Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies players: who played for both
Who played for both the Red Sox and Phillies?
190 players played for both the Boston Red Sox and the Philadelphia Phillies between 1901 and 2025, including Gavvy Cravath, Shane Victorino, Sammy White and Jim Tabor. 90 of them played for the Red Sox first and 92 for the Phillies first; 8 played for both in the same season.
Did you know?
- Tommy Dowd is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Phillies first, then the Red Sox from 1901.
- Walker Buehler is the most recent: Red Sox first, then the Phillies from 2025.
- Gavvy Cravath played the most games across the two: 99 for the Red Sox and 1,104 for the Phillies.
- 19 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Tim McCarver.
- Most common positions on this list: P (100), OF (31), C (22), 1B (12).
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All 190 players, most games for the two first
| Player | Pos | Red Sox | Phillies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gavvy Cravath | OF | 1908 (99 g) | 1912–1920 (1104 g) |
| Shane Victorino | OF | 2013–2015 (185 g) | 2005–2012 (987 g) |
| Sammy White | C | 1951–1959 (981 g) | 1962 (41 g) |
| Jim Tabor | 3B | 1938–1944 (806 g) | 1946–1947 (199 g) |
| Jimmie Foxx | 1B | 1936–1942 (887 g) | 1945 (89 g) |
| Bernie Friberg | 3B | 1933 (17 g) | 1925–1932 (795 g) |
| Denny Doyle | 2B | 1975–1977 (343 g) | 1970–1973 (446 g) |
| Skeeter Newsome | SS | 1941–1945 (497 g) | 1946–1947 (207 g) |
| Kyle Schwarber | OF | 2021 (41 g) | 2022–2025 (627 g) |
| Tim McCarver | C | 1974–1975 (23 g) | 1970–1972, 1975–1980 (628 g) |
| Jonathan Papelbon | P | 2005–2011 (396 g) | 2012–2015 (234 g) |
| Mike Ryan | C | 1964–1967 (229 g) | 1968–1973 (392 g) |
| Dolph Camilli | 1B | 1945 (63 g) | 1934–1937 (539 g) |
| Ted Lepcio | 2B | 1952–1959 (532 g) | 1960 (69 g) |
| Deron Johnson | 1B | 1974–1976 (29 g) | 1969–1973 (563 g) |
| Billy Klaus | SS | 1955–1958 (458 g) | 1962–1963 (113 g) |
| Johnny Peacock | C | 1937–1944 (455 g) | 1944–1945 (116 g) |
| Dave Hollins | 3B | 1995 (5 g) | 1990–1995, 2002 (550 g) |
| Lou Finney | OF | 1939–1942, 1944–1945 (535 g) | 1947 (4 g) |
| Rico Brogna | 1B | 2000 (43 g) | 1997–2000 (496 g) |
| Stuffy McInnis | 1B | 1918–1921 (538 g) | 1927 (1 g) |
| Rheal Cormier | P | 1995, 1999–2000 (172 g) | 2001–2006 (363 g) |
| Don Demeter | OF | 1966–1967 (93 g) | 1961–1963 (413 g) |
| Daniel Nava | OF | 2010, 2012–2015 (424 g) | 2017 (80 g) |
| Jose Offerman | SS | 1999–2002 (465 g) | 2005 (33 g) |
| Dick Stuart | 1B | 1963–1964 (313 g) | 1965 (149 g) |
| Tony Lupien | 1B | 1940, 1942–1943 (292 g) | 1944–1945 (168 g) |
| Marlon Byrd | OF | 2012 (34 g) | 2002–2005, 2014 (410 g) |
| Ed McFarland | C | 1908 (19 g) | 1897–1901 (423 g) |
| Mike Timlin | P | 2003–2008 (394 g) | 2002 (30 g) |
| Greg Harris | P | 1989–1994 (287 g) | 1988–1989 (110 g) |
| Tony Perez | 1B | 1980–1982 (304 g) | 1983 (91 g) |
| Jim Lonborg | P | 1965–1971 (205 g) | 1973–1979 (188 g) |
| Wes Chamberlain | OF | 1994–1995 (70 g) | 1990–1994 (315 g) |
| Curt Schilling | P | 2004–2007 (119 g) | 1992–2000 (244 g) |
| Forrest Cady | C | 1912–1917 (323 g) | 1919 (34 g) |
| Sparky Lyle | P | 1967–1971 (260 g) | 1980–1982 (92 g) |
| Mike Easler | OF | 1984–1985 (311 g) | 1987 (33 g) |
| Bucky Walters | P | 1933–1934 (75 g) | 1934–1938 (268 g) |
| Chris James | OF | 1995 (16 g) | 1986–1989 (326 g) |
| Bo Diaz | C | 1977 (2 g) | 1982–1985 (333 g) |
| Billy Consolo | SS | 1953–1959 (318 g) | 1962 (13 g) |
| Lefty O'Doul | OF | 1923 (36 g) | 1929–1930 (294 g) |
| Rick Wise | P | 1974–1977 (104 g) | 1964, 1966–1971 (223 g) |
| Jeff Stone | OF | 1989–1990 (28 g) | 1983–1987 (296 g) |
| Frank Sullivan | P | 1953–1960 (252 g) | 1961–1962 (68 g) |
| Wayne Gomes | P | 2002 (20 g) | 1997–2001 (288 g) |
| Rip Repulski | OF | 1960–1961 (88 g) | 1957–1958 (219 g) |
| Tom Gordon | P | 1996–1999 (170 g) | 2006–2008 (137 g) |
| Babe Dahlgren | 1B | 1935–1936 (165 g) | 1943 (136 g) |
| Lee Tinsley | OF | 1994–1996 (270 g) | 1996 (31 g) |
| Billy Hatcher | OF | 1992–1994 (255 g) | 1994 (43 g) |
| Ted Sizemore | 2B | 1979–1980 (35 g) | 1977–1978 (260 g) |
| Jackie Gutierrez | SS | 1983–1985 (259 g) | 1988 (33 g) |
| Ray Culp | P | 1968–1973 (161 g) | 1963–1966 (131 g) |
| Russ Scarritt | OF | 1929–1931 (274 g) | 1932 (11 g) |
| Danny Cater | 1B | 1972–1974 (211 g) | 1964 (60 g) |
| Don Lock | OF | 1969 (53 g) | 1967–1969 (215 g) |
| Luis Garcia | P | 2024 (15 g) | 2013–2018 (251 g) |
| Ben Chapman | OF | 1937–1938 (240 g) | 1945–1946 (25 g) |
| Heath Hembree | P | 2014–2020 (251 g) | 2020 (11 g) |
| J. C. Romero | P | 2007 (23 g) | 2007–2011 (237 g) |
| Craig Kimbrel | P | 2016–2018 (187 g) | 2023 (71 g) |
| Larry Andersen | P | 1990 (15 g) | 1983–1986, 1993–1994 (241 g) |
| Bill Campbell | P | 1977–1981 (192 g) | 1984 (57 g) |
| Dave Philley | OF | 1962 (38 g) | 1958–1960 (204 g) |
| Tully Sparks | P | 1902 (17 g) | 1897, 1903–1910 (224 g) |
| Ken Ryan | P | 1992–1995 (124 g) | 1996–1999 (116 g) |
| Matt Strahm | P | 2022 (50 g) | 2023–2025 (188 g) |
| Heathcliff Slocumb | P | 1996–1997 (124 g) | 1994–1995 (113 g) |
| Jake Diekman | P | 2022 (44 g) | 2012–2015 (191 g) |
| Kyle Kendrick | P | 2017 (2 g) | 2007–2014 (230 g) |
| Tommy Dowd | OF | 1901 (138 g) | 1897 (91 g) |
| Brandon Workman | P | 2013–2014, 2017–2021 (214 g) | 2020 (14 g) |
| Nick Pivetta | P | 2020–2024 (131 g) | 2017–2020 (93 g) |
| Darrell Brandon | P | 1966–1968 (88 g) | 1971–1973 (130 g) |
| Vicente Padilla | P | 2012 (56 g) | 2000–2005 (162 g) |
| Del Wilber | C | 1952–1954 (129 g) | 1951–1952 (86 g) |
| Pedro Martinez | P | 1998–2004 (203 g) | 2009 (9 g) |
| Doug Taitt | OF | 1928–1929 (169 g) | 1931–1932 (42 g) |
| Clay Buchholz | P | 2007–2016 (207 g) | 2017 (2 g) |
| Hal Wagner | C | 1944, 1946–1947 (204 g) | 1948–1949 (4 g) |
| Mike Benjamin | SS | 1997–1998 (173 g) | 1996 (35 g) |
| Oscar Judd | P | 1941–1945 (85 g) | 1945–1948 (121 g) |
| Dave Shean | 2B | 1918–1919 (144 g) | 1908–1909 (50 g) |
| Alex Ferguson | P | 1922–1925 (119 g) | 1927–1929 (70 g) |
| Eddie Pellagrini | SS | 1946–1947 (96 g) | 1951 (86 g) |
| Andy Karl | P | 1943 (11 g) | 1943–1946 (159 g) |
| Michael Martinez | OF | 2016 (4 g) | 2011–2013 (162 g) |
| Gary Wagner | P | 1969–1970 (44 g) | 1965–1969 (118 g) |
| Joe Bowman | P | 1944–1945 (68 g) | 1935–1936 (93 g) |
| Dennis Bennett | P | 1965–1967 (63 g) | 1962–1964 (95 g) |
| Charley Schanz | P | 1950 (14 g) | 1944–1947 (141 g) |
| Matt Stairs | OF | 1995 (39 g) | 2008–2009 (115 g) |
| Mark Whiten | OF | 1995 (32 g) | 1995–1996 (120 g) |
| Toby Borland | P | 1997 (3 g) | 1994–1996, 1998 (149 g) |
| Grady Sizemore | OF | 2014 (52 g) | 2014–2015 (99 g) |
| Jorge Alfaro | C | 2023 (8 g) | 2016–2018 (143 g) |
| Midre Cummings | OF | 1998, 2000 (88 g) | 1997 (63 g) |
| Jamie Moyer | P | 1996 (23 g) | 2006–2010 (124 g) |
| Terry Adams | P | 2004 (19 g) | 2002–2003, 2005 (128 g) |
| Paul Quantrill | P | 1992–1994 (93 g) | 1994–1995 (51 g) |
| Nick Punto | 2B | 2012 (65 g) | 2001–2003 (77 g) |
| Billy Wagner | P | 2009 (15 g) | 2004–2005 (121 g) |
| Russ Meyer | P | 1957 (2 g) | 1949–1952 (134 g) |
| Ugueth Urbina | P | 2001–2002 (80 g) | 2005 (56 g) |
| Jeremy Giambi | OF | 2003 (50 g) | 2002 (82 g) |
| Floyd Baker | 3B | 1953–1954 (102 g) | 1954–1955 (28 g) |
| Gene Conley | P | 1961–1963 (76 g) | 1959–1960 (54 g) |
| David West | P | 1998 (6 g) | 1993–1996 (122 g) |
| Mike Maddux | P | 1995–1996 (59 g) | 1986–1989 (65 g) |
| Austin Davis | P | 2021–2022 (69 g) | 2018–2020 (50 g) |
| Ramon Aviles | 2B | 1977 (1 g) | 1979–1981 (116 g) |
| Ken Brett | P | 1967, 1969–1971 (79 g) | 1973 (37 g) |
| Robert Person | P | 2003 (7 g) | 1999–2002 (109 g) |
| Deacon McGuire | C | 1907–1908 (7 g) | 1886–1888 (103 g) |
| Johnny Watwood | OF | 1932–1933 (107 g) | 1939 (2 g) |
| Tim Blackwell | C | 1974–1975 (103 g) | 1976–1977 (5 g) |
| Gene Oliver | C | 1968 (16 g) | 1967 (85 g) |
| Todd Frohwirth | P | 1994 (22 g) | 1987–1990 (72 g) |
| Rudy Seanez | P | 2003, 2006 (50 g) | 2008 (42 g) |
| Bob McGraw | P | 1919 (10 g) | 1928–1929 (80 g) |
| Jimmy Cooney | SS | 1917 (11 g) | 1927 (76 g) |
| Juan Bell | 2B | 1995 (17 g) | 1992–1993 (70 g) |
| Andrew Bailey | P | 2012–2013 (49 g) | 2016 (33 g) |
| Dave Rader | C | 1980 (50 g) | 1979 (31 g) |
| Hal Wiltse | P | 1926–1928 (75 g) | 1931 (1 g) |
| Paul Byrd | P | 2008–2009 (15 g) | 1998–2001 (61 g) |
| Fred Mitchell | P | 1901–1902 (21 g) | 1903–1904 (54 g) |
| Yacksel Rios | P | 2021 (20 g) | 2017–2019 (53 g) |
| Mike Hartley | P | 1995 (5 g) | 1991–1992 (65 g) |
| Fergie Jenkins | P | 1976–1977 (58 g) | 1965–1966 (8 g) |
| Ben Flowers | P | 1951, 1953 (33 g) | 1956 (32 g) |
| Dick Ellsworth | P | 1968–1969 (33 g) | 1967 (32 g) |
| Joely Rodriguez | P | 2023–2024 (25 g) | 2016–2017 (39 g) |
| Red Kleinow | C | 1910–1911 (59 g) | 1911 (4 g) |
| Mark Portugal | P | 1999 (31 g) | 1997–1998 (29 g) |
| Otto Deininger | OF | 1902 (2 g) | 1908–1909 (55 g) |
| Gus Niarhos | C | 1952–1953 (45 g) | 1954–1955 (10 g) |
| Lenny Webster | C | 1999 (6 g) | 1995 (49 g) |
| Brandon Moss | OF | 2007–2008 (49 g) | 2011 (5 g) |
| Doug Bird | P | 1983 (22 g) | 1979 (32 g) |
| Reggie Harris | P | 1996 (4 g) | 1997 (50 g) |
| Tommy Barrett | 2B | 1992 (4 g) | 1988–1989 (50 g) |
| Bunny Madden | C | 1909–1911 (30 g) | 1911 (23 g) |
| Todd Jones | P | 2003 (26 g) | 2004 (27 g) |
| Lloyd Brown | P | 1933 (33 g) | 1940 (18 g) |
| Fred Burchell | P | 1907–1909 (44 g) | 1903 (6 g) |
| Jeurys Familia | P | 2022 (10 g) | 2022 (38 g) |
| Yairo Munoz | OF | 2020–2021 (17 g) | 2022 (29 g) |
| Chase Anderson | P | 2024 (27 g) | 2021 (14 g) |
| Jerry Reed | P | 1990 (29 g) | 1981–1982 (11 g) |
| Tubby Spencer | C | 1909 (29 g) | 1911 (11 g) |
| Bruce Chen | P | 2003 (5 g) | 2000–2001 (31 g) |
| Dylan Covey | P | 2020 (8 g) | 2023 (28 g) |
| Lou Collier | SS | 2003 (4 g) | 2004 (32 g) |
| Carlos Reyes | P | 1998 (24 g) | 2000 (10 g) |
| Jim Henry | P | 1936–1937 (25 g) | 1939 (9 g) |
| Shawn Wooten | 1B | 2005 (1 g) | 2004 (33 g) |
| Lou Lucier | P | 1943–1944 (19 g) | 1944–1945 (14 g) |
| Ray Grimes | 1B | 1920 (1 g) | 1926 (32 g) |
| Mauricio Llovera | P | 2023 (25 g) | 2020–2021 (7 g) |
| Fred Wenz | P | 1968–1969 (9 g) | 1970 (22 g) |
| Jeff Manto | 3B | 1996 (22 g) | 1993 (8 g) |
| Dalier Hinojosa | P | 2015 (1 g) | 2015–2016 (28 g) |
| John McDonald | SS | 2013 (6 g) | 2013 (21 g) |
| Walker Buehler | P | 2025 (23 g) | 2025 (3 g) |
| Merv Shea | C | 1933 (16 g) | 1944 (7 g) |
| Al Schroll | P | 1958–1959 (19 g) | 1959 (3 g) |
| Joe Thurston | 3B | 2008 (4 g) | 2006 (18 g) |
| Sean O'Sullivan | P | 2016 (5 g) | 2014–2015 (16 g) |
| Gary Fortune | P | 1920 (14 g) | 1916, 1918 (6 g) |
| Trever Miller | P | 2011 (3 g) | 2000 (14 g) |
| Pedro Beato | P | 2012–2013 (14 g) | 2017 (1 g) |
| Jennings Poindexter | P | 1936 (3 g) | 1939 (11 g) |
| Keith Shepherd | P | 1995 (2 g) | 1992 (12 g) |
| Steve Ontiveros | P | 2000 (3 g) | 1989–1990 (11 g) |
| Trevor Kelley | P | 2019 (10 g) | 2020 (4 g) |
| Chase d'Arnaud | SS | 2017 (2 g) | 2015 (11 g) |
| Earl Caldwell | P | 1948 (8 g) | 1928 (5 g) |
| Tommy Thomas | P | 1937 (9 g) | 1935 (4 g) |
| Mickey Devine | C | 1920 (8 g) | 1918 (4 g) |
| Walter Moser | P | 1911 (6 g) | 1906 (6 g) |
| Josh Hancock | P | 2002 (3 g) | 2003–2004 (6 g) |
| Ben Shields | P | 1930 (3 g) | 1931 (4 g) |
| Kirk Bullinger | P | 1999 (4 g) | 2000 (3 g) |
| Ben Van Dyke | P | 1912 (3 g) | 1909 (2 g) |
| Deivy Grullon | C | 2020 (1 g) | 2019 (4 g) |
| Jack Spring | P | 1957 (1 g) | 1955 (2 g) |
| King Brady | P | 1908 (1 g) | 1905 (2 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).Phillies seasons include the Philadelphia Quakers (1883–1889) and Philadelphia Blue Jays (1943–1944).
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Questions
How many players have played for both the Boston Red Sox and the Philadelphia Phillies?
190 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1901 to 2025, including Gavvy Cravath, Shane Victorino, Sammy White and Jim Tabor. 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?
Tommy Dowd: Philadelphia Phillies first, then the Boston Red Sox from 1901.
Who has played for both recently?
Kyle Schwarber, Luis Garcia, Matt Strahm, Nick Pivetta, Joely Rodriguez and Chase Anderson and 1 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). Phillies seasons include the Philadelphia Quakers (1883–1889) and Philadelphia Blue Jays (1943–1944).
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