January 3, 2011

Played For Red Sox & Yankees Only

There have been only 16 major league players whose careers includes games with only the Red Sox and Yankees. Here are the last five:
                 NYY               BOS
Johnny Murphy    1932-46           1947
Elston Howard    1955-67           1967-68
Carlos Rodriguez 1991              1994-95
Ramiro Mendoza   1996-2002, 2005   2003-04
Michael Coleman  2001              1997, 1999

1 comment:

Jere said...

George Prentiss' time with the Yanks organization was when they were still the old Baltimore Orioles in 1902. He might have gone on to NY, but he died in September of that year. It seems to be unknown why he died at age 26.