Cleveland Guardians and Los Angeles Angels players: who played for both
Who played for both the Guardians and Angels?
155 players played for both the Cleveland Guardians and the Los Angeles Angels between 1961 and 2025, including Leon Wagner, Kole Calhoun, Woodie Held and Vic Davalillo. 84 of them played for the Guardians first and 61 for the Angels first; 10 played for both in the same season.
Did you know?
- Billy Moran is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Guardians first, then the Angels from 1961.
- Zach Plesac is the most recent: Guardians first, then the Angels from 2024.
- Leon Wagner played the most games across the two: 630 for the Guardians and 442 for the Angels.
- 22 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Chuck Hinton.
- Most common positions on this list: P (69), OF (34), 1B (14), C (13).
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All 155 players, most games for the two first
| Player | Pos | Guardians | Angels |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leon Wagner | OF | 1964–1968 (630 g) | 1961–1963 (442 g) |
| Kole Calhoun | OF | 2023 (43 g) | 2012–2019 (966 g) |
| Woodie Held | SS | 1958–1964 (855 g) | 1967–1968 (91 g) |
| Vic Davalillo | OF | 1963–1968 (693 g) | 1968–1969 (126 g) |
| Chuck Hinton | OF | 1965–1967, 1969–1971 (692 g) | 1968 (116 g) |
| George Hendrick | OF | 1973–1976 (546 g) | 1985–1988 (252 g) |
| Joe Azcue | C | 1963–1969 (594 g) | 1969–1970, 1972 (197 g) |
| Vic Power | 1B | 1958–1961 (534 g) | 1964–1965 (192 g) |
| Jose Cardenal | OF | 1968–1969 (303 g) | 1965–1967 (396 g) |
| Mike Napoli | 1B | 2016 (150 g) | 2006–2010 (506 g) |
| Billy Moran | 2B | 1958–1959, 1964–1965 (218 g) | 1961–1964 (417 g) |
| Jim Piersall | OF | 1959–1961 (359 g) | 1963–1967 (240 g) |
| Vada Pinson | OF | 1970–1971 (294 g) | 1972–1973 (261 g) |
| Orlando Cabrera | SS | 2011 (91 g) | 2005–2007 (449 g) |
| Chuck Finley | P | 2000–2002 (74 g) | 1986–1999 (436 g) |
| Joe Smith | P | 2009–2013, 2017 (324 g) | 2014–2016 (184 g) |
| Casey Kotchman | 1B | 2012 (142 g) | 2004–2008 (351 g) |
| Cody Allen | P | 2012–2018 (456 g) | 2019 (25 g) |
| Bruce Bochte | 1B | 1977 (112 g) | 1974–1977 (335 g) |
| Dave LaRoche | P | 1975–1977 (135 g) | 1970–1971, 1977–1980 (305 g) |
| Andy Allanson | C | 1986–1989 (395 g) | 1995 (35 g) |
| Chad Curtis | OF | 1997 (22 g) | 1992–1994 (405 g) |
| Luis Valbuena | 3B | 2009–2011 (211 g) | 2017–2018 (213 g) |
| Joe Adcock | 1B | 1963 (97 g) | 1964–1966 (323 g) |
| Lance Parrish | C | 1993 (10 g) | 1989–1992 (400 g) |
| Rusty Torres | OF | 1973–1974 (231 g) | 1976–1977 (178 g) |
| Bobby Bonds | OF | 1979 (146 g) | 1976–1977 (257 g) |
| Willie Smith | OF | 1967–1968 (54 g) | 1964–1966 (344 g) |
| Ken Berry | OF | 1975 (25 g) | 1971–1973 (367 g) |
| John McDonald | SS | 1999–2004, 2013 (293 g) | 2014 (95 g) |
| Frank Robinson | OF | 1974–1976 (100 g) | 1973–1974 (276 g) |
| Eddie Murray | 1B | 1994–1996 (309 g) | 1997 (46 g) |
| Tommy McCraw | 1B | 1972, 1974–1975 (197 g) | 1973–1974 (155 g) |
| Russell Branyan | 3B | 1998–2002, 2010 (294 g) | 2011 (37 g) |
| Alex Johnson | OF | 1972 (108 g) | 1970–1971 (221 g) |
| Dave Winfield | OF | 1995 (46 g) | 1990–1991 (262 g) |
| Paul Dade | OF | 1977–1979 (271 g) | 1975–1976 (24 g) |
| Sid Monge | P | 1977–1981 (255 g) | 1975–1977 (40 g) |
| Brendan Donnelly | P | 2008 (15 g) | 2002–2006 (277 g) |
| Von Hayes | OF | 1981–1982 (193 g) | 1992 (94 g) |
| Mark McLemore | 2B | 1990 (8 g) | 1986–1990 (272 g) |
| Rene Gonzales | 3B | 1994 (22 g) | 1992–1993, 1995 (252 g) |
| Eddie Fisher | P | 1968 (54 g) | 1969–1972 (219 g) |
| Scott Bailes | P | 1986–1989 (172 g) | 1990–1992 (101 g) |
| Dean Chance | P | 1970 (45 g) | 1961–1966 (223 g) |
| Earl Averill | C | 1956, 1958 (59 g) | 1961–1962 (207 g) |
| David Murphy | OF | 2014–2015 (213 g) | 2015 (48 g) |
| Bartolo Colon | P | 1997–2002 (162 g) | 2004–2007 (96 g) |
| Dave Hollins | 3B | 2001 (2 g) | 1997–1998 (250 g) |
| Carlos Martinez | 1B | 1991–1993 (221 g) | 1995 (26 g) |
| Lee Stevens | 1B | 2002 (53 g) | 1990–1992 (191 g) |
| Mark Langston | P | 1999 (25 g) | 1990–1997 (211 g) |
| Jimmie Hall | OF | 1968–1969 (57 g) | 1967–1968 (175 g) |
| Richie Scheinblum | OF | 1965, 1967–1969 (143 g) | 1973–1974 (87 g) |
| Ken Aspromonte | 2B | 1960–1962 (159 g) | 1961 (66 g) |
| Vinnie Pestano | P | 2010–2014 (193 g) | 2014–2015 (31 g) |
| Leo Cardenas | SS | 1973 (72 g) | 1972 (150 g) |
| Glenallen Hill | OF | 1991–1993 (205 g) | 2001 (16 g) |
| Collin Cowgill | OF | 2016 (9 g) | 2013–2015 (211 g) |
| Tommy Harper | OF | 1968 (130 g) | 1975 (89 g) |
| Barry Latman | P | 1960–1963 (159 g) | 1964–1965 (58 g) |
| Luis Tiant | P | 1964–1969 (211 g) | 1982 (6 g) |
| Justin Speier | P | 2000–2001 (59 g) | 2007–2009 (154 g) |
| Gio Urshela | 3B | 2015, 2017 (148 g) | 2023 (62 g) |
| Lou Clinton | OF | 1965 (12 g) | 1964–1965 (180 g) |
| Ron Tingley | C | 1988 (9 g) | 1989–1993 (183 g) |
| Bert Blyleven | P | 1981–1985 (104 g) | 1989–1990, 1992 (81 g) |
| Blake Parker | P | 2021 (47 g) | 2017–2018 (138 g) |
| Andrew Velazquez | SS | 2019 (5 g) | 2022–2023 (179 g) |
| Bill Melton | 3B | 1977 (50 g) | 1976 (118 g) |
| JB Shuck | OF | 2014 (16 g) | 2013–2014 (151 g) |
| Dan Briggs | 1B | 1978 (15 g) | 1975–1977 (149 g) |
| Brandon Phillips | 2B | 2002–2005 (135 g) | 2017 (24 g) |
| Eduardo Perez | 1B | 2006 (37 g) | 1993–1995 (119 g) |
| Bob Chance | 1B | 1963–1964 (136 g) | 1969 (5 g) |
| Jack Spring | P | 1965 (14 g) | 1961–1964 (126 g) |
| Hank Foiles | C | 1953, 1955–1956, 1960 (94 g) | 1963–1964 (45 g) |
| Adam Cimber | P | 2018–2020 (110 g) | 2024 (28 g) |
| Bobby Locke | P | 1959–1961 (96 g) | 1967–1968 (38 g) |
| Mike Aldrete | OF | 1991 (85 g) | 1995–1996 (49 g) |
| Pat Borders | C | 1997–1999 (115 g) | 1996 (19 g) |
| Lou Johnson | OF | 1968 (65 g) | 1961, 1969 (68 g) |
| Lou Pote | P | 2004 (2 g) | 1999–2002 (127 g) |
| Torey Lovullo | 2B | 1998 (6 g) | 1993 (116 g) |
| Jerry Moses | C | 1972 (52 g) | 1971 (69 g) |
| Marcelino Lopez | P | 1972 (4 g) | 1965–1967 (114 g) |
| Cecil Fielder | 1B | 1998 (14 g) | 1998 (103 g) |
| Chris Turner | C | 1999 (12 g) | 1993–1997 (105 g) |
| Dave Gallagher | OF | 1987 (15 g) | 1991, 1995 (101 g) |
| Tommy John | P | 1963–1964 (31 g) | 1982–1985 (85 g) |
| Paul Byrd | P | 2006–2008 (84 g) | 2005 (31 g) |
| John Farrell | P | 1987–1990, 1995 (90 g) | 1993–1994 (24 g) |
| Dennis Cook | P | 1992–1993, 1995 (68 g) | 2002 (37 g) |
| Ted Bowsfield | P | 1960 (11 g) | 1961–1962 (90 g) |
| Rich DeLucia | P | 1999 (6 g) | 1997–1998 (94 g) |
| Matt Moore | P | 2023 (5 g) | 2023–2024 (92 g) |
| Rocky Bridges | SS | 1960 (10 g) | 1961 (84 g) |
| Zach Plesac | P | 2019–2023 (84 g) | 2024 (3 g) |
| Brian Anderson | P | 1996–1997, 2003 (45 g) | 1993–1995 (40 g) |
| Ken Hill | P | 1995 (12 g) | 1997–2000 (73 g) |
| Lou Merloni | 2B | 2004, 2006 (80 g) | 2005 (5 g) |
| Junior Noboa | 2B | 1984, 1987 (62 g) | 1988 (21 g) |
| Doug Howard | 1B | 1976 (39 g) | 1972–1974 (41 g) |
| Steve Dunning | P | 1970–1973 (75 g) | 1976 (4 g) |
| Gene Leek | 3B | 1959 (13 g) | 1961–1962 (64 g) |
| Hoyt Wilhelm | P | 1957–1958 (32 g) | 1969 (44 g) |
| Jason Grimsley | P | 1993–1995 (39 g) | 1996 (35 g) |
| Dan Robertson | OF | 2017 (32 g) | 2015 (37 g) |
| Jack Hamilton | P | 1969 (20 g) | 1967–1968 (47 g) |
| Rich Hand | P | 1970–1971 (51 g) | 1973 (16 g) |
| Jose Gonzalez | OF | 1991 (33 g) | 1992 (33 g) |
| Rich Hill | P | 2013 (63 g) | 2014 (2 g) |
| Ruben Amaro | OF | 1994–1995 (54 g) | 1991 (10 g) |
| Scott Kazmir | P | 2013 (29 g) | 2009–2011 (35 g) |
| David Huff | P | 2009–2013 (58 g) | 2016 (2 g) |
| Orlando Peña | P | 1967 (48 g) | 1974–1975 (11 g) |
| Vern Ruhle | P | 1985 (42 g) | 1986 (16 g) |
| Jack McDowell | P | 1996–1997 (38 g) | 1998–1999 (18 g) |
| Rich Rodriguez | P | 2001 (53 g) | 2003 (3 g) |
| Horacio Pina | P | 1968–1969 (43 g) | 1974 (11 g) |
| Phil Roof | C | 1965 (43 g) | 1965 (9 g) |
| Rene Rivera | C | 2021 (21 g) | 2018 (30 g) |
| Bill Sudakis | 3B | 1975 (20 g) | 1975 (30 g) |
| Chuck Tanner | OF | 1959–1960 (35 g) | 1961–1962 (14 g) |
| Cliff Young | P | 1993 (21 g) | 1990–1991 (28 g) |
| Zach Sorensen | 2B | 2003 (36 g) | 2005 (12 g) |
| Al Fitzmorris | P | 1977–1978 (36 g) | 1978 (9 g) |
| Alan Foster | P | 1971 (37 g) | 1972 (8 g) |
| Fred Lasher | P | 1970 (43 g) | 1971 (2 g) |
| Blake Wood | P | 2013–2014 (9 g) | 2017–2018 (30 g) |
| Mike Bielecki | P | 1993 (13 g) | 1995 (22 g) |
| Ken Sanders | P | 1973–1974 (24 g) | 1974 (9 g) |
| Domingo Ramos | SS | 1988 (22 g) | 1988 (10 g) |
| Kent Mercker | P | 1996 (10 g) | 2000 (21 g) |
| Reynaldo Lopez | P | 2023 (12 g) | 2023 (13 g) |
| Dominic Leone | P | 2020 (12 g) | 2023 (11 g) |
| Terry Clark | P | 1997 (4 g) | 1988–1989 (19 g) |
| Bob Lacey | P | 1981 (14 g) | 1983 (8 g) |
| Alex Cobb | P | 2024 (3 g) | 2021 (18 g) |
| Noah Syndergaard | P | 2023 (6 g) | 2022 (15 g) |
| Matt Luke | OF | 1998 (2 g) | 1999 (18 g) |
| Mark Lowe | P | 2014 (7 g) | 2013 (11 g) |
| James Hoyt | P | 2019 (8 g) | 2021 (9 g) |
| Sal Fasano | C | 2008 (15 g) | 2002 (2 g) |
| Jeff Juden | P | 1997 (8 g) | 1998 (8 g) |
| Andrew Lorraine | P | 2000 (10 g) | 1994 (4 g) |
| Marlan Coughtry | 2B | 1962 (3 g) | 1962 (11 g) |
| Mike Lee | P | 1960 (7 g) | 1963 (6 g) |
| Bob Heffner | P | 1966 (5 g) | 1968 (7 g) |
| Brian Dorsett | C | 1987 (5 g) | 1988 (7 g) |
| Lucas Giolito | P | 2023 (6 g) | 2023 (6 g) |
| Oliver Drake | P | 2018 (4 g) | 2018 (8 g) |
| Pat Keedy | 3B | 1989 (9 g) | 1985 (3 g) |
| Russ Heman | P | 1961 (6 g) | 1961 (6 g) |
| Touki Toussaint | P | 2023 (1 g) | 2022, 2025 (9 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.Guardians seasons include the Cleveland Blues (1901), Cleveland Bronchos (1902), Cleveland Naps (1903–1914) and Cleveland Indians (1915–2021).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 Cleveland Guardians and the Los Angeles Angels?
155 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1961 to 2025, including Leon Wagner, Kole Calhoun, Woodie Held and Vic Davalillo. 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?
Billy Moran: Cleveland Guardians first, then the Los Angeles Angels from 1961.
Who has played for both recently?
Adam Cimber, Matt Moore, Zach Plesac, Alex Cobb and Touki Toussaint, 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. Guardians seasons include the Cleveland Blues (1901), Cleveland Bronchos (1902), Cleveland Naps (1903–1914) and Cleveland Indians (1915–2021). Angels seasons include the California Angels (1965–1996) and Anaheim Angels (1997–2004).
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