Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies players: who played for both

Who played for both the Reds and Phillies?

285 players played for both the Cincinnati Reds and the Philadelphia Phillies between 1883 and 2025, including Pete Rose, Tony Perez, Sherry Magee and Willie Jones. 132 of them played for the Reds first and 130 for the Phillies first; 23 played for both in the same season.

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Fred Lewis is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Phillies first, then the Reds from 1886.
Harrison Bader is the most recent: Reds first, then the Phillies from 2025.
Pete Rose played the most games across the two: 2,722 for the Reds and 745 for the Phillies.
55 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Pete Rose.
Most common positions on this list: P (118), OF (77), C (28), SS (19).

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All 285 players, most games for the two first

Seasons and regular-season games with each franchise (1876–2025). A gap of a season or more starts a new spell.
Player	Pos	Reds	Phillies
Pete Rose	OF	1963–1978, 1984–1986 (2722 g)	1979–1983 (745 g)
Tony Perez	1B	1964–1976, 1984–1986 (1948 g)	1983 (91 g)
Sherry Magee	OF	1917–1919 (216 g)	1904–1914 (1521 g)
Willie Jones	3B	1959–1961 (160 g)	1947–1959 (1520 g)
Del Ennis	OF	1959 (5 g)	1946–1956 (1630 g)
Frank McCormick	1B	1934, 1937–1945 (1228 g)	1946–1947 (150 g)
Dode Paskert	OF	1907–1910, 1921 (410 g)	1911–1917 (953 g)
Andy Seminick	C	1952–1955 (319 g)	1943–1951, 1955–1957 (985 g)
Jay Bruce	OF	2008–2016 (1220 g)	2019–2020 (83 g)
Curt Walker	OF	1924–1930 (954 g)	1921–1924 (333 g)
Joe Morgan	2B	1972–1979 (1154 g)	1983 (123 g)
Red Dooin	C	1915 (10 g)	1902–1914 (1220 g)
Wally Post	OF	1949, 1951–1957, 1960–1963 (903 g)	1958–1960 (276 g)
Scott Rolen	3B	2009–2012 (330 g)	1996–2002 (844 g)
Johnny Wyrostek	OF	1948–1952 (573 g)	1946–1947, 1952–1954 (588 g)
Tony Gonzalez	OF	1960 (39 g)	1960–1968 (1118 g)
Deron Johnson	1B	1964–1967 (549 g)	1969–1973 (563 g)
Hans Lobert	3B	1906–1910 (600 g)	1911–1914 (497 g)
Juan Samuel	2B	1993 (103 g)	1983–1989 (852 g)
Eddie Miller	SS	1936–1937, 1943–1947 (707 g)	1948–1949 (215 g)
Cookie Rojas	2B	1962 (39 g)	1963–1969 (880 g)
Virgil Davis	C	1937–1938 (88 g)	1928–1933, 1938–1939 (814 g)
Jimmie Wilson	C	1939–1940 (20 g)	1923–1928, 1934–1938 (838 g)
Horace Ford	SS	1926–1931 (686 g)	1924 (145 g)
Nick Castellanos	OF	2020–2021 (198 g)	2022–2025 (602 g)
Bo Diaz	C	1985–1989 (460 g)	1982–1985 (333 g)
Eddie Grant	3B	1911–1913 (259 g)	1907–1910 (527 g)
Rube Bressler	OF	1917–1927 (745 g)	1932 (27 g)
Greasy Neale	OF	1916–1922, 1924 (746 g)	1921 (22 g)
Ethan Allen	OF	1926–1930 (422 g)	1934–1936 (331 g)
Freddy Galvis	SS	2019–2020 (79 g)	2012–2017, 2021 (674 g)
Smoky Burgess	C	1955–1958 (395 g)	1952–1955 (327 g)
Bobby Tolan	OF	1969–1970, 1972–1973 (582 g)	1976–1977 (125 g)
Mariano Duncan	2B	1989–1991, 1995 (299 g)	1992–1995 (406 g)
Eppa Rixey	P	1921–1933 (440 g)	1912–1917, 1919–1920 (254 g)
Danny Litwhiler	OF	1948–1951 (274 g)	1940–1943 (374 g)
Johnny Moore	OF	1933–1934 (151 g)	1934–1937 (489 g)
Johnny Bates	OF	1911–1914 (420 g)	1909–1910 (211 g)
Bert Haas	1B	1942–1943, 1946–1947 (530 g)	1948–1949 (97 g)
Ron Northey	OF	1950 (27 g)	1942–1944, 1946–1947, 1957 (600 g)
Juan Castro	SS	2000–2004, 2006–2008 (571 g)	2010 (54 g)
Bucky Walters	P	1938–1948 (341 g)	1934–1938 (268 g)
John Barry	OF	1905–1906 (198 g)	1901–1904 (379 g)
Bob Allen	SS	1900 (5 g)	1890–1894 (568 g)
Bert Niehoff	2B	1913–1914 (144 g)	1915–1917 (410 g)
Tom Hume	P	1977–1985, 1987 (458 g)	1986–1987 (86 g)
Dick Sisler	1B	1952 (11 g)	1948–1951 (509 g)
Manny Trillo	2B	1989 (17 g)	1979–1982 (502 g)
George Harper	OF	1922–1924 (217 g)	1924–1926 (297 g)
Marlon Byrd	OF	2015 (96 g)	2002–2005, 2014 (410 g)
Jim Greengrass	OF	1952–1955 (324 g)	1955–1956 (180 g)
Morrie Arnovich	OF	1940 (62 g)	1936–1940 (442 g)
Rudy Hulswitt	SS	1908 (119 g)	1902–1904 (379 g)
George Burns	OF	1922–1924 (403 g)	1925 (88 g)
Jack Boyle	C	1886 (1 g)	1893–1898 (487 g)
Connie Ryan	2B	1950–1951, 1954 (243 g)	1952–1953 (244 g)
Harry Anderson	OF	1960–1961 (46 g)	1957–1960 (438 g)
Gary Redus	OF	1982–1985 (369 g)	1986 (90 g)
George Wood	OF	1892 (30 g)	1886–1889 (422 g)
Alex Johnson	OF	1968–1969 (288 g)	1964–1965 (140 g)
Walter Holke	1B	1925 (65 g)	1923–1925 (334 g)
Tom Downey	SS	1909–1911 (342 g)	1912 (54 g)
Rheal Cormier	P	2006–2007 (27 g)	2001–2006 (363 g)
Michael Tucker	OF	1999–2001 (367 g)	2005 (22 g)
Eddie Burke	OF	1892, 1895–1897 (288 g)	1890 (100 g)
Don Hoak	3B	1957–1958 (263 g)	1963–1964 (121 g)
Frank Baumholtz	OF	1947–1949 (306 g)	1956–1957 (78 g)
Jack Baldschun	P	1966–1967 (51 g)	1961–1965 (333 g)
Lew Fonseca	1B	1921–1924 (248 g)	1925 (126 g)
Si Johnson	P	1928–1936 (235 g)	1940–1943, 1946 (137 g)
Beals Becker	OF	1913 (30 g)	1913–1915 (338 g)
Gene Freese	3B	1961–1963 (236 g)	1959 (132 g)
Laynce Nix	OF	2009–2010 (213 g)	2012–2013 (151 g)
Billy Hatcher	OF	1990–1992 (320 g)	1994 (43 g)
Michael Lorenzen	P	2015–2021 (352 g)	2023 (11 g)
Tommy Thevenow	SS	1936 (106 g)	1929–1930 (246 g)
Ron Gant	OF	1995 (119 g)	1999–2000 (227 g)
Cliff Lee	OF	1924 (6 g)	1921–1924 (338 g)
Ken Raffensberger	P	1947–1954 (250 g)	1943–1947 (93 g)
Clarence Mitchell	P	1916–1917 (104 g)	1923–1928 (236 g)
Don Carman	P	1991 (28 g)	1983–1990 (312 g)
Jimmy Ring	P	1917–1920 (119 g)	1921–1925, 1928 (220 g)
Jim Konstanty	P	1944 (20 g)	1948–1954 (314 g)
Harry Walker	OF	1949 (86 g)	1947–1948 (242 g)
Kent Tekulve	P	1989 (37 g)	1985–1988 (291 g)
Mark Lewis	2B	1995, 1999–2000 (180 g)	1998 (142 g)
Herm Wehmeier	P	1945, 1947–1954 (259 g)	1954–1956 (62 g)
Bob Ewing	P	1902–1909 (272 g)	1910–1911 (38 g)
Benito Santiago	C	1995, 2000 (170 g)	1996 (136 g)
Tom Foley	SS	1983–1985 (217 g)	1985–1986 (85 g)
Harvey Hendrick	1B	1931–1932 (231 g)	1934 (59 g)
Miguel Cairo	2B	2010–2012 (263 g)	2009 (27 g)
Wilson Valdez	SS	2012 (77 g)	2010–2011 (210 g)
Harry McCurdy	C	1934 (3 g)	1930–1933 (282 g)
Kiddo Davis	OF	1937–1938 (45 g)	1932, 1934 (237 g)
Morgan Murphy	C	1892–1895 (232 g)	1898, 1900 (36 g)
Norm Charlton	P	1988–1992, 2000 (243 g)	1995 (25 g)
Chuck Harmon	3B	1954–1956 (203 g)	1957 (57 g)
Ken Walters	OF	1963 (49 g)	1960–1961 (210 g)
Jeff Brantley	P	1994–1997 (185 g)	1999–2000 (65 g)
Reggie Taylor	OF	2002–2003 (235 g)	2000–2001 (14 g)
Aaron Harang	P	2003–2010 (218 g)	2015 (29 g)
Didi Gregorius	SS	2012 (8 g)	2020–2022 (226 g)
Frank Roth	C	1909–1910 (85 g)	1903–1904 (149 g)
Johnny Klippstein	P	1955–1958, 1962 (174 g)	1963–1964 (60 g)
Peanuts Lowrey	OF	1949–1950 (180 g)	1955 (54 g)
Jack Taylor	P	1899 (25 g)	1892–1897 (208 g)
Johnny Rizzo	OF	1940 (31 g)	1940–1941 (202 g)
Rawly Eastwick	P	1974–1977 (160 g)	1978–1979 (73 g)
Al Lakeman	C	1942–1947 (144 g)	1947–1948 (87 g)
Doug Bair	P	1978–1981 (220 g)	1987 (11 g)
Doc Miller	OF	1914 (94 g)	1912–1913 (136 g)
Jimmie Coker	C	1964–1967 (130 g)	1958, 1960–1962 (99 g)
Ray Benge	P	1938 (9 g)	1928–1932, 1936 (217 g)
Wally Berger	OF	1938–1940 (198 g)	1940 (20 g)
Howie Fox	P	1944–1946, 1948–1951 (202 g)	1952 (13 g)
Jimmy Bloodworth	2B	1949–1950 (138 g)	1950–1951 (75 g)
Pop Schriver	C	1897 (61 g)	1888–1890 (152 g)
Syl Johnson	P	1934 (2 g)	1934–1940 (211 g)
Chick Fraser	P	1906 (31 g)	1899–1900, 1902–1904 (174 g)
Pat Corrales	C	1968–1972 (134 g)	1964–1965 (65 g)
Lena Blackburne	SS	1918 (125 g)	1919 (72 g)
Roger Freed	OF	1974 (6 g)	1971–1972 (191 g)
Ted Savage	OF	1969 (68 g)	1962 (127 g)
Buck Jordan	1B	1937–1938 (107 g)	1938 (87 g)
Arthur Rhodes	P	2009–2010 (136 g)	2006 (55 g)
Johnny Rawlings	2B	1914 (33 g)	1920–1921 (158 g)
Jeff Hoffman	P	2021–2022 (67 g)	2023–2024 (122 g)
Jerry Spradlin	P	1993–1994, 1996 (44 g)	1997–1998 (145 g)
Wes Schulmerich	OF	1934 (74 g)	1933–1934 (112 g)
Lee Walls	OF	1960 (29 g)	1960–1961 (156 g)
John Vukovich	3B	1975 (31 g)	1970–1971, 1976–1977, 1979–1981 (153 g)
Frank Thomas	OF	1959 (108 g)	1964–1965 (74 g)
Dave Shean	2B	1917 (131 g)	1908–1909 (50 g)
Ron Roenicke	OF	1988 (14 g)	1986–1987 (165 g)
David Hernandez	P	2018–2019 (104 g)	2016 (70 g)
Woodie Fryman	P	1977 (17 g)	1968–1972 (157 g)
George McQuillan	P	1911 (19 g)	1907–1910, 1915–1916 (149 g)
Al Hollingsworth	P	1935–1938 (128 g)	1938–1939 (39 g)
George Smith	P	1918 (10 g)	1919–1922 (155 g)
Russell Branyan	3B	2002–2003 (158 g)	2007 (7 g)
Gene Schott	P	1935–1938 (156 g)	1939 (8 g)
Kelly Stinnett	C	2001–2003 (157 g)	2003 (7 g)
Ernie Koy	OF	1941–1942 (70 g)	1942 (91 g)
Wally Kimmick	SS	1921–1923 (71 g)	1925–1926 (90 g)
Howie Schultz	1B	1948 (36 g)	1947–1948 (120 g)
Lloyd Waner	OF	1941 (55 g)	1942 (101 g)
Andy High	3B	1932–1933 (108 g)	1934 (47 g)
Bill Gray	3B	1895–1896 (98 g)	1890–1891 (57 g)
Gus Weyhing	P	1901 (1 g)	1892–1895 (151 g)
Tommy Hughes	P	1948 (12 g)	1941–1942, 1946–1947 (140 g)
Ed Heusser	P	1943–1946 (116 g)	1938, 1948 (34 g)
Gary Varsho	OF	1993 (77 g)	1995 (72 g)
Phil Weintraub	1B	1937 (49 g)	1938 (100 g)
Kent Peterson	P	1944, 1947–1951 (129 g)	1952–1953 (18 g)
Bill Scherrer	P	1982–1984, 1987 (138 g)	1988 (8 g)
Greg Harris	P	1982–1983 (36 g)	1988–1989 (110 g)
Joe Schultz	OF	1925 (33 g)	1924–1925 (112 g)
Johnny Couch	P	1922–1923 (62 g)	1923–1925 (83 g)
Jared Hughes	P	2018–2019 (119 g)	2019 (25 g)
Paul Bako	C	2008 (99 g)	2009 (44 g)
Vince DiMaggio	OF	1939–1940 (10 g)	1945–1946 (133 g)
Joe Hoerner	P	1977 (8 g)	1970–1972, 1975 (133 g)
Lee Grissom	P	1934–1939 (111 g)	1941 (29 g)
Boom-Boom Beck	P	1945 (11 g)	1939–1943 (128 g)
Jim Owens	P	1963 (19 g)	1955–1956, 1958–1962 (120 g)
Phil Geier	OF	1900 (30 g)	1896–1897 (109 g)
Stan Palys	OF	1955–1956 (120 g)	1953–1955 (19 g)
Danny Jackson	P	1988–1990 (79 g)	1993–1994 (58 g)
Rollie Hemsley	C	1933, 1942 (85 g)	1946–1947 (51 g)
Chuck McElroy	P	1994–1996 (108 g)	1989–1990 (27 g)
Russ Meyer	P	1956 (1 g)	1949–1952 (134 g)
Brian Hunter	1B	1994–1995 (49 g)	2000 (85 g)
Jimmy Smith	2B	1919 (28 g)	1921–1922 (105 g)
Joe Knight	OF	1890 (127 g)	1884 (6 g)
Eddie Pellagrini	SS	1952 (46 g)	1951 (86 g)
Cliff Heathcote	OF	1931–1932 (99 g)	1932 (30 g)
Harvey Haddix	P	1958 (42 g)	1956–1957 (87 g)
John Dodge	3B	1913 (94 g)	1912–1913 (33 g)
Austin Hays	OF	2025 (103 g)	2024 (22 g)
Lee Handley	3B	1936 (24 g)	1947 (101 g)
Alan Knicely	C	1983–1985 (117 g)	1985 (7 g)
Bubba Church	P	1952–1953 (44 g)	1950–1952 (80 g)
Carmelo Martinez	OF	1991 (53 g)	1990 (71 g)
Joe Bowman	P	1945 (29 g)	1935–1936 (93 g)
John Denny	P	1986 (27 g)	1982–1985 (95 g)
Josh Devore	OF	1913 (66 g)	1913–1914 (56 g)
Steve Ridzik	P	1955 (13 g)	1950, 1952–1955, 1966 (107 g)
Glen Gorbous	OF	1955 (8 g)	1955–1957 (109 g)
Jack Rowan	P	1908–1910, 1913–1914 (105 g)	1911 (12 g)
Brian Hunter	OF	2000 (32 g)	2001 (83 g)
Fred Lewis	OF	1886 (77 g)	1883 (38 g)
Karl Drews	P	1954 (22 g)	1951–1954 (93 g)
Hector Mercado	P	2000–2001 (68 g)	2002–2003 (44 g)
George Culver	P	1968–1969 (81 g)	1973–1974 (28 g)
Jeff Conine	1B	2007 (80 g)	2006 (28 g)
Fred Beck	OF	1911 (41 g)	1911 (64 g)
Cal McLish	P	1960 (37 g)	1962–1964 (67 g)
Michael Jackson	P	1995 (40 g)	1986–1987 (64 g)
Philip Gosselin	2B	2018 (20 g)	2019–2020 (83 g)
Eric Milton	P	2005–2007 (68 g)	2004 (34 g)
Frank Bruggy	C	1925 (6 g)	1921 (96 g)
Ed Sicking	2B	1920 (37 g)	1919 (61 g)
Red Ames	P	1913–1915 (95 g)	1919 (3 g)
Travis Jankowski	OF	2020 (16 g)	2021 (76 g)
Mike Kahoe	C	1895, 1899–1901 (73 g)	1905 (15 g)
Cory Lidle	P	2004 (24 g)	2004–2006 (62 g)
Jack Sutthoff	P	1901, 1903–1904 (53 g)	1904–1905 (32 g)
Jack Scott	P	1922 (1 g)	1927 (83 g)
Wayne Simpson	P	1970–1972 (73 g)	1975 (7 g)
Todd Jones	P	2004 (51 g)	2004 (27 g)
Scott Service	P	1993–1994, 1996–1997 (71 g)	1988 (5 g)
Gene Packard	P	1912–1913 (45 g)	1919 (28 g)
Jeremy Horst	P	2011 (12 g)	2012–2013 (60 g)
Mark Portugal	P	1995–1996 (42 g)	1997–1998 (29 g)
Roger Bernadina	OF	2014 (44 g)	2013 (27 g)
Bruce Chen	P	2002 (39 g)	2000–2001 (31 g)
Cozy Dolan	OF	1909 (3 g)	1912–1913 (67 g)
Wally Flager	SS	1945 (21 g)	1945 (49 g)
Asdrubal Cabrera	SS	2021 (20 g)	2018 (49 g)
Ryne Duren	P	1964 (26 g)	1963–1965 (42 g)
Russ Springer	P	2010 (2 g)	1995–1996 (65 g)
Ryan Franklin	P	2006 (20 g)	2006 (46 g)
Bill Hallahan	P	1936–1937 (44 g)	1938 (21 g)
Harrison Bader	OF	2023 (14 g)	2025 (50 g)
Rick White	P	2006 (26 g)	2006 (38 g)
Wally Westlake	OF	1952 (59 g)	1956 (5 g)
Frank Motz	1B	1893–1894 (61 g)	1890 (1 g)
Dee Moore	C	1936–1937 (13 g)	1943, 1946 (48 g)
Bert Humphries	P	1911–1912 (44 g)	1910–1911 (16 g)
Pat Zachry	P	1976–1977 (50 g)	1985 (10 g)
Archie Bradley	P	2020 (6 g)	2021 (53 g)
Bill Burns	P	1910–1911 (38 g)	1911 (21 g)
Jim Kern	P	1982 (50 g)	1984 (8 g)
Charlie Brewster	SS	1943 (7 g)	1943 (49 g)
Heath Hembree	P	2021 (45 g)	2020 (11 g)
Kid Elberfeld	SS	1899 (41 g)	1898 (14 g)
Roger Craig	P	1965 (40 g)	1966 (14 g)
Vern Kennedy	P	1945 (24 g)	1944–1945 (27 g)
Aramis Garcia	C	2022 (47 g)	2024 (3 g)
Piggy Ward	OF	1893 (42 g)	1883, 1889 (8 g)
Felix Rodriguez	P	1997 (26 g)	2004 (23 g)
Eric Valent	OF	2003 (18 g)	2001–2002 (29 g)
Kyle Lohse	P	2006–2007 (34 g)	2007 (13 g)
Fred Beebe	P	1910 (35 g)	1911 (11 g)
J. C. Ramirez	P	2016 (27 g)	2013 (18 g)
Jim Bolger	OF	1950–1951, 1954 (9 g)	1959 (35 g)
Pedro Ramos	P	1969 (38 g)	1967 (6 g)
Warren Hacker	P	1957 (15 g)	1957–1958 (29 g)
Bo Belinsky	P	1970 (3 g)	1965–1966 (40 g)
Darrell Johnson	C	1961–1962 (22 g)	1961 (21 g)
Edgar Garcia	P	2021 (5 g)	2019 (37 g)
Harry Coveleski	P	1910 (7 g)	1907–1909 (34 g)
Ben Lively	P	2023 (19 g)	2017–2018 (21 g)
Keith Hughes	OF	1993 (3 g)	1987 (37 g)
Elizardo Ramirez	P	2005–2007 (31 g)	2004 (7 g)
Ted Kleinhans	P	1934, 1937–1938 (33 g)	1934 (5 g)
David Buchanan	P	2024 (1 g)	2014–2015 (35 g)
Willie McGill	P	1892 (3 g)	1895–1896 (32 g)
Bobby Locke	P	1965 (11 g)	1962–1964 (22 g)
Ricardo Jordan	P	1998 (6 g)	1996 (26 g)
Paul Fittery	P	1914 (11 g)	1917 (20 g)
Dane Sardinha	C	2003, 2005 (2 g)	2010–2011 (28 g)
Freddie Toliver	P	1984 (3 g)	1985–1987 (26 g)
Josh Hancock	P	2004–2005 (23 g)	2003–2004 (6 g)
Michael Mariot	P	2023 (1 g)	2016 (25 g)
Dixie Davis	P	1912 (7 g)	1918 (18 g)
Bob Sebra	P	1989 (15 g)	1988–1989 (9 g)
Bud Hafey	OF	1939 (6 g)	1939 (18 g)
William Hoover	OF	1892 (14 g)	1884 (10 g)
Chase Anderson	P	2022 (9 g)	2021 (14 g)
Hugh Poland	C	1947–1948 (19 g)	1947 (4 g)
Justin Stein	3B	1938 (11 g)	1938 (11 g)
Bill Whitrock	P	1894 (19 g)	1896 (2 g)
Anderson Machado	SS	2004–2005 (19 g)	2003 (1 g)
Cam Bedrosian	P	2021 (6 g)	2021 (11 g)
Tom Dowse	C	1892 (1 g)	1892 (16 g)
Jimmie Schaffer	C	1968 (4 g)	1966–1967 (10 g)
Barney McFadden	P	1901 (8 g)	1902 (1 g)
Niles Jordan	P	1952 (3 g)	1951 (5 g)
Red Nelson	P	1913 (2 g)	1912–1913 (6 g)
Bert Inks	P	1896 (3 g)	1896 (3 g)
Bill Lohrman	P	1944 (2 g)	1934 (4 g)
Jim Crowell	P	1997 (2 g)	2004 (4 g)
Pat Ragan	P	1909 (2 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.Reds seasons include the Cincinnati Red Stockings (1882–1889) and Cincinnati Redlegs (1954–1959).Phillies seasons include the Philadelphia Quakers (1883–1889) and Philadelphia Blue Jays (1943–1944).

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How many players have played for both the Cincinnati Reds and the Philadelphia Phillies?

285 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1883 to 2025, including Pete Rose, Tony Perez, Sherry Magee and Willie Jones. 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?

Fred Lewis: Philadelphia Phillies first, then the Cincinnati Reds from 1886.

Who has played for both recently?

Nick Castellanos, Jeff Hoffman, Austin Hays, Harrison Bader, Aramis Garcia and David Buchanan, 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). Phillies seasons include the Philadelphia Quakers (1883–1889) and Philadelphia Blue Jays (1943–1944).

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