Two-way players
Here are two lists of players who pitched and played other positions.
First, I counted 21 players who pitched at least 160 games, and fielded at least 160 games. In particular, two players pitched and fielded over 300 games. I've listed just their main team(s) and their main position(s)
Games pitched; Other games; name etc
340 388 Bob Caruthers, 1884-93, RF, St Louis
336 397 Guy Hecker, 1882-90, P / 1B, Louisville
299 1670 Kid Gleason, 1888-1912, 2B, Phillies / Giants
292 1628 John Ward, 1878-94, SS/2B, Giants
347 269 George Bradley, 1876-88, P / 3B, nine teams
555 265 Tony Mullane, 1881-94, P / OF, Cincinnati
435 257 Bob Smith, 1923-37, P / SS, Braves
251 1916 Dave Foutz, 1884-96, 1B, Brooklyn
440 248 Adonis Terry, 1884-97, P/ LF, Brooklyn
245 559 Hal Jeffcoat, 1948-59, CF, Cubs / Reds
225 442 Joe Wood, 1908-22, RF, Red Sox / Indians
334 217 Win Mercer, 1894-1902, P / 3B, Washington
428 216 Bucky Walters, 1931-50, P / 3B, Cincinnati
414 205 Charlie Buffinton, 1882-92, P / RF, Braves
204 198 Ed Crane, 1884-93, P / RF, nine teams
195 684 Nixey Callahan, 1894-1913, LF, White Sox
187 226 Al Maul, 1884-1901, P/ RF / LF, Pittsburgh / Washington
388 185 Jack Stivetts, 1889-99, P / OF, Braves
230 167 Scott Stratton, 1888-95, P / RF, Louisville
163 2273 Babe Ruth 1914-35, RF/LF, Red Sox / Yankees
413 163 Jim Whitney, 1881-90, P / CF, Braves
As you might expect, only four of the 21 debuted in the 20th century, and all were gone by 1960. So the second, shorter list is all the players who pitched and fielded at least five games, since 1960.
140 53 Mel Queen, 1964-72, P / RF, Cincinnati
74 53 Brooks Kieschnick, 1996-2004, P / LF, Milwaukee
68 30 Danny Murphy, 1960-70, P / OF, Cubs / White Sox
51 536 Rick Ankiel, 1999-2013, P / OF, Cardinals / Nationals
29 432 Willie Smith, 1963-71, LF, Angels
7 1272 Vance Law, 1980-91, 3B / 2B, Montreal
420 7 Skip Lockwood, 1965-80, P / 3B, KC / Milwaukee
319 5 Ron Mahay, 1995-2007, P / CF, Boston / Texas
The latter group can be split in two: Kieschnick, Smith and Law had times when they were pitching and fielding; while the other four had a career in the field, and then a pitching career. Murphy had six seasons out of the majors between his last outfield game and his pitching debut.
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