Houston Astros and San Francisco Giants players: who played for both
Who played for both the Astros and Giants?
110 players played for both the Houston Astros and the San Francisco Giants between 1962 and 2025, including Hunter Pence, Kevin Bass, Joe Morgan and Roger Metzger. 55 of them played for the Astros first and 52 for the Giants first; 3 played for both in the same season.
Did you know?
- Don Taussig is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Giants first, then the Astros from 1962.
- Steven Okert is the most recent: Giants first, then the Astros from 2025.
- Hunter Pence played the most games across the two: 680 for the Astros and 789 for the Giants.
- 25 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Hunter Pence.
- Most common positions on this list: P (48), OF (23), 2B (10), C (9).
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All 110 players, most games for the two first
| Player | Pos | Astros | Giants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunter Pence | OF | 2007–2011 (680 g) | 2012–2018, 2020 (789 g) |
| Kevin Bass | OF | 1982–1989, 1993–1994 (1122 g) | 1990–1992 (274 g) |
| Joe Morgan | 2B | 1963–1971, 1980 (1032 g) | 1981–1982 (224 g) |
| Roger Metzger | SS | 1971–1978 (1021 g) | 1978–1980 (197 g) |
| Jesus Alou | OF | 1969–1973, 1978–1979 (553 g) | 1963–1968 (633 g) |
| Jeff Kent | 2B | 2003–2004 (275 g) | 1997–2002 (900 g) |
| Enos Cabell | 3B | 1975–1980, 1984–1985 (1067 g) | 1981 (96 g) |
| Jose Uribe | SS | 1993 (45 g) | 1985–1992 (985 g) |
| Jeffrey Leonard | OF | 1978–1981 (237 g) | 1981–1988 (789 g) |
| Pedro Feliz | 3B | 2010 (97 g) | 2000–2007 (874 g) |
| Jose Vizcaino | SS | 2001–2005 (559 g) | 1997, 2006 (215 g) |
| Phil Garner | 2B | 1981–1987 (753 g) | 1988 (15 g) |
| Kirt Manwaring | C | 1996 (37 g) | 1987–1996 (709 g) |
| Steve Finley | OF | 1991–1994 (557 g) | 2006 (139 g) |
| Mauricio Dubon | OF | 2022–2025 (485 g) | 2019–2022 (177 g) |
| Moises Alou | OF | 1998, 2000–2001 (421 g) | 2005–2006 (221 g) |
| Milt May | C | 1974–1975 (238 g) | 1980–1983 (388 g) |
| Rob Andrews | 2B | 1975–1976 (212 g) | 1977–1979 (281 g) |
| Randy Moffitt | P | 1982 (30 g) | 1972–1981 (460 g) |
| Stan Javier | OF | 1999 (20 g) | 1996–1999 (460 g) |
| Dave Bergman | 1B | 1978–1981 (213 g) | 1981–1983 (253 g) |
| Bob Knepper | P | 1981–1989 (287 g) | 1976–1980, 1989–1990 (162 g) |
| Joey Amalfitano | 2B | 1962 (117 g) | 1954–1955, 1960–1961, 1963 (314 g) |
| Aubrey Huff | 1B | 2006 (68 g) | 2010–2012 (359 g) |
| Miguel Tejada | SS | 2008–2009 (316 g) | 2011 (91 g) |
| Harry Spilman | 1B | 1981–1985, 1988–1989 (223 g) | 1986–1988 (181 g) |
| Derrel Thomas | 2B | 1971 (5 g) | 1975–1977 (373 g) |
| Scott Servais | C | 1991–1995, 2001 (295 g) | 1999–2000 (76 g) |
| Jack Hiatt | C | 1971–1972 (79 g) | 1965–1969 (290 g) |
| Mike Ivie | 1B | 1981–1982 (26 g) | 1978–1981 (336 g) |
| Jeff Keppinger | 2B | 2009–2011 (287 g) | 2011 (56 g) |
| Mark Bailey | C | 1984–1988 (322 g) | 1990, 1992 (18 g) |
| Mike Felder | OF | 1994 (58 g) | 1991–1992 (277 g) |
| Ernie Riles | SS | 1992 (39 g) | 1988–1990 (293 g) |
| Tom Griffin | P | 1969–1976 (202 g) | 1979–1981 (125 g) |
| Don McMahon | P | 1962–1963 (100 g) | 1969–1974 (210 g) |
| Ollie Brown | OF | 1974 (27 g) | 1965–1968 (281 g) |
| Jackie Brandt | OF | 1967 (41 g) | 1956, 1958–1959 (253 g) |
| Mike LaCoss | P | 1982–1984 (118 g) | 1986–1991 (171 g) |
| Danny Darwin | P | 1986–1990, 1996 (226 g) | 1997–1998 (43 g) |
| Justin Maxwell | OF | 2012–2013 (164 g) | 2015 (100 g) |
| Carlos Beltran | OF | 2004, 2017 (219 g) | 2011 (44 g) |
| J. D. Davis | 3B | 2017–2018 (67 g) | 2022–2023 (193 g) |
| Matt Downs | 2B | 2010–2012 (208 g) | 2009–2010 (46 g) |
| Michael Jackson | P | 2001 (67 g) | 1992–1994 (184 g) |
| Charlie Hayes | 3B | 2001 (31 g) | 1988–1989, 1998–1999 (216 g) |
| Doug Henry | P | 1998–2000 (139 g) | 1997, 2000 (102 g) |
| Alex Trevino | C | 1988–1990 (179 g) | 1985 (57 g) |
| Rick Wilkins | C | 1995–1996 (99 g) | 1996–1997 (118 g) |
| Ken Oberkfell | 3B | 1990–1991 (130 g) | 1989 (83 g) |
| Mark Melancon | P | 2010–2011 (91 g) | 2017–2019 (116 g) |
| John Johnstone | P | 1996 (9 g) | 1997–2000 (192 g) |
| Jose Cruz | OF | 2008 (38 g) | 2003 (158 g) |
| Russ Ortiz | P | 2009 (25 g) | 1998–2002, 2007 (166 g) |
| Jim Deshaies | P | 1985–1991 (182 g) | 1993 (5 g) |
| J. R. Phillips | 1B | 1997–1998 (49 g) | 1993–1996 (133 g) |
| Jerry Johnson | P | 1974 (34 g) | 1970–1972 (148 g) |
| Chris James | OF | 1993 (65 g) | 1992 (111 g) |
| Mark Portugal | P | 1989–1993 (136 g) | 1994–1995 (38 g) |
| Dave Roberts | P | 1972–1975 (143 g) | 1979 (26 g) |
| Will Smith | P | 2022 (24 g) | 2016, 2018–2019 (143 g) |
| Norm Larker | 1B | 1962 (147 g) | 1963 (19 g) |
| Nori Aoki | OF | 2017 (71 g) | 2015 (93 g) |
| Justin Verlander | P | 2017–2020, 2022–2024 (130 g) | 2025 (29 g) |
| Steven Okert | P | 2025 (68 g) | 2016–2018 (70 g) |
| Don Larsen | P | 1964–1965 (32 g) | 1962–1964 (104 g) |
| LaTroy Hawkins | P | 2008–2009 (89 g) | 2005 (45 g) |
| Cody Ransom | SS | 2007 (19 g) | 2001–2004 (114 g) |
| Jose Castillo | 2B | 2008 (15 g) | 2008 (112 g) |
| Joe Gibbon | P | 1972 (9 g) | 1966–1969 (110 g) |
| Rick Parker | OF | 1993 (45 g) | 1990–1991 (67 g) |
| Fernando Abad | P | 2010–2012 (88 g) | 2019 (21 g) |
| Bill Henry | P | 1969 (3 g) | 1965–1968 (105 g) |
| Chris Jones | OF | 1992 (54 g) | 1998 (43 g) |
| Dan Schatzeder | P | 1989–1990 (81 g) | 1982 (13 g) |
| Gordon Jones | P | 1964–1965 (35 g) | 1957–1959 (52 g) |
| Art Gardner | OF | 1975, 1977 (79 g) | 1978 (7 g) |
| Dan Driessen | 1B | 1986 (17 g) | 1985–1986 (69 g) |
| Joe Pittman | 2B | 1981–1982 (67 g) | 1984 (17 g) |
| Jesus Guzman | 1B | 2014 (69 g) | 2009 (12 g) |
| Wayne Franklin | P | 2000–2001 (36 g) | 2004 (43 g) |
| Jerome Williams | P | 2014 (26 g) | 2003–2005 (47 g) |
| Brandon Puffer | P | 2002–2003 (68 g) | 2005 (3 g) |
| J. C. Gutierrez | P | 2007 (7 g) | 2014 (61 g) |
| Kenny Lofton | OF | 1991 (20 g) | 2002 (46 g) |
| Alex Diaz | OF | 1999 (30 g) | 1998 (34 g) |
| Dean Hartgraves | P | 1995–1996 (59 g) | 1998 (5 g) |
| Alvin Morman | P | 1996 (53 g) | 1998 (9 g) |
| Bill Hall | 3B | 2011 (46 g) | 2011 (16 g) |
| Don Taussig | OF | 1962 (16 g) | 1958 (39 g) |
| Scott Linebrink | P | 2000–2003 (48 g) | 2000 (3 g) |
| Travis Blackley | P | 2013 (42 g) | 2007, 2012 (6 g) |
| Jandel Gustave | P | 2016–2017 (20 g) | 2019 (23 g) |
| Jeff Juden | P | 1991, 1993 (6 g) | 1996 (36 g) |
| Billy Sadler | P | 2009 (1 g) | 2006, 2008 (38 g) |
| Mark Grant | P | 1993 (6 g) | 1984, 1986–1987 (31 g) |
| Chris Jones | OF | 1985 (31 g) | 1986 (3 g) |
| Ernie Camacho | P | 1988 (13 g) | 1989–1990 (21 g) |
| Randy Johnson | P | 1998 (11 g) | 2009 (22 g) |
| Matt Gage | P | 2023 (5 g) | 2025 (27 g) |
| Ken MacKenzie | P | 1965 (21 g) | 1964 (10 g) |
| Erik Kratz | C | 2016 (15 g) | 2019 (15 g) |
| Roger Mason | P | 1989 (2 g) | 1985–1987 (21 g) |
| Tim Federowicz | C | 2018 (10 g) | 2017 (13 g) |
| Scott Kazmir | P | 2015 (13 g) | 2021 (5 g) |
| Frank Riccelli | P | 1978–1979 (13 g) | 1976 (4 g) |
| Kent Bottenfield | P | 2001 (13 g) | 1994 (1 g) |
| Aaron Sanchez | P | 2019 (4 g) | 2021 (9 g) |
| Brian Powell | P | 2000–2001 (10 g) | 2003 (1 g) |
| Nick Tropeano | P | 2014 (4 g) | 2021 (4 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.Astros seasons include the Houston Colt .45's (1962–1964).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 Houston Astros and the San Francisco Giants?
110 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1962 to 2025, including Hunter Pence, Kevin Bass, Joe Morgan and Roger Metzger. 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?
Don Taussig: San Francisco Giants first, then the Houston Astros from 1962.
Who has played for both recently?
Mauricio Dubon, Justin Verlander, Steven Okert and Matt Gage, 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. Astros seasons include the Houston Colt .45's (1962–1964). Giants seasons include the New York Gothams (1883–1884) and New York Giants (1885–1957).
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