947, 1949–1950 (32 g)1951–1952 (71 g)
Fernando CabreraP2009–2010 (7 g)2004–2007 (94 g)
Al BentonP1952 (24 g)1949–1950 (76 g)
Mike PaxtonP1977 (29 g)1978–1980 (70 g)
Paul ByrdP2008–2009 (15 g)2006–2008 (84 g)
Dick StigmanP1966 (34 g)1960–1961 (63 g)
Dick EllsworthP1968–1969 (33 g)1969–1970 (63 g)
Michael MartinezOF2016 (4 g)2015–2017 (90 g)
Jeff RussellP1993–1994 (80 g)1994 (13 g)
Jim LandisOF1967 (5 g)1966 (85 g)
Bill ZuberP1946–1947 (35 g)1936, 1938–1940 (50 g)
Elmer MyersP1920–1922 (45 g)1919–1920 (39 g)
Pete AppletonP1932 (11 g)1930–1932 (73 g)
Rudy SeanezP2003, 2006 (50 g)1989–1991 (34 g)
Ivy AndrewsP1932–1933 (63 g)1937 (20 g)
Bill WightP1951–1952 (44 g)1953, 1955 (37 g)
Joe ConnollyOF1924 (14 g)1922–1923 (66 g)
Bob GarbarkC1945 (68 g)1934–1935 (11 g)
Brady AndersonOF1988 (41 g)2002 (34 g)
Jerry ReedP1990 (29 g)1982–1983, 1985 (46 g)
Sean Casey1B2008 (69 g)1997 (6 g)
Juan PizarroP1968–1969 (26 g)1969 (48 g)
Ramon VazquezSS2005 (27 g)2005–2006 (46 g)
Jim MahoneySS1959 (31 g)1962 (41 g)
Matt YoungP1991–1992 (47 g)1993 (22 g)
Joe GinsbergC1961 (19 g)1953–1954 (49 g)
Marlon ByrdOF2012 (34 g)2016 (34 g)
Alexi OgandoP2015 (64 g)2018 (1 g)
Bill BayneP1929–1930 (28 g)1928 (37 g)
Steve FarrP1994 (11 g)1984, 1994 (50 g)
Dan WheelerP2011 (47 g)2012 (12 g)
Dick BrodowskiP1952, 1955 (36 g)1958–1959 (23 g)
George KottarasC2008–2009 (48 g)2014 (10 g)
Tony Graffanino2B2005 (51 g)2009 (7 g)
Brent LillibridgeOF2012 (10 g)2012 (43 g)
Sammy StewartP1986 (27 g)1987 (25 g)
Tomo OhkaP1999–2001 (33 g)2009 (18 g)
Bob ChakalesP1957 (18 g)1951–1954 (32 g)
Ted BowsfieldP1958–1960 (39 g)1960 (11 g)
Steve WoodardP2003 (7 g)2000–2001 (42 g)
Ken SandersP1966 (24 g)1973–1974 (24 g)
Owen Friend2B1955 (14 g)1953 (34 g)
Kevin MitchellOF1996 (27 g)1997 (20 g)
Ray Webster2B1960 (7 g)1959 (40 g)
Jack HarshmanP1959 (9 g)1959–1960 (36 g)
Charlie ChechP1909 (17 g)1908 (27 g)
Brendan DonnellyP2007 (27 g)2008 (15 g)
Drew Sutton2B2011 (31 g)2010 (11 g)
Ed ConnollyP1964 (27 g)1967 (15 g)
Sergio ValdezP1994 (12 g)1990–1991 (30 g)
Vic JohnsonP1944–1945 (33 g)1946 (9 g)
Angel Santos2B2001 (9 g)2003 (32 g)
Chris HaneyP2002 (24 g)1999–2000 (14 g)
Justin GarzaP2023 (17 g)2021 (21 g)
Red SteinerC1945 (26 g)1945 (12 g)
Larry AndersenP1990 (15 g)1975, 1977, 1979 (22 g)
Jake ThielmanP1908 (1 g)1907–1908 (34 g)
Billy TraberP2009 (1 g)2003 (33 g)
Justin GermanoP2012 (1 g)2010–2011 (32 g)
Danny SheafferC1987 (25 g)1989 (7 g)
Lucas GiolitoP2025 (26 g)2023 (6 g)
Charlie SmithP1909–1911 (28 g)1902 (3 g)
Allen SothoronP1921 (2 g)1921–1922 (28 g)
Hack EibelOF1920 (29 g)1912 (1 g)
Bob SmithP1958 (17 g)1959 (12 g)
Bill Rodgers2B1915 (11 g)1915 (16 g)
Billy RohrP1967 (10 g)1968 (17 g)
Bill JamesP1919 (13 g)1911–1912 (11 g)
Bill KennedyP1953 (16 g)1948 (6 g)
Jack RyanP1909 (14 g)1908 (8 g)
Ben TaylorP2017 (14 g)2018 (6 g)
Jason JohnsonP2006 (6 g)2006 (14 g)
Earl Snyder1B2004 (1 g)2002 (18 g)
Ben PaschalOF1920 (9 g)1915 (9 g)
Marlan Coughtry2B1960 (15 g)1962 (3 g)
Rick KreugerP1975–1977 (11 g)1978 (6 g)
Jack SpringP1957 (1 g)1965 (14 g)
Kent MerckerP1999 (5 g)1996 (10 g)
Paul LehnerOF1952 (3 g)1951 (12 g)
Chris NabholzP1994 (8 g)1994 (6 g)
Marty McHaleP1910–1911, 1916 (8 g)1916 (5 g)
George WinnP1919 (3 g)1922–1923 (9 g)
Niuman RomeroSS2010 (2 g)2009 (10 g)
Deacon McGuireC1907–1908 (7 g)1908, 1910 (2 g)
Harry OstdiekC1908 (1 g)1904 (7 g)
Bruce ChenP2003 (5 g)2015 (2 g)
Dave Hollins3B1995 (5 g)2001 (2 g)
Pete DonohueP1932 (4 g)1931 (2 g)
Jack SlatteryC1901 (1 g)1903 (4 g)
Sandy MartinezC2004 (3 g)2004 (1 g)
Yohan RamirezP2024 (1 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.Red Sox seasons include the Boston Americans (1901–1907).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 Boston Red Sox and the Cleveland Guardians?

272 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1901 to 2025, including Tris Speaker, Manny Ramirez, Larry Gardner and Lou Boudreau. 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?

Charlie Hemphill: Boston Red Sox first, then the Cleveland Guardians from 1902.

Who has played for both recently?

Rich Hill, Lucas Giolito 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. Red Sox seasons include the Boston Americans (1901–1907). Guardians seasons include the Cleveland Blues (1901), Cleveland Bronchos (1902), Cleveland Naps (1903–1914) and Cleveland Indians (1915–2021).

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