Chicago White Sox and Texas Rangers players: who played for both
Who played for both the White Sox and Rangers?
151 players played for both the Chicago White Sox and the Texas Rangers between 1961 and 2025, including Harold Baines, Elvis Andrus, Minnie Miñoso and Ruben Sierra. 84 of them played for the White Sox first and 61 for the Rangers first; 6 played for both in the same season.
Did you know?
- Dick Donovan is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: White Sox first, then the Rangers from 1961.
- Travis Jankowski is the most recent: Rangers first, then the White Sox from 2025.
- Harold Baines played the most games across the two: 1,670 for the White Sox and 153 for the Rangers.
- 22 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Harold Baines.
- Most common positions on this list: P (70), OF (37), SS (13), 3B (9).
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All 151 players, most games for the two first
| Player | Pos | White Sox | Rangers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harold Baines | DH | 1980–1989, 1996–1997, 2000–2001 (1670 g) | 1989–1990 (153 g) |
| Elvis Andrus | SS | 2022–2023 (155 g) | 2009–2020 (1652 g) |
| Minnie Miñoso | OF | 1951–1957, 1960–1961, 1964, 1976, 1980 (1373 g) | 1963 (109 g) |
| Ruben Sierra | OF | 1998 (27 g) | 1986–1992, 2000–2001, 2003 (1190 g) |
| Scott Fletcher | SS | 1983–1985, 1989–1991 (682 g) | 1986–1989 (526 g) |
| A. J. Pierzynski | C | 2005–2012 (1068 g) | 2013 (134 g) |
| Tommy McCraw | 1B | 1963–1970 (995 g) | 1971 (122 g) |
| Carlos Lee | OF | 1999–2004 (880 g) | 2006 (59 g) |
| Ron Hansen | SS | 1963–1969 (769 g) | 1968 (86 g) |
| Jim King | OF | 1967 (23 g) | 1961–1967 (796 g) |
| Lamar Johnson | 1B | 1974–1981 (687 g) | 1982 (105 g) |
| Alex Rios | OF | 2009–2013 (599 g) | 2013–2014 (178 g) |
| Julio Franco | SS | 1994 (112 g) | 1989–1993 (632 g) |
| Leury Garcia | OF | 2013–2022 (678 g) | 2013 (25 g) |
| Marcus Semien | SS | 2013–2014 (85 g) | 2022–2025 (609 g) |
| Bucky Dent | SS | 1973–1976 (509 g) | 1982–1983 (177 g) |
| Brian Downing | DH | 1973–1977 (453 g) | 1991–1992 (230 g) |
| Jim Spencer | 1B | 1976–1977 (278 g) | 1973–1975 (352 g) |
| Tim Cullen | 2B | 1968 (72 g) | 1966–1971 (556 g) |
| Royce Clayton | SS | 2001–2002 (247 g) | 1998–2000 (333 g) |
| Nomar Mazara | OF | 2020 (42 g) | 2016–2019 (537 g) |
| Richie Zisk | OF | 1977 (141 g) | 1978–1980 (419 g) |
| Alan Bannister | OF | 1976–1980 (442 g) | 1984–1985 (104 g) |
| Ed Stroud | OF | 1966–1967, 1971 (85 g) | 1967–1970 (444 g) |
| Wayne Tolleson | SS | 1986 (81 g) | 1981–1985 (427 g) |
| Bill Stein | 3B | 1974–1976 (206 g) | 1981–1985 (287 g) |
| Tom Paciorek | OF | 1982–1985 (376 g) | 1986–1987 (115 g) |
| Warren Newson | OF | 1991–1995 (274 g) | 1996–1998 (182 g) |
| Ken Henderson | OF | 1973–1975 (375 g) | 1977 (75 g) |
| Dave Martinez | OF | 1995–1997 (410 g) | 2000 (38 g) |
| Sammy Sosa | OF | 1989–1991 (302 g) | 1989, 2007 (139 g) |
| Carl Everett | OF | 2003–2005 (251 g) | 2002–2003 (179 g) |
| Bill Skowron | 1B | 1964–1967 (347 g) | 1964 (73 g) |
| Joe Cunningham | 1B | 1962–1964 (256 g) | 1964–1966 (147 g) |
| Charlie Hough | P | 1991–1992 (58 g) | 1980–1990 (344 g) |
| Greg Pryor | 3B | 1978–1981 (394 g) | 1976 (5 g) |
| Herbert Perry | 3B | 2000–2001 (201 g) | 2002–2004 (192 g) |
| Eric Soderholm | 3B | 1977–1979 (329 g) | 1979 (63 g) |
| Rick Reichardt | OF | 1971–1973 (285 g) | 1970 (107 g) |
| Claudell Washington | OF | 1978–1980 (249 g) | 1977–1978 (141 g) |
| Fred Manrique | 2B | 1987–1989 (320 g) | 1989 (54 g) |
| Hank Allen | OF | 1972–1973 (37 g) | 1966–1970 (325 g) |
| Neal Cotts | P | 2003–2006 (199 g) | 2013–2014 (131 g) |
| Roy Sievers | 1B | 1960–1961 (268 g) | 1964–1965 (45 g) |
| Sandy Alomar | C | 2001–2004, 2006 (265 g) | 2005 (46 g) |
| Don Slaught | C | 1996 (14 g) | 1985–1987 (292 g) |
| Gary Redus | OF | 1987–1988 (207 g) | 1993–1994 (95 g) |
| Chad Kreuter | C | 1996–1998 (158 g) | 1988–1991, 2003 (135 g) |
| Aurelio Rodriguez | 3B | 1982–1983 (140 g) | 1970 (142 g) |
| Frank Francisco | P | 2014 (4 g) | 2004, 2006–2010 (277 g) |
| Oscar Gamble | OF | 1977, 1985 (207 g) | 1979 (64 g) |
| Todd Frazier | 3B | 2016–2017 (239 g) | 2020 (31 g) |
| Jose Canseco | OF | 2001 (76 g) | 1992–1994 (193 g) |
| Sandy Alomar | 2B | 1967–1969 (167 g) | 1977–1978 (93 g) |
| Jake Burger | 3B | 2021–2023 (154 g) | 2025 (103 g) |
| Danny Darwin | P | 1997 (21 g) | 1978–1984, 1995 (224 g) |
| Thad Bosley | OF | 1978–1980 (172 g) | 1989–1990 (67 g) |
| Dick Donovan | P | 1955–1960 (212 g) | 1961 (24 g) |
| Rich Gossage | P | 1972–1976 (189 g) | 1991 (44 g) |
| Omar Vizquel | SS | 2010–2011 (166 g) | 2009 (62 g) |
| Dave Schmidt | P | 1986 (49 g) | 1981–1985 (172 g) |
| David Robertson | P | 2015–2017 (153 g) | 2024 (68 g) |
| Martin Perez | P | 2025 (11 g) | 2012–2018, 2022–2023 (208 g) |
| Travis Jankowski | OF | 2025 (7 g) | 2023–2024 (211 g) |
| Woodie Held | SS | 1968–1969 (96 g) | 1965 (122 g) |
| John Cangelosi | OF | 1985–1986 (142 g) | 1992 (73 g) |
| Derek Holland | P | 2017 (29 g) | 2009–2016 (179 g) |
| Lee Maye | OF | 1970–1971 (38 g) | 1969–1970 (167 g) |
| Marv Foley | C | 1978–1980, 1982 (140 g) | 1984 (63 g) |
| Geovany Soto | C | 2015, 2017 (91 g) | 2012–2014 (111 g) |
| Floyd Bannister | P | 1983–1987 (164 g) | 1992 (36 g) |
| James Baldwin | P | 1995–2001 (184 g) | 2005 (8 g) |
| Andruw Jones | OF | 2010 (107 g) | 2009 (82 g) |
| Jake Diekman | P | 2022–2023 (39 g) | 2015–2018 (150 g) |
| Domingo Cedeno | 2B | 1996 (12 g) | 1997–1998 (174 g) |
| Robbie Grossman | OF | 2024 (25 g) | 2023–2024 (161 g) |
| Wilson Alvarez | P | 1991–1997 (185 g) | 1989 (1 g) |
| Kenny Lofton | OF | 2002 (93 g) | 2007 (84 g) |
| Steve Kemp | OF | 1982 (160 g) | 1988 (16 g) |
| Claude Osteen | P | 1975 (37 g) | 1961–1964 (129 g) |
| Roy Smalley | SS | 1984 (47 g) | 1975–1976 (119 g) |
| Dennis Higgins | P | 1966–1967 (51 g) | 1968–1969 (114 g) |
| Ed Farmer | P | 1979–1981 (148 g) | 1979 (11 g) |
| Esteban Beltre | SS | 1991–1992 (57 g) | 1994–1995 (102 g) |
| Bobby Bonds | OF | 1978 (26 g) | 1978 (130 g) |
| Joe Hicks | OF | 1959–1960 (42 g) | 1961–1962 (114 g) |
| Dave Baldwin | P | 1973 (3 g) | 1966–1969 (145 g) |
| Jim Kern | P | 1982–1983 (14 g) | 1979–1981 (132 g) |
| Bill Gogolewski | P | 1975 (19 g) | 1970–1973 (120 g) |
| Dennis Cook | P | 1994 (38 g) | 1995–1996 (95 g) |
| Barry Moore | P | 1970 (24 g) | 1965–1969 (106 g) |
| Dane Dunning | P | 2020 (7 g) | 2021–2025 (122 g) |
| Gene Nelson | P | 1984–1986 (121 g) | 1993 (6 g) |
| Sparky Lyle | P | 1982 (11 g) | 1979–1980 (116 g) |
| Esteban Loaiza | P | 2003–2004, 2008 (58 g) | 1998–2000 (64 g) |
| Mike Devereaux | OF | 1995 (92 g) | 1997 (29 g) |
| D'Angelo Jimenez | 2B | 2002–2003 (100 g) | 2006 (20 g) |
| Hanser Alberto | 2B | 2023 (30 g) | 2015–2016, 2018 (89 g) |
| Jason Frasor | P | 2011 (20 g) | 2013–2014 (99 g) |
| Don Rudolph | P | 1957–1959 (16 g) | 1962–1964 (102 g) |
| Lance Lynn | P | 2021–2023 (70 g) | 2019–2020 (46 g) |
| Brandon McCarthy | P | 2005–2006 (65 g) | 2007–2009 (45 g) |
| Bruce Howard | P | 1963–1967 (97 g) | 1968 (13 g) |
| Joakim Soria | P | 2018 (40 g) | 2013–2014 (61 g) |
| Bob Priddy | P | 1968–1969 (46 g) | 1967 (49 g) |
| Lou Frazier | OF | 1998 (7 g) | 1995–1996 (79 g) |
| Rich Hinton | P | 1971, 1975, 1978–1979 (78 g) | 1972 (5 g) |
| Frank Kreutzer | P | 1962–1964 (19 g) | 1964–1966, 1969 (59 g) |
| Bartolo Colon | P | 2003, 2009 (46 g) | 2018 (28 g) |
| Cisco Carlos | P | 1967–1969 (62 g) | 1969–1970 (11 g) |
| Al Levine | P | 1996–1997 (41 g) | 1998 (30 g) |
| Guy Hoffman | P | 1979–1980, 1983 (58 g) | 1988 (11 g) |
| Kip Wells | P | 1999–2001 (67 g) | 2006 (2 g) |
| Nick Masset | P | 2007–2008 (59 g) | 2006 (8 g) |
| Codi Heuer | P | 2020–2021 (61 g) | 2025 (1 g) |
| Gerry Janeski | P | 1970 (35 g) | 1971–1972 (27 g) |
| Jason Grilli | P | 2004 (8 g) | 2009, 2017 (50 g) |
| Tom O'Malley | 3B | 1984 (12 g) | 1987 (45 g) |
| Ken Hill | P | 2000 (2 g) | 1996–1997 (54 g) |
| Miguel Gonzalez | P | 2016–2018 (49 g) | 2017 (5 g) |
| Dallas Keuchel | P | 2020–2022 (51 g) | 2022 (2 g) |
| Ed Correa | P | 1985 (5 g) | 1986–1987 (47 g) |
| Jerry Don Gleaton | P | 1984–1985 (42 g) | 1979–1980 (10 g) |
| Kelly Dransfeldt | SS | 2004 (15 g) | 1999–2001 (36 g) |
| Ross Detwiler | P | 2019–2020 (34 g) | 2015 (17 g) |
| Ryan Bukvich | P | 2007 (45 g) | 2005 (4 g) |
| Steve Hamilton | P | 1970 (3 g) | 1962–1963 (46 g) |
| Ron Pruitt | OF | 1980 (33 g) | 1975 (14 g) |
| Lloyd Allen | P | 1974–1975 (9 g) | 1973–1974 (37 g) |
| Jeanmar Gomez | P | 2018 (26 g) | 2019 (16 g) |
| Hector Noesi | P | 2014–2015 (38 g) | 2014 (3 g) |
| Aaron Myette | P | 1999–2000 (6 g) | 2001–2002 (34 g) |
| Mike Olt | 3B | 2015 (24 g) | 2012 (16 g) |
| Jose Urena | P | 2023 (5 g) | 2024 (33 g) |
| Kevin Pillar | OF | 2024 (17 g) | 2025 (20 g) |
| Aaron Poreda | P | 2009 (10 g) | 2014 (26 g) |
| Jeff Nelson | P | 2006 (6 g) | 2004 (29 g) |
| Mike Garcia | P | 1960 (15 g) | 1961 (16 g) |
| Stan Perzanowski | P | 1971, 1974 (7 g) | 1975–1976 (17 g) |
| Chris Stewart | C | 2006 (6 g) | 2007 (17 g) |
| Derek Hill | OF | 2025 (4 g) | 2024 (16 g) |
| Tanyon Sturtze | P | 1999–2000 (11 g) | 1997 (9 g) |
| Steve Jones | P | 1967 (11 g) | 1968 (7 g) |
| Lucas Harrell | P | 2010–2011 (11 g) | 2016 (4 g) |
| Anthony Ranaudo | P | 2016 (7 g) | 2015–2016 (6 g) |
| Chris Tremie | C | 1995 (10 g) | 1998 (2 g) |
| Drew Anderson | P | 2020 (1 g) | 2021 (9 g) |
| Owen White | P | 2025 (3 g) | 2023–2024 (5 g) |
| Chris Howard | P | 1993 (3 g) | 1995 (4 g) |
| Steve Fireovid | P | 1985 (4 g) | 1992 (3 g) |
| Jhan Marinez | P | 2012 (2 g) | 2017 (4 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.Rangers seasons include the Washington Senators (1961–1971).
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Questions
How many players have played for both the Chicago White Sox and the Texas Rangers?
151 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1961 to 2025, including Harold Baines, Elvis Andrus, Minnie Miñoso and Ruben Sierra. 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?
Dick Donovan: Chicago White Sox first, then the Texas Rangers from 1961.
Who has played for both recently?
Marcus Semien, Jake Burger, David Robertson, Martin Perez, Travis Jankowski and Robbie Grossman 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. Rangers seasons include the Washington Senators (1961–1971).
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