Pittsburgh Pirates and Texas Rangers players: who played for both
Who played for both the Pirates and Rangers?
126 players played for both the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Texas Rangers between 1961 and 2025, including Al Oliver, Steve Buechele, Richie Zisk and Bill Madlock. 64 of them played for the Pirates first and 53 for the Rangers first; 9 played for both in the same season.
Did you know?
- Bennie Daniels is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Pirates first, then the Rangers from 1961.
- Rowdy Tellez is the most recent: Pirates first, then the Rangers from 2025.
- Al Oliver played the most games across the two: 1,302 for the Pirates and 534 for the Rangers.
- 25 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Steve Buechele.
- Most common positions on this list: P (66), OF (24), SS (10), C (9).
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All 126 players, most games for the two first
| Player | Pos | Pirates | Rangers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al Oliver | OF | 1968–1977 (1302 g) | 1978–1981 (534 g) |
| Steve Buechele | 3B | 1991–1992 (111 g) | 1985–1991, 1995 (889 g) |
| Richie Zisk | OF | 1971–1976 (578 g) | 1978–1980 (419 g) |
| Bill Madlock | 3B | 1979–1985 (801 g) | 1973 (21 g) |
| Don Slaught | C | 1990–1995 (475 g) | 1985–1987 (292 g) |
| Curt Wilkerson | SS | 1991 (85 g) | 1983–1988 (610 g) |
| Gene Clines | OF | 1970–1974 (452 g) | 1976 (116 g) |
| Isiah Kiner-Falefa | SS | 2024–2025 (169 g) | 2018–2021 (392 g) |
| Ron Kline | P | 1952, 1955–1959, 1968–1969 (295 g) | 1963–1966 (260 g) |
| Gary Redus | OF | 1988–1992 (398 g) | 1993–1994 (95 g) |
| Cecil Espy | OF | 1991–1992 (155 g) | 1987–1990 (331 g) |
| Dale Long | 1B | 1951, 1955–1957 (296 g) | 1961–1962 (190 g) |
| Danny O'Connell | 2B | 1950, 1953 (228 g) | 1961–1962 (222 g) |
| Adrian Brown | OF | 1997–2002 (408 g) | 2006 (25 g) |
| Lee Mazzilli | OF | 1983–1986 (373 g) | 1982 (58 g) |
| Rod Barajas | C | 2012 (104 g) | 2004–2006 (325 g) |
| Mario Mendoza | SS | 1974–1978 (324 g) | 1981–1982 (100 g) |
| John Cangelosi | OF | 1987–1990 (349 g) | 1992 (73 g) |
| Gary Matthews | OF | 2001 (46 g) | 2004–2006 (365 g) |
| Marlon Byrd | OF | 2013 (30 g) | 2007–2009 (377 g) |
| Dock Ellis | P | 1968–1975, 1979 (274 g) | 1977–1979 (55 g) |
| Ed Kirkpatrick | OF | 1974–1977 (309 g) | 1977 (20 g) |
| Junior Ortiz | C | 1982–1983, 1985–1989 (299 g) | 1994 (29 g) |
| Jim Fregosi | SS | 1977–1978 (56 g) | 1973–1977 (271 g) |
| Ramon Vazquez | SS | 2009 (101 g) | 2007–2008 (209 g) |
| Doug Strange | 3B | 1998 (90 g) | 1993–1994 (218 g) |
| Ken Hamlin | SS | 1957, 1959 (5 g) | 1962, 1965–1966 (281 g) |
| Joaquin Benoit | P | 2017 (8 g) | 2001–2008 (274 g) |
| Kevin Elster | SS | 1997 (39 g) | 1996, 1998 (241 g) |
| Neftali Feliz | P | 2016 (62 g) | 2009–2015 (216 g) |
| Bob Patterson | P | 1986–1987, 1989–1992 (207 g) | 1993 (52 g) |
| Cecilio Guante | P | 1982–1986 (201 g) | 1988–1989 (57 g) |
| Nick Solak | 2B | 2025 (4 g) | 2019–2022 (253 g) |
| Dave Hostetler | 1B | 1988 (6 g) | 1982–1984 (244 g) |
| Harry Bright | 1B | 1958–1960 (59 g) | 1961–1962 (185 g) |
| Danny Darwin | P | 1996 (19 g) | 1978–1984, 1995 (224 g) |
| Jim Bibby | P | 1978–1981, 1983 (146 g) | 1973–1975, 1984 (88 g) |
| Bennie Daniels | P | 1957–1960 (55 g) | 1961–1965 (178 g) |
| Keone Kela | P | 2018–2020 (51 g) | 2015–2018 (180 g) |
| Martin Perez | P | 2024 (16 g) | 2012–2018, 2022–2023 (208 g) |
| Jason Grilli | P | 2011–2014 (168 g) | 2009, 2017 (50 g) |
| Dennis Santana | P | 2024–2025 (109 g) | 2021–2022 (102 g) |
| Chris Stewart | C | 2014–2017 (192 g) | 2007 (17 g) |
| Kurt Bevacqua | 3B | 1974, 1980–1981 (69 g) | 1977–1978 (129 g) |
| Nelson Norman | SS | 1982 (3 g) | 1978–1981 (194 g) |
| Brian Shouse | P | 1993 (6 g) | 2003–2006 (185 g) |
| Derek Holland | P | 2020 (12 g) | 2009–2016 (179 g) |
| Don Leppert | C | 1961–1962 (67 g) | 1963–1964 (123 g) |
| Chris Stratton | P | 2019–2022 (163 g) | 2023 (22 g) |
| Jesse Chavez | P | 2008–2009 (88 g) | 2018–2020 (96 g) |
| Rowdy Tellez | 1B | 2024 (132 g) | 2025 (50 g) |
| Gene Woodling | OF | 1947 (22 g) | 1961–1962 (154 g) |
| Adam Hyzdu | OF | 2000–2003 (173 g) | 2006 (2 g) |
| Mike Gonzalez | P | 2003–2006 (168 g) | 2011 (7 g) |
| Jose Hernandez | SS | 2003, 2006 (125 g) | 1991 (45 g) |
| Kenny Lofton | OF | 2003 (84 g) | 2007 (84 g) |
| Bert Blyleven | P | 1978–1980 (112 g) | 1976–1977 (54 g) |
| Doc Medich | P | 1976 (29 g) | 1978–1982 (133 g) |
| Esteban Loaiza | P | 1995–1998 (98 g) | 1998–2000 (64 g) |
| Jim Shellenback | P | 1966–1967, 1969 (16 g) | 1969–1974 (145 g) |
| Nelson Briles | P | 1971–1973 (98 g) | 1976–1977 (60 g) |
| Joe Coleman | P | 1979 (10 g) | 1965–1970 (144 g) |
| Dan Miceli | P | 1993–1996 (139 g) | 2002 (9 g) |
| Matt Stairs | OF | 2003 (121 g) | 2006 (26 g) |
| Ruben Mateo | OF | 2004 (19 g) | 1999–2001 (124 g) |
| Kip Wells | P | 2002–2006 (134 g) | 2006 (2 g) |
| Kris Benson | P | 1999–2000, 2002–2004 (128 g) | 2009 (8 g) |
| Odell Jones | P | 1975, 1977–1978, 1981 (52 g) | 1983–1984 (75 g) |
| Dave May | OF | 1978 (5 g) | 1977 (120 g) |
| Steve Kemp | OF | 1985–1986 (105 g) | 1988 (16 g) |
| Juan Nicasio | P | 2016–2017 (117 g) | 2020 (2 g) |
| Rich Gossage | P | 1977 (72 g) | 1991 (44 g) |
| Daniel McCutchen | P | 2009–2012 (108 g) | 2014 (1 g) |
| Tom Cheney | P | 1960–1961 (12 g) | 1961–1964, 1966 (94 g) |
| R C Stevens | 1B | 1958–1960 (71 g) | 1961 (33 g) |
| Willie Montanez | 1B | 1981–1982 (65 g) | 1979 (38 g) |
| Brock Holt | 2B | 2012 (24 g) | 2021 (77 g) |
| Aroldis Chapman | P | 2024 (68 g) | 2023 (30 g) |
| Chan Ho Park | P | 2010 (26 g) | 2002–2005 (68 g) |
| Jeanmar Gomez | P | 2013–2014 (78 g) | 2019 (16 g) |
| Andrew Heaney | P | 2025 (26 g) | 2023–2024 (66 g) |
| Joakim Soria | P | 2015 (29 g) | 2013–2014 (61 g) |
| Fred Green | P | 1959–1961, 1964 (83 g) | 1962 (5 g) |
| Jason Martin | OF | 2019–2020 (27 g) | 2021 (58 g) |
| Mark Petkovsek | P | 1993 (26 g) | 1991, 2001 (59 g) |
| Ross Ohlendorf | P | 2008–2011 (64 g) | 2015 (21 g) |
| Austin Hedges | C | 2023 (65 g) | 2023 (17 g) |
| Tom Sturdivant | P | 1961–1963 (65 g) | 1961 (15 g) |
| Todd Van Poppel | P | 1998 (18 g) | 1998, 2002–2003 (61 g) |
| Matt Kata | 2B | 2007 (47 g) | 2007 (31 g) |
| Butch Davis | OF | 1987 (7 g) | 1993–1994 (66 g) |
| Mark Parent | C | 1995 (69 g) | 1991 (3 g) |
| Danny Kolb | P | 2007 (3 g) | 1999–2002 (68 g) |
| Bob Priddy | P | 1962, 1964 (21 g) | 1967 (49 g) |
| Coot Veal | SS | 1962 (1 g) | 1961 (69 g) |
| Edinson Volquez | P | 2014 (32 g) | 2005–2007, 2019–2020 (38 g) |
| Ryan Ludwick | OF | 2011 (38 g) | 2002–2003 (31 g) |
| John Wasdin | P | 2007 (12 g) | 2004–2006 (55 g) |
| Pat Mahomes | P | 2003 (9 g) | 2001 (56 g) |
| Craig Monroe | OF | 2009 (34 g) | 2001 (27 g) |
| Jordan Lyles | P | 2019 (17 g) | 2020–2021 (44 g) |
| Wandy Rodriguez | P | 2012–2014 (32 g) | 2015 (17 g) |
| Mark Mathias | 2B | 2023 (22 g) | 2022 (24 g) |
| Todd Frazier | 3B | 2021 (13 g) | 2020 (31 g) |
| Philip Gosselin | 2B | 2017 (28 g) | 2017 (12 g) |
| Victor Cruz | P | 1981 (22 g) | 1983 (17 g) |
| Cal Neeman | C | 1962 (24 g) | 1963 (14 g) |
| Rick Reed | P | 1988–1991 (31 g) | 1993–1994 (6 g) |
| George Brunet | P | 1970 (12 g) | 1970 (24 g) |
| Billy Hatcher | OF | 1989 (27 g) | 1995 (6 g) |
| Jerry Don Gleaton | P | 1992 (23 g) | 1979–1980 (10 g) |
| Stolmy Pimentel | P | 2013–2014 (25 g) | 2015 (8 g) |
| Victor Santos | P | 2006 (25 g) | 2003 (8 g) |
| Mickey Mahler | P | 1980 (2 g) | 1986 (29 g) |
| Hector Fajardo | P | 1991 (2 g) | 1991, 1993–1995 (28 g) |
| Shelby Miller | P | 2021 (10 g) | 2019 (19 g) |
| Jhan Marinez | P | 2017 (24 g) | 2017 (4 g) |
| Dennys Reyes | P | 2003 (12 g) | 2002 (15 g) |
| Jeff Robinson | P | 1992 (8 g) | 1992 (16 g) |
| Ernesto Frieri | P | 2014 (14 g) | 2017 (6 g) |
| Billy McKinney | OF | 2024 (10 g) | 2025 (6 g) |
| Josh Lindblom | P | 2017 (4 g) | 2013 (8 g) |
| Chris Tremie | C | 1999 (9 g) | 1998 (2 g) |
| Drew Hutchison | P | 2016 (6 g) | 2018 (5 g) |
| Pedro Ramos | P | 1969 (5 g) | 1970 (5 g) |
| Phil Irwin | P | 2013 (1 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).Rangers seasons include the Washington Senators (1961–1971).
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Questions
How many players have played for both the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Texas Rangers?
126 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1961 to 2025, including Al Oliver, Steve Buechele, Richie Zisk and Bill Madlock. 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?
Bennie Daniels: Pittsburgh Pirates first, then the Texas Rangers from 1961.
Who has played for both recently?
Isiah Kiner-Falefa, Nick Solak, Martin Perez, Dennis Santana, Rowdy Tellez and Aroldis Chapman and 2 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. Pirates seasons include the Pittsburg Alleghenys (1882–1890). Rangers seasons include the Washington Senators (1961–1971).
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