Seattle Mariners and Texas Rangers players: who played for both
Who played for both the Mariners and Rangers?
142 players played for both the Seattle Mariners and the Texas Rangers between 1977 and 2025, including Adrian Beltre, Pete O'Brien, Nelson Cruz and Ruben Sierra. 73 of them played for the Mariners first and 63 for the Rangers first; 6 played for both in the same season.
Did you know?
- Diego Segui is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Rangers first, then the Mariners from 1977.
- Shawn Armstrong is the most recent: Mariners first, then the Rangers from 2025.
- Adrian Beltre played the most games across the two: 715 for the Mariners and 1,098 for the Rangers.
- 20 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Ruben Sierra.
- Most common positions on this list: P (73), OF (26), C (13), SS (12).
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All 142 players, most games for the two first
| Player | Pos | Mariners | Rangers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adrian Beltre | 3B | 2005–2009 (715 g) | 2011–2018 (1098 g) |
| Pete O'Brien | 1B | 1990–1993 (466 g) | 1982–1988 (946 g) |
| Nelson Cruz | DH | 2015–2018 (606 g) | 2006–2013 (796 g) |
| Ruben Sierra | OF | 2002 (122 g) | 1986–1992, 2000–2001, 2003 (1190 g) |
| Alex Rodriguez | SS | 1994–2000 (790 g) | 2001–2003 (485 g) |
| Mark McLemore | 2B | 2000–2003 (466 g) | 1995–1999 (635 g) |
| Dave Valle | C | 1984–1993 (846 g) | 1995–1996 (78 g) |
| Shin-Soo Choo | OF | 2005–2006 (14 g) | 2014–2020 (799 g) |
| Jeff Burroughs | OF | 1981 (89 g) | 1970–1976 (700 g) |
| Richie Zisk | OF | 1981–1983 (315 g) | 1978–1980 (419 g) |
| Omar Vizquel | SS | 1989–1993 (660 g) | 2009 (62 g) |
| Lenny Randle | 3B | 1981–1982 (112 g) | 1971–1976 (608 g) |
| Bill Stein | 3B | 1977–1980 (420 g) | 1981–1985 (287 g) |
| Dylan Moore | OF | 2019–2025 (671 g) | 2025 (18 g) |
| Pat Putnam | 1B | 1983–1984 (208 g) | 1977–1982 (455 g) |
| Leonys Martin | OF | 2016–2017 (177 g) | 2011–2015 (429 g) |
| Justin Smoak | 1B | 2010–2014 (496 g) | 2010 (70 g) |
| Leody Taveras | OF | 2025 (28 g) | 2020–2025 (505 g) |
| Tom Paciorek | OF | 1978–1981 (403 g) | 1986–1987 (115 g) |
| Leon Roberts | OF | 1978–1980 (393 g) | 1981–1982 (103 g) |
| Juan Beniquez | OF | 1980 (70 g) | 1976–1978 (395 g) |
| Jeff Nelson | P | 1992–1995, 2001–2003, 2005 (432 g) | 2004 (29 g) |
| Brad Miller | SS | 2013–2015 (343 g) | 2022–2023 (108 g) |
| Jeff Huson | SS | 1998 (31 g) | 1990–1993 (410 g) |
| Willie Horton | OF | 1979–1980 (259 g) | 1977 (139 g) |
| Doug Strange | 3B | 1995–1996 (162 g) | 1993–1994 (218 g) |
| Jamie Moyer | P | 1996–2006 (324 g) | 1989–1990 (48 g) |
| Mario Mendoza | SS | 1979–1980 (262 g) | 1981–1982 (100 g) |
| Arthur Rhodes | P | 2000–2003, 2008 (313 g) | 2011 (32 g) |
| Mitch Garver | C | 2024–2025 (201 g) | 2022–2023 (141 g) |
| Bill Haselman | C | 1992–1994 (104 g) | 1990, 1998, 2000–2002 (225 g) |
| David Segui | 1B | 1998–1999 (233 g) | 2000 (93 g) |
| Tom Wilhelmsen | P | 2011–2016 (296 g) | 2016 (21 g) |
| Endy Chavez | OF | 2009, 2013–2014 (231 g) | 2011 (83 g) |
| Joaquin Benoit | P | 2016 (26 g) | 2001–2008 (274 g) |
| Ed Vande Berg | P | 1982–1985 (273 g) | 1988 (26 g) |
| Mark Lowe | P | 2006–2010, 2015 (196 g) | 2010–2012 (91 g) |
| Mario Diaz | SS | 1987–1989 (91 g) | 1991–1993 (186 g) |
| Jim Anderson | SS | 1980–1981 (186 g) | 1983–1984 (89 g) |
| Carl Everett | OF | 2006 (92 g) | 2002–2003 (179 g) |
| Mike Schooler | P | 1988–1992 (243 g) | 1993 (17 g) |
| Sam Haggerty | OF | 2020–2024 (191 g) | 2025 (64 g) |
| Larry Cox | C | 1977, 1979–1980 (240 g) | 1981 (5 g) |
| Ed Nunez | P | 1982–1988 (205 g) | 1992 (39 g) |
| Brad Wilkerson | OF | 2008 (19 g) | 2006–2007 (214 g) |
| Eddie Guardado | P | 2004–2006 (127 g) | 2008–2009 (104 g) |
| Milton Bradley | OF | 2010–2011 (101 g) | 2008 (126 g) |
| Ramon Vazquez | SS | 2001 (17 g) | 2007–2008 (209 g) |
| Rick Honeycutt | P | 1977–1980 (99 g) | 1981–1983, 1994 (117 g) |
| Warren Newson | OF | 1995 (33 g) | 1996–1998 (182 g) |
| Travis Jankowski | OF | 2022 (1 g) | 2023–2024 (211 g) |
| Rob Ducey | OF | 1997–1998 (173 g) | 1993–1994 (38 g) |
| Yorvit Torrealba | C | 2005 (42 g) | 2011–2012 (162 g) |
| Domingo Cedeno | 2B | 1999 (21 g) | 1997–1998 (174 g) |
| Roberto Kelly | OF | 1997 (30 g) | 1998–1999 (162 g) |
| Mike Carp | 1B | 2009–2012 (173 g) | 2014 (17 g) |
| Gary Gray | 1B | 1981–1982 (149 g) | 1977–1979 (34 g) |
| Jamey Wright | P | 2010–2011 (88 g) | 2007–2008 (95 g) |
| Ben Broussard | 1B | 2006–2007 (155 g) | 2008 (26 g) |
| Josh Wilson | SS | 2009–2010 (153 g) | 2014 (24 g) |
| Dave Schmidt | P | 1992 (3 g) | 1981–1985 (172 g) |
| Shawn Kelley | P | 2009–2012 (120 g) | 2019 (51 g) |
| Alex Diaz | OF | 1995–1996 (141 g) | 1997 (28 g) |
| Donnie Scott | C | 1985 (80 g) | 1983–1984 (83 g) |
| Chad Kreuter | C | 1995 (26 g) | 1988–1991, 2003 (135 g) |
| Gaylord Perry | P | 1982–1983 (48 g) | 1975–1977, 1980 (112 g) |
| Aaron Sele | P | 2000–2001, 2005 (89 g) | 1998–1999 (66 g) |
| Floyd Bannister | P | 1979–1982 (118 g) | 1992 (36 g) |
| Kevin Millwood | P | 2012 (28 g) | 2006–2009 (125 g) |
| Orlando Mercado | C | 1982–1984 (105 g) | 1986 (46 g) |
| Eric Gunderson | P | 1992 (9 g) | 1997–1999 (139 g) |
| Doc Medich | P | 1977 (3 g) | 1978–1982 (133 g) |
| John Marzano | C | 1996–1998 (130 g) | 1995 (2 g) |
| Jonathan Hernandez | P | 2024 (3 g) | 2019–2020, 2022–2024 (124 g) |
| Desi Relaford | SS | 2002 (112 g) | 2007 (14 g) |
| Paul Mirabella | P | 1984–1986 (70 g) | 1978, 1982 (50 g) |
| Rowdy Tellez | 1B | 2025 (62 g) | 2025 (50 g) |
| Kameron Loe | P | 2013 (4 g) | 2004–2008 (107 g) |
| R. A. Dickey | P | 2008 (32 g) | 2001, 2003–2006 (77 g) |
| Matt Festa | P | 2018–2019, 2022–2023 (89 g) | 2024 (18 g) |
| Mike Morgan | P | 1985–1987 (73 g) | 1999 (34 g) |
| Jeff Fassero | P | 1997–1999 (97 g) | 1999 (7 g) |
| Odell Jones | P | 1979 (25 g) | 1983–1984 (75 g) |
| Steve Balboni | 1B | 1988 (97 g) | 1993 (2 g) |
| Carlos Peguero | OF | 2011–2013 (65 g) | 2015 (30 g) |
| Chris Gimenez | C | 2011 (24 g) | 2014–2015 (70 g) |
| Shawn Armstrong | P | 2018–2019 (18 g) | 2025 (71 g) |
| Thad Bosley | OF | 1982 (22 g) | 1989–1990 (67 g) |
| Dwayne Henry | P | 1993 (31 g) | 1984–1988 (54 g) |
| Rich Gossage | P | 1994 (36 g) | 1991 (44 g) |
| Anthony Bass | P | 2019 (44 g) | 2015, 2017 (35 g) |
| Dan Robertson | OF | 2016 (9 g) | 2014 (70 g) |
| Rafael Montero | P | 2021 (40 g) | 2019–2020 (39 g) |
| Yovani Gallardo | P | 2017 (28 g) | 2015, 2018 (51 g) |
| Andrew Romine | SS | 2018 (75 g) | 2020 (2 g) |
| Luis Sardinas | SS | 2016 (32 g) | 2014 (43 g) |
| Doug Fister | P | 2009–2011 (60 g) | 2018 (12 g) |
| Jason Ellison | OF | 2007 (63 g) | 2008 (9 g) |
| Donovan Solano | 2B | 2025 (69 g) | 2025 (2 g) |
| Stan Thomas | P | 1977 (13 g) | 1974–1975 (58 g) |
| Cory Gearrin | P | 2019 (48 g) | 2018 (21 g) |
| Chris Young | P | 2014 (30 g) | 2004–2005 (38 g) |
| Chris Ray | P | 2011 (29 g) | 2010 (35 g) |
| Luke Jackson | P | 2025 (10 g) | 2015–2016, 2025 (54 g) |
| Mike Kekich | P | 1977 (41 g) | 1975 (23 g) |
| Diego Segui | P | 1977 (40 g) | 1966 (21 g) |
| Dave Tobik | P | 1985 (8 g) | 1983–1984 (51 g) |
| Ismael Valdez | P | 2002 (8 g) | 2002–2003 (45 g) |
| Brett Tomko | P | 2000–2001 (43 g) | 2011 (8 g) |
| Dave Burba | P | 1990–1991 (28 g) | 2002 (23 g) |
| Chris Shelton | 1B | 2009 (9 g) | 2008 (41 g) |
| Juan Nicasio | P | 2018 (46 g) | 2020 (2 g) |
| Tim Leary | P | 1992–1993 (41 g) | 1994 (6 g) |
| Adrian Sampson | P | 2016 (2 g) | 2018–2019 (40 g) |
| Joe Saunders | P | 2013 (33 g) | 2014 (8 g) |
| Hector Noesi | P | 2012–2014 (36 g) | 2014 (3 g) |
| Gene Nelson | P | 1982–1983 (32 g) | 1993 (6 g) |
| James Baldwin | P | 2002 (30 g) | 2005 (8 g) |
| Tony Fossas | P | 1998 (23 g) | 1988, 1998 (15 g) |
| Justin Ruggiano | OF | 2015 (36 g) | 2016 (1 g) |
| Mike Campbell | P | 1987–1989 (34 g) | 1992 (1 g) |
| Connor Sadzeck | P | 2019 (20 g) | 2018 (13 g) |
| Jerry Don Gleaton | P | 1981–1982 (23 g) | 1979–1980 (10 g) |
| Ryan Feierabend | P | 2006–2008 (25 g) | 2014 (6 g) |
| Ken Clay | P | 1981 (22 g) | 1980 (8 g) |
| Cliff Lee | P | 2010 (13 g) | 2010 (15 g) |
| Tommy Moore | P | 1977 (14 g) | 1975 (14 g) |
| John Hicks | C | 2015 (17 g) | 2021 (10 g) |
| Justin Grimm | P | 2018 (5 g) | 2012–2013 (22 g) |
| Brett de Geus | P | 2024 (4 g) | 2021 (19 g) |
| Derek Lowe | P | 1997 (12 g) | 2013 (9 g) |
| Miguel Ojeda | C | 2005 (16 g) | 2006 (5 g) |
| Brian Allard | P | 1981 (7 g) | 1979–1980 (12 g) |
| Rich Hinton | P | 1979 (14 g) | 1972 (5 g) |
| Ross Detwiler | P | 2018 (1 g) | 2015 (17 g) |
| Guillermo Quiroz | C | 2006, 2009–2010 (7 g) | 2007 (9 g) |
| Jesse Biddle | P | 2019 (11 g) | 2019 (4 g) |
| Steve Fireovid | P | 1986 (10 g) | 1992 (3 g) |
| Tyson Miller | P | 2024 (9 g) | 2022 (4 g) |
| Zac Curtis | P | 2017 (3 g) | 2018 (8 g) |
| Travis Blackley | P | 2004 (6 g) | 2013 (4 g) |
| Carl Edwards | P | 2020 (5 g) | 2025 (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.Rangers seasons include the Washington Senators (1961–1971).
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Questions
How many players have played for both the Seattle Mariners and the Texas Rangers?
142 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1977 to 2025, including Adrian Beltre, Pete O'Brien, Nelson Cruz and Ruben Sierra. 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?
Diego Segui: Texas Rangers first, then the Seattle Mariners from 1977.
Who has played for both recently?
Dylan Moore, Leody Taveras, Mitch Garver, Sam Haggerty, Travis Jankowski and Jonathan Hernandez and 8 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. Rangers seasons include the Washington Senators (1961–1971).
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