Chicago Cubs and Detroit Tigers players: who played for both
Who played for both the Cubs and Tigers?
169 players played for both the Chicago Cubs and the Detroit Tigers between 1901 and 2025, including Javier Baez, Billy Rogell, Harvey Kuenn and Keith Moreland. 76 of them played for the Cubs first and 89 for the Tigers first; 4 played for both in the same season.
Did you know?
- Dick Harley is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Tigers first, then the Cubs from 1903.
- Willi Castro is the most recent: Tigers first, then the Cubs from 2025.
- Javier Baez played the most games across the two: 815 for the Cubs and 485 for the Tigers.
- 22 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Davy Jones.
- Most common positions on this list: P (75), OF (28), 3B (18), C (16).
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All 169 players, most games for the two first
| Player | Pos | Cubs | Tigers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Javier Baez | SS | 2014–2021 (815 g) | 2022–2025 (485 g) |
| Billy Rogell | SS | 1940 (34 g) | 1930–1939 (1207 g) |
| Harvey Kuenn | OF | 1965–1966 (57 g) | 1952–1959 (1049 g) |
| Keith Moreland | OF | 1982–1987 (902 g) | 1989 (90 g) |
| Davy Jones | OF | 1902–1904 (292 g) | 1906–1912, 1918 (657 g) |
| Jerry Morales | OF | 1974–1977, 1981–1983 (792 g) | 1979 (129 g) |
| Nick Castellanos | OF | 2019 (51 g) | 2013–2019 (837 g) |
| Jimmy Archer | C | 1909–1917 (782 g) | 1907 (19 g) |
| Alex Avila | C | 2017 (35 g) | 2009–2015, 2017 (760 g) |
| George Moriarty | 3B | 1903–1904 (5 g) | 1909–1915 (770 g) |
| Ivan de Jesus | SS | 1977–1981 (738 g) | 1988 (7 g) |
| Germany Schaefer | 2B | 1901–1902 (83 g) | 1905–1909 (629 g) |
| Austin Jackson | OF | 2015 (29 g) | 2010–2014 (670 g) |
| Craig Monroe | OF | 2007 (23 g) | 2002–2007 (672 g) |
| Willie Hernandez | P | 1977–1983 (326 g) | 1984–1989 (358 g) |
| Charlie Deal | 3B | 1916–1921 (616 g) | 1912–1913 (59 g) |
| James Casey | 3B | 1903–1905 (392 g) | 1901–1902 (260 g) |
| Jeimer Candelario | 3B | 2016–2017, 2023 (57 g) | 2017–2022 (590 g) |
| Carlos Peña | 1B | 2011 (153 g) | 2002–2005 (427 g) |
| Tony Taylor | 2B | 1958–1960 (309 g) | 1971–1973 (217 g) |
| Mick Kelleher | SS | 1976–1980 (433 g) | 1981–1982 (63 g) |
| Tom Veryzer | SS | 1983–1984 (103 g) | 1973–1977 (390 g) |
| Bill Madlock | 3B | 1974–1976 (400 g) | 1987 (87 g) |
| Luis Salazar | 3B | 1989–1992 (342 g) | 1988 (130 g) |
| Andrew Romine | SS | 2021 (26 g) | 2014–2017 (436 g) |
| Jose Macias | 3B | 2004–2005 (210 g) | 1999–2002 (248 g) |
| Zach McKinstry | 3B | 2022 (47 g) | 2023–2025 (410 g) |
| Champ Summers | OF | 1975–1976 (159 g) | 1979–1981 (274 g) |
| Fred Haney | 3B | 1927 (4 g) | 1922–1925 (425 g) |
| Phil Regan | P | 1968–1972 (246 g) | 1960–1965 (172 g) |
| Bobby Lowe | 2B | 1902–1903 (153 g) | 1904–1907 (257 g) |
| Kyle Farnsworth | P | 1999–2004 (343 g) | 2005, 2008 (62 g) |
| Jim Delahanty | 2B | 1901 (17 g) | 1909–1912 (376 g) |
| Hank Aguirre | P | 1969–1970 (58 g) | 1958–1967 (334 g) |
| Luis Gonzalez | OF | 1995–1996 (223 g) | 1998 (154 g) |
| Richie Hebner | 3B | 1984–1985 (127 g) | 1980–1982 (250 g) |
| Tuck Stainback | OF | 1934–1937 (267 g) | 1940–1941 (109 g) |
| Earl Whitehill | P | 1939 (24 g) | 1923–1932 (328 g) |
| Willi Castro | OF | 2025 (34 g) | 2019–2022 (303 g) |
| Rondell White | OF | 2000–2001 (114 g) | 2004–2005 (218 g) |
| Billy Hoeft | P | 1965–1966 (65 g) | 1952–1959 (265 g) |
| Fernando Rodney | P | 2015 (14 g) | 2002–2003, 2005–2009 (308 g) |
| Neifi Perez | SS | 2004–2006 (264 g) | 2006–2007 (54 g) |
| Phil Coke | P | 2015 (16 g) | 2010–2014 (299 g) |
| Jacque Jones | OF | 2006–2007 (284 g) | 2008 (24 g) |
| Steve Boros | 3B | 1963 (41 g) | 1957–1958, 1961–1962 (262 g) |
| Jeff Baker | 2B | 2009–2012 (283 g) | 2012 (15 g) |
| Steve Dillard | 2B | 1979–1981 (242 g) | 1978 (56 g) |
| Mark Koenig | SS | 1932–1933 (113 g) | 1930–1931 (182 g) |
| Howard Johnson | 3B | 1995 (87 g) | 1982–1984 (197 g) |
| Babe Herman | OF | 1933–1934 (262 g) | 1937 (17 g) |
| Les Lancaster | P | 1987–1991 (232 g) | 1992 (41 g) |
| Harry Chiti | C | 1950–1952, 1955–1956 (229 g) | 1960–1961 (42 g) |
| Willie Smith | OF | 1968–1970 (245 g) | 1963 (17 g) |
| Milt Wilcox | P | 1975 (25 g) | 1977–1985 (236 g) |
| Earl Webb | OF | 1927–1928 (164 g) | 1932–1933 (94 g) |
| Dick Bartell | SS | 1939 (105 g) | 1940–1941 (144 g) |
| Bob Anderson | P | 1957–1962 (215 g) | 1963 (32 g) |
| Shane Greene | P | 2023 (2 g) | 2015–2019 (243 g) |
| Randall Simon | 1B | 2003 (33 g) | 2001–2002 (211 g) |
| Joe Coleman | P | 1976 (39 g) | 1971–1976 (203 g) |
| Michael Fulmer | P | 2023, 2025 (60 g) | 2016–2018, 2020–2022 (178 g) |
| Red Downs | 2B | 1912 (43 g) | 1907–1908 (190 g) |
| Dick Harley | OF | 1903 (104 g) | 1902 (125 g) |
| Ramon Martinez | SS | 2003–2004 (210 g) | 2005 (19 g) |
| Phil Nevin | 3B | 2006 (67 g) | 1995–1997 (160 g) |
| Drew Smyly | P | 2022–2024 (113 g) | 2012–2014 (107 g) |
| Paul Bako | C | 2003–2004 (119 g) | 1998 (96 g) |
| Justin Wilson | P | 2017–2018 (94 g) | 2016–2017 (108 g) |
| Johnny Klippstein | P | 1950–1954 (195 g) | 1967 (5 g) |
| Red Corriden | SS | 1913–1915 (158 g) | 1912 (38 g) |
| Frank Castillo | P | 1991–1997 (166 g) | 1998 (27 g) |
| Matt Boyd | P | 2025 (31 g) | 2015–2021, 2023 (162 g) |
| Carson Kelly | C | 2025 (111 g) | 2023–2024 (79 g) |
| Kyle Ryan | P | 2019–2021 (104 g) | 2014–2017 (86 g) |
| Bob Scanlan | P | 1991–1993 (179 g) | 1996 (8 g) |
| Daniel Norris | P | 2022 (27 g) | 2015–2022 (154 g) |
| Bill Campbell | P | 1982–1983 (144 g) | 1986 (34 g) |
| Hank Borowy | P | 1945–1948 (128 g) | 1950–1951 (39 g) |
| Joe Niekro | P | 1967–1969 (74 g) | 1970–1972 (89 g) |
| George Maisel | OF | 1921–1922 (150 g) | 1916 (8 g) |
| Andrew Chafin | P | 2020–2021 (47 g) | 2022, 2024 (105 g) |
| Cameron Maybin | OF | 2020 (18 g) | 2007, 2016, 2020 (132 g) |
| Roy Henshaw | P | 1933, 1935–1936 (91 g) | 1942–1944 (56 g) |
| Matt Walbeck | C | 1993 (11 g) | 1997, 2002–2003 (133 g) |
| Matt Stairs | OF | 2001 (128 g) | 2006 (14 g) |
| Tucker Barnhart | C | 2023 (47 g) | 2022 (94 g) |
| Jose Bautista | P | 1993–1994 (118 g) | 1997 (21 g) |
| Mike Brumley | SS | 1987 (39 g) | 1989 (92 g) |
| Roberto Novoa | P | 2005–2006 (115 g) | 2004 (16 g) |
| Edwin Jackson | P | 2013–2015 (83 g) | 2009, 2019 (43 g) |
| Steve Bilko | 1B | 1954 (47 g) | 1960 (78 g) |
| Dickie Noles | P | 1982–1984, 1987 (117 g) | 1987 (4 g) |
| Barney Schultz | P | 1961–1963 (107 g) | 1959 (13 g) |
| Doug Strange | 3B | 1991–1992 (55 g) | 1989 (64 g) |
| Todd Van Poppel | P | 2000–2001 (110 g) | 1996 (9 g) |
| Bobo Newsom | P | 1932 (1 g) | 1939–1941 (114 g) |
| Dave Roberts | P | 1977–1978 (54 g) | 1976–1977 (58 g) |
| Jack Russell | P | 1938–1939 (85 g) | 1937 (25 g) |
| Isaac Paredes | 3B | 2024 (52 g) | 2020–2021 (57 g) |
| Quintin Berry | OF | 2015 (8 g) | 2012 (94 g) |
| Sam Jones | P | 1955–1956 (69 g) | 1962 (30 g) |
| Sergio Alcantara | SS | 2021 (89 g) | 2020 (10 g) |
| Jake Marisnick | OF | 2021 (65 g) | 2023 (33 g) |
| Scott Fletcher | SS | 1981–1982 (30 g) | 1995 (67 g) |
| Mark Parent | C | 1994–1995 (56 g) | 1996 (38 g) |
| Jake Mooty | P | 1940–1943 (78 g) | 1944 (15 g) |
| Leonys Martin | OF | 2017 (15 g) | 2018 (78 g) |
| Frank Secory | OF | 1944–1946 (90 g) | 1940 (1 g) |
| Jason Smith | 2B | 2001 (2 g) | 2004–2005 (88 g) |
| Jim Adduci | OF | 2019 (2 g) | 2017–2018 (88 g) |
| Tom Gorzelanny | P | 2009–2010 (42 g) | 2015 (48 g) |
| Woodie Fryman | P | 1978 (13 g) | 1972–1974 (77 g) |
| Damian Jackson | 2B | 2004 (7 g) | 2002 (81 g) |
| Lynn Nelson | P | 1930, 1933–1934 (68 g) | 1940 (19 g) |
| Bruce Kimm | C | 1979 (9 g) | 1976–1977 (77 g) |
| Scott Sanders | P | 1999 (67 g) | 1997–1998 (18 g) |
| Dutch Meyer | 2B | 1937 (1 g) | 1940–1942 (83 g) |
| Bob Molinaro | OF | 1982 (65 g) | 1975, 1977, 1983 (18 g) |
| Dick Gernert | 1B | 1960 (52 g) | 1960–1961 (27 g) |
| Dave Gumpert | P | 1985–1986 (47 g) | 1982–1983 (31 g) |
| Tim Hosley | C | 1975–1976 (63 g) | 1970–1971 (14 g) |
| Dick Littlefield | P | 1957 (48 g) | 1952 (28 g) |
| Casey Wise | 2B | 1957 (43 g) | 1960 (30 g) |
| Hernan Perez | 3B | 2020 (3 g) | 2012–2015 (66 g) |
| Jim Hegan | C | 1960 (24 g) | 1958 (45 g) |
| Tim Worrell | P | 2000 (54 g) | 1998 (15 g) |
| Joe Nathan | P | 2016 (3 g) | 2014–2015 (63 g) |
| Vito Valentinetti | P | 1956–1957 (51 g) | 1958 (15 g) |
| Austin Romine | C | 2021 (28 g) | 2020 (37 g) |
| Bill Faul | P | 1965–1966 (34 g) | 1962–1964 (30 g) |
| Doc Gessler | OF | 1906 (34 g) | 1903 (29 g) |
| Brian Williams | P | 2000 (22 g) | 1996 (40 g) |
| Mike Walker | P | 1995 (42 g) | 1996 (20 g) |
| Derek Holland | P | 2019 (20 g) | 2021 (39 g) |
| Mel Rojas | P | 1997 (54 g) | 1999 (5 g) |
| Francis Beltran | P | 2002, 2004 (45 g) | 2008 (11 g) |
| Bob Schultz | P | 1951–1953 (53 g) | 1955 (1 g) |
| Shelby Miller | P | 2021 (3 g) | 2024 (51 g) |
| Derrick White | 1B | 1998 (11 g) | 1995 (39 g) |
| Wilbur Cooper | P | 1925–1926 (40 g) | 1926 (8 g) |
| Bill Heath | C | 1969 (27 g) | 1967 (20 g) |
| Bob Humphreys | P | 1965 (41 g) | 1962 (4 g) |
| Ed Putman | C | 1976, 1978 (22 g) | 1979 (21 g) |
| Casey McGehee | 3B | 2008 (9 g) | 2016 (30 g) |
| Chick King | OF | 1958–1959 (15 g) | 1954–1956 (24 g) |
| Owen Friend | 2B | 1955–1956 (8 g) | 1953 (31 g) |
| Jose Veras | P | 2014 (12 g) | 2013 (25 g) |
| Mal Eason | P | 1900–1902 (30 g) | 1903 (7 g) |
| Randy Veres | P | 1994 (10 g) | 1996 (25 g) |
| Clay Rapada | P | 2007 (1 g) | 2007–2009 (32 g) |
| Bob Miller | P | 1970–1971 (9 g) | 1973 (22 g) |
| Dick Radatz | P | 1967 (20 g) | 1969 (11 g) |
| Hal Manders | P | 1946 (2 g) | 1941–1942, 1946 (28 g) |
| Bob Shaw | P | 1967 (9 g) | 1957–1958 (19 g) |
| Don Lee | P | 1966 (16 g) | 1957–1958 (12 g) |
| Tomas Nido | C | 2024 (17 g) | 2025 (11 g) |
| Codi Heuer | P | 2021 (25 g) | 2025 (2 g) |
| Efren Navarro | 1B | 2018 (4 g) | 2017 (23 g) |
| Red Lynn | P | 1944 (22 g) | 1939 (4 g) |
| Doug Creek | P | 1999 (3 g) | 2005 (20 g) |
| Trey Wingenter | P | 2024 (5 g) | 2023 (17 g) |
| Bob Logan | P | 1937–1938 (18 g) | 1937 (1 g) |
| Mike Difelice | C | 2004 (4 g) | 2004 (13 g) |
| Jacob Turner | P | 2014 (8 g) | 2011–2012, 2018 (7 g) |
| Dave Beard | P | 1985 (9 g) | 1989 (2 g) |
| George Freese | 3B | 1961 (9 g) | 1953 (1 g) |
| Grover Lowdermilk | P | 1912 (2 g) | 1915–1916 (8 g) |
| Jack Rowan | P | 1911 (1 g) | 1906 (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 Detroit Tigers?
169 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1901 to 2025, including Javier Baez, Billy Rogell, Harvey Kuenn and Keith Moreland. 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?
Dick Harley: Detroit Tigers first, then the Chicago Cubs from 1903.
Who has played for both recently?
Javier Baez, Zach McKinstry, Willi Castro, Michael Fulmer, Drew Smyly and Matt Boyd and 7 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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