Chicago White Sox and Philadelphia Phillies players: who played for both
Who played for both the White Sox and Phillies?
183 players played for both the Chicago White Sox and the Philadelphia Phillies between 1901 and 2025, including Jimmy Rollins, Greg Luzinski, Del Ennis and Johnny Callison. 87 of them played for the White Sox first and 89 for the Phillies first; 7 played for both in the same season.
Did you know?
- Frank Shugart is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Phillies first, then the White Sox from 1901.
- Tyler Gilbert is the most recent: Phillies first, then the White Sox from 2025.
- Jimmy Rollins played the most games across the two: 41 for the White Sox and 2,090 for the Phillies.
- 26 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Dick Allen.
- Most common positions on this list: P (83), OF (35), C (19), 1B (13).
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All 183 players, most games for the two first
| Player | Pos | White Sox | Phillies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Rollins | SS | 2016 (41 g) | 2000–2014 (2090 g) |
| Greg Luzinski | OF | 1981–1984 (532 g) | 1970–1980 (1289 g) |
| Del Ennis | OF | 1959 (26 g) | 1946–1956 (1630 g) |
| Johnny Callison | OF | 1958–1959 (67 g) | 1960–1969 (1432 g) |
| Dick Allen | 1B | 1972–1974 (348 g) | 1963–1969, 1975–1976 (1070 g) |
| Gavvy Cravath | OF | 1909 (19 g) | 1912–1920 (1104 g) |
| Dave Philley | OF | 1941, 1946–1951, 1956–1957 (721 g) | 1958–1960 (204 g) |
| Jim Thome | 1B | 2006–2009 (529 g) | 2003–2005, 2012 (391 g) |
| Cesar Hernandez | 2B | 2021 (53 g) | 2013–2019 (832 g) |
| Aaron Rowand | OF | 2001–2005 (579 g) | 2006–2007 (270 g) |
| John Kruk | 1B | 1995 (45 g) | 1989–1994 (744 g) |
| Kid Gleason | 2B | 1912 (1 g) | 1888–1891, 1903–1908 (767 g) |
| Ed McFarland | C | 1902–1907 (331 g) | 1897–1901 (423 g) |
| Deron Johnson | 1B | 1975 (148 g) | 1969–1973 (563 g) |
| Jimmy Callahan | OF | 1901–1905, 1911–1913 (698 g) | 1894 (9 g) |
| Ron Northey | OF | 1955–1957 (107 g) | 1942–1944, 1946–1947, 1957 (600 g) |
| Jay Johnstone | OF | 1971–1972 (237 g) | 1974–1978 (462 g) |
| Earl Torgeson | 1B | 1957–1961 (397 g) | 1953–1955 (293 g) |
| Floyd Baker | 3B | 1945–1951 (590 g) | 1954–1955 (28 g) |
| Roy Sievers | 1B | 1960–1961 (268 g) | 1962–1964 (331 g) |
| Butch Henline | C | 1930–1931 (14 g) | 1921–1926 (576 g) |
| Smoky Burgess | C | 1964–1967 (243 g) | 1952–1955 (327 g) |
| Doc White | P | 1903–1913 (460 g) | 1901–1902 (92 g) |
| Wes Covington | OF | 1961 (22 g) | 1961–1965 (522 g) |
| Steve Carlton | P | 1986 (10 g) | 1972–1986 (501 g) |
| Ron Reed | P | 1984 (51 g) | 1976–1983 (458 g) |
| Alan Bannister | OF | 1976–1980 (442 g) | 1974–1975 (50 g) |
| Bud Clancy | 1B | 1924–1930 (449 g) | 1934 (20 g) |
| Harry McCurdy | C | 1926–1928 (179 g) | 1930–1933 (282 g) |
| Oscar Gamble | OF | 1977, 1985 (207 g) | 1970–1972 (254 g) |
| Juan Pierre | OF | 2010–2011 (318 g) | 2012 (130 g) |
| Bobby Thigpen | P | 1986–1993 (424 g) | 1993 (17 g) |
| Jim Morrison | 3B | 1979–1982 (370 g) | 1977–1978 (58 g) |
| Tadahito Iguchi | 2B | 2005–2007 (363 g) | 2007–2008 (49 g) |
| Roberto Hernandez | P | 1991–1997 (345 g) | 2004 (63 g) |
| Ross Gload | 1B | 2004–2006 (215 g) | 2010–2011 (187 g) |
| Lena Blackburne | SS | 1910, 1912, 1914–1915, 1927, 1929 (322 g) | 1919 (72 g) |
| Cody Asche | 3B | 2017 (19 g) | 2013–2016 (371 g) |
| Dave Gallagher | OF | 1988–1990 (307 g) | 1995 (62 g) |
| Johnny Watwood | OF | 1929–1932 (361 g) | 1939 (2 g) |
| Gene Freese | 3B | 1960, 1965–1966 (192 g) | 1959 (132 g) |
| Tony Lupien | 1B | 1948 (154 g) | 1944–1945 (168 g) |
| Bobby Byrne | 3B | 1917 (1 g) | 1913–1917 (311 g) |
| Bob Molinaro | OF | 1977–1978, 1980–1981 (272 g) | 1982–1983 (38 g) |
| Sam Mertes | OF | 1901–1902 (266 g) | 1896 (37 g) |
| Gary Redus | OF | 1987–1988 (207 g) | 1986 (90 g) |
| Nick Williams | OF | 2021 (4 g) | 2017–2019 (290 g) |
| Lew Fonseca | 1B | 1931–1933 (162 g) | 1925 (126 g) |
| Brett Myers | P | 2012 (35 g) | 2002–2009 (242 g) |
| Donn Pall | P | 1988–1993 (255 g) | 1993 (8 g) |
| Connie Ryan | 2B | 1953 (17 g) | 1952–1953 (244 g) |
| Tommy Thomas | P | 1926–1932 (246 g) | 1935 (4 g) |
| Jose Contreras | P | 2004–2009 (148 g) | 2010–2012 (101 g) |
| John Buzhardt | P | 1962–1967 (175 g) | 1960–1961 (73 g) |
| Jose Ruiz | P | 2018–2023 (177 g) | 2024–2025 (68 g) |
| Jim Essian | C | 1976–1977, 1981 (219 g) | 1973–1975 (21 g) |
| Bill Almon | SS | 1981–1982 (214 g) | 1988 (20 g) |
| Jake Diekman | P | 2022–2023 (39 g) | 2012–2015 (191 g) |
| Wilson Valdez | SS | 2004 (19 g) | 2010–2011 (210 g) |
| Danny Cater | 1B | 1965–1966 (163 g) | 1964 (60 g) |
| Ed Farmer | P | 1979–1981 (148 g) | 1974, 1982–1983 (73 g) |
| Cliff Politte | P | 2004–2006 (152 g) | 1999–2002 (61 g) |
| Erskine Mayer | P | 1919 (6 g) | 1912–1918 (206 g) |
| Kenny Lofton | OF | 2002 (93 g) | 2005 (110 g) |
| Tom Gordon | P | 2003 (66 g) | 2006–2008 (137 g) |
| David Robertson | P | 2015–2017 (153 g) | 2019, 2022, 2025 (49 g) |
| Gavin Floyd | P | 2007–2013 (175 g) | 2004–2006 (24 g) |
| Jim Kaat | P | 1973–1975 (92 g) | 1976–1979 (107 g) |
| Phil Bradley | OF | 1990 (45 g) | 1988 (154 g) |
| Tanner Banks | P | 2022–2024 (108 g) | 2024–2025 (91 g) |
| Warren Brusstar | P | 1982 (10 g) | 1977–1982 (179 g) |
| Jordan Danks | OF | 2012–2014 (180 g) | 2015 (4 g) |
| Charley Smith | 3B | 1962–1964 (71 g) | 1961 (112 g) |
| Bill Nahorodny | C | 1977–1979 (179 g) | 1976 (3 g) |
| Jeanmar Gomez | P | 2018 (26 g) | 2015–2017 (153 g) |
| Carl Sawatski | C | 1954 (43 g) | 1958–1959 (134 g) |
| Irv Jeffries | 3B | 1930–1931 (119 g) | 1934 (56 g) |
| Tony Rensa | C | 1937–1939 (99 g) | 1930–1931 (73 g) |
| Frank Roth | C | 1906 (16 g) | 1903–1904 (149 g) |
| Ike Pearson | P | 1948 (23 g) | 1939–1942, 1946 (142 g) |
| Vince Velasquez | P | 2022 (27 g) | 2016–2021 (138 g) |
| Jose DeLeon | P | 1986–1987, 1993–1995 (137 g) | 1992–1993 (27 g) |
| Ron Schueler | P | 1978–1979 (39 g) | 1974–1976 (125 g) |
| Josh Harrison | 2B | 2022 (119 g) | 2023 (41 g) |
| Adam Haseley | OF | 2022–2023 (42 g) | 2019–2021 (116 g) |
| Ray Herbert | P | 1961–1964 (109 g) | 1965–1966 (48 g) |
| Barry Jones | P | 1988–1990, 1993 (110 g) | 1992 (44 g) |
| Lerrin LaGrow | P | 1977–1979 (129 g) | 1980 (25 g) |
| Merv Shea | C | 1934–1937 (147 g) | 1944 (7 g) |
| Mike Proly | P | 1978–1980 (114 g) | 1981 (35 g) |
| Mike LaValliere | C | 1993–1995 (142 g) | 1984 (6 g) |
| Frank Shugart | SS | 1901 (107 g) | 1897 (40 g) |
| Stan Bahnsen | P | 1972–1975 (136 g) | 1982 (8 g) |
| Salome Barojas | P | 1982–1984 (137 g) | 1988 (6 g) |
| Jerry Koosman | P | 1981–1983 (87 g) | 1984–1985 (55 g) |
| Wiley Piatt | P | 1901–1902 (39 g) | 1898–1900 (103 g) |
| Scott Eyre | P | 1997–2000 (78 g) | 2008–2009 (61 g) |
| Earl Caldwell | P | 1945–1948 (131 g) | 1928 (5 g) |
| Jayson Nix | 3B | 2009–2010 (118 g) | 2014 (18 g) |
| Marty Hopkins | 3B | 1934–1935 (126 g) | 1934 (10 g) |
| Danny Tartabull | OF | 1996 (132 g) | 1997 (3 g) |
| Johnny Humphries | P | 1941–1945 (122 g) | 1946 (10 g) |
| Freddy Garcia | P | 2004–2006, 2009–2010 (119 g) | 2007 (11 g) |
| Vern Kennedy | P | 1934–1937 (102 g) | 1944–1945 (27 g) |
| Julio Franco | SS | 1994 (112 g) | 1982 (16 g) |
| Dennis Cook | P | 1994 (38 g) | 1989–1990, 2001 (84 g) |
| Bert Haas | 1B | 1951 (23 g) | 1948–1949 (97 g) |
| Saul Rogovin | P | 1951–1953 (79 g) | 1955–1957 (39 g) |
| Gus Niarhos | C | 1950–1951 (107 g) | 1954–1955 (10 g) |
| George Browne | OF | 1910 (30 g) | 1901–1902, 1912 (84 g) |
| Nick Maton | 2B | 2025 (25 g) | 2021–2022 (87 g) |
| Wilbur Good | OF | 1918 (35 g) | 1916 (75 g) |
| Michael Jackson | P | 2004 (45 g) | 1986–1987 (64 g) |
| Cy Acosta | P | 1972–1974 (101 g) | 1975 (6 g) |
| Sparky Lyle | P | 1982 (11 g) | 1980–1982 (92 g) |
| Cal McLish | P | 1961 (31 g) | 1962–1964 (67 g) |
| Bob Sadowski | 3B | 1962 (79 g) | 1961 (16 g) |
| Craig Kimbrel | P | 2021 (24 g) | 2023 (71 g) |
| Dale Sveum | SS | 1992 (40 g) | 1992 (54 g) |
| Todd Cruz | SS | 1980 (90 g) | 1978 (3 g) |
| Whit Wyatt | P | 1933–1936 (82 g) | 1945 (10 g) |
| Dylan Covey | P | 2017–2019 (63 g) | 2023 (28 g) |
| Doug Taitt | OF | 1929 (47 g) | 1931–1932 (42 g) |
| Bryan Ward | P | 1998–1999 (68 g) | 2000 (20 g) |
| Bill Nagel | 2B | 1945 (67 g) | 1941 (17 g) |
| Ken Brett | P | 1976–1977 (46 g) | 1973 (37 g) |
| Travis Jankowski | OF | 2025 (7 g) | 2021 (76 g) |
| Ben Chapman | OF | 1941 (57 g) | 1945–1946 (25 g) |
| Chuck McElroy | P | 1997 (49 g) | 1989–1990 (27 g) |
| Bubber Jonnard | C | 1920 (2 g) | 1926–1927, 1935 (73 g) |
| Elmer Jacobs | P | 1927 (25 g) | 1914, 1918–1919 (49 g) |
| Ted Lepcio | 2B | 1961 (5 g) | 1960 (69 g) |
| Rick White | P | 2003 (34 g) | 2006 (38 g) |
| Warren Hacker | P | 1961 (42 g) | 1957–1958 (29 g) |
| Luis Avilan | P | 2018 (58 g) | 2018 (12 g) |
| Ken Silvestri | C | 1939–1940 (50 g) | 1949–1951 (19 g) |
| Blondy Ryan | SS | 1930 (29 g) | 1935 (39 g) |
| Jack Hamilton | P | 1969 (8 g) | 1962–1963 (60 g) |
| Tito Francona | OF | 1958 (41 g) | 1967 (27 g) |
| Jim Lemon | OF | 1963 (36 g) | 1963 (31 g) |
| Al Hollingsworth | P | 1946 (21 g) | 1938–1939 (39 g) |
| Earl Averill | C | 1960 (10 g) | 1963 (47 g) |
| Johnny Evers | 2B | 1922 (1 g) | 1917 (56 g) |
| Bob Kuzava | P | 1949–1950 (39 g) | 1955 (17 g) |
| Bill Dawley | P | 1986 (46 g) | 1988 (8 g) |
| Don Ferrarese | P | 1960 (5 g) | 1961–1962 (48 g) |
| Enyel De Los Santos | P | 2024 (15 g) | 2018–2019, 2021 (38 g) |
| Tyler Gilbert | P | 2025 (46 g) | 2024 (6 g) |
| Taylor Phillips | P | 1963 (9 g) | 1959–1960 (42 g) |
| Casper Wells | OF | 2013 (38 g) | 2013 (12 g) |
| Charles Bender | P | 1925 (1 g) | 1916–1917 (48 g) |
| Fabian Kowalik | P | 1932 (6 g) | 1936 (42 g) |
| Patsy Flaherty | P | 1903–1904 (45 g) | 1910 (2 g) |
| Bill Burns | P | 1909–1910 (24 g) | 1911 (21 g) |
| Jay Loviglio | 2B | 1981–1982 (29 g) | 1980 (16 g) |
| Domingo Cedeno | 2B | 1996 (12 g) | 1999 (32 g) |
| Darrell Johnson | C | 1952 (22 g) | 1961 (21 g) |
| Dave LaPoint | P | 1987–1988 (39 g) | 1991 (2 g) |
| Mark Ryal | OF | 1985 (12 g) | 1989 (29 g) |
| Jack Kucek | P | 1974–1979 (32 g) | 1979 (4 g) |
| Tom Qualters | P | 1958 (26 g) | 1953, 1957–1958 (8 g) |
| Joe Cowley | P | 1986 (28 g) | 1987 (5 g) |
| Hugh Willingham | SS | 1930 (4 g) | 1931–1933 (28 g) |
| Marvin Freeman | P | 1996 (1 g) | 1986, 1988–1990 (31 g) |
| Davy Dunkle | P | 1903 (12 g) | 1897–1898 (19 g) |
| Dave Wehrmeister | P | 1985 (23 g) | 1984 (7 g) |
| Jeff Bittiger | P | 1988–1989 (27 g) | 1986 (3 g) |
| Scott Ruffcorn | P | 1993–1996 (12 g) | 1997 (18 g) |
| Rob Brantly | C | 2015, 2017 (28 g) | 2019 (1 g) |
| Mike Robertson | 1B | 1996 (6 g) | 1997 (22 g) |
| Jimmie Schaffer | C | 1965 (17 g) | 1966–1967 (10 g) |
| Ned Garvin | P | 1902 (23 g) | 1896 (2 g) |
| Fred Tauby | OF | 1935 (13 g) | 1937 (11 g) |
| Jim Kern | P | 1982–1983 (14 g) | 1984 (8 g) |
| Frank Woodward | P | 1923 (2 g) | 1918–1919 (19 g) |
| Bud Hafey | OF | 1935 (2 g) | 1939 (18 g) |
| Dixie Davis | P | 1915 (2 g) | 1918 (18 g) |
| Don Rader | SS | 1913 (4 g) | 1921 (9 g) |
| Stan Jok | 3B | 1954–1955 (9 g) | 1954 (3 g) |
| Drew Anderson | P | 2020 (1 g) | 2017–2019 (9 g) |
| Steve Fireovid | P | 1985 (4 g) | 1984 (6 g) |
| Doug Lindsey | C | 1993 (2 g) | 1991, 1993 (3 g) |
| Pat Ragan | P | 1919 (1 g) | 1923 (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.Phillies seasons include the Philadelphia Quakers (1883–1889) and Philadelphia Blue Jays (1943–1944).
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Questions
How many players have played for both the Chicago White Sox and the Philadelphia Phillies?
183 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1901 to 2025, including Jimmy Rollins, Greg Luzinski, Del Ennis and Johnny Callison. 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?
Frank Shugart: Philadelphia Phillies first, then the Chicago White Sox from 1901.
Who has played for both recently?
Jose Ruiz, David Robertson, Tanner Banks, Nick Maton, Travis Jankowski and Enyel De Los Santos 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. Phillies seasons include the Philadelphia Quakers (1883–1889) and Philadelphia Blue Jays (1943–1944).
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