Milwaukee Brewers and Pittsburgh Pirates players: who played for both
Who played for both the Brewers and Pirates?
107 players played for both the Milwaukee Brewers and the Pittsburgh Pirates between 1969 and 2025, including Andrew McCutchen, Jason Kendall, Dave Parker and Aramis Ramirez. 46 of them played for the Brewers first and 60 for the Pirates first; 1 played for both in the same season.
Did you know?
- Jim Pagliaroni is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Pirates first, then the Brewers from 1969.
- Shelby Miller is the most recent: Pirates first, then the Brewers from 2025.
- Andrew McCutchen played the most games across the two: 134 for the Brewers and 1,713 for the Pirates.
- 16 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Andrew McCutchen.
- Most common positions on this list: P (51), OF (23), C (10), 3B (6).
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All 107 players, most games for the two first
| Player | Pos | Brewers | Pirates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew McCutchen | OF | 2022 (134 g) | 2009–2017, 2023–2025 (1713 g) |
| Jason Kendall | C | 2008–2009 (285 g) | 1996–2004 (1252 g) |
| Dave Parker | OF | 1990 (157 g) | 1973–1983 (1301 g) |
| Aramis Ramirez | 3B | 2012–2015 (455 g) | 1998–2003, 2015 (615 g) |
| Corey Hart | OF | 2004–2012 (945 g) | 2015 (35 g) |
| Jeromy Burnitz | OF | 1996–2001 (782 g) | 2006 (111 g) |
| Neil Walker | 2B | 2017 (38 g) | 2009–2015 (836 g) |
| Sixto Lezcano | OF | 1974–1980 (785 g) | 1985 (72 g) |
| Dave May | OF | 1970–1974, 1978 (717 g) | 1978 (5 g) |
| Dale Sveum | SS | 1986–1988, 1990–1991 (511 g) | 1996–1997, 1999 (187 g) |
| Dick Schofield | SS | 1971 (23 g) | 1958–1965 (576 g) |
| Jose Hernandez | SS | 2000–2002 (428 g) | 2003, 2006 (125 g) |
| Lyle Overbay | 1B | 2004–2005, 2014 (438 g) | 2011 (103 g) |
| Jim Pagliaroni | C | 1969 (40 g) | 1963–1967 (490 g) |
| Casey McGehee | 3B | 2009–2011 (428 g) | 2012 (92 g) |
| Dan Plesac | P | 1986–1992 (365 g) | 1995–1996 (131 g) |
| Rowdy Tellez | 1B | 2021–2023 (315 g) | 2024 (132 g) |
| Keith Osik | C | 2003 (80 g) | 1996–2002 (359 g) |
| Turner Ward | OF | 1994–1996 (189 g) | 1997–1999 (243 g) |
| Salomon Torres | P | 2008 (71 g) | 2002–2007 (360 g) |
| Ben Gamel | OF | 2019–2020 (174 g) | 2021–2022 (226 g) |
| Nyjer Morgan | OF | 2011–2012 (241 g) | 2007–2009 (157 g) |
| Jared Hughes | P | 2017 (67 g) | 2011–2016 (313 g) |
| John Vander Wal | OF | 2003 (117 g) | 2000–2001 (231 g) |
| Mike Fetters | P | 1992–1997 (289 g) | 2001–2002 (52 g) |
| Ed Kirkpatrick | OF | 1977 (29 g) | 1974–1977 (309 g) |
| Dick Davis | OF | 1977–1980 (288 g) | 1982 (39 g) |
| John Axford | P | 2009–2013, 2021 (269 g) | 2014 (13 g) |
| Keon Broxton | OF | 2016–2018 (269 g) | 2015 (7 g) |
| Lou Collier | SS | 1999–2001 (138 g) | 1997–1998 (128 g) |
| Alex Presley | OF | 2016 (47 g) | 2010–2013 (204 g) |
| Charlie Hayes | 3B | 2000 (121 g) | 1996 (128 g) |
| Jerry McNertney | C | 1969–1970 (239 g) | 1973 (9 g) |
| Mike Gonzalez | P | 2013 (75 g) | 2003–2006 (168 g) |
| Zach Duke | P | 2014 (74 g) | 2005–2010 (166 g) |
| Matt Stairs | OF | 2002 (107 g) | 2003 (121 g) |
| Yasmani Grandal | C | 2019 (153 g) | 2024 (72 g) |
| Ted Savage | OF | 1970–1971 (128 g) | 1963 (85 g) |
| Chris Duffy | OF | 2009 (19 g) | 2005–2007 (193 g) |
| Brian Shouse | P | 2006–2008 (201 g) | 1993 (6 g) |
| Brian Harper | C | 1994 (64 g) | 1982–1984 (127 g) |
| Dan Vogelbach | DH | 2020–2021 (112 g) | 2022 (75 g) |
| Kurt Bevacqua | 3B | 1975–1976 (116 g) | 1974, 1980–1981 (69 g) |
| Jerry Reuss | P | 1989 (7 g) | 1974–1978, 1990 (160 g) |
| Mark Smith | OF | 2003 (33 g) | 1997–1998 (130 g) |
| Steve Brye | OF | 1977 (94 g) | 1978 (66 g) |
| Paul Wagner | P | 1997–1998 (15 g) | 1992–1997 (144 g) |
| Danny Kolb | P | 2003–2004, 2006 (154 g) | 2007 (3 g) |
| Willie Randolph | 2B | 1991 (124 g) | 1975 (30 g) |
| Jose Veras | P | 2012 (72 g) | 2011 (79 g) |
| Pablo Reyes | OF | 2021–2022 (59 g) | 2018–2019 (89 g) |
| Travis Ishikawa | 1B | 2012 (94 g) | 2014–2015 (53 g) |
| Carlos Santana | 1B | 2023 (52 g) | 2023 (94 g) |
| Alberto Reyes | P | 1995–1999 (127 g) | 2002 (15 g) |
| Joe Oliver | C | 1995 (97 g) | 1999 (45 g) |
| Tom Gorzelanny | P | 2013–2014 (66 g) | 2005–2009 (76 g) |
| Josias Manzanillo | P | 1993 (10 g) | 2000–2002 (127 g) |
| Jeff Suppan | P | 2007–2010 (113 g) | 2003 (21 g) |
| Jody Gerut | OF | 2009–2010 (117 g) | 2005 (4 g) |
| Neal Heaton | P | 1992 (1 g) | 1989–1991 (120 g) |
| Bryse Wilson | P | 2023–2024 (87 g) | 2021–2022 (33 g) |
| Ron Villone | P | 1996–1997 (73 g) | 2002 (45 g) |
| Jason Rogers | 1B | 2014–2015 (94 g) | 2016 (23 g) |
| John Gelnar | P | 1969–1971 (95 g) | 1964, 1967 (17 g) |
| Nick Mears | P | 2024–2025 (76 g) | 2020–2022 (36 g) |
| Jeff D'Amico | P | 1996–1997, 1999–2001 (74 g) | 2003 (29 g) |
| Cesar Izturis | SS | 2012 (57 g) | 2007 (45 g) |
| Ken Brett | P | 1972 (31 g) | 1974–1975 (69 g) |
| Todd Ritchie | P | 2003 (5 g) | 1999–2001 (94 g) |
| Erik Kratz | C | 2018 (67 g) | 2010, 2016 (27 g) |
| Neftali Feliz | P | 2017 (29 g) | 2016 (62 g) |
| Danny Darwin | P | 1985–1986 (66 g) | 1996 (19 g) |
| Victor Santos | P | 2004–2005 (60 g) | 2006 (25 g) |
| Jhan Marinez | P | 2016–2017 (58 g) | 2017 (24 g) |
| Odell Jones | P | 1988 (28 g) | 1975, 1977–1978, 1981 (52 g) |
| Jake Elmore | SS | 2016 (59 g) | 2019 (20 g) |
| Rob Scahill | P | 2016–2017 (34 g) | 2015–2016 (43 g) |
| Bernie Carbo | OF | 1976 (69 g) | 1980 (7 g) |
| Elmer Dessens | P | 2007 (12 g) | 1996–1998 (61 g) |
| Julian Tavarez | P | 2008 (7 g) | 2003 (64 g) |
| Luis Cruz | 3B | 2010 (7 g) | 2008–2009 (49 g) |
| Rob Zastryzny | P | 2024–2025 (35 g) | 2023 (21 g) |
| Joakim Soria | P | 2018 (26 g) | 2015 (29 g) |
| Angel Perdomo | P | 2020–2021 (22 g) | 2023 (30 g) |
| Nelson Figueroa | P | 2002 (30 g) | 2003–2004 (22 g) |
| Billy McKinney | OF | 2021 (40 g) | 2024 (10 g) |
| Quinn Priester | P | 2025 (29 g) | 2023–2024 (20 g) |
| Jose Quintana | P | 2025 (24 g) | 2022 (20 g) |
| Mark Mathias | 2B | 2020, 2022 (22 g) | 2023 (22 g) |
| Brock Holt | 2B | 2020 (16 g) | 2012 (24 g) |
| Dana Eveland | P | 2005–2006 (36 g) | 2010 (3 g) |
| Doc Medich | P | 1982 (10 g) | 1976 (29 g) |
| Jordan Lyles | P | 2018–2019 (22 g) | 2019 (17 g) |
| Greg Hansell | P | 1997 (3 g) | 1999 (33 g) |
| Vinny Capra | 3B | 2024–2025 (27 g) | 2023 (9 g) |
| Ji-Man Choi | 1B | 2018 (12 g) | 2023 (23 g) |
| Juan Perez | P | 2012 (10 g) | 2006–2007 (24 g) |
| Wei-Chung Wang | P | 2014, 2017 (22 g) | 2019 (5 g) |
| Ray Krawczyk | P | 1989 (1 g) | 1984–1986 (24 g) |
| George Brunet | P | 1969 (12 g) | 1970 (12 g) |
| Josh Lindblom | P | 2020–2021 (20 g) | 2017 (4 g) |
| Shelby Miller | P | 2025 (11 g) | 2021 (10 g) |
| Andrew Susac | C | 2016–2017 (17 g) | 2020 (1 g) |
| Dave LaPoint | P | 1980 (5 g) | 1988 (8 g) |
| Deolis Guerra | P | 2019 (1 g) | 2015 (10 g) |
| Mike Zagurski | P | 2018 (2 g) | 2013 (6 g) |
| Matt Pagnozzi | C | 2014 (1 g) | 2011 (5 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.Brewers seasons include the Seattle Pilots (1969).Pirates seasons include the Pittsburg Alleghenys (1882–1890).
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Questions
How many players have played for both the Milwaukee Brewers and the Pittsburgh Pirates?
107 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1969 to 2025, including Andrew McCutchen, Jason Kendall, Dave Parker and Aramis Ramirez. 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?
Jim Pagliaroni: Pittsburgh Pirates first, then the Milwaukee Brewers from 1969.
Who has played for both recently?
Andrew McCutchen, Rowdy Tellez, Yasmani Grandal, Bryse Wilson, Nick Mears and Rob Zastryzny and 5 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. Brewers seasons include the Seattle Pilots (1969). Pirates seasons include the Pittsburg Alleghenys (1882–1890).
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