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Players who played for the Kansas City Royals and New York Yankees

112 MLB players have played for both the Kansas City Royals and the New York Yankees, 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. Johnny Damon2,490 GP
3. Chili Davis2,436 GP
4. Raul Ibanez2,161 GP
5. George Scott2,034 GP
6. Melky Cabrera1,887 GP
7. Lou Piniella1,747 GP
8. Chuck Knoblauch1,632 GP
9. John Mayberry1,620 GP
10. Juan Beniquez1,500 GP
11. Rey Sanchez1,490 GP
12. Randal Grichuk1,474 GP
13. Rondell White1,474 GP
14. Billy Butler1,414 GP
15. Danny Tartabull1,406 GP
16. Bucky Dent1,392 GP
17. Ron Hansen1,384 GP
18. Omar Moreno1,382 GP
19. Kendrys Morales1,363 GP
20. Ruppert Jones1,331 GP
21. Don Slaught1,327 GP
22. Andrew Benintendi1,288 GP
23. Hal Morris1,246 GP
24. Doug Mientkiewicz1,087 GP
25. Lindy McDaniel988 GP
26. Jamie Quirk984 GP
27. Steve Balboni960 GP
28. Aroldis Chapman915 GP
29. Kyle Farnsworth893 GP
30. Tom Gordon893 GP
31. Terrence Long890 GP
32. Pat Sheridan876 GP
33. Bob Oliver847 GP
34. Wilson Betemit805 GP
35. Gaylord Perry787 GP
36. Ellie Rodriguez775 GP
37. Ken Phelps761 GP
38. Octavio Dotel758 GP
39. Felix Jose747 GP
40. Angel Berroa746 GP
41. Kelly Stinnett734 GP
42. Grant Jackson718 GP
43. Bob Melvin692 GP
44. Rodney Scott690 GP
45. Rusty Torres654 GP
46. Graeme Lloyd568 GP
47. Jason Grimsley553 GP
48. Tony Solaita525 GP
49. Tim Hill518 GP
50. Steve Farr509 GP
51. Ian Kennedy500 GP
52. Mike McCormick487 GP
53. Fran Healy470 GP
54. Jayson Nix466 GP
55. David Cone451 GP
56. Greg Cadaret451 GP
57. Bob Shirley434 GP
58. Doug Bird432 GP
59. Sal Fasano427 GP
60. Alberto Castillo418 GP
61. Brett Tomko406 GP
62. Jay Witasick405 GP
63. Larry Gura405 GP
64. Fernando Gonzalez404 GP
65. Rich Hill389 GP
66. Anthony Swarzak388 GP
67. Neal Heaton388 GP
68. Ken Brett386 GP
69. Joba Chamberlain385 GP
70. Ricky Bones379 GP
71. Andy McGaffigan365 GP
72. John Habyan348 GP
73. John Schreiber338 GP
74. Luke Weaver338 GP
75. Erik Kratz335 GP
76. Jacob Barnes334 GP
77. Rawly Eastwick326 GP
78. Don Hood312 GP
79. Richard Dotson312 GP
80. Aaron Guiel307 GP
81. Bill Castro303 GP
82. Sidney Ponson298 GP
83. Andrew Velazquez281 GP
84. Scott Bankhead267 GP
85. Dennis Rasmussen258 GP
86. Jeff Francis256 GP
87. Curt Young253 GP
88. Ryan Yarbrough253 GP
89. Wilson Delgado253 GP
90. Franchy Cordero251 GP
91. Melido Perez243 GP
92. Tucker Ashford222 GP
93. Paul Zuvella209 GP
94. Billy Brewer203 GP
95. Scott Pose202 GP
96. Mike Armstrong198 GP
97. Chien-Ming Wang174 GP
98. Jim York174 GP
99. Darrell May161 GP
100. Chris Turner158 GP
101. Kyle Davies153 GP
102. Pete Filson148 GP
103. Anthony Misiewicz136 GP
104. Dennis Werth117 GP
105. Ken Wright113 GP
106. Albert Abreu108 GP
107. Steve Shields102 GP
108. Kris Wilson95 GP
109. Brooks Kriske38 GP
110. Chance Adams22 GP
111. Donzell McDonald15 GP
112. Danny Rios7 GP

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