Milwaukee Brewers and San Francisco Giants players: who played for both
Who played for both the Brewers and Giants?
102 players played for both the Milwaukee Brewers and the San Francisco Giants between 1969 and 2025, including Darryl Hamilton, Jeffrey Leonard, Bill Hall and Marquis Grissom. 47 of them played for the Brewers first and 49 for the Giants first; 6 played for both in the same season.
Did you know?
- Bob Burda is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Giants first, then the Brewers from 1970.
- Willy Adames is the most recent: Brewers first, then the Giants from 2025.
- Darryl Hamilton played the most games across the two: 666 for the Brewers and 222 for the Giants.
- 10 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Darryl Hamilton.
- Most common positions on this list: P (43), OF (29), C (8), 2B (7).
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All 102 players, most games for the two first
| Player | Pos | Brewers | Giants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darryl Hamilton | OF | 1988, 1990–1995 (666 g) | 1997–1998 (222 g) |
| Jeffrey Leonard | OF | 1988 (94 g) | 1981–1988 (789 g) |
| Bill Hall | 3B | 2002–2009 (831 g) | 2011 (16 g) |
| Marquis Grissom | OF | 1998–2000 (442 g) | 2003–2005 (338 g) |
| Ray Durham | 2B | 2008 (41 g) | 2003–2008 (734 g) |
| Rob Deer | OF | 1986–1990 (667 g) | 1984–1985 (91 g) |
| Mike Felder | OF | 1985–1990 (455 g) | 1991–1992 (277 g) |
| Felipe Alou | OF | 1974 (3 g) | 1958–1963 (719 g) |
| Willy Adames | SS | 2021–2024 (548 g) | 2025 (160 g) |
| Ernie Riles | SS | 1985–1988 (385 g) | 1988–1990 (293 g) |
| Royce Clayton | SS | 2003 (146 g) | 1991–1995 (506 g) |
| Mike Matheny | C | 1994–1998 (445 g) | 2005–2006 (181 g) |
| Candy Maldonado | OF | 1991 (34 g) | 1986–1989 (522 g) |
| Casey McGehee | 3B | 2009–2011 (428 g) | 2015 (49 g) |
| Scooter Gennett | 2B | 2013–2016 (456 g) | 2019 (21 g) |
| Jim Wohlford | OF | 1977–1979 (238 g) | 1980–1982 (238 g) |
| Ollie Brown | OF | 1972–1973 (163 g) | 1965–1968 (281 g) |
| Travis Ishikawa | 1B | 2012 (94 g) | 2006, 2008–2010, 2014–2015 (334 g) |
| Von Joshua | OF | 1976–1977 (251 g) | 1975–1976 (171 g) |
| Nori Aoki | OF | 2012–2013 (306 g) | 2015 (93 g) |
| Frank Linzy | P | 1972–1973 (89 g) | 1963, 1965–1970 (308 g) |
| Bobby Bolin | P | 1970 (32 g) | 1961–1969 (346 g) |
| Mike Caldwell | P | 1977–1984 (240 g) | 1974–1976 (119 g) |
| Charlie Hayes | 3B | 2000 (121 g) | 1988–1989, 1998–1999 (216 g) |
| Will Smith | P | 2014–2016 (181 g) | 2016, 2018–2019 (143 g) |
| Mark Sweeney | OF | 2000–2001 (119 g) | 2006–2007 (190 g) |
| Bob Heise | SS | 1971–1973 (212 g) | 1970–1971 (80 g) |
| Kevin Bass | OF | 1982 (18 g) | 1990–1992 (274 g) |
| Hunter Strickland | P | 2021 (35 g) | 2014–2018 (253 g) |
| Doug Henry | P | 1991–1994 (179 g) | 1997, 2000 (102 g) |
| Eric Young | 2B | 2002–2003 (247 g) | 2003 (26 g) |
| Bob Burda | 1B | 1970 (78 g) | 1965–1966, 1969–1970 (193 g) |
| Darin Ruf | 1B | 2023 (11 g) | 2020–2023 (256 g) |
| Andrew McCutchen | OF | 2022 (134 g) | 2018 (130 g) |
| Jeffrey Hammonds | OF | 2001–2003 (187 g) | 2003–2004 (76 g) |
| Mark Davis | P | 1997 (19 g) | 1983–1987 (231 g) |
| Dave Burba | P | 2003–2004 (62 g) | 1992–1995, 2004 (177 g) |
| Yorvit Torrealba | C | 2012 (5 g) | 2001–2005 (220 g) |
| David Bell | 3B | 2006 (53 g) | 2002 (154 g) |
| Alex Sanchez | OF | 2001–2003 (185 g) | 2005 (19 g) |
| Tom Lampkin | C | 1993 (73 g) | 1995–1996 (131 g) |
| Julian Tavarez | P | 2008 (7 g) | 1997–1999 (196 g) |
| Guillermo Mota | P | 2008 (58 g) | 2010–2012 (134 g) |
| Mauricio Dubon | OF | 2019 (2 g) | 2019–2022 (177 g) |
| Cody Ransom | SS | 2012 (64 g) | 2001–2004 (114 g) |
| Gerardo Parra | OF | 2014–2015 (146 g) | 2019 (30 g) |
| Ray Sadecki | P | 1976 (36 g) | 1966–1969 (136 g) |
| Alex Diaz | OF | 1992–1994 (133 g) | 1998 (34 g) |
| John Vander Wal | OF | 2003 (117 g) | 2001 (49 g) |
| Vic Harris | 2B | 1980 (34 g) | 1977–1978 (122 g) |
| Taylor Rogers | P | 2022 (24 g) | 2023–2024 (124 g) |
| Stephen Vogt | C | 2017 (45 g) | 2019 (99 g) |
| Livan Hernandez | P | 2012 (26 g) | 1999–2002 (116 g) |
| Lary Sorensen | P | 1977–1980 (129 g) | 1988 (12 g) |
| Dick Schofield | SS | 1971 (23 g) | 1965–1966 (112 g) |
| Vinnie Chulk | P | 2012 (7 g) | 2006–2008 (112 g) |
| Jimmy Rosario | OF | 1976 (15 g) | 1971–1972 (100 g) |
| LaTroy Hawkins | P | 2010–2011 (70 g) | 2005 (45 g) |
| Jamey Wright | P | 2000–2002 (79 g) | 2006 (35 g) |
| Aaron Hill | 2B | 2016 (78 g) | 2017 (34 g) |
| Trevor Gott | P | 2022 (45 g) | 2019–2020 (65 g) |
| Danny Darwin | P | 1985–1986 (66 g) | 1997–1998 (43 g) |
| Andrew Susac | C | 2016–2017 (17 g) | 2014–2015 (87 g) |
| John Morris | P | 1969–1971 (69 g) | 1972–1974 (31 g) |
| Salomon Torres | P | 2008 (71 g) | 1993–1995 (28 g) |
| Jake McGee | P | 2022 (6 g) | 2021–2022 (86 g) |
| Randy Lerch | P | 1981–1982 (44 g) | 1983–1984 (44 g) |
| Tyler Austin | 1B | 2019 (17 g) | 2019 (70 g) |
| Steve Whitaker | OF | 1969 (69 g) | 1970 (16 g) |
| Wayne Franklin | P | 2002–2003 (40 g) | 2004 (43 g) |
| Erik Kratz | C | 2018 (67 g) | 2019 (15 g) |
| Jose Cardenal | OF | 1971 (53 g) | 1963–1964 (29 g) |
| Mark Canha | OF | 2023 (50 g) | 2024 (32 g) |
| Jakob Junis | P | 2024 (10 g) | 2022–2023 (63 g) |
| Mark Leiter | P | 2001 (20 g) | 1995–1996 (53 g) |
| Matt Kinney | P | 2003–2004 (65 g) | 2005 (5 g) |
| Jandel Gustave | P | 2021–2022 (41 g) | 2019 (23 g) |
| Daniel Robertson | 2B | 2021 (50 g) | 2020 (13 g) |
| Jeff Juden | P | 1998 (24 g) | 1996 (36 g) |
| Leo Estrella | P | 2003 (58 g) | 2004 (2 g) |
| Marcus Jensen | C | 1998, 2002 (18 g) | 1996–1997 (39 g) |
| Chris Jones | OF | 2000 (12 g) | 1998 (43 g) |
| Jay Jackson | P | 2019 (28 g) | 2021 (23 g) |
| Drew Pomeranz | P | 2019 (25 g) | 2019 (21 g) |
| Ray Black | P | 2019–2020 (18 g) | 2018–2019 (28 g) |
| Bronswell Patrick | P | 1998 (32 g) | 1999 (6 g) |
| Steve Barber | P | 1969 (25 g) | 1974 (13 g) |
| Lewis Brinson | OF | 2017 (21 g) | 2022 (16 g) |
| Dave LaPoint | P | 1980 (5 g) | 1985 (31 g) |
| Justin Smoak | 1B | 2020 (33 g) | 2020 (3 g) |
| Floyd Wicker | OF | 1970–1971 (26 g) | 1971 (9 g) |
| Scott Linebrink | P | 2007 (27 g) | 2000 (3 g) |
| Jose Quintana | P | 2025 (24 g) | 2021 (5 g) |
| Mark Mathias | 2B | 2020, 2022 (22 g) | 2023 (5 g) |
| Andy Allanson | C | 1992 (9 g) | 1993 (13 g) |
| Rafael Novoa | P | 1993 (15 g) | 1990 (7 g) |
| Michael Reed | OF | 2015–2016 (15 g) | 2019 (4 g) |
| Burch Smith | P | 2019 (7 g) | 2019 (10 g) |
| Brad Komminsk | OF | 1987 (7 g) | 1990 (8 g) |
| Shelby Miller | P | 2025 (11 g) | 2022 (4 g) |
| Neil Ramirez | P | 2016 (2 g) | 2017 (9 g) |
| Mitch White | P | 2024 (6 g) | 2024 (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.Brewers seasons include the Seattle Pilots (1969).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 Milwaukee Brewers and the San Francisco Giants?
102 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1969 to 2025, including Darryl Hamilton, Jeffrey Leonard, Bill Hall and Marquis Grissom. 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?
Bob Burda: San Francisco Giants first, then the Milwaukee Brewers from 1970.
Who has played for both recently?
Willy Adames, Taylor Rogers, Mark Canha, Jakob Junis, Jose Quintana and Shelby Miller 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. Brewers seasons include the Seattle Pilots (1969). Giants seasons include the New York Gothams (1883–1884) and New York Giants (1885–1957).
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