Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals players: who played for both

Who played for both the Pirates and Cardinals?

289 players played for both the Pittsburgh Pirates and the St. Louis Cardinals between 1882 and 2025, including Dick Groat, Bill Virdon, Andy Van Slyke and Patsy Donovan. 145 of them played for the Pirates first and 132 for the Cardinals first; 12 played for both in the same season.

Did you know?

Charlie Morton is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Pirates first, then the Cardinals from 1882.
Tommy Pham is the most recent: Cardinals first, then the Pirates from 2025.
Dick Groat played the most games across the two: 1,258 for the Pirates and 472 for the Cardinals.
71 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Dick Groat.
Most common positions on this list: P (127), OF (50), C (40), 3B (22).

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All 289 players, most games for the two first

Seasons and regular-season games with each franchise (1876–2025). A gap of a season or more starts a new spell.
Player	Pos	Pirates	Cardinals
Dick Groat	SS	1952, 1955–1962 (1258 g)	1963–1965 (472 g)
Bill Virdon	OF	1956–1965, 1968 (1415 g)	1955–1956 (168 g)
Andy Van Slyke	OF	1987–1994 (1057 g)	1983–1986 (521 g)
Patsy Donovan	OF	1892–1899 (982 g)	1900–1903 (487 g)
Dots Miller	1B	1909–1913 (711 g)	1914–1917, 1919 (698 g)
Jake Beckley	1B	1888–1889, 1891–1896 (930 g)	1904–1907 (395 g)
Dal Maxvill	SS	1973–1974 (82 g)	1962–1972 (1205 g)
Bob Skinner	OF	1954, 1956–1963 (1100 g)	1964–1966 (184 g)
Owen Wilson	OF	1908–1913 (899 g)	1914–1916 (381 g)
George Miller	C	1884–1893 (971 g)	1894–1895 (249 g)
Tony Peña	C	1980–1986 (801 g)	1987–1989 (406 g)
Ed Konetchy	1B	1914 (154 g)	1907–1913 (982 g)
Ken Reitz	3B	1982 (7 g)	1972–1975, 1977–1980 (1100 g)
Donn Clendenon	1B	1961–1968 (982 g)	1972 (61 g)
Bones Ely	SS	1896–1901 (743 g)	1893–1895 (289 g)
Matty Alou	OF	1966–1970 (743 g)	1971–1973 (268 g)
Johnny Hopp	OF	1948–1950 (331 g)	1939–1945 (671 g)
Bobby Byrne	3B	1909–1913 (590 g)	1907–1909 (382 g)
George Hendrick	OF	1985 (69 g)	1978–1984 (893 g)
Bobby Bonilla	3B	1986–1991 (843 g)	2001 (93 g)
Jimmy Brown	2B	1946 (79 g)	1937–1943 (811 g)
Dick Schofield	SS	1958–1965 (576 g)	1953–1958, 1968, 1971 (312 g)
Tommy Thevenow	SS	1931–1935, 1938 (499 g)	1924–1928 (357 g)
David Freese	3B	2016–2018 (365 g)	2009–2013 (466 g)
Ripper Collins	1B	1941 (49 g)	1931–1936 (777 g)
Charlie Grimm	1B	1919–1924 (770 g)	1918 (50 g)
Abraham Nunez	3B	1997–2004 (630 g)	2005 (139 g)
Walter Schmidt	C	1916–1924 (729 g)	1925 (37 g)
Ken Oberkfell	3B	1988–1989 (34 g)	1977–1984 (724 g)
Mike LaValliere	C	1987–1993 (609 g)	1985–1986 (122 g)
Pep Young	2B	1933–1940 (698 g)	1941, 1945 (29 g)
Lou Bierbauer	2B	1891–1896 (709 g)	1897–1898 (16 g)
Rabbit Maranville	SS	1921–1924 (601 g)	1927–1928 (121 g)
Wally Westlake	OF	1947–1951 (580 g)	1951–1952 (94 g)
Stu Martin	2B	1941–1942 (130 g)	1936–1940 (528 g)
Mike Mowrey	3B	1914 (79 g)	1909–1913 (537 g)
Jake Stenzel	OF	1892–1896 (439 g)	1898–1899 (143 g)
Hal Smith	C	1965 (4 g)	1956–1961 (566 g)
Bill Kuehne	3B	1885–1889 (558 g)	1892 (7 g)
Virgil Davis	C	1940–1941, 1944–1945 (233 g)	1928, 1934–1936 (323 g)
Lonnie Smith	OF	1993 (94 g)	1982–1985 (459 g)
Pete Castiglione	3B	1947–1953 (473 g)	1953–1954 (72 g)
Rocky Nelson	1B	1951, 1959–1961 (337 g)	1949–1951, 1956 (205 g)
Billy Southworth	OF	1918–1920 (331 g)	1926–1927, 1929 (210 g)
Walker Cooper	C	1954 (14 g)	1940–1945, 1956–1957 (525 g)
Gene Freese	3B	1955–1958, 1964–1965 (472 g)	1958 (62 g)
Joe Garagiola	C	1951–1953 (217 g)	1946–1951 (317 g)
Sparky Adams	2B	1928–1929 (209 g)	1930–1933 (319 g)
Ryan Ludwick	OF	2011 (38 g)	2007–2010 (488 g)
Doug Baird	3B	1915–1917 (316 g)	1917–1919 (205 g)
Denny Lyons	3B	1893–1894, 1896–1897 (358 g)	1891, 1895 (154 g)
Ed Phelps	C	1902–1904, 1906–1908 (315 g)	1909–1910 (197 g)
Don Gutteridge	2B	1948 (4 g)	1936–1940 (501 g)
Tommy Pham	OF	2025 (120 g)	2014–2018, 2024 (385 g)
Tony Womack	2B	1993–1994, 1996–1998 (351 g)	2004 (145 g)
Murry Dickson	P	1949–1953 (234 g)	1939–1940, 1942–1943, 1946–1948, 1956–1957 (253 g)
Babe Adams	P	1907, 1909–1916, 1918–1926 (481 g)	1906 (1 g)
Joe Schultz	OF	1916 (77 g)	1919–1924 (405 g)
Frank Shugart	SS	1891–1893 (264 g)	1893–1894 (192 g)
Vic Davalillo	OF	1971–1973 (275 g)	1969–1970 (174 g)
Otto Krueger	SS	1903–1904 (166 g)	1900–1902 (282 g)
Dick Padden	2B	1896–1898 (323 g)	1901 (123 g)
Earl Smith	C	1924–1928 (354 g)	1928–1930 (89 g)
Dick Cole	SS	1951, 1953–1956 (426 g)	1951 (15 g)
Stan Rojek	SS	1948–1951 (385 g)	1951 (51 g)
George Whitted	OF	1919–1921 (277 g)	1912–1914 (156 g)
Dave Giusti	P	1970–1976 (410 g)	1969 (22 g)
Jimmy Burke	3B	1901–1902 (74 g)	1899, 1903–1905 (357 g)
Art Butler	SS	1912–1913 (125 g)	1914–1916 (304 g)
Debs Garms	OF	1940–1941 (186 g)	1943–1945 (237 g)
Heinie Peitz	C	1905–1906 (130 g)	1892–1895, 1913 (289 g)
Erv Dusak	OF	1951–1952 (41 g)	1941–1942, 1946–1951 (372 g)
Ham Hyatt	1B	1909–1910, 1912–1914 (307 g)	1915 (106 g)
Steve Brodie	OF	1897–1898 (142 g)	1892–1893 (261 g)
Spike Shannon	OF	1908 (35 g)	1904–1906 (354 g)
Monte Cross	SS	1894–1895 (122 g)	1896–1897 (257 g)
Brandon Moss	OF	2008–2010 (195 g)	2015–2016 (179 g)
Ted Wilks	P	1951–1952 (92 g)	1944–1951 (282 g)
Hal Rice	OF	1953–1954 (106 g)	1948–1953 (267 g)
Dave Brain	3B	1905 (82 g)	1903–1905 (290 g)
Art Whitney	3B	1884–1887 (368 g)	1891 (3 g)
Lee Meadows	P	1923–1929 (183 g)	1915–1919 (187 g)
Joe Sugden	C	1893–1897 (280 g)	1898 (89 g)
Reggie Sanders	OF	2003 (130 g)	2004–2005 (228 g)
Tom Brown	OF	1885–1887 (270 g)	1895 (84 g)
Bob Harmon	P	1914–1916, 1918 (139 g)	1909–1913 (210 g)
Jack Glasscock	SS	1893–1894 (153 g)	1892–1893 (187 g)
Nelson Briles	P	1971–1973 (98 g)	1965–1970 (234 g)
Jason Christiansen	P	1995–2000 (279 g)	2000–2001 (51 g)
Harvey Haddix	P	1959–1963 (169 g)	1952–1956 (160 g)
Ron Kline	P	1952, 1955–1959, 1968–1969 (295 g)	1960 (34 g)
Howie Pollet	P	1951–1953, 1956 (76 g)	1941–1943, 1946–1951 (250 g)
Duff Cooley	OF	1900 (66 g)	1893–1896 (256 g)
Sam Barkley	2B	1886–1887 (211 g)	1885 (106 g)
Bobby Tolan	OF	1977 (49 g)	1965–1968 (262 g)
Johnny O'Brien	2B	1953, 1955–1958 (283 g)	1958 (12 g)
Fred Hartman	3B	1894 (49 g)	1897, 1902 (239 g)
Bernie Carbo	OF	1980 (7 g)	1972–1973, 1979–1980 (276 g)
Pop Schriver	C	1898–1900 (224 g)	1901 (53 g)
Corey Dickerson	OF	2018–2019 (179 g)	2022 (97 g)
Burgess Whitehead	2B	1946 (55 g)	1933–1935 (219 g)
Red Munger	P	1952, 1956 (40 g)	1943–1944, 1946–1952 (233 g)
Cozy Dolan	OF	1913 (35 g)	1914–1915 (237 g)
Alan Storke	1B	1906–1909 (218 g)	1909 (48 g)
Gino Cimoli	OF	1960–1961 (122 g)	1959 (143 g)
Carl Taylor	C	1968–1969, 1971 (155 g)	1970 (104 g)
Pud Galvin	P	1885–1889, 1891–1892 (246 g)	1892 (12 g)
Matt Morris	P	2007–2008 (16 g)	1997–1998, 2000–2005 (239 g)
Pink Hawley	P	1895–1897 (147 g)	1892–1894 (104 g)
Vinegar Bend Mizell	P	1960–1962 (52 g)	1952–1953, 1956–1960 (199 g)
Jack O'Connor	C	1900–1902 (153 g)	1899–1900 (94 g)
Jose DeLeon	P	1983–1986 (85 g)	1988–1992 (160 g)
Wally Roettger	OF	1934 (47 g)	1927–1929, 1931 (197 g)
Bill Howerton	OF	1951–1952 (93 g)	1949–1951 (143 g)
Fritz Mollwitz	1B	1917–1919 (211 g)	1919 (25 g)
Bill Baker	C	1941–1943, 1946 (169 g)	1948–1949 (65 g)
Silver King	P	1891 (49 g)	1887–1889 (184 g)
Chris Stratton	P	2019–2022 (163 g)	2022–2023 (62 g)
Mike Donlin	OF	1912 (77 g)	1899–1900 (144 g)
Zach Duke	P	2005–2010 (166 g)	2016–2017 (55 g)
Clyde Kluttz	C	1947–1948 (167 g)	1946 (52 g)
Larry McWilliams	P	1982–1986 (173 g)	1988 (45 g)
Jerry Reuss	P	1974–1978, 1990 (160 g)	1969–1971 (57 g)
Bobby Del Greco	OF	1952, 1956 (113 g)	1956 (102 g)
Julian Tavarez	P	2003 (64 g)	2004–2005 (151 g)
George Strief	2B	1882 (79 g)	1883–1884 (130 g)
Mark Petkovsek	P	1993 (26 g)	1995–1998 (177 g)
George McBride	SS	1905 (27 g)	1905–1906 (171 g)
Burleigh Grimes	P	1916–1917, 1928–1929, 1934 (137 g)	1930–1931, 1933–1934 (60 g)
Omar Olivares	P	2001 (47 g)	1990–1994 (147 g)
Gary Kolb	OF	1968–1969 (103 g)	1960, 1962–1963 (90 g)
Vic Willis	P	1906–1909 (160 g)	1910 (33 g)
Michael McKenry	C	2011–2013 (187 g)	2016 (3 g)
Art Howe	3B	1974–1975 (92 g)	1984–1985 (93 g)
Genesis Cabrera	P	2025 (9 g)	2019–2023 (175 g)
Cesar Izturis	SS	2007 (45 g)	2008 (135 g)
Paul LaPalme	P	1951–1954 (121 g)	1955–1956 (57 g)
Shawon Dunston	SS	1997 (18 g)	1999–2000 (160 g)
Gene Tenace	C	1983 (53 g)	1981–1982 (124 g)
Doug Bair	P	1976, 1989–1990 (70 g)	1981–1983, 1985 (102 g)
Danny Cox	P	1992 (16 g)	1983–1988 (155 g)
Darnell Coles	3B	1987–1988 (108 g)	1995 (63 g)
Brian Harper	C	1982–1984 (127 g)	1985 (43 g)
Kip Wells	P	2002–2006 (134 g)	2007 (35 g)
John Tudor	P	1984 (36 g)	1985–1988, 1990 (132 g)
Bill Werle	P	1949–1952 (147 g)	1952 (19 g)
Red Ehret	P	1892–1894 (126 g)	1895 (37 g)
Ty Wigginton	3B	2004–2005 (115 g)	2013 (47 g)
Cliff Chambers	P	1949–1951 (81 g)	1951–1953 (79 g)
Jim Bibby	P	1978–1981, 1983 (146 g)	1972–1973 (12 g)
Bill White	SS	1884 (74 g)	1888 (76 g)
Tyler Lyons	P	2019 (3 g)	2013–2018 (147 g)
Rick White	P	1994–1995, 2005 (129 g)	2002 (20 g)
Bill Hart	P	1895, 1898 (52 g)	1896–1897 (95 g)
Julio Gotay	SS	1963–1964 (7 g)	1960–1962 (140 g)
William Barbeau	3B	1909 (92 g)	1909–1910 (55 g)
Dennys Reyes	P	2003 (12 g)	2009–2010 (134 g)
Sixto Lezcano	OF	1985 (72 g)	1981 (72 g)
Bob Purkey	P	1954–1957, 1966 (111 g)	1965 (32 g)
Bobby Shantz	P	1961 (44 g)	1962–1964 (99 g)
Carmen Hill	P	1915–1916, 1918–1919, 1926–1929 (133 g)	1929–1930 (7 g)
Ted Savage	OF	1963 (85 g)	1965–1967 (55 g)
Hank Robinson	P	1911–1913 (81 g)	1914–1915 (58 g)
Brian Hunter	1B	1994 (76 g)	1998 (62 g)
Mike Lincoln	P	2001–2003 (122 g)	2004 (13 g)
Preacher Roe	P	1944–1947 (131 g)	1938 (1 g)
Walt Moryn	OF	1961 (40 g)	1960–1961 (92 g)
Jeff Suppan	P	2003 (21 g)	2004–2006, 2010 (110 g)
Dave Ricketts	C	1970 (14 g)	1963, 1965, 1967–1969 (116 g)
Dan Lally	OF	1891 (41 g)	1897 (88 g)
Dave LaPoint	P	1988 (8 g)	1981–1984, 1987 (121 g)
Ricardo Rincon	P	1997–1998 (122 g)	2006 (5 g)
Vicente Palacios	P	1987–1988, 1990–1992 (76 g)	1994–1995 (51 g)
Juan Nicasio	P	2016–2017 (117 g)	2017 (9 g)
Lee Tunnell	P	1982–1985 (90 g)	1987 (33 g)
Bob Miller	P	1971–1972 (52 g)	1957, 1959–1961 (70 g)
Elmer Jacobs	P	1916–1918 (80 g)	1919–1920 (40 g)
Harry Gumbert	P	1949–1950 (17 g)	1941–1944 (103 g)
Jeff Pfeffer	P	1924 (15 g)	1921–1924 (105 g)
Ron Villone	P	2002 (45 g)	2008 (74 g)
Morgan Murphy	C	1898 (5 g)	1896–1897 (112 g)
Dave Rucker	P	1988 (31 g)	1983–1984 (84 g)
Joe Quest	2B	1884 (12 g)	1883–1884 (100 g)
Eric Fryer	C	2011–2012, 2016 (52 g)	2016–2017 (58 g)
Luis Arroyo	P	1956–1957 (74 g)	1955 (35 g)
Harry Staley	P	1888–1889, 1891 (85 g)	1895 (23 g)
Pete Mikkelsen	P	1966–1967 (103 g)	1968 (5 g)
Orlando Peña	P	1970 (23 g)	1973–1974 (84 g)
Cliff Carroll	OF	1888 (5 g)	1892 (101 g)
Al Jackson	P	1959, 1961 (13 g)	1966–1967 (92 g)
Chappie McFarland	P	1906 (6 g)	1902–1906 (99 g)
Jim Hughey	P	1896–1897 (50 g)	1898, 1900 (55 g)
Billy Kelly	C	1911–1913 (102 g)	1910 (2 g)
Earl Francis	P	1960–1964 (102 g)	1965 (2 g)
Jerry McNertney	C	1973 (9 g)	1971–1972 (95 g)
Bill Eagan	2B	1898 (19 g)	1891 (82 g)
Ron Davis	OF	1969 (62 g)	1968 (33 g)
Ed Karger	P	1906 (6 g)	1906–1908 (88 g)
Johnny Lindell	OF	1953 (58 g)	1950 (36 g)
Alberto Reyes	P	2002 (15 g)	2004–2005 (77 g)
Eddie Solomon	P	1980–1982 (64 g)	1976 (26 g)
Max Moroff	2B	2016–2018 (84 g)	2021 (6 g)
Frank Genins	OF	1895 (73 g)	1892 (15 g)
Jake Woodford	P	2024 (7 g)	2020–2023 (80 g)
Diomedes Olivo	P	1960, 1962 (66 g)	1963 (19 g)
Bob Steele	P	1917–1918 (43 g)	1916–1917 (41 g)
Bob Smith	P	1957–1959 (75 g)	1957 (6 g)
Johan Oviedo	P	2022–2023, 2025 (48 g)	2020–2022 (33 g)
Mudcat Grant	P	1970–1971 (50 g)	1969 (31 g)
Ray Harrell	P	1940 (3 g)	1935, 1937–1938 (78 g)
Chasen Shreve	P	2021 (57 g)	2018–2019 (23 g)
Chuck Hartenstein	P	1969–1970 (73 g)	1970 (6 g)
Shelby Miller	P	2021 (10 g)	2012–2014 (69 g)
Hank Gornicki	P	1942–1943, 1946 (74 g)	1941 (4 g)
Josh Phelps	DH	2007 (58 g)	2008 (19 g)
Rudy Kemmler	C	1882, 1885 (42 g)	1886 (35 g)
Max Surkont	P	1954–1956 (69 g)	1956 (5 g)
Dick Rand	C	1957 (60 g)	1953, 1955 (12 g)
Bobby Schang	C	1914–1915 (67 g)	1927 (3 g)
Octavio Dotel	P	2010 (41 g)	2011 (29 g)
Wade LeBlanc	P	2016–2017 (58 g)	2021 (12 g)
Jack Lamabe	P	1962 (46 g)	1967 (23 g)
Dick Littlefield	P	1954–1956 (64 g)	1956 (3 g)
Guy Bush	P	1935–1936 (57 g)	1938 (6 g)
Ted Power	P	1990 (40 g)	1989 (23 g)
Tom Leahy	C	1897 (24 g)	1905 (35 g)
Tony Brottem	C	1921 (30 g)	1916, 1918 (28 g)
Jim Donnelly	3B	1897 (44 g)	1890, 1898 (12 g)
Billy Earle	C	1892–1893 (32 g)	1890 (22 g)
Clay Carroll	P	1978 (2 g)	1977 (51 g)
John Nogowski	1B	2021 (33 g)	2020–2021 (20 g)
Sean Lowe	P	2002 (43 g)	1997–1998 (10 g)
Pete Browning	OF	1891 (50 g)	1894 (2 g)
Danny Jackson	P	1992 (15 g)	1995–1997 (36 g)
Dave Wainhouse	P	1996–1997 (42 g)	2000 (9 g)
Will McEnaney	P	1978 (6 g)	1979 (45 g)
Jeff Tabaka	P	1994, 1998 (42 g)	2001 (8 g)
Junior Fernandez	P	2022 (3 g)	2019–2022 (47 g)
Dennis Ribant	P	1967 (47 g)	1969 (2 g)
Clint Sodowsky	P	1997 (45 g)	1999 (3 g)
Dazzy Vance	P	1915 (1 g)	1933–1934 (47 g)
Art Weaver	C	1903 (16 g)	1902–1903 (27 g)
Joe Marshall	OF	1903 (10 g)	1906 (33 g)
Chris Cannizzaro	C	1968 (25 g)	1960–1961 (13 g)
Paddy O'Connor	C	1908–1910 (28 g)	1914 (10 g)
Joe Boever	P	1996 (13 g)	1985–1986 (24 g)
Ray Starr	P	1944–1945 (31 g)	1932 (3 g)
Charlie Morton	OF	1882 (24 g)	1882 (9 g)
Tom Kinslow	C	1895 (19 g)	1898 (14 g)
Jose Quintana	P	2022 (20 g)	2022 (12 g)
Chris Zachary	P	1973 (6 g)	1971 (24 g)
Ivan Cruz	1B	1999–2000 (13 g)	2002 (17 g)
Dave Hamilton	P	1978 (16 g)	1978 (13 g)
Bubber Jonnard	C	1922 (10 g)	1929 (18 g)
Stuffy Stewart	2B	1922 (3 g)	1916–1917 (25 g)
Daryl Patterson	P	1974 (14 g)	1971 (13 g)
Ike McAuley	SS	1914–1916 (24 g)	1917 (3 g)
Miguel Batista	P	1992 (1 g)	2011 (26 g)
Tom Cheney	P	1960–1961 (12 g)	1957, 1959 (15 g)
John Axford	P	2014 (13 g)	2013 (13 g)
Matt Pagnozzi	C	2011 (5 g)	2009–2010 (21 g)
Ben Wade	P	1955 (11 g)	1954 (13 g)
Duke Esper	P	1890, 1892 (5 g)	1897–1898 (19 g)
Bill Warwick	C	1921 (1 g)	1925–1926 (22 g)
Gene Mauch	2B	1947 (16 g)	1952 (7 g)
Gus Thompson	P	1903 (5 g)	1906 (17 g)
J. A. Happ	P	2015 (11 g)	2021 (11 g)
Jud Smith	3B	1896, 1901 (16 g)	1893 (4 g)
Sheriff Blake	P	1920 (6 g)	1937 (14 g)
Andy Hassler	P	1980 (6 g)	1984–1985 (13 g)
George Brunet	P	1970 (12 g)	1971 (7 g)
Marco Gonzales	P	2024 (7 g)	2014–2015, 2017 (12 g)
Dan Sullivan	C	1886 (1 g)	1885 (17 g)
Harry Wolter	OF	1907 (1 g)	1907 (17 g)
Jack Easton	P	1894 (3 g)	1891–1892 (14 g)
Britt Reames	P	2006 (6 g)	2000 (10 g)
Pete Daniels	P	1890 (4 g)	1898 (10 g)
Ernie Camacho	P	1981 (7 g)	1990 (6 g)
George Nicol	P	1894 (9 g)	1890 (3 g)
Jack Gorman	OF	1884 (8 g)	1883 (1 g)
Steven Baron	C	2019 (7 g)	2018 (2 g)
Gus Weyhing	P	1895 (1 g)	1900 (7 g)
Bob Kuzava	P	1957 (4 g)	1957 (3 g)
Brandon Waddell	P	2020 (2 g)	2021 (4 g)
Frank Barrett	P	1950 (5 g)	1939 (1 g)
Henry Oberbeck	OF	1883 (2 g)	1883 (4 g)
Morrie Critchley	P	1882 (1 g)	1882 (4 g)
Harry Camnitz	P	1909 (1 g)	1911 (2 g)
Jorge Rondon	P	2016 (2 g)	2014 (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).Cardinals seasons include the St. Louis Brown Stockings (1882), St. Louis Browns (1883–1898) and St. Louis Perfectos (1899).

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How many players have played for both the Pittsburgh Pirates and the St. Louis Cardinals?

289 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1882 to 2025, including Dick Groat, Bill Virdon, Andy Van Slyke and Patsy Donovan. 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?

Charlie Morton: Pittsburgh Pirates first, then the St. Louis Cardinals from 1882.

Who has played for both recently?

Tommy Pham, Genesis Cabrera, Jake Woodford, Johan Oviedo and Marco Gonzales, 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). Cardinals seasons include the St. Louis Brown Stockings (1882), St. Louis Browns (1883–1898) and St. Louis Perfectos (1899).

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