Players who played for the New York Mets and Texas Rangers
144 MLB players have played for both the New York Mets and the Texas Rangers, 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.
- Rusty Staub2,951 GP
- Carlos Beltran2,586 GP
- Julio Franco2,527 GP
- Todd Zeile2,158 GP
- Adrian Gonzalez1,929 GP
- Claudell Washington1,912 GP
- Jim Fregosi1,902 GP
- Asdrubal Cabrera1,822 GP
- Del Unser1,799 GP
- Gene Woodling1,796 GP
- Marcus Semien1,768 GP
- Jim Piersall1,734 GP
- Mike Jorgensen1,633 GP
- Willie Montanez1,632 GP
- Marlon Byrd1,573 GP
- Bud Harrelson1,533 GP
- Jeff Francoeur1,481 GP
- Sandy Alomar1,481 GP
- Lee Mazzilli1,475 GP
- Carlos Gomez1,461 GP
- David Segui1,456 GP
- Ken Henderson1,444 GP
- Carl Everett1,405 GP
- Tom Paciorek1,392 GP
- Sandy Alomar1,377 GP
- Darryl Hamilton1,328 GP
- Doug Flynn1,308 GP
- Gary Matthews1,281 GP
- Alex Cora1,273 GP
- Frank Catalanotto1,265 GP
- Todd Frazier1,244 GP
- Kevin Pillar1,234 GP
- Brandon Nimmo1,221 GP
- Mike Stanton1,178 GP
- Endy Chavez1,151 GP
- Lenny Randle1,138 GP
- Rod Barajas1,114 GP
- Don Zimmer1,095 GP
- John Cangelosi1,038 GP
- Elliott Maddox1,029 GP
- Richard Hidalgo987 GP
- Fernando Tatis949 GP
- Kevin Elster940 GP
- Desi Relaford939 GP
- Ellis Valentine894 GP
- David Robertson881 GP
- Bob Johnson874 GP
- Gene Clines870 GP
- Ricky Ledee855 GP
- Nolan Ryan807 GP
- Darren Oliver775 GP
- Hobie Landrith772 GP
- Kenny Rogers763 GP
- Junior Ortiz749 GP
- Mike Marshall725 GP
- Roger McDowell725 GP
- Joe Foy716 GP
- Robinson Chirinos714 GP
- Travis Jankowski707 GP
- Greg Harris705 GP
- Jake Diekman705 GP
- Mike Cubbage703 GP
- Damon Buford699 GP
- Tom Grieve670 GP
- Dennis Cook669 GP
- Andres Torres650 GP
- Darren O'Day644 GP
- Frank Tanana639 GP
- Luis Garcia617 GP
- Rich Rodriguez610 GP
- Manny Alexander594 GP
- Bartolo Colon565 GP
- Shane Spencer538 GP
- Bill Sudakis530 GP
- Dale Murray518 GP
- Phil Maton509 GP
- Max Scherzer508 GP
- Tommy Hunter508 GP
- Justin Ruggiano483 GP
- Chan Ho Park479 GP
- Joaquin Arias474 GP
- Tom O'Malley466 GP
- Kevin Plawecki449 GP
- Andy Ibanez433 GP
- Ed Nunez427 GP
- Aaron Sele404 GP
- Omar Quintanilla402 GP
- R. A. Dickey402 GP
- Bruce Chen401 GP
- Pedro Astacio395 GP
- Frank Francisco391 GP
- Scott Erickson390 GP
- Dock Ellis388 GP
- Rafael Montero380 GP
- Mario Diaz374 GP
- Jon Matlack362 GP
- Alex Claudio356 GP
- C. J. Nitkowski337 GP
- Tom Sturdivant336 GP
- Dennis Santana332 GP
- Billy McKinney327 GP
- Lou Klimchock318 GP
- Doc Medich314 GP
- Pat Mahomes313 GP
- Brian Bohanon309 GP
- Carl Edwards304 GP
- Sam Haggerty296 GP
- Tim Leary293 GP
- Jacob deGrom291 GP
- Rick Reed274 GP
- Chris Young271 GP
- James Baldwin266 GP
- Jose Urena256 GP
- Eric Gunderson254 GP
- Orlando Mercado253 GP
- Matt Festa237 GP
- Calvin Schiraldi235 GP
- Trevor Williams234 GP
- Tucker Ashford222 GP
- Joe Grzenda219 GP
- Mark Clark219 GP
- John Thomson216 GP
- Joe Hicks212 GP
- Kris Benson208 GP
- Dallas Green199 GP
- Greg Goossen193 GP
- Joely Rodriguez183 GP
- Taylor Teagarden180 GP
- Dillon Gee165 GP
- Victor Diaz147 GP
- Luis Hernandez122 GP
- Juan Centeno118 GP
- Barry Manuel96 GP
- Wilmer Font96 GP
- Tyson Miller74 GP
- Shawn Hare64 GP
- Nick Willhite58 GP
- Logan Verrett57 GP
- Dario Alvarez56 GP
- Dan Boitano52 GP
- Mike Bacsik51 GP
- Bill Denehy49 GP
- Ariel Jurado45 GP
- Tommy Moore45 GP
Think you know them all?
The New York Mets and Texas Rangers 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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- Oakland Athletics and Texas Rangers
- Los Angeles Angels and Texas Rangers
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Data: the SABR Lahman Baseball Database, covering everyone who played from 1901 on.