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Players who played for the Houston Astros and Kansas City Royals

80 MLB players have played for both the Houston Astros 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. Carlos Beltran2,586 GP
2. Miguel Tejada2,171 GP
3. Lee May2,071 GP
4. Tommy Davis1,999 GP
5. John Mayberry1,620 GP
6. Terry Puhl1,531 GP
7. Cesar Geronimo1,522 GP
8. Carlos Peña1,493 GP
9. Jerry Grote1,421 GP
10. Omar Moreno1,382 GP
11. Gregg Zaun1,232 GP
12. Martin Maldonado1,231 GP
13. Robbie Grossman1,213 GP
14. Pat Borders1,099 GP
15. Chris James946 GP
16. Yuli Gurriel943 GP
17. Dave Clark905 GP
18. Leon Roberts901 GP
19. Craig Kimbrel897 GP
20. Kyle Farnsworth893 GP
21. Tom Gordon893 GP
22. Sean Berry860 GP
23. Jeff Keppinger818 GP
24. Paul Bako789 GP
25. Luis Rivera781 GP
26. Nori Aoki759 GP
27. Octavio Dotel758 GP
28. Joe McEwing754 GP
29. Rick Ankiel653 GP
30. Bob Stinson652 GP
31. Gregg Olson622 GP
32. Mitch Williams619 GP
33. Will Smith618 GP
34. Zack Greinke597 GP
35. Doug Henry582 GP
36. Frank DiPino514 GP
37. Dan Schatzeder511 GP
38. Joe Hoerner493 GP
39. Mike Magnante484 GP
40. Tim Byrdak479 GP
41. Humberto Quintero471 GP
42. Mike Williams469 GP
43. Aurelio Lopez459 GP
44. Justin Maxwell441 GP
45. Floyd Bannister431 GP
46. Mike LaCoss416 GP
47. Bruce Chen401 GP
48. Sandy Valdespino382 GP
49. Jordan Lyles362 GP
50. Jose Lima351 GP
51. Hipolito Pichardo350 GP
52. Erik Kratz335 GP
53. Jimmy Paredes332 GP
54. Chuck Harrison328 GP
55. Jason Bourgeois317 GP
56. Luis Pujols316 GP
57. Buddy Biancalana311 GP
58. Bob Scanlan290 GP
59. Jason Smith278 GP
60. J. C. Gutierrez264 GP
61. Nelson Velazquez245 GP
62. Jake Odorizzi242 GP
63. Scott Elarton233 GP
64. Rusty Meacham218 GP
65. Mendy Lopez190 GP
66. Angel Sanchez185 GP
67. Josh Anderson179 GP
68. Alvin Morman176 GP
69. Jim York174 GP
70. Nate Pearson165 GP
71. Jeff Fulchino163 GP
72. Brandon Duckworth134 GP
73. Chris Zachary110 GP
74. Dylan Coleman97 GP
75. Felipe Paulino97 GP
76. Philip Humber97 GP
77. Terry Clark91 GP
78. Runelvys Hernandez82 GP
79. Aurelio Monteagudo73 GP
80. George Throop30 GP

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