Cleveland Guardians and Minnesota Twins players: who played for both

Who played for both the Guardians and Twins?

238 players played for both the Cleveland Guardians and the Minnesota Twins between 1901 and 2025, including Sam Rice, Mickey Vernon, Tris Speaker and Carlos Santana. 99 of them played for the Guardians first and 122 for the Twins first; 17 played for both in the same season.

Did you know?

Jack O'Brien is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Guardians first, then the Twins from 1901.
Darren McCaughan is the most recent: Guardians first, then the Twins from 2025.
Sam Rice played the most games across the two: 97 for the Guardians and 2,308 for the Twins.
44 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Mickey Vernon.
Most common positions on this list: P (109), OF (52), C (27), SS (15).

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All 238 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	Guardians	Twins
Sam Rice	OF	1934 (97 g)	1915–1933 (2308 g)
Mickey Vernon	1B	1949–1950, 1958 (300 g)	1939–1943, 1946–1948, 1950–1955 (1805 g)
Tris Speaker	OF	1916–1926 (1521 g)	1927 (141 g)
Carlos Santana	1B	2010–2017, 2019–2020, 2025 (1450 g)	2024 (150 g)
Charlie Jamieson	OF	1919–1932 (1487 g)	1915–1917 (104 g)
Jim Thome	1B	1991–2002, 2011 (1399 g)	2010–2011 (179 g)
George Case	OF	1946 (118 g)	1937–1945, 1947 (1108 g)
Luke Sewell	C	1921–1932, 1939 (979 g)	1933–1934 (213 g)
Zoilo Versalles	SS	1969 (72 g)	1959–1967 (1109 g)
Matt Lawton	OF	2002–2004 (363 g)	1995–2001 (771 g)
Jeff Heath	OF	1936–1945 (957 g)	1946 (48 g)
Jim Lemon	OF	1950, 1953 (28 g)	1954–1963 (915 g)
Rich Rollins	3B	1970 (42 g)	1961–1968 (888 g)
Casey Blake	3B	2003–2008 (810 g)	2000–2002 (29 g)
Joe Vosmik	OF	1930–1936 (823 g)	1944 (14 g)
Vic Power	1B	1958–1961 (534 g)	1962–1964 (301 g)
Ted Uhlaender	OF	1970–1971 (282 g)	1965–1969 (543 g)
Jason Kubel	OF	2013 (8 g)	2004, 2006–2011, 2014 (798 g)
Eddie Rosario	OF	2021 (78 g)	2015–2020 (697 g)
Elmer Smith	OF	1914–1917, 1919–1921 (674 g)	1916–1917 (80 g)
Marty Cordova	OF	2001 (122 g)	1995–1999 (628 g)
Roger Peckinpaugh	SS	1910, 1912–1913 (86 g)	1922–1926 (638 g)
Chick Gandil	1B	1916 (146 g)	1912–1915 (545 g)
Bruce Campbell	OF	1935–1939 (553 g)	1942 (122 g)
Danny Moeller	OF	1916 (25 g)	1912–1916 (633 g)
Charlie Hickman	1B	1902–1904, 1908 (385 g)	1905–1907 (272 g)
Jim Busby	OF	1956–1957 (165 g)	1952–1955 (481 g)
Early Wynn	P	1949–1957, 1963 (368 g)	1939, 1941–1944, 1946–1948 (271 g)
Carmelo Castillo	OF	1982–1988 (464 g)	1989–1991 (167 g)
Jimmie Hall	OF	1968–1969 (57 g)	1963–1966 (573 g)
Joe Evans	OF	1915–1922 (499 g)	1923 (106 g)
Graig Nettles	3B	1970–1972 (465 g)	1967–1969 (121 g)
Jim Perry	P	1959–1963, 1974–1975 (205 g)	1963–1972 (380 g)
Luis Rivas	2B	2007 (4 g)	2000–2005 (565 g)
Paul Sorrento	1B	1992–1995 (487 g)	1989–1991 (81 g)
Braggo Roth	OF	1915–1918 (415 g)	1920 (138 g)
Leo Cardenas	SS	1973 (72 g)	1969–1971 (473 g)
Sam Dente	SS	1954–1955 (141 g)	1949–1951 (396 g)
Ron Washington	SS	1988 (69 g)	1981–1986 (452 g)
Ed FitzGerald	C	1959 (49 g)	1953–1959 (463 g)
Pedro Ramos	P	1962–1964 (137 g)	1955–1961 (375 g)
Vic Wertz	OF	1954–1958 (473 g)	1963 (35 g)
Scott Leius	3B	1996 (27 g)	1990–1995 (476 g)
Nemo Leibold	OF	1913–1915 (264 g)	1923–1925 (236 g)
Willis Hudlin	P	1926–1940 (476 g)	1940 (8 g)
Roy Spencer	C	1933–1934 (80 g)	1929–1932 (390 g)
Ben Chapman	OF	1939–1940 (292 g)	1936–1937, 1941 (160 g)
Bert Blyleven	P	1981–1985 (104 g)	1970–1976, 1985–1988 (348 g)
Frank Brower	OF	1923–1924 (193 g)	1920–1922 (259 g)
Camilo Pascual	P	1971 (9 g)	1954–1966 (442 g)
Jerry Kindall	2B	1962–1964 (263 g)	1964–1965 (187 g)
Mudcat Grant	P	1958–1964 (294 g)	1964–1967 (151 g)
Eddie Robinson	1B	1942, 1946–1948, 1957 (264 g)	1949–1950 (179 g)
Stan Coveleski	P	1916–1924 (361 g)	1925–1927 (73 g)
Hal Naragon	C	1951, 1954–1959 (239 g)	1959–1962 (185 g)
Alvaro Espinoza	SS	1993–1996 (344 g)	1984–1986 (70 g)
Sam Mele	OF	1956 (57 g)	1949–1952 (356 g)
Juan Rincon	P	2008 (23 g)	2001–2008 (386 g)
Russ Nixon	C	1957–1960 (282 g)	1966–1967 (125 g)
Alva Williams	C	1918 (28 g)	1912–1916 (376 g)
Jamey Carroll	2B	2008–2009 (206 g)	2012–2013 (197 g)
Otis Nixon	OF	1984–1987 (277 g)	1998 (110 g)
Germany Schaefer	2B	1918 (1 g)	1909–1914 (382 g)
Joe Harris	1B	1917, 1919 (174 g)	1925–1926 (193 g)
Roy Cullenbine	OF	1943–1945 (300 g)	1942 (64 g)
Alex Cole	OF	1990–1992 (226 g)	1994–1995 (133 g)
Joe Smith	P	2009–2013, 2017 (324 g)	2022 (34 g)
Dave Altizer	SS	1908 (29 g)	1906–1908 (328 g)
Wes Ferrell	P	1927–1933 (267 g)	1937–1938 (79 g)
Lyn Lary	SS	1937–1939 (300 g)	1935 (39 g)
Jack Lelivelt	OF	1913–1914 (57 g)	1909–1911 (273 g)
Lloyd Brown	P	1934–1937 (135 g)	1928–1932 (193 g)
Ken Aspromonte	2B	1960–1962 (159 g)	1958–1960 (166 g)
Ollie Pickering	OF	1901–1902 (206 g)	1908 (115 g)
Junior Ortiz	C	1992–1993 (181 g)	1990–1991 (132 g)
Mickey Grasso	C	1954 (4 g)	1950–1953 (303 g)
Phil Roof	C	1965 (43 g)	1971–1976 (264 g)
George Nill	2B	1907–1908 (24 g)	1904–1907 (276 g)
Gio Urshela	3B	2015, 2017 (148 g)	2022 (144 g)
Greg Swindell	P	1986–1991, 1996 (166 g)	1997–1998 (117 g)
Mike Redmond	C	2010 (22 g)	2005–2009 (257 g)
Michael Jackson	P	1997–1999 (212 g)	2002 (58 g)
Dave Winfield	OF	1995 (46 g)	1993–1994 (220 g)
Mark Salas	C	1989 (30 g)	1985–1987 (233 g)
Gee Walker	OF	1941 (121 g)	1940 (140 g)
Rocky Bridges	SS	1960 (10 g)	1957–1958 (236 g)
Malachi Kittridge	C	1906 (5 g)	1903–1906 (240 g)
Chris Gimenez	C	2009–2010, 2014, 2016 (149 g)	2017–2018 (90 g)
Stan Williams	P	1965, 1967–1969 (124 g)	1970–1971 (114 g)
Jack Kralick	P	1963–1967 (117 g)	1959–1963 (119 g)
Pete Appleton	P	1930–1932 (73 g)	1936–1939, 1945 (162 g)
Luis Tiant	P	1964–1969 (211 g)	1970 (18 g)
Cy Falkenberg	P	1908–1911, 1913 (124 g)	1905–1908 (102 g)
Joe Leonard	3B	1916 (4 g)	1916–1917, 1919–1920 (216 g)
Chad Allen	OF	2002 (5 g)	1999–2001 (209 g)
Joe Lis	1B	1974–1976 (86 g)	1973–1974 (127 g)
Bob Groom	P	1918 (14 g)	1909–1913 (198 g)
Felix Mackiewicz	OF	1945–1947 (200 g)	1947 (3 g)
Dick Stigman	P	1960–1961 (63 g)	1962–1965 (138 g)
Ed Klieman	P	1943–1948 (197 g)	1949 (2 g)
Dave LaRoche	P	1975–1977 (135 g)	1972 (62 g)
Earl Whitehill	P	1937–1938 (59 g)	1933–1936 (137 g)
Jason Tyner	OF	2008 (1 g)	2005–2007 (194 g)
Anthony Swarzak	P	2015 (10 g)	2009, 2011–2014 (181 g)
Joe Tipton	C	1948, 1952–1953 (137 g)	1954 (54 g)
Bill Shipke	3B	1906 (2 g)	1907–1909 (185 g)
Keith Atherton	P	1989 (32 g)	1986–1988 (155 g)
Moe Berg	C	1931, 1934 (39 g)	1932–1934 (148 g)
Frank Ellerbe	3B	1924 (46 g)	1919–1921 (139 g)
Jack Russell	P	1932 (18 g)	1933–1936 (165 g)
Jordan Luplow	OF	2019–2021 (150 g)	2023 (32 g)
Billy Martin	2B	1959 (73 g)	1961 (108 g)
Jesse Orosco	P	1989–1991 (171 g)	2003 (8 g)
Josh Donaldson	3B	2018 (16 g)	2020–2021 (163 g)
Bartolo Colon	P	1997–2002 (162 g)	2017 (15 g)
Sad Sam Jones	P	1914–1915 (49 g)	1928–1931 (125 g)
Lee Stange	P	1964–1966 (73 g)	1961–1964 (97 g)
Ted Abernathy	P	1963–1964 (96 g)	1955–1957, 1960 (73 g)
Joe Altobelli	1B	1955, 1957 (126 g)	1961 (41 g)
Joe Boehling	P	1916–1917, 1920 (30 g)	1912–1916 (137 g)
Johnny Klippstein	P	1960 (49 g)	1964–1966 (115 g)
Billy Clingman	SS	1903 (21 g)	1901 (137 g)
Vean Gregg	P	1911–1914 (132 g)	1925 (26 g)
Jimmy Wasdell	OF	1946–1947 (33 g)	1937–1940 (124 g)
Tom Ferrick	P	1942, 1946 (40 g)	1947–1948, 1951–1952 (117 g)
Harley Boss	1B	1933 (112 g)	1928–1930 (43 g)
Ken Schrom	P	1986–1987 (66 g)	1983–1985 (88 g)
Neal Heaton	P	1982–1986 (133 g)	1986 (21 g)
Houston Jimenez	SS	1988 (9 g)	1983–1984 (144 g)
Orlando Cabrera	SS	2011 (91 g)	2009 (59 g)
Dean Chance	P	1970 (45 g)	1967–1969 (104 g)
Joe Krakauskas	P	1941–1942, 1946 (44 g)	1937–1940 (105 g)
Terry Mulholland	P	2002–2003 (61 g)	2004–2005 (88 g)
Mickey Harris	P	1952 (29 g)	1949–1952 (118 g)
Elmer Valo	OF	1959 (34 g)	1960–1961 (109 g)
Dave Stevens	P	1999 (5 g)	1994–1997 (135 g)
Marino Pieretti	P	1950 (30 g)	1945–1948 (110 g)
Happy Townsend	P	1906 (17 g)	1902–1905 (119 g)
Rich Yett	P	1986–1989 (131 g)	1985, 1990 (5 g)
Pat Borders	C	1997–1999 (115 g)	2004 (19 g)
Charlie Smith	P	1902 (3 g)	1906–1909 (123 g)
Eddie Phillips	C	1935 (70 g)	1934 (56 g)
Jeff Manship	P	2015–2016 (85 g)	2009–2012 (41 g)
Bill Zuber	P	1936, 1938–1940 (50 g)	1941–1942 (73 g)
Dave Hollins	3B	2001 (2 g)	1996 (121 g)
Jack Cressend	P	2003–2004 (44 g)	2000–2002 (78 g)
Larry Casian	P	1994 (7 g)	1990–1994 (113 g)
Bill Dailey	P	1961–1962 (39 g)	1963–1964 (80 g)
Roy Smith	P	1984–1985 (34 g)	1986–1990 (85 g)
Howard Wakefield	C	1905, 1907 (36 g)	1906 (79 g)
Larry Milbourne	2B	1982 (82 g)	1982 (29 g)
Carl Pavano	P	2009 (21 g)	2009–2012 (88 g)
Bob Chakales	P	1951–1954 (32 g)	1955–1957 (76 g)
Bob Miller	P	1970 (15 g)	1968–1969 (93 g)
Merl Combs	SS	1951–1952 (71 g)	1950 (37 g)
Garland Buckeye	P	1925–1928 (106 g)	1918 (1 g)
Bob Usher	OF	1957 (10 g)	1957 (96 g)
George Banks	3B	1964–1966 (17 g)	1962–1964 (89 g)
Aaron Fultz	P	2007 (49 g)	2004 (55 g)
Vern Kennedy	P	1942–1944 (86 g)	1941 (18 g)
Craig Breslow	P	2008, 2017 (14 g)	2008–2009, 2017 (89 g)
Jack O'Brien	OF	1901 (92 g)	1901 (11 g)
Joe Engel	P	1919 (1 g)	1912–1915, 1920 (101 g)
Rick Dempsey	C	1987 (60 g)	1969–1972 (41 g)
Walt Bond	OF	1960–1962 (90 g)	1967 (10 g)
Carroll Hardy	OF	1958–1960 (88 g)	1967 (11 g)
Gene Bearden	P	1947–1950 (84 g)	1950–1951 (15 g)
Brad Havens	P	1988–1989 (35 g)	1981–1983 (63 g)
John Butcher	P	1986 (13 g)	1984–1986 (84 g)
Matt Belisle	P	2018 (8 g)	2017–2018 (87 g)
Roger Wolff	P	1947 (7 g)	1944–1946 (87 g)
George Frazier	P	1984 (22 g)	1986–1987 (69 g)
Hal Woodeshick	P	1958 (14 g)	1959–1960 (73 g)
Belve Bean	P	1930–1931, 1933–1935 (76 g)	1935 (10 g)
Carl Fischer	P	1937 (2 g)	1930–1932, 1937 (83 g)
Lefty Stewart	P	1935 (24 g)	1933–1935 (61 g)
Blake Parker	P	2021 (47 g)	2019 (37 g)
Adam Everett	SS	2011 (34 g)	2008 (48 g)
Pete O'Brien	2B	1907 (43 g)	1907 (39 g)
Matt Merullo	C	1994 (4 g)	1995 (76 g)
Tyler Clippard	P	2019 (53 g)	2020 (26 g)
Chris Gomez	SS	2007 (19 g)	2003 (58 g)
Jack Thoney	OF	1902–1903 (60 g)	1904 (17 g)
Jay Porter	C	1958 (40 g)	1959 (37 g)
Paul Calvert	P	1942–1945 (42 g)	1949 (35 g)
Pete Whisenant	OF	1960 (7 g)	1960–1961 (68 g)
Neil Ramirez	P	2018–2019 (63 g)	2016 (8 g)
Rich Hill	P	2013 (63 g)	2020 (8 g)
Pat Kelly	OF	1981 (48 g)	1967–1968 (20 g)
Rene Rivera	C	2021 (21 g)	2011 (45 g)
Bill Butler	P	1972 (6 g)	1974–1975, 1977 (55 g)
Jim Strickland	P	1975 (4 g)	1971–1973 (56 g)
Sandy Leon	C	2020, 2022 (34 g)	2022 (25 g)
Jack Morris	P	1994 (23 g)	1991 (35 g)
Dick Weik	P	1950, 1953 (12 g)	1948–1950 (45 g)
Al Gettel	P	1947–1948 (39 g)	1949 (16 g)
Austin Adams	P	2014–2016 (53 g)	2019 (2 g)
Dan Schatzeder	P	1988 (15 g)	1987–1988 (40 g)
Fred Lasher	P	1970 (43 g)	1963 (11 g)
Curt Wardle	P	1985 (15 g)	1984–1985 (37 g)
By Speece	P	1925–1926 (30 g)	1924 (21 g)
Ken Sanders	P	1973–1974 (24 g)	1973 (27 g)
Joe Roa	P	1995–1996 (2 g)	2004 (48 g)
Nick Cullop	OF	1927 (32 g)	1927 (15 g)
Matt Carson	OF	2013 (20 g)	2012 (26 g)
Bryan Oelkers	P	1986 (35 g)	1983 (10 g)
Johnny Gill	OF	1927–1928 (23 g)	1931, 1934 (21 g)
Tex Jeanes	OF	1921–1922 (5 g)	1925–1926 (36 g)
Vito Valentinetti	P	1957 (11 g)	1958–1959 (30 g)
John Smiley	P	1997 (6 g)	1992 (34 g)
Ralph Weigel	C	1946 (6 g)	1949 (34 g)
Tom Phillips	P	1919 (22 g)	1921–1922 (18 g)
Bob Kuzava	P	1946–1947 (6 g)	1950–1951 (30 g)
Dick Brodowski	P	1958–1959 (23 g)	1956–1957 (13 g)
Jack Slattery	C	1903 (4 g)	1909 (32 g)
Steve Carlton	P	1987 (23 g)	1987–1988 (13 g)
Al Cicotte	P	1959 (26 g)	1958 (9 g)
Ollie Tucker	OF	1928 (14 g)	1927 (20 g)
Paul Abbott	P	1993 (5 g)	1990–1992 (28 g)
Roric Harrison	P	1975 (19 g)	1978 (9 g)
Wally Post	OF	1964 (5 g)	1963 (21 g)
Oliver Drake	P	2018 (4 g)	2018 (19 g)
Jack Hardy	C	1903 (5 g)	1909–1910 (17 g)
Ruben Gomez	P	1962 (16 g)	1962 (6 g)
Jim Constable	P	1958 (6 g)	1958 (15 g)
Jack Spring	P	1965 (14 g)	1958 (3 g)
Wilson Ramos	C	2021 (9 g)	2010 (7 g)
Earl Yingling	P	1911 (6 g)	1918 (8 g)
Gregg Olson	P	1995 (3 g)	1997 (11 g)
Eddie Onslow	1B	1918 (2 g)	1927 (9 g)
Denny Sullivan	OF	1908–1909 (7 g)	1905 (3 g)
Fred Marsh	3B	1949 (1 g)	1952 (9 g)
Jackie Collum	P	1962 (1 g)	1962 (8 g)
Mauro Gozzo	P	1990–1991 (4 g)	1992 (2 g)
Darren McCaughan	P	2024 (2 g)	2025 (3 g)
Ian Gibaut	P	2022 (1 g)	2021 (3 g)
Ad Brennan	P	1918 (1 g)	1918 (2 g)
Herman Reich	1B	1949 (1 g)	1949 (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.Guardians seasons include the Cleveland Blues (1901), Cleveland Bronchos (1902), Cleveland Naps (1903–1914) and Cleveland Indians (1915–2021).Twins seasons include the Washington Senators (1901–1960).

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Questions

How many players have played for both the Cleveland Guardians and the Minnesota Twins?

238 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1901 to 2025, including Sam Rice, Mickey Vernon, Tris Speaker and Carlos Santana. 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?

Jack O'Brien: Cleveland Guardians first, then the Minnesota Twins from 1901.

Who has played for both recently?

Carlos Santana and Darren McCaughan, 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). Twins seasons include the Washington Senators (1901–1960).

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