San Francisco Giants and Texas Rangers players: who played for both
Who played for both the Giants and Rangers?
121 players played for both the San Francisco Giants and the Texas Rangers between 1961 and 2025, including Will Clark, Bobby Bonds, Hunter Pence and Royce Clayton. 71 of them played for the Giants first and 47 for the Rangers first; 3 played for both in the same season.
Did you know?
- Dale Long is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Giants first, then the Rangers from 1961.
- Sam Huff is the most recent: Rangers first, then the Giants from 2025.
- Will Clark played the most games across the two: 1,160 for the Giants and 609 for the Rangers.
- 19 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Hunter Pence.
- Most common positions on this list: P (51), OF (34), C (14), 1B (7).
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All 121 players, most games for the two first
| Player | Pos | Giants | Rangers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Will Clark | 1B | 1986–1993 (1160 g) | 1994–1998 (609 g) |
| Bobby Bonds | OF | 1968–1974 (1014 g) | 1978 (130 g) |
| Hunter Pence | OF | 2012–2018, 2020 (789 g) | 2019 (83 g) |
| Royce Clayton | SS | 1991–1995 (506 g) | 1998–2000 (333 g) |
| Jim King | OF | 1958 (34 g) | 1961–1967 (796 g) |
| Ken Henderson | OF | 1965–1972 (674 g) | 1977 (75 g) |
| Willie Kirkland | OF | 1958–1960 (394 g) | 1964–1966 (279 g) |
| Al Oliver | OF | 1984 (91 g) | 1978–1981 (534 g) |
| Omar Vizquel | SS | 2005–2008 (542 g) | 2009 (62 g) |
| Don Blasingame | 2B | 1960–1961 (139 g) | 1963–1966 (409 g) |
| Candy Maldonado | OF | 1986–1989 (522 g) | 1995 (13 g) |
| Bengie Molina | C | 2007–2010 (472 g) | 2010 (57 g) |
| Gaylord Perry | P | 1962–1971 (376 g) | 1975–1977, 1980 (112 g) |
| Cap Peterson | OF | 1962–1966 (244 g) | 1967–1968 (216 g) |
| Danny O'Connell | 2B | 1957–1959 (236 g) | 1961–1962 (222 g) |
| Joaquin Arias | 3B | 2012–2015 (361 g) | 2006, 2008–2010 (91 g) |
| Mike McCormick | P | 1956–1962, 1967–1970 (359 g) | 1965–1966 (86 g) |
| Andres Torres | OF | 2009–2011, 2013 (429 g) | 2005 (8 g) |
| Marlon Byrd | OF | 2015 (39 g) | 2007–2009 (377 g) |
| Bob Schmidt | C | 1958–1961 (310 g) | 1962–1963 (97 g) |
| Tom Goodwin | OF | 2002 (78 g) | 1997–1999 (316 g) |
| Yorvit Torrealba | C | 2001–2005 (220 g) | 2011–2012 (162 g) |
| Robb Nen | P | 1998–2002 (365 g) | 1993 (9 g) |
| Darryl Hamilton | OF | 1997–1998 (222 g) | 1996 (148 g) |
| Bill Madlock | 3B | 1977–1979 (331 g) | 1973 (21 g) |
| Joc Pederson | OF | 2022–2023 (255 g) | 2025 (96 g) |
| Vic Harris | 2B | 1977–1978 (122 g) | 1972–1973 (213 g) |
| Jeff Brantley | P | 1988–1993 (299 g) | 2001 (18 g) |
| Tom O'Malley | 3B | 1982–1984 (240 g) | 1987 (45 g) |
| Sam Dyson | P | 2017–2019 (161 g) | 2015–2017 (121 g) |
| Calvin Murray | OF | 1999–2002 (240 g) | 2002 (37 g) |
| Mark DeRosa | 3B | 2010–2011 (73 g) | 2005–2006 (202 g) |
| Danny Darwin | P | 1997–1998 (43 g) | 1978–1984, 1995 (224 g) |
| Ron Kline | P | 1969 (7 g) | 1963–1966 (260 g) |
| A. J. Pierzynski | C | 2004 (131 g) | 2013 (134 g) |
| Hobie Landrith | C | 1959–1961 (223 g) | 1963 (42 g) |
| John Burkett | P | 1987, 1990–1994 (163 g) | 1996–1999 (102 g) |
| Dick Phillips | 1B | 1962 (5 g) | 1963–1964, 1966 (258 g) |
| Steven Duggar | OF | 2018–2022 (254 g) | 2022 (8 g) |
| Joe Nathan | P | 1999–2000, 2002–2003, 2016 (128 g) | 2012–2013 (133 g) |
| Matt Duffy | 3B | 2014–2016 (253 g) | 2024 (4 g) |
| Willie Calhoun | OF | 2022 (4 g) | 2017–2022 (253 g) |
| Derek Holland | P | 2018–2019 (70 g) | 2009–2016 (179 g) |
| Jason Ellison | OF | 2003–2006 (235 g) | 2008 (9 g) |
| Donovan Solano | 2B | 2019–2021 (236 g) | 2025 (2 g) |
| Rich Rodriguez | P | 1997–1999 (201 g) | 2002 (36 g) |
| Willie Montanez | 1B | 1975–1976 (195 g) | 1979 (38 g) |
| Aaron Fultz | P | 2000–2002 (168 g) | 2003 (64 g) |
| Andres Galarraga | 1B | 2001, 2003 (159 g) | 2001 (72 g) |
| Craig Lefferts | P | 1987–1989 (178 g) | 1993 (52 g) |
| Dale Long | 1B | 1960 (37 g) | 1961–1962 (190 g) |
| Dave Martinez | OF | 1993–1994 (188 g) | 2000 (38 g) |
| Will Smith | P | 2016, 2018–2019 (143 g) | 2023 (60 g) |
| Dave Burba | P | 1992–1995, 2004 (177 g) | 2002 (23 g) |
| Steve Ridzik | P | 1956–1957 (60 g) | 1963–1965 (132 g) |
| Rick Leach | OF | 1990 (78 g) | 1989 (110 g) |
| Cory Gearrin | P | 2015–2018 (166 g) | 2018 (21 g) |
| Kevin Pillar | OF | 2019 (156 g) | 2025 (20 g) |
| Chris James | OF | 1992 (111 g) | 1993–1994 (60 g) |
| Mike Jeffcoat | P | 1985 (19 g) | 1987–1992 (149 g) |
| Charlie Culberson | 3B | 2012 (6 g) | 2021–2022 (161 g) |
| Ricky Ledee | OF | 2004 (31 g) | 2000–2001 (136 g) |
| Todd Greene | C | 2006 (61 g) | 2002–2003 (104 g) |
| Doug Mirabelli | C | 1996–2000 (140 g) | 2001 (23 g) |
| Ed Vosberg | P | 1990 (18 g) | 1995–1997 (138 g) |
| Joe Coleman | P | 1979 (5 g) | 1965–1970 (144 g) |
| Eric Gunderson | P | 1990–1991 (9 g) | 1997–1999 (139 g) |
| Matt Moore | P | 2016–2017 (44 g) | 2018, 2022 (102 g) |
| Eric Young | 2B | 2003 (26 g) | 2004, 2006 (108 g) |
| Jamey Wright | P | 2006 (35 g) | 2007–2008 (95 g) |
| Kenny Lofton | OF | 2002 (46 g) | 2007 (84 g) |
| Jim Poole | P | 1996–1998 (124 g) | 1991 (5 g) |
| Pete Burnside | P | 1955, 1957–1958 (18 g) | 1961–1963 (111 g) |
| Luke Jackson | P | 2023–2024 (69 g) | 2015–2016, 2025 (54 g) |
| Doyle Alexander | P | 1981 (24 g) | 1977–1979 (88 g) |
| Dan Peltier | OF | 1996 (31 g) | 1992–1993 (77 g) |
| Dennis Cook | P | 1988–1989 (6 g) | 1995–1996 (95 g) |
| Ruben Rivera | OF | 2003 (31 g) | 2002 (69 g) |
| Sam Huff | C | 2025 (20 g) | 2020, 2022–2024 (78 g) |
| Bob Priddy | P | 1965–1966 (48 g) | 1967 (49 g) |
| Carlos Beltran | OF | 2011 (44 g) | 2016 (52 g) |
| Steve Hamilton | P | 1971 (39 g) | 1962–1963 (46 g) |
| Chris Stewart | C | 2011 (67 g) | 2007 (17 g) |
| Rikkert Faneyte | OF | 1993–1995 (72 g) | 1996 (8 g) |
| Rich Gossage | P | 1989 (31 g) | 1991 (44 g) |
| Brett Tomko | P | 2004–2005 (66 g) | 2011 (8 g) |
| Justin Smoak | 1B | 2020 (3 g) | 2010 (70 g) |
| Merkin Valdez | P | 2004, 2008–2009 (67 g) | 2011 (5 g) |
| Andrew Knizner | C | 2025 (33 g) | 2024 (37 g) |
| Chris Stratton | P | 2016–2018 (48 g) | 2023 (22 g) |
| Jeff Fassero | P | 2005–2006 (58 g) | 1999 (7 g) |
| Gil Heredia | P | 1991–1992 (20 g) | 1996 (44 g) |
| Chris Ray | P | 2010 (28 g) | 2010 (35 g) |
| Alex Diaz | OF | 1998 (34 g) | 1997 (28 g) |
| John Orsino | C | 1961–1962 (43 g) | 1966–1967 (15 g) |
| Nick Ahmed | SS | 2024 (52 g) | 2025 (5 g) |
| Drew Stubbs | OF | 2017 (10 g) | 2015–2016 (46 g) |
| Ryan Garko | 1B | 2009 (40 g) | 2010 (15 g) |
| Guillermo Quiroz | C | 2013–2014 (45 g) | 2007 (9 g) |
| Marcus Jensen | C | 1996–1997 (39 g) | 2001 (11 g) |
| Jerome Williams | P | 2003–2005 (47 g) | 2014 (2 g) |
| Jim Steels | OF | 1989 (13 g) | 1988 (36 g) |
| Mike Stanton | P | 2006 (26 g) | 1996 (22 g) |
| Shaun Anderson | P | 2019–2020 (46 g) | 2024 (2 g) |
| Tim Federowicz | C | 2017 (13 g) | 2019 (29 g) |
| Al Levine | P | 2005 (9 g) | 1998 (30 g) |
| Jeff Francoeur | OF | 2013 (22 g) | 2010 (15 g) |
| Bob Lacey | P | 1984 (34 g) | 1981 (1 g) |
| Mark Mathias | 2B | 2023 (5 g) | 2022 (24 g) |
| Jharel Cotton | P | 2022 (5 g) | 2021 (23 g) |
| Spencer Howard | P | 2024 (7 g) | 2021–2023 (21 g) |
| Bill Hands | P | 1965 (4 g) | 1974–1975 (20 g) |
| Guillermo Moscoso | P | 2013 (13 g) | 2009–2010 (11 g) |
| Shelby Miller | P | 2022 (4 g) | 2019 (19 g) |
| Derek Hill | OF | 2024 (5 g) | 2024 (16 g) |
| Drew Smyly | P | 2020 (7 g) | 2019 (13 g) |
| Justin Ruggiano | OF | 2017 (19 g) | 2016 (1 g) |
| Ron Pruitt | OF | 1982–1983 (6 g) | 1975 (14 g) |
| Sidney Ponson | P | 2003 (10 g) | 2008 (9 g) |
| Wilson Alvarez | P | 1997 (11 g) | 1989 (1 g) |
| Travis Blackley | P | 2007, 2012 (6 g) | 2013 (4 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).Rangers seasons include the Washington Senators (1961–1971).
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Questions
How many players have played for both the San Francisco Giants and the Texas Rangers?
121 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1961 to 2025, including Will Clark, Bobby Bonds, Hunter Pence and Royce Clayton. 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?
Dale Long: San Francisco Giants first, then the Texas Rangers from 1961.
Who has played for both recently?
Joc Pederson, Matt Duffy, Donovan Solano, Kevin Pillar, Luke Jackson and Sam Huff and 5 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. Giants seasons include the New York Gothams (1883–1884) and New York Giants (1885–1957). Rangers seasons include the Washington Senators (1961–1971).
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