Cincinnati Reds and San Francisco Giants players: who played for both
Who played for both the Reds and Giants?
266 players played for both the Cincinnati Reds and the San Francisco Giants between 1883 and 2025, including George Burns, Edd Roush, Ernie Lombardi and Heinie Groh. 129 of them played for the Reds first and 123 for the Giants first; 14 played for both in the same season.
Did you know?
- Ed Crane is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Giants first, then the Reds from 1891.
- Zack Littell is the most recent: Giants first, then the Reds from 2025.
- George Burns played the most games across the two: 403 for the Reds and 1,362 for the Giants.
- 54 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Edd Roush.
- Most common positions on this list: P (105), OF (71), C (32), 2B (20).
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All 266 players, most games for the two first
| Player | Pos | Reds | Giants |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Burns | OF | 1922–1924 (403 g) | 1911–1921 (1362 g) |
| Edd Roush | OF | 1916–1926, 1931 (1399 g) | 1916, 1927–1929 (340 g) |
| Ernie Lombardi | C | 1932–1941 (1203 g) | 1943–1947 (471 g) |
| Heinie Groh | 3B | 1913–1921 (1211 g) | 1912–1913, 1922–1926 (451 g) |
| Whitey Lockman | 1B | 1959–1960 (73 g) | 1945, 1947–1958 (1485 g) |
| Dan Driessen | 1B | 1973–1984 (1480 g) | 1985–1986 (69 g) |
| Rich Aurilia | SS | 2005–2006 (236 g) | 1995–2003, 2007–2009 (1292 g) |
| George Kelly | 1B | 1927–1930 (375 g) | 1915–1917, 1919–1926 (1137 g) |
| Hughie Critz | 2B | 1924–1930 (802 g) | 1930–1935 (676 g) |
| Joe Morgan | 2B | 1972–1979 (1154 g) | 1981–1982 (224 g) |
| George Foster | OF | 1971–1981 (1253 g) | 1969–1971 (54 g) |
| Tommy Corcoran | SS | 1897–1906 (1229 g) | 1907 (62 g) |
| Cy Seymour | OF | 1902–1906 (556 g) | 1896–1900, 1906–1910 (729 g) |
| Eric Davis | OF | 1984–1991, 1996 (985 g) | 2001 (74 g) |
| Ed Bailey | C | 1953–1961 (714 g) | 1961–1963, 1965 (332 g) |
| Curt Walker | OF | 1924–1930 (954 g) | 1920–1921 (72 g) |
| Buck Herzog | 2B | 1914–1916 (372 g) | 1908–1909, 1911–1913, 1916–1917 (604 g) |
| Lonny Frey | 2B | 1938–1943, 1946 (941 g) | 1948 (29 g) |
| Reggie Sanders | OF | 1991–1998 (805 g) | 2002 (140 g) |
| Jake Beckley | 1B | 1897–1903 (880 g) | 1896–1897 (63 g) |
| Willard Marshall | OF | 1952–1953 (229 g) | 1942, 1946–1949 (686 g) |
| Buck Ewing | C | 1895–1897 (175 g) | 1883–1889, 1891–1892 (734 g) |
| Bob Bescher | OF | 1908–1913 (745 g) | 1914 (135 g) |
| Kevin Mitchell | OF | 1993–1994, 1996 (225 g) | 1987–1991 (624 g) |
| Hans Lobert | 3B | 1906–1910 (600 g) | 1915–1917 (205 g) |
| Eddie Milner | OF | 1980–1986, 1988 (703 g) | 1987 (101 g) |
| Larry McLean | C | 1906–1912 (656 g) | 1913–1915 (122 g) |
| Daryl Spencer | SS | 1963 (50 g) | 1952–1953, 1956–1959 (719 g) |
| Ken Henderson | OF | 1978–1979 (74 g) | 1965–1972 (674 g) |
| Joel Youngblood | OF | 1976, 1989 (131 g) | 1983–1988 (602 g) |
| Arlie Latham | 3B | 1890–1895 (698 g) | 1909 (4 g) |
| Eddie Burke | OF | 1892, 1895–1897 (288 g) | 1892–1895 (401 g) |
| Babe Young | 1B | 1947–1948 (144 g) | 1936, 1939–1942, 1946–1947 (543 g) |
| Mike Donlin | OF | 1902–1904 (220 g) | 1904–1906, 1908, 1911, 1914 (433 g) |
| Christy Mathewson | P | 1916 (1 g) | 1900–1916 (646 g) |
| Chuck Dressen | 3B | 1925–1931 (630 g) | 1933 (16 g) |
| Ethan Allen | OF | 1926–1930 (422 g) | 1930–1932 (224 g) |
| Admiral Schlei | C | 1904–1908 (490 g) | 1909–1911 (150 g) |
| Alex Kampouris | 2B | 1934–1938 (456 g) | 1938–1939 (156 g) |
| Michael Tucker | OF | 1999–2001 (367 g) | 2004–2005 (244 g) |
| Austin Slater | OF | 2024 (8 g) | 2017–2024 (593 g) |
| Red Lucas | P | 1926–1933 (590 g) | 1923 (3 g) |
| Al Bridwell | SS | 1905 (82 g) | 1908–1911 (510 g) |
| Ray Mueller | C | 1943–1944, 1946–1949 (527 g) | 1949–1950 (60 g) |
| Bert Haas | 1B | 1942–1943, 1946–1947 (530 g) | 1949 (54 g) |
| Pedro Borbon | P | 1970–1979 (531 g) | 1979 (30 g) |
| Royce Clayton | SS | 2006 (50 g) | 1991–1995 (506 g) |
| Darren Lewis | OF | 1995 (58 g) | 1991–1995 (496 g) |
| Benito Santiago | C | 1995, 2000 (170 g) | 2001–2003 (367 g) |
| Todd Benzinger | 1B | 1989–1991 (330 g) | 1993–1995 (202 g) |
| Jeff Reed | C | 1988–1992 (329 g) | 1993–1995 (182 g) |
| Dolf Luque | P | 1918–1929 (403 g) | 1932–1935 (101 g) |
| Josh Devore | OF | 1913 (66 g) | 1908–1913 (436 g) |
| Billy Werber | 3B | 1939–1941 (399 g) | 1942 (98 g) |
| Drew Stubbs | OF | 2009–2012 (486 g) | 2017 (10 g) |
| Max Venable | OF | 1985–1987 (192 g) | 1979–1983 (302 g) |
| Jeremy Affeldt | P | 2008 (74 g) | 2009–2015 (414 g) |
| Jimmy Ripple | OF | 1940–1941 (70 g) | 1936–1939 (417 g) |
| Jeff Brantley | P | 1994–1997 (185 g) | 1988–1993 (299 g) |
| Hal Chase | 1B | 1916–1918 (368 g) | 1919 (110 g) |
| Adam Duvall | OF | 2015–2018 (439 g) | 2014 (28 g) |
| Eddie Grant | 3B | 1911–1913 (259 g) | 1913–1915 (203 g) |
| Hank Sauer | OF | 1941–1942, 1945, 1948–1949 (234 g) | 1957–1959 (228 g) |
| Walker Cooper | C | 1949–1950 (97 g) | 1946–1949 (360 g) |
| Elmer Smith | OF | 1886–1889, 1898–1900 (370 g) | 1900 (85 g) |
| Amos Rusie | P | 1901 (3 g) | 1890–1895, 1897–1898 (451 g) |
| Bob O'Farrell | C | 1934 (44 g) | 1928–1932 (396 g) |
| Rube Benton | P | 1910–1915, 1923–1925 (265 g) | 1915–1921 (172 g) |
| Don Blasingame | 2B | 1961–1963 (282 g) | 1960–1961 (139 g) |
| Felix Rodriguez | P | 1997 (26 g) | 1999–2004 (395 g) |
| Fred Lewis | OF | 2011 (81 g) | 2006–2009 (326 g) |
| Kip Selbach | OF | 1899 (141 g) | 1900–1901 (266 g) |
| Bill Rariden | C | 1919–1920 (113 g) | 1916–1918 (290 g) |
| Ray Jablonski | 3B | 1955–1956 (204 g) | 1957–1958 (193 g) |
| John Ganzel | 1B | 1907–1908 (258 g) | 1901 (138 g) |
| Algie McBride | OF | 1898–1901 (326 g) | 1901 (68 g) |
| Harry Gumbert | P | 1944, 1946–1949 (196 g) | 1935–1941 (196 g) |
| Hobie Landrith | C | 1950–1955 (166 g) | 1959–1961 (223 g) |
| George Harper | OF | 1922–1924 (217 g) | 1927–1928 (164 g) |
| Red Ames | P | 1913–1915 (95 g) | 1903–1913 (282 g) |
| Luis Quinones | 3B | 1988–1991 (300 g) | 1986 (71 g) |
| Tony Cuccinello | 2B | 1930–1931 (279 g) | 1940 (88 g) |
| Curt Casali | C | 2018–2020, 2023 (207 g) | 2021–2022, 2024 (159 g) |
| Wally Roettger | OF | 1931–1933 (234 g) | 1930 (121 g) |
| Phil Weintraub | 1B | 1937 (49 g) | 1933–1935, 1937, 1944–1945 (295 g) |
| Walter Holke | 1B | 1925 (65 g) | 1914, 1916–1918 (277 g) |
| Pete Donohue | P | 1921–1930 (318 g) | 1930–1931 (22 g) |
| Bob Schmidt | C | 1961 (27 g) | 1958–1961 (310 g) |
| Scooter Gennett | 2B | 2017–2019 (316 g) | 2019 (21 g) |
| Bill Henry | P | 1960–1965 (227 g) | 1965–1968 (105 g) |
| Beals Becker | OF | 1913 (30 g) | 1910–1912 (298 g) |
| Dave Martinez | OF | 1992 (135 g) | 1993–1994 (188 g) |
| Kiddo Davis | OF | 1937–1938 (45 g) | 1933, 1935–1937 (277 g) |
| Hunter Strickland | P | 2022 (66 g) | 2014–2018 (253 g) |
| Johnny Cueto | P | 2008–2015 (214 g) | 2016–2021 (104 g) |
| Donovan Solano | 2B | 2022 (80 g) | 2019–2021 (236 g) |
| Harry Spilman | 1B | 1978–1981 (135 g) | 1986–1988 (181 g) |
| Mark Koenig | SS | 1934 (151 g) | 1935–1936 (149 g) |
| Mark Lewis | 2B | 1995, 1999–2000 (180 g) | 1997 (118 g) |
| Ty Cline | OF | 1970–1971 (117 g) | 1967–1968 (180 g) |
| Edgar Renteria | SS | 2011 (96 g) | 2009–2010 (196 g) |
| Frank Williams | P | 1987–1988 (145 g) | 1984–1986 (146 g) |
| Joe Price | P | 1980–1986 (226 g) | 1987–1989 (65 g) |
| Larry Jansen | P | 1956 (8 g) | 1947–1954 (283 g) |
| Mike McCormick | OF | 1940–1943, 1946 (287 g) | 1950 (4 g) |
| Larry Benton | P | 1930–1934 (158 g) | 1927–1930 (122 g) |
| Deion Sanders | OF | 1994–1995, 1997, 2001 (226 g) | 1995 (52 g) |
| Rube Marquard | P | 1921 (39 g) | 1908–1915 (239 g) |
| Mike LaCoss | P | 1978–1981 (106 g) | 1986–1991 (171 g) |
| Fred Toney | P | 1915–1918 (141 g) | 1918–1922 (132 g) |
| Wally Berger | OF | 1938–1940 (198 g) | 1937–1938 (75 g) |
| Jason Ellison | OF | 2007 (37 g) | 2003–2006 (235 g) |
| Red Killefer | OF | 1914–1916 (268 g) | 1916 (2 g) |
| Al Worthington | P | 1963–1964 (56 g) | 1953–1954, 1956–1959 (209 g) |
| Alex Trevino | C | 1982–1984, 1990 (207 g) | 1985 (57 g) |
| Art Nehf | P | 1926–1927 (28 g) | 1919–1926 (234 g) |
| Jacob Cruz | OF | 2004–2005 (206 g) | 1996–1998 (52 g) |
| Dave Burba | P | 1995–1997 (79 g) | 1992–1995, 2004 (177 g) |
| Connie Ryan | 2B | 1950–1951, 1954 (243 g) | 1942 (11 g) |
| George Grantham | 2B | 1932–1933 (213 g) | 1934 (32 g) |
| Jeff Keppinger | 2B | 2007–2008 (188 g) | 2011 (56 g) |
| Jim Brower | P | 2001–2002 (70 g) | 2003–2005 (172 g) |
| Manny Trillo | 2B | 1989 (17 g) | 1984–1985 (223 g) |
| Tracy Jones | OF | 1986–1988 (200 g) | 1989 (40 g) |
| John Barry | OF | 1905–1906 (198 g) | 1908 (38 g) |
| Stuart Fairchild | OF | 2022–2024 (229 g) | 2022 (5 g) |
| Jim Thorpe | OF | 1917 (77 g) | 1913–1915, 1917–1919 (153 g) |
| Mark Sweeney | OF | 1999 (37 g) | 2006–2007 (190 g) |
| Jeffrey Hammonds | OF | 1998–1999 (149 g) | 2003–2004 (76 g) |
| Joe Beggs | P | 1940–1944, 1946–1947 (191 g) | 1947–1948 (33 g) |
| Michael Jackson | P | 1995 (40 g) | 1992–1994 (184 g) |
| Hector Cruz | OF | 1979–1980 (126 g) | 1978–1979 (95 g) |
| Wandy Peralta | P | 2016–2019 (177 g) | 2019–2021 (43 g) |
| Mike Leake | P | 2010–2015 (197 g) | 2015 (12 g) |
| Johnny Rawlings | 2B | 1914 (33 g) | 1921–1922 (174 g) |
| Art Fromme | P | 1909–1913 (138 g) | 1913–1915 (68 g) |
| Augie Galan | OF | 1947–1948 (178 g) | 1949 (22 g) |
| Brian Johnson | C | 1999 (45 g) | 1997–1998 (155 g) |
| Champ Summers | OF | 1977–1979 (99 g) | 1982–1983 (99 g) |
| Jack Scott | P | 1922 (1 g) | 1922–1923, 1925–1926, 1928–1929 (195 g) |
| Shawn Estes | P | 2002 (6 g) | 1995–2001 (182 g) |
| Gene Thompson | P | 1939–1942 (131 g) | 1946–1947 (54 g) |
| Bill Lohrman | P | 1944 (2 g) | 1937–1943 (182 g) |
| Derek Law | P | 2022–2023 (69 g) | 2016–2018 (109 g) |
| Josh Osich | P | 2021 (17 g) | 2015–2018 (160 g) |
| Mike Gonzalez | C | 1914 (95 g) | 1919–1921 (82 g) |
| Phil Douglas | P | 1914–1915 (53 g) | 1919–1922 (118 g) |
| Anthony DeSclafani | P | 2015–2016, 2018–2020 (112 g) | 2021–2023 (58 g) |
| Pat Crawford | 2B | 1930 (77 g) | 1929–1930 (90 g) |
| Jose Guillen | OF | 2002–2003 (122 g) | 2010 (42 g) |
| Taylor Rogers | P | 2025 (40 g) | 2023–2024 (124 g) |
| Clarence Mitchell | P | 1916–1917 (104 g) | 1930–1932 (59 g) |
| Joe Gibbon | P | 1971–1972 (52 g) | 1966–1969 (110 g) |
| Orlando Cabrera | SS | 2010 (123 g) | 2011 (39 g) |
| Brett Tomko | P | 1997–1999 (93 g) | 2004–2005 (66 g) |
| Slim Sallee | P | 1919–1920 (50 g) | 1916–1918, 1920–1921 (109 g) |
| Jimmy Ring | P | 1917–1920 (119 g) | 1926 (39 g) |
| Bill McKechnie | 3B | 1916–1917 (85 g) | 1916 (71 g) |
| Cody Ross | OF | 2006 (2 g) | 2010–2011 (154 g) |
| Mike Slattery | OF | 1891 (41 g) | 1888–1889 (115 g) |
| Carl Mays | P | 1924–1928 (117 g) | 1929 (37 g) |
| Jumbo Brown | P | 1937 (4 g) | 1937–1941 (150 g) |
| Bob Barton | C | 1973 (3 g) | 1965–1969 (149 g) |
| Bert Niehoff | 2B | 1913–1914 (144 g) | 1918 (7 g) |
| Morrie Arnovich | OF | 1940 (62 g) | 1941, 1946 (86 g) |
| Ruben Rivera | OF | 2001 (117 g) | 2003 (31 g) |
| Jim Duffalo | P | 1965 (22 g) | 1961–1965 (120 g) |
| Ed Sicking | 2B | 1920 (37 g) | 1918–1920 (98 g) |
| Marlon Byrd | OF | 2015 (96 g) | 2015 (39 g) |
| Mike Remlinger | P | 1995–1998 (127 g) | 1991 (8 g) |
| Jimmie Coker | C | 1964–1967 (130 g) | 1963 (4 g) |
| Mike Caldwell | P | 1977 (14 g) | 1974–1976 (119 g) |
| Tip O'Neill | OF | 1892 (109 g) | 1883 (23 g) |
| Mike Vail | OF | 1981–1982 (109 g) | 1983 (18 g) |
| Brad Gulden | C | 1984 (107 g) | 1986 (17 g) |
| Don Brennan | P | 1934–1937 (117 g) | 1937 (6 g) |
| Jim Delahanty | 2B | 1906 (115 g) | 1902 (7 g) |
| Jack Boyle | C | 1886 (1 g) | 1892 (120 g) |
| Les Mann | OF | 1923 (8 g) | 1927–1928 (111 g) |
| Pink Hawley | P | 1898–1899 (77 g) | 1900 (41 g) |
| Ed Crane | P | 1891 (15 g) | 1888–1889, 1892–1893 (101 g) |
| Buck Jordan | 1B | 1937–1938 (107 g) | 1927, 1929 (7 g) |
| Zack Littell | P | 2025 (10 g) | 2021–2022 (102 g) |
| Damon Berryhill | C | 1995 (34 g) | 1997 (73 g) |
| Allyn Stout | P | 1933–1934 (64 g) | 1935 (40 g) |
| Jerry Spradlin | P | 1993–1994, 1996 (44 g) | 1999 (59 g) |
| Mike Sullivan | P | 1892–1893 (48 g) | 1891, 1896–1897 (51 g) |
| Scott Service | P | 1993–1994, 1996–1997 (71 g) | 1995 (28 g) |
| Jason Vosler | 3B | 2023 (20 g) | 2021–2022 (77 g) |
| Chris Jones | OF | 1991 (52 g) | 1998 (43 g) |
| Mike Stanton | P | 2007 (69 g) | 2006 (26 g) |
| Austin Wynns | C | 2024–2025 (25 g) | 2022–2023 (67 g) |
| John Vander Wal | OF | 2004 (42 g) | 2001 (49 g) |
| Alex Young | P | 2023–2024 (66 g) | 2022 (24 g) |
| Alex Wood | P | 2019 (7 g) | 2021–2023 (81 g) |
| Bud Byerly | P | 1950–1952 (57 g) | 1959–1960 (30 g) |
| Frank Foreman | P | 1890–1891, 1895–1896 (85 g) | 1893 (2 g) |
| Jake Weimer | P | 1906–1908 (86 g) | 1909 (1 g) |
| Ray Starr | P | 1941–1943 (80 g) | 1933 (6 g) |
| Pop Schriver | C | 1897 (61 g) | 1895 (24 g) |
| Aramis Garcia | C | 2022 (47 g) | 2018–2019 (37 g) |
| Mark Portugal | P | 1995–1996 (42 g) | 1994–1995 (38 g) |
| Osvaldo Fernandez | P | 2000–2001 (35 g) | 1996–1997 (45 g) |
| Ron Roenicke | OF | 1988 (14 g) | 1985 (65 g) |
| Tim Layana | P | 1990–1991 (78 g) | 1993 (1 g) |
| Jakob Junis | P | 2024 (14 g) | 2022–2023 (63 g) |
| Andy McGaffigan | P | 1984–1985 (24 g) | 1982–1983, 1990 (51 g) |
| Silver King | P | 1893 (17 g) | 1892–1893 (58 g) |
| Steve Ridzik | P | 1955 (13 g) | 1956–1957 (60 g) |
| Dominic Smith | 1B | 2024 (9 g) | 2025 (63 g) |
| Jean Dubuc | P | 1908–1909 (35 g) | 1919 (37 g) |
| Red Dooin | C | 1915 (10 g) | 1915–1916 (61 g) |
| Jack Fisher | P | 1969 (34 g) | 1963 (36 g) |
| Rich DeLucia | P | 1994 (8 g) | 1996–1997 (59 g) |
| Darnell Coles | 3B | 1992 (55 g) | 1991 (11 g) |
| Rich Gale | P | 1983 (33 g) | 1982 (33 g) |
| Jimmy Smith | 2B | 1919 (28 g) | 1917 (37 g) |
| Hugh McMullen | C | 1929 (1 g) | 1925–1926 (62 g) |
| Dom Zanni | P | 1963, 1965–1966 (44 g) | 1958–1959, 1961 (18 g) |
| Kevin Gausman | P | 2019 (15 g) | 2020–2021 (46 g) |
| Joe Bowman | P | 1945 (29 g) | 1934 (31 g) |
| Steve Filipowicz | OF | 1948 (7 g) | 1944–1945 (50 g) |
| Jack Ogden | P | 1931–1932 (50 g) | 1918 (5 g) |
| Heath Hembree | P | 2021 (45 g) | 2013 (9 g) |
| Manny Aybar | P | 2000 (32 g) | 2002–2003 (18 g) |
| Frank Hiller | P | 1952 (29 g) | 1953 (19 g) |
| Harry Smith | C | 1917–1918 (21 g) | 1914–1915 (26 g) |
| Ernie Krueger | C | 1925 (37 g) | 1917 (8 g) |
| Jack Cronin | P | 1899 (5 g) | 1902–1903 (40 g) |
| Connor Joe | OF | 2025 (35 g) | 2019 (8 g) |
| George Smith | P | 1918 (10 g) | 1916–1919 (31 g) |
| Chauncey Fisher | P | 1894, 1896 (39 g) | 1901 (1 g) |
| Frank Duffy | SS | 1970–1971 (19 g) | 1971 (21 g) |
| Sherman Jones | P | 1961 (24 g) | 1960 (16 g) |
| Michael Papierski | C | 2022 (34 g) | 2022 (5 g) |
| John Roper | P | 1993–1995 (34 g) | 1995 (1 g) |
| Henry Thielman | P | 1902 (28 g) | 1902 (6 g) |
| Matt Wisler | P | 2018 (11 g) | 2021 (21 g) |
| Dave Brain | 3B | 1908 (16 g) | 1908 (11 g) |
| Gino Minutelli | P | 1990–1991 (18 g) | 1993 (9 g) |
| Jack Taylor | P | 1899 (25 g) | 1891 (1 g) |
| Vince DiMaggio | OF | 1939–1940 (10 g) | 1946 (15 g) |
| Charlie English | 3B | 1937 (17 g) | 1936 (6 g) |
| Hank Schreiber | 3B | 1919 (19 g) | 1921 (4 g) |
| Hugh Poland | C | 1947–1948 (19 g) | 1943 (4 g) |
| Chris Dominguez | OF | 2015 (14 g) | 2014 (8 g) |
| Claude Elliott | P | 1904 (9 g) | 1904–1905 (13 g) |
| Ben Weber | P | 2005 (10 g) | 2000 (9 g) |
| Mike Ford | DH | 2024 (17 g) | 2022 (1 g) |
| Tim Federowicz | C | 2018 (5 g) | 2017 (13 g) |
| George Ulrich | OF | 1893 (1 g) | 1896 (14 g) |
| Charlie Petty | P | 1889 (5 g) | 1893 (9 g) |
| Howie Moss | OF | 1946 (7 g) | 1942 (7 g) |
| Mario Picone | P | 1954 (4 g) | 1947, 1952, 1954 (9 g) |
| Marty O'Toole | P | 1908 (3 g) | 1914 (10 g) |
| Garland Lawing | OF | 1946 (2 g) | 1946 (8 g) |
| Nate Andrews | P | 1946 (7 g) | 1946 (3 g) |
| Casey Kelly | P | 2024 (2 g) | 2018 (7 g) |
| Pat Ragan | P | 1909 (2 g) | 1919 (7 g) |
| Tony Menendez | P | 1992 (3 g) | 1994 (6 g) |
| Bumpus Jones | P | 1892–1893 (7 g) | 1893 (1 g) |
| Pete Cregan | OF | 1903 (6 g) | 1899 (1 g) |
| Carney Flynn | P | 1894 (2 g) | 1896 (3 g) |
| Mul Holland | P | 1926 (3 g) | 1927 (2 g) |
| Cozy Dolan | OF | 1909 (3 g) | 1922 (1 g) |
| Frank Knauss | P | 1892 (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).Giants seasons include the New York Gothams (1883–1884) and New York Giants (1885–1957).
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Questions
How many players have played for both the Cincinnati Reds and the San Francisco Giants?
266 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1883 to 2025, including George Burns, Edd Roush, Ernie Lombardi and Heinie Groh. 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?
Ed Crane: San Francisco Giants first, then the Cincinnati Reds from 1891.
Who has played for both recently?
Austin Slater, Curt Casali, Stuart Fairchild, Taylor Rogers, Zack Littell and Austin Wynns 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. Reds seasons include the Cincinnati Red Stockings (1882–1889) and Cincinnati Redlegs (1954–1959). Giants seasons include the New York Gothams (1883–1884) and New York Giants (1885–1957).
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