Boston Red Sox and Minnesota Twins players: who played for both

Who played for both the Red Sox and Twins?

256 players played for both the Boston Red Sox and the Minnesota Twins between 1901 and 2025, including David Ortiz, Joe Judge, Joe Cronin and Mickey Vernon. 110 of them played for the Red Sox first and 134 for the Twins first; 12 played for both in the same season.

Did you know?

Jack O'Brien is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Twins first, then the Red Sox from 1903.
Mickey Gasper is the most recent: Red Sox first, then the Twins from 2025.
David Ortiz played the most games across the two: 1,953 for the Red Sox and 455 for the Twins.
48 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Mickey Vernon.
Most common positions on this list: P (111), OF (69), C (23), SS (17).

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All 256 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.
Player	Pos	Red Sox	Twins
David Ortiz	DH	2003–2016 (1953 g)	1997–2002 (455 g)
Joe Judge	1B	1933–1934 (45 g)	1915–1932 (2086 g)
Joe Cronin	SS	1935–1945 (1134 g)	1928–1934 (940 g)
Mickey Vernon	1B	1956–1957 (221 g)	1939–1943, 1946–1948, 1950–1955 (1805 g)
Buddy Myer	2B	1927–1928 (280 g)	1925–1927, 1929–1941 (1643 g)
Pete Runnels	1B	1958–1962 (732 g)	1951–1957 (921 g)
Howie Shanks	OF	1923–1924 (203 g)	1912–1922 (1395 g)
Eddie Foster	3B	1920–1922 (285 g)	1912–1919 (1121 g)
Tom Brunansky	OF	1990–1992, 1994 (457 g)	1982–1988 (916 g)
Gary Gaetti	3B	2000 (5 g)	1981–1990 (1361 g)
Jackie Jensen	OF	1954–1959, 1961 (1039 g)	1952–1953 (291 g)
Duffy Lewis	OF	1910–1917 (1184 g)	1921 (27 g)
Tris Speaker	OF	1907–1915 (1066 g)	1927 (141 g)
Rick Ferrell	C	1933–1937 (522 g)	1937–1941, 1944–1945, 1947 (659 g)
Muddy Ruel	C	1921–1922, 1931 (261 g)	1923–1930 (903 g)
Everett Scott	SS	1914–1921 (1097 g)	1925 (33 g)
Johnny Pesky	SS	1942, 1946–1952 (1029 g)	1954 (49 g)
Stan Spence	OF	1940–1941, 1948–1949 (258 g)	1942–1944, 1946–1947 (750 g)
Christian Vazquez	C	2014, 2016–2022 (698 g)	2023–2025 (260 g)
Jake Stahl	1B	1903, 1908–1910, 1912–1913 (487 g)	1904–1906 (420 g)
Lenny Green	OF	1965–1966 (204 g)	1959–1964 (700 g)
Doc Cramer	OF	1936–1940 (722 g)	1941 (154 g)
Heinie Manush	OF	1936 (82 g)	1930–1935 (792 g)
Nick Punto	2B	2012 (65 g)	2004–2010 (747 g)
Ira Flagstead	OF	1923–1929 (789 g)	1929 (18 g)
Mike Menosky	OF	1920–1923 (484 g)	1916–1917, 1919 (243 g)
Al Evans	C	1951 (12 g)	1939–1942, 1944–1950 (692 g)
Shane Mack	OF	1997 (60 g)	1990–1994 (633 g)
Doug Mientkiewicz	1B	2004 (49 g)	1998–2004 (643 g)
Russ Nixon	C	1960–1965, 1968 (499 g)	1966–1967 (125 g)
Sam Mele	OF	1947–1949, 1954–1955 (263 g)	1949–1952 (356 g)
Joe Harris	1B	1922–1925 (403 g)	1925–1926 (193 g)
Bob Unglaub	1B	1904–1905, 1907–1908 (264 g)	1908–1910 (326 g)
Clyde Vollmer	OF	1950–1953 (263 g)	1948–1950, 1953–1954 (316 g)
Ted Lepcio	2B	1952–1959 (532 g)	1961 (47 g)
Hal Janvrin	SS	1911, 1913–1917 (513 g)	1919 (61 g)
Jim Busby	OF	1959–1960 (62 g)	1952–1955 (481 g)
Val Picinich	C	1923–1925 (246 g)	1918–1922 (297 g)
Jose Offerman	SS	1999–2002 (465 g)	2004 (77 g)
Bobby Darwin	OF	1976–1977 (47 g)	1972–1975 (490 g)
Todd Walker	2B	2003 (144 g)	1996–2000 (386 g)
Doc Gessler	OF	1908–1909 (239 g)	1909–1911 (290 g)
Rick Aguilera	P	1995 (30 g)	1989–1999 (490 g)
Billy Consolo	SS	1953–1959 (318 g)	1959–1961 (192 g)
A. J. Pierzynski	C	2014 (72 g)	1998–2003 (430 g)
Bobby Reeves	3B	1929–1931 (268 g)	1926–1928 (234 g)
Faye Throneberry	OF	1952, 1955–1957 (183 g)	1957–1960 (314 g)
Alva Williams	C	1911 (95 g)	1912–1916 (376 g)
Kip Selbach	OF	1904–1906 (281 g)	1903–1904 (188 g)
Mel Almada	OF	1933–1937 (317 g)	1937–1938 (147 g)
Eduardo Nunez	3B	2017–2019 (225 g)	2014–2016 (235 g)
Nemo Leibold	OF	1921–1923 (216 g)	1923–1925 (236 g)
Sam Dente	SS	1947 (46 g)	1949–1951 (396 g)
Tom Burgmeier	P	1978–1982 (213 g)	1974–1977 (216 g)
Jack Russell	P	1926–1932, 1936 (261 g)	1933–1936 (165 g)
Tom McBride	OF	1943–1947 (261 g)	1947–1948 (148 g)
Bill Campbell	P	1977–1981 (192 g)	1973–1976 (216 g)
Charlie Jones	OF	1901 (10 g)	1905–1907 (396 g)
Chuck Stobbs	P	1947–1951 (102 g)	1953–1961 (303 g)
Bob Johnson	OF	1944–1945 (287 g)	1943 (117 g)
Ben Chapman	OF	1937–1938 (240 g)	1936–1937, 1941 (160 g)
Bennie Tate	C	1932 (81 g)	1924–1930 (307 g)
Sandy Leon	C	2015–2019 (358 g)	2022 (25 g)
Sid Hudson	P	1952–1954 (84 g)	1940–1942, 1946–1952 (299 g)
Carl Reynolds	OF	1934–1935 (191 g)	1932, 1936 (191 g)
Milt Bolling	SS	1952–1957 (285 g)	1957 (91 g)
Tillie Walker	OF	1916–1917 (234 g)	1911–1912 (139 g)
Leon Culberson	OF	1943–1947 (359 g)	1948 (12 g)
Walt Masterson	P	1949–1952 (86 g)	1939–1942, 1945–1949, 1952–1953 (281 g)
Tom Umphlett	OF	1953 (137 g)	1954–1955 (224 g)
Rob Refsnyder	OF	2022–2025 (309 g)	2021 (51 g)
Vic Wertz	OF	1959–1961 (324 g)	1963 (35 g)
J. C. Romero	P	2007 (23 g)	1999–2005 (327 g)
Norm Zauchin	1B	1951, 1955–1957 (232 g)	1958–1959 (115 g)
Herb Plews	2B	1959 (13 g)	1956–1959 (333 g)
Jeff Reardon	P	1990–1992 (150 g)	1987–1989 (191 g)
Tom Hughes	P	1902–1903 (45 g)	1904–1909, 1911–1913 (289 g)
Al Worthington	P	1960 (6 g)	1964–1969 (327 g)
Frank Viola	P	1992–1994 (70 g)	1982–1989 (260 g)
Danny Santana	OF	2021 (38 g)	2014–2017 (280 g)
Jim Dwyer	OF	1979–1980 (169 g)	1988–1990 (145 g)
Mickey McDermott	P	1948–1953 (182 g)	1954–1955 (124 g)
Joe Vosmik	OF	1938–1939 (291 g)	1944 (14 g)
Mike Fornieles	P	1957–1963 (287 g)	1952, 1963 (15 g)
Charlie Hickman	1B	1902 (28 g)	1905–1907 (272 g)
Mike McNally	2B	1915–1917, 1919–1920 (283 g)	1925 (13 g)
Moe Berg	C	1935–1939 (148 g)	1932–1934 (148 g)
Sad Sam Jones	P	1916–1921 (169 g)	1928–1931 (125 g)
Luis Tiant	P	1971–1978 (274 g)	1970 (18 g)
Craig Breslow	P	2006, 2012–2015 (202 g)	2008–2009, 2017 (89 g)
Don Baylor	DH	1986–1987 (268 g)	1987 (20 g)
Dave McCarty	1B	2003–2005 (120 g)	1993–1995 (167 g)
Mark Guthrie	P	1999 (46 g)	1989–1995 (241 g)
Carroll Hardy	OF	1960–1962 (273 g)	1967 (11 g)
Danny Valencia	3B	2012 (10 g)	2010–2012 (273 g)
Frank Sullivan	P	1953–1960 (252 g)	1962–1963 (31 g)
Dustan Mohr	OF	2006 (21 g)	2001–2003 (261 g)
Billy Gardner	2B	1962–1963 (89 g)	1960–1961 (190 g)
Casey Patten	P	1908 (1 g)	1901–1908 (273 g)
Jack Wilson	P	1935–1941 (260 g)	1942 (12 g)
Karl Olson	OF	1951, 1953–1955 (157 g)	1956–1957 (114 g)
Lee Stange	P	1966–1970 (174 g)	1961–1964 (97 g)
Rich Garces	P	1996–2002 (261 g)	1990, 1993 (8 g)
Al Simmons	OF	1943 (40 g)	1937–1938 (228 g)
Wes Ferrell	P	1934–1937 (188 g)	1937–1938 (79 g)
Lou Berberet	C	1958 (57 g)	1956–1958 (199 g)
Mike Guerra	C	1951 (10 g)	1937, 1944–1946, 1951 (245 g)
Tex Clevenger	P	1954 (25 g)	1956–1960 (230 g)
Denny Sullivan	OF	1907–1908 (246 g)	1905 (3 g)
George Thomas	OF	1966–1971 (222 g)	1971 (23 g)
Bobby Kielty	OF	2007 (20 g)	2001–2003 (224 g)
Marwin Gonzalez	SS	2021 (77 g)	2019–2020 (167 g)
Ray Scarborough	P	1951–1952 (65 g)	1942–1943, 1946–1950 (179 g)
Mickey Harris	P	1940–1941, 1946–1949 (124 g)	1949–1952 (118 g)
Sam Agnew	C	1916–1918 (197 g)	1919 (42 g)
Darnell McDonald	OF	2010–2012 (234 g)	2007 (4 g)
Allen Russell	P	1919–1922 (113 g)	1923–1925 (123 g)
Hector Carrasco	P	2000 (8 g)	1998–2001 (219 g)
Lloyd Brown	P	1933 (33 g)	1928–1932 (193 g)
Bing Miller	OF	1935–1936 (109 g)	1921 (114 g)
Jack Warner	C	1902 (65 g)	1906–1908 (157 g)
Otis Nixon	OF	1994 (103 g)	1998 (110 g)
Harry Harper	P	1920 (27 g)	1913–1919 (184 g)
Bob Porterfield	P	1956–1958 (55 g)	1951–1955 (149 g)
Frank O'Rourke	3B	1922 (67 g)	1920–1921 (137 g)
Billy Hitchcock	3B	1948–1949 (104 g)	1946 (98 g)
Monte Weaver	P	1939 (9 g)	1931–1938 (193 g)
Braggo Roth	OF	1919 (63 g)	1920 (138 g)
Topper Rigney	SS	1926–1927 (156 g)	1927 (45 g)
Bobo Newsom	P	1937 (31 g)	1935–1937, 1942–1943, 1946–1947, 1952 (169 g)
Mike Smithson	P	1988–1989 (71 g)	1984–1987 (128 g)
Ken Aspromonte	2B	1957–1958 (30 g)	1958–1960 (166 g)
Danny MacFayden	P	1926–1932 (190 g)	1941 (5 g)
Dennys Reyes	P	2011 (4 g)	2006–2008 (191 g)
Floyd Baker	3B	1953–1954 (102 g)	1952–1953 (88 g)
Jack Tobin	OF	1926–1927 (162 g)	1926 (27 g)
Jorge Alcala	P	2025 (19 g)	2019–2025 (166 g)
Frank LaPorte	2B	1908 (61 g)	1912–1913 (121 g)
Midre Cummings	OF	1998, 2000 (88 g)	1999–2000 (93 g)
Jesse Tannehill	P	1904–1908 (136 g)	1908–1909 (42 g)
Doc Prothro	3B	1925 (119 g)	1920, 1923–1924 (58 g)
Tom Wright	OF	1948–1951 (90 g)	1954–1956 (85 g)
Pete Appleton	P	1932 (11 g)	1936–1939, 1945 (162 g)
Dick Stigman	P	1966 (34 g)	1962–1965 (138 g)
Lyn Lary	SS	1934 (129 g)	1935 (39 g)
Jack Thoney	OF	1908–1909, 1911 (150 g)	1904 (17 g)
Ken Chase	P	1942–1943 (20 g)	1936–1941 (147 g)
Bobby Veach	OF	1924–1925 (143 g)	1925 (18 g)
Larry Wolfe	3B	1979–1980 (65 g)	1977–1978 (96 g)
Alex Cole	OF	1996 (24 g)	1994–1995 (133 g)
Horace Lisenbee	P	1929–1932 (102 g)	1927–1928 (55 g)
Bullet Joe Bush	P	1918–1921 (137 g)	1926 (17 g)
Elmer Smith	OF	1922 (73 g)	1916–1917 (80 g)
Charlie Smith	P	1909–1911 (28 g)	1906–1909 (123 g)
Greg Swindell	P	1998 (29 g)	1997–1998 (117 g)
Russ Kemmerer	P	1954–1955, 1957 (27 g)	1957–1960 (119 g)
Alex Ferguson	P	1922–1925 (119 g)	1925–1926 (26 g)
Lenny Webster	C	1999 (6 g)	1989–1993 (136 g)
Red Shannon	2B	1919 (80 g)	1920 (62 g)
Dean Stone	P	1957 (17 g)	1953–1957 (122 g)
Roy Carlyle	OF	1925–1926 (138 g)	1925 (1 g)
Pat Mahomes	P	1996–1997 (21 g)	1992–1996 (115 g)
John Knight	SS	1907 (99 g)	1912 (32 g)
Dee Miles	OF	1943 (45 g)	1935–1936 (85 g)
Jason Repko	OF	2012 (5 g)	2010–2011 (125 g)
Bob Kline	P	1930–1933 (122 g)	1934 (6 g)
Milt Gaston	P	1929–1931 (100 g)	1928 (28 g)
Dave Hollins	3B	1995 (5 g)	1996 (121 g)
Frankie Rodriguez	P	1995 (9 g)	1995–1998 (117 g)
Paul Zahniser	P	1925–1926 (67 g)	1923–1924 (57 g)
Bill Barrett	OF	1929–1930 (117 g)	1930 (5 g)
Charlie Gelbert	SS	1940 (30 g)	1939–1940 (90 g)
Ron Mahay	P	1995, 1997–1998 (62 g)	2009–2010 (57 g)
Mel Hoderlein	2B	1951 (9 g)	1952–1954 (109 g)
Orlando Cabrera	SS	2004 (58 g)	2009 (59 g)
Stan Williams	P	1972 (3 g)	1970–1971 (114 g)
Ted Wingfield	P	1924–1927 (111 g)	1923–1924 (5 g)
John O'Neill	OF	1904 (17 g)	1904 (95 g)
Butch Huskey	OF	1999 (45 g)	2000 (64 g)
Bill Zuber	P	1946–1947 (35 g)	1941–1942 (73 g)
Bud Byerly	P	1958 (18 g)	1956–1958 (89 g)
Jack O'Brien	OF	1903 (96 g)	1901 (11 g)
Andy Kosco	OF	1972 (17 g)	1965–1967 (89 g)
Fernando Abad	P	2016–2017 (66 g)	2016 (39 g)
Gavvy Cravath	OF	1908 (99 g)	1909 (4 g)
Mark Portugal	P	1999 (31 g)	1985–1988 (72 g)
Mike Stenhouse	OF	1986 (21 g)	1985 (81 g)
Tzu-Wei Lin	SS	2017–2020 (101 g)	2021 (1 g)
Blaine Boyer	P	2017 (32 g)	2015 (68 g)
Boof Bonser	P	2010 (2 g)	2006–2008 (96 g)
Hansel Robles	P	2021–2022 (53 g)	2021 (45 g)
Tommy Thomas	P	1937 (9 g)	1932–1935 (87 g)
Bob Chakales	P	1957 (18 g)	1955–1957 (76 g)
Darrell Brandon	P	1966–1968 (88 g)	1969 (3 g)
Murray Wall	P	1957–1959 (89 g)	1959 (1 g)
Ken Brett	P	1967, 1969–1971 (79 g)	1979 (9 g)
Ken Wood	OF	1952 (15 g)	1952–1953 (73 g)
Johnny Schmitz	P	1956 (2 g)	1953–1955 (85 g)
George Murray	P	1923–1924 (67 g)	1926–1927 (19 g)
Willie Banks	P	2001–2002 (34 g)	1991–1993 (52 g)
Addison Reed	P	2017 (29 g)	2018 (55 g)
Rich Hill	P	2010–2012, 2015, 2022, 2024 (74 g)	2020 (8 g)
Jovani Moran	P	2025 (2 g)	2021–2023 (79 g)
Martin Perez	P	2020–2021 (48 g)	2019 (32 g)
George Dumont	P	1919 (13 g)	1915–1918 (64 g)
Vean Gregg	P	1914–1916 (51 g)	1925 (26 g)
Bill LeFebvre	P	1938–1939 (8 g)	1943–1944 (67 g)
Garry Roggenburk	P	1966, 1968–1969 (12 g)	1963, 1965–1966 (60 g)
Orlando Merced	OF	1998 (9 g)	1998 (63 g)
Austin Davis	P	2021–2022 (69 g)	2022 (2 g)
Ron Kline	P	1969 (16 g)	1967 (54 g)
David West	P	1998 (6 g)	1989–1992 (63 g)
Merl Combs	SS	1947, 1949–1950 (32 g)	1950 (37 g)
George Loepp	OF	1928 (15 g)	1930 (51 g)
Ryan LaMarre	OF	2016 (6 g)	2018–2019 (57 g)
Grant Gillis	2B	1929 (28 g)	1927–1928 (34 g)
Juan Centeno	C	2019 (7 g)	2016 (55 g)
Tommy O'Brien	OF	1949–1950 (58 g)	1950 (3 g)
Mickey Gasper	C	2024 (13 g)	2025 (45 g)
Mike Hartley	P	1995 (5 g)	1993 (53 g)
Beany Jacobson	P	1907 (2 g)	1904–1905 (55 g)
Johnny Ostrowski	OF	1948 (1 g)	1950 (55 g)
Jim Brillheart	P	1931 (11 g)	1922–1923 (43 g)
Marcus Jensen	C	2001 (1 g)	2000 (52 g)
Ken Sanders	P	1966 (24 g)	1973 (27 g)
Todd Jones	P	2003 (26 g)	2001 (24 g)
Dick Brodowski	P	1952, 1955 (36 g)	1956–1957 (13 g)
Joe Cascarella	P	1935–1936 (16 g)	1936–1937 (32 g)
Fred Thomas	3B	1918 (44 g)	1920 (3 g)
Frank Oberlin	P	1906–1907 (16 g)	1907, 1909–1910 (30 g)
Tyler Thornburg	P	2018–2019 (41 g)	2022 (5 g)
Liam Hendriks	P	2025 (14 g)	2011–2013 (31 g)
Ray Francis	P	1925 (6 g)	1922 (39 g)
Zack Littell	P	2023 (2 g)	2018–2020 (43 g)
Archie Wilson	OF	1952 (18 g)	1952 (26 g)
Len Okrie	C	1952 (1 g)	1948, 1950–1951 (41 g)
Nick Altrock	P	1902–1903 (4 g)	1909, 1912–1915, 1918–1919, 1924, 1929, 1931, 1933 (30 g)
Jack Slattery	C	1901 (1 g)	1909 (32 g)
Al Schroll	P	1958–1959 (19 g)	1961 (11 g)
Randy Gumpert	P	1952 (10 g)	1952 (20 g)
Michael Fulmer	P	2025 (1 g)	2022 (26 g)
Caleb Hamilton	C	2023 (4 g)	2022 (22 g)
Jake Wade	P	1939 (20 g)	1946 (6 g)
Bartolo Colon	P	2008 (7 g)	2017 (15 g)
Pat Light	P	2016 (2 g)	2016 (15 g)
Jose De Leon	P	2025 (1 g)	2023 (13 g)
Justin Haley	P	2018 (4 g)	2017 (10 g)
Kyle Barraclough	P	2023 (3 g)	2021 (10 g)
Paul Musser	P	1919 (5 g)	1912 (7 g)
Taylor Motter	SS	2021 (3 g)	2018 (9 g)
Erasmo Ramirez	P	2019 (1 g)	2025 (9 g)
Kevin Jarvis	P	2006 (4 g)	1997 (6 g)
Stephen Gonsalves	P	2021 (3 g)	2018 (7 g)
Corky Miller	C	2006 (1 g)	2005 (5 g)
Jack Spring	P	1957 (1 g)	1958 (3 g)
Matt Fox	P	2010 (3 g)	2010 (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).Twins seasons include the Washington Senators (1901–1960).

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Questions

How many players have played for both the Boston Red Sox and the Minnesota Twins?

256 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1901 to 2025, including David Ortiz, Joe Judge, Joe Cronin and Mickey Vernon. 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?

Jack O'Brien: Minnesota Twins first, then the Boston Red Sox from 1903.

Who has played for both recently?

Christian Vazquez, Rob Refsnyder, Jorge Alcala, Rich Hill, Jovani Moran and Mickey Gasper and 4 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). Twins seasons include the Washington Senators (1901–1960).

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