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Players who played for the Detroit Tigers and Kansas City Royals

99 MLB players have played for both the Detroit Tigers 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.

1. Johnny Damon2,490 GP
2. Matt Stairs1,895 GP
3. Juan Samuel1,720 GP
4. Juan Gonzalez1,689 GP
5. Kirk Gibson1,635 GP
6. Al Cowens1,584 GP
7. Joe Randa1,522 GP
8. Omar Infante1,507 GP
9. Carlos Peña1,493 GP
10. Rondell White1,474 GP
11. Gregg Jefferies1,465 GP
12. Neifi Perez1,403 GP
13. Vince Coleman1,371 GP
14. Dean Palmer1,357 GP
15. Ruppert Jones1,331 GP
16. Hal Morris1,246 GP
17. Robbie Grossman1,213 GP
18. Bip Roberts1,202 GP
19. Mark Canha1,095 GP
20. Chad Kreuter944 GP
21. Mike Aviles915 GP
22. Leon Roberts901 GP
23. Kyle Farnsworth893 GP
24. Pat Sheridan876 GP
25. Damian Jackson827 GP
26. Craig Paquette814 GP
27. Wilson Betemit805 GP
28. Paul Bako789 GP
29. Joakim Soria773 GP
30. Octavio Dotel758 GP
31. Bob Melvin692 GP
32. Shane Halter690 GP
33. Brayan Peña638 GP
34. Gregg Olson622 GP
35. Ted Power565 GP
36. Mike Difelice550 GP
37. Jamie Walker545 GP
38. Lynn Jones527 GP
39. Dan Schatzeder511 GP
40. Bob Hamelin497 GP
41. Juan Berenguer490 GP
42. Michael Lorenzen484 GP
43. Tim Byrdak479 GP
44. Brian Johnson471 GP
45. Matt Treanor468 GP
46. Aurelio Lopez459 GP
47. Chad Durbin456 GP
48. Greg Cadaret451 GP
49. Storm Davis442 GP
50. Gary Thurman424 GP
51. Anthony Gose417 GP
52. Al Levine416 GP
53. Tim Belcher394 GP
54. Joba Chamberlain385 GP
55. Trevor Rosenthal373 GP
56. Neftali Feliz362 GP
57. Jose Lima351 GP
58. A. J. Hinch350 GP
59. John Schreiber338 GP
60. Jim Rooker337 GP
61. Jacob Barnes334 GP
62. Hideo Nomo324 GP
63. Jerry Don Gleaton307 GP
64. Tommy Matchick292 GP
65. Bob Scanlan290 GP
66. Ernie Young288 GP
67. Dave Wickersham283 GP
68. Jason Smith278 GP
69. Steve Foucault277 GP
70. Al Alburquerque264 GP
71. Louis Coleman264 GP
72. Wily Peralta258 GP
73. Alex Lange255 GP
74. Jim Nettles240 GP
75. Jorge Bonifacio224 GP
76. Doug Bochtler220 GP
77. Mark Redman219 GP
78. Rusty Meacham218 GP
79. Carlos Hernandez193 GP
80. Josh Anderson179 GP
81. Phil Hiatt170 GP
82. Burch Smith165 GP
83. Mark Huismann152 GP
84. Adam Bernero151 GP
85. Anthony Misiewicz136 GP
86. Randy Veres135 GP
87. Denny Bautista131 GP
88. Roman Colon124 GP
89. Bob Stoddard119 GP
90. Chris Zachary110 GP
91. Tim Pugh108 GP
92. Alexis Gomez89 GP
93. Dave Gumpert86 GP
94. Scotti Madison71 GP
95. Connor Seabold60 GP
96. Luis de los Santos55 GP
97. Allen McDill38 GP
98. Brewer Hicklen28 GP
99. Jarrod Patterson26 GP

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