Who played for the most MLB teams
Rich Hill and Edwin Jackson each played for 14 MLB clubs, the most on file. Next come the players with 13. A franchise counts once under every name it has had. Every season since 1876 is on file.
1Rich Hill14 clubs2005–2025
Chicago Cubs 2005–2008, Baltimore Orioles 2009, Boston Red Sox 2010–2024, Cleveland Guardians 2013, New York Yankees 2014, Los Angeles Angels 2014, Los Angeles Dodgers 2016–2019, Athletics 2016, Minnesota Twins 2020, Tampa Bay Rays 2021, New York Mets 2021, Pittsburgh Pirates 2023, San Diego Padres 2023, Kansas City Royals 2025
2Edwin Jackson14 clubs2003–2019
Los Angeles Dodgers 2003–2005, Tampa Bay Rays 2006–2008, Detroit Tigers 2009–2019, Chicago White Sox 2010–2011, Arizona Diamondbacks 2010, St. Louis Cardinals 2011, Washington Nationals 2012–2017, Chicago Cubs 2013–2015, Atlanta Braves 2015, Miami Marlins 2016, San Diego Padres 2016, Baltimore Orioles 2017, Athletics 2018, Toronto Blue Jays 2019
3Octavio Dotel13 clubs1999–2013
New York Mets 1999, Houston Astros 2000–2004, Athletics 2004–2005, New York Yankees 2006, Kansas City Royals 2007, Atlanta Braves 2007, Chicago White Sox 2008–2009, Colorado Rockies 2010, Pittsburgh Pirates 2010, Los Angeles Dodgers 2010, St. Louis Cardinals 2011, Toronto Blue Jays 2011, Detroit Tigers 2012–2013
4Craig Kimbrel12 clubs2010–2026
Atlanta Braves 2010–2025, San Diego Padres 2015, Boston Red Sox 2016–2018, Chicago Cubs 2019–2021, Chicago White Sox 2021, Los Angeles Dodgers 2022, Philadelphia Phillies 2023, Baltimore Orioles 2024, Houston Astros 2025, Tampa Bay Rays 2026, New York Mets 2026, Kansas City Royals 2026
5Matt Stairs12 clubs1992–2011
Washington Nationals 1992–2011, Boston Red Sox 1995, Athletics 1996–2000, Chicago Cubs 2001, Milwaukee Brewers 2002, Pittsburgh Pirates 2003, Kansas City Royals 2004–2006, Texas Rangers 2006, Detroit Tigers 2006, Toronto Blue Jays 2007–2008, Philadelphia Phillies 2008–2009, San Diego Padres 2010
6Mike Morgan12 clubs1978–2002
Athletics 1978–1979, New York Yankees 1982, Toronto Blue Jays 1983, Seattle Mariners 1985–1987, Baltimore Orioles 1988, Los Angeles Dodgers 1989–1991, Chicago Cubs 1992–1998, St. Louis Cardinals 1995–1996, Cincinnati Reds 1996–1997, Minnesota Twins 1998, Texas Rangers 1999, Arizona Diamondbacks 2000–2002
7Ron Villone12 clubs1995–2009
Seattle Mariners 1995–2005, San Diego Padres 1995–1996, Milwaukee Brewers 1996–1997, Cleveland Guardians 1998, Cincinnati Reds 1999–2000, Houston Astros 2001–2003, Colorado Rockies 2001, Pittsburgh Pirates 2002, Miami Marlins 2005, New York Yankees 2006–2007, St. Louis Cardinals 2008, Washington Nationals 2009
8Henry Blanco11 clubs1997–2013
Los Angeles Dodgers 1997, Colorado Rockies 1999, Milwaukee Brewers 2000–2001, Atlanta Braves 2002–2003, Minnesota Twins 2004, Chicago Cubs 2005–2008, San Diego Padres 2009, New York Mets 2010, Arizona Diamondbacks 2011–2012, Toronto Blue Jays 2013, Seattle Mariners 2013
9Rick White11 clubs1994–2007
Pittsburgh Pirates 1994–2005, Tampa Bay Rays 1998–2000, New York Mets 2000–2001, St. Louis Cardinals 2002, Colorado Rockies 2002, Houston Astros 2003–2007, Chicago White Sox 2003, Cleveland Guardians 2004, Philadelphia Phillies 2006, Cincinnati Reds 2006, Seattle Mariners 2007
10Todd Zeile11 clubs1989–2004
St. Louis Cardinals 1989–1995, Chicago Cubs 1995, Philadelphia Phillies 1996, Baltimore Orioles 1996, Los Angeles Dodgers 1997–1998, Texas Rangers 1998–1999, Miami Marlins 1998, New York Mets 2000–2004, Colorado Rockies 2002, Washington Nationals 2003, New York Yankees 2003
11Paul Bako11 clubs1998–2009
Detroit Tigers 1998, Houston Astros 1999–2000, Atlanta Braves 2000–2001, Miami Marlins 2000, Milwaukee Brewers 2002, Chicago Cubs 2003–2004, Los Angeles Dodgers 2005, Kansas City Royals 2006, Baltimore Orioles 2007, Cincinnati Reds 2008, Philadelphia Phillies 2009
12Royce Clayton11 clubs1991–2007
San Francisco Giants 1991–1995, St. Louis Cardinals 1996–1998, Texas Rangers 1998–2000, Chicago White Sox 2001–2002, Milwaukee Brewers 2003, Colorado Rockies 2004, Arizona Diamondbacks 2005, Washington Nationals 2006, Cincinnati Reds 2006, Toronto Blue Jays 2007, Boston Red Sox 2007
13Bruce Chen11 clubs1998–2015
Atlanta Braves 1998–2000, Philadelphia Phillies 2000–2001, New York Mets 2001–2002, Cincinnati Reds 2002, Washington Nationals 2002, Boston Red Sox 2003, Houston Astros 2003, Baltimore Orioles 2004–2006, Texas Rangers 2007, Kansas City Royals 2009–2014, Cleveland Guardians 2015
14Miguel Batista11 clubs1992–2012
Pittsburgh Pirates 1992, Miami Marlins 1996, Chicago Cubs 1997, Washington Nationals 1998–2010, Kansas City Royals 2000, Arizona Diamondbacks 2001–2006, Toronto Blue Jays 2004–2005, Seattle Mariners 2007–2009, New York Mets 2011–2012, St. Louis Cardinals 2011, Atlanta Braves 2012
15Jose Urena11 clubs2015–2025
Miami Marlins 2015–2020, Detroit Tigers 2021, Colorado Rockies 2022–2023, Milwaukee Brewers 2022, Chicago White Sox 2023, Texas Rangers 2024, New York Mets 2025, Los Angeles Dodgers 2025, Toronto Blue Jays 2025, Minnesota Twins 2025, Los Angeles Angels 2025
16LaTroy Hawkins11 clubs1995–2015
Minnesota Twins 1995–2003, Chicago Cubs 2004–2005, San Francisco Giants 2005, Baltimore Orioles 2006, Colorado Rockies 2007–2015, New York Yankees 2008, Houston Astros 2008–2009, Milwaukee Brewers 2010–2011, Los Angeles Angels 2012, New York Mets 2013, Toronto Blue Jays 2015
17Julian Tavarez11 clubs1993–2009
Cleveland Guardians 1993–1996, San Francisco Giants 1997–1999, Colorado Rockies 2000, Chicago Cubs 2001, Miami Marlins 2002, Pittsburgh Pirates 2003, St. Louis Cardinals 2004–2005, Boston Red Sox 2006–2008, Milwaukee Brewers 2008, Atlanta Braves 2008, Washington Nationals 2009
18Bartolo Colon11 clubs1997–2018
Cleveland Guardians 1997–2002, Washington Nationals 2002, Chicago White Sox 2003–2009, Los Angeles Angels 2004–2007, Boston Red Sox 2008, New York Yankees 2011, Athletics 2012–2013, New York Mets 2014–2016, Atlanta Braves 2017, Minnesota Twins 2017, Texas Rangers 2018
19Terry Mulholland11 clubs1986–2006
San Francisco Giants 1986–1997, Philadelphia Phillies 1989–1996, New York Yankees 1994, Seattle Mariners 1996, Chicago Cubs 1997–1999, Atlanta Braves 1999–2000, Los Angeles Dodgers 2001–2002, Pittsburgh Pirates 2001, Cleveland Guardians 2002–2003, Minnesota Twins 2004–2005, Arizona Diamondbacks 2006
20Dennys Reyes11 clubs1997–2011
Los Angeles Dodgers 1997–1998, Cincinnati Reds 1998–2001, Colorado Rockies 2002, Texas Rangers 2002, Arizona Diamondbacks 2003, Pittsburgh Pirates 2003, Kansas City Royals 2004, San Diego Padres 2005, Minnesota Twins 2006–2008, St. Louis Cardinals 2009–2010, Boston Red Sox 2011
21Fernando Rodney11 clubs2002–2019
Detroit Tigers 2002–2009, Los Angeles Angels 2010–2011, Tampa Bay Rays 2012–2013, Seattle Mariners 2014–2015, Chicago Cubs 2015, Miami Marlins 2016, San Diego Padres 2016, Arizona Diamondbacks 2017, Athletics 2018–2019, Minnesota Twins 2018, Washington Nationals 2019
22Kenny Lofton11 clubs1991–2007
Houston Astros 1991, Cleveland Guardians 1992–2007, Atlanta Braves 1997, Chicago White Sox 2002, San Francisco Giants 2002, Pittsburgh Pirates 2003, Chicago Cubs 2003, New York Yankees 2004, Philadelphia Phillies 2005, Los Angeles Dodgers 2006, Texas Rangers 2007
23Russell Branyan10 clubs1998–2011
Cleveland Guardians 1998–2010, Cincinnati Reds 2002–2003, Milwaukee Brewers 2004–2008, San Diego Padres 2006–2007, Tampa Bay Rays 2006, Philadelphia Phillies 2007, St. Louis Cardinals 2007, Seattle Mariners 2009–2010, Arizona Diamondbacks 2011, Los Angeles Angels 2011
24Kevin Pillar10 clubs2013–2025
Toronto Blue Jays 2013–2019, San Francisco Giants 2019, Boston Red Sox 2020, Colorado Rockies 2020, New York Mets 2021, Los Angeles Dodgers 2022, Atlanta Braves 2023, Los Angeles Angels 2024, Chicago White Sox 2024, Texas Rangers 2025
25Russ Springer10 clubs1992–2010
New York Yankees 1992, Los Angeles Angels 1993–1995, Philadelphia Phillies 1995–1996, Houston Astros 1997–2006, Arizona Diamondbacks 1998–2001, Atlanta Braves 1998–1999, St. Louis Cardinals 2003–2008, Athletics 2009, Tampa Bay Rays 2009, Cincinnati Reds 2010
26Tyler Clippard10 clubs2007–2022
New York Yankees 2007–2017, Washington Nationals 2008–2022, Athletics 2015, New York Mets 2015, Arizona Diamondbacks 2016–2021, Houston Astros 2017, Chicago White Sox 2017, Toronto Blue Jays 2018, Cleveland Guardians 2019, Minnesota Twins 2020
27Ken Brett10 clubs1967–1981
Boston Red Sox 1967–1971, Milwaukee Brewers 1972, Philadelphia Phillies 1973, Pittsburgh Pirates 1974–1975, Chicago White Sox 1976–1977, New York Yankees 1976, Los Angeles Angels 1977–1978, Los Angeles Dodgers 1979, Minnesota Twins 1979, Kansas City Royals 1980–1981
28Alan Embree10 clubs1992–2009
Cleveland Guardians 1992–1996, Atlanta Braves 1997–1998, Arizona Diamondbacks 1998, San Francisco Giants 1999–2001, Chicago White Sox 2001, Boston Red Sox 2002–2005, San Diego Padres 2002–2006, New York Yankees 2005, Athletics 2007–2008, Colorado Rockies 2009
29Cameron Maybin10 clubs2007–2021
Detroit Tigers 2007–2020, Miami Marlins 2008–2018, San Diego Padres 2011–2014, Atlanta Braves 2015, Houston Astros 2017, Los Angeles Angels 2017, Seattle Mariners 2018, New York Yankees 2019, Chicago Cubs 2020, New York Mets 2021
30Kevin Jarvis10 clubs1994–2006
Cincinnati Reds 1994–1997, Detroit Tigers 1997, Minnesota Twins 1997, Athletics 1999, Colorado Rockies 2000–2004, San Diego Padres 2001–2003, Seattle Mariners 2004, St. Louis Cardinals 2005, Boston Red Sox 2006, Arizona Diamondbacks 2006
31Marlon Byrd10 clubs2002–2016
Philadelphia Phillies 2002–2014, Washington Nationals 2005–2006, Texas Rangers 2007–2009, Chicago Cubs 2010–2012, Boston Red Sox 2012, New York Mets 2013, Pittsburgh Pirates 2013, San Francisco Giants 2015, Cincinnati Reds 2015, Cleveland Guardians 2016
32Dan Miceli10 clubs1993–2006
Pittsburgh Pirates 1993–1996, Detroit Tigers 1997, San Diego Padres 1998–1999, Miami Marlins 2000–2001, Colorado Rockies 2001–2005, Texas Rangers 2002, Cleveland Guardians 2003, Houston Astros 2003–2004, New York Yankees 2003, Tampa Bay Rays 2006
33Tommy Pham10 clubs2014–2026
St. Louis Cardinals 2014–2024, Tampa Bay Rays 2018–2019, San Diego Padres 2020–2021, Cincinnati Reds 2022, Boston Red Sox 2022, New York Mets 2023–2026, Arizona Diamondbacks 2023, Chicago White Sox 2024–2026, Kansas City Royals 2024, Pittsburgh Pirates 2025
34Roberto Hernandez10 clubs1991–2007
Chicago White Sox 1991–1997, San Francisco Giants 1997, Tampa Bay Rays 1998–2000, Kansas City Royals 2001–2002, Atlanta Braves 2003, Philadelphia Phillies 2004, New York Mets 2005–2006, Pittsburgh Pirates 2006, Cleveland Guardians 2007, Los Angeles Dodgers 2007
35Anthony Swarzak10 clubs2009–2021
Minnesota Twins 2009–2014, Cleveland Guardians 2015, New York Yankees 2016, Chicago White Sox 2017, Milwaukee Brewers 2017, New York Mets 2018, Atlanta Braves 2019, Seattle Mariners 2019, Arizona Diamondbacks 2021, Kansas City Royals 2021
36Jose Guillen10 clubs1997–2010
Pittsburgh Pirates 1997–1999, Tampa Bay Rays 1999–2001, Arizona Diamondbacks 2002, Cincinnati Reds 2002–2003, Athletics 2003, Los Angeles Angels 2004, Washington Nationals 2005–2006, Seattle Mariners 2007, Kansas City Royals 2008–2010, San Francisco Giants 2010
37Luis Garcia10 clubs2013–2026
Philadelphia Phillies 2013–2018, Los Angeles Angels 2019–2025, Texas Rangers 2020, St. Louis Cardinals 2021, San Diego Padres 2022–2023, Boston Red Sox 2024, Los Angeles Dodgers 2025, Washington Nationals 2025, Minnesota Twins 2026, New York Mets 2026
38Ross Detwiler10 clubs2007–2022
Washington Nationals 2007–2014, Texas Rangers 2015, Atlanta Braves 2015, Athletics 2016, Cleveland Guardians 2016, Seattle Mariners 2018, Chicago White Sox 2019–2020, Miami Marlins 2021, San Diego Padres 2021, Cincinnati Reds 2022
39Brett Tomko10 clubs1997–2011
Cincinnati Reds 1997–1999, Seattle Mariners 2000–2001, San Diego Padres 2002–2008, St. Louis Cardinals 2003, San Francisco Giants 2004–2005, Los Angeles Dodgers 2006–2007, Kansas City Royals 2008, Athletics 2009, New York Yankees 2009, Texas Rangers 2011
40Rene Rivera10 clubs2004–2021
Seattle Mariners 2004–2006, Minnesota Twins 2011, San Diego Padres 2013–2014, Tampa Bay Rays 2015, New York Mets 2016–2020, Chicago Cubs 2017, Los Angeles Angels 2018, Atlanta Braves 2018, Cleveland Guardians 2021, Washington Nationals 2021
41Bob Miller10 clubs1957–1974
St. Louis Cardinals 1957–1961, New York Mets 1962–1974, Los Angeles Dodgers 1963–1967, Minnesota Twins 1968–1969, Chicago Cubs 1970–1971, Chicago White Sox 1970, Cleveland Guardians 1970, San Diego Padres 1971–1973, Pittsburgh Pirates 1971–1972, Detroit Tigers 1973
42Tommy Davis10 clubs1959–1976
Los Angeles Dodgers 1959–1966, New York Mets 1967, Chicago White Sox 1968, Milwaukee Brewers 1969, Houston Astros 1969–1970, Athletics 1970–1971, Chicago Cubs 1970–1972, Baltimore Orioles 1972–1975, Los Angeles Angels 1976, Kansas City Royals 1976
43Dana Eveland10 clubs2005–2016
Milwaukee Brewers 2005–2006, Arizona Diamondbacks 2007, Athletics 2008–2009, Pittsburgh Pirates 2010, Toronto Blue Jays 2010, Los Angeles Dodgers 2011, Baltimore Orioles 2012, New York Mets 2014, Atlanta Braves 2015, Tampa Bay Rays 2016
44Shelby Miller10 clubs2012–2025
St. Louis Cardinals 2012–2014, Atlanta Braves 2015, Arizona Diamondbacks 2016–2025, Texas Rangers 2019, Pittsburgh Pirates 2021, Chicago Cubs 2021, San Francisco Giants 2022, Los Angeles Dodgers 2023, Detroit Tigers 2024, Milwaukee Brewers 2025
45Jamey Wright10 clubs1996–2014
Colorado Rockies 1996–2005, Milwaukee Brewers 2000–2002, St. Louis Cardinals 2002, Kansas City Royals 2003–2009, San Francisco Giants 2006, Texas Rangers 2007–2008, Cleveland Guardians 2010, Seattle Mariners 2010–2011, Los Angeles Dodgers 2012–2014, Tampa Bay Rays 2013
46Orlando Cabrera9 clubs1997–2011
Washington Nationals 1997–2004, Boston Red Sox 2004, Los Angeles Angels 2005–2007, Chicago White Sox 2008, Minnesota Twins 2009, Athletics 2009, Cincinnati Reds 2010, San Francisco Giants 2011, Cleveland Guardians 2011
47Ron Kline9 clubs1952–1970
Pittsburgh Pirates 1952–1969, St. Louis Cardinals 1960, Los Angeles Angels 1961, Detroit Tigers 1961–1962, Texas Rangers 1963–1966, Minnesota Twins 1967, Boston Red Sox 1969, San Francisco Giants 1969, Atlanta Braves 1970
48Gregg Zaun9 clubs1995–2010
Baltimore Orioles 1995–2009, Miami Marlins 1996–1998, Texas Rangers 1999, Kansas City Royals 2000–2001, Houston Astros 2002–2003, Colorado Rockies 2003, Toronto Blue Jays 2004–2008, Tampa Bay Rays 2009, Milwaukee Brewers 2010
49Jose Cardenal9 clubs1963–1980
San Francisco Giants 1963–1964, Los Angeles Angels 1965–1967, Cleveland Guardians 1968–1969, St. Louis Cardinals 1970–1971, Milwaukee Brewers 1971, Chicago Cubs 1972–1977, Philadelphia Phillies 1978–1979, New York Mets 1979–1980, Kansas City Royals 1980
50Ruben Sierra9 clubs1986–2006
Texas Rangers 1986–2003, Athletics 1992–1995, New York Yankees 1995–2005, Detroit Tigers 1996, Toronto Blue Jays 1997, Cincinnati Reds 1997, Chicago White Sox 1998, Seattle Mariners 2002, Minnesota Twins 2006
51Willie Montanez9 clubs1966–1982
Los Angeles Angels 1966, Philadelphia Phillies 1970–1982, San Francisco Giants 1975–1976, Atlanta Braves 1976–1977, New York Mets 1978–1979, Texas Rangers 1979, Washington Nationals 1980–1981, San Diego Padres 1980, Pittsburgh Pirates 1981–1982
52Trevor Cahill9 clubs2009–2021
Athletics 2009–2018, Arizona Diamondbacks 2012–2014, Atlanta Braves 2015, Chicago Cubs 2015–2016, San Diego Padres 2017, Kansas City Royals 2017, Los Angeles Angels 2019, San Francisco Giants 2020, Pittsburgh Pirates 2021
53Jason Marquis9 clubs2000–2015
Atlanta Braves 2000–2003, St. Louis Cardinals 2004–2006, Chicago Cubs 2007–2008, Colorado Rockies 2009, Washington Nationals 2010–2011, Arizona Diamondbacks 2011, San Diego Padres 2012–2013, Minnesota Twins 2012, Cincinnati Reds 2015
54Jonathan Lucroy9 clubs2010–2021
Milwaukee Brewers 2010–2016, Texas Rangers 2016–2017, Colorado Rockies 2017, Athletics 2018, Chicago Cubs 2019, Los Angeles Angels 2019, Boston Red Sox 2020, Washington Nationals 2021, Atlanta Braves 2021
55Geronimo Berroa9 clubs1989–2000
Atlanta Braves 1989–1990, Cincinnati Reds 1992, Miami Marlins 1993, Athletics 1994–1997, Baltimore Orioles 1997, Cleveland Guardians 1998, Detroit Tigers 1998, Toronto Blue Jays 1999, Los Angeles Dodgers 2000
56Jacob Barnes9 clubs2016–2025
Milwaukee Brewers 2016–2019, Kansas City Royals 2019, Los Angeles Angels 2020, Toronto Blue Jays 2021–2025, New York Mets 2021, Detroit Tigers 2022, New York Yankees 2022, St. Louis Cardinals 2023, Washington Nationals 2024
57Mark Melancon9 clubs2009–2022
New York Yankees 2009–2010, Houston Astros 2010–2011, Boston Red Sox 2012, Pittsburgh Pirates 2013–2016, Washington Nationals 2016, San Francisco Giants 2017–2019, Atlanta Braves 2019–2020, San Diego Padres 2021, Arizona Diamondbacks 2022
58Jose Hernandez9 clubs1991–2006
Texas Rangers 1991, Cleveland Guardians 1992–2005, Chicago Cubs 1994–2003, Atlanta Braves 1999, Milwaukee Brewers 2000–2002, Pittsburgh Pirates 2003–2006, Colorado Rockies 2003, Los Angeles Dodgers 2004, Philadelphia Phillies 2006
59Elmer Dessens9 clubs1996–2010
Pittsburgh Pirates 1996–1998, Cincinnati Reds 2000–2002, Arizona Diamondbacks 2003–2004, Los Angeles Dodgers 2004–2006, Kansas City Royals 2006, Milwaukee Brewers 2007, Colorado Rockies 2007, Atlanta Braves 2008, New York Mets 2009–2010
60Carl Edwards Jr.9 clubs2015–2026
Chicago Cubs 2015–2019, San Diego Padres 2019–2024, Seattle Mariners 2020, Toronto Blue Jays 2021, Atlanta Braves 2021, Washington Nationals 2022–2023, Los Angeles Angels 2025, Texas Rangers 2025, New York Mets 2026
A club counts when he appears on its roster for a season, games played or not in the league's own records; the years beside a club are his first and last season there.