Chicago Cubs and San Francisco Giants players: who played for both

Who played for both the Cubs and Giants?

288 players played for both the Chicago Cubs and the San Francisco Giants between 1883 and 2025, including Gabby Hartnett, Billy Jurges, Larry Doyle and Fred Merkle. 153 of them played for the Cubs first and 127 for the Giants first; 8 played for both in the same season.

Did you know?

Frank Hankinson is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Cubs first, then the Giants from 1883.
Taylor Rogers is the most recent: Giants first, then the Cubs from 2025.
Gabby Hartnett played the most games across the two: 1,927 for the Cubs and 64 for the Giants.
49 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Billy Jurges.
Most common positions on this list: P (107), OF (70), C (36), 2B (24).

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All 288 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	Giants
Gabby Hartnett	C	1922–1940 (1927 g)	1941 (64 g)
Billy Jurges	SS	1931–1938, 1946–1947 (1072 g)	1939–1945 (744 g)
Larry Doyle	2B	1916–1917 (144 g)	1907–1916, 1918–1920 (1623 g)
Fred Merkle	1B	1917–1920 (501 g)	1907–1916 (1111 g)
Bill Dahlen	SS	1891–1898 (987 g)	1904–1907 (579 g)
Shawon Dunston	SS	1985–1995, 1997 (1254 g)	1996, 1998, 2001–2002 (278 g)
George Van Haltren	OF	1887–1889 (260 g)	1894–1903 (1227 g)
Heinie Zimmerman	3B	1907–1916 (1025 g)	1916–1919 (434 g)
Bobby Thomson	OF	1958–1959 (274 g)	1946–1953, 1957 (1135 g)
Chris Speier	SS	1985–1986 (201 g)	1971–1977, 1987–1989 (1114 g)
George Gore	OF	1879–1886 (719 g)	1887–1889, 1891–1892 (478 g)
Al Dark	SS	1958–1959 (250 g)	1950–1956 (933 g)
Freddie Lindstrom	3B	1935 (90 g)	1924–1932 (1088 g)
George Kelly	1B	1930 (39 g)	1915–1917, 1919–1926 (1137 g)
Manny Trillo	2B	1975–1978, 1986–1988 (881 g)	1984–1985 (223 g)
Fred Pfeffer	2B	1883–1889, 1891, 1896–1897 (1093 g)	1896 (4 g)
Hank Sauer	OF	1949–1955 (862 g)	1957–1959 (228 g)
Bob O'Farrell	C	1915–1925, 1934 (666 g)	1928–1932 (396 g)
Bobby Bonds	OF	1981 (45 g)	1968–1974 (1014 g)
Hack Wilson	OF	1926–1931 (850 g)	1923–1925 (172 g)
Gary Matthews	OF	1984–1987 (411 g)	1972–1976 (594 g)
Roger Bresnahan	C	1900, 1913–1915 (249 g)	1902–1908 (750 g)
Frank Demaree	OF	1932–1933, 1935–1938 (701 g)	1939–1941 (287 g)
Gus Mancuso	C	1939 (80 g)	1933–1938, 1942–1944 (882 g)
Randy Hundley	C	1966–1973, 1976–1977 (947 g)	1964–1965 (8 g)
Dick Bartell	SS	1939 (105 g)	1935–1938, 1941–1943, 1946 (835 g)
Red Murray	OF	1915 (51 g)	1909–1915, 1917 (887 g)
Augie Galan	OF	1934–1941 (903 g)	1949 (22 g)
Kris Bryant	3B	2015–2021 (833 g)	2021 (51 g)
Jose Cardenal	OF	1972–1977 (821 g)	1963–1964 (29 g)
Sam Mertes	OF	1898–1900 (327 g)	1903–1906 (508 g)
Jack Doyle	1B	1901 (75 g)	1892–1895, 1898–1900, 1902 (746 g)
Hank Leiber	OF	1939–1941 (282 g)	1933–1938, 1942 (531 g)
Ken Henderson	OF	1979–1980 (106 g)	1965–1972 (674 g)
Bill Mueller	3B	2001–2002 (173 g)	1996–2000, 2002 (605 g)
Monte Irvin	OF	1956 (111 g)	1949–1955 (653 g)
Dave Kingman	OF	1978–1980 (345 g)	1971–1974 (409 g)
Buck Herzog	2B	1919–1920 (143 g)	1908–1909, 1911–1913, 1916–1917 (604 g)
Ivan de Jesus	SS	1977–1981 (738 g)	1987 (9 g)
Dave Robertson	OF	1919–1921 (184 g)	1912, 1914–1917, 1919, 1922 (561 g)
Nate Schierholtz	OF	2013–2014 (236 g)	2007–2012 (503 g)
Walt Wilmot	OF	1890–1895 (689 g)	1897–1898 (46 g)
Steve Ontiveros	3B	1977–1980 (421 g)	1973–1976 (311 g)
Angel Pagan	OF	2006–2007 (148 g)	2012–2016 (583 g)
Bill Madlock	3B	1974–1976 (400 g)	1977–1979 (331 g)
George Browne	OF	1909 (12 g)	1902–1907 (719 g)
Ryan Theriot	SS	2005–2010 (609 g)	2012 (104 g)
Rey Sanchez	SS	1991–1997 (594 g)	1998 (109 g)
King Kelly	OF	1880–1886 (681 g)	1893 (20 g)
Dave Rader	C	1978 (116 g)	1971–1976 (583 g)
Andre Rodgers	SS	1961–1964 (490 g)	1957–1960 (206 g)
Glenallen Hill	OF	1993–1994, 1998–2000 (331 g)	1995–1997 (358 g)
Moises Alou	OF	2002–2004 (438 g)	2005–2006 (221 g)
Bobby Murcer	OF	1977–1979 (358 g)	1975–1976 (294 g)
Al Bridwell	SS	1913 (136 g)	1908–1911 (510 g)
Candy Maldonado	OF	1993 (70 g)	1986–1989 (522 g)
Scot Thompson	OF	1978–1983 (408 g)	1984–1985 (184 g)
Ramon Martinez	SS	2003–2004 (210 g)	1998–2002 (368 g)
Rick Wilkins	C	1991–1995 (455 g)	1996–1997 (118 g)
Harvey Kuenn	OF	1965–1966 (57 g)	1961–1965 (515 g)
Les Mann	OF	1916–1919 (453 g)	1927–1928 (111 g)
Darren Lewis	OF	2002 (58 g)	1991–1995 (496 g)
Jose Vizcaino	SS	1991–1993 (330 g)	1997, 2006 (215 g)
Sammy Strang	3B	1900, 1902 (30 g)	1901, 1905–1908 (510 g)
Mike Fontenot	2B	2005, 2007–2010 (422 g)	2010–2011 (113 g)
Rod Beck	P	1998–1999 (112 g)	1991–1997 (416 g)
Joey Amalfitano	2B	1964–1967 (212 g)	1954–1955, 1960–1961, 1963 (314 g)
Scott Servais	C	1995–1998 (416 g)	1999–2000 (76 g)
Neifi Perez	SS	2004–2006 (264 g)	2003–2004 (223 g)
Ken O'Dea	C	1935–1938 (325 g)	1939–1941 (159 g)
Benito Santiago	C	1999 (109 g)	2001–2003 (367 g)
Dave Martinez	OF	1986–1988, 2000 (288 g)	1993–1994 (188 g)
Arnold Statz	OF	1922–1925 (437 g)	1919–1920 (37 g)
Rogers Hornsby	2B	1929–1932 (317 g)	1927 (155 g)
Walker Cooper	C	1954–1955 (111 g)	1946–1949 (360 g)
Rick Reuschel	P	1972–1981, 1983–1984 (372 g)	1987–1991 (96 g)
Eddie Stanky	2B	1943–1944 (155 g)	1950–1951 (297 g)
Dick Bertell	C	1960–1965, 1967 (422 g)	1965 (22 g)
Tommy La Stella	2B	2015–2018 (303 g)	2021–2022 (136 g)
Duke Farrell	C	1888–1889 (165 g)	1894–1896 (264 g)
Dale Long	1B	1957–1959 (375 g)	1960 (37 g)
Scott Eyre	P	2006–2008 (148 g)	2002–2005 (264 g)
Ed Bailey	C	1965 (66 g)	1961–1963, 1965 (332 g)
Bill North	OF	1971–1972 (74 g)	1979–1981 (316 g)
Don Landrum	OF	1962–1965 (309 g)	1966 (72 g)
Mike Gonzalez	C	1925–1929 (298 g)	1919–1921 (82 g)
Mark DeRosa	3B	2007–2008 (298 g)	2010–2011 (73 g)
Jerry Martin	OF	1979–1980 (291 g)	1981 (72 g)
Jack Hiatt	C	1970 (66 g)	1965–1969 (290 g)
Art Wilson	C	1916–1917 (118 g)	1908–1913 (232 g)
Damon Berryhill	C	1987–1991 (277 g)	1997 (73 g)
Matt Duffy	3B	2021 (97 g)	2014–2016 (253 g)
Mike Krukow	P	1976–1981 (150 g)	1983–1989 (188 g)
Hobie Landrith	C	1956 (111 g)	1959–1961 (223 g)
Jeff Reed	C	1999–2000 (147 g)	1993–1995 (182 g)
Eric Young	2B	2000–2001 (302 g)	2003 (26 g)
Joc Pederson	OF	2021 (73 g)	2022–2023 (255 g)
Jeff Samardzija	P	2008–2014 (209 g)	2016–2020 (115 g)
Marlon Byrd	OF	2010–2012 (284 g)	2015 (39 g)
Hoyt Wilhelm	P	1970 (3 g)	1952–1956 (319 g)
Bob Howry	P	2006–2008, 2010 (258 g)	2009 (63 g)
George Grantham	2B	1922–1924 (286 g)	1934 (32 g)
Ethan Allen	OF	1936 (91 g)	1930–1932 (224 g)
Wayne Terwilliger	2B	1949–1951 (219 g)	1955–1956 (94 g)
Lindy McDaniel	P	1963–1965 (191 g)	1966–1968 (117 g)
Michael Tucker	OF	2001 (63 g)	2004–2005 (244 g)
Tim Worrell	P	2000 (54 g)	2001–2003, 2006 (252 g)
Art Nehf	P	1927–1929 (71 g)	1919–1926 (234 g)
Bob Speake	OF	1955, 1957 (224 g)	1958–1959 (81 g)
Pop Schriver	C	1891–1894 (281 g)	1895 (24 g)
Jorge Soler	OF	2014–2016 (211 g)	2024 (93 g)
Larry Corcoran	P	1880–1885 (298 g)	1885–1886 (4 g)
Frank Hankinson	3B	1878–1879 (102 g)	1883–1884 (199 g)
Len Gabrielson	OF	1964–1965 (117 g)	1965–1966 (182 g)
Mike Vail	OF	1978–1980 (275 g)	1983 (18 g)
Mike Tauchman	OF	2023–2024 (217 g)	2021 (64 g)
Bill Hands	P	1966–1972 (276 g)	1965 (4 g)
Tyler Colvin	OF	2009–2011 (221 g)	2014 (57 g)
Jim King	OF	1955–1956 (231 g)	1958 (34 g)
Mark Koenig	SS	1932–1933 (113 g)	1935–1936 (149 g)
Mickey Livingston	C	1943, 1945–1947 (192 g)	1947–1949 (69 g)
Champ Summers	OF	1975–1976 (159 g)	1982–1983 (99 g)
Jim Marshall	1B	1958–1959 (134 g)	1960–1961 (120 g)
Calvin Murray	OF	2004 (11 g)	1999–2002 (240 g)
Ken Rudolph	C	1969–1973 (178 g)	1974, 1977 (68 g)
Doc Farrell	SS	1930 (46 g)	1925–1927, 1929 (199 g)
Tom Goodwin	OF	2003–2004 (164 g)	2002 (78 g)
Ken Reitz	3B	1981 (82 g)	1976 (155 g)
Vic Harris	2B	1974–1975 (113 g)	1977–1978 (122 g)
Craig Lefferts	P	1983 (56 g)	1987–1989 (178 g)
Julian Tavarez	P	2001 (34 g)	1997–1999 (196 g)
Zack Taylor	C	1929–1933 (142 g)	1927 (83 g)
Phil Douglas	P	1915, 1917–1919 (105 g)	1919–1922 (118 g)
Sheldon Jones	P	1953 (22 g)	1946–1951 (199 g)
Hans Lobert	3B	1905 (14 g)	1915–1917 (205 g)
Jeff Robinson	P	1992 (49 g)	1984–1987 (170 g)
Mel Hall	OF	1981–1984 (194 g)	1996 (25 g)
Tony Kaufmann	P	1921–1927 (178 g)	1929 (39 g)
John Ganzel	1B	1900 (78 g)	1901 (138 g)
Bill Henry	P	1958–1959 (109 g)	1965–1968 (105 g)
Shawn Estes	P	2003 (30 g)	1995–2001 (182 g)
Eli Whiteside	C	2014 (8 g)	2009–2012 (199 g)
Jose Bautista	P	1993–1994 (118 g)	1995–1996 (89 g)
Paul Erickson	P	1941–1948 (201 g)	1948 (2 g)
Roger Metzger	SS	1970 (1 g)	1978–1980 (197 g)
Jeff Fassero	P	2001–2002 (139 g)	2005–2006 (58 g)
Hector Cruz	OF	1978, 1981–1982 (100 g)	1978–1979 (95 g)
Sam Jones	P	1955–1956 (69 g)	1959–1961 (126 g)
Terry Mulholland	P	1997–1999 (121 g)	1986, 1988–1989, 1995, 1997 (74 g)
Tom Needham	C	1909–1914 (136 g)	1908 (56 g)
Bryan Hickerson	P	1995 (38 g)	1991–1994 (153 g)
Ty Cline	OF	1966 (7 g)	1967–1968 (180 g)
Freddie Maguire	2B	1928 (140 g)	1922–1923 (46 g)
Jimmy Cooney	SS	1926–1927 (174 g)	1919 (5 g)
Lynn McGlothen	P	1978–1981 (152 g)	1977–1978 (26 g)
John Boccabella	C	1963–1968 (146 g)	1974 (29 g)
Scott Sanderson	P	1984–1989 (161 g)	1993 (11 g)
Zeke Bonura	1B	1940 (49 g)	1939 (123 g)
Cody Ransom	SS	2013 (57 g)	2001–2004 (114 g)
Joe Strain	2B	1981 (25 g)	1979–1980 (144 g)
Earl Webb	OF	1927–1928 (164 g)	1925 (4 g)
Fred Toney	P	1911–1913 (34 g)	1918–1922 (132 g)
Josh Osich	P	2020 (4 g)	2015–2018 (160 g)
Mike Remlinger	P	2003–2005 (156 g)	1991 (8 g)
Roy Parmelee	P	1937 (37 g)	1929–1935 (123 g)
Bill Voiselle	P	1950 (19 g)	1942–1947 (138 g)
John Menefee	P	1900–1903 (152 g)	1898 (1 g)
Vic Aldridge	P	1917–1918, 1922–1924 (131 g)	1928 (22 g)
Jumbo Brown	P	1925 (2 g)	1937–1941 (150 g)
Pete Kilduff	2B	1917–1919 (117 g)	1917 (32 g)
Jim Davis	P	1954–1956 (134 g)	1957 (10 g)
Steve Stone	P	1974–1976 (93 g)	1971–1972 (51 g)
LaTroy Hawkins	P	2004–2005 (98 g)	2005 (45 g)
Joe Garagiola	C	1953–1954 (137 g)	1954 (5 g)
Taylor Rogers	P	2025 (17 g)	2023–2024 (124 g)
John Barry	OF	1904–1905 (100 g)	1908 (38 g)
Xavier Nady	OF	2010 (119 g)	2012 (19 g)
Al Demaree	P	1917 (24 g)	1912–1914, 1917–1918 (112 g)
Joe Nathan	P	2016 (3 g)	1999–2000, 2002–2003, 2016 (128 g)
Lonny Frey	2B	1937, 1947 (102 g)	1948 (29 g)
Bob Shaw	P	1967 (9 g)	1964–1966 (116 g)
Claude Jonnard	P	1929 (12 g)	1921–1924 (113 g)
Hank Schenz	2B	1946–1949 (116 g)	1951 (8 g)
Larry McLean	C	1903 (1 g)	1913–1915 (122 g)
Drew Smyly	P	2022–2024 (113 g)	2020 (7 g)
Luis Quinones	3B	1987 (49 g)	1986 (71 g)
Mark Baldwin	P	1887–1888 (71 g)	1893 (45 g)
Kent Bottenfield	P	1996–1997 (112 g)	1994 (1 g)
Dad Clarke	P	1888 (2 g)	1894–1897 (108 g)
Don Larsen	P	1967 (3 g)	1962–1964 (104 g)
Bob Hendley	P	1965–1967 (68 g)	1964–1965 (38 g)
Jake Weimer	P	1903–1905 (105 g)	1909 (1 g)
Virgil Cheeves	P	1920–1923 (100 g)	1927 (3 g)
Kenny Lofton	OF	2003 (56 g)	2002 (46 g)
Justin Ruggiano	OF	2014 (81 g)	2017 (19 g)
Ed Sicking	2B	1916 (1 g)	1918–1920 (98 g)
Billy Hoeft	P	1965–1966 (65 g)	1963, 1966 (27 g)
Derek Holland	P	2019 (20 g)	2018–2019 (70 g)
Sergio Alcantara	SS	2021 (89 g)	2025 (1 g)
Frank Reberger	P	1968 (3 g)	1970–1972 (86 g)
Jimmy Johnston	3B	1914 (52 g)	1926 (37 g)
Austin Jackson	OF	2015 (29 g)	2018 (59 g)
Hy Vandenberg	P	1944–1945 (65 g)	1937–1940 (22 g)
Jose Quintana	P	2017–2020 (82 g)	2021 (5 g)
Burleigh Grimes	P	1932–1933 (47 g)	1927 (39 g)
Neil Ramirez	P	2014–2016 (77 g)	2017 (9 g)
Frank Hiller	P	1950–1951 (62 g)	1953 (19 g)
Red Lynn	P	1944 (22 g)	1939–1940 (59 g)
Bob Carpenter	P	1947 (4 g)	1940–1942, 1946–1947 (76 g)
Dave Roberts	P	1977–1978 (54 g)	1979 (26 g)
Nate Oliver	2B	1969 (44 g)	1968 (36 g)
Dick Littlefield	P	1957 (48 g)	1956 (31 g)
Drew Pomeranz	P	2025 (57 g)	2019 (21 g)
Johnny Hudson	2B	1941 (50 g)	1945 (28 g)
Algie McBride	OF	1896 (9 g)	1901 (68 g)
Rich Gossage	P	1988 (46 g)	1989 (31 g)
Fred Lear	3B	1918–1919 (43 g)	1920 (31 g)
Trevor Cahill	P	2015–2016 (62 g)	2020 (11 g)
Tyler Chatwood	P	2018–2020 (71 g)	2021 (2 g)
Allen Ripley	P	1982 (28 g)	1980–1981 (42 g)
Elmer Foster	OF	1890–1891 (31 g)	1888–1889 (39 g)
Jerome Williams	P	2005–2006 (23 g)	2003–2005 (47 g)
Todd Wellemeyer	P	2003–2005 (57 g)	2010 (13 g)
Doug Creek	P	1999 (3 g)	1996–1997 (66 g)
Art Jahn	OF	1925 (58 g)	1928 (10 g)
Jerry Spradlin	P	2000 (8 g)	1999 (59 g)
Kirby Higbe	P	1937–1939 (12 g)	1949–1950 (55 g)
Tony Lazzeri	2B	1938 (54 g)	1939 (13 g)
John Stephenson	C	1967–1968 (20 g)	1969–1970 (45 g)
Joe Carter	OF	1983 (23 g)	1998 (41 g)
Mike Sullivan	P	1890 (12 g)	1891, 1896–1897 (51 g)
Doc Marshall	C	1908 (12 g)	1904, 1906 (49 g)
Steve Hamilton	P	1972 (22 g)	1971 (39 g)
Wayland Dean	P	1927 (2 g)	1924–1925 (59 g)
Alex Hinshaw	P	2012 (2 g)	2008–2009 (57 g)
Hal O'Hagan	1B	1902 (33 g)	1902 (26 g)
Casey McGehee	3B	2008 (9 g)	2015 (49 g)
Lary Sorensen	P	1985 (45 g)	1988 (12 g)
Terrell Lowery	OF	1997–1998 (33 g)	2000 (24 g)
David Aardsma	P	2006 (45 g)	2004 (11 g)
Dick Culler	SS	1948 (48 g)	1949 (7 g)
Chad Gaudin	P	2008 (24 g)	2013 (30 g)
Roy Joiner	P	1934–1935 (22 g)	1940 (30 g)
Aleck Smith	C	1904 (10 g)	1901, 1906 (41 g)
Walt Huntzinger	P	1926 (11 g)	1923–1925 (40 g)
Ron Davis	P	1986–1987 (38 g)	1988 (9 g)
Mickey Doolin	SS	1916 (28 g)	1916 (18 g)
Dick LeMay	P	1963 (9 g)	1961–1962 (36 g)
Jim Hegan	C	1960 (24 g)	1959 (21 g)
Joe Coleman	P	1976 (39 g)	1979 (5 g)
Al Glossop	2B	1946 (4 g)	1939–1940 (37 g)
Bill Faul	P	1965–1966 (34 g)	1970 (7 g)
Bill Phyle	P	1898–1899 (14 g)	1901 (25 g)
Bob Lennon	OF	1957 (9 g)	1954, 1956 (29 g)
Pierce Johnson	P	2017 (1 g)	2018 (37 g)
Manny Aybar	P	2001 (17 g)	2002–2003 (18 g)
Scott McClain	1B	2005 (13 g)	2007–2008 (22 g)
Mike Cvengros	P	1929 (33 g)	1922 (1 g)
George Riley	P	1979–1980 (26 g)	1984 (5 g)
Bob Bowman	P	1942 (1 g)	1941 (29 g)
Tim Federowicz	C	2016 (17 g)	2017 (13 g)
Andy Sommers	C	1889 (12 g)	1890 (17 g)
Cole Gillespie	OF	2013 (25 g)	2013 (3 g)
Herb Hunter	3B	1916–1917 (6 g)	1916 (21 g)
Alan Hargesheimer	P	1983 (5 g)	1980–1981 (21 g)
Conner Menez	P	2022 (1 g)	2019–2021 (24 g)
Jim Delahanty	2B	1901 (17 g)	1902 (7 g)
Roger Denzer	P	1897 (12 g)	1901 (11 g)
Kervin Castro	P	2022 (8 g)	2021–2022 (12 g)
Trent Hubbard	OF	2003 (10 g)	1996 (10 g)
Charlie Newman	OF	1892 (16 g)	1892 (3 g)
Roscoe Coughlin	P	1890 (11 g)	1891 (8 g)
Frank Martin	3B	1898 (1 g)	1899 (17 g)
Steve Barber	P	1970 (5 g)	1974 (13 g)
Jon Perlman	P	1985 (6 g)	1987 (10 g)
Ray Harrell	P	1939 (4 g)	1945 (12 g)
Ray Starr	P	1945 (9 g)	1933 (6 g)
Hank Schreiber	3B	1926 (10 g)	1921 (4 g)
Joe Stephenson	C	1944 (4 g)	1943 (9 g)
Bobo Newsom	P	1932 (1 g)	1948 (11 g)
Merwin Jacobson	OF	1916 (4 g)	1915 (8 g)
Dick Cogan	P	1899 (8 g)	1900 (3 g)
Jack Hendricks	OF	1902 (2 g)	1902 (8 g)
Mort Cooper	P	1949 (1 g)	1947 (8 g)
Pat Ragan	P	1909 (2 g)	1919 (7 g)
Shelby Miller	P	2021 (3 g)	2022 (4 g)
Ike Van Zandt	OF	1904 (3 g)	1901 (3 g)
Ed Glenn	SS	1902 (2 g)	1898 (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.Cubs seasons include the Chicago White Stockings (1876–1889), Chicago Colts (1890–1897) and Chicago Orphans (1898–1902).Giants seasons include the New York Gothams (1883–1884) and New York Giants (1885–1957).

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Questions

How many players have played for both the Chicago Cubs and the San Francisco Giants?

288 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1883 to 2025, including Gabby Hartnett, Billy Jurges, Larry Doyle and Fred Merkle. 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?

Frank Hankinson: Chicago Cubs first, then the San Francisco Giants from 1883.

Who has played for both recently?

Jorge Soler, Mike Tauchman, Taylor Rogers, Drew Smyly, Sergio Alcantara and Drew Pomeranz, 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). Giants seasons include the New York Gothams (1883–1884) and New York Giants (1885–1957).

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