Minnesota Twins and San Francisco Giants players: who played for both
Who played for both the Twins and Giants?
130 players played for both the Minnesota Twins and the San Francisco Giants between 1901 and 2025, including Chili Davis, Chris Speier, Dan Gladden and Denard Span. 55 of them played for the Twins first and 70 for the Giants first; 5 played for both in the same season.
Did you know?
- Bill Carrick is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Giants first, then the Twins from 1901.
- Steven Okert is the most recent: Giants first, then the Twins from 2024.
- Chili Davis played the most games across the two: 291 for the Twins and 874 for the Giants.
- 17 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Chris Speier.
- Most common positions on this list: P (71), OF (19), C (16), 2B (9).
How many can you name?
Name players who played for both the Twins and the Giants. The surname is enough. 0 / 130
All 130 players, most games for the two first
| Player | Pos | Twins | Giants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chili Davis | OF | 1991–1992 (291 g) | 1981–1987 (874 g) |
| Chris Speier | SS | 1984 (12 g) | 1971–1977, 1987–1989 (1114 g) |
| Dan Gladden | OF | 1987–1991 (645 g) | 1983–1986 (348 g) |
| Denard Span | OF | 2008–2012 (589 g) | 2016–2017 (272 g) |
| George Browne | OF | 1909–1910 (109 g) | 1902–1907 (719 g) |
| Jack Doyle | 1B | 1902 (78 g) | 1892–1895, 1898–1900, 1902 (746 g) |
| Jack Warner | C | 1906–1908 (157 g) | 1896–1901, 1903–1904 (624 g) |
| Irish Meusel | OF | 1914 (1 g) | 1921–1926 (765 g) |
| Gil Coan | OF | 1946–1953 (733 g) | 1955–1956 (13 g) |
| Shanty Hogan | C | 1936–1937 (40 g) | 1928–1932 (618 g) |
| Eddie Ainsmith | C | 1910–1918 (623 g) | 1924 (10 g) |
| Glenn Adams | DH | 1977–1981 (501 g) | 1975–1976 (130 g) |
| Joe Nathan | P | 2004–2009, 2011 (460 g) | 1999–2000, 2002–2003, 2016 (128 g) |
| Sergio Romo | P | 2019–2020 (51 g) | 2008–2016 (515 g) |
| A. J. Pierzynski | C | 1998–2003 (430 g) | 2004 (131 g) |
| Rob Wilfong | 2B | 1977–1982 (554 g) | 1987 (2 g) |
| Al Worthington | P | 1964–1969 (327 g) | 1953–1954, 1956–1959 (209 g) |
| LaMonte Wade | 1B | 2019–2020 (42 g) | 2021–2025 (488 g) |
| Charlie Hickman | 1B | 1905–1907 (272 g) | 1900–1901 (239 g) |
| Firpo Marberry | P | 1923–1932, 1936 (470 g) | 1936 (1 g) |
| Ehire Adrianza | SS | 2017–2020 (312 g) | 2013–2016 (154 g) |
| Kip Selbach | OF | 1903–1904 (188 g) | 1900–1901 (266 g) |
| Taylor Rogers | P | 2016–2021 (319 g) | 2023–2024 (124 g) |
| William Clarke | C | 1901–1904 (408 g) | 1905 (31 g) |
| LaTroy Hawkins | P | 1995–2003 (366 g) | 2005 (45 g) |
| Roy Spencer | C | 1929–1932 (390 g) | 1936 (19 g) |
| George Myatt | 2B | 1943–1947 (342 g) | 1938–1939 (65 g) |
| Dustan Mohr | OF | 2001–2003 (261 g) | 2004 (117 g) |
| Donovan Solano | 2B | 2023 (134 g) | 2019–2021 (236 g) |
| Eduardo Nunez | 3B | 2014–2016 (235 g) | 2016–2017 (126 g) |
| Mike Grady | C | 1901 (94 g) | 1898–1900 (263 g) |
| Zeke Bonura | 1B | 1938, 1940 (216 g) | 1939 (123 g) |
| Wayne Terwilliger | 2B | 1953–1954 (240 g) | 1955–1956 (94 g) |
| Mickey Grasso | C | 1950–1953 (303 g) | 1946, 1955 (15 g) |
| Ruben Gomez | P | 1962 (6 g) | 1953–1958 (306 g) |
| Billy Gardner | 2B | 1960–1961 (190 g) | 1954–1955 (121 g) |
| Ron Davis | P | 1982–1986 (286 g) | 1988 (9 g) |
| Jim Delahanty | 2B | 1907–1909 (283 g) | 1902 (7 g) |
| Jeff Reed | C | 1984–1986 (93 g) | 1993–1995 (182 g) |
| Jose Mijares | P | 2008–2011 (186 g) | 2012–2013 (87 g) |
| Dave McCarty | 1B | 1993–1995 (167 g) | 1995–1996 (103 g) |
| Juan Berenguer | P | 1987–1990 (211 g) | 1986 (46 g) |
| Clarence Foster | OF | 1901 (103 g) | 1898–1900 (147 g) |
| Red Kress | SS | 1934–1936 (249 g) | 1946 (1 g) |
| Michael Jackson | P | 2002 (58 g) | 1992–1994 (184 g) |
| Bump Hadley | P | 1926–1931, 1935 (233 g) | 1941 (3 g) |
| Kevin Correia | P | 2013–2014 (55 g) | 2003–2008 (170 g) |
| Aaron Fultz | P | 2004 (55 g) | 2000–2002 (168 g) |
| Jim Dwyer | OF | 1988–1990 (145 g) | 1978 (73 g) |
| Jack Bentley | P | 1913–1916 (39 g) | 1923–1927 (173 g) |
| Alex Kampouris | 2B | 1943 (51 g) | 1938–1939 (156 g) |
| Jay Canizaro | 2B | 2000, 2002 (140 g) | 1996, 1999 (55 g) |
| Dick Coffman | P | 1927, 1932 (27 g) | 1936–1939 (163 g) |
| Clyde Kluttz | C | 1951–1952 (111 g) | 1945–1946 (78 g) |
| Bobo Newsom | P | 1935–1937, 1942–1943, 1946–1947, 1952 (169 g) | 1948 (11 g) |
| Sam Dyson | P | 2019 (12 g) | 2017–2019 (161 g) |
| Ken Chase | P | 1936–1941 (147 g) | 1943 (23 g) |
| Bill Carrick | P | 1901–1902 (75 g) | 1898–1900 (94 g) |
| Cory Gearrin | P | 2020 (1 g) | 2015–2018 (166 g) |
| Steve Bedrosian | P | 1991 (56 g) | 1989–1990 (108 g) |
| Terry Mulholland | P | 2004–2005 (88 g) | 1986, 1988–1989, 1995, 1997 (74 g) |
| Red Killefer | OF | 1909–1910 (144 g) | 1916 (2 g) |
| Zack Littell | P | 2018–2020 (43 g) | 2021–2022 (102 g) |
| Livan Hernandez | P | 2008 (23 g) | 1999–2002 (116 g) |
| Win Mercer | P | 1901 (51 g) | 1900 (76 g) |
| Eric Erickson | P | 1919–1922 (121 g) | 1914 (1 g) |
| Bud Byerly | P | 1956–1958 (89 g) | 1959–1960 (30 g) |
| Derek Law | P | 2021 (9 g) | 2016–2018 (109 g) |
| Tom Herr | 2B | 1988 (86 g) | 1991 (32 g) |
| Francisco Oliveras | P | 1989 (12 g) | 1990–1992 (104 g) |
| Steven Okert | P | 2024 (44 g) | 2016–2018 (70 g) |
| Mark Portugal | P | 1985–1988 (72 g) | 1994–1995 (38 g) |
| Tyler Austin | 1B | 2018–2019 (37 g) | 2019 (70 g) |
| Ron Samford | SS | 1959 (91 g) | 1954 (12 g) |
| Sandy Consuegra | P | 1950–1953 (98 g) | 1957 (4 g) |
| Ducky Holmes | OF | 1903 (21 g) | 1897 (80 g) |
| Orlando Cabrera | SS | 2009 (59 g) | 2011 (39 g) |
| Don Carrithers | P | 1977 (7 g) | 1970–1973 (87 g) |
| Marcus Jensen | C | 2000 (52 g) | 1996–1997 (39 g) |
| Mike McCormick | OF | 1951 (81 g) | 1950 (4 g) |
| Paul Giel | P | 1961 (15 g) | 1954–1955, 1958 (69 g) |
| Bill Hands | P | 1973–1974 (74 g) | 1965 (4 g) |
| Joe Roa | P | 2004 (48 g) | 1997 (28 g) |
| Luis Quinones | 3B | 1992 (3 g) | 1986 (71 g) |
| Mickey Livingston | C | 1938 (2 g) | 1947–1949 (69 g) |
| Don Johnson | P | 1951–1952 (50 g) | 1958 (17 g) |
| Greg Johnston | OF | 1980–1981 (21 g) | 1979 (42 g) |
| Hugh McMullen | C | 1928 (1 g) | 1925–1926 (62 g) |
| Ron Kline | P | 1967 (54 g) | 1969 (7 g) |
| Fernando Abad | P | 2016 (39 g) | 2019 (21 g) |
| Earl Rapp | OF | 1952 (46 g) | 1951 (13 g) |
| Steve Holm | C | 2011 (6 g) | 2008–2009 (53 g) |
| Jim Deshaies | P | 1993–1994 (52 g) | 1993 (5 g) |
| Dereck Rodriguez | P | 2022–2023 (3 g) | 2018–2020 (52 g) |
| Ewald Pyle | P | 1943 (18 g) | 1944–1945 (37 g) |
| Dan Schatzeder | P | 1987–1988 (40 g) | 1982 (13 g) |
| Shaun Anderson | P | 2021 (4 g) | 2019–2020 (46 g) |
| Georges Maranda | P | 1962 (32 g) | 1960 (17 g) |
| Bill Morrell | P | 1926 (26 g) | 1930–1931 (22 g) |
| Jim Constable | P | 1958 (15 g) | 1956–1958, 1963 (32 g) |
| Tex Jeanes | OF | 1925–1926 (36 g) | 1927 (11 g) |
| Al Gettel | P | 1949 (16 g) | 1951 (30 g) |
| Jay Jackson | P | 2024 (20 g) | 2021 (23 g) |
| Jim Mallory | OF | 1940 (4 g) | 1945 (37 g) |
| Jack Hendricks | OF | 1903 (32 g) | 1902 (8 g) |
| Randy Hundley | C | 1974 (32 g) | 1964–1965 (8 g) |
| Chris Heston | P | 2017 (1 g) | 2014–2016 (38 g) |
| Matt Wisler | P | 2020 (18 g) | 2021 (21 g) |
| Jharel Cotton | P | 2022 (25 g) | 2022 (5 g) |
| Matt Kinney | P | 2000, 2002 (22 g) | 2005 (5 g) |
| Nick Vincent | P | 2021 (7 g) | 2019 (18 g) |
| Alejandro Sanchez | OF | 1986 (8 g) | 1984 (13 g) |
| Mickey O'Neil | C | 1927 (5 g) | 1927 (16 g) |
| Ralph Judd | P | 1927 (1 g) | 1929–1930 (20 g) |
| Bullet Joe Bush | P | 1926 (17 g) | 1927 (3 g) |
| Kyle Barraclough | P | 2021 (10 g) | 2019 (10 g) |
| Keith Comstock | P | 1984 (4 g) | 1987 (15 g) |
| Steve Carlton | P | 1987–1988 (13 g) | 1986 (6 g) |
| Aaron Sanchez | P | 2022 (8 g) | 2021 (9 g) |
| Neil Ramirez | P | 2016 (8 g) | 2017 (9 g) |
| Sidney Ponson | P | 2007 (7 g) | 2003 (10 g) |
| Buck Jordan | 1B | 1931 (9 g) | 1927, 1929 (7 g) |
| Emilio Palmero | P | 1926 (7 g) | 1915–1916 (8 g) |
| Greg Brummett | P | 1993 (5 g) | 1993 (8 g) |
| Andrew Vasquez | P | 2018–2019 (10 g) | 2022 (1 g) |
| Willis Hudlin | P | 1940 (8 g) | 1940 (1 g) |
| Greg Booker | P | 1989 (6 g) | 1990 (2 g) |
| Bull Durham | P | 1907 (2 g) | 1908–1909 (5 g) |
| Eric Hacker | P | 2011 (2 g) | 2012 (4 g) |
| Garland Buckeye | P | 1918 (1 g) | 1928 (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.Twins seasons include the Washington Senators (1901–1960).Giants seasons include the New York Gothams (1883–1884) and New York Giants (1885–1957).
What next? Play today's MLB Grid
Fill a 3×3 board of team pairs like this one, with nine guesses and a rarity score. New board every day.
More “played for both” lists
Minnesota Twins and…
Red Sox 256Orioles 247Guardians 238Yankees 223Tigers 202Athletics 194White Sox 194Dodgers 179Cubs 172Phillies 167
Questions
How many players have played for both the Minnesota Twins and the San Francisco Giants?
130 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1901 to 2025, including Chili Davis, Chris Speier, Dan Gladden and Denard Span. 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?
Bill Carrick: San Francisco Giants first, then the Minnesota Twins from 1901.
Who has played for both recently?
LaMonte Wade, Taylor Rogers, Steven Okert and Jay Jackson, 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. Twins seasons include the Washington Senators (1901–1960). Giants seasons include the New York Gothams (1883–1884) and New York Giants (1885–1957).
Careers from the SABR Lahman Baseball Database (CC BY-SA 3.0). Team logos are trademarks of their respective teams (logos via TheSportsDB). Independent and not affiliated with MLB or any team. Credits