Chicago White Sox and Pittsburgh Pirates players: who played for both
Who played for both the White Sox and Pirates?
174 players played for both the Chicago White Sox and the Pittsburgh Pirates between 1901 and 2025, including Bob Elliott, Earl Sheely, Josh Harrison and Jim Morrison. 77 of them played for the White Sox first and 87 for the Pirates first; 10 played for both in the same season.
Did you know?
- Frank Shugart is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Pirates first, then the White Sox from 1901.
- Vinny Capra is the most recent: Pirates first, then the White Sox from 2025.
- Bob Elliott played the most games across the two: 67 for the White Sox and 1,047 for the Pirates.
- 21 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Jerry Hairston.
- Most common positions on this list: P (84), OF (35), C (20), 3B (16).
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All 174 players, most games for the two first
| Player | Pos | White Sox | Pirates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Elliott | 3B | 1953 (67 g) | 1939–1946 (1047 g) |
| Earl Sheely | 1B | 1921–1927 (949 g) | 1929 (139 g) |
| Josh Harrison | 2B | 2022 (119 g) | 2011–2018 (842 g) |
| Jim Morrison | 3B | 1979–1982 (370 g) | 1982–1987 (552 g) |
| Bobby Bonilla | 3B | 1986 (75 g) | 1986–1991 (843 g) |
| Jerry Hairston | OF | 1973–1977, 1981–1989 (808 g) | 1977 (51 g) |
| Tony Peña | C | 1997 (31 g) | 1980–1986 (801 g) |
| Smoky Burgess | C | 1964–1967 (243 g) | 1959–1964 (586 g) |
| Rob Mackowiak | OF | 2006–2007 (197 g) | 2001–2005 (593 g) |
| Mike LaValliere | C | 1993–1995 (142 g) | 1987–1993 (609 g) |
| Richie Zisk | OF | 1977 (141 g) | 1971–1976 (578 g) |
| Glenn Wright | SS | 1935 (9 g) | 1924–1928 (676 g) |
| Gene Freese | 3B | 1960, 1965–1966 (192 g) | 1955–1958, 1964–1965 (472 g) |
| Jiggs Donahue | 1B | 1904–1909 (657 g) | 1900–1901 (5 g) |
| Wilbur Wood | P | 1967–1978 (578 g) | 1964–1965 (37 g) |
| Gary Redus | OF | 1987–1988 (207 g) | 1988–1992 (398 g) |
| Bobby Byrne | 3B | 1917 (1 g) | 1909–1913 (590 g) |
| Tony Piet | 2B | 1935–1937 (286 g) | 1931–1933 (305 g) |
| Melky Cabrera | OF | 2015–2017 (407 g) | 2019 (133 g) |
| Mule Haas | OF | 1933–1937 (517 g) | 1925 (4 g) |
| Adam LaRoche | 1B | 2015 (127 g) | 2007–2009 (375 g) |
| John Cangelosi | OF | 1985–1986 (142 g) | 1987–1990 (349 g) |
| Damaso Marte | P | 2002–2005 (279 g) | 2001, 2006–2008 (210 g) |
| Don Slaught | C | 1996 (14 g) | 1990–1995 (475 g) |
| Vance Law | 3B | 1982–1984 (410 g) | 1980–1981 (55 g) |
| Yasmani Grandal | C | 2020–2023 (356 g) | 2024 (72 g) |
| Bill Almon | SS | 1981–1982 (214 g) | 1985–1987 (209 g) |
| Reb Russell | P | 1913–1919 (267 g) | 1922–1923 (154 g) |
| Bud Stewart | OF | 1951–1954 (258 g) | 1941–1942 (155 g) |
| Wayne Nordhagen | OF | 1976–1981 (408 g) | 1982 (1 g) |
| Dixie Walker | OF | 1936–1937 (181 g) | 1948–1949 (217 g) |
| Roberto Hernandez | P | 1991–1997 (345 g) | 2006 (46 g) |
| Eddie Murphy | OF | 1915–1921 (365 g) | 1926 (16 g) |
| Frank Shugart | SS | 1901 (107 g) | 1891–1893 (264 g) |
| George Metkovich | OF | 1949 (93 g) | 1951–1953 (271 g) |
| Rocky Nelson | 1B | 1951 (6 g) | 1951, 1959–1961 (337 g) |
| Milt May | C | 1979 (65 g) | 1970–1973, 1983–1984 (269 g) |
| Joe Sugden | C | 1901 (48 g) | 1893–1897 (280 g) |
| Bill Swift | P | 1943 (18 g) | 1932–1939 (305 g) |
| Johnny Dickshot | OF | 1944–1945 (192 g) | 1936–1938 (120 g) |
| Terry Forster | P | 1971–1976 (266 g) | 1977 (36 g) |
| Zach Duke | P | 2015–2016 (124 g) | 2005–2010 (166 g) |
| Mike Diaz | 1B | 1988 (40 g) | 1986–1988 (247 g) |
| Phil Masi | C | 1950–1952 (236 g) | 1949 (48 g) |
| Eddie Mulligan | 3B | 1921–1922 (254 g) | 1928 (27 g) |
| Billy Sullivan | C | 1931–1933 (239 g) | 1947 (38 g) |
| Ted Kluszewski | 1B | 1959–1960 (112 g) | 1958–1959 (160 g) |
| Juan Pizarro | P | 1961–1966 (195 g) | 1967–1968, 1974 (70 g) |
| Steve Kemp | OF | 1982 (160 g) | 1985–1986 (105 g) |
| Tommie Sisk | P | 1970 (17 g) | 1962–1968 (247 g) |
| Rich Gossage | P | 1972–1976 (189 g) | 1977 (72 g) |
| Jerry McNertney | C | 1964, 1966–1968 (247 g) | 1973 (9 g) |
| Todd Frazier | 3B | 2016–2017 (239 g) | 2021 (13 g) |
| Michael Taylor | OF | 2025 (134 g) | 2024 (113 g) |
| Doug Drabek | P | 1997 (32 g) | 1987–1992 (207 g) |
| Dale Sveum | SS | 1992 (40 g) | 1996–1997, 1999 (187 g) |
| Jerry Dybzinski | SS | 1983–1984 (221 g) | 1985 (5 g) |
| Zeb Terry | SS | 1916–1917 (96 g) | 1919 (129 g) |
| Jose DeLeon | P | 1986–1987, 1993–1995 (137 g) | 1983–1986 (85 g) |
| Brent Morel | 3B | 2010–2013 (194 g) | 2014–2015 (26 g) |
| Jerry Reuss | P | 1988–1989 (55 g) | 1974–1978, 1990 (160 g) |
| Bill Salkeld | C | 1950 (1 g) | 1945–1947 (211 g) |
| Barry Jones | P | 1988–1990, 1993 (110 g) | 1986–1988 (100 g) |
| Hal Rhyne | SS | 1933 (39 g) | 1926–1927 (171 g) |
| Johnny Jeter | OF | 1973 (89 g) | 1969–1970 (113 g) |
| Sean Lowe | P | 1999–2001 (159 g) | 2002 (43 g) |
| Kip Wells | P | 1999–2001 (67 g) | 2002–2006 (134 g) |
| Chris Stewart | C | 2006 (6 g) | 2014–2017 (192 g) |
| Ted Beard | OF | 1957–1958 (57 g) | 1948–1952 (137 g) |
| Jose Quintana | P | 2012–2017 (172 g) | 2022 (20 g) |
| Francisco Liriano | P | 2012 (12 g) | 2013–2016, 2019 (178 g) |
| Tommy Pham | OF | 2024 (70 g) | 2025 (120 g) |
| JB Shuck | OF | 2015–2016 (160 g) | 2019 (27 g) |
| Paul LaPalme | P | 1956–1957 (65 g) | 1951–1954 (121 g) |
| Wil Cordero | OF | 1998 (96 g) | 2000 (89 g) |
| Bill Hallman | OF | 1903 (63 g) | 1906–1907 (117 g) |
| Kenny Lofton | OF | 2002 (93 g) | 2003 (84 g) |
| Jason Grilli | P | 2004 (8 g) | 2011–2014 (168 g) |
| Octavio Dotel | P | 2008–2009 (134 g) | 2010 (41 g) |
| Lastings Milledge | OF | 2011 (2 g) | 2009–2010 (171 g) |
| Fred Hartman | 3B | 1901 (120 g) | 1894 (49 g) |
| Josh Palacios | OF | 2025 (51 g) | 2023–2024 (114 g) |
| Kyle Crick | P | 2022 (14 g) | 2018–2021 (150 g) |
| Rick White | P | 2003 (34 g) | 1994–1995, 2005 (129 g) |
| Bob Dillinger | 3B | 1951 (89 g) | 1950–1951 (70 g) |
| Esteban Loaiza | P | 2003–2004, 2008 (58 g) | 1995–1998 (98 g) |
| Jose Contreras | P | 2004–2009 (148 g) | 2013 (7 g) |
| Jim Winn | P | 1987 (56 g) | 1983–1986 (96 g) |
| Chuck Brinkman | C | 1969–1974 (145 g) | 1974 (4 g) |
| Dave Hamilton | P | 1975–1977 (130 g) | 1978 (16 g) |
| Dennis Lamp | P | 1981–1983 (120 g) | 1992 (21 g) |
| Cal Abrams | OF | 1956 (4 g) | 1953–1954 (136 g) |
| Josh Fogg | P | 2001 (11 g) | 2002–2005 (126 g) |
| Chad Kuhl | P | 2024 (31 g) | 2016–2018, 2020–2021 (105 g) |
| Jayson Nix | 3B | 2009–2010 (118 g) | 2014 (16 g) |
| Alen Hanson | 2B | 2017 (69 g) | 2016–2017 (64 g) |
| Armando Rios | OF | 2003 (49 g) | 2001–2002 (78 g) |
| D. J. Carrasco | P | 2008–2009 (80 g) | 2010 (45 g) |
| Frank Miller | P | 1913 (1 g) | 1916–1919 (124 g) |
| Frank Papish | P | 1945–1948 (120 g) | 1950 (4 g) |
| Zack Collins | C | 2019–2021 (114 g) | 2022 (10 g) |
| Bruce Dal Canton | P | 1977 (8 g) | 1967–1970 (113 g) |
| Todd Ritchie | P | 2002 (27 g) | 1999–2001 (94 g) |
| Jimmy Burke | 3B | 1901 (42 g) | 1901–1902 (74 g) |
| Ken Brett | P | 1976–1977 (46 g) | 1974–1975 (69 g) |
| Patsy Flaherty | P | 1903–1904 (45 g) | 1900, 1904–1905 (70 g) |
| Max Surkont | P | 1949 (44 g) | 1954–1956 (69 g) |
| Mike Cvengros | P | 1923–1925 (89 g) | 1927 (23 g) |
| Elmer Jacobs | P | 1927 (25 g) | 1916–1918 (80 g) |
| Ivan Nova | P | 2019 (34 g) | 2016–2018 (71 g) |
| Jeanmar Gomez | P | 2018 (26 g) | 2013–2014 (78 g) |
| Marv Rickert | OF | 1950 (84 g) | 1950 (17 g) |
| Donnie Veal | P | 2012–2014 (81 g) | 2009 (19 g) |
| Bud Hafey | OF | 1935 (2 g) | 1935–1936 (97 g) |
| Eddie Williams | 1B | 1989 (66 g) | 1997 (30 g) |
| Ross Baumgarten | P | 1978–1981 (80 g) | 1982 (12 g) |
| Howie Pollet | P | 1956 (12 g) | 1951–1953, 1956 (76 g) |
| Dave Brain | 3B | 1901 (5 g) | 1905 (82 g) |
| Miguel Dilone | OF | 1983 (4 g) | 1974–1977, 1983 (82 g) |
| Bunny Brief | 1B | 1915 (48 g) | 1917 (36 g) |
| Jack Lamabe | P | 1966–1967 (37 g) | 1962 (46 g) |
| Justin Morneau | 1B | 2016 (58 g) | 2013 (25 g) |
| Daniel Hudson | P | 2009–2010 (9 g) | 2017 (71 g) |
| Yohan Ramirez | P | 2023 (5 g) | 2022–2023, 2025 (72 g) |
| Jack Hallett | P | 1940–1941 (24 g) | 1942–1943, 1946 (47 g) |
| Eddie Solomon | P | 1982 (6 g) | 1980–1982 (64 g) |
| Joakim Soria | P | 2018 (40 g) | 2015 (29 g) |
| Bob Miller | P | 1970 (16 g) | 1971–1972 (52 g) |
| Dick Littlefield | P | 1951 (4 g) | 1954–1956 (64 g) |
| Bob Priddy | P | 1968–1969 (46 g) | 1962, 1964 (21 g) |
| Irv Young | P | 1910–1911 (51 g) | 1908 (16 g) |
| Dennis Ribant | P | 1968 (18 g) | 1967 (47 g) |
| Jerry Don Gleaton | P | 1984–1985 (42 g) | 1992 (23 g) |
| Mike Dunne | P | 1992 (4 g) | 1987–1989 (60 g) |
| Bryse Wilson | P | 2025 (20 g) | 2021–2022 (33 g) |
| Ravelo Manzanillo | P | 1988 (2 g) | 1994–1995 (51 g) |
| Rob Scahill | P | 2018 (6 g) | 2015–2016 (43 g) |
| Dave LaPoint | P | 1987–1988 (39 g) | 1988 (8 g) |
| Harry Simpson | OF | 1959 (38 g) | 1959 (9 g) |
| Manny Banuelos | P | 2019 (16 g) | 2022 (31 g) |
| Bob Kuzava | P | 1949–1950 (39 g) | 1957 (4 g) |
| Ed Fernandes | C | 1946 (14 g) | 1940 (29 g) |
| Charlie Jackson | OF | 1915 (1 g) | 1917 (41 g) |
| Jesse Jefferson | P | 1975–1976 (41 g) | 1980 (1 g) |
| Derek Holland | P | 2017 (29 g) | 2020 (12 g) |
| Chris Volstad | P | 2017–2018 (39 g) | 2015 (1 g) |
| Danny Darwin | P | 1997 (21 g) | 1996 (19 g) |
| Jake Marisnick | OF | 2023 (9 g) | 2022 (31 g) |
| Clay Carroll | P | 1976–1977 (37 g) | 1978 (2 g) |
| Erskine Mayer | P | 1919 (6 g) | 1918–1919 (33 g) |
| Cal McLish | P | 1961 (31 g) | 1947–1948 (4 g) |
| Johnny Riddle | C | 1930 (25 g) | 1948 (10 g) |
| Vince Velasquez | P | 2022 (27 g) | 2023 (8 g) |
| Randy Niemann | P | 1984 (5 g) | 1982–1983 (28 g) |
| Art Weaver | C | 1908 (16 g) | 1903 (16 g) |
| Jarrod Dyson | OF | 2020 (11 g) | 2020 (21 g) |
| Vinny Capra | 3B | 2025 (23 g) | 2023 (9 g) |
| Bobby Rhawn | 3B | 1949 (24 g) | 1949 (3 g) |
| Martin Perez | P | 2025 (11 g) | 2024 (16 g) |
| Jhan Marinez | P | 2012 (2 g) | 2017 (24 g) |
| Jack Salveson | P | 1935 (20 g) | 1935 (5 g) |
| Enyel De Los Santos | P | 2024 (15 g) | 2021 (7 g) |
| Mark Ryal | OF | 1985 (12 g) | 1990 (9 g) |
| Chris Tremie | C | 1995 (10 g) | 1999 (9 g) |
| Art Herring | P | 1939 (7 g) | 1947 (11 g) |
| Alex McRae | P | 2020–2021 (4 g) | 2018–2019 (13 g) |
| Pat Veltman | C | 1926 (5 g) | 1934 (12 g) |
| Homer Blankenship | P | 1922–1923 (8 g) | 1928 (5 g) |
| Bubber Jonnard | C | 1920 (2 g) | 1922 (10 g) |
| Jake Woodford | P | 2024 (2 g) | 2024 (7 g) |
| Les Bartholomew | P | 1932 (3 g) | 1928 (6 g) |
| Frank Kalin | OF | 1943 (4 g) | 1940 (3 g) |
| Brent Honeywell | P | 2023 (4 g) | 2024 (2 g) |
| Rich Sauveur | P | 1996 (3 g) | 1986 (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.Pirates seasons include the Pittsburg Alleghenys (1882–1890).
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Questions
How many players have played for both the Chicago White Sox and the Pittsburgh Pirates?
174 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1901 to 2025, including Bob Elliott, Earl Sheely, Josh Harrison and Jim Morrison. 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: Pittsburgh Pirates first, then the Chicago White Sox from 1901.
Who has played for both recently?
Yasmani Grandal, Michael Taylor, Tommy Pham, Josh Palacios, Chad Kuhl and Yohan Ramirez and 6 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. Pirates seasons include the Pittsburg Alleghenys (1882–1890).
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