Chicago White Sox and Detroit Tigers players: who played for both
Who played for both the White Sox and Tigers?
209 players played for both the Chicago White Sox and the Detroit Tigers between 1901 and 2025, including Norm Cash, Chet Lemon, Magglio Ordonez and Aurelio Rodriguez. 89 of them played for the White Sox first and 110 for the Tigers first; 10 played for both in the same season.
Did you know?
- Sam McMackin is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: White Sox first, then the Tigers from 1902.
- Tyler Alexander is the most recent: Tigers first, then the White Sox from 2025.
- Norm Cash played the most games across the two: 71 for the White Sox and 2,018 for the Tigers.
- 32 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Rudy York.
- Most common positions on this list: P (85), OF (50), C (28), 3B (16).
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All 209 players, most games for the two first
| Player | Pos | White Sox | Tigers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norm Cash | 1B | 1958–1959 (71 g) | 1960–1974 (2018 g) |
| Chet Lemon | OF | 1975–1981 (785 g) | 1982–1990 (1203 g) |
| Magglio Ordonez | OF | 1997–2004 (1001 g) | 2005–2011 (847 g) |
| Aurelio Rodriguez | 3B | 1982–1983 (140 g) | 1971–1979 (1241 g) |
| Rudy York | 1B | 1947 (102 g) | 1934, 1937–1945 (1268 g) |
| Lu Blue | 1B | 1931–1932 (267 g) | 1921–1927 (925 g) |
| Jim Landis | OF | 1957–1964 (1063 g) | 1967 (25 g) |
| Bob Fothergill | OF | 1930–1932 (276 g) | 1922–1930 (801 g) |
| Don Kolloway | 2B | 1940–1943, 1946–1949 (683 g) | 1949–1952 (394 g) |
| Gee Walker | OF | 1938–1939 (269 g) | 1931–1937 (794 g) |
| Billy Sullivan | C | 1901–1912, 1914 (1053 g) | 1916 (1 g) |
| George Kell | 3B | 1954–1956 (220 g) | 1946–1952 (826 g) |
| Charlie Maxwell | OF | 1962–1964 (142 g) | 1955–1962 (853 g) |
| Matty McIntyre | OF | 1911–1912 (196 g) | 1904–1910 (796 g) |
| Marv Owen | 3B | 1938–1939 (199 g) | 1931, 1933–1937 (792 g) |
| Ron LeFlore | OF | 1981–1982 (173 g) | 1974–1979 (787 g) |
| Gordon Beckham | 2B | 2009–2015 (839 g) | 2019 (83 g) |
| Rip Radcliff | OF | 1934–1939 (684 g) | 1941–1943 (228 g) |
| Tony Phillips | OF | 1996–1997 (189 g) | 1990–1994 (722 g) |
| Johnny Groth | OF | 1954–1955 (157 g) | 1946–1952, 1957–1960 (737 g) |
| Steve Kemp | OF | 1982 (160 g) | 1977–1981 (684 g) |
| Alex Avila | C | 2016 (57 g) | 2009–2015, 2017 (760 g) |
| Dave Philley | OF | 1941, 1946–1951, 1956–1957 (721 g) | 1957 (65 g) |
| George Moriarty | 3B | 1916 (7 g) | 1909–1915 (770 g) |
| Bob Kennedy | OF | 1939–1942, 1946–1948, 1955–1957 (699 g) | 1956 (70 g) |
| Ray Boone | 3B | 1958–1959 (86 g) | 1953–1958 (683 g) |
| Walt Dropo | 1B | 1955–1958 (387 g) | 1952–1954 (374 g) |
| Scott Fletcher | SS | 1983–1985, 1989–1991 (682 g) | 1995 (67 g) |
| Austin Jackson | OF | 2016 (54 g) | 2010–2014 (670 g) |
| Rocky Colavito | OF | 1967 (60 g) | 1960–1963 (629 g) |
| Davy Jones | OF | 1913 (10 g) | 1906–1912, 1918 (657 g) |
| Bubba Phillips | 3B | 1956–1959 (389 g) | 1955, 1963–1964 (269 g) |
| Avisail Garcia | OF | 2013–2018 (585 g) | 2012–2013 (53 g) |
| Earl Torgeson | 1B | 1957–1961 (397 g) | 1955–1957 (236 g) |
| Fred Hatfield | 3B | 1956–1957 (175 g) | 1952–1956 (432 g) |
| James McCann | C | 2019–2020 (149 g) | 2014–2018 (452 g) |
| Skeeter Webb | SS | 1940–1944 (342 g) | 1945–1947 (233 g) |
| Red Wilson | C | 1951–1954 (85 g) | 1954–1960 (485 g) |
| Al Simmons | OF | 1933–1935 (412 g) | 1936 (143 g) |
| Billy Pierce | P | 1949–1961 (487 g) | 1945, 1948 (27 g) |
| Jim Delsing | OF | 1948, 1956 (75 g) | 1952–1956 (417 g) |
| Ducky Holmes | OF | 1903–1905 (246 g) | 1901–1902 (223 g) |
| Eddie Robinson | 1B | 1950–1952 (425 g) | 1957 (13 g) |
| Jim Morrison | 3B | 1979–1982 (370 g) | 1987–1988 (58 g) |
| Virgil Trucks | P | 1953–1955 (96 g) | 1941–1943, 1945–1952, 1956 (316 g) |
| Chad Kreuter | C | 1996–1998 (158 g) | 1992–1994 (251 g) |
| Billy Sullivan | C | 1931–1933 (239 g) | 1940–1941 (163 g) |
| Bud Souchock | OF | 1949 (84 g) | 1951–1955 (298 g) |
| Neil Berry | SS | 1953 (5 g) | 1948–1952 (375 g) |
| Greg Norton | 3B | 1996–2000 (337 g) | 2004 (41 g) |
| John Kerr | 2B | 1929–1931 (325 g) | 1923–1924 (36 g) |
| Eddie Cicotte | P | 1912–1920 (354 g) | 1905 (3 g) |
| Red Kress | SS | 1932–1934 (272 g) | 1939–1940 (85 g) |
| Ken Williams | OF | 1986–1988 (204 g) | 1989–1990 (151 g) |
| Aaron Robinson | C | 1948 (98 g) | 1949–1951 (253 g) |
| Dixie Walker | OF | 1936–1937 (181 g) | 1938–1939 (170 g) |
| Bob Nieman | OF | 1955–1956 (113 g) | 1953–1954 (233 g) |
| Gus Zernial | OF | 1949–1951 (220 g) | 1958–1959 (126 g) |
| Fred Payne | C | 1909–1911 (190 g) | 1906–1908 (149 g) |
| Frank Lary | P | 1965 (14 g) | 1954–1964 (316 g) |
| Tony Piet | 2B | 1935–1937 (286 g) | 1938 (41 g) |
| Joe Ginsberg | C | 1960–1961 (34 g) | 1948, 1950–1953 (280 g) |
| Tony Bernazard | 2B | 1981–1983 (302 g) | 1991 (6 g) |
| Fred McMullin | 3B | 1916–1920 (304 g) | 1914 (1 g) |
| Larry Doby | OF | 1956–1957, 1959 (280 g) | 1959 (18 g) |
| Milt May | C | 1979 (65 g) | 1976–1979 (232 g) |
| Luis Alvarado | SS | 1971–1974 (290 g) | 1977 (2 g) |
| Bob Molinaro | OF | 1977–1978, 1980–1981 (272 g) | 1975, 1977, 1983 (18 g) |
| Gerry Staley | P | 1956–1961 (270 g) | 1961 (13 g) |
| Merv Shea | C | 1934–1937 (147 g) | 1927–1929, 1939 (127 g) |
| Liz Funk | OF | 1932–1933 (132 g) | 1930 (140 g) |
| Robbie Grossman | OF | 2024 (25 g) | 2021–2022 (239 g) |
| Bruce Campbell | OF | 1930–1932 (16 g) | 1940–1941 (244 g) |
| Billy Purtell | 3B | 1908–1910 (231 g) | 1914 (28 g) |
| Luis Salazar | 3B | 1985–1986 (126 g) | 1988 (130 g) |
| Kid Gleason | 2B | 1912 (1 g) | 1901–1902 (253 g) |
| Al Alburquerque | P | 2017 (10 g) | 2011–2015 (241 g) |
| Ferris Fain | 1B | 1953–1954 (193 g) | 1955 (58 g) |
| Rusty Kuntz | OF | 1979–1983 (157 g) | 1984–1985 (89 g) |
| Lerrin LaGrow | P | 1977–1979 (129 g) | 1970, 1972–1975 (116 g) |
| Eric McNair | SS | 1939–1940 (195 g) | 1941–1942 (49 g) |
| Dick Brown | C | 1960 (16 g) | 1961–1962 (227 g) |
| Matt Batts | C | 1954 (55 g) | 1952–1954 (184 g) |
| Ted Gray | P | 1955 (2 g) | 1946, 1948–1954 (214 g) |
| Dick Donovan | P | 1955–1960 (212 g) | 1954 (2 g) |
| Timo Perez | OF | 2004–2005 (179 g) | 2007 (29 g) |
| Ray Herbert | P | 1961–1964 (109 g) | 1950–1951, 1953–1954 (98 g) |
| Mike Myers | P | 2007 (17 g) | 1995–1997 (182 g) |
| Octavio Dotel | P | 2008–2009 (134 g) | 2012–2013 (63 g) |
| Frank Owen | P | 1903–1909 (186 g) | 1901 (9 g) |
| Bert Cole | P | 1927 (27 g) | 1921–1925 (164 g) |
| Lefty Williams | P | 1916–1920 (183 g) | 1913–1914 (6 g) |
| Don Mossi | P | 1964 (34 g) | 1959–1963 (154 g) |
| Mark Salas | C | 1988 (75 g) | 1990–1991 (107 g) |
| Phil Regan | P | 1972 (10 g) | 1960–1965 (172 g) |
| Bill Nahorodny | C | 1977–1979 (179 g) | 1983 (2 g) |
| Eric King | P | 1989–1990 (50 g) | 1986–1988, 1992 (128 g) |
| Bob James | P | 1985–1987 (161 g) | 1982–1983 (16 g) |
| Bruce Kimm | C | 1980 (100 g) | 1976–1977 (77 g) |
| Ed Farmer | P | 1979–1981 (148 g) | 1973 (24 g) |
| Dave Stegman | OF | 1983–1984 (85 g) | 1978–1980 (85 g) |
| Whit Wyatt | P | 1933–1936 (82 g) | 1929–1933 (83 g) |
| Bruce Rondon | P | 2018 (35 g) | 2013, 2015–2017 (123 g) |
| Ray Demmitt | OF | 1914–1915 (155 g) | 1914 (1 g) |
| Josh Harrison | 2B | 2022 (119 g) | 2019 (36 g) |
| Earl Webb | OF | 1933 (59 g) | 1932–1933 (94 g) |
| Tyler Alexander | P | 2025 (31 g) | 2019–2023 (120 g) |
| Raul Casanova | C | 2005 (6 g) | 1996–1998 (142 g) |
| Jerry Don Gleaton | P | 1984–1985 (42 g) | 1990–1991 (104 g) |
| Bob Shaw | P | 1958–1961 (126 g) | 1957–1958 (19 g) |
| Eddie Williams | 1B | 1989 (66 g) | 1996 (77 g) |
| Vern Kennedy | P | 1934–1937 (102 g) | 1938–1939 (41 g) |
| Casper Wells | OF | 2013 (38 g) | 2010–2011 (100 g) |
| Bill Wight | P | 1948–1950 (99 g) | 1952–1953 (36 g) |
| Tommy Kahnle | P | 2016–2017 (66 g) | 2025 (66 g) |
| Don McMahon | P | 1967–1968 (77 g) | 1968–1969 (54 g) |
| Gary Glover | P | 2001–2003 (111 g) | 2008 (18 g) |
| Johnny Grabowski | C | 1924–1926 (89 g) | 1931 (40 g) |
| Jake Wade | P | 1942–1944 (55 g) | 1936–1938 (73 g) |
| Jason Grilli | P | 2004 (8 g) | 2005–2008 (120 g) |
| Babe Pinelli | 3B | 1918 (24 g) | 1920 (103 g) |
| Charlie Hickman | 1B | 1907 (23 g) | 1904–1905 (101 g) |
| Chuck Kress | 1B | 1949–1950 (100 g) | 1954 (24 g) |
| Vic Frazier | P | 1931–1933, 1939 (95 g) | 1933–1934 (28 g) |
| Freddy Garcia | P | 2004–2006, 2009–2010 (119 g) | 2008 (3 g) |
| Bill Fischer | P | 1956–1958 (53 g) | 1958, 1960–1961 (68 g) |
| Tony Rensa | C | 1937–1939 (99 g) | 1930 (20 g) |
| Nick Maton | 2B | 2025 (25 g) | 2023 (93 g) |
| Jim Brideweser | SS | 1955–1956 (44 g) | 1956 (70 g) |
| Don Lenhardt | OF | 1951 (64 g) | 1952 (45 g) |
| Al Levine | P | 1996–1997 (41 g) | 2004 (65 g) |
| Art Herring | P | 1939 (7 g) | 1929–1933 (98 g) |
| Bill James | P | 1919 (5 g) | 1915–1919 (96 g) |
| Saul Rogovin | P | 1951–1953 (79 g) | 1949–1951 (21 g) |
| Derek Hill | OF | 2025 (4 g) | 2020–2022 (95 g) |
| Dick Marlowe | P | 1956 (1 g) | 1951–1956 (97 g) |
| Joakim Soria | P | 2018 (40 g) | 2014–2015 (56 g) |
| Lou Kretlow | P | 1950–1953 (65 g) | 1946, 1948–1949 (31 g) |
| Jerry Turner | OF | 1981 (10 g) | 1982 (85 g) |
| Nomar Mazara | OF | 2020 (42 g) | 2021 (50 g) |
| Al Shaw | C | 1908 (34 g) | 1901 (55 g) |
| Jack Ness | 1B | 1916 (75 g) | 1911 (12 g) |
| Muddy Ruel | C | 1934 (22 g) | 1931–1932 (65 g) |
| Tito Francona | OF | 1958 (41 g) | 1958 (45 g) |
| Carl Fischer | P | 1935 (24 g) | 1933–1935 (58 g) |
| David Wells | P | 2001 (16 g) | 1993–1995 (66 g) |
| Bob Cain | P | 1949–1951, 1954 (46 g) | 1951 (35 g) |
| Ted Lepcio | 2B | 1961 (5 g) | 1959 (76 g) |
| Matt Ginter | P | 2000–2003 (63 g) | 2005 (14 g) |
| Jerry Moses | C | 1975 (2 g) | 1974 (74 g) |
| Walter Schaller | OF | 1913 (35 g) | 1911 (41 g) |
| Nelson Cruz | P | 1997 (19 g) | 1999–2000 (56 g) |
| Edwin Jackson | P | 2010–2011 (30 g) | 2009, 2019 (43 g) |
| John Brebbia | P | 2024 (54 g) | 2025 (19 g) |
| Ruben Sierra | OF | 1998 (27 g) | 1996 (46 g) |
| Steve Dillard | 2B | 1982 (16 g) | 1978 (56 g) |
| Bob Farley | 1B | 1962 (35 g) | 1962 (36 g) |
| Derek Holland | P | 2017 (29 g) | 2021 (39 g) |
| Gene Bearden | P | 1953 (31 g) | 1951 (37 g) |
| Harry Byrd | P | 1955–1956 (28 g) | 1957 (37 g) |
| Codi Heuer | P | 2020–2021 (61 g) | 2025 (2 g) |
| Joe Orengo | 3B | 1945 (17 g) | 1944 (46 g) |
| Wilson Betemit | 3B | 2009 (20 g) | 2011 (40 g) |
| Earl Harrist | P | 1947–1948, 1953 (51 g) | 1953 (8 g) |
| Ron Tingley | C | 1994 (5 g) | 1995 (54 g) |
| Mike Pelfrey | P | 2017 (34 g) | 2016 (24 g) |
| Bob Gillespie | P | 1947–1948 (50 g) | 1944 (7 g) |
| Chad Kimsey | P | 1932–1933 (35 g) | 1936 (22 g) |
| Dave LaPoint | P | 1987–1988 (39 g) | 1986 (16 g) |
| Marv Grissom | P | 1952 (28 g) | 1949 (27 g) |
| Bob Christian | OF | 1969–1970 (51 g) | 1968 (3 g) |
| Chuck Cary | P | 1993 (16 g) | 1985–1986 (38 g) |
| Bob Melvin | C | 1994 (11 g) | 1985 (41 g) |
| Carson Fulmer | P | 2016–2019 (44 g) | 2020 (7 g) |
| Joe Sugden | C | 1901 (48 g) | 1912 (1 g) |
| David Purcey | P | 2013 (24 g) | 2011 (19 g) |
| Jake Marisnick | OF | 2023 (9 g) | 2023 (33 g) |
| Jose Paniagua | P | 2003 (1 g) | 2002 (41 g) |
| Ray Scarborough | P | 1950 (27 g) | 1953 (13 g) |
| Francisco Liriano | P | 2012 (12 g) | 2018 (27 g) |
| Bob Miller | P | 1970 (16 g) | 1973 (22 g) |
| Ivan Nova | P | 2019 (34 g) | 2020 (4 g) |
| Tim Belcher | P | 1993 (12 g) | 1994 (25 g) |
| Dennis Ribant | P | 1968 (18 g) | 1968 (15 g) |
| Dick Littlefield | P | 1951 (4 g) | 1952 (28 g) |
| Johnny Pasek | C | 1934 (4 g) | 1933 (28 g) |
| Grover Lowdermilk | P | 1919–1920 (23 g) | 1915–1916 (8 g) |
| Jose Urena | P | 2023 (5 g) | 2021 (26 g) |
| Lou Skizas | OF | 1959 (8 g) | 1958 (23 g) |
| Bill Burns | P | 1909–1910 (24 g) | 1912 (6 g) |
| Dustin Garneau | C | 2018 (1 g) | 2021–2022 (28 g) |
| Joe Hall | OF | 1994 (17 g) | 1995, 1997 (9 g) |
| Bernie DeViveiros | SS | 1924 (1 g) | 1927 (24 g) |
| Jacob Turner | P | 2016 (18 g) | 2011–2012, 2018 (7 g) |
| Vic Darensbourg | P | 2004 (2 g) | 2005 (22 g) |
| Bill Heath | C | 1965 (1 g) | 1967 (20 g) |
| Frank Sigafoos | 3B | 1929 (8 g) | 1929 (13 g) |
| Earl Rapp | OF | 1949 (19 g) | 1949 (1 g) |
| Carlos Torres | P | 2009–2010 (13 g) | 2019 (4 g) |
| Jack Hamilton | P | 1969 (8 g) | 1964–1965 (9 g) |
| Carl Willis | P | 1988 (6 g) | 1984 (10 g) |
| Vito Valentinetti | P | 1954 (1 g) | 1958 (15 g) |
| John Skopec | P | 1901 (9 g) | 1903 (6 g) |
| Steve Wapnick | P | 1991 (6 g) | 1990 (4 g) |
| Frank Huelsman | OF | 1904 (4 g) | 1904 (4 g) |
| Wiley Taylor | P | 1912 (3 g) | 1911 (3 g) |
| Bill Connelly | P | 1950 (2 g) | 1950 (2 g) |
| Bob Uhl | P | 1938 (1 g) | 1940 (1 g) |
| Sam McMackin | 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.
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Questions
How many players have played for both the Chicago White Sox and the Detroit Tigers?
209 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1901 to 2025, including Norm Cash, Chet Lemon, Magglio Ordonez and Aurelio Rodriguez. 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?
Sam McMackin: Chicago White Sox first, then the Detroit Tigers from 1902.
Who has played for both recently?
Robbie Grossman, Tyler Alexander, Tommy Kahnle, Nick Maton, Derek Hill and John Brebbia and 1 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. Neither of these teams has moved or changed its name.
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