Chicago White Sox and Seattle Mariners players: who played for both
Who played for both the White Sox and Mariners?
111 players played for both the Chicago White Sox and the Seattle Mariners between 1977 and 2025, including Ken Griffey, Julio Cruz, Joey Cora and Mike Cameron. 49 of them played for the White Sox first and 59 for the Mariners first; 3 played for both in the same season.
Did you know?
- Bill Stein is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: White Sox first, then the Mariners from 1977.
- Travis Jankowski is the most recent: Mariners first, then the White Sox from 2025.
- Ken Griffey played the most games across the two: 41 for the White Sox and 1,685 for the Mariners.
- 16 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Ken Griffey.
- Most common positions on this list: P (55), OF (22), C (15), 2B (8).
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All 111 players, most games for the two first
| Player | Pos | White Sox | Mariners |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Griffey | OF | 2008 (41 g) | 1989–1999, 2009–2010 (1685 g) |
| Julio Cruz | 2B | 1983–1986 (414 g) | 1977–1983 (742 g) |
| Joey Cora | 2B | 1991–1994 (411 g) | 1995–1998 (544 g) |
| Mike Cameron | OF | 1995–1998 (296 g) | 2000–2003 (610 g) |
| Jose Lopez | 2B | 2012 (15 g) | 2004–2010 (873 g) |
| Gordon Beckham | 2B | 2009–2015 (839 g) | 2017–2018 (33 g) |
| Omar Vizquel | SS | 2010–2011 (166 g) | 1989–1993 (660 g) |
| Tom Paciorek | OF | 1982–1985 (376 g) | 1978–1981 (403 g) |
| Ivan Calderon | OF | 1986–1990, 1993 (554 g) | 1984–1986 (115 g) |
| Phil Bradley | OF | 1990 (45 g) | 1983–1987 (607 g) |
| Bill Stein | 3B | 1974–1976 (206 g) | 1977–1980 (420 g) |
| Matt Thornton | P | 2006–2013 (512 g) | 2004–2005 (74 g) |
| Scott Bradley | C | 1986 (9 g) | 1986–1992 (562 g) |
| Miguel Olivo | C | 2002–2004 (166 g) | 2004–2005, 2011–2012 (321 g) |
| Scott Podsednik | OF | 2005–2007, 2009 (462 g) | 2001–2002 (19 g) |
| Richie Zisk | OF | 1977 (141 g) | 1981–1983 (315 g) |
| Jeff Nelson | P | 2006 (6 g) | 1992–1995, 2001–2003, 2005 (432 g) |
| Bobby Thigpen | P | 1986–1993 (424 g) | 1994 (7 g) |
| Tony Bernazard | 2B | 1981–1983 (302 g) | 1983 (80 g) |
| Michael Jackson | P | 2004 (45 g) | 1988–1991, 1996 (335 g) |
| J. J. Putz | P | 2010 (60 g) | 2003–2008 (308 g) |
| Omar Narvaez | C | 2016–2018, 2025 (225 g) | 2019 (132 g) |
| Carl Everett | OF | 2003–2005 (251 g) | 2006 (92 g) |
| Greg Norton | 3B | 1996–2000 (337 g) | 2008 (6 g) |
| Warren Newson | OF | 1991–1995 (274 g) | 1995 (33 g) |
| Jack Perconte | 2B | 1986 (24 g) | 1984–1985 (280 g) |
| Danny Tartabull | OF | 1996 (132 g) | 1984–1986 (166 g) |
| Marc Hill | C | 1981–1986 (266 g) | 1980 (29 g) |
| Todd Cruz | SS | 1980 (90 g) | 1982–1983 (201 g) |
| Freddy Garcia | P | 2004–2006, 2009–2010 (119 g) | 1999–2004 (171 g) |
| Damaso Marte | P | 2002–2005 (279 g) | 1999 (5 g) |
| Floyd Bannister | P | 1983–1987 (164 g) | 1979–1982 (118 g) |
| Jim Essian | C | 1976–1977, 1981 (219 g) | 1982 (48 g) |
| Josh Rojas | 3B | 2025 (69 g) | 2023–2024 (189 g) |
| Ben Davis | C | 2004 (54 g) | 2002–2004 (174 g) |
| Rich Gossage | P | 1972–1976 (189 g) | 1994 (36 g) |
| Jeff Schaefer | SS | 1989 (15 g) | 1990–1992 (204 g) |
| Dave Cochrane | OF | 1986 (19 g) | 1989–1992 (199 g) |
| Austin Jackson | OF | 2016 (54 g) | 2014–2015 (161 g) |
| James Baldwin | P | 1995–2001 (184 g) | 2002 (30 g) |
| Jose Paniagua | P | 2003 (1 g) | 1998–2001 (206 g) |
| Mike Stanton | P | 1985 (11 g) | 1982–1985 (184 g) |
| Thad Bosley | OF | 1978–1980 (172 g) | 1982 (22 g) |
| Bill Nahorodny | C | 1977–1979 (179 g) | 1984 (12 g) |
| AJ Pollock | OF | 2022 (138 g) | 2023 (49 g) |
| Seby Zavala | C | 2019, 2021–2023 (169 g) | 2024 (18 g) |
| Chad Kreuter | C | 1996–1998 (158 g) | 1995 (26 g) |
| Danny Farquhar | P | 2017–2018 (23 g) | 2013–2015 (156 g) |
| Jamie Burke | C | 2003–2005 (64 g) | 2007–2009 (111 g) |
| Salome Barojas | P | 1982–1984 (137 g) | 1984–1985 (36 g) |
| Juan Agosto | P | 1981–1986 (154 g) | 1992 (17 g) |
| Casper Wells | OF | 2013 (38 g) | 2011–2012 (124 g) |
| Gene Nelson | P | 1984–1986 (121 g) | 1982–1983 (32 g) |
| David Aardsma | P | 2007 (25 g) | 2009–2010 (126 g) |
| Hector Santiago | P | 2011–2013, 2018–2019 (138 g) | 2021 (13 g) |
| Kendall Graveman | P | 2022–2023 (110 g) | 2020–2021 (41 g) |
| Zach Duke | P | 2015–2016 (124 g) | 2018 (27 g) |
| Ruben Sierra | OF | 1998 (27 g) | 2002 (122 g) |
| Steve Trout | P | 1978–1982 (115 g) | 1988–1989 (34 g) |
| Bryan Clark | P | 1986–1987 (16 g) | 1981–1983, 1990 (120 g) |
| Dan Altavilla | P | 2025 (28 g) | 2016–2020 (108 g) |
| Alex Colome | P | 2019–2020, 2023 (87 g) | 2018 (47 g) |
| Greg Hibbard | P | 1989–1992 (119 g) | 1994 (15 g) |
| Welington Castillo | C | 2018–2019 (121 g) | 2015 (6 g) |
| Jarrod Dyson | OF | 2020 (11 g) | 2017 (111 g) |
| Chris Flexen | P | 2024 (33 g) | 2021–2023 (81 g) |
| Chris Widger | C | 2005–2006 (72 g) | 1995–1996, 2000 (41 g) |
| Evan Marshall | P | 2019–2021 (105 g) | 2017 (6 g) |
| Pat Borders | C | 1996 (31 g) | 2001–2005 (79 g) |
| Edwin Encarnacion | DH | 2020 (44 g) | 2019 (65 g) |
| Yonder Alonso | 1B | 2019 (67 g) | 2017 (42 g) |
| Joe Borchard | OF | 2002–2005 (102 g) | 2006 (6 g) |
| Steve Cishek | P | 2020 (22 g) | 2016–2017 (85 g) |
| Dominic Leone | P | 2024 (23 g) | 2014–2015, 2023 (76 g) |
| Rod Craig | OF | 1986 (10 g) | 1979–1980 (86 g) |
| Penn Murfee | P | 2025 (15 g) | 2022–2023 (80 g) |
| Rich Hinton | P | 1971, 1975, 1978–1979 (78 g) | 1979 (14 g) |
| Gregory Santos | P | 2023 (60 g) | 2024–2025 (16 g) |
| Hector Noesi | P | 2014–2015 (38 g) | 2012–2014 (36 g) |
| Keynan Middleton | P | 2023 (39 g) | 2021 (32 g) |
| Mike Myers | P | 2007 (17 g) | 2004 (50 g) |
| Jerry Don Gleaton | P | 1984–1985 (42 g) | 1981–1982 (23 g) |
| Wilson Valdez | SS | 2004 (19 g) | 2005 (42 g) |
| Jake Lamb | 3B | 2021 (43 g) | 2022 (16 g) |
| Randy Williams | P | 2009–2010 (52 g) | 2004 (6 g) |
| Anthony Swarzak | P | 2017 (41 g) | 2019 (15 g) |
| Robert Machado | C | 1996–1998 (48 g) | 2000 (8 g) |
| Dann Howitt | OF | 1994 (10 g) | 1992–1993 (45 g) |
| Brian Giles | 2B | 1986 (9 g) | 1990 (45 g) |
| Yohan Ramirez | P | 2023 (5 g) | 2020–2022 (48 g) |
| Dave Schmidt | P | 1986 (49 g) | 1992 (3 g) |
| Dale Sveum | SS | 1992 (40 g) | 1994 (10 g) |
| Bryan Shaw | P | 2023–2024 (43 g) | 2020 (6 g) |
| Josh Kinney | P | 2011 (13 g) | 2012 (35 g) |
| Casey Parsons | OF | 1983–1984 (9 g) | 1981 (36 g) |
| Rick White | P | 2003 (34 g) | 2007 (6 g) |
| Tim Belcher | P | 1993 (12 g) | 1995 (28 g) |
| Jeff Darwin | P | 1996–1997 (36 g) | 1994 (2 g) |
| Horacio Ramirez | P | 2008 (17 g) | 2007 (20 g) |
| Ross Detwiler | P | 2019–2020 (34 g) | 2018 (1 g) |
| Domingo Cedeno | 2B | 1996 (12 g) | 1999 (21 g) |
| Jeff Gray | P | 2011 (6 g) | 2011 (24 g) |
| Thyago Vieira | P | 2018–2019 (22 g) | 2017 (1 g) |
| Mike Wright | P | 2021 (13 g) | 2019 (9 g) |
| Mike Dunne | P | 1992 (4 g) | 1989 (15 g) |
| Prelander Berroa | P | 2024 (17 g) | 2023 (2 g) |
| Steve Fireovid | P | 1985 (4 g) | 1986 (10 g) |
| Brady Lail | P | 2020 (1 g) | 2020–2021 (9 g) |
| Andrew Lorraine | P | 1995 (5 g) | 1998 (4 g) |
| Jerry Willard | C | 1990 (3 g) | 1994 (6 g) |
| Travis Jankowski | OF | 2025 (7 g) | 2022 (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 Seattle Mariners?
111 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1977 to 2025, including Ken Griffey, Julio Cruz, Joey Cora and Mike Cameron. 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?
Bill Stein: Chicago White Sox first, then the Seattle Mariners from 1977.
Who has played for both recently?
Omar Narvaez, Josh Rojas, Seby Zavala, Dan Altavilla, Chris Flexen and Dominic Leone and 5 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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