Boston Red Sox and Kansas City Royals players: who played for both
Who played for both the Red Sox and Royals?
119 players played for both the Boston Red Sox and the Kansas City Royals between 1969 and 2025, including Johnny Damon, George Scott, Eric Hosmer and Jackie Bradley. 61 of them played for the Red Sox first and 55 for the Royals first; 3 played for both in the same season.
Did you know?
- Dave Morehead is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Red Sox first, then the Royals from 1969.
- Rich Hill is the most recent: Red Sox first, then the Royals from 2025.
- Johnny Damon played the most games across the two: 597 for the Red Sox and 803 for the Royals.
- 20 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as George Scott.
- Most common positions on this list: P (57), OF (26), 1B (10), SS (8).
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All 119 players, most games for the two first
| Player | Pos | Red Sox | Royals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Damon | OF | 2002–2005 (597 g) | 1995–2000 (803 g) |
| George Scott | 1B | 1966–1971, 1977–1979 (1192 g) | 1979 (44 g) |
| Eric Hosmer | 1B | 2022 (14 g) | 2011–2017 (1048 g) |
| Jackie Bradley | OF | 2013–2020, 2022 (965 g) | 2023 (43 g) |
| Mike Macfarlane | C | 1995 (115 g) | 1987–1994, 1996–1998 (890 g) |
| Jose Offerman | SS | 1999–2002 (465 g) | 1996–1998 (415 g) |
| Andrew Benintendi | OF | 2016–2020 (485 g) | 2021–2022 (227 g) |
| Bill Buckner | 1B | 1984–1987, 1990 (526 g) | 1988–1989 (168 g) |
| Joe Foy | 3B | 1966–1968 (431 g) | 1969 (145 g) |
| Luis Rivera | SS | 1989–1993 (504 g) | 1998 (42 g) |
| Rey Sanchez | SS | 2002 (107 g) | 1999–2001 (377 g) |
| Mike Aviles | SS | 2011–2012 (174 g) | 2008–2011 (301 g) |
| Scott Cooper | 3B | 1990–1994 (399 g) | 1997 (75 g) |
| Tom Gordon | P | 1996–1999 (170 g) | 1988–1995 (277 g) |
| Daniel Nava | OF | 2010, 2012–2015 (424 g) | 2016 (9 g) |
| Tom Burgmeier | P | 1978–1982 (213 g) | 1969–1973 (214 g) |
| Tom Poquette | OF | 1979, 1981 (66 g) | 1973, 1976–1979, 1982 (356 g) |
| Coco Crisp | OF | 2006–2008 (368 g) | 2009 (49 g) |
| Dick Drago | P | 1974–1975, 1978–1980 (206 g) | 1969–1973 (184 g) |
| Matt Stairs | OF | 1995 (39 g) | 2004–2006 (330 g) |
| Hipolito Pichardo | P | 2000–2001 (68 g) | 1992–1998 (281 g) |
| Luis Alicea | 2B | 1995 (132 g) | 2001–2002 (207 g) |
| Dave McCarty | 1B | 2003–2005 (120 g) | 2000–2002 (214 g) |
| Bret Saberhagen | P | 1997–1999, 2001 (62 g) | 1984–1991 (256 g) |
| Marty Pattin | P | 1972–1973 (72 g) | 1974–1980 (245 g) |
| Doug Bird | P | 1983 (22 g) | 1973–1978 (292 g) |
| Gary Gaetti | 3B | 2000 (5 g) | 1993–1995 (309 g) |
| Terry Shumpert | 2B | 1995 (21 g) | 1990–1994 (284 g) |
| Joe Lahoud | OF | 1968–1971 (254 g) | 1977–1978 (47 g) |
| Steve Farr | P | 1994 (11 g) | 1985–1990 (289 g) |
| Hunter Renfroe | OF | 2021 (144 g) | 2024–2025 (155 g) |
| Jerry Adair | 2B | 1967–1968 (163 g) | 1969–1970 (133 g) |
| Juan Beniquez | OF | 1971–1972, 1974–1975 (233 g) | 1987 (57 g) |
| Joey Gathright | OF | 2009, 2011 (24 g) | 2006–2008 (258 g) |
| Steve Crawford | P | 1980–1982, 1984–1987 (173 g) | 1989–1991 (104 g) |
| Todd Benzinger | 1B | 1987–1988 (193 g) | 1991 (78 g) |
| Tony Graffanino | 2B | 2005 (51 g) | 2004–2006 (203 g) |
| Donnie Sadler | OF | 1998–2000 (156 g) | 2001–2002 (89 g) |
| John Schreiber | P | 2021–2023 (111 g) | 2024–2025 (133 g) |
| Mike Fiore | 1B | 1970–1971 (92 g) | 1969–1970 (132 g) |
| Jonny Gomes | OF | 2013–2014 (194 g) | 2015 (12 g) |
| Jeff Suppan | P | 1995–1997, 2003 (50 g) | 1998–2002 (138 g) |
| Ramon Ramirez | P | 2009–2010 (114 g) | 2008 (71 g) |
| Dave Morehead | P | 1963–1968 (128 g) | 1969–1970 (49 g) |
| Jon Nunnally | OF | 1999 (10 g) | 1995–1997 (167 g) |
| Orlando Cepeda | 1B | 1973 (142 g) | 1974 (33 g) |
| Brandon Moss | OF | 2007–2008 (49 g) | 2017 (118 g) |
| Dave Henderson | OF | 1986–1987 (111 g) | 1994 (56 g) |
| Bruce Chen | P | 2003 (5 g) | 2009–2014 (157 g) |
| Brad Keller | P | 2024 (11 g) | 2018–2023 (150 g) |
| Franklin Morales | P | 2011–2013 (93 g) | 2015 (67 g) |
| Ron Mahay | P | 1995, 1997–1998 (62 g) | 2008–2009 (98 g) |
| Jeremy Giambi | OF | 2003 (50 g) | 1998–1999 (108 g) |
| Scott Podsednik | OF | 2012 (63 g) | 2010 (95 g) |
| Chris Stynes | 3B | 2001 (96 g) | 1995–1996 (58 g) |
| Stan Belinda | P | 1995–1996 (94 g) | 1993–1994 (60 g) |
| Chris Haney | P | 2002 (24 g) | 1992–1998 (128 g) |
| Bob Heise | SS | 1975–1976 (95 g) | 1977 (54 g) |
| Franchy Cordero | OF | 2021–2022 (132 g) | 2020 (16 g) |
| Wes Gardner | P | 1986–1990 (142 g) | 1991 (3 g) |
| Mike Boddicker | P | 1988–1990 (83 g) | 1991–1992 (59 g) |
| Doug Mientkiewicz | 1B | 2004 (49 g) | 2006 (91 g) |
| Josh Taylor | P | 2019–2021 (121 g) | 2023 (17 g) |
| Pedro Ciriaco | 3B | 2012–2013 (104 g) | 2013–2014 (30 g) |
| Rich Gale | P | 1984 (13 g) | 1978–1981 (116 g) |
| Ryan Shealy | 1B | 2010 (5 g) | 2006–2008 (123 g) |
| Shane Mack | OF | 1997 (60 g) | 1998 (66 g) |
| Damian Jackson | 2B | 2003 (109 g) | 2004 (14 g) |
| Nate Eaton | OF | 2025 (41 g) | 2022–2023 (72 g) |
| Bob Melvin | C | 1993 (77 g) | 1992 (32 g) |
| Ken Brett | P | 1967, 1969–1971 (79 g) | 1980–1981 (30 g) |
| Cory Bailey | P | 1993–1994 (16 g) | 2001–2002 (90 g) |
| Aroldis Chapman | P | 2025 (67 g) | 2023 (31 g) |
| Matt Strahm | P | 2022 (50 g) | 2016–2017 (45 g) |
| George Kottaras | C | 2008–2009 (48 g) | 2013 (46 g) |
| David Cone | P | 2001 (25 g) | 1986, 1993–1994 (68 g) |
| Kyle Snyder | P | 2006–2008 (64 g) | 2003, 2005–2006 (29 g) |
| Jake Diekman | P | 2022 (44 g) | 2019 (48 g) |
| Scott Bankhead | P | 1993–1994 (67 g) | 1986 (24 g) |
| Steve Renko | P | 1979–1980 (59 g) | 1983 (25 g) |
| Michael Wacha | P | 2022 (23 g) | 2024–2025 (60 g) |
| Andy Hassler | P | 1978–1979 (21 g) | 1976–1978 (60 g) |
| Curt Leskanic | P | 2004 (32 g) | 2003–2004 (46 g) |
| Rich Hill | P | 2010–2012, 2015, 2022, 2024 (74 g) | 2025 (2 g) |
| Tommy Pham | OF | 2022 (53 g) | 2024 (23 g) |
| Tom Murphy | P | 1976–1977 (53 g) | 1972 (21 g) |
| David Riske | P | 2006 (8 g) | 2007 (65 g) |
| Pat Rapp | P | 1999 (37 g) | 1998 (32 g) |
| Chris Owings | SS | 2019 (26 g) | 2019 (41 g) |
| Galen Cisco | P | 1961–1962, 1967 (52 g) | 1969 (15 g) |
| Rudy Seanez | P | 2003, 2006 (50 g) | 2004 (16 g) |
| Abraham Almonte | OF | 2022 (15 g) | 2018 (50 g) |
| Tommy Matchick | SS | 1970 (10 g) | 1970 (55 g) |
| Paul Byrd | P | 2008–2009 (15 g) | 2001–2002 (49 g) |
| Calvin Pickering | DH | 2001 (17 g) | 2004–2005 (42 g) |
| Joe Nelson | P | 2004, 2010 (11 g) | 2006 (43 g) |
| Blaine Boyer | P | 2017 (32 g) | 2018 (21 g) |
| Lenny DiNardo | P | 2004–2006 (43 g) | 2009 (5 g) |
| Danny Valencia | 3B | 2012 (10 g) | 2014 (36 g) |
| Dennys Reyes | P | 2011 (4 g) | 2004 (40 g) |
| Chris James | OF | 1995 (16 g) | 1995 (26 g) |
| Morgan Burkhart | DH | 2000–2001 (36 g) | 2003 (6 g) |
| Yamaico Navarro | 3B | 2010–2011 (36 g) | 2011 (6 g) |
| Sean Berry | 3B | 2000 (1 g) | 1990–1991 (39 g) |
| Domingo Tapia | P | 2020 (5 g) | 2021 (32 g) |
| Hector Carrasco | P | 2000 (8 g) | 1997 (28 g) |
| Hideo Nomo | P | 2001 (33 g) | 2008 (3 g) |
| Sean O'Sullivan | P | 2016 (5 g) | 2010–2011 (26 g) |
| Brian Shouse | P | 1998 (7 g) | 2002 (23 g) |
| Ken Sanders | P | 1966 (24 g) | 1976 (3 g) |
| Allen McDill | P | 2001 (15 g) | 1997–1998 (10 g) |
| Carlos Peña | 1B | 2006 (18 g) | 2013 (4 g) |
| Joel Johnston | P | 1995 (4 g) | 1991–1992 (18 g) |
| Liam Hendriks | P | 2025 (14 g) | 2014 (6 g) |
| Tommy Hottovy | P | 2011 (8 g) | 2012 (9 g) |
| Lance Clemons | P | 1974 (6 g) | 1971 (10 g) |
| Adrian Brown | OF | 2003 (9 g) | 2004 (5 g) |
| Angel Sanchez | SS | 2010 (1 g) | 2006 (8 g) |
| Carlos Peguero | OF | 2015 (4 g) | 2014 (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.Red Sox seasons include the Boston Americans (1901–1907).
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Questions
How many players have played for both the Boston Red Sox and the Kansas City Royals?
119 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1969 to 2025, including Johnny Damon, George Scott, Eric Hosmer and Jackie Bradley. 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?
Dave Morehead: Boston Red Sox first, then the Kansas City Royals from 1969.
Who has played for both recently?
Hunter Renfroe, John Schreiber, Brad Keller, Nate Eaton, Aroldis Chapman and Michael Wacha 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. Red Sox seasons include the Boston Americans (1901–1907).
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