Cincinnati Reds and Los Angeles Angels players: who played for both
Who played for both the Reds and Angels?
113 players played for both the Cincinnati Reds and the Los Angeles Angels between 1961 and 2025, including Vada Pinson, Frank Robinson, Brandon Phillips and Ted Kluszewski. 69 of them played for the Reds first and 37 for the Angels first; 7 played for both in the same season.
Did you know?
- Art Fowler is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Reds first, then the Angels from 1961.
- Robert Stephenson is the most recent: Reds first, then the Angels from 2025.
- Vada Pinson played the most games across the two: 1,565 for the Reds and 261 for the Angels.
- 11 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Dave Collins.
- Most common positions on this list: P (58), OF (25), SS (10), C (9).
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All 113 players, most games for the two first
| Player | Pos | Reds | Angels |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vada Pinson | OF | 1958–1968 (1565 g) | 1972–1973 (261 g) |
| Frank Robinson | OF | 1956–1965 (1502 g) | 1973–1974 (276 g) |
| Brandon Phillips | 2B | 2006–2016 (1614 g) | 2017 (24 g) |
| Ted Kluszewski | 1B | 1947–1957 (1339 g) | 1961 (107 g) |
| Leo Cardenas | SS | 1960–1968 (1157 g) | 1972 (150 g) |
| Dave Collins | OF | 1978–1981, 1987–1989 (697 g) | 1975–1976 (192 g) |
| Zack Cozart | SS | 2011–2017 (743 g) | 2018–2019 (96 g) |
| Dave Parker | OF | 1984–1987 (631 g) | 1991 (119 g) |
| Tommy Harper | OF | 1962–1967 (648 g) | 1975 (89 g) |
| Jim Edmonds | OF | 2010 (13 g) | 1993–1999 (709 g) |
| Ed Bailey | C | 1953–1961 (714 g) | 1966 (5 g) |
| Joe Adcock | 1B | 1950–1952 (332 g) | 1964–1966 (323 g) |
| Orlando Cabrera | SS | 2010 (123 g) | 2005–2007 (449 g) |
| Chico Ruiz | 2B | 1964–1969 (466 g) | 1970–1971 (99 g) |
| Pedro Borbon | P | 1970–1979 (531 g) | 1969 (22 g) |
| Alex Johnson | OF | 1968–1969 (288 g) | 1970–1971 (221 g) |
| Joe Nuxhall | P | 1944, 1952–1960, 1962–1966 (494 g) | 1962 (5 g) |
| Rocky Bridges | SS | 1953–1957 (346 g) | 1961 (84 g) |
| Max Venable | OF | 1985–1987 (192 g) | 1989–1991 (195 g) |
| Raisel Iglesias | P | 2015–2020 (274 g) | 2021–2022 (104 g) |
| Willie Smith | OF | 1971 (31 g) | 1964–1966 (344 g) |
| Scott Schebler | OF | 2016–2019 (360 g) | 2021 (14 g) |
| Michael Lorenzen | P | 2015–2021 (352 g) | 2022 (18 g) |
| Josh Hamilton | OF | 2007 (90 g) | 2013–2014 (240 g) |
| Eduardo Perez | 1B | 1996–1998 (208 g) | 1993–1995 (119 g) |
| Art Fowler | P | 1954–1957 (164 g) | 1961–1964 (162 g) |
| Jim Maloney | P | 1960–1970 (308 g) | 1971 (13 g) |
| Brandon Drury | 2B | 2022 (92 g) | 2023–2024 (222 g) |
| Dante Bichette | OF | 2000 (125 g) | 1988–1990 (178 g) |
| Cam Bedrosian | P | 2021 (6 g) | 2014–2020 (285 g) |
| Hector Carrasco | P | 1994–1997 (203 g) | 2006–2007 (85 g) |
| Jose Guillen | OF | 2002–2003 (122 g) | 2004 (148 g) |
| Mel Queen | P | 1964–1969 (170 g) | 1970–1972 (99 g) |
| Bob Lee | P | 1967–1968 (71 g) | 1964–1966 (194 g) |
| Jose Iglesias | SS | 2019 (146 g) | 2021 (114 g) |
| Merv Rettenmund | OF | 1974–1975 (173 g) | 1978–1980 (87 g) |
| Kurt Stillwell | SS | 1986–1987 (235 g) | 1993 (22 g) |
| Gary Nolan | P | 1967–1973, 1975–1977 (246 g) | 1977 (6 g) |
| Jim McGlothlin | P | 1970–1973 (120 g) | 1965–1969 (132 g) |
| Mike Moustakas | 3B | 2020–2022 (184 g) | 2023 (65 g) |
| Alex Ochoa | OF | 2000–2001 (208 g) | 2002 (37 g) |
| Amir Garrett | P | 2017–2021 (235 g) | 2024 (6 g) |
| Kent Mercker | P | 1997, 2003, 2005–2006, 2008 (210 g) | 2000 (21 g) |
| Eric Owens | OF | 1995–1997 (117 g) | 2003 (111 g) |
| Sammy Ellis | P | 1962, 1964–1967 (179 g) | 1968 (42 g) |
| Ben Weber | P | 2005 (10 g) | 2000–2004 (209 g) |
| Johnny Cueto | P | 2008–2015 (214 g) | 2024 (2 g) |
| Jose Arredondo | P | 2011–2012 (119 g) | 2008–2009 (95 g) |
| Joe Azcue | C | 1960 (14 g) | 1969–1970, 1972 (197 g) |
| Steve Bilko | 1B | 1958 (31 g) | 1961–1962 (178 g) |
| Scott Schoeneweis | P | 2006 (16 g) | 1999–2003 (183 g) |
| Russell Branyan | 3B | 2002–2003 (158 g) | 2011 (37 g) |
| Ramon Ortiz | P | 2005 (30 g) | 1999–2004 (157 g) |
| Brian Goodwin | OF | 2020 (20 g) | 2019–2020 (166 g) |
| Cliff Pennington | SS | 2018 (16 g) | 2016–2017 (161 g) |
| Tony Gonzalez | OF | 1960 (39 g) | 1970–1971 (137 g) |
| Dick Simpson | OF | 1966–1967 (136 g) | 1962, 1964–1965 (35 g) |
| Hunter Strickland | P | 2022 (66 g) | 2021, 2024–2025 (100 g) |
| Chuck McElroy | P | 1994–1996 (108 g) | 1996–1997 (53 g) |
| Blake Wood | P | 2016–2017 (125 g) | 2017–2018 (30 g) |
| Jerome Walton | OF | 1994–1995 (148 g) | 1993 (5 g) |
| Ron Gant | OF | 1995 (119 g) | 2000 (34 g) |
| Philip Gosselin | 2B | 2018 (20 g) | 2021–2022 (126 g) |
| David Hernandez | P | 2018–2019 (104 g) | 2017 (38 g) |
| Hunter Renfroe | OF | 2023 (14 g) | 2023 (126 g) |
| Kevin Gregg | P | 2015 (11 g) | 2003–2006 (125 g) |
| Kevin Newman | SS | 2023 (74 g) | 2025 (57 g) |
| Andy Kosco | OF | 1973–1974 (80 g) | 1972 (49 g) |
| Bill Kelso | P | 1968 (35 g) | 1964, 1966–1967 (84 g) |
| Robert Stephenson | P | 2016–2020 (105 g) | 2025 (12 g) |
| Richie Scheinblum | OF | 1973 (29 g) | 1973–1974 (87 g) |
| Brian Dorsett | C | 1993–1994 (101 g) | 1988 (7 g) |
| Ryne Duren | P | 1964 (26 g) | 1961–1962 (82 g) |
| Lee Smith | P | 1996 (43 g) | 1995–1996 (63 g) |
| J. C. Ramirez | P | 2016 (27 g) | 2016–2019 (77 g) |
| Mike O'Berry | C | 1981–1982 (76 g) | 1983 (26 g) |
| Rich DeLucia | P | 1994 (8 g) | 1997–1998 (94 g) |
| Wayne Simpson | P | 1970–1972 (73 g) | 1977 (27 g) |
| Jimmy Herget | P | 2019 (5 g) | 2021–2023 (92 g) |
| Hank Foiles | C | 1953, 1962–1963 (49 g) | 1963–1964 (45 g) |
| Tim Belcher | P | 1992–1993 (57 g) | 1999–2000 (33 g) |
| Greg Cadaret | P | 1993 (34 g) | 1997–1998 (54 g) |
| Chad Wallach | C | 2017 (6 g) | 2022–2023, 2025 (78 g) |
| Mat Latos | P | 2012–2014 (81 g) | 2015 (2 g) |
| Brennan Boesch | OF | 2015 (51 g) | 2014 (27 g) |
| Esteban Yan | P | 2006 (14 g) | 2005–2006 (62 g) |
| Bo Belinsky | P | 1970 (3 g) | 1962–1964 (70 g) |
| Carson Fulmer | P | 2021 (20 g) | 2023–2025 (53 g) |
| Orlando Peña | P | 1958–1960 (59 g) | 1974–1975 (11 g) |
| Juan Graterol | C | 2019 (6 g) | 2016–2018 (58 g) |
| Jim Coates | P | 1963 (9 g) | 1965–1967 (51 g) |
| Ryan Mattheus | P | 2015 (57 g) | 2015 (1 g) |
| Trevor Bell | P | 2014 (2 g) | 2009–2011 (52 g) |
| Russ Springer | P | 2010 (2 g) | 1993–1995 (51 g) |
| Brendan Harris | SS | 2006 (8 g) | 2013 (44 g) |
| Bobby Locke | P | 1965 (11 g) | 1967–1968 (38 g) |
| Mike Ford | DH | 2024 (17 g) | 2022 (28 g) |
| Austin Romine | C | 2022 (37 g) | 2022 (3 g) |
| Tim Fortugno | P | 1994 (25 g) | 1992 (14 g) |
| Matt Harvey | P | 2018 (24 g) | 2019 (12 g) |
| Greg Garrett | P | 1971 (2 g) | 1970 (32 g) |
| Archie Bradley | P | 2020 (6 g) | 2022 (21 g) |
| John Lamb | P | 2015–2016 (24 g) | 2018 (3 g) |
| Jerry Reuss | P | 1987 (7 g) | 1987 (17 g) |
| Deck McGuire | P | 2017 (6 g) | 2018 (17 g) |
| Livan Soto | SS | 2024 (1 g) | 2022–2023 (22 g) |
| Zack Weiss | P | 2018 (1 g) | 2022–2023 (18 g) |
| Seth Etherton | P | 2003 (7 g) | 2000 (11 g) |
| Brad Pennington | P | 1995 (6 g) | 1996 (8 g) |
| Daniel Wright | P | 2016 (4 g) | 2016–2017 (10 g) |
| Chris Okey | C | 2022 (7 g) | 2023 (2 g) |
| Mike Cuellar | P | 1959 (2 g) | 1977 (2 g) |
| Steve Blateric | P | 1971 (2 g) | 1975 (2 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.Reds seasons include the Cincinnati Red Stockings (1882–1889) and Cincinnati Redlegs (1954–1959).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 Cincinnati Reds and the Los Angeles Angels?
113 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1961 to 2025, including Vada Pinson, Frank Robinson, Brandon Phillips and Ted Kluszewski. 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?
Art Fowler: Cincinnati Reds first, then the Los Angeles Angels from 1961.
Who has played for both recently?
Brandon Drury, Amir Garrett, Johnny Cueto, Hunter Strickland, Kevin Newman and Robert Stephenson and 4 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. Reds seasons include the Cincinnati Red Stockings (1882–1889) and Cincinnati Redlegs (1954–1959). Angels seasons include the California Angels (1965–1996) and Anaheim Angels (1997–2004).
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