Detroit Tigers and San Francisco Giants players: who played for both
Who played for both the Tigers and Giants?
156 players played for both the Detroit Tigers and the San Francisco Giants between 1901 and 2025, including Darrell Evans, Harvey Kuenn, Larry Herndon and Tito Fuentes. 79 of them played for the Tigers first and 70 for the Giants first; 7 played for both in the same season.
Did you know?
- Ducky Holmes is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Giants first, then the Tigers from 1901.
- Sergio Alcantara is the most recent: Tigers first, then the Giants from 2025.
- Darrell Evans played the most games across the two: 727 for the Tigers and 1,094 for the Giants.
- 23 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Tito Fuentes.
- Most common positions on this list: P (69), OF (33), C (15), 3B (11).
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All 156 players, most games for the two first
| Player | Pos | Tigers | Giants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darrell Evans | 3B | 1984–1988 (727 g) | 1976–1983 (1094 g) |
| Harvey Kuenn | OF | 1952–1959 (1049 g) | 1961–1965 (515 g) |
| Larry Herndon | OF | 1982–1988 (843 g) | 1976–1981 (682 g) |
| Tito Fuentes | 2B | 1977 (151 g) | 1965–1967, 1969–1974 (1054 g) |
| Dave Bergman | 1B | 1984–1992 (871 g) | 1981–1983 (253 g) |
| Dick Bartell | SS | 1940–1941 (144 g) | 1935–1938, 1941–1943, 1946 (835 g) |
| Kid Gleason | 2B | 1901–1902 (253 g) | 1896–1900 (673 g) |
| Deivi Cruz | SS | 1997–2001 (703 g) | 2004–2005 (208 g) |
| Tom Haller | C | 1972 (59 g) | 1961–1967 (761 g) |
| Hoot Evers | OF | 1941, 1946–1952, 1954 (769 g) | 1954 (12 g) |
| Austin Jackson | OF | 2010–2014 (670 g) | 2018 (59 g) |
| Jack Warner | C | 1905–1906 (86 g) | 1896–1901, 1903–1904 (624 g) |
| Ray Hayworth | C | 1926, 1929–1938 (659 g) | 1939 (5 g) |
| Dick Wakefield | OF | 1941, 1943–1944, 1946–1949 (632 g) | 1952 (3 g) |
| Eddie Mayo | 2B | 1944–1948 (587 g) | 1936 (46 g) |
| Milt May | C | 1976–1979 (232 g) | 1980–1983 (388 g) |
| Dan Gladden | OF | 1992–1993 (204 g) | 1983–1986 (348 g) |
| Andres Torres | OF | 2002–2004 (81 g) | 2009–2011, 2013 (429 g) |
| Pat Sheridan | OF | 1986–1989 (416 g) | 1989 (70 g) |
| Gail Harris | 1B | 1958–1960 (256 g) | 1955–1957 (181 g) |
| Paul Richards | C | 1943–1946 (335 g) | 1933–1935 (100 g) |
| Mark Carreon | OF | 1992 (101 g) | 1993–1996 (327 g) |
| Mike Ivie | 1B | 1982–1983 (92 g) | 1978–1981 (336 g) |
| Rob Deer | OF | 1991–1993 (334 g) | 1984–1985 (91 g) |
| Bill Madlock | 3B | 1987 (87 g) | 1977–1979 (331 g) |
| Matt Nokes | C | 1986–1990 (395 g) | 1985 (19 g) |
| Justin Verlander | P | 2005–2017 (380 g) | 2025 (29 g) |
| Aubrey Huff | 1B | 2009 (40 g) | 2010–2012 (359 g) |
| Ramon Martinez | SS | 2005 (19 g) | 1998–2002 (368 g) |
| Jim Delahanty | 2B | 1909–1912 (376 g) | 1902 (7 g) |
| Champ Summers | OF | 1979–1981 (274 g) | 1982–1983 (99 g) |
| Enos Cabell | 3B | 1982–1983 (246 g) | 1981 (96 g) |
| Charlie Hickman | 1B | 1904–1905 (101 g) | 1900–1901 (239 g) |
| Edgar Renteria | SS | 2008 (138 g) | 2009–2010 (196 g) |
| Mark Koenig | SS | 1930–1931 (182 g) | 1935–1936 (149 g) |
| Jean Dubuc | P | 1912–1916 (293 g) | 1919 (37 g) |
| Chris Brown | 3B | 1989 (17 g) | 1984–1987 (308 g) |
| George Harper | OF | 1916–1918 (161 g) | 1927–1928 (164 g) |
| Rick Leach | OF | 1981–1983 (235 g) | 1990 (78 g) |
| Marv Grissom | P | 1949 (27 g) | 1946, 1953–1958 (285 g) |
| Rajai Davis | OF | 2014–2015 (246 g) | 2007–2008 (63 g) |
| Bob Melvin | C | 1985 (41 g) | 1986–1988 (265 g) |
| Ducky Holmes | OF | 1901–1902 (223 g) | 1897 (80 g) |
| Billy Hoeft | P | 1952–1959 (265 g) | 1963, 1966 (27 g) |
| Neifi Perez | SS | 2006–2007 (54 g) | 2003–2004 (223 g) |
| Ozzie Virgil | 3B | 1958, 1960–1961 (131 g) | 1956–1957, 1966, 1969 (142 g) |
| Tim Worrell | P | 1998 (15 g) | 2001–2003, 2006 (252 g) |
| Don McMahon | P | 1968–1969 (54 g) | 1969–1974 (210 g) |
| Bob Nieman | OF | 1953–1954 (233 g) | 1962 (30 g) |
| Mark Lewis | 2B | 1996 (145 g) | 1997 (118 g) |
| Darnell Coles | 3B | 1986–1987, 1990 (247 g) | 1991 (11 g) |
| George Smith | 2B | 1903 (93 g) | 1901–1902 (149 g) |
| Eddie Ainsmith | C | 1919–1921 (219 g) | 1924 (10 g) |
| Cesar Gutierrez | SS | 1969–1971 (190 g) | 1967, 1969 (33 g) |
| Joe Coleman | P | 1971–1976 (203 g) | 1979 (5 g) |
| Joe Orengo | 3B | 1944 (46 g) | 1941, 1943 (160 g) |
| Harry Spilman | 1B | 1986 (24 g) | 1986–1988 (181 g) |
| Brian Johnson | C | 1997 (45 g) | 1997–1998 (155 g) |
| Alex Sanchez | OF | 2003–2004 (180 g) | 2005 (19 g) |
| George Uhle | P | 1929–1933 (191 g) | 1933 (8 g) |
| Joe Nathan | P | 2014–2015 (63 g) | 1999–2000, 2002–2003, 2016 (128 g) |
| Frank Williams | P | 1989 (43 g) | 1984–1986 (146 g) |
| Elias Sosa | P | 1982 (38 g) | 1972–1974 (147 g) |
| Dixon Machado | 2B | 2015–2018 (172 g) | 2022 (5 g) |
| Pol Perritt | P | 1921 (4 g) | 1915–1921 (170 g) |
| Cody Ross | OF | 2003 (6 g) | 2010–2011 (154 g) |
| Sam Jones | P | 1962 (30 g) | 1959–1961 (126 g) |
| John Brebbia | P | 2025 (19 g) | 2021–2023 (134 g) |
| Mark Leiter | P | 1991–1993 (100 g) | 1995–1996 (53 g) |
| Bill Taylor | OF | 1957–1958 (17 g) | 1954–1957 (132 g) |
| Juan Berenguer | P | 1982–1985 (101 g) | 1986 (46 g) |
| Jim Poole | P | 2000 (18 g) | 1996–1998 (124 g) |
| Tracy Jones | OF | 1989–1990 (96 g) | 1989 (40 g) |
| Bob Shaw | P | 1957–1958 (19 g) | 1964–1966 (116 g) |
| Eric Davis | OF | 1993–1994 (60 g) | 2001 (74 g) |
| Sam Gibson | P | 1926–1928 (89 g) | 1932 (41 g) |
| Billy Pierce | P | 1945, 1948 (27 g) | 1962–1964 (102 g) |
| Bobo Newsom | P | 1939–1941 (114 g) | 1948 (11 g) |
| Mark Canha | OF | 2024 (93 g) | 2024 (32 g) |
| George Spencer | P | 1958, 1960 (12 g) | 1950–1955 (110 g) |
| Mark Thurmond | P | 1986–1987 (73 g) | 1990 (43 g) |
| Drew Smyly | P | 2012–2014 (107 g) | 2020 (7 g) |
| Mike Laga | 1B | 1982–1986 (72 g) | 1989–1990 (40 g) |
| Derek Law | P | 2022 (2 g) | 2016–2018 (109 g) |
| Win Mercer | P | 1902 (35 g) | 1900 (76 g) |
| Jose Bautista | P | 1997 (21 g) | 1995–1996 (89 g) |
| Derek Holland | P | 2021 (39 g) | 2018–2019 (70 g) |
| Ben Dyer | 3B | 1916–1919 (93 g) | 1914–1915 (14 g) |
| Dave Philley | OF | 1957 (65 g) | 1960 (39 g) |
| Doyle Alexander | P | 1987–1989 (78 g) | 1981 (24 g) |
| Jose Alvarez | P | 2013 (14 g) | 2021–2022 (88 g) |
| Derek Hill | OF | 2020–2022 (95 g) | 2024 (5 g) |
| Earl Webb | OF | 1932–1933 (94 g) | 1925 (4 g) |
| Frank Walker | OF | 1917–1918 (57 g) | 1925 (39 g) |
| Randy O'Neal | P | 1984–1986 (69 g) | 1990 (26 g) |
| Jacob Cruz | OF | 2002 (35 g) | 1996–1998 (52 g) |
| Jim Finigan | 3B | 1957 (64 g) | 1958 (23 g) |
| Doug Creek | P | 2005 (20 g) | 1996–1997 (66 g) |
| Gordon Beckham | 2B | 2019 (83 g) | 2016 (3 g) |
| Red Kress | SS | 1939–1940 (85 g) | 1946 (1 g) |
| Alejandro Sanchez | OF | 1985 (71 g) | 1984 (13 g) |
| Dave Roberts | P | 1976–1977 (58 g) | 1979 (26 g) |
| Roscoe Miller | P | 1901–1902 (58 g) | 1902–1903 (25 g) |
| Firpo Marberry | P | 1933–1935 (80 g) | 1936 (1 g) |
| Gil English | 3B | 1936–1937 (19 g) | 1931–1932 (62 g) |
| Bugs Raymond | P | 1904 (5 g) | 1909–1911 (74 g) |
| Casey McGehee | 3B | 2016 (30 g) | 2015 (49 g) |
| Pete Burnside | P | 1959–1960 (61 g) | 1955, 1957–1958 (18 g) |
| Jack Cronin | P | 1901–1902 (35 g) | 1902–1903 (40 g) |
| Al Levine | P | 2004 (65 g) | 2005 (9 g) |
| Andy Allanson | C | 1991 (60 g) | 1993 (13 g) |
| Luke Jackson | P | 2025 (3 g) | 2023–2024 (69 g) |
| Ralph Stroud | P | 1910 (28 g) | 1915–1916 (42 g) |
| Brad Kocher | C | 1912 (31 g) | 1915–1916 (38 g) |
| Ron Samford | SS | 1955, 1957 (55 g) | 1954 (12 g) |
| Jim Hegan | C | 1958 (45 g) | 1959 (21 g) |
| Clarence Mitchell | P | 1911 (5 g) | 1930–1932 (59 g) |
| Red Lynn | P | 1939 (4 g) | 1939–1940 (59 g) |
| Dan Schatzeder | P | 1980–1981 (49 g) | 1982 (13 g) |
| Waite Hoyt | P | 1930–1931 (42 g) | 1918, 1932 (19 g) |
| Brad Penny | P | 2011 (31 g) | 2009, 2012 (28 g) |
| Dick Littlefield | P | 1952 (28 g) | 1956 (31 g) |
| Red Killefer | OF | 1907–1909 (56 g) | 1916 (2 g) |
| Shelby Miller | P | 2024 (51 g) | 2022 (4 g) |
| Ron Kline | P | 1961–1962 (46 g) | 1969 (7 g) |
| Jim Middleton | P | 1921 (38 g) | 1917 (13 g) |
| Bob Farley | 1B | 1962 (36 g) | 1961 (13 g) |
| Jose Mesa | P | 2007 (16 g) | 1998 (32 g) |
| Robbie Ray | P | 2014 (9 g) | 2024–2025 (39 g) |
| Dave LaPoint | P | 1986 (16 g) | 1985 (31 g) |
| Denny Bautista | P | 2008 (16 g) | 2010 (31 g) |
| Marcus Jensen | C | 1997 (8 g) | 1996–1997 (39 g) |
| Matt Moore | P | 2019 (2 g) | 2016–2017 (44 g) |
| Jack Onslow | C | 1912 (36 g) | 1917 (9 g) |
| Glenn Myatt | C | 1936 (27 g) | 1935 (13 g) |
| Randy Bockus | P | 1989 (2 g) | 1986–1988 (38 g) |
| Bill Monbouquette | P | 1966–1967 (32 g) | 1968 (7 g) |
| Bill Faul | P | 1962–1964 (30 g) | 1970 (7 g) |
| Matt Gage | P | 2025 (6 g) | 2025 (27 g) |
| Shane Loux | P | 2002–2003 (14 g) | 2012 (19 g) |
| Brian Powell | P | 1998, 2002 (31 g) | 2003 (1 g) |
| Red Donahue | P | 1906 (29 g) | 1893 (2 g) |
| Mike Gerber | OF | 2018 (18 g) | 2019 (12 g) |
| Mike Chris | P | 1979 (13 g) | 1982–1983 (16 g) |
| Roger Mason | P | 1984 (5 g) | 1985–1987 (21 g) |
| Jay Kirke | OF | 1910 (8 g) | 1918 (17 g) |
| Eric Erickson | P | 1916, 1918–1919 (23 g) | 1914 (1 g) |
| Jim Weaver | OF | 1985 (12 g) | 1989 (12 g) |
| Bill Connelly | P | 1950 (2 g) | 1952–1953 (19 g) |
| Al Klawitter | P | 1913 (9 g) | 1909–1910 (7 g) |
| Ivan de Jesus | SS | 1988 (7 g) | 1987 (9 g) |
| Earl Rapp | OF | 1949 (1 g) | 1951 (13 g) |
| Andrew Vasquez | P | 2023 (12 g) | 2022 (1 g) |
| Jose Valdez | P | 2015 (7 g) | 2018 (4 g) |
| Sergio Alcantara | SS | 2020 (10 g) | 2025 (1 g) |
| Isan Diaz | 2B | 2023 (2 g) | 2023 (6 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.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 Detroit Tigers and the San Francisco Giants?
156 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1901 to 2025, including Darrell Evans, Harvey Kuenn, Larry Herndon and Tito Fuentes. 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?
Ducky Holmes: San Francisco Giants first, then the Detroit Tigers from 1901.
Who has played for both recently?
Justin Verlander, John Brebbia, Mark Canha, Derek Hill, Luke Jackson and Shelby Miller and 3 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. Giants seasons include the New York Gothams (1883–1884) and New York Giants (1885–1957).
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