Chicago White Sox and Cincinnati Reds players: who played for both
Who played for both the White Sox and Reds?
182 players played for both the Chicago White Sox and the Cincinnati Reds between 1901 and 2025, including Paul Konerko, Adam Dunn, Ted Kluszewski and Edd Roush. 84 of them played for the White Sox first and 91 for the Reds first; 7 played for both in the same season.
Did you know?
- Billy Hoy is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Reds first, then the White Sox from 1901.
- Travis Jankowski is the most recent: Reds first, then the White Sox from 2025.
- Paul Konerko played the most games across the two: 2,268 for the White Sox and 26 for the Reds.
- 25 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Edd Roush.
- Most common positions on this list: P (77), OF (45), C (16), 3B (13).
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All 182 players, most games for the two first
| Player | Pos | White Sox | Reds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Konerko | 1B | 1999–2014 (2268 g) | 1998 (26 g) |
| Adam Dunn | OF | 2011–2014 (528 g) | 2001–2008 (1087 g) |
| Ted Kluszewski | 1B | 1959–1960 (112 g) | 1947–1957 (1339 g) |
| Edd Roush | OF | 1913 (9 g) | 1916–1926, 1931 (1399 g) |
| George Foster | OF | 1986 (15 g) | 1971–1981 (1253 g) |
| Bobby Adams | 3B | 1955 (28 g) | 1946–1955 (1087 g) |
| Ken Griffey | OF | 2008 (41 g) | 2000–2008 (945 g) |
| Grady Hatton | 3B | 1954 (13 g) | 1946–1954 (970 g) |
| Floyd Robinson | OF | 1960–1966 (880 g) | 1967 (55 g) |
| Todd Frazier | 3B | 2016–2017 (239 g) | 2011–2015 (633 g) |
| Chris Sabo | 3B | 1995 (20 g) | 1988–1993, 1996 (818 g) |
| Billy Hamilton | OF | 2021, 2023 (74 g) | 2013–2018 (690 g) |
| Gee Walker | OF | 1938–1939 (269 g) | 1942–1945 (460 g) |
| Deron Johnson | 1B | 1975 (148 g) | 1964–1967 (549 g) |
| Billy Hoy | OF | 1901 (132 g) | 1894–1897, 1902 (556 g) |
| Babe Pinelli | 3B | 1918 (24 g) | 1922–1927 (648 g) |
| Smoky Burgess | C | 1964–1967 (243 g) | 1955–1958 (395 g) |
| Gary Redus | OF | 1987–1988 (207 g) | 1982–1985 (369 g) |
| Edwin Encarnacion | DH | 2020 (44 g) | 2005–2009 (514 g) |
| Bert Haas | 1B | 1951 (23 g) | 1942–1943, 1946–1947 (530 g) |
| Buddy Bradford | OF | 1966–1970, 1972–1976 (473 g) | 1971 (79 g) |
| Dave Martinez | OF | 1995–1997 (410 g) | 1992 (135 g) |
| Hal Chase | 1B | 1913–1914 (160 g) | 1916–1918 (368 g) |
| Clay Carroll | P | 1976–1977 (37 g) | 1968–1975 (486 g) |
| Evar Swanson | OF | 1932–1934 (275 g) | 1929–1930 (243 g) |
| Morrie Rath | 2B | 1912–1913 (248 g) | 1919–1920 (267 g) |
| Scott Sullivan | P | 2003 (15 g) | 1995–2003 (495 g) |
| Don Pavletich | C | 1969 (78 g) | 1957, 1959, 1962–1968 (412 g) |
| Walt Dropo | 1B | 1955–1958 (387 g) | 1958–1959 (89 g) |
| Tony Cuccinello | 2B | 1943–1945 (190 g) | 1930–1931 (279 g) |
| Ken Henderson | OF | 1973–1975 (375 g) | 1978–1979 (74 g) |
| Lena Blackburne | SS | 1910, 1912, 1914–1915, 1927, 1929 (322 g) | 1918 (125 g) |
| Mike Cameron | OF | 1995–1998 (296 g) | 1999 (146 g) |
| Gene Freese | 3B | 1960, 1965–1966 (192 g) | 1961–1963 (236 g) |
| Al Simmons | OF | 1933–1935 (412 g) | 1939 (9 g) |
| Lew Fonseca | 1B | 1931–1933 (162 g) | 1921–1924 (248 g) |
| Tony Piet | 2B | 1935–1937 (286 g) | 1934–1935 (112 g) |
| Nick Senzel | OF | 2024 (10 g) | 2019–2023 (377 g) |
| Lloyd Merriman | OF | 1955 (1 g) | 1949–1951, 1954 (382 g) |
| Rob Dibble | P | 1995 (16 g) | 1988–1993 (354 g) |
| D'Angelo Jimenez | 2B | 2002–2003 (100 g) | 2003–2005 (260 g) |
| Mike McCormick | OF | 1950 (55 g) | 1940–1943, 1946 (287 g) |
| Willie Harris | OF | 2002–2005 (313 g) | 2012 (25 g) |
| Billy Sullivan | C | 1931–1933 (239 g) | 1935 (85 g) |
| Jimmy Stewart | OF | 1967 (24 g) | 1969–1971 (300 g) |
| George Magoon | SS | 1903 (94 g) | 1901–1903 (214 g) |
| Jeff Keppinger | 2B | 2013 (117 g) | 2007–2008 (188 g) |
| Nate Jones | P | 2012–2019 (284 g) | 2020 (21 g) |
| Gerry Staley | P | 1956–1961 (270 g) | 1955 (30 g) |
| Nick Masset | P | 2007–2008 (59 g) | 2008–2011 (241 g) |
| Sam Mele | OF | 1952–1953 (263 g) | 1955 (35 g) |
| Willard Marshall | OF | 1954–1955 (69 g) | 1952–1953 (229 g) |
| Royce Clayton | SS | 2001–2002 (247 g) | 2006 (50 g) |
| Frank Smith | P | 1904–1910 (252 g) | 1911–1912 (43 g) |
| Orlando Cabrera | SS | 2008 (161 g) | 2010 (123 g) |
| Darren Lewis | OF | 1996–1997 (222 g) | 1995 (58 g) |
| Jim O'Toole | P | 1967 (15 g) | 1958–1966 (256 g) |
| Cozy Dolan | OF | 1903 (27 g) | 1903–1905 (243 g) |
| Matt Davidson | DH | 2016–2018 (245 g) | 2020 (22 g) |
| Connie Ryan | 2B | 1953 (17 g) | 1950–1951, 1954 (243 g) |
| Tom Daly | 2B | 1902–1903 (180 g) | 1903 (80 g) |
| Joseph Morrissey | 2B | 1936 (17 g) | 1932–1933 (237 g) |
| Brook Fordyce | C | 1999–2000 (145 g) | 1996–1998 (108 g) |
| Dewayne Wise | OF | 2008–2009, 2012–2013 (216 g) | 2006–2007 (36 g) |
| Turk Lown | P | 1958–1962 (234 g) | 1958 (11 g) |
| Tom Seaver | P | 1984–1986 (81 g) | 1977–1982 (160 g) |
| Johnny Cueto | P | 2022 (25 g) | 2008–2015 (214 g) |
| Jim Brosnan | P | 1963 (45 g) | 1959–1963 (190 g) |
| Wayne Granger | P | 1974 (5 g) | 1969–1971 (227 g) |
| Howie Judson | P | 1948–1952 (161 g) | 1953–1954 (47 g) |
| Jeff Shaw | P | 1995 (9 g) | 1996–1998 (195 g) |
| Ray Olmedo | SS | 2012 (20 g) | 2003–2006 (171 g) |
| Sammy Ellis | P | 1969 (10 g) | 1962, 1964–1967 (179 g) |
| Tyler Naquin | OF | 2023 (5 g) | 2021–2022 (183 g) |
| Harry McCurdy | C | 1926–1928 (179 g) | 1934 (3 g) |
| Pid Purdy | OF | 1926 (11 g) | 1927–1929 (170 g) |
| Fred Hatfield | 3B | 1956–1957 (175 g) | 1958 (3 g) |
| Clyde Shoun | P | 1949 (16 g) | 1942–1944, 1946–1947 (154 g) |
| Zach Duke | P | 2015–2016 (124 g) | 2013, 2019 (44 g) |
| Corky Miller | C | 2009 (14 g) | 2001–2004, 2009–2010, 2013 (153 g) |
| Tommy Pham | OF | 2024 (70 g) | 2022 (91 g) |
| Dave Altizer | SS | 1909 (117 g) | 1910–1911 (41 g) |
| Herm McFarland | OF | 1901–1902 (139 g) | 1898 (19 g) |
| Chuck McElroy | P | 1997 (49 g) | 1994–1996 (108 g) |
| Marty Berghammer | SS | 1911 (2 g) | 1913–1914 (150 g) |
| Al Hollingsworth | P | 1946 (21 g) | 1935–1938 (128 g) |
| Chuck Kress | 1B | 1949–1950 (100 g) | 1947, 1949 (38 g) |
| Yonder Alonso | 1B | 2019 (67 g) | 2010–2011 (69 g) |
| Ron Northey | OF | 1955–1957 (107 g) | 1950 (27 g) |
| Vern Kennedy | P | 1934–1937 (102 g) | 1945 (24 g) |
| Jason Bere | P | 1993–1998 (104 g) | 1998–1999 (21 g) |
| Jim McGlothlin | P | 1973 (5 g) | 1970–1973 (120 g) |
| Gerry Arrigo | P | 1970 (5 g) | 1965–1969 (119 g) |
| Hank Edwards | OF | 1952 (8 g) | 1951–1952 (115 g) |
| Dixie Howell | P | 1955–1958 (112 g) | 1949 (9 g) |
| Fritz Von Kolnitz | 3B | 1916 (24 g) | 1914–1915 (91 g) |
| Dioner Navarro | C | 2016 (85 g) | 2012 (24 g) |
| Bill Wight | P | 1948–1950 (99 g) | 1958 (7 g) |
| Frank Roth | C | 1906 (16 g) | 1909–1910 (85 g) |
| Angel Bravo | OF | 1969 (27 g) | 1970–1971 (70 g) |
| Wilson Valdez | SS | 2004 (19 g) | 2012 (77 g) |
| Guy Hoffman | P | 1979–1980, 1983 (58 g) | 1987 (36 g) |
| Dom Zanni | P | 1962–1963 (49 g) | 1963, 1965–1966 (44 g) |
| Brian Goodwin | OF | 2021 (72 g) | 2020 (20 g) |
| Frenchy Bordagaray | OF | 1934 (29 g) | 1939 (63 g) |
| Jason Bourgeois | OF | 2008 (6 g) | 2014–2015 (86 g) |
| Marv Rickert | OF | 1950 (84 g) | 1948 (8 g) |
| Mat Latos | P | 2016 (11 g) | 2012–2014 (81 g) |
| Rich Hinton | P | 1971, 1975, 1978–1979 (78 g) | 1976 (12 g) |
| Michael Jackson | P | 2004 (45 g) | 1995 (40 g) |
| Matt Batts | C | 1954 (55 g) | 1955–1956 (29 g) |
| Pete Appleton | P | 1940–1942 (42 g) | 1927–1928 (38 g) |
| Danny Richar | 2B | 2007 (56 g) | 2008–2009 (23 g) |
| Kip Wells | P | 1999–2001 (67 g) | 2009 (10 g) |
| Paul LaPalme | P | 1956–1957 (65 g) | 1956 (11 g) |
| Cal Abrams | OF | 1956 (4 g) | 1952 (71 g) |
| Claude Osteen | P | 1975 (37 g) | 1957, 1959–1961 (37 g) |
| Josh Osich | P | 2019 (57 g) | 2021 (17 g) |
| Clark Griffith | P | 1901–1902 (70 g) | 1909–1910 (2 g) |
| Kelly Paris | 3B | 1988 (14 g) | 1983 (56 g) |
| Jack Fisher | P | 1968 (35 g) | 1969 (34 g) |
| Tim Belcher | P | 1993 (12 g) | 1992–1993 (57 g) |
| Cal McLish | P | 1961 (31 g) | 1960 (37 g) |
| Earl Harrist | P | 1947–1948, 1953 (51 g) | 1945 (14 g) |
| Carson Fulmer | P | 2016–2019 (44 g) | 2021 (20 g) |
| Jim Kern | P | 1982–1983 (14 g) | 1982 (50 g) |
| Ross Detwiler | P | 2019–2020 (34 g) | 2022 (30 g) |
| Jon Adkins | P | 2003–2005 (59 g) | 2008 (4 g) |
| Bill Burns | P | 1909–1910 (24 g) | 1910–1911 (38 g) |
| Jerry Reuss | P | 1988–1989 (55 g) | 1987 (7 g) |
| Tim Fortugno | P | 1995 (37 g) | 1994 (25 g) |
| Ken Holcombe | P | 1950–1952 (59 g) | 1948 (2 g) |
| Al Worthington | P | 1960 (4 g) | 1963–1964 (56 g) |
| Rick White | P | 2003 (34 g) | 2006 (26 g) |
| Austin Slater | OF | 2025 (51 g) | 2024 (8 g) |
| Dylan Axelrod | P | 2011–2013 (48 g) | 2014–2015 (11 g) |
| James Edwards | P | 1925–1926 (41 g) | 1928 (18 g) |
| Johnny Riddle | C | 1930 (25 g) | 1941, 1944–1945 (34 g) |
| Ken Ash | P | 1925 (2 g) | 1928–1930 (56 g) |
| Warren Hacker | P | 1961 (42 g) | 1957 (15 g) |
| Bill Kennedy | P | 1952 (47 g) | 1956–1957 (9 g) |
| Phil Douglas | P | 1912 (3 g) | 1914–1915 (53 g) |
| Scott Schoeneweis | P | 2003–2004 (40 g) | 2006 (16 g) |
| Ryan LaMarre | OF | 2018 (33 g) | 2015 (21 g) |
| Carl Willis | P | 1988 (6 g) | 1984–1986 (47 g) |
| Doug McWeeny | P | 1921–1922, 1924 (44 g) | 1930 (8 g) |
| Ruben Sierra | OF | 1998 (27 g) | 1997 (25 g) |
| Chuckie Robinson | C | 2024 (26 g) | 2022 (25 g) |
| David Holmberg | P | 2017 (37 g) | 2014–2015 (13 g) |
| Lee Stine | P | 1934–1935 (5 g) | 1936 (40 g) |
| Charlie English | 3B | 1932–1933 (27 g) | 1937 (17 g) |
| Darrell Johnson | C | 1952 (22 g) | 1961–1962 (22 g) |
| Everett Scott | SS | 1926 (40 g) | 1926 (4 g) |
| Ted Wills | P | 1965 (15 g) | 1962 (26 g) |
| Mark Payton | OF | 2022 (8 g) | 2020–2021 (32 g) |
| Josh Fogg | P | 2001 (11 g) | 2008 (23 g) |
| Johnny Beall | OF | 1913 (17 g) | 1915–1916 (16 g) |
| Roger Nelson | P | 1967 (5 g) | 1973–1974 (28 g) |
| Del Ennis | OF | 1959 (26 g) | 1959 (5 g) |
| Moe Drabowsky | P | 1972 (7 g) | 1962 (23 g) |
| Frank Sigafoos | 3B | 1929 (8 g) | 1931 (21 g) |
| David Wells | P | 2001 (16 g) | 1995 (11 g) |
| Frankie Montas | P | 2015 (7 g) | 2024 (19 g) |
| Dennis Ribant | P | 1968 (18 g) | 1969 (7 g) |
| Travis Jankowski | OF | 2025 (7 g) | 2020 (16 g) |
| Dave Brain | 3B | 1901 (5 g) | 1908 (16 g) |
| Don Rudolph | P | 1957–1959 (16 g) | 1959 (5 g) |
| Jimmie Schaffer | C | 1965 (17 g) | 1968 (4 g) |
| Steve Christmas | C | 1984 (12 g) | 1983 (9 g) |
| Hank Schreiber | 3B | 1914 (1 g) | 1919 (19 g) |
| Jack Quinn | P | 1918 (6 g) | 1933 (14 g) |
| Jess Dobernic | P | 1939 (4 g) | 1949 (14 g) |
| Jim Baumer | 2B | 1949 (8 g) | 1961 (10 g) |
| Joe Henderson | P | 1974 (5 g) | 1976–1977 (11 g) |
| Pedro Lopez | SS | 2005 (2 g) | 2007 (14 g) |
| Rick Wrona | C | 1993 (4 g) | 1992 (11 g) |
| Roy Mitchell | P | 1918 (2 g) | 1918–1919 (12 g) |
| Scott Bradley | C | 1986 (9 g) | 1992 (5 g) |
| Aaron Myette | P | 1999–2000 (6 g) | 2004 (5 g) |
| Dixie Davis | P | 1915 (2 g) | 1912 (7 g) |
| Bud Hafey | OF | 1935 (2 g) | 1939 (6 g) |
| Pat Ragan | P | 1919 (1 g) | 1909 (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.Reds seasons include the Cincinnati Red Stockings (1882–1889) and Cincinnati Redlegs (1954–1959).
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Questions
How many players have played for both the Chicago White Sox and the Cincinnati Reds?
182 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1901 to 2025, including Paul Konerko, Adam Dunn, Ted Kluszewski and Edd Roush. 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?
Billy Hoy: Cincinnati Reds first, then the Chicago White Sox from 1901.
Who has played for both recently?
Nick Senzel, Tommy Pham, Austin Slater, Chuckie Robinson, Frankie Montas and Travis Jankowski, 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. Reds seasons include the Cincinnati Red Stockings (1882–1889) and Cincinnati Redlegs (1954–1959).
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