Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Guardians players: who played for both

Who played for both the White Sox and Guardians?

292 players played for both the Chicago White Sox and the Cleveland Guardians between 1901 and 2025, including Jim Thome, Harold Baines, Willie Kamm and Minnie Miñoso. 123 of them played for the White Sox first and 152 for the Guardians first; 17 played for both in the same season.

Did you know?

Zaza Harvey is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: White Sox first, then the Guardians from 1901.
Aaron Civale is the most recent: Guardians first, then the White Sox from 2025.
Jim Thome played the most games across the two: 529 for the White Sox and 1,399 for the Guardians.
57 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Jim Thome.
Most common positions on this list: P (119), OF (78), C (38), 2B (15).

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All 292 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	White Sox	Guardians
Jim Thome	1B	2006–2009 (529 g)	1991–2002, 2011 (1399 g)
Harold Baines	DH	1980–1989, 1996–1997, 2000–2001 (1670 g)	1999 (28 g)
Willie Kamm	3B	1923–1931 (1171 g)	1931–1935 (522 g)
Minnie Miñoso	OF	1951–1957, 1960–1961, 1964, 1976, 1980 (1373 g)	1949, 1951, 1958–1959 (314 g)
Omar Vizquel	SS	2010–2011 (166 g)	1994–2004 (1478 g)
Larry Doby	OF	1956–1957, 1959 (280 g)	1947–1955, 1958 (1235 g)
Luke Sewell	C	1935–1938 (433 g)	1921–1932, 1939 (979 g)
Sherm Lollar	C	1952–1963 (1358 g)	1946 (28 g)
Al Smith	OF	1958–1962 (700 g)	1953–1957, 1964 (669 g)
Kenny Lofton	OF	2002 (93 g)	1992–1996, 1998–2001, 2007 (1276 g)
Bibb Falk	OF	1920–1928 (1068 g)	1929–1931 (286 g)
Hal Trosky	1B	1944, 1946 (223 g)	1933–1941 (1124 g)
Shoeless Joe Jackson	OF	1915–1920 (648 g)	1910–1915 (674 g)
Bob Kennedy	OF	1939–1942, 1946–1948, 1955–1957 (699 g)	1948–1954 (565 g)
Sandy Alomar	C	2001–2004, 2006 (265 g)	1990–2000 (985 g)
Albert Belle	OF	1997–1998 (324 g)	1989–1996 (913 g)
Jorge Orta	2B	1972–1979 (990 g)	1980–1981 (217 g)
Julio Franco	SS	1994 (112 g)	1983–1988, 1996–1997 (1088 g)
Tommy McCraw	1B	1963–1970 (995 g)	1972, 1974–1975 (197 g)
Chico Carrasquel	SS	1950–1955 (837 g)	1956–1958 (315 g)
Jim Landis	OF	1957–1964 (1063 g)	1966 (85 g)
Mike Tresh	C	1938–1948 (989 g)	1949 (38 g)
Bill Melton	3B	1968–1975 (976 g)	1977 (50 g)
Manny Ramirez	OF	2010 (24 g)	1993–2000 (967 g)
Rocky Colavito	OF	1967 (60 g)	1955–1959, 1965–1967 (913 g)
Woodie Held	SS	1968–1969 (96 g)	1958–1964 (855 g)
Ken Berry	OF	1962–1970 (894 g)	1975 (25 g)
Dave Philley	OF	1941, 1946–1951, 1956–1957 (721 g)	1954–1955 (176 g)
John Romano	C	1958–1959, 1965–1966 (301 g)	1960–1964 (581 g)
Tito Francona	OF	1958 (41 g)	1959–1964 (835 g)
Tony Bernazard	2B	1981–1983 (302 g)	1984–1987 (518 g)
Nemo Leibold	OF	1915–1920 (554 g)	1913–1915 (264 g)
Alan Bannister	OF	1976–1980 (442 g)	1980–1983 (367 g)
Bubba Phillips	3B	1956–1959 (389 g)	1960–1962 (404 g)
Bill Cissell	2B	1928–1932 (539 g)	1932–1933 (243 g)
Juan Uribe	SS	2004–2008 (672 g)	2016 (73 g)
Pat Kelly	OF	1971–1976 (692 g)	1981 (48 g)
Ron Kittle	OF	1982–1986, 1989–1991 (657 g)	1988 (75 g)
Cory Snyder	OF	1991 (50 g)	1986–1990 (657 g)
Walt Williams	OF	1967–1972 (603 g)	1973 (104 g)
Thurman Tucker	OF	1942–1944, 1946–1947 (480 g)	1948–1951 (221 g)
Leon Wagner	OF	1968 (69 g)	1964–1968 (630 g)
Eddie Robinson	1B	1950–1952 (425 g)	1942, 1946–1948, 1957 (264 g)
Johnny Hodapp	2B	1932 (68 g)	1925–1932 (608 g)
Ron Hassey	C	1986–1987 (98 g)	1978–1984 (569 g)
Jack Brohamer	2B	1976–1977 (178 g)	1972–1975, 1980 (461 g)
Bill Knickerbocker	SS	1941 (89 g)	1933–1936 (513 g)
Chick Gandil	1B	1910, 1917–1919 (455 g)	1916 (146 g)
Eddie Leon	2B	1973–1974 (158 g)	1968–1972 (442 g)
Oscar Gamble	OF	1977, 1985 (207 g)	1973–1975 (369 g)
Ray Boone	3B	1958–1959 (86 g)	1948–1953 (489 g)
Bruce Campbell	OF	1930–1932 (16 g)	1935–1939 (553 g)
Buddy Bradford	OF	1966–1970, 1972–1976 (473 g)	1970–1971 (95 g)
Lew Fonseca	1B	1931–1933 (162 g)	1927–1931 (401 g)
Bryan Shaw	P	2023–2024 (43 g)	2013–2017, 2021–2022 (519 g)
Pat Seerey	OF	1948–1949 (99 g)	1943–1948 (462 g)
Roberto Alomar	2B	2003–2004 (85 g)	1999–2001 (471 g)
Early Wynn	P	1958–1962 (157 g)	1949–1957, 1963 (368 g)
Oris Hockett	OF	1945 (106 g)	1941–1944 (415 g)
Braggo Roth	OF	1914–1915 (104 g)	1915–1918 (415 g)
Moose Solters	OF	1940–1941, 1943 (234 g)	1937–1939 (260 g)
Melky Cabrera	OF	2015–2017 (407 g)	2018 (78 g)
Larry Rosenthal	OF	1936–1941 (437 g)	1941 (45 g)
Ellis Burks	OF	1993 (146 g)	2001–2003 (317 g)
Jerry Dybzinski	SS	1983–1984 (221 g)	1980–1982 (242 g)
Ted Easterly	C	1912–1913 (90 g)	1909–1912 (372 g)
Gary Bell	P	1969 (23 g)	1958–1967 (421 g)
Skeeter Webb	SS	1940–1944 (342 g)	1938–1939 (101 g)
Jim Busby	OF	1950–1952, 1955 (276 g)	1956–1957 (165 g)
Carlos Martinez	1B	1988–1990 (218 g)	1991–1993 (221 g)
Clint Brown	P	1936–1940 (197 g)	1928–1935, 1941–1942 (240 g)
Bill Hunnefield	SS	1926–1930 (415 g)	1931 (21 g)
Joey Cora	2B	1991–1994 (411 g)	1998 (24 g)
Nick Swisher	OF	2008 (153 g)	2013–2015 (272 g)
Hank Edwards	OF	1952 (8 g)	1941–1943, 1946–1949 (413 g)
Mike Garcia	P	1960 (15 g)	1948–1959 (397 g)
Bob Howry	P	1998–2002 (294 g)	2004–2005 (116 g)
Charlie Hickman	1B	1907 (23 g)	1902–1904, 1908 (385 g)
Billy Sullivan	C	1931–1933 (239 g)	1936–1937 (165 g)
Hoyt Wilhelm	P	1963–1968 (361 g)	1957–1958 (32 g)
Harry Simpson	OF	1959 (38 g)	1951–1953, 1955 (353 g)
Gee Walker	OF	1938–1939 (269 g)	1941 (121 g)
Roberto Hernandez	P	1991–1997 (345 g)	2007 (28 g)
Dan Spillner	P	1984–1985 (76 g)	1978–1984 (290 g)
Thornton Lee	P	1937–1947 (262 g)	1933–1936 (102 g)
Tommie Agee	OF	1965–1967 (328 g)	1962–1964 (31 g)
Joel Skinner	C	1983–1986 (131 g)	1989–1991 (227 g)
Paul Assenmacher	P	1994 (44 g)	1995–1999 (309 g)
Luis Alvarado	SS	1971–1974 (290 g)	1974 (61 g)
Cam Carreon	C	1959–1964 (331 g)	1965 (19 g)
Ben Chapman	OF	1941 (57 g)	1939–1940 (292 g)
Miguel Dilone	OF	1983 (4 g)	1980–1983 (340 g)
Myril Hoag	OF	1941–1942, 1944 (236 g)	1944–1945 (107 g)
Eddie Fisher	P	1962–1966, 1972–1973 (286 g)	1968 (54 g)
Edwin Encarnacion	DH	2020 (44 g)	2017–2018 (294 g)
Rusty Torres	OF	1978–1979 (106 g)	1973–1974 (231 g)
Tyler Naquin	OF	2023 (5 g)	2016–2020 (325 g)
Boze Berger	2B	1937–1938 (170 g)	1932, 1935–1936 (153 g)
Dave Gallagher	OF	1988–1990 (307 g)	1987 (15 g)
Ron Pruitt	OF	1980 (33 g)	1976–1981 (288 g)
David Riske	P	2006 (33 g)	1999, 2001–2005 (287 g)
Dick Donovan	P	1955–1960 (212 g)	1962–1965 (108 g)
Sam Mele	OF	1952–1953 (263 g)	1956 (57 g)
Moe Berg	C	1926–1930 (279 g)	1931, 1934 (39 g)
Scott Radinsky	P	1990–1993, 1995 (316 g)	2001 (2 g)
Hank Majeski	3B	1950–1951 (134 g)	1952–1955 (179 g)
Bob Seeds	OF	1932 (116 g)	1930–1932, 1934 (196 g)
Lee Maye	OF	1970–1971 (38 g)	1967–1969 (267 g)
Sarge Connally	P	1921, 1923–1929 (206 g)	1931–1934 (98 g)
Brent Lillibridge	OF	2009–2012 (256 g)	2012 (43 g)
Tony Graffanino	2B	2000–2003 (291 g)	2009 (7 g)
Wil Cordero	OF	1998 (96 g)	1999–2002 (187 g)
Morrie Rath	2B	1912–1913 (248 g)	1910 (23 g)
Tommy John	P	1965–1971 (238 g)	1963–1964 (31 g)
Jim Essian	C	1976–1977, 1981 (219 g)	1983 (48 g)
Herbert Perry	3B	2000–2001 (201 g)	1994–1996 (63 g)
Joe Heving	P	1933–1934 (73 g)	1937–1938, 1941–1944 (190 g)
Don Mossi	P	1964 (34 g)	1954–1958 (224 g)
Michael Jackson	P	2004 (45 g)	1997–1999 (212 g)
Ed Farmer	P	1979–1981 (148 g)	1971–1973 (105 g)
Orlando Cabrera	SS	2008 (161 g)	2011 (91 g)
Ferris Fain	1B	1953–1954 (193 g)	1955 (56 g)
Juan Pizarro	P	1961–1966 (195 g)	1969 (48 g)
Jack McDowell	P	1987–1988, 1990–1994 (191 g)	1996–1997 (38 g)
Tony Peña	C	1997 (31 g)	1994–1996 (198 g)
Jeff Liefer	OF	1999–2002 (209 g)	2005 (19 g)
Russ Snyder	OF	1968 (38 g)	1968–1969 (190 g)
Frankie Hayes	C	1946 (53 g)	1945–1946 (170 g)
George Metkovich	OF	1949 (93 g)	1947 (126 g)
Bill Nahorodny	C	1977–1979 (179 g)	1982 (39 g)
Don McMahon	P	1967–1968 (77 g)	1964–1966 (140 g)
Reynaldo Lopez	P	2017–2023 (205 g)	2023 (12 g)
Barry Latman	P	1957–1959 (57 g)	1960–1963 (159 g)
Ed Klieman	P	1949 (18 g)	1943–1948 (197 g)
Jim Kern	P	1982–1983 (14 g)	1974–1978, 1986 (201 g)
Yonder Alonso	1B	2019 (67 g)	2018 (145 g)
Bartolo Colon	P	2003, 2009 (46 g)	1997–2002 (162 g)
Cesar Hernandez	2B	2021 (53 g)	2020–2021 (154 g)
Mike Huff	OF	1991–1993 (154 g)	1991 (51 g)
Sam Dente	SS	1952–1953 (64 g)	1954–1955 (141 g)
Jake Miller	P	1933 (30 g)	1924–1931 (174 g)
Joe Tipton	C	1949 (67 g)	1948, 1952–1953 (137 g)
Johnny Humphries	P	1941–1945 (122 g)	1938–1940 (79 g)
Jayson Nix	3B	2009–2010 (118 g)	2010 (78 g)
Jerry Willard	C	1990 (3 g)	1984–1985 (191 g)
Cal McLish	P	1961 (31 g)	1956–1959 (157 g)
Vern Kennedy	P	1934–1937 (102 g)	1942–1944 (86 g)
Allie Clark	OF	1953 (9 g)	1948–1951 (178 g)
Boone Logan	P	2006–2008 (144 g)	2017 (38 g)
Gavin Floyd	P	2007–2013 (175 g)	2015 (7 g)
Fred Hatfield	3B	1956–1957 (175 g)	1958 (3 g)
Sad Sam Jones	P	1932–1935 (129 g)	1914–1915 (49 g)
JB Shuck	OF	2015–2016 (160 g)	2014 (16 g)
Wilbur Good	OF	1918 (35 g)	1908–1909 (140 g)
Bobby Bonds	OF	1978 (26 g)	1979 (146 g)
Ike Eichrodt	OF	1931 (34 g)	1925–1927 (137 g)
Jack Harshman	P	1954–1957 (134 g)	1959–1960 (36 g)
Lucas Giolito	P	2017–2023 (162 g)	2023 (6 g)
Dick Brown	C	1960 (16 g)	1957–1959 (150 g)
Eddie Carnett	OF	1944 (126 g)	1945 (30 g)
Joe Dobson	P	1951–1953 (80 g)	1939–1940 (75 g)
Bob Nieman	OF	1955–1956 (113 g)	1961–1962 (41 g)
Roger Peckinpaugh	SS	1927 (68 g)	1910, 1912–1913 (86 g)
Aaron Ward	2B	1927 (145 g)	1928 (6 g)
Herb Score	P	1960–1962 (35 g)	1955–1959 (115 g)
Matt Merullo	C	1989, 1991–1993 (143 g)	1994 (4 g)
Dave Altizer	SS	1909 (117 g)	1908 (29 g)
Jimmy Grant	3B	1942–1943 (70 g)	1943–1944 (76 g)
Pat Borders	C	1996 (31 g)	1997–1999 (115 g)
Frank Papish	P	1945–1948 (120 g)	1949 (25 g)
Matt Albers	P	2015–2016 (88 g)	2013 (56 g)
Austin Jackson	OF	2016 (54 g)	2017 (85 g)
Zach Putnam	P	2014–2017 (130 g)	2011 (8 g)
Mike Clevinger	P	2023–2025 (36 g)	2016–2020 (101 g)
Bill Wight	P	1948–1950 (99 g)	1953, 1955 (37 g)
Dick Tidrow	P	1983 (50 g)	1972–1974 (85 g)
Enyel De Los Santos	P	2024 (15 g)	2022–2023 (120 g)
Jack Perconte	2B	1986 (24 g)	1982–1983 (107 g)
Fred Marsh	3B	1953–1954 (129 g)	1949 (1 g)
James Edwards	P	1925–1926 (41 g)	1922–1925 (86 g)
Tom Daly	C	1913–1915 (93 g)	1916 (31 g)
Martin Autry	C	1929–1930 (77 g)	1926–1928 (41 g)
Norm Schlueter	C	1938–1939 (69 g)	1944 (49 g)
Jason Bere	P	1993–1998 (104 g)	2000, 2003 (13 g)
Red Wilson	C	1951–1954 (85 g)	1960 (32 g)
Vicente Romo	P	1971–1972 (73 g)	1968–1969 (43 g)
Zack Collins	C	2019–2021 (114 g)	2023 (2 g)
Dixie Howell	P	1955–1958 (112 g)	1940 (3 g)
Evan Marshall	P	2019–2021 (105 g)	2018 (10 g)
Gene Bearden	P	1953 (31 g)	1947–1950 (84 g)
Pete Appleton	P	1940–1942 (42 g)	1930–1932 (73 g)
Shawn Hillegas	P	1988–1990 (63 g)	1991 (51 g)
Whit Wyatt	P	1933–1936 (82 g)	1937 (29 g)
Marino Pieretti	P	1948–1949 (80 g)	1950 (30 g)
Dennis Higgins	P	1966–1967 (51 g)	1970 (58 g)
Hal McKain	P	1929–1932 (107 g)	1927 (2 g)
Jaime Navarro	P	1997–1999 (102 g)	2000 (7 g)
Dennis Cook	P	1994 (38 g)	1992–1993, 1995 (68 g)
Mark Salas	C	1988 (75 g)	1989 (30 g)
Eddie Williams	1B	1989 (66 g)	1986–1988 (37 g)
Morrie Martin	P	1954–1956 (82 g)	1958 (14 g)
Johnny Jeter	OF	1973 (89 g)	1974 (6 g)
Rick White	P	2003 (34 g)	2004 (59 g)
Alan Embree	P	2001 (39 g)	1992, 1995–1996 (51 g)
Aaron Civale	P	2025 (13 g)	2019–2023 (76 g)
Lee Stange	P	1970 (16 g)	1964–1966 (73 g)
Ed Klepfer	P	1915 (3 g)	1915–1917, 1919 (85 g)
Ron Lolich	OF	1971 (2 g)	1972–1973 (85 g)
Mike Stanton	P	1985 (11 g)	1980–1981 (75 g)
Larry Chappell	OF	1913–1915 (82 g)	1916 (3 g)
Joe Ginsberg	C	1960–1961 (34 g)	1953–1954 (49 g)
Kosuke Fukudome	OF	2012 (24 g)	2011 (59 g)
Al Gettel	P	1948–1949 (43 g)	1947–1948 (39 g)
Jose Lopez	2B	2012 (15 g)	2012 (66 g)
Roy Wilkinson	P	1919–1922 (78 g)	1918 (1 g)
Bernie Neis	OF	1927 (46 g)	1927 (32 g)
Andy Gonzalez	OF	2007 (67 g)	2008 (10 g)
Luis Vizcaino	P	2005 (65 g)	2009 (11 g)
Eric King	P	1989–1990 (50 g)	1991 (25 g)
Jerry Sands	OF	2016 (24 g)	2015 (50 g)
Zaza Harvey	OF	1901 (17 g)	1901–1902 (57 g)
Ralph Weigel	C	1948 (66 g)	1946 (6 g)
Earl Averill	C	1960 (10 g)	1956, 1958 (59 g)
Jeanmar Gomez	P	2018 (26 g)	2010–2012 (42 g)
Jack Slattery	C	1903 (63 g)	1903 (4 g)
Matt Ginter	P	2000–2003 (63 g)	2008 (4 g)
Rube Vinson	OF	1906 (11 g)	1904–1905 (55 g)
Floyd Weaver	P	1970 (31 g)	1962, 1965 (33 g)
Jim Lemon	OF	1963 (36 g)	1950, 1953 (28 g)
Tyler Clippard	P	2017 (11 g)	2019 (53 g)
Jack Salveson	P	1935 (20 g)	1943, 1945 (42 g)
Bob Weiland	P	1928–1931 (45 g)	1934 (16 g)
Rod Craig	OF	1986 (10 g)	1982 (49 g)
Jerry Moses	C	1975 (2 g)	1972 (52 g)
Bill Kennedy	P	1952 (47 g)	1948 (6 g)
Jeff Shaw	P	1995 (9 g)	1990–1992 (43 g)
Ossie Blanco	1B	1970 (34 g)	1974 (18 g)
Tom Brennan	P	1984 (4 g)	1981–1983 (48 g)
Anthony Swarzak	P	2017 (41 g)	2015 (10 g)
Fran Mullins	3B	1980 (21 g)	1986 (28 g)
Don Ferrarese	P	1960 (5 g)	1958–1959 (43 g)
Bryan Clark	P	1986–1987 (16 g)	1985 (31 g)
Phil Roof	C	1976 (4 g)	1965 (43 g)
Jim Moore	P	1930–1932 (43 g)	1928–1929 (3 g)
Bob Kuzava	P	1949–1950 (39 g)	1946–1947 (6 g)
Jim King	OF	1967 (23 g)	1967 (19 g)
Ross Detwiler	P	2019–2020 (34 g)	2016 (7 g)
Bert Cole	P	1927 (27 g)	1925 (13 g)
Neil Allen	P	1986–1987 (37 g)	1989 (3 g)
Bob Chakales	P	1955 (7 g)	1951–1954 (32 g)
Brett Myers	P	2012 (35 g)	2013 (4 g)
Tom Jordan	C	1944, 1946 (24 g)	1946 (14 g)
Barry Moore	P	1970 (24 g)	1970 (13 g)
Cecil Upshaw	P	1975 (29 g)	1974 (7 g)
Dominic Leone	P	2024 (23 g)	2020 (12 g)
Paul Lehner	OF	1951 (23 g)	1951 (12 g)
Grover Lowdermilk	P	1919–1920 (23 g)	1916 (10 g)
Steve Carlton	P	1986 (10 g)	1987 (23 g)
Bob Miller	P	1970 (16 g)	1970 (15 g)
Hi Jasper	P	1914–1915 (19 g)	1919 (12 g)
Touki Toussaint	P	2023–2024 (30 g)	2023 (1 g)
Howard Baker	3B	1914–1915 (17 g)	1912 (11 g)
Jack Hamilton	P	1969 (8 g)	1969 (20 g)
Casey Parsons	OF	1983–1984 (9 g)	1987 (18 g)
Tom Gulley	OF	1926 (16 g)	1923–1924 (11 g)
Carl Fischer	P	1935 (24 g)	1937 (2 g)
Pat Keedy	3B	1987 (17 g)	1989 (9 g)
Pop-boy Smith	P	1913 (15 g)	1916–1917 (11 g)
Bill Gogolewski	P	1975 (19 g)	1974 (5 g)
Ossee Schrecongost	C	1908 (6 g)	1902 (18 g)
Buddy Booker	C	1968 (5 g)	1966 (18 g)
Johnny Beall	OF	1913 (17 g)	1913 (6 g)
Don Rudolph	P	1957–1959 (16 g)	1962 (1 g)
Bill James	P	1919 (5 g)	1911–1912 (11 g)
Andrew Lorraine	P	1995 (5 g)	2000 (10 g)
Tim Stoddard	P	1975 (1 g)	1989 (14 g)
Ken Hill	P	2000 (2 g)	1995 (12 g)
Ron Tingley	C	1994 (5 g)	1988 (9 g)
Vito Valentinetti	P	1954 (1 g)	1957 (11 g)
Blue Moon Odom	P	1976 (8 g)	1975 (3 g)
Larry Casian	P	1998 (4 g)	1994 (7 g)
Rich Barnes	P	1982 (6 g)	1983 (4 g)
Rocky Nelson	1B	1951 (6 g)	1954 (4 g)
Aaron Myette	P	1999–2000 (6 g)	2003 (2 g)
Ernest Groth	P	1949 (3 g)	1947–1948 (4 g)
Yohan Ramirez	P	2023 (5 g)	2022 (1 g)
Larry Johnson	C	1978 (3 g)	1972, 1974 (2 g)
Steve Hamilton	P	1970 (3 g)	1961 (2 g)
Jamie Quirk	C	1984 (3 g)	1984 (1 g)
Ted Gray	P	1955 (2 g)	1955 (2 g)
Jake Striker	P	1960 (2 g)	1959 (1 g)
George Leitner	P	1902 (1 g)	1902 (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.Guardians seasons include the Cleveland Blues (1901), Cleveland Bronchos (1902), Cleveland Naps (1903–1914) and Cleveland Indians (1915–2021).

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Questions

How many players have played for both the Chicago White Sox and the Cleveland Guardians?

292 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1901 to 2025, including Jim Thome, Harold Baines, Willie Kamm and Minnie Miñoso. 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?

Zaza Harvey: Chicago White Sox first, then the Cleveland Guardians from 1901.

Who has played for both recently?

Bryan Shaw, Mike Clevinger, Enyel De Los Santos, Aaron Civale, Dominic Leone and Touki Toussaint, 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. Guardians seasons include the Cleveland Blues (1901), Cleveland Bronchos (1902), Cleveland Naps (1903–1914) and Cleveland Indians (1915–2021).

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