New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies players: who played for both
Who played for both the Mets and Phillies?
147 players played for both the New York Mets and the Philadelphia Phillies between 1962 and 2025, including Richie Ashburn, Larry Bowa, Bud Harrelson and Bobby Abreu. 62 of them played for the Mets first and 81 for the Phillies first; 4 played for both in the same season.
Did you know?
- Bobby Smith is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Phillies first, then the Mets from 1962.
- Harrison Bader is the most recent: Mets first, then the Phillies from 2025.
- Richie Ashburn played the most games across the two: 135 for the Mets and 1,794 for the Phillies.
- 23 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Willie Montanez.
- Most common positions on this list: P (72), OF (29), SS (13), C (11).
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All 147 players, most games for the two first
| Player | Pos | Mets | Phillies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richie Ashburn | OF | 1962 (135 g) | 1948–1959 (1794 g) |
| Larry Bowa | SS | 1985 (14 g) | 1970–1981 (1739 g) |
| Bud Harrelson | SS | 1965–1977 (1322 g) | 1978–1979 (124 g) |
| Bobby Abreu | OF | 2014 (78 g) | 1998–2006 (1353 g) |
| Lenny Dykstra | OF | 1985–1989 (544 g) | 1989–1996 (734 g) |
| Gregg Jefferies | 1B | 1987–1991 (465 g) | 1995–1998 (473 g) |
| Juan Samuel | 2B | 1989 (86 g) | 1983–1989 (852 g) |
| Willie Montanez | 1B | 1978–1979 (268 g) | 1970–1975, 1982 (651 g) |
| Wally Backman | 2B | 1980–1988 (765 g) | 1991–1992 (136 g) |
| Tug McGraw | P | 1965–1967, 1969–1974 (363 g) | 1975–1984 (463 g) |
| John Stearns | C | 1975–1984 (809 g) | 1974 (1 g) |
| Del Unser | OF | 1975–1976 (224 g) | 1973–1974, 1979–1982 (550 g) |
| Marlon Anderson | 2B | 2005, 2007–2009 (257 g) | 1998–2002 (479 g) |
| Rico Brogna | 1B | 1994–1996 (228 g) | 1997–2000 (496 g) |
| Todd Pratt | C | 1997–2001 (276 g) | 1992–1994, 2001–2005 (299 g) |
| Todd Zeile | 3B | 2000–2001, 2004 (441 g) | 1996 (134 g) |
| Kevin Elster | SS | 1986–1992 (537 g) | 1995 (26 g) |
| John Mayberry | OF | 2015 (59 g) | 2009–2014 (500 g) |
| Marlon Byrd | OF | 2013 (117 g) | 2002–2005, 2014 (410 g) |
| Jeurys Familia | P | 2012–2021 (469 g) | 2022 (38 g) |
| Jerry Martin | OF | 1984 (51 g) | 1974–1978 (444 g) |
| Ed Bouchee | 1B | 1962 (50 g) | 1956–1960 (410 g) |
| Desi Relaford | SS | 2001 (120 g) | 1996–2000 (320 g) |
| Roger McDowell | P | 1985–1989 (281 g) | 1989–1991 (154 g) |
| Jerry Koosman | P | 1967–1978 (376 g) | 1984–1985 (55 g) |
| Endy Chavez | OF | 2006–2008 (337 g) | 2005 (91 g) |
| Asdrubal Cabrera | SS | 2016–2018 (374 g) | 2018 (49 g) |
| Frank Thomas | OF | 1962–1964 (342 g) | 1964–1965 (74 g) |
| Ty Wigginton | 3B | 2002–2004 (288 g) | 2012 (125 g) |
| Chico Fernandez | SS | 1963 (58 g) | 1957–1959 (342 g) |
| Richie Hebner | 3B | 1979 (136 g) | 1977–1978 (255 g) |
| Ricky Bottalico | P | 2004 (60 g) | 1994–1998, 2001–2002 (330 g) |
| Charley Smith | 3B | 1964–1965 (262 g) | 1961 (112 g) |
| Tom Herr | 2B | 1990–1991 (97 g) | 1989–1990 (270 g) |
| Turk Wendell | P | 1997–2001 (285 g) | 2001, 2003 (77 g) |
| Aaron Altherr | OF | 2019 (26 g) | 2014–2019 (332 g) |
| Dennis Cook | P | 1998–2001 (255 g) | 1989–1990, 2001 (84 g) |
| Ricky Ledee | OF | 2006–2007 (44 g) | 2002–2004 (290 g) |
| Jay Bruce | OF | 2016–2018 (247 g) | 2019–2020 (83 g) |
| Don Hahn | OF | 1971–1974 (318 g) | 1975 (9 g) |
| Jeff Francoeur | OF | 2009–2010 (199 g) | 2015 (119 g) |
| Antonio Bastardo | P | 2016 (41 g) | 2009–2014 (275 g) |
| Darin Ruf | 1B | 2022 (29 g) | 2012–2016 (286 g) |
| Billy Wagner | P | 2006–2009 (183 g) | 2004–2005 (121 g) |
| Brian Schneider | C | 2008–2009 (169 g) | 2010–2012 (122 g) |
| Zack Wheeler | P | 2013–2014, 2017–2019 (130 g) | 2020–2025 (158 g) |
| Sid Fernandez | P | 1984–1993 (256 g) | 1995–1996 (22 g) |
| Chuck Hiller | 2B | 1965–1967 (233 g) | 1967 (31 g) |
| Dick Selma | P | 1965–1968 (120 g) | 1970–1973 (144 g) |
| Abraham Nunez | 3B | 2008 (2 g) | 2006–2007 (259 g) |
| Dave Gallagher | OF | 1992–1993 (197 g) | 1995 (62 g) |
| Wilson Valdez | SS | 2009 (41 g) | 2010–2011 (210 g) |
| Jake Diekman | P | 2024 (43 g) | 2012–2015 (191 g) |
| Wayne Twitchell | P | 1979 (33 g) | 1971–1977 (188 g) |
| Wilson Ramos | C | 2019–2020 (186 g) | 2018 (33 g) |
| Tim Corcoran | 1B | 1986 (6 g) | 1983–1985 (208 g) |
| Neil Walker | 2B | 2016–2017 (186 g) | 2020 (18 g) |
| Choo-Choo Coleman | C | 1962–1963, 1966 (167 g) | 1961 (34 g) |
| Dallas Green | P | 1966 (4 g) | 1960–1964, 1967 (189 g) |
| Harrison Bader | OF | 2024 (143 g) | 2025 (50 g) |
| Ricky Otero | OF | 1995 (35 g) | 1996–1997 (154 g) |
| Eric Valent | OF | 2004–2005 (158 g) | 2001–2002 (29 g) |
| Bobby Smith | OF | 1962 (8 g) | 1960–1961 (177 g) |
| Dick Stuart | 1B | 1966 (31 g) | 1965 (149 g) |
| Don Cardwell | P | 1967–1970 (103 g) | 1957–1960 (77 g) |
| Phil Linz | SS | 1967–1968 (102 g) | 1966–1967 (63 g) |
| Toby Borland | P | 1997 (13 g) | 1994–1996, 1998 (149 g) |
| Jose Cardenal | OF | 1979–1980 (37 g) | 1978–1979 (116 g) |
| Roberto Hernandez | P | 2005–2006 (89 g) | 2004 (63 g) |
| Julio Franco | SS | 2006–2007 (135 g) | 1982 (16 g) |
| Mike Maddux | P | 1993–1994 (85 g) | 1986–1989 (65 g) |
| Jim Lindeman | OF | 1994 (52 g) | 1991–1992 (94 g) |
| Pat Zachry | P | 1977–1982 (135 g) | 1985 (10 g) |
| Taijuan Walker | P | 2021–2022 (60 g) | 2023–2025 (84 g) |
| Nino Espinosa | P | 1974–1978 (80 g) | 1979–1981 (63 g) |
| Mac Scarce | P | 1975 (1 g) | 1972–1974 (141 g) |
| Robert Person | P | 1995–1996 (32 g) | 1999–2002 (109 g) |
| Kelly Stinnett | C | 1994–1995, 2006 (131 g) | 2003 (7 g) |
| Gregory Soto | P | 2025 (25 g) | 2023–2024 (112 g) |
| David West | P | 1988–1989 (13 g) | 1993–1996 (122 g) |
| Jack Hamilton | P | 1966–1967 (74 g) | 1962–1963 (60 g) |
| Noah Syndergaard | P | 2015–2019, 2021 (121 g) | 2022 (10 g) |
| Tommy Hunter | P | 2021–2023 (36 g) | 2018–2020 (94 g) |
| Greg Harris | P | 1981 (17 g) | 1988–1989 (110 g) |
| Miguel Cairo | 2B | 2005 (100 g) | 2009 (27 g) |
| Travis Jankowski | OF | 2022, 2025 (48 g) | 2021 (76 g) |
| Rod Barajas | C | 2010 (74 g) | 2007 (48 g) |
| Ty Kelly | OF | 2016–2018 (49 g) | 2017 (69 g) |
| Bill Almon | SS | 1980, 1987 (97 g) | 1988 (20 g) |
| Rick White | P | 2000–2001 (79 g) | 2006 (38 g) |
| Billy Cowan | OF | 1965 (82 g) | 1967 (34 g) |
| Cory Lidle | P | 1997 (54 g) | 2004–2006 (62 g) |
| Paul Byrd | P | 1995–1996 (55 g) | 1998–2001 (61 g) |
| Gary Bennett | C | 2001 (1 g) | 1995–1996, 1998–2001 (109 g) |
| Jason Pridie | OF | 2011 (101 g) | 2012 (9 g) |
| Jose Bautista | OF | 2018 (83 g) | 2018 (27 g) |
| Bobby Pfeil | 3B | 1969 (62 g) | 1971 (44 g) |
| Tom Gorman | P | 1982–1985 (98 g) | 1986 (8 g) |
| Dennis Bennett | P | 1967 (8 g) | 1962–1964 (95 g) |
| Roger Craig | P | 1962–1963 (88 g) | 1966 (14 g) |
| Yorkis Perez | P | 1997 (9 g) | 1998–1999 (92 g) |
| Jose Santiago | P | 2005 (4 g) | 2001–2002 (95 g) |
| Ronn Reynolds | C | 1982–1983, 1985 (54 g) | 1986 (43 g) |
| Joely Rodriguez | P | 2022 (55 g) | 2016–2017 (39 g) |
| David Robertson | P | 2023 (40 g) | 2019, 2022, 2025 (49 g) |
| Pedro Martinez | P | 2005–2008 (79 g) | 2009 (9 g) |
| Jerad Eickhoff | P | 2021 (6 g) | 2015–2019 (80 g) |
| Jose Offerman | SS | 2005 (53 g) | 2005 (33 g) |
| Ronny Cedeno | SS | 2012 (78 g) | 2014 (7 g) |
| Raul Valdes | P | 2010 (38 g) | 2012–2013 (44 g) |
| Roger Mason | P | 1994 (41 g) | 1993–1994 (40 g) |
| John Sullivan | C | 1967 (65 g) | 1968 (12 g) |
| Aaron Loup | P | 2021 (65 g) | 2018 (9 g) |
| David Newhan | OF | 2007 (56 g) | 2000–2001 (17 g) |
| Brad Hand | P | 2021 (16 g) | 2022 (55 g) |
| Fernando Salas | P | 2016–2017 (65 g) | 2019 (3 g) |
| Pedro Beato | P | 2011–2012 (67 g) | 2017 (1 g) |
| Nelson Figueroa | P | 2008–2009 (32 g) | 2001, 2010 (32 g) |
| Sam Coonrod | P | 2023 (10 g) | 2021–2022 (54 g) |
| Barry Jones | P | 1992 (17 g) | 1992 (44 g) |
| Dan Schatzeder | P | 1990 (6 g) | 1986–1987 (51 g) |
| Luis Avilan | P | 2019 (45 g) | 2018 (12 g) |
| Michael Tucker | OF | 2006 (35 g) | 2005 (22 g) |
| Jason Vargas | P | 2007, 2018–2019 (42 g) | 2019 (11 g) |
| Ramon Martinez | SS | 2008–2009 (19 g) | 2005 (33 g) |
| Jeff Conine | 1B | 2007 (21 g) | 2006 (28 g) |
| Ricardo Jordan | P | 1997 (22 g) | 1996 (26 g) |
| Chan Ho Park | P | 2007 (1 g) | 2009 (45 g) |
| Keith Hughes | OF | 1990 (8 g) | 1987 (37 g) |
| Bruce Chen | P | 2001–2002 (12 g) | 2000–2001 (31 g) |
| Jared Hughes | P | 2020 (18 g) | 2019 (25 g) |
| Chuck McElroy | P | 1999 (15 g) | 1989–1990 (27 g) |
| Gary Kroll | P | 1964–1965 (40 g) | 1964 (2 g) |
| Tyler Walker | P | 2002 (5 g) | 2009 (32 g) |
| Jimmie Schaffer | C | 1965 (24 g) | 1966–1967 (10 g) |
| Aaron Harang | P | 2013 (4 g) | 2015 (29 g) |
| Wayne Graham | 3B | 1964 (20 g) | 1963 (10 g) |
| Kane Davis | P | 2002 (16 g) | 2007 (11 g) |
| Heath Hembree | P | 2021 (15 g) | 2020 (11 g) |
| Adonis Medina | P | 2022 (14 g) | 2020–2021 (5 g) |
| John Lannan | P | 2014 (5 g) | 2013 (14 g) |
| Dan Boitano | P | 1981 (16 g) | 1978 (1 g) |
| Chris Devenski | P | 2025 (13 g) | 2022 (3 g) |
| Dennis Springer | P | 2000 (2 g) | 1995 (4 g) |
| Mickey Weston | P | 1993 (4 g) | 1992 (1 g) |
| Tom Edens | P | 1987 (2 g) | 1994 (3 g) |
| Vinny Nittoli | P | 2023 (3 g) | 2022 (2 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.Phillies seasons include the Philadelphia Quakers (1883–1889) and Philadelphia Blue Jays (1943–1944).
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Questions
How many players have played for both the New York Mets and the Philadelphia Phillies?
147 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1962 to 2025, including Richie Ashburn, Larry Bowa, Bud Harrelson and Bobby Abreu. 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?
Bobby Smith: Philadelphia Phillies first, then the New York Mets from 1962.
Who has played for both recently?
Zack Wheeler, Jake Diekman, Harrison Bader, Taijuan Walker, Gregory Soto and Travis Jankowski and 2 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. Phillies seasons include the Philadelphia Quakers (1883–1889) and Philadelphia Blue Jays (1943–1944).
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