St. Louis Cardinals and Texas Rangers players: who played for both
Who played for both the Cardinals and Rangers?
123 players played for both the St. Louis Cardinals and the Texas Rangers between 1961 and 2025, including Curt Flood, Ed Brinkman, Don Blasingame and Todd Zeile. 64 of them played for the Cardinals first and 53 for the Rangers first; 6 played for both in the same season.
Did you know?
- Gene Green is the earliest on this list to complete the pair: Cardinals first, then the Rangers from 1961.
- Yohel Pozo is the most recent: Rangers first, then the Cardinals from 2025.
- Curt Flood played the most games across the two: 1,738 for the Cardinals and 13 for the Rangers.
- 19 of them had two or more separate spells with one of the teams, such as Ed Brinkman.
- Most common positions on this list: P (68), OF (19), C (12), SS (7).
How many can you name?
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All 123 players, most games for the two first
| Player | Pos | Cardinals | Rangers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Curt Flood | OF | 1958–1969 (1738 g) | 1971 (13 g) |
| Ed Brinkman | SS | 1975 (28 g) | 1961–1970, 1975 (1143 g) |
| Don Blasingame | 2B | 1955–1959 (602 g) | 1963–1966 (409 g) |
| Todd Zeile | 3B | 1989–1995 (757 g) | 1998–1999 (208 g) |
| Joe Cunningham | 1B | 1954, 1956–1961 (738 g) | 1964–1966 (147 g) |
| Luis Alicea | 2B | 1988, 1991–1994, 1996 (566 g) | 1998–2000 (308 g) |
| Jim King | OF | 1957 (22 g) | 1961–1967 (796 g) |
| Adolis Garcia | OF | 2018 (21 g) | 2020–2025 (745 g) |
| Royce Clayton | SS | 1996–1998 (373 g) | 1998–2000 (333 g) |
| Brian Jordan | OF | 1992–1998 (643 g) | 2004 (61 g) |
| Darrell Porter | C | 1981–1985 (537 g) | 1986–1987 (153 g) |
| Will Clark | 1B | 2000 (51 g) | 1994–1998 (609 g) |
| Tom Grieve | OF | 1979 (9 g) | 1970, 1972–1977 (608 g) |
| Ryan Ludwick | OF | 2007–2010 (488 g) | 2002–2003 (31 g) |
| Fernando Tatis | 3B | 1998–2000 (300 g) | 1997–1998 (155 g) |
| Gerald Laird | C | 2011 (37 g) | 2003–2008 (374 g) |
| Dick Billings | C | 1974–1975 (4 g) | 1968–1974 (396 g) |
| Alex Johnson | OF | 1966–1967 (106 g) | 1973–1974 (272 g) |
| Darren Oliver | P | 1998–1999 (46 g) | 1993–1998, 2000–2001, 2010–2011 (317 g) |
| Carlos Beltran | OF | 2012–2013 (296 g) | 2016 (52 g) |
| Bill Stein | 3B | 1972–1973 (46 g) | 1981–1985 (287 g) |
| Darold Knowles | P | 1979–1980 (50 g) | 1967–1971, 1977 (271 g) |
| Mike Jorgensen | 1B | 1984–1985 (131 g) | 1978–1979 (186 g) |
| Vic Harris | 2B | 1976 (97 g) | 1972–1973 (213 g) |
| Pete Kozma | SS | 2011–2015 (275 g) | 2017 (28 g) |
| Bobby Witt | P | 1998 (17 g) | 1986–1992, 1995–1998 (281 g) |
| Nelson Briles | P | 1965–1970 (234 g) | 1976–1977 (60 g) |
| Ron Kline | P | 1960 (34 g) | 1963–1966 (260 g) |
| Andrew Knizner | C | 2019–2023 (256 g) | 2024 (37 g) |
| Gene Green | OF | 1957–1959 (173 g) | 1961 (110 g) |
| Mark DeRosa | 3B | 2009 (68 g) | 2005–2006 (202 g) |
| Kyle McClellan | P | 2008–2012 (262 g) | 2013 (7 g) |
| Randy Flores | P | 2004–2008 (237 g) | 2002 (20 g) |
| Cris Carpenter | P | 1988–1992 (180 g) | 1993–1994 (74 g) |
| Lance Lynn | P | 2011–2015, 2017, 2024 (206 g) | 2019–2020 (46 g) |
| Bob Humphreys | P | 1963–1964 (37 g) | 1966–1970 (214 g) |
| Lance Berkman | OF | 2011–2012 (177 g) | 2013 (73 g) |
| Joe Hoerner | P | 1966–1969 (206 g) | 1976 (41 g) |
| Mark Petkovsek | P | 1995–1998 (177 g) | 1991, 2001 (59 g) |
| Bobby Bonds | OF | 1980 (86 g) | 1978 (130 g) |
| Miles Mikolas | P | 2018–2019, 2021–2025 (206 g) | 2014 (10 g) |
| Bob Johnson | SS | 1969 (19 g) | 1961–1962 (196 g) |
| John King | P | 2023–2025 (127 g) | 2020–2023 (87 g) |
| Tony Fossas | P | 1995–1997 (194 g) | 1988, 1998 (15 g) |
| Tom Henke | P | 1995 (52 g) | 1982–1984, 1993–1994 (144 g) |
| Denny Walling | 3B | 1988–1990 (166 g) | 1991 (24 g) |
| Hobie Landrith | C | 1957–1958 (145 g) | 1963 (42 g) |
| Rick Honeycutt | P | 1996–1997 (63 g) | 1981–1983, 1994 (117 g) |
| Brant Alyea | OF | 1972 (13 g) | 1965, 1968–1969 (165 g) |
| Glenn Brummer | C | 1981–1984 (129 g) | 1985 (49 g) |
| Bob Tewksbury | P | 1989–1994 (155 g) | 1995 (22 g) |
| Manuel Lee | SS | 1995 (1 g) | 1993–1994 (168 g) |
| Reggie Cleveland | P | 1969–1973 (116 g) | 1978 (53 g) |
| Andres Galarraga | 1B | 1992 (95 g) | 2001 (72 g) |
| A. J. Pierzynski | C | 2014 (30 g) | 2013 (134 g) |
| Einar Diaz | C | 2005 (58 g) | 2003 (101 g) |
| Brad Miller | SS | 2020 (48 g) | 2022–2023 (108 g) |
| Ken Hill | P | 1988–1991, 1995 (102 g) | 1996–1997 (54 g) |
| Hal Woodeshick | P | 1965–1967 (146 g) | 1961 (7 g) |
| Dennys Reyes | P | 2009–2010 (134 g) | 2002 (15 g) |
| Kyle Lohse | P | 2008–2012 (146 g) | 2016 (2 g) |
| Minnie Miñoso | OF | 1962 (39 g) | 1963 (109 g) |
| Willie Davis | OF | 1975 (98 g) | 1975 (42 g) |
| Claude Osteen | P | 1974 (8 g) | 1961–1964 (129 g) |
| Sam Freeman | P | 2012–2014 (81 g) | 2015 (54 g) |
| Dennis Higgins | P | 1971–1972 (18 g) | 1968–1969 (114 g) |
| Joe Grzenda | P | 1972 (30 g) | 1970–1971 (95 g) |
| Diego Segui | P | 1972–1973 (98 g) | 1966 (21 g) |
| Scarborough Green | OF | 1997 (20 g) | 1999–2000 (97 g) |
| Pete Richert | P | 1974 (13 g) | 1965–1967 (97 g) |
| Tom Cheney | P | 1957, 1959 (15 g) | 1961–1964, 1966 (94 g) |
| Scott Coolbaugh | 3B | 1994 (15 g) | 1989–1990 (92 g) |
| Alan Benes | P | 1995–1997, 1999–2001 (101 g) | 2003 (4 g) |
| Marshall Bridges | P | 1959–1960 (47 g) | 1964–1965 (57 g) |
| Drew Robinson | OF | 2019 (5 g) | 2017–2018 (95 g) |
| Jim Bibby | P | 1972–1973 (12 g) | 1973–1975, 1984 (88 g) |
| Jamey Wright | P | 2002 (4 g) | 2007–2008 (95 g) |
| Todd Stottlemyre | P | 1996–1998 (86 g) | 1998 (10 g) |
| Carson Kelly | C | 2016–2018 (63 g) | 2024 (31 g) |
| Rich Rodriguez | P | 1994–1995 (57 g) | 2002 (36 g) |
| Shelby Miller | P | 2012–2014 (69 g) | 2019 (19 g) |
| Yohel Pozo | C | 2025 (67 g) | 2021 (21 g) |
| Jeff Fassero | P | 2002–2003 (78 g) | 1999 (7 g) |
| Chris Stratton | P | 2022–2023 (62 g) | 2023 (22 g) |
| Todd Burns | P | 1993 (24 g) | 1992–1993 (60 g) |
| Shawn Armstrong | P | 2024 (11 g) | 2025 (71 g) |
| Paul Kilgus | P | 1993 (22 g) | 1987–1988 (57 g) |
| Ted Kubiak | 2B | 1971 (32 g) | 1972 (46 g) |
| Duane Walker | OF | 1988 (24 g) | 1985 (53 g) |
| Mike Morgan | P | 1995–1996 (35 g) | 1999 (34 g) |
| Frank Bertaina | P | 1970 (8 g) | 1967–1969 (60 g) |
| Fred Manrique | 2B | 1986 (13 g) | 1989 (54 g) |
| Jeff Brantley | P | 1998 (48 g) | 2001 (18 g) |
| Mike Wallace | P | 1975–1976 (58 g) | 1977 (5 g) |
| Phil Maton | P | 2025 (40 g) | 2025 (23 g) |
| Kyle Gibson | P | 2024 (30 g) | 2020–2021 (31 g) |
| Jamie Moyer | P | 1991 (8 g) | 1989–1990 (48 g) |
| Esteban Yan | P | 2003 (39 g) | 2003 (15 g) |
| Mark Clark | P | 1991–1992 (27 g) | 1999–2000 (27 g) |
| Keith Smith | OF | 1979–1980 (30 g) | 1977 (23 g) |
| Sonny Siebert | P | 1974 (28 g) | 1973 (25 g) |
| Arthur Rhodes | P | 2011 (19 g) | 2011 (32 g) |
| Bryan Eversgerd | P | 1994, 1998 (48 g) | 1997 (3 g) |
| Luis Garcia | P | 2021 (34 g) | 2020 (11 g) |
| Brett Tomko | P | 2003 (35 g) | 2011 (8 g) |
| Jordan Montgomery | P | 2022–2023 (32 g) | 2023 (11 g) |
| Patrick Wisdom | 3B | 2018 (32 g) | 2019 (9 g) |
| Charlie Hudson | P | 1972 (12 g) | 1973 (25 g) |
| Greg Holland | P | 2018 (32 g) | 2022 (5 g) |
| Kip Wells | P | 2007 (35 g) | 2006 (2 g) |
| Mike Thompson | P | 1973–1974 (21 g) | 1971 (16 g) |
| Marty Martinez | SS | 1972 (9 g) | 1972 (26 g) |
| Richie Scheinblum | OF | 1974 (6 g) | 1971 (27 g) |
| George Brunet | P | 1971 (7 g) | 1970 (24 g) |
| Don Durham | P | 1972 (14 g) | 1973 (16 g) |
| Marcus Jensen | C | 1999 (16 g) | 2001 (11 g) |
| Tommy Moore | P | 1975 (10 g) | 1975 (14 g) |
| Sidney Ponson | P | 2006 (14 g) | 2008 (9 g) |
| Tyson Ross | P | 2018 (9 g) | 2017 (12 g) |
| Ray Stephens | C | 1990–1991 (11 g) | 1992 (8 g) |
| Joey Butler | DH | 2014 (6 g) | 2013 (8 g) |
| Jerome Williams | P | 2016 (11 g) | 2014 (2 g) |
| Juan Nicasio | P | 2017 (9 g) | 2020 (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.Cardinals seasons include the St. Louis Brown Stockings (1882), St. Louis Browns (1883–1898) and St. Louis Perfectos (1899).Rangers seasons include the Washington Senators (1961–1971).
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Questions
How many players have played for both the St. Louis Cardinals and the Texas Rangers?
123 in the Lahman Baseball Database from 1961 to 2025, including Curt Flood, Ed Brinkman, Don Blasingame and Todd Zeile. 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?
Gene Green: St. Louis Cardinals first, then the Texas Rangers from 1961.
Who has played for both recently?
Adolis Garcia, Andrew Knizner, Lance Lynn, Miles Mikolas, John King and Carson Kelly and 4 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. Cardinals seasons include the St. Louis Brown Stockings (1882), St. Louis Browns (1883–1898) and St. Louis Perfectos (1899). Rangers seasons include the Washington Senators (1961–1971).
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