Chicago White Sox and Los Angeles Angels players: who played for both
Who played for both the White Sox and Angels?
151 players played for both the Chicago White Sox and the Los Angeles Angels between 1961 and 2025, including Brian Downing, Darin Erstad, Ken Berry and Tommy McCraw. 84 of them played for the White Sox first and 62 for the Angels first; 5 played for both in the same season.
Did you know?
- Earl Averill is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: White Sox first, then the Angels from 1961.
- Yoan Moncada is the most recent: White Sox first, then the Angels from 2025.
- Brian Downing played the most games across the two: 453 for the White Sox and 1,661 for the Angels.
- 16 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Ed Herrmann.
- Most common positions on this list: P (74), OF (26), C (21), 3B (10).
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All 151 players, most games for the two first
| Player | Pos | White Sox | Angels |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Downing | DH | 1973–1977 (453 g) | 1978–1990 (1661 g) |
| Darin Erstad | OF | 2007 (87 g) | 1996–2006 (1320 g) |
| Ken Berry | OF | 1962–1970 (894 g) | 1971–1973 (367 g) |
| Tommy McCraw | 1B | 1963–1970 (995 g) | 1973–1974 (155 g) |
| Bill Melton | 3B | 1968–1975 (976 g) | 1976 (118 g) |
| Bobby Knoop | 2B | 1969–1970 (234 g) | 1964–1969 (803 g) |
| Carlos May | OF | 1968–1976 (1002 g) | 1977 (11 g) |
| Sandy Alomar | 2B | 1967–1969 (167 g) | 1969–1974 (795 g) |
| Tim Anderson | SS | 2016–2023 (895 g) | 2025 (31 g) |
| Gordon Beckham | 2B | 2009–2015 (839 g) | 2014 (26 g) |
| Rick Reichardt | OF | 1971–1973 (285 g) | 1964–1970 (563 g) |
| Yoan Moncada | 3B | 2017–2024 (739 g) | 2025 (84 g) |
| Jim Spencer | 1B | 1976–1977 (278 g) | 1968–1973 (537 g) |
| Jay Johnstone | OF | 1971–1972 (237 g) | 1966–1970 (448 g) |
| Ed Herrmann | C | 1967, 1969–1974 (643 g) | 1976 (29 g) |
| Orlando Cabrera | SS | 2008 (161 g) | 2005–2007 (449 g) |
| Adam Eaton | OF | 2014–2016, 2021 (491 g) | 2021 (26 g) |
| Ralph Garr | OF | 1976–1979 (490 g) | 1979–1980 (27 g) |
| Leon Wagner | OF | 1968 (69 g) | 1961–1963 (442 g) |
| Eddie Fisher | P | 1962–1966, 1972–1973 (286 g) | 1969–1972 (219 g) |
| Craig Grebeck | 2B | 1990–1995 (414 g) | 1997 (63 g) |
| Tony Phillips | OF | 1996–1997 (189 g) | 1995, 1997 (244 g) |
| Aurelio Rodriguez | 3B | 1982–1983 (140 g) | 1967–1970 (281 g) |
| Jorge Fabregas | C | 1997 (100 g) | 1994–1997, 2001–2002 (315 g) |
| Bill Skowron | 1B | 1964–1967 (347 g) | 1967 (62 g) |
| Dave Gallagher | OF | 1988–1990 (307 g) | 1991, 1995 (101 g) |
| Hoyt Wilhelm | P | 1963–1968 (361 g) | 1969 (44 g) |
| Kirk McCaskill | P | 1992–1996 (188 g) | 1985–1991 (193 g) |
| Donnie Hill | 2B | 1987–1988 (194 g) | 1990–1991 (180 g) |
| Tom Egan | C | 1971–1972 (135 g) | 1965–1970, 1974–1975 (238 g) |
| Claudell Washington | OF | 1978–1980 (249 g) | 1989–1990 (122 g) |
| Norberto Martin | 2B | 1993–1997 (266 g) | 1998 (79 g) |
| Conor Gillaspie | 3B | 2013–2015 (322 g) | 2015 (17 g) |
| Tommy John | P | 1965–1971 (238 g) | 1982–1985 (85 g) |
| JB Shuck | OF | 2015–2016 (160 g) | 2013–2014 (151 g) |
| Terry Forster | P | 1971–1976 (266 g) | 1986 (41 g) |
| Bill Voss | OF | 1965–1968 (87 g) | 1969–1970 (213 g) |
| Rusty Torres | OF | 1978–1979 (106 g) | 1976–1977 (178 g) |
| Bobby Bonds | OF | 1978 (26 g) | 1976–1977 (257 g) |
| Matt Thaiss | C | 2025 (35 g) | 2019–2024 (245 g) |
| Jon Garland | P | 2000–2007 (246 g) | 2008 (32 g) |
| Thad Bosley | OF | 1978–1980 (172 g) | 1977, 1988 (93 g) |
| Wayne Causey | SS | 1966–1968 (261 g) | 1968 (4 g) |
| Martin Maldonado | C | 2024 (48 g) | 2017–2018 (216 g) |
| Al Levine | P | 1996–1997 (41 g) | 1999–2002 (217 g) |
| Syd O'Brien | 3B | 1970 (121 g) | 1971–1972 (126 g) |
| Carlos Martinez | 1B | 1988–1990 (218 g) | 1995 (26 g) |
| Ervin Santana | P | 2019 (3 g) | 2005–2012 (236 g) |
| Brian Goodwin | OF | 2021 (72 g) | 2019–2020 (166 g) |
| Chad Kreuter | C | 1996–1998 (158 g) | 1997–1998 (73 g) |
| Josh Paul | C | 1999–2003 (145 g) | 2004–2005 (80 g) |
| Hector Santiago | P | 2011–2013, 2018–2019 (138 g) | 2014–2016 (85 g) |
| Scott Schoeneweis | P | 2003–2004 (40 g) | 1999–2003 (183 g) |
| Ted Kluszewski | 1B | 1959–1960 (112 g) | 1961 (107 g) |
| Reynaldo Lopez | P | 2017–2023 (205 g) | 2023 (13 g) |
| Earl Averill | C | 1960 (10 g) | 1961–1962 (207 g) |
| Kevan Smith | C | 2016–2018 (146 g) | 2019 (67 g) |
| Jack McDowell | P | 1987–1988, 1990–1994 (191 g) | 1998–1999 (18 g) |
| Tommy Davis | OF | 1968 (132 g) | 1976 (72 g) |
| Scott Downs | P | 2014 (38 g) | 2011–2013 (160 g) |
| Jose Quintana | P | 2012–2017 (172 g) | 2021 (24 g) |
| Ken Patterson | P | 1988–1991 (145 g) | 1993–1994 (47 g) |
| Jake Petricka | P | 2013–2017 (181 g) | 2021 (7 g) |
| Ron Tingley | C | 1994 (5 g) | 1989–1993 (183 g) |
| Jim Abbott | P | 1995, 1998 (22 g) | 1989–1992, 1995–1996 (165 g) |
| Woodie Held | SS | 1968–1969 (96 g) | 1967–1968 (91 g) |
| Bo Jackson | OF | 1991, 1993 (108 g) | 1994 (75 g) |
| Floyd Bannister | P | 1983–1987 (164 g) | 1991 (16 g) |
| Dan Osinski | P | 1969 (51 g) | 1962–1964 (127 g) |
| Lucas Giolito | P | 2017–2023 (162 g) | 2023 (6 g) |
| Bob Sadowski | 3B | 1962 (79 g) | 1963 (88 g) |
| Gene Nelson | P | 1984–1986 (121 g) | 1993 (46 g) |
| Justin Anderson | P | 2024 (56 g) | 2018–2019 (111 g) |
| Ken McBride | P | 1959–1960 (16 g) | 1961–1965 (144 g) |
| Keynan Middleton | P | 2023 (39 g) | 2017–2020 (104 g) |
| Stan Bahnsen | P | 1972–1975 (136 g) | 1982 (7 g) |
| Bartolo Colon | P | 2003, 2009 (46 g) | 2004–2007 (96 g) |
| Steve Kealey | P | 1971–1973 (101 g) | 1968–1970 (38 g) |
| Shawn Abner | OF | 1992 (97 g) | 1991 (41 g) |
| Jim McGlothlin | P | 1973 (5 g) | 1965–1969 (132 g) |
| Gary Glover | P | 2001–2003 (111 g) | 2003 (18 g) |
| Nicky Lopez | 2B | 2024 (124 g) | 2025 (5 g) |
| Dallas McPherson | 3B | 2011 (11 g) | 2004–2006 (117 g) |
| Chris Knapp | P | 1975–1977 (40 g) | 1978–1980 (82 g) |
| Lloyd Allen | P | 1974–1975 (9 g) | 1969–1973 (113 g) |
| Geovany Soto | C | 2015, 2017 (91 g) | 2016 (26 g) |
| Ken Tatum | P | 1974 (10 g) | 1969–1970 (107 g) |
| Art Kusnyer | C | 1970 (4 g) | 1971–1973 (111 g) |
| Barry Latman | P | 1957–1959 (57 g) | 1964–1965 (58 g) |
| Tom Bradley | P | 1971–1972 (91 g) | 1969–1970 (20 g) |
| Todd Cruz | SS | 1980 (90 g) | 1980 (18 g) |
| Don Kirkwood | P | 1977 (16 g) | 1974–1977 (89 g) |
| Eduardo Escobar | 3B | 2011–2012 (45 g) | 2023 (60 g) |
| Chuck McElroy | P | 1997 (49 g) | 1996–1997 (53 g) |
| Kevin Pillar | OF | 2024 (17 g) | 2024 (83 g) |
| Ken Brett | P | 1976–1977 (46 g) | 1977–1978 (53 g) |
| Carson Fulmer | P | 2016–2019 (44 g) | 2023–2025 (53 g) |
| Steve Cishek | P | 2020 (22 g) | 2021 (74 g) |
| Ryan Tepera | P | 2021 (22 g) | 2022–2023 (69 g) |
| Charlie O'Brien | C | 1998 (57 g) | 1998–1999 (32 g) |
| Mark Ryal | OF | 1985 (12 g) | 1986–1987 (71 g) |
| Rafael Ortega | OF | 2024 (14 g) | 2016 (66 g) |
| Dave Frost | P | 1977 (4 g) | 1978–1981 (74 g) |
| Don Slaught | C | 1996 (14 g) | 1996 (62 g) |
| Bryan Ward | P | 1998–1999 (68 g) | 2000 (7 g) |
| Dennis Cook | P | 1994 (38 g) | 2002 (37 g) |
| Ken Hill | P | 2000 (2 g) | 1997–2000 (73 g) |
| Jim Hicks | OF | 1964–1966 (33 g) | 1969–1970 (41 g) |
| Jamie Burke | C | 2003–2005 (64 g) | 2001 (9 g) |
| Jerry Reuss | P | 1988–1989 (55 g) | 1987 (17 g) |
| Jerry Moses | C | 1975 (2 g) | 1971 (69 g) |
| Jesse Jefferson | P | 1975–1976 (41 g) | 1981 (26 g) |
| Jake Lamb | 3B | 2021 (43 g) | 2023 (19 g) |
| Bob Priddy | P | 1968–1969 (46 g) | 1969 (15 g) |
| Steve Renko | P | 1977 (8 g) | 1981–1982 (53 g) |
| Julio Ramirez | OF | 2001 (22 g) | 2002–2003 (35 g) |
| Jack Hamilton | P | 1969 (8 g) | 1967–1968 (47 g) |
| Jeff Schwarz | P | 1993–1994 (50 g) | 1994 (4 g) |
| Javy Guerra | P | 2014–2015 (45 g) | 2016 (7 g) |
| Jon Jay | OF | 2019 (47 g) | 2021 (5 g) |
| Sammy Ellis | P | 1969 (10 g) | 1968 (42 g) |
| Scott Sanderson | P | 1994 (18 g) | 1993, 1995–1996 (33 g) |
| Tim Fortugno | P | 1995 (37 g) | 1992 (14 g) |
| Pat Borders | C | 1996 (31 g) | 1996 (19 g) |
| Jason Grilli | P | 2004 (8 g) | 2014 (40 g) |
| Joe Magrane | P | 1996 (19 g) | 1993–1994 (28 g) |
| Tim Belcher | P | 1993 (12 g) | 1999–2000 (33 g) |
| Junior Guerra | P | 2015 (3 g) | 2021 (41 g) |
| Touki Toussaint | P | 2023–2024 (30 g) | 2022, 2025 (9 g) |
| Billy Wynne | P | 1968–1970 (33 g) | 1971 (3 g) |
| Dominic Leone | P | 2024 (23 g) | 2023 (11 g) |
| Mark Dalesandro | C | 2001 (1 g) | 1994–1995 (30 g) |
| John Verhoeven | P | 1977 (6 g) | 1976–1977 (24 g) |
| Sammy Peralta | P | 2023–2024 (25 g) | 2025 (5 g) |
| Barry Lyons | C | 1995 (27 g) | 1991 (2 g) |
| Dustin Garneau | C | 2018 (1 g) | 2019 (28 g) |
| Horacio Ramirez | P | 2008 (17 g) | 2011 (12 g) |
| Johnny Cueto | P | 2022 (25 g) | 2024 (2 g) |
| Pat Keedy | 3B | 1987 (17 g) | 1985 (3 g) |
| Tim Nordbrook | SS | 1977 (15 g) | 1976 (5 g) |
| Elvis Peguero | P | 2025 (2 g) | 2021–2022 (16 g) |
| Aurelio Monteagudo | P | 1967 (1 g) | 1973 (15 g) |
| Mat Latos | P | 2016 (11 g) | 2015 (2 g) |
| Phil Roof | C | 1976 (4 g) | 1965 (9 g) |
| Al Alburquerque | P | 2017 (10 g) | 2016 (2 g) |
| Chris Cron | 1B | 1992 (6 g) | 1991 (6 g) |
| Jose Urena | P | 2023 (5 g) | 2025 (6 g) |
| Odrisamer Despaigne | P | 2019 (3 g) | 2018 (8 g) |
| Andrew Lorraine | P | 1995 (5 g) | 1994 (4 g) |
| Jake Eder | P | 2024 (1 g) | 2025 (8 g) |
| Bret Prinz | P | 2007 (4 g) | 2005 (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.Angels seasons include the California Angels (1965–1996) and Anaheim Angels (1997–2004).
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Questions
How many players have played for both the Chicago White Sox and the Los Angeles Angels?
151 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1961 to 2025, including Brian Downing, Darin Erstad, Ken Berry and Tommy McCraw. 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?
Earl Averill: Chicago White Sox first, then the Los Angeles Angels from 1961.
Who has played for both recently?
Tim Anderson, Yoan Moncada, Matt Thaiss, Martin Maldonado, Justin Anderson and Nicky Lopez and 10 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. Angels seasons include the California Angels (1965–1996) and Anaheim Angels (1997–2004).
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