Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates players: who played for both

Who played for both the Cubs and Pirates?

298 players played for both the Chicago Cubs and the Pittsburgh Pirates between 1882 and 2025, including Charlie Grimm, Tommy Leach, Aramis Ramirez and Frank Schulte. 145 of them played for the Cubs first and 136 for the Pirates first; 17 played for both in the same season.

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John Peters is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Cubs first, then the Pirates from 1882.
Genesis Cabrera is the most recent: Cubs first, then the Pirates from 2025.
Charlie Grimm played the most games across the two: 1,334 for the Cubs and 770 for the Pirates.
52 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Tommy Leach.
Most common positions on this list: P (126), OF (72), C (24), 2B (23).

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Seasons and regular-season games with each franchise (1876–2025). A gap of a season or more starts a new spell.
Player	Pos	Cubs	Pirates
Charlie Grimm	1B	1925–1936 (1334 g)	1919–1924 (770 g)
Tommy Leach	OF	1912–1914 (366 g)	1900–1912, 1918 (1574 g)
Aramis Ramirez	3B	2003–2011 (1124 g)	1998–2003, 2015 (615 g)
Frank Schulte	OF	1904–1916 (1564 g)	1916–1917 (85 g)
Kiki Cuyler	OF	1928–1935 (949 g)	1921–1927 (525 g)
Billy Herman	2B	1931–1941 (1344 g)	1947 (15 g)
Ralph Kiner	OF	1953–1954 (264 g)	1946–1953 (1095 g)
Jason Kendall	C	2007 (57 g)	1996–2004 (1252 g)
Shawon Dunston	SS	1985–1995, 1997 (1254 g)	1997 (18 g)
Richie Hebner	3B	1984–1985 (127 g)	1968–1976, 1982–1983 (1140 g)
Frankie Gustine	2B	1949 (76 g)	1939–1948 (1176 g)
Tom Burns	3B	1880–1891 (1239 g)	1892 (12 g)
Bill Madlock	3B	1974–1976 (400 g)	1979–1985 (801 g)
George Grantham	2B	1922–1924 (286 g)	1925–1931 (914 g)
Clyde McCullough	C	1940–1943, 1946–1948, 1953–1956 (746 g)	1949–1952 (352 g)
Frank Thomas	OF	1960–1961, 1966 (155 g)	1951–1958 (925 g)
Ginger Beaumont	OF	1910 (77 g)	1899–1906 (988 g)
Derrek Lee	1B	2004–2010 (924 g)	2011 (28 g)
Solly Hofman	OF	1904–1912, 1916 (884 g)	1903, 1912–1913 (48 g)
Sparky Adams	2B	1922–1927 (672 g)	1928–1929 (209 g)
Dee Fondy	1B	1951–1957 (783 g)	1957 (95 g)
Vic Saier	1B	1911–1917 (807 g)	1919 (58 g)
Abner Dalrymple	OF	1879–1886 (709 g)	1887–1888 (149 g)
Jimmy Archer	C	1909–1917 (782 g)	1904, 1918 (31 g)
Jose Hernandez	SS	1994–1999, 2003 (672 g)	2003, 2006 (125 g)
Orlando Merced	OF	1998 (12 g)	1990–1996 (776 g)
Smoky Burgess	C	1949, 1951 (141 g)	1959–1964 (586 g)
Don Hoak	3B	1956 (121 g)	1959–1962 (576 g)
Rabbit Maranville	SS	1925 (75 g)	1921–1924 (601 g)
Gene Clines	OF	1977–1979 (220 g)	1970–1974 (452 g)
Dale Long	1B	1957–1959 (375 g)	1951, 1955–1957 (296 g)
Andre Rodgers	SS	1961–1964 (490 g)	1965–1967 (158 g)
Ronny Cedeno	SS	2005–2008 (329 g)	2009–2011 (313 g)
Walt Moryn	OF	1956–1960 (594 g)	1961 (40 g)
Gene Baker	2B	1953–1957 (448 g)	1957–1958, 1960–1961 (182 g)
Jack McCarthy	OF	1900, 1903–1905 (322 g)	1898–1899 (276 g)
Dave Clark	OF	1990, 1997 (186 g)	1992–1996 (388 g)
Lee Walls	OF	1957–1959 (373 g)	1952, 1956–1957 (183 g)
Larry French	P	1935–1941 (272 g)	1929–1934 (254 g)
Paul Popovich	2B	1964, 1966–1967, 1969–1973 (436 g)	1974–1975 (84 g)
Zeb Terry	SS	1920–1922 (387 g)	1919 (129 g)
Wilbur Cooper	P	1925–1926 (40 g)	1912–1924 (473 g)
Kitty Bransfield	1B	1911 (3 g)	1901–1904 (507 g)
John Grabow	P	2009–2011 (116 g)	2003–2009 (390 g)
Pop Schriver	C	1891–1894 (281 g)	1898–1900 (224 g)
Guy Bush	P	1923–1934 (429 g)	1935–1936 (57 g)
Al Todd	C	1940–1941, 1943 (131 g)	1936–1938 (342 g)
Marvell Wynne	OF	1989–1990 (112 g)	1983–1985 (360 g)
Rick Reuschel	P	1972–1981, 1983–1984 (372 g)	1985–1987 (99 g)
Billy Sunday	OF	1883–1887 (181 g)	1888–1890 (287 g)
Earl Grace	C	1929, 1931 (34 g)	1931–1935 (427 g)
Lloyd McClendon	OF	1989–1990 (141 g)	1990–1994 (312 g)
Dick Bartell	SS	1939 (105 g)	1927–1930 (345 g)
Jake Stenzel	OF	1890 (11 g)	1892–1896 (439 g)
Steve Buechele	3B	1992–1995 (334 g)	1991–1992 (111 g)
Moises Alou	OF	2002–2004 (438 g)	1990 (2 g)
Alex McCarthy	2B	1915–1916 (60 g)	1910–1917 (372 g)
Dave Giusti	P	1977 (20 g)	1970–1976 (410 g)
Gary Varsho	OF	1988–1990 (153 g)	1991–1992, 1994 (269 g)
Babe Dahlgren	1B	1941–1942 (116 g)	1944–1945 (302 g)
Preston Ward	1B	1950, 1953 (113 g)	1953–1956 (305 g)
George Van Haltren	OF	1887–1889 (260 g)	1892–1893 (137 g)
Bob Patterson	P	1996–1998 (188 g)	1986–1987, 1989–1992 (207 g)
Tony Womack	2B	2003, 2006 (40 g)	1993–1994, 1996–1998 (351 g)
Xavier Nady	OF	2010 (119 g)	2006–2008 (269 g)
Brant Brown	OF	1996–1998, 2000 (253 g)	1999 (130 g)
Daryle Ward	OF	2007–2008 (168 g)	2004–2005 (212 g)
Rollie Hemsley	C	1931–1932 (126 g)	1928–1931 (252 g)
Toby Atwell	C	1952–1953 (131 g)	1953–1956 (232 g)
Joe Garagiola	C	1953–1954 (137 g)	1951–1953 (217 g)
Kyle Farnsworth	P	1999–2004 (343 g)	2013 (9 g)
Chuck Klein	OF	1934–1936 (263 g)	1939 (85 g)
Del Howard	OF	1907–1909 (221 g)	1905 (123 g)
Vance Law	3B	1988–1989 (281 g)	1980–1981 (55 g)
George Metkovich	OF	1953 (61 g)	1951–1953 (271 g)
Freddie Lindstrom	3B	1935 (90 g)	1933–1934 (235 g)
Claude Hendrix	P	1916–1920 (198 g)	1911–1913 (122 g)
Duke Farrell	C	1888–1889 (165 g)	1892 (152 g)
Marlon Byrd	OF	2010–2012 (284 g)	2013 (30 g)
Ripper Collins	1B	1937–1938 (258 g)	1941 (49 g)
Jon Lieber	P	1999–2002, 2008 (149 g)	1994–1998 (151 g)
Joe Quest	2B	1879–1882 (285 g)	1884 (12 g)
John Peters	SS	1876–1877, 1879 (209 g)	1882–1884 (87 g)
Claude Passeau	P	1939–1947 (293 g)	1935 (1 g)
Babe Herman	OF	1933–1934 (262 g)	1935 (26 g)
Ramon Hernandez	P	1968, 1976–1977 (16 g)	1971–1976 (263 g)
Cal Neeman	C	1957–1960 (251 g)	1962 (24 g)
Cliff Carroll	OF	1890–1891 (266 g)	1888 (5 g)
Jeromy Burnitz	OF	2005 (160 g)	2006 (111 g)
Sheriff Blake	P	1924–1931 (261 g)	1920 (6 g)
Fritz Mollwitz	1B	1913–1914, 1916 (49 g)	1917–1919 (211 g)
Lefty Leifield	P	1912–1913 (20 g)	1905–1912 (240 g)
Hal Carlson	P	1927–1930 (86 g)	1917–1923 (172 g)
Bill Merritt	C	1891 (11 g)	1894–1897 (242 g)
Mike Diaz	1B	1983 (6 g)	1986–1988 (247 g)
Bobby Hill	2B	2002–2003 (64 g)	2003–2005 (185 g)
Matt Stairs	OF	2001 (128 g)	2003 (121 g)
Scott Bullett	OF	1995–1996 (213 g)	1991, 1993 (34 g)
Dave Robertson	OF	1919–1921 (184 g)	1921 (60 g)
Dan Plesac	P	1993–1994 (111 g)	1995–1996 (131 g)
Curt Wilkerson	SS	1989–1990 (154 g)	1991 (85 g)
Gene Hermanski	OF	1951–1953 (192 g)	1953 (41 g)
Gary Matthews	OF	2000–2001 (186 g)	2001 (46 g)
Justin Wilson	P	2017–2018 (94 g)	2012–2014 (136 g)
Vic Aldridge	P	1917–1918, 1922–1924 (131 g)	1925–1927 (95 g)
Frank Killen	P	1900 (6 g)	1893–1898 (218 g)
Paul Smith	1B	1958 (18 g)	1953, 1957–1958 (205 g)
Don Cardwell	P	1960–1962 (114 g)	1963–1966 (106 g)
Percy Jones	P	1920–1922, 1925–1928 (207 g)	1930 (9 g)
Mike Mitchell	OF	1913 (83 g)	1913–1914 (130 g)
Pete Scott	OF	1926–1927 (150 g)	1928 (61 g)
Marv Rickert	OF	1942, 1946–1947 (190 g)	1950 (17 g)
Paul Maholm	P	2012 (21 g)	2005–2011 (185 g)
Mitch Webster	OF	1988–1989 (168 g)	1991 (36 g)
Ad Gumbert	P	1888–1889, 1891–1892 (134 g)	1893–1894 (68 g)
William Fischer	C	1916 (65 g)	1916–1917 (137 g)
Hank Schenz	2B	1946–1949 (116 g)	1950–1951 (84 g)
Joe Kelly	OF	1916 (54 g)	1914 (141 g)
Stu Martin	2B	1943 (64 g)	1941–1942 (130 g)
Jeff Robinson	P	1992 (49 g)	1987–1989 (143 g)
Jim Marshall	1B	1958–1959 (134 g)	1962 (55 g)
Randall Simon	1B	2003 (33 g)	2003–2004 (152 g)
Burleigh Grimes	P	1932–1933 (47 g)	1916–1917, 1928–1929, 1934 (137 g)
Ted Savage	OF	1967–1968 (99 g)	1963 (85 g)
Mike Bielecki	P	1988–1991 (127 g)	1984–1987 (56 g)
Ward Miller	OF	1912–1913 (168 g)	1909 (15 g)
Mark Baldwin	P	1887–1888 (71 g)	1891–1893 (110 g)
David Ross	C	2015–2016 (139 g)	2005 (40 g)
Bill Landrum	P	1988 (7 g)	1989–1991 (171 g)
Chad Hermansen	OF	2002 (35 g)	1999–2002 (139 g)
Chris Stynes	3B	2002 (98 g)	2004 (74 g)
Art Wilson	C	1916–1917 (118 g)	1916 (53 g)
John Menefee	P	1900–1903 (152 g)	1892, 1894–1895 (17 g)
Jameson Taillon	P	2023–2025 (81 g)	2016–2019 (82 g)
Matt Alexander	OF	1973–1974 (57 g)	1978–1981 (103 g)
Otis Clymer	OF	1913 (30 g)	1905–1907 (130 g)
Adonis Terry	P	1894–1897 (101 g)	1892–1894 (58 g)
Alfonso Rivas	1B	2021–2022 (119 g)	2023 (40 g)
Felix Pie	OF	2007–2008 (130 g)	2013 (27 g)
Hal Rice	OF	1954 (51 g)	1953–1954 (106 g)
Paul Hines	OF	1876–1877 (124 g)	1890 (31 g)
Billy Clingman	SS	1900 (47 g)	1895 (107 g)
Bobby Lowe	2B	1902–1903 (153 g)	1904 (1 g)
Chuck Hartenstein	P	1965–1968 (79 g)	1969–1970 (73 g)
Jack Pfiester	P	1906–1911 (143 g)	1903–1904 (6 g)
Dennis Lamp	P	1977–1980 (127 g)	1992 (21 g)
Charlie Eden	OF	1877 (15 g)	1884–1885 (130 g)
Doug Strange	3B	1991–1992 (55 g)	1998 (90 g)
Howie Pollet	P	1953–1955 (69 g)	1951–1953, 1956 (76 g)
Duane Underwood	P	2018–2020 (30 g)	2021–2023 (114 g)
Terry Mulholland	P	1997–1999 (121 g)	2001 (22 g)
Babe Phelps	C	1933–1934 (47 g)	1942 (95 g)
Gene Mauch	2B	1948–1949 (126 g)	1947 (16 g)
Kenny Lofton	OF	2003 (56 g)	2003 (84 g)
Vin Campbell	OF	1908 (1 g)	1910–1911 (139 g)
Hank Borowy	P	1945–1948 (128 g)	1950 (11 g)
Elmer Jacobs	P	1924–1925 (56 g)	1916–1918 (80 g)
Bobby Del Greco	OF	1957 (20 g)	1952, 1956 (113 g)
Cesar Izturis	SS	2006–2007 (87 g)	2007 (45 g)
Jim Weaver	P	1934 (27 g)	1935–1937 (103 g)
Russ Bauers	P	1946 (15 g)	1936–1941 (113 g)
Todd Van Poppel	P	2000–2001 (110 g)	1998 (18 g)
Steven Brault	P	2022 (9 g)	2016–2021 (118 g)
Mark Parent	C	1994–1995 (56 g)	1995 (69 g)
Miguel Dilone	OF	1979 (43 g)	1974–1977, 1983 (82 g)
Walker Cooper	C	1954–1955 (111 g)	1954 (14 g)
Juan Cruz	P	2001–2003 (81 g)	2012 (43 g)
Jesse Chavez	P	2018, 2022 (35 g)	2008–2009 (88 g)
Manny Jimenez	OF	1969 (6 g)	1967–1968 (116 g)
Bill Schuster	SS	1943–1945 (118 g)	1937 (3 g)
Bob Osborn	P	1925–1927, 1929–1930 (94 g)	1931 (27 g)
Deacon White	C	1876 (66 g)	1889 (55 g)
Kirby Higbe	P	1937–1939 (12 g)	1947–1949 (109 g)
Matt Lawton	OF	2005 (19 g)	2005 (101 g)
Bill Henry	P	1958–1959 (109 g)	1968 (10 g)
Trevor Williams	P	2021 (13 g)	2016–2020 (106 g)
Harry Wolter	OF	1917 (117 g)	1907 (1 g)
Jim Mosolf	OF	1933 (31 g)	1929–1931 (87 g)
Rich Gossage	P	1988 (46 g)	1977 (72 g)
Tom Gorzelanny	P	2009–2010 (42 g)	2005–2009 (76 g)
Juan Pizarro	P	1970–1973 (46 g)	1967–1968, 1974 (70 g)
Benito Santiago	C	1999 (109 g)	2005 (6 g)
Pete Mikkelsen	P	1967–1968 (10 g)	1966–1967 (103 g)
Dick Littlefield	P	1957 (48 g)	1954–1956 (64 g)
Cliff Chambers	P	1948 (29 g)	1949–1951 (81 g)
Jimmy Anderson	P	2004 (7 g)	1999–2002 (102 g)
Alexander Canario	OF	2023–2024 (21 g)	2025 (87 g)
Elmer Singleton	P	1957–1959 (29 g)	1947–1948 (79 g)
Bob Addis	OF	1952–1953 (103 g)	1953 (4 g)
Jim McCormick	P	1885–1886 (67 g)	1887 (36 g)
Carlos Santana	1B	2025 (8 g)	2023 (94 g)
Jose Quintana	P	2017–2020 (82 g)	2022 (20 g)
Casey McGehee	3B	2008 (9 g)	2012 (92 g)
Enrique Wilson	2B	2005 (15 g)	2000–2001 (86 g)
Julian Tavarez	P	2001 (34 g)	2003 (64 g)
Aroldis Chapman	P	2016 (28 g)	2024 (68 g)
Chris Cannizzaro	C	1971 (71 g)	1968 (25 g)
Eddie Mulligan	3B	1915–1916 (69 g)	1928 (27 g)
Jake Marisnick	OF	2021 (65 g)	2022 (31 g)
John Ganzel	1B	1900 (78 g)	1898 (15 g)
Jose Veras	P	2014 (12 g)	2011 (79 g)
Ken Reitz	3B	1981 (82 g)	1982 (7 g)
Billy Hatcher	OF	1984–1985 (61 g)	1989 (27 g)
Jack Lamabe	P	1968 (42 g)	1962 (46 g)
King Cole	P	1909–1912 (75 g)	1912 (12 g)
Harry Bright	1B	1965 (27 g)	1958–1960 (59 g)
Rich Hill	P	2005–2008 (64 g)	2023 (22 g)
Gene DeMontreville	2B	1899 (82 g)	1894 (2 g)
Joe Schultz	OF	1915 (7 g)	1916 (77 g)
John O'Brien	2B	1893 (4 g)	1899 (79 g)
Jim Gardner	P	1902 (3 g)	1895, 1897–1899 (79 g)
Otto Knabe	2B	1916 (51 g)	1905, 1916 (31 g)
Fred Fussell	P	1922–1923 (31 g)	1928–1929 (49 g)
Bob Porterfield	P	1959 (4 g)	1958–1959 (73 g)
Dave Roberts	P	1977–1978 (54 g)	1979–1980 (23 g)
Felix Fermin	SS	1996 (11 g)	1987–1988 (66 g)
Woodie Fryman	P	1978 (13 g)	1966–1967 (64 g)
Hank Gornicki	P	1941 (1 g)	1942–1943, 1946 (74 g)
Bob Ferguson	2B	1878 (61 g)	1884 (10 g)
Trevor Cahill	P	2015–2016 (62 g)	2021 (9 g)
Eddie Solomon	P	1975 (6 g)	1980–1982 (64 g)
Harry Truby	2B	1895–1896 (62 g)	1896 (8 g)
Elmer Ponder	P	1921 (16 g)	1917, 1919–1921 (53 g)
Tom Dettore	P	1974–1976 (56 g)	1973 (12 g)
Hooks Warner	3B	1921 (14 g)	1916–1917, 1919 (53 g)
Fred Roat	3B	1892 (8 g)	1890 (57 g)
Bob Schultz	P	1951–1953 (53 g)	1953 (11 g)
Bobby Shantz	P	1964 (20 g)	1961 (44 g)
Dave Otto	P	1994 (36 g)	1993 (28 g)
Randy Kramer	P	1990 (10 g)	1988–1990 (53 g)
Michael Restovich	OF	2006 (10 g)	2005 (52 g)
Rube Waddell	P	1901 (30 g)	1900–1901 (32 g)
Bob Miller	P	1970–1971 (9 g)	1971–1972 (52 g)
Ike McAuley	SS	1925 (37 g)	1914–1916 (24 g)
George Freese	3B	1961 (9 g)	1955 (51 g)
Craig Monroe	OF	2007 (23 g)	2009 (34 g)
Mike Cvengros	P	1929 (33 g)	1927 (23 g)
Milt Scott	1B	1882 (1 g)	1885 (55 g)
Jesse Petty	P	1930 (9 g)	1929–1930 (46 g)
Dan Serafini	P	1999 (42 g)	2000 (11 g)
Carmelo Martinez	OF	1983 (29 g)	1990–1991 (23 g)
Jim Hughey	P	1893 (2 g)	1896–1897 (50 g)
Danny Jackson	P	1991–1992 (36 g)	1992 (15 g)
Sean Gallagher	P	2007–2008 (20 g)	2010 (31 g)
Joe Coleman	P	1976 (39 g)	1979 (10 g)
Walt Woods	P	1898 (48 g)	1900 (1 g)
Bob Muncrief	P	1949 (34 g)	1949 (13 g)
George Kelly	1B	1930 (39 g)	1917 (8 g)
Kevin Hart	P	2007–2009 (37 g)	2009 (10 g)
Hugh Casey	P	1935 (13 g)	1949 (33 g)
Cal McLish	P	1949, 1951 (40 g)	1947–1948 (4 g)
Ramon Morel	P	1997 (3 g)	1995–1997 (39 g)
Ray Starr	P	1945 (9 g)	1944–1945 (31 g)
Rob Zastryzny	P	2016–2018 (18 g)	2023 (21 g)
Scott Stratton	P	1894–1895 (34 g)	1891 (2 g)
Rip Wheeler	P	1923–1924 (32 g)	1921–1922 (2 g)
Derek Holland	P	2019 (20 g)	2020 (12 g)
Ildemaro Vargas	3B	2020–2022 (25 g)	2021 (7 g)
Luis Márquez	OF	1954 (17 g)	1954 (14 g)
Jose Ascanio	P	2008–2009 (20 g)	2009, 2011 (10 g)
Don Wengert	P	1998 (23 g)	2001 (4 g)
Pat Mahomes	P	2002 (18 g)	2003 (9 g)
Blaine Durbin	OF	1907–1908 (25 g)	1909 (1 g)
Bill Eagan	2B	1893 (6 g)	1898 (19 g)
Johnny Welch	P	1926–1928, 1931 (15 g)	1936 (9 g)
Chris Volstad	P	2012 (21 g)	2015 (1 g)
Taylor Davis	C	2017–2019 (20 g)	2021 (2 g)
Wayne Nordhagen	OF	1983 (21 g)	1982 (1 g)
Paul Moskau	P	1983 (8 g)	1982 (13 g)
Eric Stout	P	2022 (2 g)	2022 (18 g)
Nick Burdi	P	2023 (3 g)	2018–2020 (17 g)
Casey Sadler	P	2020 (10 g)	2014–2015, 2018 (9 g)
Chuck Lauer	OF	1890 (2 g)	1884, 1889 (17 g)
Hans Lobert	3B	1905 (14 g)	1903 (5 g)
Phil Coke	P	2015 (16 g)	2016 (3 g)
Ed Holley	P	1928 (13 g)	1934 (5 g)
Genesis Cabrera	P	2025 (9 g)	2025 (9 g)
Bill Powell	P	1912 (1 g)	1909–1910 (15 g)
Dad Lytle	2B	1890 (1 g)	1890 (15 g)
Jody Gerut	OF	2005 (11 g)	2005 (4 g)
Bull Smith	OF	1906 (1 g)	1904 (13 g)
Ben Wade	P	1948 (2 g)	1955 (11 g)
Don Carlsen	P	1948 (1 g)	1951–1952 (12 g)
Shelby Miller	P	2021 (3 g)	2021 (10 g)
George Nicol	P	1891 (3 g)	1894 (9 g)
Hisanori Takahashi	P	2013 (3 g)	2012 (9 g)
Miguel Batista	P	1997 (11 g)	1992 (1 g)
Cy Slapnicka	P	1911 (3 g)	1918 (7 g)
Harry Wolfe	SS	1917 (7 g)	1917 (3 g)
Ed Sicking	2B	1916 (1 g)	1927 (7 g)
Bill Bishop	P	1889 (2 g)	1886–1887 (5 g)
Jack Leathersich	P	2017 (1 g)	2017 (6 g)
Kid Camp	P	1894 (3 g)	1892 (4 g)
Ray Harrell	P	1939 (4 g)	1940 (3 g)
Robert Gibson	P	1890 (1 g)	1890 (3 g)
Earl Blackburn	C	1917 (2 g)	1912 (1 g)
Dave Wright	P	1897 (1 g)	1895 (1 g)
Ensign Cottrell	P	1912 (1 g)	1911 (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).Pirates seasons include the Pittsburg Alleghenys (1882–1890).

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Questions

How many players have played for both the Chicago Cubs and the Pittsburgh Pirates?

298 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1882 to 2025, including Charlie Grimm, Tommy Leach, Aramis Ramirez and Frank Schulte. 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?

John Peters: Chicago Cubs first, then the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1882.

Who has played for both recently?

Jameson Taillon, Alexander Canario, Carlos Santana, Aroldis Chapman and Genesis Cabrera, 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). Pirates seasons include the Pittsburg Alleghenys (1882–1890).

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