San Francisco Giants and Washington Nationals players: who played for both
Who played for both the Giants and Nationals?
113 players played for both the San Francisco Giants and the Washington Nationals between 1969 and 2025, including Chris Speier, Gary Carter, Andres Galarraga and Marquis Grissom. 53 of them played for the Giants first and 54 for the Nationals first; 6 played for both in the same season.
Did you know?
- Manny Mota is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Giants first, then the Nationals from 1969.
- Paul DeJong is the most recent: Giants first, then the Nationals from 2025.
- Chris Speier played the most games across the two: 1,114 for the Giants and 895 for the Nationals.
- 16 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Chris Speier.
- Most common positions on this list: P (49), OF (30), SS (9), C (8).
How many can you name?
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All 113 players, most games for the two first
| Player | Pos | Giants | Nationals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Speier | SS | 1971–1977, 1987–1989 (1114 g) | 1977–1984 (895 g) |
| Gary Carter | C | 1990 (92 g) | 1974–1984, 1992 (1503 g) |
| Andres Galarraga | 1B | 2001, 2003 (159 g) | 1985–1991, 2002 (951 g) |
| Marquis Grissom | OF | 2003–2005 (338 g) | 1989–1994 (698 g) |
| Orlando Cabrera | SS | 2011 (39 g) | 1997–2004 (904 g) |
| Ron Hunt | 2B | 1968–1970 (393 g) | 1971–1974 (509 g) |
| Moises Alou | OF | 2005–2006 (221 g) | 1990, 1992–1996 (608 g) |
| Tim Foli | SS | 1977 (104 g) | 1972–1977 (710 g) |
| Felipe Alou | OF | 1958–1963 (719 g) | 1973 (19 g) |
| Joel Youngblood | OF | 1983–1988 (602 g) | 1982 (40 g) |
| Denard Span | OF | 2016–2017 (272 g) | 2013–2015 (361 g) |
| Dave Martinez | OF | 1993–1994 (188 g) | 1988–1991 (431 g) |
| Royce Clayton | SS | 1991–1995 (506 g) | 2006 (87 g) |
| Jim Wohlford | OF | 1980–1982 (238 g) | 1983–1986 (318 g) |
| F. P. Santangelo | OF | 1999 (113 g) | 1995–1998 (439 g) |
| Mike Morse | OF | 2014, 2017 (155 g) | 2009–2012 (378 g) |
| Nate Schierholtz | OF | 2007–2012 (503 g) | 2014 (23 g) |
| Mike Aldrete | OF | 1986–1988 (349 g) | 1989–1990 (172 g) |
| Derrel Thomas | 2B | 1975–1977 (373 g) | 1984 (108 g) |
| Wallace Johnson | 1B | 1983 (7 g) | 1981–1984, 1986–1990 (421 g) |
| Felix Rodriguez | P | 1999–2004 (395 g) | 2006 (31 g) |
| Steve Kline | P | 2006–2007 (140 g) | 1997–2000 (269 g) |
| Al Oliver | OF | 1984 (91 g) | 1982–1983 (317 g) |
| John Boccabella | C | 1974 (29 g) | 1969–1973 (376 g) |
| Kirk Rueter | P | 1996–2005 (290 g) | 1993–1996 (59 g) |
| Max Venable | OF | 1979–1983 (302 g) | 1984 (38 g) |
| Jeff Fassero | P | 2005–2006 (58 g) | 1991–1996 (262 g) |
| Livan Hernandez | P | 1999–2002 (116 g) | 2003–2006, 2009–2011 (204 g) |
| Andy McGaffigan | P | 1982–1983, 1990 (51 g) | 1984, 1986–1989 (260 g) |
| Elias Sosa | P | 1972–1974 (147 g) | 1979–1981 (161 g) |
| Jack Hiatt | C | 1965–1969 (290 g) | 1970 (17 g) |
| Jeff Reed | C | 1993–1995 (182 g) | 1987–1988 (118 g) |
| Emmanuel Burriss | 2B | 2008–2012 (281 g) | 2015 (5 g) |
| Kevin Frandsen | 2B | 2006–2009, 2015 (181 g) | 2014 (105 g) |
| Ty Cline | OF | 1967–1968 (180 g) | 1969–1970 (103 g) |
| John Vander Wal | OF | 2001 (49 g) | 1991–1993 (232 g) |
| Hunter Strickland | P | 2014–2018 (253 g) | 2019 (24 g) |
| Mark Gardner | P | 1996–2001 (180 g) | 1989–1992 (94 g) |
| Guillermo Mota | P | 2010–2012 (134 g) | 1999–2001 (133 g) |
| Dan Schatzeder | P | 1982 (13 g) | 1977–1979, 1982–1986 (248 g) |
| Jose Guillen | OF | 2010 (42 g) | 2005–2006 (217 g) |
| Manny Trillo | 2B | 1984–1985 (223 g) | 1983 (31 g) |
| Tom O'Malley | 3B | 1982–1984 (240 g) | 1988 (14 g) |
| Julian Tavarez | P | 1997–1999 (196 g) | 2009 (42 g) |
| Willie Montanez | 1B | 1975–1976 (195 g) | 1980–1981 (40 g) |
| Tyler Walker | P | 2004–2008 (205 g) | 2010 (24 g) |
| Deivi Cruz | SS | 2004–2005 (208 g) | 2005 (20 g) |
| Mike Phillips | SS | 1973–1975 (173 g) | 1981–1983 (53 g) |
| Justin Maxwell | OF | 2015 (100 g) | 2007, 2009–2010 (122 g) |
| Scot Thompson | OF | 1984–1985 (184 g) | 1985 (34 g) |
| Dominic Smith | 1B | 2025 (63 g) | 2023 (153 g) |
| Dan Driessen | 1B | 1985–1986 (69 g) | 1984–1985 (142 g) |
| Jim Brower | P | 2003–2005 (172 g) | 2002 (30 g) |
| Tim Scott | P | 1996 (20 g) | 1993–1996 (179 g) |
| Jim Dwyer | OF | 1978 (73 g) | 1975–1976, 1989 (123 g) |
| Dustin Hermanson | P | 2003–2004 (56 g) | 1997–2000 (136 g) |
| Marlon Byrd | OF | 2015 (39 g) | 2005–2006 (152 g) |
| Ehire Adrianza | SS | 2013–2016 (154 g) | 2022 (31 g) |
| Derek Law | P | 2016–2018 (109 g) | 2024 (75 g) |
| Matt Herges | P | 2003–2005 (118 g) | 2002 (62 g) |
| Gerardo Parra | OF | 2019 (30 g) | 2019, 2021 (142 g) |
| Don Carrithers | P | 1970–1973 (87 g) | 1974–1976 (76 g) |
| Scott Sanderson | P | 1993 (11 g) | 1978–1983 (149 g) |
| Steve Frey | P | 1994–1995 (53 g) | 1989–1991 (102 g) |
| Mark Melancon | P | 2017–2019 (116 g) | 2016 (30 g) |
| Bill Laskey | P | 1982–1986 (132 g) | 1985 (11 g) |
| Fred Breining | P | 1980–1983 (136 g) | 1984 (4 g) |
| Jim Poole | P | 1996–1998 (124 g) | 2000 (5 g) |
| Edwards Guzman | 3B | 1999, 2001 (75 g) | 2003 (52 g) |
| Gil Heredia | P | 1991–1992 (20 g) | 1992–1995 (106 g) |
| Yusmeiro Petit | P | 2012–2015 (90 g) | 2016 (36 g) |
| Mark DeRosa | 3B | 2010–2011 (73 g) | 2012 (48 g) |
| John Tamargo | C | 1978–1979 (66 g) | 1979–1980 (49 g) |
| Mike Stanton | P | 2006 (26 g) | 2005–2006 (86 g) |
| Steve Nicosia | C | 1983–1984 (63 g) | 1985 (42 g) |
| Jake McGee | P | 2021–2022 (86 g) | 2022 (12 g) |
| Trevor Gott | P | 2019–2020 (65 g) | 2016–2018 (33 g) |
| John D'Acquisto | P | 1973–1976 (84 g) | 1980 (11 g) |
| Tracy Jones | OF | 1989 (40 g) | 1988 (53 g) |
| Jeffrey Hammonds | OF | 2003–2004 (76 g) | 2005 (13 g) |
| Jeff Juden | P | 1996 (36 g) | 1996–1997 (44 g) |
| Manny Mota | OF | 1962 (47 g) | 1969 (31 g) |
| Paul DeJong | SS | 2023 (18 g) | 2025 (57 g) |
| Dan Uggla | 2B | 2014 (4 g) | 2015 (67 g) |
| Randy Lerch | P | 1983–1984 (44 g) | 1982–1983 (25 g) |
| Mark Leiter | P | 1995–1996 (53 g) | 1996 (12 g) |
| Fernando Abad | P | 2019 (21 g) | 2013 (39 g) |
| Xavier Nady | OF | 2012 (19 g) | 2012 (40 g) |
| Chris Marrero | 1B | 2017 (15 g) | 2011, 2013 (39 g) |
| Jerome Williams | P | 2003–2005 (47 g) | 2007 (6 g) |
| Alejandro De Aza | OF | 2015 (24 g) | 2017 (28 g) |
| Mike Vail | OF | 1983 (18 g) | 1983 (34 g) |
| Floyd Wicker | OF | 1971 (9 g) | 1969 (41 g) |
| Sergio Valdez | P | 1995 (13 g) | 1986, 1992–1993 (36 g) |
| Tomas de la Rosa | SS | 2006 (16 g) | 2000–2001 (33 g) |
| Ted Wood | OF | 1991–1992 (34 g) | 1993 (13 g) |
| Kyle Barraclough | P | 2019 (10 g) | 2019 (33 g) |
| Chad Gaudin | P | 2013 (30 g) | 2011 (10 g) |
| Salomon Torres | P | 1993–1995 (28 g) | 1997 (12 g) |
| Lary Sorensen | P | 1988 (12 g) | 1987 (23 g) |
| Kent Bottenfield | P | 1994 (1 g) | 1992–1993 (33 g) |
| Luis Aquino | P | 1995 (5 g) | 1995 (29 g) |
| Randy Johnson | P | 2009 (22 g) | 1988–1989 (11 g) |
| Scott Service | P | 1995 (28 g) | 1992 (5 g) |
| Chris Smith | 1B | 1983 (22 g) | 1981–1982 (9 g) |
| Brad Gulden | C | 1986 (17 g) | 1982 (5 g) |
| Ed Vosberg | P | 1990 (18 g) | 2002 (4 g) |
| Grant Green | 2B | 2016 (18 g) | 2017 (2 g) |
| Derek Hill | OF | 2024 (5 g) | 2023 (13 g) |
| Aaron Sanchez | P | 2021 (9 g) | 2022 (7 g) |
| George Riley | P | 1984 (5 g) | 1986 (10 g) |
| Rico Garcia | P | 2020 (12 g) | 2023 (3 g) |
| Jakson Reetz | C | 2024 (6 g) | 2021 (2 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).Nationals seasons include the Montreal Expos (1969–2004).
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Questions
How many players have played for both the San Francisco Giants and the Washington Nationals?
113 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1969 to 2025, including Chris Speier, Gary Carter, Andres Galarraga and Marquis Grissom. 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?
Manny Mota: San Francisco Giants first, then the Washington Nationals from 1969.
Who has played for both recently?
Dominic Smith, Derek Law, Paul DeJong, Derek Hill and Jakson Reetz, 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). Nationals seasons include the Montreal Expos (1969–2004).
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