Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox players: who played for both
Who played for both the Cubs and White Sox?
212 players played for both the Chicago Cubs and the Chicago White Sox between 1901 and 2025, including Ron Santo, Sammy Sosa, Phil Cavarretta and Don Kessinger. 109 of them played for the Cubs first and 98 for the White Sox first; 5 played for both in the same season.
Did you know?
- Clark Griffith is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Cubs first, then the White Sox from 1901.
- Reese McGuire is the most recent: White Sox first, then the Cubs from 2025.
- Ron Santo played the most games across the two: 2,126 for the Cubs and 117 for the White Sox.
- 26 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Jimmy Callahan.
- Most common positions on this list: P (99), OF (57), C (23), 3B (13).
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All 212 players, most games for the two first
| Player | Pos | Cubs | White Sox |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Santo | 3B | 1960–1973 (2126 g) | 1974 (117 g) |
| Sammy Sosa | OF | 1992–2004 (1811 g) | 1989–1991 (302 g) |
| Phil Cavarretta | 1B | 1934–1953 (1953 g) | 1954–1955 (77 g) |
| Don Kessinger | SS | 1964–1975 (1648 g) | 1977–1979 (226 g) |
| Johnny Evers | 2B | 1902–1913 (1409 g) | 1922 (1 g) |
| Lance Johnson | OF | 1997–1999 (219 g) | 1988–1995 (945 g) |
| Frank Isbell | 1B | 1898 (45 g) | 1901–1909 (1077 g) |
| Danny Green | OF | 1898–1901 (400 g) | 1902–1905 (524 g) |
| Jimmy Callahan | OF | 1897–1900 (216 g) | 1901–1905, 1911–1913 (698 g) |
| Mike Kreevich | OF | 1931 (5 g) | 1935–1941 (826 g) |
| J. C. Martin | C | 1970–1972 (112 g) | 1959–1967 (652 g) |
| Scott Fletcher | SS | 1981–1982 (30 g) | 1983–1985, 1989–1991 (682 g) |
| Carl Reynolds | OF | 1937–1939 (220 g) | 1927–1931 (485 g) |
| Dave Martinez | OF | 1986–1988, 2000 (288 g) | 1995–1997 (410 g) |
| Vance Law | 3B | 1988–1989 (281 g) | 1982–1984 (410 g) |
| Geovany Soto | C | 2005–2012 (555 g) | 2015, 2017 (91 g) |
| Rollie Zeider | 2B | 1916–1918 (288 g) | 1910–1913 (357 g) |
| Sam Mertes | OF | 1898–1900 (327 g) | 1901–1902 (266 g) |
| Zeke Bonura | 1B | 1940 (49 g) | 1934–1937 (529 g) |
| Bob Howry | P | 2006–2008, 2010 (258 g) | 1998–2002 (294 g) |
| Kosuke Fukudome | OF | 2008–2011 (513 g) | 2012 (24 g) |
| Turk Lown | P | 1951–1954, 1956–1958 (261 g) | 1958–1962 (234 g) |
| Alex Metzler | OF | 1925 (9 g) | 1927–1930 (476 g) |
| Zeb Terry | SS | 1920–1922 (387 g) | 1916–1917 (96 g) |
| Ken Henderson | OF | 1979–1980 (106 g) | 1973–1975 (375 g) |
| Juan Pierre | OF | 2006 (162 g) | 2010–2011 (318 g) |
| Jay Johnstone | OF | 1982–1984 (236 g) | 1971–1972 (237 g) |
| Luis Salazar | 3B | 1989–1992 (342 g) | 1985–1986 (126 g) |
| Thad Bosley | OF | 1983–1986 (293 g) | 1978–1980 (172 g) |
| Wilbur Good | OF | 1911–1915 (429 g) | 1918 (35 g) |
| Welington Castillo | C | 2010–2015 (310 g) | 2018–2019 (121 g) |
| Wayne Nordhagen | OF | 1983 (21 g) | 1976–1981 (408 g) |
| George Bell | OF | 1991 (149 g) | 1992–1993 (257 g) |
| Smoky Burgess | C | 1949, 1951 (141 g) | 1964–1967 (243 g) |
| Hoyt Wilhelm | P | 1970 (3 g) | 1963–1968 (361 g) |
| Bob Locker | P | 1973, 1975 (85 g) | 1965–1969 (271 g) |
| Clark Griffith | P | 1893–1900 (284 g) | 1901–1902 (70 g) |
| Bob Rush | P | 1948–1957 (342 g) | 1960 (9 g) |
| Jimmy Stewart | OF | 1963–1967 (324 g) | 1967 (24 g) |
| Bob Molinaro | OF | 1982 (65 g) | 1977–1978, 1980–1981 (272 g) |
| Darrin Jackson | OF | 1985, 1987–1989 (157 g) | 1994, 1999 (177 g) |
| Eddie Mulligan | 3B | 1915–1916 (69 g) | 1921–1922 (254 g) |
| Paul Assenmacher | P | 1989–1993 (279 g) | 1994 (44 g) |
| Tom Daly | 2B | 1887–1888 (139 g) | 1902–1903 (180 g) |
| Johnny Callison | OF | 1970–1971 (250 g) | 1958–1959 (67 g) |
| Dick Tidrow | P | 1979–1982 (263 g) | 1983 (50 g) |
| Will Ohman | P | 2000–2001, 2005–2007 (220 g) | 2011–2012 (91 g) |
| Mike Tauchman | OF | 2023–2024 (217 g) | 2025 (93 g) |
| Davy Jones | OF | 1902–1904 (292 g) | 1913 (10 g) |
| Nick Madrigal | 2B | 2022–2024 (202 g) | 2020–2021 (83 g) |
| Neal Cotts | P | 2007–2009 (85 g) | 2003–2006 (199 g) |
| Darren Lewis | OF | 2002 (58 g) | 1996–1997 (222 g) |
| Marv Rickert | OF | 1942, 1946–1947 (190 g) | 1950 (84 g) |
| Warren Hacker | P | 1948–1956 (230 g) | 1961 (42 g) |
| Brent Lillibridge | OF | 2013 (9 g) | 2009–2012 (256 g) |
| Steve Dillard | 2B | 1979–1981 (242 g) | 1982 (16 g) |
| Donn Pall | P | 1994 (2 g) | 1988–1993 (255 g) |
| Phil Regan | P | 1968–1972 (246 g) | 1972 (10 g) |
| Jim King | OF | 1955–1956 (231 g) | 1967 (23 g) |
| Jose Quintana | P | 2017–2020 (82 g) | 2012–2017 (172 g) |
| Steve Trout | P | 1983–1987 (138 g) | 1978–1982 (115 g) |
| Dennis Lamp | P | 1977–1980 (127 g) | 1981–1983 (120 g) |
| Chuck McElroy | P | 1991–1993 (192 g) | 1997 (49 g) |
| Jeff Samardzija | P | 2008–2014 (209 g) | 2015 (32 g) |
| Juan Pizarro | P | 1970–1973 (46 g) | 1961–1966 (195 g) |
| Rafael Ortega | OF | 2021–2022 (221 g) | 2024 (14 g) |
| Rich Gossage | P | 1988 (46 g) | 1972–1976 (189 g) |
| Ross Gload | 1B | 2000 (18 g) | 2004–2006 (215 g) |
| Oscar Gamble | OF | 1969 (24 g) | 1977, 1985 (207 g) |
| Scott Eyre | P | 2006–2008 (148 g) | 1997–2000 (78 g) |
| Earl Webb | OF | 1927–1928 (164 g) | 1933 (59 g) |
| Matt Karchner | P | 1998–2000 (58 g) | 1995–1998 (165 g) |
| Mike Proly | P | 1982–1983 (104 g) | 1978–1980 (114 g) |
| Tom Daly | C | 1918–1921 (121 g) | 1913–1915 (93 g) |
| John Buzhardt | P | 1958–1959 (37 g) | 1962–1967 (175 g) |
| Steve Stone | P | 1974–1976 (93 g) | 1973, 1977–1978 (100 g) |
| Frank Baumann | P | 1965 (4 g) | 1960–1964 (188 g) |
| David Robertson | P | 2022 (36 g) | 2015–2017 (153 g) |
| Jon Jay | OF | 2017 (141 g) | 2019 (47 g) |
| Ryan Sweeney | OF | 2013–2014 (147 g) | 2006–2007 (33 g) |
| Scott Sanderson | P | 1984–1989 (161 g) | 1994 (18 g) |
| Ken Patterson | P | 1992 (32 g) | 1988–1991 (145 g) |
| Bennie Tate | C | 1934 (11 g) | 1930–1932 (165 g) |
| Dioner Navarro | C | 2013 (89 g) | 2016 (85 g) |
| Steve Cishek | P | 2018–2019 (150 g) | 2020 (22 g) |
| Sammy Strang | 3B | 1900, 1902 (30 g) | 1902 (137 g) |
| Jaime Navarro | P | 1995–1996 (64 g) | 1997–1999 (102 g) |
| Kevin Tapani | P | 1997–2001 (130 g) | 1996 (34 g) |
| Lynn McGlothen | P | 1978–1981 (152 g) | 1981 (11 g) |
| Ken Kravec | P | 1981–1982 (38 g) | 1975–1980 (123 g) |
| Ron Northey | OF | 1950, 1952 (54 g) | 1955–1957 (107 g) |
| Warren Brusstar | P | 1983–1985 (151 g) | 1982 (10 g) |
| Johnny Ostrowski | OF | 1943–1946 (89 g) | 1949–1950 (71 g) |
| Tommy Davis | OF | 1970, 1972 (26 g) | 1968 (132 g) |
| Bill Long | P | 1990 (42 g) | 1985, 1987–1990 (114 g) |
| George Metkovich | OF | 1953 (61 g) | 1949 (93 g) |
| Bobby Adams | 3B | 1957–1959 (125 g) | 1955 (28 g) |
| George Magoon | SS | 1899 (59 g) | 1903 (94 g) |
| Jason Bere | P | 2001–2002 (48 g) | 1993–1998 (104 g) |
| Greg Hibbard | P | 1993 (32 g) | 1989–1992 (119 g) |
| Kenny Lofton | OF | 2003 (56 g) | 2002 (93 g) |
| Josh Paul | C | 2003 (3 g) | 1999–2003 (145 g) |
| Trayce Thompson | OF | 2021 (15 g) | 2015, 2018, 2023 (128 g) |
| Jim Brosnan | P | 1954, 1956–1958 (97 g) | 1963 (45 g) |
| Moe Drabowsky | P | 1956–1960 (131 g) | 1972 (7 g) |
| Nicky Lopez | 2B | 2025 (14 g) | 2024 (124 g) |
| Earl Averill | C | 1959–1960 (126 g) | 1960 (10 g) |
| Bob Shaw | P | 1967 (9 g) | 1958–1961 (126 g) |
| Zach Putnam | P | 2013 (5 g) | 2014–2017 (130 g) |
| Tom Gordon | P | 2001–2002 (66 g) | 2003 (66 g) |
| Jimmie Schaffer | C | 1963–1964 (111 g) | 1965 (17 g) |
| Carl Sawatski | C | 1948, 1950, 1953 (83 g) | 1954 (43 g) |
| Mike Cvengros | P | 1929 (33 g) | 1923–1925 (89 g) |
| Robert Machado | C | 2001–2002 (74 g) | 1996–1998 (48 g) |
| Ken Frailing | P | 1974–1976 (105 g) | 1972–1973 (14 g) |
| Mike Olt | 3B | 2014–2015 (95 g) | 2015 (24 g) |
| Danny Murphy | P | 1960–1962 (49 g) | 1969–1970 (68 g) |
| Ron Hassey | C | 1984 (19 g) | 1986–1987 (98 g) |
| Emilio Bonifacio | OF | 2014 (69 g) | 2015 (47 g) |
| Edwin Jackson | P | 2013–2015 (83 g) | 2010–2011 (30 g) |
| Bruce Kimm | C | 1979 (9 g) | 1980 (100 g) |
| Phil Douglas | P | 1915, 1917–1919 (105 g) | 1912 (3 g) |
| Whitey Platt | OF | 1942–1943 (24 g) | 1946 (84 g) |
| Hank Edwards | OF | 1949–1950 (99 g) | 1952 (8 g) |
| Hiram Bithorn | P | 1942–1943, 1946 (103 g) | 1947 (2 g) |
| Craig Kimbrel | P | 2019–2021 (80 g) | 2021 (24 g) |
| Dick Culler | SS | 1948 (48 g) | 1943 (53 g) |
| Reese McGuire | C | 2025 (45 g) | 2022 (53 g) |
| Lee Elia | SS | 1968 (15 g) | 1966 (80 g) |
| Jim McAnany | OF | 1961–1962 (18 g) | 1958–1960 (75 g) |
| Larry Casian | P | 1995–1997 (89 g) | 1998 (4 g) |
| Alex Avila | C | 2017 (35 g) | 2016 (57 g) |
| Guy Hoffman | P | 1986 (33 g) | 1979–1980, 1983 (58 g) |
| Clayton Richard | P | 2015–2016 (49 g) | 2008–2009 (40 g) |
| Billy Hamilton | OF | 2020 (14 g) | 2021, 2023 (74 g) |
| Josh Phegley | C | 2020 (11 g) | 2013–2014 (76 g) |
| Codi Heuer | P | 2021 (25 g) | 2020–2021 (61 g) |
| Ryan Tepera | P | 2020–2021 (64 g) | 2021 (22 g) |
| Morrie Martin | P | 1959 (3 g) | 1954–1956 (82 g) |
| Austin Jackson | OF | 2015 (29 g) | 2016 (54 g) |
| Cozy Dolan | OF | 1900–1901 (56 g) | 1903 (27 g) |
| Aaron Miles | 2B | 2009 (74 g) | 2003 (8 g) |
| Elmer Jacobs | P | 1924–1925 (56 g) | 1927 (25 g) |
| Howie Pollet | P | 1953–1955 (69 g) | 1956 (12 g) |
| Jack Lamabe | P | 1968 (42 g) | 1966–1967 (37 g) |
| Ned Garvin | P | 1899–1900 (54 g) | 1902 (23 g) |
| Jake Marisnick | OF | 2021 (65 g) | 2023 (9 g) |
| Brad Keller | P | 2025 (68 g) | 2024 (5 g) |
| Charley Smith | 3B | 1969 (2 g) | 1962–1964 (71 g) |
| Lloyd Merriman | OF | 1955 (72 g) | 1955 (1 g) |
| Bobby Bonds | OF | 1981 (45 g) | 1978 (26 g) |
| Cal McLish | P | 1949, 1951 (40 g) | 1961 (31 g) |
| David Aardsma | P | 2006 (45 g) | 2007 (25 g) |
| Polly McLarry | 2B | 1915 (68 g) | 1912 (2 g) |
| Luis Vizcaino | P | 2009 (4 g) | 2005 (65 g) |
| Randy Martz | P | 1980–1982 (68 g) | 1983 (1 g) |
| Jose Ortiz | OF | 1971 (36 g) | 1969–1970 (31 g) |
| Dutch Zwilling | OF | 1916 (35 g) | 1910 (28 g) |
| Clyde Shoun | P | 1935–1937 (46 g) | 1949 (16 g) |
| Jess Dobernic | P | 1948–1949 (58 g) | 1939 (4 g) |
| Rick Wrona | C | 1988–1990 (58 g) | 1993 (4 g) |
| Josh Osich | P | 2020 (4 g) | 2019 (57 g) |
| Ralph Hamner | P | 1947–1949 (36 g) | 1946 (25 g) |
| Chris Volstad | P | 2012 (21 g) | 2017–2018 (39 g) |
| Tim Stoddard | P | 1984 (58 g) | 1975 (1 g) |
| Scott Downs | P | 2000 (18 g) | 2014 (38 g) |
| Taylor Phillips | P | 1958–1959 (46 g) | 1963 (9 g) |
| Chris Flexen | P | 2025 (21 g) | 2024 (33 g) |
| Jim Qualls | OF | 1969 (43 g) | 1972 (11 g) |
| Jimmy Johnston | 3B | 1914 (52 g) | 1911 (1 g) |
| Dick Littlefield | P | 1957 (48 g) | 1951 (4 g) |
| Jackson Frazier | OF | 2022 (19 g) | 2023 (33 g) |
| Martin Maldonado | C | 2019 (4 g) | 2024 (48 g) |
| Vito Valentinetti | P | 1956–1957 (51 g) | 1954 (1 g) |
| Kettle Wirts | C | 1921–1923 (44 g) | 1924 (6 g) |
| Steve Renko | P | 1976–1977 (42 g) | 1977 (8 g) |
| Derek Holland | P | 2019 (20 g) | 2017 (29 g) |
| Miguel Dilone | OF | 1979 (43 g) | 1983 (4 g) |
| Mike Diaz | 1B | 1983 (6 g) | 1988 (40 g) |
| George Browne | OF | 1909 (12 g) | 1910 (30 g) |
| Grady Hatton | 3B | 1960 (28 g) | 1954 (13 g) |
| Xavier Cedeno | P | 2019 (5 g) | 2018 (33 g) |
| Dave Lemonds | P | 1969 (2 g) | 1972 (34 g) |
| Fabian Kowalik | P | 1935–1936 (26 g) | 1932 (6 g) |
| Jack Katoll | P | 1898–1899 (4 g) | 1901–1902 (28 g) |
| Mike Soroka | P | 2025 (6 g) | 2024 (25 g) |
| Wes Covington | OF | 1966 (9 g) | 1961 (22 g) |
| Jay Loviglio | 2B | 1983 (1 g) | 1981–1982 (29 g) |
| Jim Hughes | P | 1956 (25 g) | 1957 (4 g) |
| Bill Heath | C | 1969 (27 g) | 1965 (1 g) |
| Don Larsen | P | 1967 (3 g) | 1961 (25 g) |
| Jacob Turner | P | 2014 (8 g) | 2016 (18 g) |
| Andrew Lorraine | P | 1999–2000 (20 g) | 1995 (5 g) |
| Bob Miller | P | 1970–1971 (9 g) | 1970 (16 g) |
| Grover Lowdermilk | P | 1912 (2 g) | 1919–1920 (23 g) |
| Steve Hamilton | P | 1972 (22 g) | 1970 (3 g) |
| Reggie Patterson | P | 1983–1985 (16 g) | 1981 (6 g) |
| Vallie Eaves | P | 1941–1942 (14 g) | 1939–1940 (7 g) |
| Joe Stephenson | C | 1944 (4 g) | 1947 (16 g) |
| Tanyon Sturtze | P | 1995–1996 (8 g) | 1999–2000 (11 g) |
| Zaza Harvey | OF | 1900 (2 g) | 1901 (17 g) |
| Aaron Civale | P | 2025 (5 g) | 2025 (13 g) |
| Steve Christmas | C | 1986 (3 g) | 1984 (12 g) |
| Jeff Gray | P | 2010 (7 g) | 2011 (6 g) |
| Eddie Solomon | P | 1975 (6 g) | 1982 (6 g) |
| Gage Workman | 3B | 2025 (9 g) | 2025 (3 g) |
| George Moriarty | 3B | 1903–1904 (5 g) | 1916 (7 g) |
| Hank Schreiber | 3B | 1926 (10 g) | 1914 (1 g) |
| Loyd Christopher | OF | 1945 (1 g) | 1947 (7 g) |
| Nicholas Padilla | P | 2022 (1 g) | 2023 (3 g) |
| Emmett O'Neill | P | 1946 (1 g) | 1946 (2 g) |
| Pat Ragan | P | 1909 (2 g) | 1919 (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.Cubs seasons include the Chicago White Stockings (1876–1889), Chicago Colts (1890–1897) and Chicago Orphans (1898–1902).
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Questions
How many players have played for both the Chicago Cubs and the Chicago White Sox?
212 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1901 to 2025, including Ron Santo, Sammy Sosa, Phil Cavarretta and Don Kessinger. 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?
Clark Griffith: Chicago Cubs first, then the Chicago White Sox from 1901.
Who has played for both recently?
Mike Tauchman, Nick Madrigal, Rafael Ortega, Nicky Lopez, Reese McGuire and Brad Keller and 5 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. Cubs seasons include the Chicago White Stockings (1876–1889), Chicago Colts (1890–1897) and Chicago Orphans (1898–1902).
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