Players who played for the Boston Red Sox and Kansas City Royals
121 MLB players have played for both the Boston Red Sox and the Kansas City Royals, 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.
- Bill Buckner2,517 GP
- Gary Gaetti2,507 GP
- Johnny Damon2,490 GP
- Orlando Cepeda2,124 GP
- George Scott2,034 GP
- Matt Stairs1,895 GP
- Eric Hosmer1,689 GP
- Jose Offerman1,651 GP
- Coco Crisp1,586 GP
- Dave Henderson1,538 GP
- Juan Beniquez1,500 GP
- Carlos Peña1,493 GP
- Rey Sanchez1,490 GP
- Luis Alicea1,341 GP
- Andrew Benintendi1,288 GP
- Tommy Pham1,255 GP
- Jonny Gomes1,203 GP
- Jackie Bradley1,182 GP
- Jerry Adair1,165 GP
- Mike Macfarlane1,164 GP
- Doug Mientkiewicz1,087 GP
- Scott Podsednik1,079 GP
- Brandon Moss1,016 GP
- Hunter Renfroe996 GP
- Tony Graffanino981 GP
- Chris James946 GP
- Todd Benzinger924 GP
- Shane Mack923 GP
- Aroldis Chapman915 GP
- Mike Aviles915 GP
- Craig Kimbrel897 GP
- Tom Gordon893 GP
- Danny Valencia865 GP
- Sean Berry860 GP
- Terry Shumpert854 GP
- Chris Stynes828 GP
- Damian Jackson827 GP
- Joe Lahoud791 GP
- Tom Burgmeier782 GP
- Luis Rivera781 GP
- Chris Owings723 GP
- Joe Foy716 GP
- Jake Diekman705 GP
- Bob Melvin692 GP
- Dennys Reyes674 GP
- Hector Carrasco647 GP
- Dave McCarty632 GP
- Curt Leskanic603 GP
- Scott Cooper592 GP
- Daniel Nava589 GP
- Stan Belinda586 GP
- Rudy Seanez544 GP
- Dick Drago521 GP
- Ron Mahay520 GP
- Jeremy Giambi510 GP
- Steve Farr509 GP
- Bob Heise499 GP
- Liam Hendriks491 GP
- Marty Pattin487 GP
- Brian Shouse467 GP
- Abraham Almonte463 GP
- David Riske462 GP
- Steve Renko462 GP
- Jeff Suppan453 GP
- Joey Gathright452 GP
- Tom Poquette452 GP
- David Cone451 GP
- Adrian Brown447 GP
- Blaine Boyer447 GP
- Tom Murphy443 GP
- Matt Strahm436 GP
- Doug Bird432 GP
- Ramon Ramirez424 GP
- Donnie Sadler418 GP
- Ken Sanders409 GP
- Bret Saberhagen403 GP
- Bruce Chen401 GP
- Rich Hill389 GP
- Andy Hassler388 GP
- Ken Brett386 GP
- Jon Nunnally364 GP
- Hipolito Pichardo350 GP
- Mike Boddicker346 GP
- Paul Byrd346 GP
- Michael Wacha342 GP
- John Schreiber338 GP
- Hideo Nomo324 GP
- George Kottaras313 GP
- Franklin Morales305 GP
- Tommy Matchick292 GP
- Steve Crawford277 GP
- Pedro Ciriaco272 GP
- Scott Bankhead267 GP
- Brad Keller266 GP
- Pat Rapp260 GP
- Mike Fiore254 GP
- Franchy Cordero251 GP
- Chris Haney197 GP
- Rich Gale195 GP
- Galen Cisco193 GP
- Wes Gardner189 GP
- Angel Sanchez185 GP
- Dave Morehead177 GP
- Cory Bailey172 GP
- Ryan Shealy169 GP
- Joe Nelson157 GP
- Josh Taylor138 GP
- Nate Eaton134 GP
- Carlos Peguero103 GP
- Calvin Pickering95 GP
- Lenny DiNardo94 GP
- Kyle Snyder93 GP
- Yamaico Navarro79 GP
- Sean O'Sullivan71 GP
- Domingo Tapia65 GP
- Connor Seabold60 GP
- Joel Johnston59 GP
- Morgan Burkhart42 GP
- Allen McDill38 GP
- Lance Clemons19 GP
- Tommy Hottovy17 GP
Think you know them all?
The Boston Red Sox and Kansas City Royals 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.