Philadelphia Phillies and Washington Nationals players: who played for both
Who played for both the Phillies and Nationals?
123 players played for both the Philadelphia Phillies and the Washington Nationals between 1969 and 2025, including Bryce Harper, Jayson Werth, Bobby Wine and Trea Turner. 64 of them played for the Phillies first and 58 for the Nationals first; 1 played for both in the same season.
Did you know?
- Adolfo Phillips is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Phillies first, then the Nationals from 1969.
- Luis Garcia is the most recent: Phillies first, then the Nationals from 2025.
- Bryce Harper played the most games across the two: 858 for the Phillies and 927 for the Nationals.
- 21 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Bobby Wine.
- Most common positions on this list: P (57), OF (23), 2B (15), C (13).
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All 123 players, most games for the two first
| Player | Pos | Phillies | Nationals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bryce Harper | OF | 2019–2025 (858 g) | 2012–2018 (927 g) |
| Jayson Werth | OF | 2007–2010 (543 g) | 2011–2017 (808 g) |
| Bobby Wine | SS | 1960, 1962–1968 (731 g) | 1969–1972 (433 g) |
| Trea Turner | SS | 2023–2025 (417 g) | 2015–2021 (637 g) |
| Cesar Hernandez | 2B | 2013–2019 (832 g) | 2022 (147 g) |
| Brian Schneider | C | 2010–2012 (122 g) | 2000–2007 (757 g) |
| Dave Cash | 2B | 1974–1976 (484 g) | 1977–1979 (388 g) |
| Tom Hutton | 1B | 1972–1977 (651 g) | 1978–1981 (218 g) |
| Del Unser | OF | 1973–1974, 1979–1982 (550 g) | 1976–1978 (312 g) |
| Pete Rose | OF | 1979–1983 (745 g) | 1984 (95 g) |
| Maikel Franco | 3B | 2014–2019 (656 g) | 2022 (103 g) |
| Tom Foley | SS | 1985–1986 (85 g) | 1986–1992, 1995 (661 g) |
| Tim McCarver | C | 1970–1972, 1975–1980 (628 g) | 1972 (77 g) |
| Kyle Schwarber | OF | 2022–2025 (627 g) | 2021 (72 g) |
| Darrin Fletcher | C | 1990–1991 (55 g) | 1992–1997 (643 g) |
| Willie Montanez | 1B | 1970–1975, 1982 (651 g) | 1980–1981 (40 g) |
| Wilson Ramos | C | 2018 (33 g) | 2010–2016 (578 g) |
| Marlon Anderson | 2B | 1998–2002 (479 g) | 2006 (109 g) |
| Marlon Byrd | OF | 2002–2005, 2014 (410 g) | 2005–2006 (152 g) |
| Ryan Madson | P | 2003–2011 (491 g) | 2017–2018 (69 g) |
| Gary Sutherland | 2B | 1966–1968 (173 g) | 1969–1971 (368 g) |
| Manny Trillo | 2B | 1979–1982 (502 g) | 1983 (31 g) |
| Tony Perez | 1B | 1983 (91 g) | 1977–1979 (434 g) |
| Roger Bernadina | OF | 2013 (27 g) | 2008–2013 (468 g) |
| Greg Dobbs | 3B | 2007–2010 (455 g) | 2014 (21 g) |
| Woodie Fryman | P | 1968–1972 (157 g) | 1975–1976, 1978–1983 (297 g) |
| John Bateman | C | 1972 (82 g) | 1969–1972 (370 g) |
| Ben Revere | OF | 2013–2015 (335 g) | 2016 (103 g) |
| Barry Foote | C | 1977–1978 (57 g) | 1973–1977 (369 g) |
| Endy Chavez | OF | 2005 (91 g) | 2002–2005 (316 g) |
| Rheal Cormier | P | 2001–2006 (363 g) | 1996–1997 (34 g) |
| Ugueth Urbina | P | 2005 (56 g) | 1995–2001 (296 g) |
| Al Oliver | OF | 1984 (28 g) | 1982–1983 (317 g) |
| Rick Schu | 3B | 1984–1987, 1991 (330 g) | 1996 (1 g) |
| Randy Ready | 2B | 1989–1991, 1994–1995 (289 g) | 1993 (40 g) |
| Pete Mackanin | 2B | 1978–1979 (18 g) | 1975–1977 (299 g) |
| Dan Schatzeder | P | 1986–1987 (51 g) | 1977–1979, 1982–1986 (248 g) |
| Jonathan Papelbon | P | 2012–2015 (234 g) | 2015–2016 (59 g) |
| Kevin Frandsen | 2B | 2012–2013 (174 g) | 2014 (105 g) |
| Howie Kendrick | 2B | 2017 (39 g) | 2017–2020 (238 g) |
| Laynce Nix | OF | 2012–2013 (151 g) | 2011 (124 g) |
| Rob Ducey | OF | 1999–2001 (246 g) | 2001 (27 g) |
| Kevin Gross | P | 1983–1988 (204 g) | 1989–1990 (63 g) |
| Luis Garcia | P | 2013–2018 (251 g) | 2025 (10 g) |
| Jeff Parrett | P | 1989–1990, 1996 (137 g) | 1986–1988 (118 g) |
| Rex Hudler | 2B | 1997–1998 (75 g) | 1988–1990 (173 g) |
| Wayne Twitchell | P | 1971–1977 (188 g) | 1977–1978 (55 g) |
| Wil Nieves | C | 2014 (36 g) | 2008–2010 (199 g) |
| Brad Lidge | P | 2008–2011 (214 g) | 2012 (11 g) |
| Lenny Webster | C | 1995 (49 g) | 1994, 1996, 2000 (174 g) |
| Stan Bahnsen | P | 1982 (8 g) | 1977–1981 (204 g) |
| Adolfo Phillips | OF | 1964–1966 (56 g) | 1969–1970 (150 g) |
| Roger Freed | OF | 1971–1972 (191 g) | 1976 (8 g) |
| Grant Jackson | P | 1965–1970 (180 g) | 1981 (10 g) |
| Matt Stairs | OF | 2008–2009 (115 g) | 1992–1993, 2011 (75 g) |
| Asdrubal Cabrera | SS | 2018 (49 g) | 2014, 2019–2020 (139 g) |
| Gary Bennett | C | 1995–1996, 1998–2001 (109 g) | 2005 (68 g) |
| Randy Lerch | P | 1975–1980, 1986 (149 g) | 1982–1983 (25 g) |
| Pete Orr | 2B | 2011–2013 (96 g) | 2008–2009 (76 g) |
| Derrel Thomas | 2B | 1985 (63 g) | 1984 (108 g) |
| Greg Harris | P | 1988–1989 (110 g) | 1984, 1995 (60 g) |
| Derrick May | OF | 1997 (83 g) | 1998 (85 g) |
| Todd Zeile | 3B | 1996 (134 g) | 2003 (34 g) |
| Josh Harrison | 2B | 2023 (41 g) | 2020–2021 (123 g) |
| Jorge Alfaro | C | 2016–2018 (143 g) | 2025 (14 g) |
| Joe Blanton | P | 2008–2012 (105 g) | 2017 (51 g) |
| Joe Ross | P | 2025 (37 g) | 2015–2019, 2021 (113 g) |
| Manny Martinez | OF | 1996 (13 g) | 1999 (137 g) |
| John Lannan | P | 2013 (14 g) | 2007–2012 (134 g) |
| David Palmer | P | 1988 (22 g) | 1978–1980, 1982, 1984–1985 (123 g) |
| Steve Frey | P | 1995–1996 (40 g) | 1989–1991 (102 g) |
| Omar Daal | P | 2000–2001 (44 g) | 1996–1997 (97 g) |
| Andy Tracy | 3B | 2008–2009 (13 g) | 2000–2001 (121 g) |
| Darold Knowles | P | 1966 (69 g) | 1978 (60 g) |
| Pedro Martinez | P | 2009 (9 g) | 1994–1997 (118 g) |
| Johnny Estrada | C | 2001–2002 (99 g) | 2008 (23 g) |
| Barry Jones | P | 1992 (44 g) | 1991 (77 g) |
| Mike Maddux | P | 1986–1989 (65 g) | 1998–1999 (55 g) |
| Victor Arano | P | 2017–2019 (73 g) | 2022 (43 g) |
| Mark Leiter | P | 1997–1998 (100 g) | 1996 (12 g) |
| Juan Bell | 2B | 1992–1993 (70 g) | 1994 (38 g) |
| Brandon Kintzler | P | 2021 (29 g) | 2017–2018 (72 g) |
| Brad Hand | P | 2022 (55 g) | 2021 (41 g) |
| Don Hahn | OF | 1975 (9 g) | 1969–1970 (86 g) |
| Floyd Youmans | P | 1989 (10 g) | 1985–1988 (84 g) |
| Eric Bullock | OF | 1989 (6 g) | 1990–1992 (85 g) |
| Corey Dickerson | OF | 2019 (34 g) | 2023 (50 g) |
| Jeremy Hellickson | P | 2016–2017 (52 g) | 2018–2019 (28 g) |
| Dan Warthen | P | 1977 (3 g) | 1975–1977 (75 g) |
| John Montague | P | 1975 (3 g) | 1973–1975 (63 g) |
| Bill Campbell | P | 1984 (57 g) | 1987 (7 g) |
| Bob Sebra | P | 1988–1989 (9 g) | 1986–1987 (54 g) |
| Jeff Juden | P | 1994–1995 (19 g) | 1996–1997 (44 g) |
| Nate Schierholtz | OF | 2012 (37 g) | 2014 (23 g) |
| Dave Leiper | P | 1996 (26 g) | 1995–1996 (33 g) |
| Tom Nieto | C | 1989–1990 (28 g) | 1986 (30 g) |
| Tony Barron | OF | 1997 (57 g) | 1996 (1 g) |
| Jim Poole | P | 1999 (51 g) | 2000 (5 g) |
| Tyler Walker | P | 2009 (32 g) | 2010 (24 g) |
| Alex Gonzalez | SS | 2006 (20 g) | 2004 (35 g) |
| Scott Aldred | P | 1999–2000 (52 g) | 1993 (3 g) |
| Felix Rodriguez | P | 2004 (23 g) | 2006 (31 g) |
| Bobby Munoz | P | 1994–1997 (38 g) | 2001 (15 g) |
| Ed Vosberg | P | 2000–2001 (49 g) | 2002 (4 g) |
| Tim Blackwell | C | 1976–1977 (5 g) | 1977, 1982–1983 (45 g) |
| Brian Sanches | P | 2006–2007, 2012 (36 g) | 2008 (12 g) |
| Jerome Williams | P | 2014–2015 (42 g) | 2007 (6 g) |
| Bruce Chen | P | 2000–2001 (31 g) | 2002 (15 g) |
| Lou Collier | SS | 2004 (32 g) | 2002 (13 g) |
| Emmanuel Burriss | 2B | 2016 (39 g) | 2015 (5 g) |
| Julio Santana | P | 2006 (7 g) | 2000 (36 g) |
| Kent Bottenfield | P | 2000 (8 g) | 1992–1993 (33 g) |
| Bill Almon | SS | 1988 (20 g) | 1980 (18 g) |
| Jose DeLeon | P | 1992–1993 (27 g) | 1995 (7 g) |
| Gene Harris | P | 1995 (21 g) | 1989 (11 g) |
| Chris Snelling | OF | 2008 (4 g) | 2007 (24 g) |
| Shawn Boskie | P | 1994 (19 g) | 1998 (5 g) |
| Tom Gorman | P | 1986 (8 g) | 1981–1982 (14 g) |
| Luis Avilan | P | 2018 (12 g) | 2021 (4 g) |
| Kirk Bullinger | P | 2000 (3 g) | 1998 (8 g) |
| Scott Service | P | 1988 (5 g) | 1992 (5 g) |
| Zack Segovia | P | 2007 (1 g) | 2009 (8 g) |
| Joe Bisenius | P | 2007 (2 g) | 2010 (5 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).Nationals seasons include the Montreal Expos (1969–2004).
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Questions
How many players have played for both the Philadelphia Phillies and the Washington Nationals?
123 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1969 to 2025, including Bryce Harper, Jayson Werth, Bobby Wine and Trea Turner. 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?
Adolfo Phillips: Philadelphia Phillies first, then the Washington Nationals from 1969.
Who has played for both recently?
Bryce Harper, Trea Turner, Kyle Schwarber, Luis Garcia, Jorge Alfaro and Joe Ross, 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). Nationals seasons include the Montreal Expos (1969–2004).
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