Pittsburgh Pirates and San Francisco Giants players: who played for both
Who played for both the Pirates and Giants?
252 players played for both the Pittsburgh Pirates and the San Francisco Giants between 1883 and 2025, including Barry Bonds, Andrew McCutchen, Al Oliver and George Van Haltren. 132 of them played for the Pirates first and 105 for the Giants first; 15 played for both in the same season.
Did you know?
- Alex McKinnon is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Giants first, then the Pirates from 1887.
- JT Brubaker is the most recent: Pirates first, then the Giants from 2025.
- Barry Bonds played the most games across the two: 1,010 for the Pirates and 1,976 for the Giants.
- 56 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Andrew McCutchen.
- Most common positions on this list: P (108), OF (46), C (32), 3B (21).
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All 252 players, most games for the two first
| Player | Pos | Pirates | Giants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Bonds | OF | 1986–1992 (1010 g) | 1993–2007 (1976 g) |
| Andrew McCutchen | OF | 2009–2017, 2023–2025 (1713 g) | 2018 (130 g) |
| Al Oliver | OF | 1968–1977 (1302 g) | 1984 (91 g) |
| George Van Haltren | OF | 1892–1893 (137 g) | 1894–1903 (1227 g) |
| Freddie Lindstrom | 3B | 1933–1934 (235 g) | 1924–1932 (1088 g) |
| Dick Groat | SS | 1952, 1955–1962 (1258 g) | 1967 (34 g) |
| Jose Pagan | SS | 1965–1972 (625 g) | 1959–1965 (655 g) |
| Rennie Stennett | 2B | 1971–1979 (1079 g) | 1980–1981 (158 g) |
| George Gibson | C | 1905–1916 (1174 g) | 1917–1918 (39 g) |
| Matty Alou | OF | 1966–1970 (743 g) | 1960–1965 (453 g) |
| Dick Bartell | SS | 1927–1930 (345 g) | 1935–1938, 1941–1943, 1946 (835 g) |
| Bob Elliott | 3B | 1939–1946 (1047 g) | 1952 (98 g) |
| George Kelly | 1B | 1917 (8 g) | 1915–1917, 1919–1926 (1137 g) |
| Bill Madlock | 3B | 1979–1985 (801 g) | 1977–1979 (331 g) |
| Johnnie LeMaster | SS | 1985 (22 g) | 1975–1985 (986 g) |
| Jake Beckley | 1B | 1888–1889, 1891–1896 (930 g) | 1896–1897 (63 g) |
| George Grantham | 2B | 1925–1931 (914 g) | 1934 (32 g) |
| Sid Gordon | OF | 1954–1955 (147 g) | 1941–1943, 1946–1949, 1955 (760 g) |
| Frank Bowerman | C | 1898–1899 (179 g) | 1900–1907 (693 g) |
| Freddy Sanchez | 2B | 2004–2009 (676 g) | 2009–2011 (196 g) |
| Elmer Smith | OF | 1892–1897, 1901 (766 g) | 1900 (85 g) |
| Burgess Whitehead | 2B | 1946 (55 g) | 1936–1937, 1939–1941 (650 g) |
| Manny Mota | OF | 1963–1968 (642 g) | 1962 (47 g) |
| Dick Schofield | SS | 1958–1965 (576 g) | 1965–1966 (112 g) |
| Vince DiMaggio | OF | 1940–1944 (670 g) | 1946 (15 g) |
| Phil Garner | 2B | 1977–1981 (664 g) | 1988 (15 g) |
| Earl Smith | C | 1924–1928 (354 g) | 1919–1923 (315 g) |
| Milt May | C | 1970–1973, 1983–1984 (269 g) | 1980–1983 (388 g) |
| Tony Watson | P | 2011–2017 (450 g) | 2018–2021 (179 g) |
| Dave Robertson | OF | 1921 (60 g) | 1912, 1914–1917, 1919, 1922 (561 g) |
| Mike Benjamin | SS | 1999–2000, 2002 (311 g) | 1989–1995 (299 g) |
| Art Whitney | 3B | 1884–1887 (368 g) | 1888–1889 (219 g) |
| Billy Southworth | OF | 1918–1920 (331 g) | 1924–1926 (253 g) |
| Jose Castillo | 2B | 2004–2007 (465 g) | 2008 (112 g) |
| Don Robinson | P | 1978–1987 (355 g) | 1987–1991 (183 g) |
| Mike Donlin | OF | 1912 (77 g) | 1904–1906, 1908, 1911, 1914 (433 g) |
| Javier Lopez | P | 2010 (50 g) | 2010–2016 (446 g) |
| Tim Foli | SS | 1979–1981, 1985 (365 g) | 1977 (104 g) |
| Denny Lyons | 3B | 1893–1894, 1896–1897 (358 g) | 1892 (108 g) |
| Jason Christiansen | P | 1995–2000 (279 g) | 2001–2005 (187 g) |
| Heinie Groh | 3B | 1927 (14 g) | 1912–1913, 1922–1926 (451 g) |
| Danny O'Connell | 2B | 1950, 1953 (228 g) | 1957–1959 (236 g) |
| Bill McKechnie | 3B | 1907, 1910–1912, 1918, 1920 (369 g) | 1916 (71 g) |
| Chuck Hiller | 2B | 1968 (11 g) | 1961–1965 (429 g) |
| Eddie Burke | OF | 1890 (31 g) | 1892–1895 (401 g) |
| Harry McCormick | OF | 1904 (66 g) | 1904, 1908–1909, 1912–1913 (353 g) |
| Duke Farrell | C | 1892 (152 g) | 1894–1896 (264 g) |
| Johnny Rawlings | 2B | 1923–1926 (219 g) | 1921–1922 (174 g) |
| Salomon Torres | P | 2002–2007 (360 g) | 1993–1995 (28 g) |
| Travis Ishikawa | 1B | 2014–2015 (53 g) | 2006, 2008–2010, 2014–2015 (334 g) |
| Mark Melancon | P | 2013–2016 (267 g) | 2017–2019 (116 g) |
| Jose Guillen | OF | 1997–1999 (336 g) | 2010 (42 g) |
| Jack Glasscock | SS | 1893–1894 (153 g) | 1890–1891 (221 g) |
| Walker Cooper | C | 1954 (14 g) | 1946–1949 (360 g) |
| Benito Santiago | C | 2005 (6 g) | 2001–2003 (367 g) |
| Armando Rios | OF | 2001–2002 (78 g) | 1998–2001 (292 g) |
| Andre Rodgers | SS | 1965–1967 (158 g) | 1957–1960 (206 g) |
| Joe Gibbon | P | 1960–1965, 1969–1970 (253 g) | 1966–1969 (110 g) |
| Tom O'Brien | OF | 1898, 1900 (209 g) | 1899 (151 g) |
| Willie Clark | 1B | 1898–1899 (138 g) | 1895–1897 (212 g) |
| Charlie Hayes | 3B | 1996 (128 g) | 1988–1989, 1998–1999 (216 g) |
| Spike Shannon | OF | 1908 (35 g) | 1906–1908 (305 g) |
| George Kontos | P | 2017–2018 (36 g) | 2012–2017 (300 g) |
| Joey Bart | C | 2024–2025 (173 g) | 2020–2023 (162 g) |
| Dale Long | 1B | 1951, 1955–1957 (296 g) | 1960 (37 g) |
| Lee King | OF | 1916–1918 (155 g) | 1919–1922 (175 g) |
| Gorkys Hernandez | OF | 2012, 2015 (33 g) | 2016–2018 (296 g) |
| Doug Baird | 3B | 1915–1917 (316 g) | 1920 (7 g) |
| Beals Becker | OF | 1908 (20 g) | 1910–1912 (298 g) |
| Jeff Robinson | P | 1987–1989 (143 g) | 1984–1987 (170 g) |
| Mike Kingery | OF | 1996 (117 g) | 1990–1991 (196 g) |
| Steve Nicosia | C | 1978–1983 (247 g) | 1983–1984 (63 g) |
| Billy O'Dell | P | 1966–1967 (65 g) | 1960–1964 (244 g) |
| Casey Stengel | OF | 1918–1919 (128 g) | 1921–1923 (177 g) |
| Ron Kline | P | 1952, 1955–1959, 1968–1969 (295 g) | 1969 (7 g) |
| Eddie Moore | 2B | 1923–1926 (263 g) | 1932 (37 g) |
| Tom McCreery | OF | 1898–1900 (215 g) | 1897–1898 (84 g) |
| Shawon Dunston | SS | 1997 (18 g) | 1996, 1998, 2001–2002 (278 g) |
| Ryan Vogelsong | P | 2001, 2003–2006, 2016 (129 g) | 2000–2001, 2011–2015 (163 g) |
| Jason Schmidt | P | 1996–2001 (129 g) | 2001–2006 (162 g) |
| Xavier Nady | OF | 2006–2008 (269 g) | 2012 (19 g) |
| Art Wilson | C | 1916 (53 g) | 1908–1913 (232 g) |
| Harry Davis | 1B | 1896–1898 (213 g) | 1895–1896 (71 g) |
| John Vander Wal | OF | 2000–2001 (231 g) | 2001 (49 g) |
| Red Lucas | P | 1934–1938 (276 g) | 1923 (3 g) |
| Reggie Sanders | OF | 2003 (130 g) | 2002 (140 g) |
| Connor Joe | OF | 2023–2024 (256 g) | 2019 (8 g) |
| Julian Tavarez | P | 2003 (64 g) | 1997–1999 (196 g) |
| Willie Montanez | 1B | 1981–1982 (65 g) | 1975–1976 (195 g) |
| Chris Stewart | C | 2014–2017 (192 g) | 2011 (67 g) |
| Steve Brodie | OF | 1897–1898 (142 g) | 1902 (110 g) |
| Pop Schriver | C | 1898–1900 (224 g) | 1895 (24 g) |
| Melky Cabrera | OF | 2019 (133 g) | 2012 (113 g) |
| Clyde Kluttz | C | 1947–1948 (167 g) | 1945–1946 (78 g) |
| Joe Bowman | P | 1937–1941 (202 g) | 1934 (31 g) |
| Kevin Correia | P | 2011–2012 (59 g) | 2003–2008 (170 g) |
| John Bowker | 1B | 2010–2011 (45 g) | 2008–2010 (183 g) |
| Jouett Meekin | P | 1900 (2 g) | 1894–1899 (225 g) |
| Fred Hartman | 3B | 1894 (49 g) | 1898–1899 (174 g) |
| Moises Alou | OF | 1990 (2 g) | 2005–2006 (221 g) |
| Joe Garagiola | C | 1951–1953 (217 g) | 1954 (5 g) |
| Ray Mueller | C | 1939–1940, 1950 (157 g) | 1949–1950 (60 g) |
| Harry Gumbert | P | 1949–1950 (17 g) | 1935–1941 (196 g) |
| Ray Berres | C | 1937–1940 (144 g) | 1942–1945 (68 g) |
| Chris Stratton | P | 2019–2022 (163 g) | 2016–2018 (48 g) |
| Hans Lobert | 3B | 1903 (5 g) | 1915–1917 (205 g) |
| Jocko Fields | OF | 1887–1889, 1891 (186 g) | 1892 (21 g) |
| Mike Morse | OF | 2015–2016 (51 g) | 2014, 2017 (155 g) |
| Al Holland | P | 1977, 1985 (40 g) | 1979–1982 (162 g) |
| Jack Scott | P | 1916 (3 g) | 1922–1923, 1925–1926, 1928–1929 (195 g) |
| Jack Taschner | P | 2010 (17 g) | 2005–2008 (178 g) |
| Rick Reuschel | P | 1985–1987 (99 g) | 1987–1991 (96 g) |
| Al Maul | OF | 1888–1889, 1891 (189 g) | 1901 (3 g) |
| Pink Hawley | P | 1895–1897 (147 g) | 1900 (41 g) |
| Ed Doheny | P | 1901–1903 (60 g) | 1895–1901 (127 g) |
| Mark Dewey | P | 1993–1994 (66 g) | 1990, 1995–1996 (119 g) |
| Jim Gott | P | 1987–1989, 1995 (118 g) | 1985–1987 (65 g) |
| Brian Boehringer | P | 2002–2004 (153 g) | 2001 (29 g) |
| Jonathan Sanchez | P | 2013 (6 g) | 2006–2011 (175 g) |
| Ozzie Virgil | 3B | 1965 (39 g) | 1956–1957, 1966, 1969 (142 g) |
| Kyle Crick | P | 2018–2021 (150 g) | 2017 (30 g) |
| Burleigh Grimes | P | 1916–1917, 1928–1929, 1934 (137 g) | 1927 (39 g) |
| Jim Marshall | 1B | 1962 (55 g) | 1960–1961 (120 g) |
| Waite Hoyt | P | 1933–1937 (156 g) | 1918, 1932 (19 g) |
| Alen Hanson | 2B | 2016–2017 (64 g) | 2018 (110 g) |
| Tommy Sheehan | 3B | 1906–1907 (170 g) | 1900 (1 g) |
| Wally Roettger | OF | 1934 (47 g) | 1930 (121 g) |
| Alex McKinnon | 1B | 1887 (48 g) | 1884 (116 g) |
| George Smith | 2B | 1899 (15 g) | 1901–1902 (149 g) |
| Kirby Higbe | P | 1947–1949 (109 g) | 1949–1950 (55 g) |
| Ken Reitz | 3B | 1982 (7 g) | 1976 (155 g) |
| Jose Mesa | P | 2004–2005 (125 g) | 1998 (32 g) |
| Mark Baldwin | P | 1891–1893 (110 g) | 1893 (45 g) |
| John Ganzel | 1B | 1898 (15 g) | 1901 (138 g) |
| Carmen Hill | P | 1915–1916, 1918–1919, 1926–1929 (133 g) | 1922 (8 g) |
| Casey McGehee | 3B | 2012 (92 g) | 2015 (49 g) |
| Ed Whitson | P | 1977–1979 (67 g) | 1979–1981 (74 g) |
| Glenn Spencer | P | 1928, 1930–1932 (122 g) | 1933 (17 g) |
| Leon Chagnon | P | 1929–1930, 1932–1934 (121 g) | 1935 (14 g) |
| Tom Griffin | P | 1982 (6 g) | 1979–1981 (125 g) |
| Johnny Dickshot | OF | 1936–1938 (120 g) | 1939 (10 g) |
| Kenny Lofton | OF | 2003 (84 g) | 2002 (46 g) |
| Del Crandall | C | 1965 (60 g) | 1964 (69 g) |
| Windy McCall | P | 1950 (2 g) | 1954–1957 (126 g) |
| Darnell Coles | 3B | 1987–1988 (108 g) | 1991 (11 g) |
| Ken Oberkfell | 3B | 1988–1989 (34 g) | 1989 (83 g) |
| Vic Aldridge | P | 1925–1927 (95 g) | 1928 (22 g) |
| Bill Henry | P | 1968 (10 g) | 1965–1968 (105 g) |
| Roger Mason | P | 1991–1992 (89 g) | 1985–1987 (21 g) |
| Joe Wilhoit | OF | 1917 (9 g) | 1917–1918 (98 g) |
| Rajai Davis | OF | 2006–2007 (44 g) | 2007–2008 (63 g) |
| Silver King | P | 1891 (49 g) | 1892–1893 (58 g) |
| Chase d'Arnaud | SS | 2011–2012, 2014 (64 g) | 2018 (42 g) |
| Ed Sicking | 2B | 1927 (7 g) | 1918–1920 (98 g) |
| Bill Howerton | OF | 1951–1952 (93 g) | 1952 (11 g) |
| Rich Gossage | P | 1977 (72 g) | 1989 (31 g) |
| Bryan Morris | P | 2012–2014 (81 g) | 2017 (20 g) |
| Roy Spencer | C | 1925–1927 (80 g) | 1936 (19 g) |
| Gary Alexander | C | 1981 (21 g) | 1975–1977 (77 g) |
| Mike Lynch | P | 1904–1907 (86 g) | 1907 (12 g) |
| Dan Runzler | P | 2017 (8 g) | 2009–2012 (89 g) |
| Marty O'Toole | P | 1911–1914 (87 g) | 1914 (10 g) |
| Terry Mulholland | P | 2001 (22 g) | 1986, 1988–1989, 1995, 1997 (74 g) |
| Dick Littlefield | P | 1954–1956 (64 g) | 1956 (31 g) |
| Dave Brain | 3B | 1905 (82 g) | 1908 (11 g) |
| Hank Schenz | 2B | 1950–1951 (84 g) | 1951 (8 g) |
| Paul Giel | P | 1959–1960 (20 g) | 1954–1955, 1958 (69 g) |
| Andrew Susac | C | 2020 (1 g) | 2014–2015 (87 g) |
| Derek Holland | P | 2020 (12 g) | 2018–2019 (70 g) |
| Max Surkont | P | 1954–1956 (69 g) | 1956–1957 (13 g) |
| Denny Bautista | P | 2008–2009 (49 g) | 2010 (31 g) |
| Bobby Schang | C | 1914–1915 (67 g) | 1915 (12 g) |
| Roberto Hernandez | P | 2006 (46 g) | 1997 (28 g) |
| Jimmy Smith | 2B | 1916 (36 g) | 1917 (37 g) |
| Don Songer | P | 1924–1927 (49 g) | 1927 (22 g) |
| Matt Morris | P | 2007–2008 (16 g) | 2006–2007 (54 g) |
| Tyler Heineman | C | 2022–2023 (55 g) | 2020 (15 g) |
| Bob Priddy | P | 1962, 1964 (21 g) | 1965–1966 (48 g) |
| JT Brubaker | P | 2020–2022 (64 g) | 2025 (5 g) |
| Marlon Byrd | OF | 2013 (30 g) | 2015 (39 g) |
| Bobby Rhawn | 3B | 1949 (3 g) | 1947–1949 (64 g) |
| Jim Donnelly | 3B | 1897 (44 g) | 1897 (23 g) |
| George Yeager | C | 1901 (26 g) | 1902 (39 g) |
| Vin Mazzaro | P | 2013–2014 (62 g) | 2016 (2 g) |
| Danny Darwin | P | 1996 (19 g) | 1997–1998 (43 g) |
| Jimmy Knowles | 1B | 1884 (46 g) | 1892 (16 g) |
| Sam McDowell | P | 1975 (14 g) | 1972–1973 (46 g) |
| Ray Poat | P | 1949 (11 g) | 1947–1949 (48 g) |
| Tyler Beede | P | 2022 (25 g) | 2018–2019, 2021–2022 (34 g) |
| Bill Haeffner | C | 1920 (54 g) | 1928 (2 g) |
| Bob Steele | P | 1917–1918 (43 g) | 1918–1919 (13 g) |
| Hank Behrman | P | 1947 (10 g) | 1949 (43 g) |
| Jack Maguire | OF | 1951 (8 g) | 1950–1951 (45 g) |
| Tom Colcolough | P | 1893–1895 (39 g) | 1899 (14 g) |
| Hal Gregg | P | 1948–1950 (35 g) | 1952 (17 g) |
| Jack Wisner | P | 1919–1920 (21 g) | 1925–1926 (30 g) |
| Roger Bowman | P | 1953, 1955 (37 g) | 1949, 1951–1952 (13 g) |
| Dave Roberts | P | 1979–1980 (23 g) | 1979 (26 g) |
| Jack Hallett | P | 1942–1943, 1946 (47 g) | 1948 (2 g) |
| Jim Mangan | C | 1952, 1954 (25 g) | 1956 (20 g) |
| Jack Cronin | P | 1898 (4 g) | 1902–1903 (40 g) |
| Johnny Gee | P | 1939, 1941, 1943–1944 (25 g) | 1944–1946 (19 g) |
| Mule Watson | P | 1920 (5 g) | 1923–1924 (39 g) |
| Roscoe Miller | P | 1904 (19 g) | 1902–1903 (25 g) |
| Tully Sparks | P | 1899 (28 g) | 1902 (16 g) |
| Bob Barr | P | 1883 (37 g) | 1891 (5 g) |
| Erik Kratz | C | 2010, 2016 (27 g) | 2019 (15 g) |
| Ka'ai Tom | OF | 2021 (39 g) | 2022 (1 g) |
| Dave LaPoint | P | 1988 (8 g) | 1985 (31 g) |
| Elmer Cleveland | 3B | 1888 (30 g) | 1888 (9 g) |
| Bullet Joe Bush | P | 1926–1927 (35 g) | 1927 (3 g) |
| Ray Starr | P | 1944–1945 (31 g) | 1933 (6 g) |
| Cozy Dolan | OF | 1913 (35 g) | 1922 (1 g) |
| Tyler Anderson | P | 2021 (18 g) | 2020 (13 g) |
| Brickyard Kennedy | P | 1903 (23 g) | 1902 (6 g) |
| Heath Hembree | P | 2022 (20 g) | 2013 (9 g) |
| Ernie Camacho | P | 1981 (7 g) | 1989–1990 (21 g) |
| Mackey Sasser | C | 1987, 1995 (26 g) | 1987 (2 g) |
| Mark Mathias | 2B | 2023 (22 g) | 2023 (5 g) |
| Jack Gilbert | OF | 1904 (25 g) | 1898 (1 g) |
| Jack Salveson | P | 1935 (5 g) | 1933–1934 (21 g) |
| Pete Compton | OF | 1916 (5 g) | 1918 (21 g) |
| Roberto Perez | C | 2022 (21 g) | 2023 (5 g) |
| Sam Crane | 2B | 1890 (22 g) | 1890 (4 g) |
| Jose Quintana | P | 2022 (20 g) | 2021 (5 g) |
| Mike Cvengros | P | 1927 (23 g) | 1922 (1 g) |
| Hank O'Day | P | 1885 (13 g) | 1889 (10 g) |
| Bill Stuart | SS | 1895 (19 g) | 1899 (1 g) |
| Roger Samuels | P | 1989 (5 g) | 1988 (15 g) |
| Tony Menendez | P | 1993 (14 g) | 1994 (6 g) |
| Trevor Cahill | P | 2021 (9 g) | 2020 (11 g) |
| Joe Martinez | P | 2010 (5 g) | 2009–2010 (14 g) |
| John Menefee | P | 1892, 1894–1895 (17 g) | 1898 (1 g) |
| Yamid Haad | C | 1999 (1 g) | 2005 (17 g) |
| Andrew Knapp | C | 2022 (11 g) | 2022, 2024 (6 g) |
| Corban Joseph | 2B | 2019 (9 g) | 2019 (8 g) |
| Fresco Thompson | 2B | 1925 (14 g) | 1926, 1934 (3 g) |
| Pat Veltman | C | 1934 (12 g) | 1928–1929, 1932 (5 g) |
| Crazy Schmit | P | 1890 (11 g) | 1893 (4 g) |
| Joe Coleman | P | 1979 (10 g) | 1979 (5 g) |
| Ray Harrell | P | 1940 (3 g) | 1945 (12 g) |
| Chet Nichols | P | 1926–1927 (11 g) | 1928 (3 g) |
| Shelby Miller | P | 2021 (10 g) | 2022 (4 g) |
| Williams Jerez | P | 2019 (6 g) | 2019 (6 g) |
| Nick Tropeano | P | 2020 (7 g) | 2021 (4 g) |
| Luis Figueroa | 2B | 2001 (4 g) | 2007 (6 g) |
| Tacks Latimer | C | 1900 (4 g) | 1898 (5 g) |
| Eric Hacker | P | 2009 (3 g) | 2012 (4 g) |
| Kevin Padlo | 1B | 2022 (3 g) | 2022 (4 g) |
| Daulton Jefferies | P | 2024 (4 g) | 2024 (2 g) |
| Bert Maxwell | P | 1906 (1 g) | 1911 (4 g) |
| Andy Dunning | P | 1889 (2 g) | 1891 (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.Pirates seasons include the Pittsburg Alleghenys (1882–1890).Giants seasons include the New York Gothams (1883–1884) and New York Giants (1885–1957).
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Questions
How many players have played for both the Pittsburgh Pirates and the San Francisco Giants?
252 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1883 to 2025, including Barry Bonds, Andrew McCutchen, Al Oliver and George Van Haltren. 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?
Alex McKinnon: San Francisco Giants first, then the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1887.
Who has played for both recently?
Andrew McCutchen, Joey Bart, Connor Joe, JT Brubaker, Andrew Knapp and Daulton Jefferies, 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. Pirates seasons include the Pittsburg Alleghenys (1882–1890). Giants seasons include the New York Gothams (1883–1884) and New York Giants (1885–1957).
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