Los Angeles Angels and Pittsburgh Pirates players: who played for both
Who played for both the Angels and Pirates?
113 players played for both the Los Angeles Angels and the Pittsburgh Pirates between 1961 and 2025, including Jim Fregosi, Dave Parker, Johnny Ray and Jose Lind. 44 of them played for the Angels first and 61 for the Pirates first; 8 played for both in the same season.
Did you know?
- Ken Hamlin is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Pirates first, then the Angels from 1961.
- Robert Stephenson is the most recent: Pirates first, then the Angels from 2025.
- Jim Fregosi played the most games across the two: 1,429 for the Angels and 56 for the Pirates.
- 19 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Tim Foli.
- Most common positions on this list: P (60), OF (17), SS (8), 1B (8).
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All 113 players, most games for the two first
| Player | Pos | Angels | Pirates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Fregosi | SS | 1961–1971 (1429 g) | 1977–1978 (56 g) |
| Dave Parker | OF | 1991 (119 g) | 1973–1983 (1301 g) |
| Johnny Ray | 2B | 1987–1990 (422 g) | 1981–1987 (931 g) |
| Jose Lind | 2B | 1995 (15 g) | 1987–1992 (779 g) |
| Jason Thompson | 1B | 1980 (102 g) | 1981–1985 (671 g) |
| Ed Kirkpatrick | OF | 1962–1968 (340 g) | 1974–1977 (309 g) |
| David Freese | 3B | 2014–2015 (255 g) | 2016–2018 (365 g) |
| Tim Foli | SS | 1982–1983 (238 g) | 1979–1981, 1985 (365 g) |
| Dick Stuart | 1B | 1969 (22 g) | 1958–1962 (559 g) |
| Mike Easler | OF | 1976 (21 g) | 1977, 1979–1983 (549 g) |
| Ed Ott | C | 1981 (75 g) | 1974–1980 (492 g) |
| Don Slaught | C | 1996 (62 g) | 1990–1995 (475 g) |
| Carlos Garcia | 2B | 1998 (19 g) | 1990–1996 (482 g) |
| Kevin Newman | SS | 2025 (57 g) | 2018–2022 (431 g) |
| Tony Watson | P | 2021 (36 g) | 2011–2017 (450 g) |
| Jose Guillen | OF | 2004 (148 g) | 1997–1999 (336 g) |
| Sean Rodriguez | 2B | 2008–2009 (71 g) | 2015–2018 (384 g) |
| Lance Parrish | C | 1989–1992 (400 g) | 1994 (40 g) |
| Gary Matthews | OF | 2007–2009 (370 g) | 2001 (46 g) |
| Freddie Patek | SS | 1980–1981 (113 g) | 1968–1970 (292 g) |
| Vic Davalillo | OF | 1968–1969 (126 g) | 1971–1973 (275 g) |
| Bob Oliver | 1B | 1972–1974 (395 g) | 1965 (3 g) |
| John Candelaria | P | 1985–1987 (49 g) | 1975–1985, 1993 (348 g) |
| Hank Foiles | C | 1963–1964 (45 g) | 1956–1959 (345 g) |
| Bruce Kison | P | 1980–1984 (103 g) | 1971–1979 (263 g) |
| Don Robinson | P | 1992 (3 g) | 1978–1987 (355 g) |
| George Hendrick | OF | 1985–1988 (252 g) | 1985 (69 g) |
| Ron Kline | P | 1961 (26 g) | 1952, 1955–1959, 1968–1969 (295 g) |
| Bob Patterson | P | 1994–1995 (109 g) | 1986–1987, 1989–1992 (207 g) |
| Brendan Donnelly | P | 2002–2006 (277 g) | 2010 (38 g) |
| Mike Brown | OF | 1983–1985, 1988 (171 g) | 1985–1986 (144 g) |
| Mark Johnson | 1B | 1998 (10 g) | 1995–1997 (284 g) |
| Jason Christiansen | P | 2005 (12 g) | 1995–2000 (279 g) |
| Luis Sojo | 2B | 1991–1992 (219 g) | 2000 (61 g) |
| Jackie Hernandez | SS | 1965–1966 (64 g) | 1971–1973 (214 g) |
| Brandon Wood | 3B | 2007–2011 (173 g) | 2011 (99 g) |
| Ted Kluszewski | 1B | 1961 (107 g) | 1958–1959 (160 g) |
| Andy Hassler | P | 1971, 1973–1976, 1980–1983 (259 g) | 1980 (6 g) |
| Bob Kipper | P | 1985 (2 g) | 1985–1991 (247 g) |
| Matt Joyce | OF | 2015 (93 g) | 2016 (140 g) |
| Tony Armas | OF | 1987–1989 (208 g) | 1976 (4 g) |
| Jason Grilli | P | 2014 (40 g) | 2011–2014 (168 g) |
| George Brunet | P | 1964–1969 (194 g) | 1970 (12 g) |
| Bert Blyleven | P | 1989–1990, 1992 (81 g) | 1978–1980 (112 g) |
| Jeff Robinson | P | 1991 (39 g) | 1987–1989 (143 g) |
| Cole Tucker | OF | 2024 (25 g) | 2019–2022 (154 g) |
| JB Shuck | OF | 2013–2014 (151 g) | 2019 (27 g) |
| Jerry Reuss | P | 1987 (17 g) | 1974–1978, 1990 (160 g) |
| Ernesto Frieri | P | 2012–2014 (157 g) | 2014 (14 g) |
| Chris Stratton | P | 2019 (7 g) | 2019–2022 (163 g) |
| Chris Resop | P | 2007 (4 g) | 2010–2012 (159 g) |
| Mark Petkovsek | P | 1999–2000 (128 g) | 1993 (26 g) |
| Philip Gosselin | 2B | 2021–2022 (126 g) | 2017 (28 g) |
| Jesse Chavez | P | 2017, 2022 (49 g) | 2008–2009 (88 g) |
| Pat Clements | P | 1985 (41 g) | 1985–1986 (92 g) |
| Brian Harper | C | 1979, 1981 (5 g) | 1982–1984 (127 g) |
| Andrew Heaney | P | 2015–2021 (102 g) | 2025 (26 g) |
| Gino Cimoli | OF | 1965 (4 g) | 1960–1961 (122 g) |
| Alfredo Amezaga | OF | 2002–2004 (122 g) | 2005 (3 g) |
| Sean Burnett | P | 2013–2014 (16 g) | 2004, 2008–2009 (109 g) |
| Ken Brett | P | 1977–1978 (53 g) | 1974–1975 (69 g) |
| Hisanori Takahashi | P | 2011–2012 (103 g) | 2012 (9 g) |
| John McDonald | SS | 2014 (95 g) | 2013 (16 g) |
| Mike Fetters | P | 1989–1991, 1998 (58 g) | 2001–2002 (52 g) |
| Omar Olivares | P | 1998–1999 (60 g) | 2001 (47 g) |
| Tyler Anderson | P | 2023–2025 (84 g) | 2021 (18 g) |
| Chris Bootcheck | P | 2003, 2005–2008 (77 g) | 2009 (13 g) |
| Roansy Contreras | P | 2024 (37 g) | 2021–2024 (53 g) |
| Charlie Sands | DH | 1973–1974 (60 g) | 1971–1972 (29 g) |
| Mark Ryal | OF | 1986–1987 (71 g) | 1990 (9 g) |
| Bo Belinsky | P | 1962–1964 (70 g) | 1969 (8 g) |
| Mike Bielecki | P | 1995 (22 g) | 1984–1987 (56 g) |
| Ji-Man Choi | 1B | 2016 (54 g) | 2023 (23 g) |
| Terry Forster | P | 1986 (41 g) | 1977 (36 g) |
| Angelo Encarnacion | C | 1997 (11 g) | 1995–1996 (65 g) |
| Ken Oberkfell | 3B | 1992 (41 g) | 1988–1989 (34 g) |
| Orlando McFarlane | C | 1967–1968 (30 g) | 1962, 1964 (45 g) |
| Deolis Guerra | P | 2016–2017 (63 g) | 2015 (10 g) |
| Willie Montanez | 1B | 1966 (8 g) | 1981–1982 (65 g) |
| Wade LeBlanc | P | 2014 (10 g) | 2016–2017 (58 g) |
| Red Witt | P | 1962 (5 g) | 1957–1961 (53 g) |
| Al Holland | P | 1985 (15 g) | 1977, 1985 (40 g) |
| Joe Blanton | P | 2013 (28 g) | 2015 (21 g) |
| Jose Gonzalez | OF | 1992 (33 g) | 1991 (16 g) |
| Julio Gotay | SS | 1965 (40 g) | 1963–1964 (7 g) |
| Ken Hamlin | SS | 1961 (42 g) | 1957, 1959 (5 g) |
| Trevor Cahill | P | 2019 (38 g) | 2021 (9 g) |
| Dillon Peters | P | 2019–2020 (18 g) | 2021–2022 (28 g) |
| Nick Tropeano | P | 2015–2016, 2018–2019 (38 g) | 2020 (7 g) |
| Jose Quintana | P | 2021 (24 g) | 2022 (20 g) |
| Robert Stephenson | P | 2025 (12 g) | 2022–2023 (31 g) |
| Darrell May | P | 1996–1997 (34 g) | 1996 (5 g) |
| Ray Krawczyk | P | 1988 (14 g) | 1984–1986 (24 g) |
| Bob Priddy | P | 1969 (15 g) | 1962, 1964 (21 g) |
| Kyle Keller | P | 2020 (2 g) | 2021 (32 g) |
| Orlando Peña | P | 1974–1975 (11 g) | 1970 (23 g) |
| Raul Mondesi | OF | 2004 (8 g) | 2004 (26 g) |
| Tom Griffin | P | 1978 (24 g) | 1982 (6 g) |
| Jesse Jefferson | P | 1981 (26 g) | 1980 (1 g) |
| Rob Zastryzny | P | 2022 (5 g) | 2023 (21 g) |
| Yoslan Herrera | P | 2014 (20 g) | 2008 (5 g) |
| Rich Hill | P | 2014 (2 g) | 2023 (22 g) |
| Junior Noboa | 2B | 1988 (21 g) | 1994 (2 g) |
| Williams Jerez | P | 2018 (17 g) | 2019 (6 g) |
| Miguel Del Pozo | P | 2019 (17 g) | 2020 (5 g) |
| Rich Robertson | P | 1998 (5 g) | 1993–1994 (17 g) |
| Luis Tiant | P | 1982 (6 g) | 1981 (9 g) |
| John Buck | C | 2014 (5 g) | 2013 (9 g) |
| Mickey Mahler | P | 1981–1982 (12 g) | 1980 (2 g) |
| Miguel Garcia | P | 1987 (1 g) | 1987–1989 (13 g) |
| Joe Redfield | 3B | 1988 (1 g) | 1991 (11 g) |
| Michael Darrell-Hicks | P | 2025 (6 g) | 2025 (1 g) |
| Kevin Padlo | 1B | 2023 (3 g) | 2022 (3 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.Angels seasons include the California Angels (1965–1996) and Anaheim Angels (1997–2004).Pirates seasons include the Pittsburg Alleghenys (1882–1890).
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Questions
How many players have played for both the Los Angeles Angels and the Pittsburgh Pirates?
113 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1961 to 2025, including Jim Fregosi, Dave Parker, Johnny Ray and Jose Lind. 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?
Ken Hamlin: Pittsburgh Pirates first, then the Los Angeles Angels from 1961.
Who has played for both recently?
Kevin Newman, Cole Tucker, Andrew Heaney, Tyler Anderson, Roansy Contreras and Robert Stephenson and 1 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. Angels seasons include the California Angels (1965–1996) and Anaheim Angels (1997–2004). Pirates seasons include the Pittsburg Alleghenys (1882–1890).
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