Milwaukee Brewers and San Diego Padres players: who played for both
Who played for both the Brewers and Padres?
113 players played for both the Milwaukee Brewers and the San Diego Padres between 1969 and 2025, including Greg Vaughn, Mark Loretta, Sixto Lezcano and Jeff Cirillo. 45 of them played for the Brewers first and 63 for the Padres first; 5 played for both in the same season.
Did you know?
- Roberto Peña is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Padres first, then the Brewers from 1970.
- Nestor Cortes is the most recent: Brewers first, then the Padres from 2025.
- Greg Vaughn played the most games across the two: 903 for the Brewers and 321 for the Padres.
- 13 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Jeff Cirillo.
- Most common positions on this list: P (47), OF (25), 2B (11), C (10).
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All 113 players, most games for the two first
| Player | Pos | Brewers | Padres |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Vaughn | OF | 1989–1996 (903 g) | 1996–1998 (321 g) |
| Mark Loretta | 2B | 1995–2002 (796 g) | 2003–2005 (413 g) |
| Sixto Lezcano | OF | 1974–1980 (785 g) | 1982–1983 (235 g) |
| Jeff Cirillo | 3B | 1994–1999, 2005–2006 (978 g) | 2004 (33 g) |
| Trevor Hoffman | P | 2009–2010 (105 g) | 1993–2008 (902 g) |
| Rob Deer | OF | 1986–1990 (667 g) | 1996 (25 g) |
| Mark Kotsay | OF | 2011 (104 g) | 2001–2003, 2012–2013 (586 g) |
| Ollie Brown | OF | 1972–1973 (163 g) | 1969–1972 (458 g) |
| Brady Clark | OF | 2003–2006 (549 g) | 2007 (21 g) |
| Mike Cameron | OF | 2008–2009 (269 g) | 2006–2007 (292 g) |
| Kurt Bevacqua | 3B | 1975–1976 (116 g) | 1979–1980, 1982–1985 (444 g) |
| Trent Grisham | OF | 2019 (51 g) | 2020–2023 (496 g) |
| Hunter Renfroe | OF | 2022 (125 g) | 2016–2019 (390 g) |
| Gary Sheffield | OF | 1988–1991 (294 g) | 1992–1993 (214 g) |
| Darrin Jackson | OF | 1997–1998 (140 g) | 1989–1992 (360 g) |
| Mark Sweeney | OF | 2000–2001 (119 g) | 1997–1998, 2002, 2005 (376 g) |
| Rollie Fingers | P | 1981–1982, 1984–1985 (177 g) | 1977–1980 (265 g) |
| Ted Kubiak | 2B | 1970–1971 (247 g) | 1975–1976 (183 g) |
| Cory Spangenberg | 3B | 2019 (32 g) | 2014–2018 (387 g) |
| Martin Maldonado | C | 2011–2016 (355 g) | 2025 (64 g) |
| Luis Urias | 2B | 2020–2023 (330 g) | 2018–2019 (83 g) |
| Jedd Gyorko | 2B | 2020 (43 g) | 2013–2015 (364 g) |
| Randy Ready | 2B | 1983–1986 (120 g) | 1986–1989 (267 g) |
| Jody Reed | 2B | 1994 (108 g) | 1995–1996 (277 g) |
| Roberto Peña | SS | 1970–1971 (234 g) | 1969 (139 g) |
| Yasmani Grandal | C | 2019 (153 g) | 2012–2014 (216 g) |
| Tony Gwynn | OF | 2006–2008 (130 g) | 2009–2010 (236 g) |
| Eric Young | 2B | 2002–2003 (247 g) | 2005–2006 (112 g) |
| Josh Hader | P | 2017–2022 (269 g) | 2022–2023 (80 g) |
| Mike Caldwell | P | 1977–1984 (240 g) | 1971–1973 (104 g) |
| Luis Lopez | SS | 2000–2002 (176 g) | 1993–1994, 1996 (157 g) |
| Scott Linebrink | P | 2007 (27 g) | 2003–2007 (306 g) |
| Eric Owens | OF | 1998 (34 g) | 1999–2000 (294 g) |
| Tony Fernandez | SS | 2001 (28 g) | 1991–1992 (300 g) |
| Von Joshua | OF | 1976–1977 (251 g) | 1980 (53 g) |
| Marc Newfield | OF | 1996–1998 (192 g) | 1995–1996 (105 g) |
| Carlos Villanueva | P | 2006–2010 (230 g) | 2016 (51 g) |
| Russell Branyan | 3B | 2004–2005, 2008 (186 g) | 2006–2007 (88 g) |
| Victor Caratini | C | 2022–2023 (158 g) | 2021 (116 g) |
| Mike Adams | P | 2004–2006 (61 g) | 2008–2011 (210 g) |
| John Vander Wal | OF | 2003 (117 g) | 1998–1999 (152 g) |
| Henry Blanco | C | 2000–2001 (197 g) | 2009 (67 g) |
| Jace Peterson | 2B | 2020–2022 (233 g) | 2014 (27 g) |
| Jody Gerut | OF | 2009–2010 (117 g) | 2008–2009 (137 g) |
| Tom Lampkin | C | 1993 (73 g) | 1990–1992, 2002 (177 g) |
| Mark Davis | P | 1997 (19 g) | 1987–1989, 1993–1994 (230 g) |
| James Mouton | OF | 2000–2001 (162 g) | 1998 (55 g) |
| Jesse Orosco | P | 1992–1994 (156 g) | 2003 (42 g) |
| Matt Stairs | OF | 2002 (107 g) | 2010 (78 g) |
| Brad Boxberger | P | 2021–2022 (141 g) | 2012–2013 (42 g) |
| Ben Gamel | OF | 2019–2020 (174 g) | 2023 (6 g) |
| Dickie Thon | SS | 1993 (85 g) | 1988 (95 g) |
| Gary Bennett | C | 2004 (75 g) | 2003 (96 g) |
| Jerry Hairston | 2B | 2011 (45 g) | 2010 (119 g) |
| Ricky Bones | P | 1992–1996 (153 g) | 1991 (11 g) |
| Gary Sanchez | C | 2024 (89 g) | 2023 (72 g) |
| Luis Perdomo | P | 2022 (14 g) | 2016–2020 (134 g) |
| Bryce Florie | P | 1996–1997 (47 g) | 1994–1996 (95 g) |
| Will Cunnane | P | 2001 (32 g) | 1997–2000 (109 g) |
| Gary Sutherland | 2B | 1976 (59 g) | 1977 (80 g) |
| Mike Rivera | C | 2006–2009, 2011 (120 g) | 2003 (19 g) |
| Zach Davies | P | 2015–2019 (115 g) | 2020 (12 g) |
| Eric Lauer | P | 2020–2023 (69 g) | 2018–2019 (53 g) |
| Jeff Suppan | P | 2007–2010 (113 g) | 2012 (8 g) |
| Randy Wolf | P | 2010–2012 (95 g) | 2008 (24 g) |
| Ron Villone | P | 1996–1997 (73 g) | 1995–1996 (40 g) |
| Chris Jones | OF | 2000 (12 g) | 1997 (92 g) |
| Luke Voit | 1B | 2023 (22 g) | 2022 (82 g) |
| Tom Tellmann | P | 1983–1984 (94 g) | 1979–1980 (7 g) |
| Yorvit Torrealba | C | 2012 (5 g) | 2010 (95 g) |
| Jim Edmonds | OF | 2010 (73 g) | 2008 (26 g) |
| Luis Sardinas | SS | 2015 (36 g) | 2016–2017 (63 g) |
| Danny Frisella | P | 1976 (32 g) | 1975 (65 g) |
| Blaine Boyer | P | 2016 (61 g) | 2014 (32 g) |
| Will Middlebrooks | 3B | 2016 (10 g) | 2015 (83 g) |
| Drew Pomeranz | P | 2019 (25 g) | 2016, 2020–2021 (64 g) |
| Jhoulys Chacin | P | 2018–2019 (55 g) | 2017 (34 g) |
| Colin Rea | P | 2021, 2023–2024 (59 g) | 2015–2016 (27 g) |
| Kevin Barker | 1B | 1999–2000 (78 g) | 2002 (7 g) |
| Glendon Rusch | P | 2002–2003 (70 g) | 2008 (12 g) |
| Mike Matthews | P | 2002 (4 g) | 2003 (77 g) |
| Rich Folkers | P | 1977 (3 g) | 1975–1976 (78 g) |
| Brandon Lockridge | OF | 2025 (20 g) | 2024–2025 (59 g) |
| Taylor Williams | P | 2017–2019 (73 g) | 2020–2021 (6 g) |
| Bill Krueger | P | 1989–1990 (64 g) | 1994–1995 (14 g) |
| Josh Wilson | SS | 2011 (54 g) | 2009 (16 g) |
| Cody Ransom | SS | 2012 (64 g) | 2013 (5 g) |
| Santiago Perez | SS | 2000 (24 g) | 2001 (43 g) |
| Taylor Rogers | P | 2022 (24 g) | 2022 (42 g) |
| Fred Stanley | SS | 1969–1970 (23 g) | 1972 (39 g) |
| Nelson Cruz | DH | 2005 (8 g) | 2023 (49 g) |
| Wil Nieves | C | 2011 (20 g) | 2002, 2015 (34 g) |
| Jordan Lyles | P | 2018–2019 (22 g) | 2017–2018 (31 g) |
| Eric Yardley | P | 2020–2021 (41 g) | 2019 (10 g) |
| Javy Guerra | P | 2023 (8 g) | 2018–2022 (41 g) |
| Jim Bruske | P | 2000 (15 g) | 1997–1998 (33 g) |
| Brooks Conrad | 3B | 2012 (25 g) | 2014 (13 g) |
| Jay Jackson | P | 2019 (28 g) | 2015 (6 g) |
| Dave LaPoint | P | 1980 (5 g) | 1986 (24 g) |
| Ji-Man Choi | 1B | 2018 (12 g) | 2023 (16 g) |
| Irving Falu | 2B | 2014 (11 g) | 2014 (11 g) |
| Brandon Kolb | P | 2001 (10 g) | 2000 (11 g) |
| Ken Reynolds | P | 1973 (2 g) | 1976 (19 g) |
| Terry Burrows | P | 1996 (8 g) | 1997 (13 g) |
| Burch Smith | P | 2019 (7 g) | 2013 (10 g) |
| Esteury Ruiz | OF | 2022 (3 g) | 2022 (14 g) |
| Frankie De La Cruz | P | 2011 (11 g) | 2009 (3 g) |
| Jim Tatum | 1B | 1992 (5 g) | 1996 (5 g) |
| Nestor Cortes | P | 2025 (2 g) | 2025 (6 g) |
| Dick Selma | P | 1974 (2 g) | 1969 (4 g) |
| Jimmy Osting | P | 2002 (3 g) | 2001 (3 g) |
| Tyler Webb | P | 2017 (2 g) | 2018 (4 g) |
| Michael Kirkman | P | 2016 (1 g) | 2016 (1 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).
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Questions
How many players have played for both the Milwaukee Brewers and the San Diego Padres?
113 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1969 to 2025, including Greg Vaughn, Mark Loretta, Sixto Lezcano and Jeff Cirillo. 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?
Roberto Peña: San Diego Padres first, then the Milwaukee Brewers from 1970.
Who has played for both recently?
Martin Maldonado, Gary Sanchez, Colin Rea, Brandon Lockridge and Nestor Cortes, 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).
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