MLB Multi Sport Players

[Old Sweater]

Pitcher Rick Rhoden has been a regular now for 5-10 years on the PGA's Champion's Tour. Don't see Deion Sanders' name up there either. Jackie Jensen was a football All-American for the University of California as a running back and punter.-BH

They have the athlete linked to their main sport. If you click on the wiki link they have Sanders under football with baseball being secondary.

[Old Sweater]

Going from memory and correct me if I am wrong, but I think Brian Jordan was the only athlete to play in the Pro Bowl and MLB all star game. I believe he was a fill in for both sports due to injuries of other all stars who couldn't play.

I do know Deion Sanders had below league average stats for batting.

[BobH]

Jackie Jensen had a claim similar to that....the only man to play in the Rose Bowl, the World Series, and an MLB All-Star game.-BH

[Chitown Champ]

Going from memory and correct me if I am wrong, but I think Brian Jordan was the only athlete to play in the Pro Bowl and MLB all star game. I believe he was a fill in for both sports due to injuries of other all stars who couldn't play.

I do know Deion Sanders had below league average stats for batting.

Bo Jackson was an MLB all-star in 1989 and made the NFL pro bowl a year later.

[Cathy]

Funny, but that was the first name I thought of when I opened this thread.

He's also the only player to suit up for two professional sports on the same day.

That's the name I was looking for I couldn't remember his name.

[Old Sweater]

Here is a list of players who played in both MLB & NFL..............

Name	MLB teams	BGP[35]	NFL teams	FGP[36]
Cliff Aberson	Chicago Cubs (1947–1949)	63	Green Bay Packers (1946)	10
Red Badgro	St. Louis Browns (1929–1930)	143	Three teams (1927–1936)	94
Norm Bass	Kansas City A's (1961–1963)	65	Denver Broncos (1964)	1
Charlie Berry	Four teams (1925–1938)	709	Pottsville Maroons (1925–1926)	20
Larry Bettencourt	St. Louis Browns (1928–1932)	168	Green Bay Packers (1933)	2
Lyle Bigbee	Two teams (1920–1921)	17	Milwaukee Badgers (1922)	3
George Brickley	Philadelphia A's (1913)	5	Cleveland Tigers (1920)	7
Tom Brown	Washington Senators (1963)	61	Two teams (1964–1969)	71
Garland Buckeye	Three teams (1918–1928)	108	Two teams (1920–1924)	40
Bruce Caldwell	Two teams (1928, 1932)	25	New York Giants (1928)	10
Ralph Capron	Two teams (1912–1913)	3	Chicago Tigers (1920)	1
Jim Castiglia	Philadelphia A's (1942)	16	Three teams (1941–1948)	42
Chuck Corgan	Brooklyn Robins (1925, 1927)	33	Three teams (1924–1927)	30
Paul Des Jardien	Cleveland Indians (1916)	1	Chicago Tigers (1920)	9
D.J. Dozier	New York Mets (1992)	25	Two teams (1987–1991)	43
Chuck Dressen	Two teams (1925–1931)	646	Two teams (1920–1923)	12
Paddy Driscoll	Chicago Cubs (1917)	13	Two teams (1920–1929)	118
Ox Eckhardt	Two teams (1932, 1936)	24	New York Giants (1928)	11
Steve Filipowicz	Two teams (1944–1948)	57	New York Giants (1945–1946)	21
Paul Florence	New York Giants (1926)	76	Chicago Cardinals (1920)	9
Walter French	Philadelphia A's (1923–1929)	397	Two teams (1922, 1925)	10
Wally Gilbert	Two teams (1928–1932)	591	Duluth Kelleys (1923–1926)	17
Norm Glockson	Cincinnati Reds (1914)	7	Racine Legion (1922)	1
Frank Grube	Two teams (1931–1936)	394	New York Yankees (1928)	11
Bruno Haas	Philadelphia A's (1915)	6	Three teams (1921–1922)	11
Hinkey Haines	New York Yankees (1923)	28	Two teams (1925–1931)	53
George Halas	New York Yankees (1919)	12	Chicago Bears (1920–1928)	104
Carroll Hardy	Four teams (1957–1967)	433	San Francisco 49ers (1955)	10
Drew Henson	New York Yankees (2002–2003)	8	Two teams (2004, 2008)	9
Chad Hutchinson	St. Louis Cardinals (2001)	3	Two teams (2002–2004)	15[37][38]
Bo Jackson	Three teams (1986–1994)	694	Oakland Raiders (1987–1990)	38
Lefty Jamerson	Boston Red Sox (1924)	1	Hartford Blues (1926)	3
Vic Janowicz	Pittsburgh Pirates (1953–1954)	83	Washington Redskins (1954–1955)	22
Rex Johnston	Pittsburgh Pirates (1964)	14	Pittsburgh Steelers (1960)	12
Brian Jordan	Four teams (1992–2006)	1,456	Atlanta Falcons (1989–1991)	36
Matt Kinzer	Two teams (1989–1990)	9	Detroit Lions (1987)	1
Bert Kuczynski	Philadelphia A's (1943)	6	Two teams (1943, 1946)	5
Pete Layden	St. Louis Browns (1948)	41	New York Yankees (1948–1950)	31
Jim Levey	St. Louis Browns (1930–1933)	440	Pittsburgh Pirates (1934–1936)	13
Dean Look	Chicago White Sox (1961)	3	New York Titans (1962)	1
Waddy Macphee	New York Giants (1922)	2	Providence Steam Roller (1926)	10
Howard Maple	Washington Senators (1932)	44	Chicago Cardinals (1930)	8
Walt Masters	Three teams (1931, 1937–1939)	8	Two teams (1936, 1943–1944)	12
John Mohardt	Detroit Tigers (1922)	5	Four teams (1922–1925)	42
Ernie Nevers	St. Louis Browns (1926–1928)	44	Two teams (1926–1931)	54
Ossie Orwoll	Philadelphia A's (1928–1929)	94	Milwaukee Badgers (1926)	3
Ace Parker	Philadelphia A's (1937–1938)	94	Three teams (1937–1946)	68
John Perrin	Boston Red Sox (1921)	4	Hartford Blues (1926)	6[39][40]
Al Pierotti	Boston Braves (1920–1921)	8	Seven teams (1920–1929)	46
Pid Purdy	Two teams (1926–1929)	181	Green Bay Packers (1926–1927)	17
Dick Reichle	Boston Red Sox (1922–1923)	128	Milwaukee Badgers (1923)	6
Deion Sanders	Four teams (1989–2001)	641	Four teams (1989–2005)	188
Johnny Scalzi	Boston Braves (1931)	2	Brooklyn Dodgers (1931)	7
Red Smith	New York Giants (1927)	1	Five teams (1927–1931)	37
Evar Swanson	Two teams (1929–1934)	518	Three teams (1924–1927)	27
Jim Thorpe	Three teams (1913–1919)	289	Multiple teams (1920–1928)	52
Andy Tomasic	New York Giants (1949)	2	Pittsburgh Steelers (1942, 1946)	15
Luke Urban	Boston Braves (1927–1928)	50	Buffalo All-Americans (1921–1923)	32
Joe Vance	Two teams (1935–1938)	15	Brooklyn Dodgers (1931)	11
Ernie Vick	St. Louis Cardinals (1922–1926)	57	Two teams (1925–1927)	27
Tom Whelan	Boston Braves (1920)	1	Two teams (1920–1921)	20
Mike Wilson	Pittsburgh Pirates (1921)	5	Two teams (1922–1924)	17
Hoge Workman	Boston Red Sox (1924)	11	Two teams (1924, 1931–1932)	19
Ab Wright	Two teams (1935, 1944)	138	Frankfort Yellow Jackets (1930)	4
Tom Yewcic	Detroit Tigers (1957)	1	Boston Patriots (1961–1966)	77
Russ Young	St. Louis Browns (1931)	16	Dayton Triangles (1925)	4
Joe Zapustas	Philadelphia A's (1933)	2	New York Giants (1933)	2

[astrosfanatic]

Jeff Samardizijia (sp?) is a pitcher for the Cubs. He was a highly touted TE out of Notre Dame. He would have been drafted pretty high if he would have gone that route. Chose baseball though!

[Old Sweater]

Jeff Samardizijia (sp?) is a pitcher for the Cubs. He was a highly touted TE out of Notre Dame. He would have been drafted pretty high if he would have gone that route. Chose baseball though!

Yeah, been up for parts of 5 seasons. Our Cub fans here at BN talked about him quite a bit. He was 8-4 with a 2.97 ERA last season, 6-7 so far this year.

[soberdennis]

Funny, but that was the first name I thought of when I opened this thread.

He's also the only player to suit up for two professional sports on the same day.

The first name that I thought of when I opened the thread was some guy who played on the 1917 NL champion Giants and the 1919 World Champion Reds named Jim Thorpe. He did a few things in other sports too.
Also, George Halas had a cup of coffee with the New York Yankees in 1919.
I didn't see either of these Pro Football HOFers in your list.
Note: Gwynn is still the all time assist leader in San Diego State history.

[soberdennis]

I was looking at the original list in the first post. I now notice that both Thorpe and Halas are in the MLB/NFL list.