Chicago Cubs and Texas Rangers players: who played for both
Who played for both the Cubs and Rangers?
168 players played for both the Chicago Cubs and the Texas Rangers between 1961 and 2025, including Sammy Sosa, Rafael Palmeiro, Jim Sundberg and Steve Buechele. 80 of them played for the Cubs first and 85 for the Rangers first; 3 played for both in the same season.
Did you know?
- Dale Long is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Cubs first, then the Rangers from 1961.
- Tucker Barnhart is the most recent: Cubs first, then the Rangers from 2025.
- Sammy Sosa played the most games across the two: 1,811 for the Cubs and 139 for the Rangers.
- 32 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Sammy Sosa.
- Most common positions on this list: P (84), OF (34), C (16), 3B (12).
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All 168 players, most games for the two first
| Player | Pos | Cubs | Rangers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sammy Sosa | OF | 1992–2004 (1811 g) | 1989, 2007 (139 g) |
| Rafael Palmeiro | 1B | 1986–1988 (258 g) | 1989–1993, 1999–2003 (1573 g) |
| Jim Sundberg | C | 1987–1988 (85 g) | 1974–1983, 1988–1989 (1512 g) |
| Steve Buechele | 3B | 1992–1995 (334 g) | 1985–1991, 1995 (889 g) |
| Alfonso Soriano | OF | 2007–2013 (889 g) | 2004–2005 (301 g) |
| Jim King | OF | 1955–1956 (231 g) | 1961–1967 (796 g) |
| Larry Biittner | OF | 1976–1980 (574 g) | 1970–1973, 1983 (354 g) |
| Bump Wills | 2B | 1982 (128 g) | 1977–1981 (703 g) |
| Curt Wilkerson | SS | 1989–1990 (154 g) | 1983–1988 (610 g) |
| Lenny Randle | 3B | 1980 (130 g) | 1971–1976 (608 g) |
| Jose Hernandez | SS | 1994–1999, 2003 (672 g) | 1991 (45 g) |
| Geovany Soto | C | 2005–2012 (555 g) | 2012–2014 (111 g) |
| Marlon Byrd | OF | 2010–2012 (284 g) | 2007–2009 (377 g) |
| Fergie Jenkins | P | 1966–1973, 1982–1983 (402 g) | 1974–1975, 1978–1981 (197 g) |
| Dale Long | 1B | 1957–1959 (375 g) | 1961–1962 (190 g) |
| Don Zimmer | 3B | 1960–1961 (260 g) | 1963–1965 (299 g) |
| Scott Fletcher | SS | 1981–1982 (30 g) | 1986–1989 (526 g) |
| Gary Matthews | OF | 2000–2001 (186 g) | 2004–2006 (365 g) |
| Doug Dascenzo | OF | 1988–1992 (443 g) | 1993 (76 g) |
| Robinson Chirinos | C | 2021 (45 g) | 2013–2018, 2020 (456 g) |
| Mark DeRosa | 3B | 2007–2008 (298 g) | 2005–2006 (202 g) |
| Jeff Huson | SS | 2000 (70 g) | 1990–1993 (410 g) |
| Tom Goodwin | OF | 2003–2004 (164 g) | 1997–1999 (316 g) |
| Pedro Strop | P | 2013–2019, 2021 (414 g) | 2009–2011 (33 g) |
| Leonys Martin | OF | 2017 (15 g) | 2011–2015 (429 g) |
| Patrick Wisdom | 3B | 2020–2024 (414 g) | 2019 (9 g) |
| Bill Madlock | 3B | 1974–1976 (400 g) | 1973 (21 g) |
| Eric Young | 2B | 2000–2001 (302 g) | 2004, 2006 (108 g) |
| Damon Buford | OF | 2000–2001 (185 g) | 1996–1997 (212 g) |
| Ryan Dempster | P | 2004–2012 (376 g) | 2012 (12 g) |
| Darold Knowles | P | 1975–1976 (116 g) | 1967–1971, 1977 (271 g) |
| Mitch Williams | P | 1989–1990 (135 g) | 1986–1988 (232 g) |
| Dick Nen | 1B | 1968 (81 g) | 1965–1967, 1970 (279 g) |
| Thad Bosley | OF | 1983–1986 (293 g) | 1989–1990 (67 g) |
| Jeff Baker | 2B | 2009–2012 (283 g) | 2013 (74 g) |
| Jeff Kunkel | SS | 1992 (20 g) | 1984–1990 (337 g) |
| Gene Clines | OF | 1977–1979 (220 g) | 1976 (116 g) |
| Dave Martinez | OF | 1986–1988, 2000 (288 g) | 2000 (38 g) |
| Vic Harris | 2B | 1974–1975 (113 g) | 1972–1973 (213 g) |
| Bill Hands | P | 1966–1972 (276 g) | 1974–1975 (20 g) |
| Jerry Hairston | 2B | 2005–2006 (152 g) | 2006–2007 (136 g) |
| Julio Borbon | OF | 2013 (72 g) | 2009–2011, 2013 (216 g) |
| Todd Zeile | 3B | 1995 (79 g) | 1998–1999 (208 g) |
| Justin Grimm | P | 2013–2017 (263 g) | 2012–2013 (22 g) |
| Doug Glanville | OF | 1996–1997, 2003 (223 g) | 2003 (52 g) |
| Doug Strange | 3B | 1991–1992 (55 g) | 1993–1994 (218 g) |
| Cal Neeman | C | 1957–1960 (251 g) | 1963 (14 g) |
| Bob Humphreys | P | 1965 (41 g) | 1966–1970 (214 g) |
| Manny Alexander | SS | 1997–1999 (231 g) | 2004 (21 g) |
| Milton Bradley | OF | 2009 (124 g) | 2008 (126 g) |
| Ron Mahay | P | 2001–2002 (28 g) | 2003–2007 (215 g) |
| Bob Patterson | P | 1996–1998 (188 g) | 1993 (52 g) |
| Johnny Klippstein | P | 1950–1954 (195 g) | 1961 (42 g) |
| Scott Feldman | P | 2013 (15 g) | 2005–2012 (204 g) |
| Neal Cotts | P | 2007–2009 (85 g) | 2013–2014 (131 g) |
| Harry Bright | 1B | 1965 (27 g) | 1961–1962 (185 g) |
| Horacio Pina | P | 1974 (34 g) | 1970–1972 (177 g) |
| Todd Hollandsworth | OF | 2004–2005 (164 g) | 2002 (39 g) |
| Derek Holland | P | 2019 (20 g) | 2009–2016 (179 g) |
| Carl Edwards | P | 2015–2019 (194 g) | 2025 (2 g) |
| Carlos Peña | 1B | 2011 (153 g) | 2001, 2014 (40 g) |
| Jose Guzman | P | 1993–1994 (34 g) | 1985–1988, 1991–1992 (159 g) |
| Joe Coleman | P | 1976 (39 g) | 1965–1970 (144 g) |
| Ken Henderson | OF | 1979–1980 (106 g) | 1977 (75 g) |
| Bobby Bonds | OF | 1981 (45 g) | 1978 (130 g) |
| Yu Darvish | P | 2018–2020 (51 g) | 2012–2014, 2016–2017 (122 g) |
| Todd Van Poppel | P | 2000–2001 (110 g) | 1998, 2002–2003 (61 g) |
| Joc Pederson | OF | 2021 (73 g) | 2025 (96 g) |
| Marty Keough | OF | 1966 (33 g) | 1961 (135 g) |
| Chris Martin | P | 2022 (34 g) | 2018–2019, 2025 (133 g) |
| Dickie Noles | P | 1982–1984, 1987 (117 g) | 1984–1985 (46 g) |
| Burt Hooton | P | 1971–1975 (129 g) | 1985 (29 g) |
| Andres Blanco | 2B | 2009 (53 g) | 2010–2011 (104 g) |
| Matt Stairs | OF | 2001 (128 g) | 2006 (26 g) |
| Hobie Landrith | C | 1956 (111 g) | 1963 (42 g) |
| Jonathan Lucroy | C | 2019 (27 g) | 2016–2017 (124 g) |
| Cliff Johnson | DH | 1980 (68 g) | 1985 (82 g) |
| Jeff Fassero | P | 2001–2002 (139 g) | 1999 (7 g) |
| Antonio Alfonseca | P | 2002–2003 (126 g) | 2006 (19 g) |
| Carson Kelly | C | 2025 (111 g) | 2024 (31 g) |
| Phil Nevin | 3B | 2006 (67 g) | 2005–2006 (75 g) |
| Kenny Lofton | OF | 2003 (56 g) | 2007 (84 g) |
| Jamie Moyer | P | 1986–1988 (89 g) | 1989–1990 (48 g) |
| Joe Nathan | P | 2016 (3 g) | 2012–2013 (133 g) |
| Mike Mason | P | 1987 (18 g) | 1982–1987 (118 g) |
| Jesse Chavez | P | 2018, 2022 (35 g) | 2018–2020 (96 g) |
| Cole Hamels | P | 2018–2019 (39 g) | 2015–2018 (88 g) |
| Tony Barnette | P | 2019 (2 g) | 2016–2018 (125 g) |
| Drew Smyly | P | 2022–2024 (113 g) | 2019 (13 g) |
| Taylor Teagarden | C | 2015 (8 g) | 2008–2011 (118 g) |
| Mike Morgan | P | 1992–1995, 1998 (90 g) | 1999 (34 g) |
| Kameron Loe | P | 2013 (7 g) | 2004–2008 (107 g) |
| Pete Broberg | P | 1977 (22 g) | 1971–1974 (92 g) |
| Mike Olt | 3B | 2014–2015 (95 g) | 2012 (16 g) |
| Steve Wilson | P | 1989–1991 (107 g) | 1988 (3 g) |
| Craig Lefferts | P | 1983 (56 g) | 1993 (52 g) |
| Koji Uehara | P | 2017 (49 g) | 2011–2012 (59 g) |
| Rico Carty | OF | 1973 (22 g) | 1973 (86 g) |
| Kevin Foster | P | 1994–1998 (98 g) | 2001 (9 g) |
| David Robertson | P | 2022 (36 g) | 2024 (68 g) |
| Matt Duffy | 3B | 2021 (97 g) | 2024 (4 g) |
| Spencer Patton | P | 2016 (16 g) | 2014–2015, 2021–2022 (85 g) |
| Mike Paul | P | 1973–1974 (13 g) | 1972–1973 (85 g) |
| Paul Kilgus | P | 1989 (35 g) | 1987–1988 (57 g) |
| Donnie Murphy | 3B | 2013 (46 g) | 2014 (45 g) |
| Rich Gossage | P | 1988 (46 g) | 1991 (44 g) |
| Andrew Cashner | P | 2010–2011 (60 g) | 2017 (28 g) |
| Oscar Gamble | OF | 1969 (24 g) | 1979 (64 g) |
| Frank Coggins | 2B | 1972 (6 g) | 1967–1968 (81 g) |
| Calvin Schiraldi | P | 1988–1989 (83 g) | 1991 (3 g) |
| Candy Maldonado | OF | 1993 (70 g) | 1995 (13 g) |
| Drew Hall | P | 1986–1988 (45 g) | 1989 (38 g) |
| Chris Gimenez | C | 2018 (12 g) | 2014–2015 (70 g) |
| Doug Davis | P | 2011 (9 g) | 1999–2003 (73 g) |
| Justin Ruggiano | OF | 2014 (81 g) | 2016 (1 g) |
| Shawn Armstrong | P | 2024 (8 g) | 2025 (71 g) |
| Pat Mahomes | P | 2002 (18 g) | 2001 (56 g) |
| Jeremy Jeffress | P | 2020 (22 g) | 2016–2017 (51 g) |
| Matt Garza | P | 2011–2013 (60 g) | 2013 (13 g) |
| Adrian Sampson | P | 2021–2022 (32 g) | 2018–2019 (40 g) |
| Bo Porter | OF | 1999 (24 g) | 2001 (48 g) |
| Tommy Hunter | P | 2015 (19 g) | 2008–2011 (53 g) |
| Mike Hubbard | C | 1995–1997 (65 g) | 2001 (5 g) |
| Mark Clark | P | 1997–1998 (42 g) | 1999–2000 (27 g) |
| Andrew Chafin | P | 2020–2021 (47 g) | 2024 (21 g) |
| Steve Hamilton | P | 1972 (22 g) | 1962–1963 (46 g) |
| Billy Hatcher | OF | 1984–1985 (61 g) | 1995 (6 g) |
| Larry Cox | C | 1978, 1982 (61 g) | 1981 (5 g) |
| Jim Adduci | OF | 2019 (2 g) | 2013–2014 (61 g) |
| Mark Parent | C | 1994–1995 (56 g) | 1991 (3 g) |
| Rich Harden | P | 2008–2009 (39 g) | 2010 (20 g) |
| Aroldis Chapman | P | 2016 (28 g) | 2023 (30 g) |
| Ismael Valdez | P | 2000 (13 g) | 2002–2003 (45 g) |
| Tucker Barnhart | C | 2023 (47 g) | 2025 (8 g) |
| Tyson Miller | P | 2020, 2024 (51 g) | 2022 (4 g) |
| Pedro Valdes | OF | 1996, 1998 (23 g) | 2000 (30 g) |
| Anthony Bass | P | 2018 (16 g) | 2015, 2017 (35 g) |
| Ron Meridith | P | 1984–1985 (35 g) | 1986–1987 (16 g) |
| Craig Monroe | OF | 2007 (23 g) | 2001 (27 g) |
| Jay Howell | P | 1981 (10 g) | 1994 (40 g) |
| Calvin Murray | OF | 2004 (11 g) | 2002 (37 g) |
| Tim Federowicz | C | 2016 (17 g) | 2019 (29 g) |
| Guy Hoffman | P | 1986 (33 g) | 1988 (11 g) |
| Eddie Butler | P | 2017–2018 (21 g) | 2018 (22 g) |
| Frank Fernandez | C | 1971–1972 (20 g) | 1971 (18 g) |
| Rick Stelmaszek | C | 1974 (25 g) | 1971, 1973 (13 g) |
| Luke Farrell | P | 2018, 2022 (24 g) | 2019–2020 (13 g) |
| Alberto Gonzalez | 2B | 2013 (11 g) | 2012 (24 g) |
| Bob Tewksbury | P | 1987–1988 (8 g) | 1995 (22 g) |
| Brad Snyder | 1B | 2010–2011 (20 g) | 2014 (10 g) |
| John Koronka | P | 2005 (4 g) | 2006–2007 (25 g) |
| Kyuji Fujikawa | P | 2013–2014 (27 g) | 2015 (2 g) |
| Andrew Romine | SS | 2021 (26 g) | 2020 (2 g) |
| Jesus Tinoco | P | 2024 (2 g) | 2022, 2024 (26 g) |
| Scott Baker | P | 2013 (3 g) | 2014 (25 g) |
| Jim Kremmel | P | 1974 (23 g) | 1973 (4 g) |
| Codi Heuer | P | 2021 (25 g) | 2025 (1 g) |
| Jerome Williams | P | 2005–2006 (23 g) | 2014 (2 g) |
| Tony Fossas | P | 1998 (8 g) | 1988, 1998 (15 g) |
| Shelby Miller | P | 2021 (3 g) | 2019 (19 g) |
| Tanyon Sturtze | P | 1995–1996 (8 g) | 1997 (9 g) |
| Dave Meier | OF | 1988 (2 g) | 1987 (13 g) |
| Justin Germano | P | 2012 (13 g) | 2014 (2 g) |
| Alan Benes | P | 2002–2003 (10 g) | 2003 (4 g) |
| Clay Rapada | P | 2007 (1 g) | 2010 (13 g) |
| Mike Campbell | P | 1996 (13 g) | 1992 (1 g) |
| Locke St. John | P | 2022 (1 g) | 2019 (7 g) |
| Scott May | P | 1991 (2 g) | 1988 (3 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).Rangers seasons include the Washington Senators (1961–1971).
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Questions
How many players have played for both the Chicago Cubs and the Texas Rangers?
168 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1961 to 2025, including Sammy Sosa, Rafael Palmeiro, Jim Sundberg and Steve Buechele. 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?
Dale Long: Chicago Cubs first, then the Texas Rangers from 1961.
Who has played for both recently?
Patrick Wisdom, Carl Edwards, Joc Pederson, Chris Martin, Carson Kelly and Drew Smyly and 8 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). Rangers seasons include the Washington Senators (1961–1971).
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