Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies players: who played for both

Who played for both the Cubs and Phillies?

322 players played for both the Chicago Cubs and the Philadelphia Phillies between 1883 and 2025, including Larry Bowa, Ryne Sandberg, Richie Ashburn and Cy Williams. 176 of them played for the Cubs first and 136 for the Phillies first; 10 played for both in the same season.

Did you know?

Bill Harbridge is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Cubs first, then the Phillies from 1883.
Carlos Santana is the most recent: Phillies first, then the Cubs from 2025.
Larry Bowa played the most games across the two: 494 for the Cubs and 1,739 for the Phillies.
59 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Ryne Sandberg.
Most common positions on this list: P (141), OF (77), C (36), 2B (24).

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All 322 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	Cubs	Phillies
Larry Bowa	SS	1982–1985 (494 g)	1970–1981 (1739 g)
Ryne Sandberg	2B	1982–1994, 1996–1997 (2151 g)	1981 (13 g)
Richie Ashburn	OF	1960–1961 (260 g)	1948–1959 (1794 g)
Cy Williams	OF	1912–1917 (540 g)	1918–1930 (1463 g)
Tony Taylor	2B	1958–1960 (309 g)	1960–1971, 1974–1976 (1669 g)
Johnny Callison	OF	1970–1971 (250 g)	1960–1969 (1432 g)
Chuck Klein	OF	1934–1936 (263 g)	1928–1933, 1936–1944 (1405 g)
Bill Nicholson	OF	1939–1948 (1349 g)	1949–1953 (318 g)
Frank Schulte	OF	1904–1916 (1564 g)	1917 (65 g)
Johnny Evers	2B	1902–1913 (1409 g)	1917 (56 g)
Manny Trillo	2B	1975–1978, 1986–1988 (881 g)	1979–1982 (502 g)
Fred Luderus	1B	1909–1910 (35 g)	1910–1920 (1311 g)
Mickey Doolin	SS	1916 (28 g)	1905–1913 (1303 g)
Greg Gross	OF	1977–1978 (239 g)	1979–1988 (1080 g)
Dode Paskert	OF	1918–1920 (354 g)	1911–1917 (953 g)
Bernie Friberg	3B	1919–1920, 1922–1925 (487 g)	1925–1932 (795 g)
Mickey Morandini	2B	1998–1999 (298 g)	1990–1997, 2000 (965 g)
Ivan de Jesus	SS	1977–1981 (738 g)	1982–1984 (463 g)
Kyle Schwarber	OF	2015–2020 (551 g)	2022–2025 (627 g)
Jimmy Slagle	OF	1902–1908 (898 g)	1900–1901 (189 g)
Doug Glanville	OF	1996–1997, 2003 (223 g)	1998–2002, 2004 (840 g)
Keith Moreland	OF	1982–1987 (902 g)	1978–1981 (138 g)
Eddie Waitkus	1B	1941, 1946–1948 (394 g)	1949–1953, 1955 (613 g)
Otto Knabe	2B	1916 (51 g)	1907–1913 (949 g)
Bill Killefer	C	1918–1921 (314 g)	1911–1917 (637 g)
Jose Cardenal	OF	1972–1977 (821 g)	1978–1979 (116 g)
Don Hurst	1B	1934 (51 g)	1928–1934 (854 g)
Bob Dernier	OF	1984–1987 (465 g)	1980–1983, 1988–1989 (439 g)
Cliff Heathcote	OF	1922–1930 (858 g)	1932 (30 g)
Hack Wilson	OF	1926–1931 (850 g)	1934 (7 g)
Roy Smalley	SS	1948–1953 (661 g)	1955–1958 (186 g)
Kitty Bransfield	1B	1911 (3 g)	1905–1911 (814 g)
Gary Matthews	OF	1984–1987 (411 g)	1981–1983 (395 g)
Peanuts Lowrey	OF	1942–1943, 1945–1949 (726 g)	1955 (54 g)
Jerry Martin	OF	1979–1980 (291 g)	1974–1978 (444 g)
Frank Baumholtz	OF	1949, 1951–1955 (635 g)	1956–1957 (78 g)
Jay Johnstone	OF	1982–1984 (236 g)	1974–1978 (462 g)
Johnny Moore	OF	1928–1929, 1931–1932, 1945 (206 g)	1934–1937 (489 g)
Marlon Byrd	OF	2010–2012 (284 g)	2002–2005, 2014 (410 g)
Dick Bartell	SS	1939 (105 g)	1931–1934 (587 g)
Jose Hernandez	SS	1994–1999, 2003 (672 g)	2006 (18 g)
Ron Northey	OF	1950, 1952 (54 g)	1942–1944, 1946–1947, 1957 (600 g)
Nick Castellanos	OF	2019 (51 g)	2022–2025 (602 g)
Ed Bouchee	1B	1960–1961 (210 g)	1956–1960 (410 g)
Dolph Camilli	1B	1933–1934 (48 g)	1934–1937 (539 g)
Pete Alexander	P	1918–1926 (242 g)	1911–1917, 1930 (345 g)
Harry Wolverton	3B	1898–1900 (115 g)	1900–1904 (453 g)
Robin Roberts	P	1966 (11 g)	1948–1961 (541 g)
Emil Verban	2B	1948–1950 (200 g)	1946–1948 (348 g)
Joe Marty	OF	1937–1939 (187 g)	1939–1941 (351 g)
Wes Covington	OF	1966 (9 g)	1961–1965 (522 g)
Lee Walls	OF	1957–1959 (373 g)	1960–1961 (156 g)
Hans Lobert	3B	1905 (14 g)	1911–1914 (497 g)
Wilbur Good	OF	1911–1915 (429 g)	1916 (75 g)
Adolfo Phillips	OF	1966–1969 (431 g)	1964–1966 (56 g)
John Barry	OF	1904–1905 (100 g)	1901–1904 (379 g)
Mike Fontenot	2B	2005, 2007–2010 (422 g)	2012 (47 g)
Smoky Burgess	C	1949, 1951 (141 g)	1952–1955 (327 g)
Derrick May	OF	1990–1994 (384 g)	1997 (83 g)
Mickey Livingston	C	1943, 1945–1947 (192 g)	1941–1943 (269 g)
Hector Neris	P	2024 (46 g)	2014–2021 (405 g)
Claude Passeau	P	1939–1947 (293 g)	1936–1939 (153 g)
Al Todd	C	1940–1941, 1943 (131 g)	1932–1935 (304 g)
Pop Schriver	C	1891–1894 (281 g)	1888–1890 (152 g)
Ray Grimes	1B	1921–1924 (400 g)	1926 (32 g)
Bill Lee	P	1934–1943, 1947 (369 g)	1943–1945 (57 g)
Ethan Allen	OF	1936 (91 g)	1934–1936 (331 g)
Fergie Jenkins	P	1966–1973, 1982–1983 (402 g)	1965–1966 (8 g)
Bobby Morgan	2B	1957–1958 (126 g)	1954–1957 (281 g)
Terry Adams	P	1995–1999 (276 g)	2002–2003, 2005 (128 g)
Charlie Bastian	2B	1889 (46 g)	1885–1888, 1891 (349 g)
Curt Simmons	P	1966–1967 (36 g)	1947–1950, 1952–1960 (357 g)
Willie Hernandez	P	1977–1983 (326 g)	1983 (63 g)
Pat Moran	C	1906–1909 (267 g)	1910–1914 (117 g)
Richie Hebner	3B	1984–1985 (127 g)	1977–1978 (255 g)
James Russell	P	2010–2015 (365 g)	2016 (7 g)
Tyler Houston	3B	1996–1999 (313 g)	2003 (54 g)
Sam Mertes	OF	1898–1900 (327 g)	1896 (37 g)
Doug Clemens	OF	1964–1965 (182 g)	1966–1968 (177 g)
Ted Sizemore	2B	1979 (98 g)	1977–1978 (260 g)
Lou Novikoff	OF	1941–1944 (339 g)	1946 (17 g)
Andres Blanco	2B	2009 (53 g)	2014–2017 (301 g)
Alex Gonzalez	SS	2002–2004 (331 g)	2006 (20 g)
Roy Hughes	2B	1944–1945 (195 g)	1939–1940, 1946 (155 g)
Cole Hamels	P	2018–2019 (39 g)	2006–2015 (302 g)
Steve Lake	C	1983–1986, 1993 (175 g)	1989–1992 (165 g)
Ronny Cedeno	SS	2005–2008 (329 g)	2014 (7 g)
Mitch Williams	P	1989–1990 (135 g)	1991–1993 (200 g)
Warren Brusstar	P	1983–1985 (151 g)	1977–1982 (179 g)
Cal Neeman	C	1957–1960 (251 g)	1960–1961 (78 g)
Todd Pratt	C	1995 (25 g)	1992–1994, 2001–2005 (299 g)
Coaker Triplett	OF	1938 (12 g)	1943–1945 (309 g)
Byron Browne	OF	1965–1967 (134 g)	1970–1972 (183 g)
Don Landrum	OF	1962–1965 (309 g)	1957 (2 g)
Charlie Gilbert	OF	1941–1943, 1946 (136 g)	1946–1947 (171 g)
Al Dark	SS	1958–1959 (250 g)	1960 (55 g)
Tuck Stainback	OF	1934–1937 (267 g)	1938 (30 g)
Jim Bolger	OF	1955, 1957–1958 (260 g)	1959 (35 g)
Phil Collins	P	1923 (1 g)	1929–1935 (294 g)
Juan Pierre	OF	2006 (162 g)	2012 (130 g)
Terry Mulholland	P	1997–1999 (121 g)	1989–1993, 1996 (170 g)
Dick Ruthven	P	1983–1986 (76 g)	1973–1975, 1978–1983 (212 g)
Dick Ellsworth	P	1958, 1960–1966 (254 g)	1967 (32 g)
Harry Walker	OF	1949 (42 g)	1947–1948 (242 g)
Oscar Gamble	OF	1969 (24 g)	1970–1972 (254 g)
Tim Blackwell	C	1978–1981 (273 g)	1976–1977 (5 g)
Alex Arias	SS	1992 (32 g)	1998–2000 (244 g)
Sheriff Blake	P	1924–1931 (261 g)	1931 (14 g)
Koyie Hill	C	2007–2012 (263 g)	2014 (10 g)
Nate Schierholtz	OF	2013–2014 (236 g)	2012 (37 g)
Dutch Leonard	P	1949–1953 (199 g)	1947–1948 (66 g)
Barry Foote	C	1979–1981 (204 g)	1977–1978 (57 g)
Warren Hacker	P	1948–1956 (230 g)	1957–1958 (29 g)
Johnny Klippstein	P	1950–1954 (195 g)	1963–1964 (60 g)
Turk Wendell	P	1993–1997 (178 g)	2001, 2003 (77 g)
Babe Dahlgren	1B	1941–1942 (116 g)	1943 (136 g)
Jimmy Cooney	SS	1926–1927 (174 g)	1927 (76 g)
Benito Santiago	C	1999 (109 g)	1996 (136 g)
Larry Jackson	P	1963–1966 (129 g)	1966–1968 (115 g)
Matt Stairs	OF	2001 (128 g)	2008–2009 (115 g)
Ramon Martinez	SS	2003–2004 (210 g)	2005 (33 g)
Don Hoak	3B	1956 (121 g)	1963–1964 (121 g)
Hugh Duffy	OF	1888–1889 (207 g)	1904–1906 (34 g)
Bill McClellan	2B	1878 (48 g)	1883–1884 (191 g)
Adam Morgan	P	2021 (34 g)	2015–2020 (199 g)
Frank Thomas	OF	1960–1961, 1966 (155 g)	1964–1965 (74 g)
Jon Lieber	P	1999–2002, 2008 (149 g)	2005–2007 (78 g)
Ted Savage	OF	1967–1968 (99 g)	1962 (127 g)
Gary Varsho	OF	1988–1990 (153 g)	1995 (72 g)
Jimmy Callahan	OF	1897–1900 (216 g)	1894 (9 g)
Jimmy Lavender	P	1912–1916 (196 g)	1917 (28 g)
Chick Fraser	P	1907–1909 (49 g)	1899–1900, 1902–1904 (174 g)
John Herrnstein	OF	1966 (9 g)	1962–1966 (213 g)
Tommy Brown	SS	1952–1953 (126 g)	1951–1952 (96 g)
Johnny Bates	OF	1914 (9 g)	1909–1910 (211 g)
Chuck McElroy	P	1991–1993 (192 g)	1989–1990 (27 g)
Carl Sawatski	C	1948, 1950, 1953 (83 g)	1958–1959 (134 g)
Jake Arrieta	P	2013–2017, 2021 (152 g)	2018–2020 (64 g)
Lew Richie	P	1910–1913 (121 g)	1906–1909 (94 g)
Hal Carlson	P	1927–1930 (86 g)	1924–1927 (127 g)
Jamie Moyer	P	1986–1988 (89 g)	2006–2010 (124 g)
Todd Zeile	3B	1995 (79 g)	1996 (134 g)
Billy Sunday	OF	1883–1887 (181 g)	1890 (31 g)
Dan Plesac	P	1993–1994 (111 g)	2002–2003 (99 g)
Russ Meyer	P	1946–1948, 1956 (76 g)	1949–1952 (134 g)
Scott Eyre	P	2006–2008 (148 g)	2008–2009 (61 g)
Heathcliff Slocumb	P	1991–1993 (92 g)	1994–1995 (113 g)
Paul Erickson	P	1941–1948 (201 g)	1948 (4 g)
Ross Gload	1B	2000 (18 g)	2010–2011 (187 g)
Tom Gordon	P	2001–2002 (66 g)	2006–2008 (137 g)
Cupid Childs	2B	1900–1901 (200 g)	1888 (2 g)
Bill Campbell	P	1982–1983 (144 g)	1984 (57 g)
Earl Grace	C	1929, 1931 (34 g)	1936–1937 (166 g)
Roberto Peña	SS	1965–1966 (57 g)	1968 (138 g)
Dickie Noles	P	1982–1984, 1987 (117 g)	1979–1981, 1990 (76 g)
Don Cardwell	P	1960–1962 (114 g)	1957–1960 (77 g)
Bobby Smith	OF	1962 (13 g)	1960–1961 (177 g)
Amaury Telemaco	P	1996–1998 (49 g)	1999–2001, 2003–2005 (138 g)
Antonio Alfonseca	P	2002–2003 (126 g)	2007 (61 g)
Billy Cowan	OF	1963–1964 (153 g)	1967 (34 g)
Tony Kaufmann	P	1921–1927 (178 g)	1927 (8 g)
Darold Knowles	P	1975–1976 (116 g)	1966 (69 g)
Larry Cheney	P	1911–1915 (175 g)	1919 (9 g)
Les Sweetland	P	1931 (29 g)	1927–1930 (154 g)
Mike Krukow	P	1976–1981 (150 g)	1982 (33 g)
Pete Childs	2B	1901 (60 g)	1902 (123 g)
Mark Leiter	P	2022–2024 (143 g)	2017–2018 (39 g)
Dick Selma	P	1969 (36 g)	1970–1973 (144 g)
Earl Moore	P	1913 (7 g)	1908–1913 (172 g)
Rollie Hemsley	C	1931–1932 (126 g)	1946–1947 (51 g)
Bob Buhl	P	1962–1966 (140 g)	1966–1967 (35 g)
Jimmie Foxx	1B	1942, 1944 (85 g)	1945 (89 g)
Earl Averill	C	1959–1960 (126 g)	1963 (47 g)
Woodie Fryman	P	1978 (13 g)	1968–1972 (157 g)
Bobby Del Greco	OF	1957 (20 g)	1960–1961, 1965 (149 g)
Carlos Santana	1B	2025 (8 g)	2018 (161 g)
Kenny Lofton	OF	2003 (56 g)	2005 (110 g)
Paul Bako	C	2003–2004 (119 g)	2009 (44 g)
Ray Culp	P	1967 (30 g)	1963–1966 (131 g)
Curt Davis	P	1936–1937 (52 g)	1934–1936 (108 g)
Frank Corridon	P	1904 (20 g)	1904–1905, 1907–1909 (139 g)
Hank Borowy	P	1945–1948 (128 g)	1949–1950 (31 g)
Jerry Spradlin	P	2000 (8 g)	1997–1998 (145 g)
Carlos Silva	P	2010 (21 g)	2002–2003 (130 g)
Craig Kimbrel	P	2019–2021 (80 g)	2023 (71 g)
Gus Mancuso	C	1939 (80 g)	1945 (70 g)
Tim Worrell	P	2000 (54 g)	2004–2005 (96 g)
Roy Leslie	1B	1917 (7 g)	1922 (141 g)
Bob Ferguson	2B	1878 (61 g)	1883 (86 g)
Dave Rader	C	1978 (116 g)	1979 (31 g)
Davey Johnson	2B	1978 (24 g)	1977–1978 (122 g)
Ken Raffensberger	P	1940–1941 (53 g)	1943–1947 (93 g)
Ad Gumbert	P	1888–1889, 1891–1892 (134 g)	1896 (11 g)
Harvey Kuenn	OF	1965–1966 (57 g)	1966 (86 g)
Tom Seaton	P	1916–1917 (47 g)	1912–1913 (96 g)
Jack Doyle	1B	1901 (75 g)	1904 (65 g)
Mike Proly	P	1982–1983 (104 g)	1981 (35 g)
Doc Miller	OF	1910 (1 g)	1912–1913 (136 g)
Monk Dubiel	P	1949–1952 (95 g)	1948 (38 g)
Solly Drake	OF	1956 (65 g)	1959 (67 g)
Bill Harbridge	C	1878–1879 (58 g)	1883 (73 g)
Mark Parent	C	1994–1995 (56 g)	1997–1998 (73 g)
Harvey Hendrick	1B	1933 (69 g)	1934 (59 g)
John Mabry	OF	2006 (107 g)	2002 (21 g)
Shawn Boskie	P	1990–1994 (109 g)	1994 (19 g)
Al Glossop	2B	1946 (4 g)	1942 (121 g)
Drew Smyly	P	2022–2024 (113 g)	2019 (12 g)
Jimmie Schaffer	C	1963–1964 (111 g)	1966–1967 (10 g)
Kent Bottenfield	P	1996–1997 (112 g)	2000 (8 g)
Seth Morehead	P	1959–1960 (56 g)	1957–1959 (64 g)
Joe Schultz	OF	1915 (7 g)	1924–1925 (112 g)
Vic Roznovsky	C	1964–1965 (106 g)	1969 (13 g)
Bubba Church	P	1953–1955 (38 g)	1950–1952 (80 g)
Brandon Kintzler	P	2018–2019 (87 g)	2021 (29 g)
Gene Oliver	C	1968–1969 (31 g)	1967 (85 g)
Lefty Weinert	P	1927–1928 (15 g)	1919–1924 (100 g)
Charley Smith	3B	1969 (2 g)	1961 (112 g)
Tommy Hunter	P	2015 (19 g)	2018–2020 (94 g)
Billy Grabarkewitz	3B	1974 (53 g)	1973–1974 (59 g)
Blake Parker	P	2012–2014 (74 g)	2019–2020 (37 g)
Dick Barrett	P	1943 (15 g)	1943–1945 (96 g)
Bert Humphries	P	1913–1915 (94 g)	1910–1911 (16 g)
Jack Remsen	OF	1878–1879 (98 g)	1884 (12 g)
John Buzhardt	P	1958–1959 (37 g)	1960–1961 (73 g)
Miguel Cairo	2B	1997, 2001 (82 g)	2009 (27 g)
Shawn Camp	P	2012–2013 (106 g)	2014 (3 g)
Mike Prendergast	P	1916–1917 (70 g)	1918–1919 (38 g)
Cal McLish	P	1949, 1951 (40 g)	1962–1964 (67 g)
Ray Prim	P	1943, 1945–1946 (77 g)	1935 (29 g)
Elmer Jacobs	P	1924–1925 (56 g)	1914, 1918–1919 (49 g)
Billy Hatcher	OF	1984–1985 (61 g)	1994 (43 g)
Dave Shean	2B	1911 (54 g)	1908–1909 (50 g)
Bob Molinaro	OF	1982 (65 g)	1982–1983 (38 g)
Larry Cox	C	1978, 1982 (61 g)	1973–1975 (42 g)
Rawly Eastwick	P	1981 (30 g)	1978–1979 (73 g)
Carmelo Martinez	OF	1983 (29 g)	1990 (71 g)
Kevin Foster	P	1994–1998 (98 g)	1993 (2 g)
Willie McGill	P	1893–1894 (67 g)	1895–1896 (32 g)
George Browne	OF	1909 (12 g)	1901–1902, 1912 (84 g)
Johnny Schulte	C	1929 (31 g)	1928 (65 g)
Al Demaree	P	1917 (24 g)	1915–1916 (71 g)
Yorkis Perez	P	1991 (3 g)	1998–1999 (92 g)
Art Jahn	OF	1925 (58 g)	1928 (36 g)
Danny Jackson	P	1991–1992 (36 g)	1993–1994 (58 g)
Mike Kahoe	C	1901–1902, 1907 (79 g)	1905 (15 g)
So Taguchi	OF	2009 (6 g)	2008 (88 g)
Ed Holley	P	1928 (13 g)	1932–1934 (80 g)
Jay Baller	P	1985–1987 (79 g)	1982, 1992 (12 g)
Mel Roach	2B	1961 (23 g)	1962 (65 g)
Taylor Phillips	P	1958–1959 (46 g)	1959–1960 (42 g)
Kirby Higbe	P	1937–1939 (12 g)	1939–1940 (75 g)
David Robertson	P	2022 (36 g)	2019, 2022, 2025 (49 g)
Michael Tucker	OF	2001 (63 g)	2005 (22 g)
Cody Ransom	SS	2013 (57 g)	2010 (22 g)
Doug Bird	P	1981–1982 (47 g)	1979 (32 g)
Rudy Meoli	SS	1978 (47 g)	1979 (30 g)
Doug Jones	P	1996 (28 g)	1994 (47 g)
Tom Vickery	P	1891 (14 g)	1890, 1893 (61 g)
Gene Packard	P	1916–1917 (46 g)	1919 (28 g)
Jim Hegan	C	1960 (24 g)	1958–1959 (50 g)
Brian Bogusevic	OF	2013 (47 g)	2015 (22 g)
Fabian Kowalik	P	1935–1936 (26 g)	1936 (42 g)
Ray Pierce	P	1924 (6 g)	1925–1926 (62 g)
Wayland Dean	P	1927 (2 g)	1926–1927 (66 g)
Tom Downey	SS	1912 (13 g)	1912 (54 g)
Brad Hogg	P	1915 (2 g)	1918–1919 (64 g)
Jerome Williams	P	2005–2006 (23 g)	2014–2015 (42 g)
Porfi Altamirano	P	1984 (5 g)	1982–1983 (60 g)
Bill Foxen	P	1910–1911 (5 g)	1908–1910 (57 g)
Ed Sicking	2B	1916 (1 g)	1919 (61 g)
Ed Baecht	P	1931–1932 (23 g)	1926–1928 (38 g)
Peaches Graham	C	1903, 1911 (36 g)	1912 (24 g)
Charlie Brewster	SS	1944 (10 g)	1943 (49 g)
Ben Tincup	P	1928 (2 g)	1914–1916, 1918 (54 g)
Ned Garvin	P	1899–1900 (54 g)	1896 (2 g)
Randall Simon	1B	2003 (33 g)	2006 (23 g)
Lew Burdette	P	1964–1965 (36 g)	1965 (19 g)
Lance Richbourg	OF	1932 (44 g)	1921 (10 g)
Eddie Stack	P	1913–1914 (18 g)	1910–1911 (33 g)
Pickles Dillhoefer	C	1917 (41 g)	1918 (9 g)
Eddie Watt	P	1975 (6 g)	1974 (42 g)
Dick Cotter	C	1912 (27 g)	1911 (20 g)
James Norwood	P	2018–2020 (23 g)	2022 (20 g)
Pop Williams	P	1902–1903 (41 g)	1903 (2 g)
Newt Kimball	P	1937–1938 (3 g)	1943 (34 g)
Rodrigo Lopez	P	2011–2012 (30 g)	2009 (7 g)
Horacio Pina	P	1974 (34 g)	1978 (2 g)
Jim Woods	3B	1957 (2 g)	1960–1961 (34 g)
Bobby Shantz	P	1964 (20 g)	1964 (14 g)
David Phelps	P	2019 (24 g)	2020 (10 g)
Dan Larson	P	1982 (12 g)	1978–1981 (21 g)
Luther Roy	P	1927 (11 g)	1929 (21 g)
Walter Stephenson	C	1935–1936 (22 g)	1937 (10 g)
Freddy Schmidt	P	1947 (1 g)	1947 (29 g)
Walter Keating	SS	1913–1915 (26 g)	1926 (4 g)
Dave Cole	P	1954 (19 g)	1955 (7 g)
Erich Uelmen	P	2022 (25 g)	2023 (1 g)
Ray Harrell	P	1939 (4 g)	1939 (22 g)
Fred Beebe	P	1906 (14 g)	1911 (11 g)
Brandon Workman	P	2021 (10 g)	2020 (14 g)
Cliff Curtis	P	1911 (4 g)	1911–1912 (18 g)
Jim Moroney	P	1912 (10 g)	1910 (12 g)
Morrie Steevens	P	1962 (12 g)	1964–1965 (10 g)
Doc Marshall	C	1908 (12 g)	1904 (8 g)
Lou Hardie	C	1886 (16 g)	1884 (3 g)
Gus McGinnis	P	1893 (13 g)	1893 (5 g)
Jay Loviglio	2B	1983 (1 g)	1980 (16 g)
Les Walrond	P	2006 (10 g)	2008 (6 g)
Jack Rowan	P	1911 (1 g)	1911 (12 g)
Matt Walbeck	C	1993 (11 g)	2001 (1 g)
Charlie Waitt	OF	1877 (10 g)	1883 (1 g)
Donn Pall	P	1994 (2 g)	1993 (8 g)
Jack Spring	P	1964 (7 g)	1955 (2 g)
Manny Seoane	P	1978 (7 g)	1977 (2 g)
Freddy Rodriguez	P	1958 (7 g)	1959 (1 g)
Tom Edens	P	1995 (5 g)	1994 (3 g)
George Hennessey	P	1945 (2 g)	1942 (5 g)
Al Schroll	P	1960 (2 g)	1959 (3 g)
Harry Croft	OF	1901 (3 g)	1899 (2 g)
Harry Pyle	P	1887 (4 g)	1884 (1 g)
John Rudolph	OF	1904 (2 g)	1903 (1 g)
Pat Ragan	P	1909 (2 g)	1923 (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).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 Chicago Cubs and the Philadelphia Phillies?

322 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1883 to 2025, including Larry Bowa, Ryne Sandberg, Richie Ashburn and Cy Williams. 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?

Bill Harbridge: Chicago Cubs first, then the Philadelphia Phillies from 1883.

Who has played for both recently?

Kyle Schwarber, Nick Castellanos, Hector Neris, Mark Leiter, Carlos Santana and Drew Smyly 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. Cubs seasons include the Chicago White Stockings (1876–1889), Chicago Colts (1890–1897) and Chicago Orphans (1898–1902). Phillies seasons include the Philadelphia Quakers (1883–1889) and Philadelphia Blue Jays (1943–1944).

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