Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates players: who played for both

Who played for both the Reds and Pirates?

269 players played for both the Cincinnati Reds and the Pittsburgh Pirates between 1882 and 2025, including Dave Parker, Lloyd Waner, Jake Beckley and Tommy Leach. 112 of them played for the Reds first and 142 for the Pirates first; 15 played for both in the same season.

Did you know?

Rudy Kemmler is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Reds first, then the Pirates from 1882.
Tommy Pham is the most recent: Reds first, then the Pirates from 2025.
Dave Parker played the most games across the two: 631 for the Reds and 1,301 for the Pirates.
54 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Lloyd Waner.
Most common positions on this list: P (111), OF (70), C (31), 3B (20).

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All 269 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	Pirates
Dave Parker	OF	1984–1987 (631 g)	1973–1983 (1301 g)
Lloyd Waner	OF	1941 (55 g)	1927–1941, 1944–1945 (1803 g)
Jake Beckley	1B	1897–1903 (880 g)	1888–1889, 1891–1896 (930 g)
Tommy Leach	OF	1915 (107 g)	1900–1912, 1918 (1574 g)
Gus Bell	OF	1953–1961 (1235 g)	1950–1952 (391 g)
Ted Kluszewski	1B	1947–1957 (1339 g)	1958–1959 (160 g)
Heinie Groh	3B	1913–1921 (1211 g)	1927 (14 g)
Bob Skinner	OF	1963–1964 (97 g)	1954, 1956–1963 (1100 g)
Jerry Lynch	OF	1957–1963 (640 g)	1954–1956, 1963–1966 (544 g)
Elmer Smith	OF	1886–1889, 1898–1900 (370 g)	1892–1897, 1901 (766 g)
Sean Casey	1B	1998–2005 (1075 g)	2006 (59 g)
George Grantham	2B	1932–1933 (213 g)	1925–1931 (914 g)
Claude Ritchey	2B	1897 (101 g)	1900–1906 (977 g)
Frank Thomas	OF	1959 (108 g)	1951–1958 (925 g)
Mike Mitchell	OF	1907–1912 (857 g)	1913–1914 (130 g)
Smoky Burgess	C	1955–1958 (395 g)	1959–1964 (586 g)
Heinie Peitz	C	1896–1904 (819 g)	1905–1906 (130 g)
Reggie Sanders	OF	1991–1998 (805 g)	2003 (130 g)
Tommy Helms	2B	1964–1971 (851 g)	1976–1977 (77 g)
Lee Handley	3B	1936 (24 g)	1937–1941, 1944–1946 (843 g)
Red Lucas	P	1926–1933 (590 g)	1934–1938 (276 g)
Kiki Cuyler	OF	1935–1937 (323 g)	1921–1927 (525 g)
Don Hoak	3B	1957–1958 (263 g)	1959–1962 (576 g)
Joe Oliver	C	1989–1994, 1996–1997 (769 g)	1999 (45 g)
Adam Comorosky	OF	1934–1935 (186 g)	1926–1933 (627 g)
John Corkhill	OF	1883–1888, 1891 (686 g)	1891–1892 (109 g)
Gary Redus	OF	1982–1985 (369 g)	1988–1992 (398 g)
Pokey Reese	2B	1997–2001 (604 g)	2002–2003 (156 g)
Kent Tekulve	P	1989 (37 g)	1974–1985 (722 g)
Pat Duncan	OF	1919–1924 (724 g)	1915 (3 g)
Johnny Gooch	C	1929–1930 (174 g)	1921–1928 (550 g)
Bob Bailey	3B	1976–1977 (118 g)	1962–1966 (596 g)
Gene Freese	3B	1961–1963 (236 g)	1955–1958, 1964–1965 (472 g)
Pep Young	2B	1941 (4 g)	1933–1940 (698 g)
Ray Mueller	C	1943–1944, 1946–1949 (527 g)	1939–1940, 1950 (157 g)
Vince DiMaggio	OF	1939–1940 (10 g)	1940–1944 (670 g)
Todd Frazier	3B	2011–2015 (633 g)	2021 (13 g)
Wally Westlake	OF	1952 (59 g)	1947–1951 (580 g)
Johnny Wyrostek	OF	1948–1952 (573 g)	1942–1943 (60 g)
Bobby Tolan	OF	1969–1970, 1972–1973 (582 g)	1977 (49 g)
Ke'Bryan Hayes	3B	2025 (52 g)	2020–2025 (576 g)
Hans Lobert	3B	1906–1910 (600 g)	1903 (5 g)
Tommy Thevenow	SS	1936 (106 g)	1931–1935, 1938 (499 g)
Bill Kuehne	3B	1892 (6 g)	1885–1889 (558 g)
Joe Kelley	OF	1902–1906 (486 g)	1892 (56 g)
Kevin Newman	SS	2023 (74 g)	2018–2022 (431 g)
Clay Carroll	P	1968–1975 (486 g)	1978 (2 g)
Colin Moran	3B	2022 (42 g)	2018–2021 (444 g)
Bill Hinchman	OF	1905–1906 (35 g)	1915–1918, 1920 (445 g)
Fritz Mollwitz	1B	1914–1916 (250 g)	1917–1919 (211 g)
Jose Guillen	OF	2002–2003 (122 g)	1997–1999 (336 g)
Bill McKechnie	3B	1916–1917 (85 g)	1907, 1910–1912, 1918, 1920 (369 g)
Jim Keenan	C	1885–1891 (428 g)	1882 (24 g)
Jake Stenzel	OF	1899 (9 g)	1892–1896 (439 g)
Chris Stynes	3B	1997–2000 (364 g)	2004 (74 g)
Sparky Adams	2B	1933–1934 (224 g)	1928–1929 (209 g)
Jared Hughes	P	2018–2019 (119 g)	2011–2016 (313 g)
Lloyd McClendon	OF	1987–1988 (117 g)	1990–1994 (312 g)
Tony Piet	2B	1934–1935 (112 g)	1931–1933 (305 g)
Billy Zitzmann	OF	1919, 1925–1929 (397 g)	1919 (11 g)
Hank Foiles	C	1953, 1962–1963 (49 g)	1956–1959 (345 g)
Aroldis Chapman	P	2010–2015 (324 g)	2024 (68 g)
Ted Power	P	1983–1987, 1991 (350 g)	1990 (40 g)
Babe Herman	OF	1932, 1935–1936 (360 g)	1935 (26 g)
George Kelly	1B	1927–1930 (375 g)	1917 (8 g)
Stan Belinda	P	1997–1999 (153 g)	1989–1993 (222 g)
Ed Phelps	C	1905–1906 (56 g)	1902–1904, 1906–1908 (315 g)
Jack McCarthy	OF	1893–1894 (89 g)	1898–1899 (276 g)
Tom Foley	SS	1983–1985 (217 g)	1993–1994 (145 g)
Mike Mowrey	3B	1905–1909 (282 g)	1914 (79 g)
Tony Womack	2B	2006 (9 g)	1993–1994, 1996–1998 (351 g)
Bob Purkey	P	1958–1964 (244 g)	1954–1957, 1966 (111 g)
Bronson Arroyo	P	2006–2013, 2017 (294 g)	2000–2002 (54 g)
Billy Hatcher	OF	1990–1992 (320 g)	1989 (27 g)
Gary Varsho	OF	1993 (77 g)	1991–1992, 1994 (269 g)
Jacob Brumfield	OF	1992–1994 (195 g)	1995–1996 (145 g)
Jimmy Sebring	OF	1904–1905 (114 g)	1902–1904 (223 g)
Rollie Hemsley	C	1933, 1942 (85 g)	1928–1931 (252 g)
John Smiley	P	1993–1997 (125 g)	1986–1991 (196 g)
Virgil Davis	C	1937–1938 (88 g)	1940–1941, 1944–1945 (233 g)
Eddie Burke	OF	1892, 1895–1897 (288 g)	1890 (31 g)
Dixie Howell	C	1949–1952 (240 g)	1947 (76 g)
Ryan Ludwick	OF	2012–2014 (275 g)	2011 (38 g)
Joe Randa	3B	2005 (92 g)	1997, 2006 (215 g)
Joe Gibbon	P	1971–1972 (52 g)	1960–1965, 1969–1970 (253 g)
Mike Donlin	OF	1902–1904 (220 g)	1912 (77 g)
Bill Merritt	C	1894–1895 (52 g)	1894–1897 (242 g)
David Ross	C	2006–2008 (254 g)	2005 (40 g)
Connor Joe	OF	2025 (35 g)	2023–2024 (256 g)
Doug Bair	P	1978–1981 (220 g)	1976, 1989–1990 (70 g)
Jesse Tannehill	P	1894, 1911 (6 g)	1897–1902 (284 g)
Pop Schriver	C	1897 (61 g)	1898–1900 (224 g)
Wally Roettger	OF	1931–1933 (234 g)	1934 (47 g)
Johnny Rizzo	OF	1940 (31 g)	1938–1940 (246 g)
John Ganzel	1B	1907–1908 (258 g)	1898 (15 g)
John Vander Wal	OF	2004 (42 g)	2000–2001 (231 g)
Xavier Paul	OF	2012–2013 (152 g)	2011 (121 g)
Dann Bilardello	C	1983–1985 (219 g)	1989–1990 (52 g)
Val Picinich	C	1926–1928 (250 g)	1933 (16 g)
Doc Johnston	1B	1909 (3 g)	1915–1916 (262 g)
Bernie Carbo	OF	1969–1972 (254 g)	1980 (7 g)
Johnny Rawlings	2B	1914 (33 g)	1923–1926 (219 g)
Billy Rhines	P	1890–1892, 1895–1897 (204 g)	1898–1899 (41 g)
Bill Landrum	P	1986–1987, 1993 (72 g)	1989–1991 (171 g)
Bill Henry	P	1960–1965 (227 g)	1968 (10 g)
Morgan Murphy	C	1892–1895 (232 g)	1898 (5 g)
Bill Gray	3B	1895–1896 (98 g)	1898 (137 g)
Denny Neagle	P	1999–2000 (39 g)	1992–1996 (192 g)
Joe Bowman	P	1945 (29 g)	1937–1941 (202 g)
Jimmy Bloodworth	2B	1949–1950 (138 g)	1947 (88 g)
Mike Lincoln	P	2008–2010 (102 g)	2001–2003 (122 g)
Pink Hawley	P	1898–1899 (77 g)	1895–1897 (147 g)
Justin Wilson	P	2021–2022, 2024 (86 g)	2012–2014 (136 g)
Manny Sarmiento	P	1976–1979 (133 g)	1982–1983 (87 g)
Lefty Davis	OF	1907 (73 g)	1901–1902 (146 g)
Harry Gumbert	P	1944, 1946–1949 (196 g)	1949–1950 (17 g)
Lee Walls	OF	1960 (29 g)	1952, 1956–1957 (183 g)
Harvey Haddix	P	1958 (42 g)	1959–1963 (169 g)
Johnny Hetki	P	1945–1948, 1950 (99 g)	1953–1954 (112 g)
Tommy Pham	OF	2022 (91 g)	2025 (120 g)
Zach Duke	P	2013, 2019 (44 g)	2005–2010 (166 g)
Cal Abrams	OF	1952 (71 g)	1953–1954 (136 g)
Jack O'Connor	C	1887–1888 (48 g)	1900–1902 (153 g)
Bill Baker	C	1940–1941 (29 g)	1941–1943, 1946 (169 g)
Eddie Pellagrini	SS	1952 (46 g)	1953–1954 (151 g)
Bill Phillips	P	1895, 1899–1903 (182 g)	1890 (14 g)
Cecil Espy	OF	1993 (40 g)	1991–1992 (155 g)
Red Ehret	P	1896–1897 (68 g)	1892–1894 (126 g)
Elmer Riddle	P	1939–1945, 1947 (146 g)	1948–1949 (45 g)
Pete Browning	OF	1891–1892 (138 g)	1891 (50 g)
Dee Fondy	1B	1958 (89 g)	1957 (95 g)
Dennys Reyes	P	1998–2001 (171 g)	2003 (12 g)
Benito Santiago	C	1995, 2000 (170 g)	2005 (6 g)
Hal Smith	C	1964 (32 g)	1960–1961 (144 g)
Josh VanMeter	2B	2019–2020 (109 g)	2022 (67 g)
Elmer Dessens	P	2000–2002 (106 g)	1996–1998 (61 g)
Jerry Reuss	P	1987 (7 g)	1974–1978, 1990 (160 g)
Darnell Coles	3B	1992 (55 g)	1987–1988 (108 g)
Dave Tomlin	P	1972–1973, 1978–1980 (156 g)	1983, 1985 (6 g)
Max West	OF	1946 (72 g)	1948 (87 g)
Rick White	P	2006 (26 g)	1994–1995, 2005 (129 g)
Will McEnaney	P	1974–1976 (149 g)	1978 (6 g)
Ted Savage	OF	1969 (68 g)	1963 (85 g)
Jose Silva	P	2002 (12 g)	1997–2001 (140 g)
Josh Fogg	P	2008 (23 g)	2002–2005 (126 g)
Don Gross	P	1955–1957 (79 g)	1958–1960 (66 g)
Paul Moskau	P	1977–1981 (132 g)	1982 (13 g)
Kip Wells	P	2009 (10 g)	2002–2006 (134 g)
Ward Miller	OF	1909–1910 (128 g)	1909 (15 g)
Ruben Mateo	OF	2002–2003 (120 g)	2004 (19 g)
Jim Weaver	P	1938–1939 (33 g)	1935–1937 (103 g)
Josias Manzanillo	P	2003 (9 g)	2000–2002 (127 g)
Robert Stephenson	P	2016–2020 (105 g)	2022–2023 (31 g)
John Powers	OF	1959 (43 g)	1955–1958 (90 g)
Paul LaPalme	P	1956 (11 g)	1951–1954 (121 g)
Ross Ohlendorf	P	2016 (64 g)	2008–2011 (64 g)
Marlon Byrd	OF	2015 (96 g)	2013 (30 g)
Brian Hunter	1B	1994–1995 (49 g)	1994 (76 g)
Michael Feliz	P	2021 (9 g)	2018–2021 (115 g)
Billy Sullivan	C	1935 (85 g)	1947 (38 g)
Randy Milligan	1B	1993 (83 g)	1988 (40 g)
George McQuillan	P	1911 (19 g)	1913–1915 (100 g)
Jesse Gonder	C	1962–1963 (35 g)	1966–1967 (81 g)
Billy Clingman	SS	1890 (7 g)	1895 (107 g)
Jim Pendleton	OF	1959 (65 g)	1957–1958 (49 g)
Pete Schourek	P	1994–1997 (83 g)	1999 (30 g)
Dauri Moreta	P	2021–2022 (39 g)	2023, 2025 (73 g)
Ray Starr	P	1941–1943 (80 g)	1944–1945 (31 g)
Walker Cooper	C	1949–1950 (97 g)	1954 (14 g)
Jimmy Anderson	P	2003 (8 g)	1999–2002 (102 g)
Joe Schultz	OF	1925 (33 g)	1916 (77 g)
Ron Villone	P	1999–2000 (64 g)	2002 (45 g)
Bill Harris	P	1923–1924 (25 g)	1931–1934 (83 g)
Cesar Izturis	SS	2013 (63 g)	2007 (45 g)
Frank Genins	OF	1892 (35 g)	1895 (73 g)
Edinson Volquez	P	2008–2011 (75 g)	2014 (32 g)
Scott Ruskin	P	1992–1993 (61 g)	1990 (44 g)
Steve Cooke	P	1998 (1 g)	1992–1994, 1996–1997 (103 g)
Bud Hafey	OF	1939 (6 g)	1935–1936 (97 g)
Steve Pegues	OF	1994 (11 g)	1994–1995 (89 g)
Dave Brain	3B	1908 (16 g)	1905 (82 g)
Steve Parris	P	1998–2000 (75 g)	1995–1996 (23 g)
Danny Jackson	P	1988–1990 (79 g)	1992 (15 g)
Marty O'Toole	P	1908 (3 g)	1911–1914 (87 g)
Billy Earle	C	1889 (53 g)	1892–1893 (32 g)
Cliff Lee	OF	1924 (6 g)	1919–1920 (79 g)
Luis Arroyo	P	1959 (10 g)	1956–1957 (74 g)
Tom Sheehan	P	1924–1925 (51 g)	1925–1926 (33 g)
Orlando Peña	P	1958–1960 (59 g)	1970 (23 g)
Woodie Fryman	P	1977 (17 g)	1966–1967 (64 g)
Carmelo Martinez	OF	1991 (53 g)	1990–1991 (23 g)
David Williams	P	2006 (8 g)	2001–2002, 2004–2005 (67 g)
Todd Van Poppel	P	2003–2004 (57 g)	1998 (18 g)
Miguel Andujar	OF	2025 (34 g)	2022–2023 (39 g)
Ed Poole	P	1902–1903 (42 g)	1900–1902 (29 g)
Al Niehaus	1B	1925 (51 g)	1925 (17 g)
Drew Sutton	2B	2009–2010 (44 g)	2012 (24 g)
Silver King	P	1893 (17 g)	1891 (49 g)
Heath Hembree	P	2021 (45 g)	2022 (20 g)
Jimmy Smith	2B	1919 (28 g)	1916 (36 g)
Guy Bush	P	1945 (4 g)	1935–1936 (57 g)
Chasen Shreve	P	2023 (3 g)	2021 (57 g)
Harry Bright	1B	1963 (1 g)	1958–1960 (59 g)
Austin Brice	P	2017–2018 (55 g)	2022 (4 g)
Jeff Richardson	SS	1989 (53 g)	1991 (6 g)
Victor Santos	P	2007 (32 g)	2006 (25 g)
Jay Tibbs	P	1984–1985 (50 g)	1990 (5 g)
Charlie Case	P	1901 (3 g)	1904–1906 (51 g)
Dennis Ribant	P	1969 (7 g)	1967 (47 g)
Beals Becker	OF	1913 (30 g)	1908 (20 g)
Bob Owchinko	P	1984 (49 g)	1983 (1 g)
Philip Gosselin	2B	2018 (20 g)	2017 (28 g)
Piggy Ward	OF	1893 (42 g)	1891 (6 g)
Al Jackson	P	1969 (33 g)	1959, 1961 (13 g)
Jeff Tabaka	P	1997 (3 g)	1994, 1998 (42 g)
Rudy Kemmler	C	1882 (3 g)	1882, 1885 (42 g)
Ed Sicking	2B	1920 (37 g)	1927 (7 g)
Johnny Riddle	C	1941, 1944–1945 (34 g)	1948 (10 g)
Pedro Ramos	P	1969 (38 g)	1969 (5 g)
Danny MacFayden	P	1935 (7 g)	1940 (35 g)
Phil Dumatrait	P	2007 (6 g)	2008–2009 (36 g)
Cal McLish	P	1960 (37 g)	1947–1948 (4 g)
Jimmy Archer	C	1918 (9 g)	1904, 1918 (31 g)
Cozy Dolan	OF	1909 (3 g)	1913 (35 g)
Roy Ellam	SS	1909 (10 g)	1918 (27 g)
Rick Reed	P	1995 (4 g)	1988–1991 (31 g)
Rosario Rodriguez	P	1989–1990 (16 g)	1991 (18 g)
Tommy Gregg	OF	1993 (10 g)	1987–1988 (24 g)
Jud Smith	3B	1893 (17 g)	1896, 1901 (16 g)
John Foreman	P	1896 (4 g)	1895–1896 (28 g)
Roy Sanders	P	1917 (3 g)	1918 (28 g)
Mike Smith	P	1984–1986 (12 g)	1989 (16 g)
Jim Bagby	P	1912 (5 g)	1923 (21 g)
Boom-Boom Beck	P	1945 (11 g)	1945 (14 g)
Jake Elmore	SS	2014 (5 g)	2019 (20 g)
JT Riddle	SS	2022 (2 g)	2020 (23 g)
Marv Rickert	OF	1948 (8 g)	1950 (17 g)
Jimmy Woulfe	OF	1884 (8 g)	1884 (15 g)
Curtis Partch	P	2013–2014 (20 g)	2016 (2 g)
Dan Serafini	P	2003 (11 g)	2000 (11 g)
Mike Roesler	P	1989 (17 g)	1990 (5 g)
Ross Powell	P	1993 (9 g)	1995 (12 g)
Earl Blackburn	C	1912–1913 (18 g)	1912 (1 g)
Tanner Rainey	P	2018 (8 g)	2025 (11 g)
Tony Menendez	P	1992 (3 g)	1993 (14 g)
Bill Powell	P	1913 (1 g)	1909–1910 (15 g)
Marv Rackley	OF	1950 (5 g)	1949 (11 g)
Ed Karger	P	1909 (9 g)	1906 (6 g)
Freddie Toliver	P	1984 (3 g)	1993 (12 g)
Connor Overton	P	2022–2023 (9 g)	2021 (5 g)
Gus Getz	3B	1917 (7 g)	1918 (7 g)
Wally Rehg	OF	1919 (5 g)	1912 (8 g)
Rookie Davis	P	2017 (7 g)	2019 (5 g)
Bo Belinsky	P	1970 (3 g)	1969 (8 g)
Ryan Lavarnway	C	2019 (5 g)	2018 (6 g)
Bill Short	P	1969 (4 g)	1967 (6 g)
Gene Moore	P	1912 (5 g)	1909–1910 (5 g)
Hank Gastright	P	1896 (1 g)	1893 (9 g)
Harry Riconda	3B	1930 (1 g)	1929 (8 g)
Jack Cronin	P	1899 (5 g)	1898 (4 g)
Blaine Durbin	OF	1909 (6 g)	1909 (1 g)
Dazzy Vance	P	1934 (6 g)	1915 (1 g)
Jason Johnson	P	2006 (4 g)	1997 (3 g)
Harry Wolter	OF	1907 (4 g)	1907 (1 g)
Lee Fohl	C	1903 (4 g)	1902 (1 g)
Tom McCarthy	P	1908 (1 g)	1908 (4 g)
Jack Scott	P	1922 (1 g)	1916 (3 g)
Jot Goar	P	1898 (1 g)	1896 (3 g)
Gus Weyhing	P	1901 (1 g)	1895 (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).Pirates seasons include the Pittsburg Alleghenys (1882–1890).

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Questions

How many players have played for both the Cincinnati Reds and the Pittsburgh Pirates?

269 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1882 to 2025, including Dave Parker, Lloyd Waner, Jake Beckley and Tommy Leach. 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?

Rudy Kemmler: Cincinnati Reds first, then the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1882.

Who has played for both recently?

Ke'Bryan Hayes, Aroldis Chapman, Connor Joe, Justin Wilson, Tommy Pham and Dauri Moreta and 2 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). Pirates seasons include the Pittsburg Alleghenys (1882–1890).

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