Boston Red Sox and Texas Rangers players: who played for both
Who played for both the Red Sox and Rangers?
141 players played for both the Boston Red Sox and the Texas Rangers between 1961 and 2025, including Adrian Beltre, Mitch Moreland, Ian Kinsler and Jim Piersall. 66 of them played for the Red Sox first and 67 for the Rangers first; 8 played for both in the same season.
Did you know?
- Billy Klaus is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Red Sox first, then the Rangers from 1961.
- Nathaniel Lowe is the most recent: Rangers first, then the Red Sox from 2025.
- Adrian Beltre played the most games across the two: 154 for the Red Sox and 1,098 for the Rangers.
- 17 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Jim Piersall.
- Most common positions on this list: P (68), OF (26), C (18), 1B (8).
How many can you name?
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All 141 players, most games for the two first
| Player | Pos | Red Sox | Rangers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adrian Beltre | 3B | 2010 (154 g) | 2011–2018 (1098 g) |
| Mitch Moreland | 1B | 2017–2020 (386 g) | 2010–2016 (773 g) |
| Ian Kinsler | 2B | 2018 (37 g) | 2006–2013 (1066 g) |
| Jim Piersall | OF | 1950, 1952–1958 (931 g) | 1962–1963 (164 g) |
| Larry Parrish | 3B | 1988 (52 g) | 1982–1988 (872 g) |
| Mike Stanley | C | 1996–2000 (459 g) | 1986–1991 (452 g) |
| David Murphy | OF | 2006–2007 (23 g) | 2007–2013 (826 g) |
| Mike Napoli | 1B | 2013–2015 (356 g) | 2011–2012, 2015, 2017 (380 g) |
| Dalton Jones | 2B | 1964–1969 (656 g) | 1972 (72 g) |
| Scott Fletcher | SS | 1993–1994 (184 g) | 1986–1989 (526 g) |
| Don Lock | OF | 1969 (53 g) | 1962–1966 (653 g) |
| Brock Holt | 2B | 2013–2019 (615 g) | 2021 (77 g) |
| Nathaniel Lowe | 1B | 2025 (34 g) | 2021–2024 (615 g) |
| Gabe Kapler | OF | 2003–2006 (312 g) | 2000–2002 (322 g) |
| Juan Beniquez | OF | 1971–1972, 1974–1975 (233 g) | 1976–1978 (395 g) |
| Jeff Frye | 2B | 1996–1997, 1999–2000 (342 g) | 1992, 1994–1995 (214 g) |
| Billy Klaus | SS | 1955–1958 (458 g) | 1961 (91 g) |
| Jarrod Saltalamacchia | C | 2010–2013 (355 g) | 2007–2010 (193 g) |
| Jeff Russell | P | 1993–1994 (80 g) | 1985–1992, 1995–1996 (446 g) |
| Joe Foy | 3B | 1966–1968 (431 g) | 1971 (41 g) |
| John Kennedy | 3B | 1970–1974 (265 g) | 1962–1964 (198 g) |
| Greg Harris | P | 1989–1994 (287 g) | 1985–1987 (173 g) |
| Luis Alicea | 2B | 1995 (132 g) | 1998–2000 (308 g) |
| Bill Haselman | C | 1995–1997, 2003 (212 g) | 1990, 1998, 2000–2002 (225 g) |
| Carl Everett | OF | 2000–2001 (239 g) | 2002–2003 (179 g) |
| Doug Mirabelli | C | 2001–2007 (389 g) | 2001 (23 g) |
| Marlon Byrd | OF | 2012 (34 g) | 2007–2009 (377 g) |
| Derek Lowe | P | 1997–2004 (384 g) | 2013 (9 g) |
| Jose Canseco | OF | 1995–1996 (198 g) | 1992–1994 (193 g) |
| Damon Buford | OF | 1998–1999 (177 g) | 1996–1997 (212 g) |
| Sandy Leon | C | 2015–2019 (358 g) | 2023 (22 g) |
| Sparky Lyle | P | 1967–1971 (260 g) | 1979–1980 (116 g) |
| Marty Keough | OF | 1956–1960 (214 g) | 1961 (135 g) |
| Adrian Gonzalez | 1B | 2011–2012 (282 g) | 2004–2005 (59 g) |
| Royce Clayton | SS | 2007 (8 g) | 1998–2000 (333 g) |
| Danny Darwin | P | 1991–1994 (110 g) | 1978–1984, 1995 (224 g) |
| Darren Oliver | P | 2002 (14 g) | 1993–1998, 2000–2001, 2010–2011 (317 g) |
| Rob Refsnyder | OF | 2022–2025 (309 g) | 2020 (15 g) |
| Pete Daley | C | 1955–1959 (246 g) | 1961 (72 g) |
| Alex Cora | SS | 2005–2008 (301 g) | 2010 (4 g) |
| Joe Lahoud | OF | 1968–1971 (254 g) | 1976 (38 g) |
| Koji Uehara | P | 2013–2016 (230 g) | 2011–2012 (59 g) |
| Ken Harrelson | 1B | 1967–1969 (183 g) | 1966–1967 (97 g) |
| Ron Mahay | P | 1995, 1997–1998 (62 g) | 2003–2007 (215 g) |
| Ron Kline | P | 1969 (16 g) | 1963–1966 (260 g) |
| Donnie Sadler | OF | 1998–2000 (156 g) | 2002–2003 (115 g) |
| Robbie Ross | P | 2015–2017 (116 g) | 2012–2014 (150 g) |
| Billy Hatcher | OF | 1992–1994 (255 g) | 1995 (6 g) |
| Willie Tasby | OF | 1960 (105 g) | 1961–1962 (152 g) |
| Martin Perez | P | 2020–2021 (48 g) | 2012–2018, 2022–2023 (208 g) |
| Fergie Jenkins | P | 1976–1977 (58 g) | 1974–1975, 1978–1981 (197 g) |
| Tony Fossas | P | 1991–1994 (239 g) | 1988, 1998 (15 g) |
| Will Middlebrooks | 3B | 2012–2014 (232 g) | 2017 (22 g) |
| Alexi Ogando | P | 2015 (64 g) | 2010–2014 (183 g) |
| Bruce Hurst | P | 1980–1988 (237 g) | 1994 (8 g) |
| Otis Nixon | OF | 1994 (103 g) | 1995 (139 g) |
| Ramon Vazquez | SS | 2005 (27 g) | 2007–2008 (209 g) |
| Chris Martin | P | 2023–2024 (100 g) | 2018–2019, 2025 (133 g) |
| John Wasdin | P | 1997–2000 (170 g) | 2004–2006 (55 g) |
| A. J. Pierzynski | C | 2014 (72 g) | 2013 (134 g) |
| Reggie Cleveland | P | 1974–1978 (150 g) | 1978 (53 g) |
| Jake Diekman | P | 2022 (44 g) | 2015–2018 (150 g) |
| Brian Shouse | P | 1998 (7 g) | 2003–2006 (185 g) |
| Eric Gunderson | P | 1995–1996 (47 g) | 1997–1999 (139 g) |
| Danny Santana | OF | 2021 (38 g) | 2019–2020 (145 g) |
| Aaron Sele | P | 1993–1997 (108 g) | 1998–1999 (66 g) |
| Nathan Eovaldi | P | 2018–2022 (96 g) | 2023–2025 (76 g) |
| John Marzano | C | 1987–1992 (169 g) | 1995 (2 g) |
| Sonny Siebert | P | 1969–1973 (143 g) | 1973 (25 g) |
| Oil Can Boyd | P | 1982–1989 (152 g) | 1991 (12 g) |
| John Burkett | P | 2002–2003 (61 g) | 1996–1999 (102 g) |
| Vicente Padilla | P | 2012 (56 g) | 2006–2009 (103 g) |
| Kevin Plawecki | C | 2020–2022 (149 g) | 2022 (3 g) |
| Mike Carp | 1B | 2013–2014 (128 g) | 2014 (17 g) |
| Roger Moret | P | 1970–1975 (117 g) | 1977–1978 (25 g) |
| Dave Sisler | P | 1956–1959 (94 g) | 1961 (45 g) |
| John Henry Johnson | P | 1983–1984 (64 g) | 1979–1981 (74 g) |
| Frank Tanana | P | 1981 (24 g) | 1982–1985 (107 g) |
| Esteban Beltre | SS | 1996 (27 g) | 1994–1995 (102 g) |
| Jonathan Lucroy | C | 2020 (1 g) | 2016–2017 (124 g) |
| Manny Alexander | SS | 2000 (101 g) | 2004 (21 g) |
| Ugueth Urbina | P | 2001–2002 (80 g) | 2003 (39 g) |
| Sam Horn | DH | 1987–1989 (103 g) | 1995 (11 g) |
| Diego Segui | P | 1974–1975 (91 g) | 1966 (21 g) |
| Mike Smithson | P | 1988–1989 (71 g) | 1982–1983 (41 g) |
| Dave Valle | C | 1994 (30 g) | 1995–1996 (78 g) |
| Mike Stanton | P | 1995–1996, 2005 (82 g) | 1996 (22 g) |
| Aroldis Chapman | P | 2025 (67 g) | 2023 (30 g) |
| Mark Brandenburg | P | 1996–1997 (60 g) | 1995–1996 (37 g) |
| Tom Poquette | OF | 1979, 1981 (66 g) | 1981 (30 g) |
| Calvin Schiraldi | P | 1986–1987 (87 g) | 1991 (3 g) |
| Jim Leyritz | C | 1998 (52 g) | 1997 (37 g) |
| Rudy Seanez | P | 2003, 2006 (50 g) | 2002 (33 g) |
| Pat Mahomes | P | 1996–1997 (21 g) | 2001 (56 g) |
| Chris James | OF | 1995 (16 g) | 1993–1994 (60 g) |
| Phillips Valdez | P | 2020–2022 (65 g) | 2019 (11 g) |
| Jim Mahoney | SS | 1959 (31 g) | 1961 (43 g) |
| Garrett Richards | P | 2021 (40 g) | 2022 (32 g) |
| Jamie Moyer | P | 1996 (23 g) | 1989–1990 (48 g) |
| Joely Rodriguez | P | 2023–2024 (25 g) | 2020–2021 (43 g) |
| Brandon Snyder | 1B | 2013 (27 g) | 2012 (40 g) |
| Matt Stairs | OF | 1995 (39 g) | 2006 (26 g) |
| Luis Ortiz | 3B | 1993–1994 (16 g) | 1995–1996 (44 g) |
| Jeffrey Springs | P | 2020 (16 g) | 2018–2019 (43 g) |
| Carlos Peña | 1B | 2006 (18 g) | 2001, 2014 (40 g) |
| Milt Cuyler | OF | 1996 (50 g) | 1998 (7 g) |
| Tom Sturdivant | P | 1960 (40 g) | 1961 (15 g) |
| Eric Gagne | P | 2007 (20 g) | 2007 (34 g) |
| Andrew Cashner | P | 2019 (25 g) | 2017 (28 g) |
| Jeff Stone | OF | 1989–1990 (28 g) | 1989 (22 g) |
| Kevin Pillar | OF | 2020 (30 g) | 2025 (20 g) |
| Bryan Corey | P | 2006–2008 (32 g) | 2006 (16 g) |
| Jeff Fassero | P | 2000 (38 g) | 1999 (7 g) |
| Roman Mendez | P | 2015 (3 g) | 2014–2015 (42 g) |
| Bryan Holaday | C | 2016 (14 g) | 2016 (30 g) |
| Ryan Dempster | P | 2013 (32 g) | 2012 (12 g) |
| Chris Howard | P | 1994 (37 g) | 1995 (4 g) |
| Matt Perisho | P | 2005 (1 g) | 1998–2000 (40 g) |
| Bartolo Colon | P | 2008 (7 g) | 2018 (28 g) |
| Adrian Brown | OF | 2003 (9 g) | 2006 (25 g) |
| Carlos Peguero | OF | 2015 (4 g) | 2015 (30 g) |
| Kason Gabbard | P | 2006–2007 (14 g) | 2007–2008 (20 g) |
| Adam Hyzdu | OF | 2004–2005 (29 g) | 2006 (2 g) |
| Doug Fister | P | 2017 (18 g) | 2018 (12 g) |
| Chase Anderson | P | 2024 (27 g) | 2024 (2 g) |
| Luis Garcia | P | 2024 (15 g) | 2020 (11 g) |
| Ken Huckaby | C | 2006 (8 g) | 2004 (16 g) |
| Steve Barr | P | 1974–1975 (4 g) | 1976 (20 g) |
| Steve Woodard | P | 2003 (7 g) | 2002 (14 g) |
| Craig Skok | P | 1973 (11 g) | 1976 (9 g) |
| Dennys Reyes | P | 2011 (4 g) | 2002 (15 g) |
| Juan Centeno | C | 2019 (7 g) | 2018 (10 g) |
| Pedro Astacio | P | 2004 (5 g) | 2005 (12 g) |
| Corey Kluber | P | 2023 (15 g) | 2020 (1 g) |
| Anthony Ranaudo | P | 2014 (7 g) | 2015–2016 (6 g) |
| Marcus Jensen | C | 2001 (1 g) | 2001 (11 g) |
| Guillermo Quiroz | C | 2012 (2 g) | 2007 (9 g) |
| Bruce Chen | P | 2003 (5 g) | 2007 (5 g) |
| Kevin Brown | C | 2002 (2 g) | 1996–1997 (7 g) |
| Ryan Roberts | 3B | 2014 (8 g) | 2008 (1 g) |
| Justin Germano | P | 2012 (1 g) | 2014 (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).Rangers seasons include the Washington Senators (1961–1971).
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Questions
How many players have played for both the Boston Red Sox and the Texas Rangers?
141 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1961 to 2025, including Adrian Beltre, Mitch Moreland, Ian Kinsler and Jim Piersall. 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?
Billy Klaus: Boston Red Sox first, then the Texas Rangers from 1961.
Who has played for both recently?
Nathaniel Lowe, Rob Refsnyder, Chris Martin, Nathan Eovaldi, Aroldis Chapman and Joely Rodriguez 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). Rangers seasons include the Washington Senators (1961–1971).
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