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Players who played for the Boston Red Sox and Houston Astros

107 MLB players have played for both the Boston Red Sox and the Houston Astros, regular season or playoffs, listed by career games. Teams that moved count for the team they became: the Brooklyn Dodgers count for Los Angeles, the New York Giants for San Francisco, the Montreal Expos for Washington and the Philadelphia and Kansas City Athletics for today's Athletics.

1. Tony Peña1,988 GP
2. Bob Watson1,832 GP
3. Pete Runnels1,799 GP
4. Mark Loretta1,726 GP
5. J. D. Martinez1,642 GP
6. Billy Goodman1,623 GP
7. Carlos Peña1,493 GP
8. Tommy Helms1,435 GP
9. Carl Everett1,405 GP
10. Orlando Merced1,391 GP
11. Jose Cruz1,388 GP
12. Alex Bregman1,380 GP
13. Jim Busby1,352 GP
14. Julio Lugo1,352 GP
15. Jim Landis1,346 GP
16. Enrique Hernandez1,315 GP
17. Jed Lowrie1,307 GP
18. Josh Reddick1,305 GP
19. Billy Hatcher1,233 GP
20. Mike Easler1,151 GP
21. Marwin Gonzalez1,139 GP
22. Ricky Gutierrez1,119 GP
23. Christian Vazquez1,078 GP
24. Eddie Kasko1,077 GP
25. Bill Hall1,054 GP
26. Rich Gedman1,033 GP
27. Lee Thomas1,027 GP
28. Todd Jones982 GP
29. Felix Mantilla969 GP
30. Gary Geiger954 GP
31. Chris James946 GP
32. Ernie Riles919 GP
33. Craig Kimbrel897 GP
34. Tom Gordon893 GP
35. Danny Heep883 GP
36. Don McMahon874 GP
37. Sean Berry860 GP
38. Billy Wagner854 GP
39. Dick Gernert835 GP
40. Luis Rivera781 GP
41. Darren Oliver775 GP
42. Steve Pearce766 GP
43. Mark Melancon732 GP
44. Danny Darwin722 GP
45. Don Buddin711 GP
46. Roger Clemens709 GP
47. Larry Andersen699 GP
48. Trever Miller694 GP
49. Greg Swindell665 GP
50. Roman Mejias627 GP
51. Matt Albers616 GP
52. Phil Plantier610 GP
53. Rob Murphy597 GP
54. Dan Wheeler590 GP
55. Brandon Lyon572 GP
56. Curt Schilling571 GP
57. Bill Henry531 GP
58. Juan Pizarro496 GP
59. Jack Billingham476 GP
60. Mike Maddux473 GP
61. Joe Sambito462 GP
62. Chris Donnels450 GP
63. Abraham Toro442 GP
64. Carroll Hardy433 GP
65. Hal Brown410 GP
66. Fernando Abad406 GP
67. Bruce Chen401 GP
68. Pedro Astacio395 GP
69. Jim Corsi368 GP
70. Hipolito Pichardo350 GP
71. Mark Portugal348 GP
72. Dan Osinski324 GP
73. Wade Miley323 GP
74. Jim Pankovits318 GP
75. Russ Kemmerer302 GP
76. Mike Brumley295 GP
77. Pete Schourek292 GP
78. Jack Lamabe285 GP
79. Zack Short268 GP
80. John Halama262 GP
81. Doug Fister247 GP
82. Kevin Cash246 GP
83. Roberto Petagine242 GP
84. Erik Bedard241 GP
85. Michael Feliz228 GP
86. Karl Rhodes225 GP
87. Arnold Earley223 GP
88. Dean Stone216 GP
89. Bob Gallagher213 GP
90. Angel Sanchez185 GP
91. Brad Peacock183 GP
92. Chad Harville175 GP
93. Wade Miller155 GP
94. Butch Henry148 GP
95. Tayler Scott125 GP
96. Jim Mahoney120 GP
97. Juan Centeno118 GP
98. Kaleb Ort118 GP
99. Seth Martinez118 GP
100. Mike Nagy88 GP
101. Reggie Harris86 GP
102. Kip Gross73 GP
103. Mike Burns60 GP
104. Kirk Bullinger49 GP
105. Bobby Sprowl22 GP
106. Brandon Walter18 GP
107. Kyle Weiland11 GP

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The Boston Red Sox and Houston Astros could share a square on today's grid. Name a player who fits both headings on an Ultimate Tic-Tac-Toe board.

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Data: the SABR Lahman Baseball Database, covering everyone who played from 1901 on.