New York Mets and Washington Nationals players: who played for both
Who played for both the Mets and Nationals?
150 players played for both the New York Mets and the Washington Nationals between 1969 and 2025, including Gary Carter, Rusty Staub, Hubie Brooks and Daniel Murphy. 77 of them played for the Mets first and 66 for the Nationals first; 7 played for both in the same season.
Did you know?
- Don Bosch is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Mets first, then the Nationals from 1969.
- Rico Garcia is the most recent: Nationals first, then the Mets from 2025.
- Gary Carter played the most games across the two: 600 for the Mets and 1,503 for the Nationals.
- 29 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Gary Carter.
- Most common positions on this list: P (68), OF (37), C (13), 2B (10).
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All 150 players, most games for the two first
| Player | Pos | Mets | Nationals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Carter | C | 1985–1989 (600 g) | 1974–1984, 1992 (1503 g) |
| Rusty Staub | OF | 1972–1975, 1981–1985 (942 g) | 1969–1971, 1979 (518 g) |
| Hubie Brooks | OF | 1980–1984, 1991 (654 g) | 1985–1989 (647 g) |
| Daniel Murphy | 2B | 2008–2009, 2011–2015 (903 g) | 2016–2018 (342 g) |
| Mike Jorgensen | 1B | 1968, 1970–1971, 1980–1983 (492 g) | 1972–1977 (670 g) |
| Wayne Garrett | 3B | 1969–1976 (883 g) | 1976–1978 (176 g) |
| Doug Flynn | 2B | 1977–1981 (636 g) | 1982–1985 (334 g) |
| Ron Hunt | 2B | 1963–1966 (459 g) | 1971–1974 (509 g) |
| Tim Foli | SS | 1970–1971, 1978–1979 (218 g) | 1972–1977 (710 g) |
| Brian Schneider | C | 2008–2009 (169 g) | 2000–2007 (757 g) |
| John Milner | 1B | 1971–1977 (741 g) | 1981–1982 (57 g) |
| Ellis Valentine | OF | 1981–1982 (159 g) | 1975–1981 (638 g) |
| Ron Swoboda | OF | 1965–1970 (737 g) | 1971 (39 g) |
| Wilson Ramos | C | 2019–2020 (186 g) | 2010–2016 (578 g) |
| Mike Fitzgerald | C | 1983–1984 (120 g) | 1985–1991 (633 g) |
| Cliff Floyd | OF | 2003–2006 (468 g) | 1993–1996, 2002 (271 g) |
| Juan Soto | OF | 2025 (160 g) | 2018–2022 (565 g) |
| Moises Alou | OF | 2007–2008 (102 g) | 1990, 1992–1996 (608 g) |
| Endy Chavez | OF | 2006–2008 (337 g) | 2002–2005 (316 g) |
| Joel Youngblood | OF | 1977–1982 (610 g) | 1982 (40 g) |
| Ken Singleton | OF | 1970–1971 (184 g) | 1972–1974 (452 g) |
| Dominic Smith | 1B | 2017–2022 (447 g) | 2023 (153 g) |
| Del Unser | OF | 1975–1976 (224 g) | 1976–1978 (312 g) |
| Willie Harris | OF | 2011 (126 g) | 2008–2010 (409 g) |
| Asdrubal Cabrera | SS | 2016–2018 (374 g) | 2014, 2019–2020 (139 g) |
| Ryan Church | OF | 2008–2009 (157 g) | 2004–2007 (347 g) |
| Tim Burke | P | 1991–1992 (50 g) | 1985–1991 (425 g) |
| Todd Zeile | 3B | 2000–2001, 2004 (441 g) | 2003 (34 g) |
| Fernando Tatis | 3B | 2008–2010 (258 g) | 2001–2003 (208 g) |
| David Segui | 1B | 1994–1995 (125 g) | 1995–1997 (337 g) |
| Mel Rojas | P | 1997–1998 (73 g) | 1990–1996, 1999 (388 g) |
| Jeff Reardon | P | 1979–1981 (97 g) | 1981–1986 (359 g) |
| Amed Rosario | SS | 2017–2020 (403 g) | 2025 (47 g) |
| Tyler Clippard | P | 2015 (32 g) | 2008–2014, 2022 (418 g) |
| Joe Orsulak | OF | 1993–1995 (338 g) | 1997 (106 g) |
| Frank Taveras | SS | 1979–1981 (378 g) | 1982 (48 g) |
| Herm Winningham | OF | 1984 (14 g) | 1985–1988 (399 g) |
| Don Hahn | OF | 1971–1974 (318 g) | 1969–1970 (86 g) |
| Duffy Dyer | C | 1968–1974 (375 g) | 1979 (28 g) |
| Carlos Baerga | 2B | 1996–1998 (306 g) | 2005 (93 g) |
| Marlon Anderson | 2B | 2005, 2007–2009 (257 g) | 2006 (109 g) |
| Carl Everett | OF | 1995–1997 (322 g) | 2004 (39 g) |
| Luis Ayala | P | 2008 (19 g) | 2003–2005, 2007–2008 (320 g) |
| Donn Clendenon | 1B | 1969–1971 (281 g) | 1969 (38 g) |
| Pepe Mangual | OF | 1976–1977 (49 g) | 1972–1976 (270 g) |
| Jon Rauch | P | 2012 (73 g) | 2004–2008 (245 g) |
| Dale Murray | P | 1978–1979 (111 g) | 1974–1976, 1979–1980 (201 g) |
| Willie Montanez | 1B | 1978–1979 (268 g) | 1980–1981 (40 g) |
| Scott Hairston | OF | 2011–2012 (213 g) | 2013–2014 (94 g) |
| Ryan McGuire | 1B | 2000 (1 g) | 1997–1999 (302 g) |
| Mike Phillips | SS | 1975–1977 (241 g) | 1981–1983 (53 g) |
| Paul Lo Duca | C | 2006–2007 (243 g) | 2008 (46 g) |
| Jerry Blevins | P | 2015–2018 (219 g) | 2014 (64 g) |
| Ron Darling | P | 1983–1991 (272 g) | 1991 (3 g) |
| Marlon Byrd | OF | 2013 (117 g) | 2005–2006 (152 g) |
| Mike Marshall | P | 1981 (20 g) | 1970–1973 (247 g) |
| Lastings Milledge | OF | 2006–2007 (115 g) | 2008–2009 (145 g) |
| Dan Schatzeder | P | 1990 (6 g) | 1977–1979, 1982–1986 (248 g) |
| Charlie O'Brien | C | 1990–1993 (232 g) | 2000 (9 g) |
| Max Scherzer | P | 2022–2023 (42 g) | 2015–2021 (194 g) |
| Alex Cora | SS | 2009–2010 (144 g) | 2011 (91 g) |
| Mike Vail | OF | 1975–1977 (199 g) | 1983 (34 g) |
| Scott Strickland | P | 2002–2003 (87 g) | 1999–2002 (144 g) |
| Tim Spehr | C | 1998 (21 g) | 1993–1996 (209 g) |
| Livan Hernandez | P | 2009 (24 g) | 2003–2006, 2009–2011 (204 g) |
| Luis Rivera | SS | 1994 (32 g) | 1986–1988 (196 g) |
| Jose Lobaton | C | 2018 (22 g) | 2014–2017 (200 g) |
| Mike Stanton | P | 2003–2004 (133 g) | 2005–2006 (86 g) |
| Jim Gosger | OF | 1969, 1973–1974 (74 g) | 1970–1971 (142 g) |
| Junior Noboa | 2B | 1992 (46 g) | 1989–1991 (169 g) |
| Oliver Perez | P | 2006–2010 (101 g) | 2016–2017 (114 g) |
| Rick Ankiel | OF | 2013 (20 g) | 2011–2012 (190 g) |
| Guillermo Mota | P | 2006–2007 (70 g) | 1999–2001 (133 g) |
| Pedro Martinez | P | 2005–2008 (79 g) | 1994–1997 (118 g) |
| Miguel Batista | P | 2011–2012 (39 g) | 1998–2000, 2010 (157 g) |
| Dan Norman | OF | 1977–1980 (139 g) | 1982 (53 g) |
| Anderson Hernandez | 2B | 2005–2007, 2009 (81 g) | 2008–2009 (105 g) |
| Tony Tarasco | OF | 2002 (60 g) | 1995 (126 g) |
| Carlos Torres | P | 2013–2015 (165 g) | 2018 (10 g) |
| Chuck Taylor | P | 1972 (20 g) | 1973–1976 (154 g) |
| Jesse Winker | OF | 2024–2025 (70 g) | 2024 (101 g) |
| Matt den Dekker | OF | 2013–2014, 2018 (88 g) | 2015–2016 (74 g) |
| Graeme Lloyd | P | 2003 (36 g) | 2001–2002 (125 g) |
| Alejandro De Aza | OF | 2016 (130 g) | 2017 (28 g) |
| Mike Torrez | P | 1983–1984 (48 g) | 1971–1974 (107 g) |
| Tony Armas | P | 2008 (3 g) | 1999–2006 (152 g) |
| Don Bosch | OF | 1967–1968 (94 g) | 1969 (49 g) |
| Brian Dozier | 2B | 2020 (7 g) | 2019 (135 g) |
| John Strohmayer | P | 1973–1974 (8 g) | 1970–1973 (134 g) |
| Kevin Collins | 3B | 1965, 1967–1969 (89 g) | 1969 (52 g) |
| Mike Maddux | P | 1993–1994 (85 g) | 1998–1999 (55 g) |
| John Lannan | P | 2014 (5 g) | 2007–2012 (134 g) |
| Bob McClure | P | 1988 (14 g) | 1986–1988 (123 g) |
| Jim Dwyer | OF | 1976 (11 g) | 1975–1976, 1989 (123 g) |
| Rene Rivera | C | 2016–2017, 2019–2020 (130 g) | 2021 (4 g) |
| Masato Yoshii | P | 1998–1999 (60 g) | 2001–2002 (73 g) |
| Ray Burris | P | 1979–1980 (33 g) | 1981–1983 (99 g) |
| Matt Reynolds | SS | 2016–2017, 2022 (116 g) | 2018 (12 g) |
| Reed Garrett | P | 2023–2025 (120 g) | 2022 (7 g) |
| Rick Cerone | C | 1991 (90 g) | 1992 (33 g) |
| Bartolo Colon | P | 2014–2016 (98 g) | 2002 (17 g) |
| Bill Almon | SS | 1980, 1987 (97 g) | 1980 (18 g) |
| Xavier Nady | OF | 2006 (75 g) | 2012 (40 g) |
| Tom Gorman | P | 1982–1985 (98 g) | 1981–1982 (14 g) |
| Tom O'Malley | 3B | 1989–1990 (91 g) | 1988 (14 g) |
| Trevor Williams | P | 2021–2022 (40 g) | 2023–2025 (60 g) |
| Barry Jones | P | 1992 (17 g) | 1991 (77 g) |
| Erasmo Ramirez | P | 2020 (6 g) | 2022–2023 (83 g) |
| Wayne Twitchell | P | 1979 (33 g) | 1977–1978 (55 g) |
| Ed Glynn | P | 1979–1980 (84 g) | 1985 (3 g) |
| Claudio Vargas | P | 2008 (11 g) | 2003–2005 (72 g) |
| Don Shaw | P | 1967–1968 (47 g) | 1969 (35 g) |
| Jacob Barnes | P | 2021 (19 g) | 2024 (63 g) |
| Jorge Sosa | P | 2007–2008 (62 g) | 2009 (18 g) |
| Tim Redding | P | 2009 (30 g) | 2007–2008 (50 g) |
| Greg Harris | P | 1981 (17 g) | 1984, 1995 (60 g) |
| Preston Wilson | OF | 1998 (8 g) | 2005 (68 g) |
| Barry Manuel | P | 1997 (19 g) | 1996 (53 g) |
| Gary Bennett | C | 2001 (1 g) | 2005 (68 g) |
| Darren Reed | OF | 1990 (26 g) | 1992 (42 g) |
| Trevor Gott | P | 2023 (34 g) | 2016–2018 (33 g) |
| Sam Clay | P | 2022 (1 g) | 2021–2022 (64 g) |
| Brad Hand | P | 2021 (16 g) | 2021 (41 g) |
| Pedro Astacio | P | 2002–2003 (38 g) | 2006 (17 g) |
| Jorge Lopez | P | 2024 (28 g) | 2025 (26 g) |
| Alex Escobar | OF | 2001 (18 g) | 2006 (33 g) |
| Orlando Mercado | C | 1990 (42 g) | 1990 (8 g) |
| Randy Milligan | 1B | 1987 (3 g) | 1994 (47 g) |
| Doug Simons | P | 1991 (42 g) | 1992 (7 g) |
| Luis Avilan | P | 2019 (45 g) | 2021 (4 g) |
| Travis Blankenhorn | OF | 2021–2022 (24 g) | 2023–2024 (23 g) |
| Mike Bacsik | P | 2002–2003 (16 g) | 2007 (29 g) |
| Val Pascucci | OF | 2011 (10 g) | 2004 (32 g) |
| Mike O'Connor | P | 2011 (9 g) | 2006, 2008 (26 g) |
| Jeff Gardner | 2B | 1991 (13 g) | 1994 (18 g) |
| Rigo Beltran | P | 1998–1999 (28 g) | 2004 (2 g) |
| Tyler Walker | P | 2002 (5 g) | 2010 (24 g) |
| Hunter Strickland | P | 2020 (4 g) | 2019 (24 g) |
| Bruce Chen | P | 2001–2002 (12 g) | 2002 (15 g) |
| Tommy Milone | P | 2017 (11 g) | 2011, 2018 (10 g) |
| Reid Cornelius | P | 1995 (10 g) | 1995 (8 g) |
| Anthony Banda | P | 2021 (5 g) | 2023 (10 g) |
| John Candelaria | P | 1987 (3 g) | 1989 (12 g) |
| Colin Poche | P | 2025 (1 g) | 2025 (13 g) |
| C. J. Nitkowski | P | 2001 (5 g) | 2005 (7 g) |
| Vic Darensbourg | P | 2004 (5 g) | 2003 (7 g) |
| Rico Garcia | P | 2025 (8 g) | 2023 (3 g) |
| Jonathan Hurst | P | 1994 (7 g) | 1992 (3 g) |
| Rich Sauveur | P | 1991 (6 g) | 1988 (4 g) |
| Todd Haney | 2B | 1998 (3 g) | 1992 (7 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.Nationals seasons include the Montreal Expos (1969–2004).
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Questions
How many players have played for both the New York Mets and the Washington Nationals?
150 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1969 to 2025, including Gary Carter, Rusty Staub, Hubie Brooks and Daniel Murphy. 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?
Don Bosch: New York Mets first, then the Washington Nationals from 1969.
Who has played for both recently?
Juan Soto, Amed Rosario, Jesse Winker, Reed Garrett, Trevor Williams and Jacob Barnes and 4 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. Nationals seasons include the Montreal Expos (1969–2004).
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