New York Mets and Toronto Blue Jays players: who played for both
Who played for both the Mets and Blue Jays?
133 players played for both the New York Mets and the Toronto Blue Jays between 1977 and 2025, including Carlos Delgado, Jose Reyes, Tony Fernandez and Mookie Wilson. 59 of them played for the Mets first and 65 for the Blue Jays first; 9 played for both in the same season.
Did you know?
- Jackson Todd is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Mets first, then the Blue Jays from 1979.
- Zach Pop is the most recent: Blue Jays first, then the Mets from 2025.
- Carlos Delgado played the most games across the two: 468 for the Mets and 1,423 for the Blue Jays.
- 15 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Jose Reyes.
- Most common positions on this list: P (76), OF (21), C (12), 2B (9).
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All 133 players, most games for the two first
| Player | Pos | Mets | Blue Jays |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Delgado | 1B | 2006–2009 (468 g) | 1993–2004 (1423 g) |
| Jose Reyes | SS | 2003–2011, 2016–2018 (1365 g) | 2013–2015 (305 g) |
| Tony Fernandez | SS | 1993 (48 g) | 1983–1990, 1993, 1998–1999, 2001 (1450 g) |
| Mookie Wilson | OF | 1980–1989 (1116 g) | 1989–1991 (287 g) |
| John Olerud | 1B | 1997–1999 (476 g) | 1989–1996 (920 g) |
| Jose Bautista | OF | 2018 (83 g) | 2008–2017 (1235 g) |
| Edgardo Alfonzo | 3B | 1995–2002 (1086 g) | 2006 (12 g) |
| Lee Mazzilli | OF | 1976–1981, 1986–1989 (979 g) | 1989 (28 g) |
| Roberto Alomar | 2B | 2002–2003 (222 g) | 1991–1995 (703 g) |
| Shawn Green | OF | 2006–2007 (164 g) | 1993–1999 (716 g) |
| Kevin Pillar | OF | 2021 (124 g) | 2013–2019 (695 g) |
| Bob Bailor | OF | 1981–1983 (279 g) | 1977–1980 (523 g) |
| Curtis Granderson | OF | 2014–2017 (573 g) | 2018 (104 g) |
| Jeff Kent | 2B | 1992–1996 (498 g) | 1992 (65 g) |
| Chris Woodward | SS | 2005–2006 (164 g) | 1999–2004, 2011 (362 g) |
| Frank Catalanotto | OF | 2010 (25 g) | 2003–2006 (466 g) |
| Josh Thole | C | 2009–2012 (308 g) | 2013–2016 (170 g) |
| Aaron Loup | P | 2021 (65 g) | 2012–2018 (369 g) |
| Charlie O'Brien | C | 1990–1993 (232 g) | 1996–1997 (178 g) |
| Justin Turner | 3B | 2010–2013 (301 g) | 2024 (91 g) |
| Rajai Davis | OF | 2019 (29 g) | 2011–2013 (345 g) |
| Marco Scutaro | SS | 2002–2003 (75 g) | 2008–2009 (289 g) |
| Rick Cerone | C | 1991 (90 g) | 1977–1979 (255 g) |
| Jason Phillips | C | 2001–2004 (264 g) | 2006–2007 (80 g) |
| Armando Benitez | P | 1999–2003 (333 g) | 2008 (8 g) |
| Brian McRae | OF | 1997–1999 (300 g) | 1999 (31 g) |
| Kelly Johnson | 2B | 2015–2016 (131 g) | 2011–2012 (175 g) |
| Al Leiter | P | 1998–2004 (213 g) | 1989–1995 (91 g) |
| Rod Barajas | C | 2010 (74 g) | 2008–2009 (229 g) |
| Scott Schoeneweis | P | 2007–2008 (143 g) | 2005–2006 (135 g) |
| Dick Schofield | SS | 1992 (142 g) | 1993–1994 (131 g) |
| Juan Samuel | 2B | 1989 (86 g) | 1996–1998 (157 g) |
| Roy Lee Jackson | P | 1977–1980 (42 g) | 1981–1984 (190 g) |
| Tony Castillo | P | 1991 (10 g) | 1988–1989, 1993–1996 (218 g) |
| R. A. Dickey | P | 2010–2012 (94 g) | 2013–2016 (133 g) |
| Randy Myers | P | 1985–1989 (185 g) | 1998 (41 g) |
| Alberto Castillo | C | 1995–1998 (92 g) | 2000–2001 (132 g) |
| Derek Bell | OF | 2000 (144 g) | 1991–1992 (79 g) |
| John Buck | C | 2013 (101 g) | 2010 (118 g) |
| David Cone | P | 1987–1992, 2003 (188 g) | 1992, 1995 (25 g) |
| Brandon Drury | 2B | 2021 (51 g) | 2018–2020 (149 g) |
| David Weathers | P | 2002–2004 (180 g) | 1991–1992 (17 g) |
| Rickey Henderson | OF | 1999–2000 (152 g) | 1993 (44 g) |
| Tom Wilson | C | 2004 (4 g) | 2002–2003 (192 g) |
| Dan Vogelbach | DH | 2022–2023 (159 g) | 2020, 2024 (33 g) |
| Marcus Stroman | P | 2019, 2021 (44 g) | 2014–2019 (142 g) |
| Dale Murray | P | 1978–1979 (111 g) | 1981–1982 (67 g) |
| Steve Trachsel | P | 2001–2006 (166 g) | 2000 (11 g) |
| Joe Smith | P | 2007–2008 (136 g) | 2017 (38 g) |
| Jonathan Villar | SS | 2021 (142 g) | 2020 (22 g) |
| Billy McKinney | OF | 2021 (39 g) | 2018–2020 (122 g) |
| Mike Bordick | SS | 2000 (56 g) | 2003 (102 g) |
| Darren Oliver | P | 2006 (45 g) | 2012–2013 (112 g) |
| David Segui | 1B | 1994–1995 (125 g) | 1999 (31 g) |
| Steven Matz | P | 2015–2020 (122 g) | 2021 (29 g) |
| Andres Gimenez | 2B | 2020 (49 g) | 2025 (101 g) |
| Miguel Batista | P | 2011–2012 (39 g) | 2004–2005 (109 g) |
| Pat Tabler | 1B | 1990 (17 g) | 1991–1992 (131 g) |
| Jeff Musselman | P | 1989–1990 (48 g) | 1986–1989 (94 g) |
| Jeremy Reed | OF | 2009 (126 g) | 2010 (14 g) |
| Pete Walker | P | 1995, 2001–2002 (16 g) | 2002–2003, 2005–2006 (124 g) |
| Shaun Marcum | P | 2013 (15 g) | 2005–2008, 2010 (120 g) |
| Fred Lewis | OF | 2012 (18 g) | 2010 (110 g) |
| Chris Bassitt | P | 2022 (30 g) | 2023–2025 (96 g) |
| Jon Rauch | P | 2012 (73 g) | 2011 (53 g) |
| Joe Panik | 2B | 2019 (39 g) | 2020–2021 (83 g) |
| Frank Francisco | P | 2012–2013 (56 g) | 2011 (54 g) |
| Graeme Lloyd | P | 2003 (36 g) | 1999 (74 g) |
| Miguel Cairo | 2B | 2005 (100 g) | 1996 (9 g) |
| Tyler Clippard | P | 2015 (32 g) | 2018 (73 g) |
| Genesis Cabrera | P | 2025 (6 g) | 2023–2024 (98 g) |
| Adeiny Hechavarria | SS | 2019 (60 g) | 2012 (41 g) |
| Bob Macdonald | P | 1996 (20 g) | 1990–1992 (76 g) |
| Dominic Leone | P | 2023 (31 g) | 2017 (65 g) |
| Lou Thornton | OF | 1989–1990 (16 g) | 1985, 1987–1988 (79 g) |
| Brandon Lyon | P | 2013 (37 g) | 2001–2002, 2012 (56 g) |
| Robert Person | P | 1995–1996 (32 g) | 1997–1999 (61 g) |
| Miguel Castro | P | 2020–2021 (79 g) | 2015 (13 g) |
| Zach Pop | P | 2025 (1 g) | 2022–2024 (91 g) |
| Mark Guthrie | P | 2002 (68 g) | 2000 (23 g) |
| LaTroy Hawkins | P | 2013 (72 g) | 2015 (18 g) |
| Frank Viola | P | 1989–1991 (82 g) | 1996 (6 g) |
| Cory Lidle | P | 1997 (54 g) | 2003 (31 g) |
| Nino Espinosa | P | 1974–1978 (80 g) | 1981 (1 g) |
| Ryota Igarashi | P | 2010–2011 (79 g) | 2012 (2 g) |
| Darrin Jackson | OF | 1993 (31 g) | 1993 (46 g) |
| John Mayberry | OF | 2015 (59 g) | 2014 (15 g) |
| Mike Nickeas | C | 2010–2012 (73 g) | 2013 (1 g) |
| Mark Bomback | P | 1980 (36 g) | 1981–1982 (37 g) |
| Sean Reid-Foley | P | 2021–2024 (50 g) | 2018–2020 (21 g) |
| Jeff Tam | P | 1998–1999 (24 g) | 2003 (44 g) |
| Brian Bohanon | P | 1997–1998 (46 g) | 1996 (20 g) |
| Taijuan Walker | P | 2021–2022 (60 g) | 2020 (6 g) |
| Henry Blanco | C | 2010 (50 g) | 2013 (15 g) |
| Tony Phillips | OF | 1998 (52 g) | 1998 (13 g) |
| Dyar Miller | P | 1980–1981 (54 g) | 1979 (10 g) |
| Jackson Todd | P | 1977 (19 g) | 1979–1981 (45 g) |
| Max Scherzer | P | 2022–2023 (42 g) | 2025 (17 g) |
| Wilmer Font | P | 2019 (15 g) | 2019–2020 (44 g) |
| Felix Heredia | P | 2005 (3 g) | 2002 (53 g) |
| Darrell Ceciliani | OF | 2015 (39 g) | 2016–2017 (16 g) |
| Octavio Dotel | P | 1999 (19 g) | 2011 (36 g) |
| Doug Linton | P | 1994 (32 g) | 1992–1993, 2003 (19 g) |
| Eric Gunderson | P | 1994–1995 (44 g) | 2000 (6 g) |
| Jorge Velandia | 2B | 2000–2001, 2003 (47 g) | 2008 (3 g) |
| Victor Zambrano | P | 2004–2006 (39 g) | 2007 (8 g) |
| Mauro Gozzo | P | 1993–1994 (33 g) | 1989 (9 g) |
| Dana Eveland | P | 2014 (30 g) | 2010 (9 g) |
| Juan Acevedo | P | 1997 (25 g) | 2003 (14 g) |
| Nori Aoki | OF | 2017 (27 g) | 2017 (12 g) |
| Willie Blair | P | 1998 (11 g) | 1990 (27 g) |
| Ricardo Jordan | P | 1997 (22 g) | 1995 (15 g) |
| Jacob Barnes | P | 2021 (19 g) | 2021, 2025 (16 g) |
| Anthony Kay | P | 2023 (3 g) | 2019–2022 (28 g) |
| John Hudek | P | 1998 (28 g) | 1999 (3 g) |
| Juan Berenguer | P | 1978–1980 (16 g) | 1981 (12 g) |
| Aaron Laffey | P | 2013 (4 g) | 2012–2013 (23 g) |
| Brad Hand | P | 2021 (16 g) | 2021 (11 g) |
| Josh Walker | P | 2023–2024 (24 g) | 2025 (3 g) |
| Neil Ramirez | P | 2017 (20 g) | 2019 (6 g) |
| Taylor Buchholz | P | 2011 (23 g) | 2010 (2 g) |
| Yennsy Diaz | P | 2021 (20 g) | 2019 (1 g) |
| Tom Filer | P | 1992 (9 g) | 1985 (11 g) |
| Tommy Milone | P | 2017 (11 g) | 2021 (6 g) |
| John Candelaria | P | 1987 (3 g) | 1990 (13 g) |
| Ricky Trlicek | P | 1996–1997 (14 g) | 1992 (2 g) |
| Ali Sanchez | C | 2020 (5 g) | 2025 (8 g) |
| Anthony Banda | P | 2021 (5 g) | 2022 (7 g) |
| Richard Lovelady | P | 2025 (8 g) | 2025 (2 g) |
| Jose Urena | P | 2025 (1 g) | 2025 (6 g) |
| Mickey Weston | P | 1993 (4 g) | 1991 (2 g) |
| Scott Copeland | P | 2018 (1 g) | 2015 (5 g) |
| Charlie Greene | C | 1996 (2 g) | 2000 (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.
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Questions
How many players have played for both the New York Mets and the Toronto Blue Jays?
133 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1977 to 2025, including Carlos Delgado, Jose Reyes, Tony Fernandez and Mookie Wilson. 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?
Jackson Todd: New York Mets first, then the Toronto Blue Jays from 1979.
Who has played for both recently?
Justin Turner, Dan Vogelbach, Andres Gimenez, Chris Bassitt, Genesis Cabrera and Zach Pop and 7 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. Neither of these teams has moved or changed its name.
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