San Francisco Giants and St. Louis Cardinals players: who played for both

Who played for both the Giants and Cardinals?

290 players played for both the San Francisco Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals between 1883 and 2025, including Frankie Frisch, Willie McGee, Red Schoendienst and Rogers Hornsby. 130 of them played for the Giants first and 149 for the Cardinals first; 11 played for both in the same season.

Did you know?

Tip O'Neill is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Giants first, then the Cardinals from 1884.
Andrew Knizner is the most recent: Cardinals first, then the Giants from 2025.
Frankie Frisch played the most games across the two: 1,000 for the Giants and 1,311 for the Cardinals.
73 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Willie McGee.
Most common positions on this list: P (113), OF (59), C (42), SS (24).

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All 290 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	Giants	Cardinals
Frankie Frisch	2B	1919–1926 (1000 g)	1927–1937 (1311 g)
Willie McGee	OF	1991–1994 (444 g)	1982–1990, 1996–1999 (1661 g)
Red Schoendienst	2B	1956–1957 (149 g)	1945–1956, 1961–1963 (1795 g)
Rogers Hornsby	2B	1927 (155 g)	1915–1926, 1933 (1580 g)
Brandon Crawford	SS	2011–2023 (1655 g)	2024 (29 g)
Whitey Lockman	1B	1945, 1947–1958 (1485 g)	1956 (70 g)
Orlando Cepeda	1B	1958–1966 (1114 g)	1966–1968 (431 g)
Johnny Mize	1B	1942, 1946–1949 (655 g)	1936–1941 (853 g)
Roger Connor	1B	1883–1889, 1891, 1893–1894 (1120 g)	1894–1897 (351 g)
Joe Medwick	OF	1943–1945 (232 g)	1932–1940, 1947–1948 (1216 g)
Frank Snyder	C	1919–1926 (731 g)	1912–1919, 1927 (660 g)
Jack Clark	OF	1975–1984 (1044 g)	1985–1987 (322 g)
Bill White	1B	1956, 1958 (164 g)	1959–1965, 1969 (1113 g)
Ken Reitz	3B	1976 (155 g)	1972–1975, 1977–1980 (1100 g)
Gus Mancuso	C	1933–1938, 1942–1944 (882 g)	1928, 1930–1932, 1941–1942 (368 g)
Red Murray	OF	1909–1915, 1917 (887 g)	1906–1908 (332 g)
Will Clark	1B	1986–1993 (1160 g)	2000 (51 g)
Al Dark	SS	1950–1956 (933 g)	1956–1958 (258 g)
Chris Speier	SS	1971–1977, 1987–1989 (1114 g)	1984 (38 g)
Bobby Bonds	OF	1968–1974 (1014 g)	1980 (86 g)
Edgar Renteria	SS	2009–2010 (196 g)	1999–2004 (903 g)
Tom Herr	2B	1991 (32 g)	1979–1988 (1029 g)
Roger Bresnahan	C	1902–1908 (750 g)	1909–1912 (291 g)
Jose Uribe	SS	1985–1992 (985 g)	1984 (8 g)
Shorty Fuller	SS	1892–1896 (510 g)	1889–1891 (405 g)
Pedro Feliz	3B	2000–2007 (874 g)	2010 (40 g)
Dan McGann	1B	1902–1907 (682 g)	1900–1901 (224 g)
Daryl Spencer	SS	1952–1953, 1956–1959 (719 g)	1960–1961 (185 g)
Walker Cooper	C	1946–1949 (360 g)	1940–1945, 1956–1957 (525 g)
Royce Clayton	SS	1991–1995 (506 g)	1996–1998 (373 g)
Burgess Whitehead	2B	1936–1937, 1939–1941 (650 g)	1933–1935 (219 g)
Milt Stock	3B	1913–1914 (122 g)	1919–1923 (741 g)
Arlie Latham	3B	1909 (4 g)	1883–1889, 1896 (847 g)
Ken Oberkfell	3B	1989 (83 g)	1977–1984 (724 g)
Kid Gleason	2B	1896–1900 (673 g)	1892–1894 (134 g)
Tip O'Neill	OF	1883 (23 g)	1884–1889, 1891 (783 g)
Mike Matheny	C	2005–2006 (181 g)	2000–2004 (622 g)
Bob O'Farrell	C	1928–1932 (396 g)	1925–1928, 1933, 1935 (387 g)
Randy Winn	OF	2005–2009 (666 g)	2010 (87 g)
Don Blasingame	2B	1960–1961 (139 g)	1955–1959 (602 g)
Matty Alou	OF	1960–1965 (453 g)	1971–1973 (268 g)
Paul DeJong	SS	2023 (18 g)	2017–2023 (698 g)
Larry Herndon	OF	1976–1981 (682 g)	1974 (12 g)
Steve Evans	OF	1908 (2 g)	1909–1913 (680 g)
Jack Warner	C	1896–1901, 1903–1904 (624 g)	1905 (41 g)
Spike Shannon	OF	1906–1908 (305 g)	1904–1906 (354 g)
Mike Gonzalez	C	1919–1921 (82 g)	1915–1918, 1924–1925, 1931–1932 (568 g)
Dave Rader	C	1971–1976 (583 g)	1977 (66 g)
Mike Grady	C	1898–1900 (263 g)	1897, 1904–1906 (382 g)
Joel Youngblood	OF	1983–1988 (602 g)	1977 (25 g)
George Watkins	OF	1934 (105 g)	1930–1933 (515 g)
Billy Gilbert	2B	1903–1906 (493 g)	1908–1909 (102 g)
Heinie Mueller	OF	1926–1927 (169 g)	1920–1926 (420 g)
Babe Young	1B	1936, 1939–1942, 1946–1947 (543 g)	1948 (41 g)
Mike Donlin	OF	1904–1906, 1908, 1911, 1914 (433 g)	1899–1900 (144 g)
Ray Jablonski	3B	1957–1958 (193 g)	1953–1954, 1959 (369 g)
Sam Mertes	OF	1903–1906 (508 g)	1906 (53 g)
Jesse Burkett	OF	1890 (101 g)	1899–1901 (424 g)
Johnny Vergez	3B	1931–1934 (501 g)	1936 (8 g)
Dick Groat	SS	1967 (34 g)	1963–1965 (472 g)
Jack Boyle	C	1892 (120 g)	1887–1889, 1891 (379 g)
George Gore	OF	1887–1889, 1891–1892 (478 g)	1892 (20 g)
Eddie Bressoud	SS	1956–1961 (443 g)	1967 (52 g)
Ken O'Dea	C	1939–1941 (159 g)	1942–1946 (336 g)
David Green	OF	1985 (106 g)	1981–1984, 1987 (383 g)
Billy Southworth	OF	1924–1926 (253 g)	1926–1927, 1929 (210 g)
Bob Bescher	OF	1914 (135 g)	1915–1917 (323 g)
Jake Beckley	1B	1896–1897 (63 g)	1904–1907 (395 g)
Lindy McDaniel	P	1966–1968 (117 g)	1955–1962 (337 g)
Marc Hill	C	1975–1980 (431 g)	1973–1974 (11 g)
Steve Kline	P	2006–2007 (140 g)	2001–2004 (300 g)
Chuck Diering	OF	1952 (41 g)	1947–1951 (397 g)
Shawon Dunston	SS	1996, 1998, 2001–2002 (278 g)	1999–2000 (160 g)
Red Ames	P	1903–1913 (282 g)	1915–1919 (153 g)
Reggie Smith	OF	1982 (106 g)	1974–1976 (325 g)
Terry Kennedy	C	1989–1991 (301 g)	1978–1980 (127 g)
Slim Sallee	P	1916–1918, 1920–1921 (109 g)	1908–1916 (317 g)
Dick Schofield	SS	1965–1966 (112 g)	1953–1958, 1968, 1971 (312 g)
Ray Katt	C	1952–1957 (336 g)	1956, 1958–1959 (81 g)
Fred Hartman	3B	1898–1899 (174 g)	1897, 1902 (239 g)
Chick Fullis	OF	1928–1932 (295 g)	1934, 1936 (117 g)
Jack Glasscock	SS	1890–1891 (221 g)	1892–1893 (187 g)
Frank Linzy	P	1963, 1965–1970 (308 g)	1970–1971 (97 g)
Ron Hunt	2B	1968–1970 (393 g)	1974 (12 g)
Earl Smith	C	1919–1923 (315 g)	1928–1930 (89 g)
Mike Phillips	SS	1973–1975 (173 g)	1977–1980 (231 g)
Hector Cruz	OF	1978–1979 (95 g)	1973, 1975–1977 (303 g)
Bill Sarni	C	1956 (78 g)	1951–1952, 1954–1956 (312 g)
Stu Miller	P	1957–1962 (310 g)	1952–1954, 1956 (78 g)
Steve Brodie	OF	1902 (110 g)	1892–1893 (261 g)
Mark Sweeney	OF	2006–2007 (190 g)	1995–1997 (179 g)
Hobie Landrith	C	1959–1961 (223 g)	1957–1958 (145 g)
Reggie Sanders	OF	2002 (140 g)	2004–2005 (228 g)
Eddie Stanky	2B	1950–1951 (297 g)	1952–1953 (70 g)
Hoyt Wilhelm	P	1952–1956 (319 g)	1957 (40 g)
Ray Sadecki	P	1966–1969 (136 g)	1960–1966, 1975 (217 g)
Jeff Brantley	P	1988–1993 (299 g)	1998 (48 g)
Julian Tavarez	P	1997–1999 (196 g)	2004–2005 (151 g)
Carlos Beltran	OF	2011 (44 g)	2012–2013 (296 g)
Tom Lampkin	C	1995–1996 (131 g)	1997–1998 (201 g)
Les Mann	OF	1927–1928 (111 g)	1921–1923 (220 g)
Frank Demaree	OF	1939–1941 (287 g)	1943 (39 g)
David Bell	3B	2002 (154 g)	1995–1998 (171 g)
Jim Hearn	P	1950–1956 (226 g)	1947–1950 (96 g)
Joe Garagiola	C	1954 (5 g)	1946–1951 (317 g)
Max Lanier	P	1952–1953 (41 g)	1938–1946, 1949–1951 (277 g)
Wally Roettger	OF	1930 (121 g)	1927–1929, 1931 (197 g)
Ethan Allen	OF	1930–1932 (224 g)	1933 (91 g)
Dick Buckley	C	1890–1891 (145 g)	1892–1894 (159 g)
Hank Sauer	OF	1957–1959 (228 g)	1956 (75 g)
Dave Brain	3B	1908 (11 g)	1903–1905 (290 g)
Harry Gumbert	P	1935–1941 (196 g)	1941–1944 (103 g)
Joe Orengo	3B	1941, 1943 (160 g)	1939–1940 (136 g)
John Brebbia	P	2021–2023 (134 g)	2017–2019 (161 g)
Lew McCarty	C	1916–1920 (288 g)	1920–1921 (6 g)
Kiddo Davis	OF	1933, 1935–1937 (277 g)	1934 (16 g)
Matt Morris	P	2006–2007 (54 g)	1997–1998, 2000–2005 (239 g)
Andrew Knizner	C	2025 (33 g)	2019–2023 (256 g)
Marv Grissom	P	1946, 1953–1958 (285 g)	1959 (3 g)
Steve Scarsone	2B	1993–1996 (281 g)	1997 (5 g)
Jackie Brandt	OF	1956, 1958–1959 (253 g)	1956 (27 g)
Bill Walker	P	1927–1932 (162 g)	1933–1936 (113 g)
Gene Paulette	1B	1911 (10 g)	1917–1919 (264 g)
Harry Lyons	OF	1889, 1892–1893 (148 g)	1887–1888 (125 g)
Joe Gerhardt	2B	1885–1887 (236 g)	1890 (37 g)
Doc Crandall	P	1908–1913 (268 g)	1913 (2 g)
Jose Cardenal	OF	1963–1964 (29 g)	1970–1971 (237 g)
Bob Burda	1B	1965–1966, 1969–1970 (193 g)	1962, 1971 (72 g)
George Harper	OF	1927–1928 (164 g)	1928 (99 g)
Denny Lyons	3B	1892 (108 g)	1891, 1895 (154 g)
Pat Deasley	C	1885–1887 (125 g)	1883–1884 (133 g)
Rich Rodriguez	P	1997–1999 (201 g)	1994–1995 (57 g)
Andres Galarraga	1B	2001, 2003 (159 g)	1992 (95 g)
John Barry	OF	1908 (38 g)	1906–1908 (216 g)
Pol Perritt	P	1915–1921 (170 g)	1912–1914 (83 g)
Jim Dwyer	OF	1978 (73 g)	1973–1975, 1977–1978 (170 g)
Pat Crawford	2B	1929–1930 (90 g)	1933–1934 (152 g)
Silver King	P	1892–1893 (58 g)	1887–1889 (184 g)
Cozy Dolan	OF	1922 (1 g)	1914–1915 (237 g)
Eddie Ainsmith	C	1924 (10 g)	1921–1923 (228 g)
Jason Christiansen	P	2001–2005 (187 g)	2000–2001 (51 g)
Mort Cooper	P	1947 (8 g)	1938–1945 (230 g)
Ryan Theriot	SS	2012 (104 g)	2011 (132 g)
Sal Maglie	P	1945, 1950–1955 (222 g)	1958 (10 g)
Jose Vizcaino	SS	1997, 2006 (215 g)	2006 (16 g)
John Curtis	P	1977–1979 (119 g)	1974–1976 (111 g)
Jordan Hicks	P	2024–2025 (42 g)	2018–2019, 2021–2023 (187 g)
Eric Davis	OF	2001 (74 g)	1999–2000 (150 g)
Art Whitney	3B	1888–1889 (219 g)	1891 (3 g)
Doc Farrell	SS	1925–1927, 1929 (199 g)	1930 (23 g)
Herman Bell	P	1932–1934 (95 g)	1924, 1926–1927, 1929–1930 (126 g)
Vic Harris	2B	1977–1978 (122 g)	1976 (97 g)
Danny Shay	SS	1907 (35 g)	1904–1905 (177 g)
Doug Baird	3B	1920 (7 g)	1917–1919 (205 g)
Leon Wagner	OF	1958–1959, 1969 (172 g)	1960 (39 g)
Sal Yvars	C	1947–1953 (142 g)	1953–1954 (68 g)
Buddy Blattner	2B	1946–1948 (189 g)	1942 (19 g)
Ron Bryant	P	1967, 1969–1974 (196 g)	1975 (10 g)
Sam Jones	P	1959–1961 (126 g)	1957–1958, 1963 (74 g)
Steve Carlton	P	1986 (6 g)	1965–1971 (192 g)
Bill McGee	P	1941–1942 (53 g)	1935–1941 (144 g)
Larry McLean	C	1913–1915 (122 g)	1904, 1913 (75 g)
Bill Lohrman	P	1937–1943 (182 g)	1942 (5 g)
Dominic Leone	P	2021–2022 (112 g)	2018–2019 (70 g)
Ferdie Schupp	P	1913–1919 (121 g)	1919–1921 (58 g)
Doc Marshall	C	1904, 1906 (49 g)	1906–1908 (128 g)
John Milligan	C	1893 (42 g)	1888–1889 (135 g)
Danny Gardella	OF	1944–1945 (168 g)	1950 (1 g)
Jimmy Cooney	SS	1919 (5 g)	1924–1925 (164 g)
John McGraw	3B	1902–1907 (65 g)	1900 (99 g)
Ralph Shinners	OF	1922–1923 (89 g)	1925 (74 g)
A. J. Pierzynski	C	2004 (131 g)	2014 (30 g)
Elias Sosa	P	1972–1974 (147 g)	1975 (14 g)
Fred Toney	P	1918–1922 (132 g)	1923 (29 g)
Roy Parmelee	P	1929–1935 (123 g)	1936 (37 g)
Paul Dean	P	1940–1941 (32 g)	1934–1939 (124 g)
Jerry Johnson	P	1970–1972 (148 g)	1970 (7 g)
Bill Howerton	OF	1952 (11 g)	1949–1951 (143 g)
Dave LaPoint	P	1985 (31 g)	1981–1984, 1987 (121 g)
Don Landrum	OF	1966 (72 g)	1960–1962 (73 g)
Pink Hawley	P	1900 (41 g)	1892–1894 (104 g)
Mark DeRosa	3B	2010–2011 (73 g)	2009 (68 g)
Ken Rudolph	C	1974, 1977 (68 g)	1975–1976 (71 g)
Don Taussig	OF	1958 (39 g)	1961 (98 g)
Jeff Fassero	P	2005–2006 (58 g)	2002–2003 (78 g)
Homer Peel	OF	1933–1934 (105 g)	1927, 1930 (28 g)
Bugs Raymond	P	1909–1911 (74 g)	1907–1908 (56 g)
Clyde Kluttz	C	1945–1946 (78 g)	1946 (52 g)
Lew Whistler	1B	1890–1891 (117 g)	1893 (10 g)
Bill O'Hara	OF	1909 (116 g)	1910 (9 g)
Lynn McGlothen	P	1977–1978 (26 g)	1974–1976 (99 g)
Rene Arocha	P	1997 (6 g)	1993–1995 (118 g)
Rick Wilkins	C	1996–1997 (118 g)	2000 (4 g)
Bob Nieman	OF	1962 (30 g)	1960–1961 (87 g)
Manny Aybar	P	2002–2003 (18 g)	1997–1999 (99 g)
Mike Laga	1B	1989–1990 (40 g)	1986–1988 (76 g)
Rich DeLucia	P	1996–1997 (59 g)	1995 (56 g)
Art Fromme	P	1913–1915 (68 g)	1906–1908 (46 g)
Wilson Delgado	SS	1996–1999 (59 g)	2002–2003 (55 g)
Dustin Hermanson	P	2003–2004 (56 g)	2001, 2003 (57 g)
Pete Falcone	P	1975 (34 g)	1976–1978 (78 g)
William Brown	C	1887–1889 (109 g)	1894 (3 g)
Chris Stratton	P	2016–2018 (48 g)	2022–2023 (62 g)
Bob Bowman	P	1941 (29 g)	1939–1940 (79 g)
Allyn Stout	P	1935 (40 g)	1931–1933 (67 g)
Clarence Mitchell	P	1930–1932 (59 g)	1928–1930 (46 g)
Alberto Castillo	C	2003 (11 g)	1999 (93 g)
Ducky Holmes	OF	1897 (80 g)	1898 (23 g)
Brett Tomko	P	2004–2005 (66 g)	2003 (35 g)
Dan Quisenberry	P	1990 (5 g)	1988–1989 (96 g)
Jose Bautista	P	1995–1996 (89 g)	1997 (11 g)
Burleigh Grimes	P	1927 (39 g)	1930–1931, 1933–1934 (60 g)
Todd Wellemeyer	P	2010 (13 g)	2007–2009 (83 g)
Dan Driessen	1B	1985–1986 (69 g)	1987 (24 g)
Jim Mooney	P	1931–1932 (39 g)	1933–1934 (53 g)
Allen Watson	P	1996 (32 g)	1993–1995 (59 g)
Ray Harrell	P	1945 (12 g)	1935, 1937–1938 (78 g)
Tom Heintzelman	2B	1977–1978 (29 g)	1973–1974 (61 g)
Don Liddle	P	1954–1956 (73 g)	1956 (15 g)
John D'Acquisto	P	1973–1976 (84 g)	1977 (3 g)
John Tamargo	C	1978–1979 (66 g)	1976–1978 (20 g)
Red Donahue	P	1893 (2 g)	1895–1897 (83 g)
Bob Heise	SS	1970–1971 (80 g)	1974 (3 g)
Gordon Jones	P	1957–1959 (52 g)	1954–1956 (31 g)
Pop Schriver	C	1895 (24 g)	1901 (53 g)
Kent Bottenfield	P	1994 (1 g)	1998–1999 (75 g)
John Cumberland	P	1970–1972 (61 g)	1972 (14 g)
Bud Byerly	P	1959–1960 (30 g)	1943–1945 (44 g)
Darnell Coles	3B	1991 (11 g)	1995 (63 g)
Tony Kaufmann	P	1929 (39 g)	1927–1928, 1930–1931, 1935 (35 g)
Mike Leake	P	2015 (12 g)	2016–2017 (61 g)
Shelby Miller	P	2022 (4 g)	2012–2014 (69 g)
Dave Zearfoss	C	1896–1898 (25 g)	1904–1905 (47 g)
Doug Creek	P	1996–1997 (66 g)	1995 (6 g)
Dad Clarkson	P	1891 (5 g)	1893–1895 (65 g)
Andrew Suarez	P	2018–2020 (56 g)	2023 (13 g)
Butch Metzger	P	1974 (10 g)	1977 (58 g)
Ivan de Jesus	SS	1987 (9 g)	1985 (59 g)
Cory Bailey	P	1997–1998 (12 g)	1995–1996 (54 g)
Billy Muffett	P	1959 (5 g)	1957–1958 (58 g)
Gary Rajsich	1B	1985 (51 g)	1984 (7 g)
Jerome Williams	P	2003–2005 (47 g)	2016 (11 g)
Jim King	OF	1958 (34 g)	1957 (22 g)
Kid Carsey	P	1899 (5 g)	1897–1898 (51 g)
Jack Taylor	P	1891 (1 g)	1898 (54 g)
Marcus Jensen	C	1996–1997 (39 g)	1999 (16 g)
Bob Steele	P	1918–1919 (13 g)	1916–1917 (41 g)
Jimmy Ring	P	1926 (39 g)	1927 (13 g)
Tom Sunkel	P	1941–1943 (22 g)	1937, 1939 (29 g)
Jim Mallory	OF	1945 (37 g)	1945 (13 g)
Walt Huntzinger	P	1923–1925 (40 g)	1926 (9 g)
Elmer Zacher	OF	1910 (1 g)	1910 (47 g)
Bill Phyle	P	1901 (25 g)	1906 (22 g)
Francis Healy	C	1930–1932 (27 g)	1934 (15 g)
Eddie Fisher	P	1959–1961 (35 g)	1973 (6 g)
Ron Kline	P	1969 (7 g)	1960 (34 g)
Pedro Borbon	P	1979 (30 g)	1980 (10 g)
Jamey Wright	P	2006 (35 g)	2002 (4 g)
Sandy Griffin	OF	1884 (16 g)	1893 (23 g)
Al Gettel	P	1951 (30 g)	1955 (8 g)
Brad Penny	P	2009, 2012 (28 g)	2010 (9 g)
Randy O'Neal	P	1990 (26 g)	1987–1988 (11 g)
Ruben Tejada	SS	2016 (13 g)	2016 (23 g)
Jim Donnelly	3B	1897 (23 g)	1890, 1898 (12 g)
Lary Sorensen	P	1988 (12 g)	1981 (23 g)
Dick Littlefield	P	1956 (31 g)	1956 (3 g)
John Ewing	P	1891 (33 g)	1883 (1 g)
Jack Berly	P	1931 (27 g)	1924 (4 g)
Rob Dressler	P	1975–1976 (28 g)	1978 (3 g)
Herb Hunter	3B	1916 (21 g)	1921 (9 g)
Bert Niehoff	2B	1918 (7 g)	1918 (22 g)
Austin Dean	OF	2022 (3 g)	2020–2021 (25 g)
Ernie Camacho	P	1989–1990 (21 g)	1990 (6 g)
Roy Evans	P	1902 (23 g)	1897 (3 g)
Sidney Ponson	P	2003 (10 g)	2006 (14 g)
Jim Devlin	P	1886 (1 g)	1888–1889 (20 g)
Jim Davis	P	1957 (10 g)	1957 (10 g)
Herman Franks	C	1949 (1 g)	1939 (17 g)
Ken MacKenzie	P	1964 (10 g)	1963 (8 g)
Max Surkont	P	1956–1957 (13 g)	1956 (5 g)
Nate Andrews	P	1946 (3 g)	1937, 1939 (15 g)
Jose Quintana	P	2021 (5 g)	2022 (12 g)
Bobby Schang	C	1915 (12 g)	1927 (3 g)
Carmen Hill	P	1922 (8 g)	1929–1930 (7 g)
Floyd Wicker	OF	1971 (9 g)	1968 (5 g)
Mul Holland	P	1927 (2 g)	1929 (8 g)
Bill Magee	P	1901–1902 (8 g)	1901 (1 g)
Bunny Hearn	P	1913 (2 g)	1910–1911 (7 g)
Ray Starr	P	1933 (6 g)	1932 (3 g)
Chauncey Fisher	P	1901 (1 g)	1901 (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.Giants seasons include the New York Gothams (1883–1884) and New York Giants (1885–1957).Cardinals seasons include the St. Louis Brown Stockings (1882), St. Louis Browns (1883–1898) and St. Louis Perfectos (1899).

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Questions

How many players have played for both the San Francisco Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals?

290 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1883 to 2025, including Frankie Frisch, Willie McGee, Red Schoendienst and Rogers Hornsby. 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?

Tip O'Neill: San Francisco Giants first, then the St. Louis Cardinals from 1884.

Who has played for both recently?

Brandon Crawford, Andrew Knizner and Jordan Hicks, 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. Giants seasons include the New York Gothams (1883–1884) and New York Giants (1885–1957). Cardinals seasons include the St. Louis Brown Stockings (1882), St. Louis Browns (1883–1898) and St. Louis Perfectos (1899).

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