It's never happened, not when all the teams played in New York. The person who probably came closest was Sal Maglie, who pitched for the Giants, Dodgers and Yankees in New York before ending his career in 1958, four years before the Mets were born and the first year that the Dodgers and Giants were no longer home teams in New York. Others like Maglie who played for all three New York teams were Fred Merkle, first baseman, and the following pitchers: Waite Hoyt, Burleigh Grimes, Johnny Allen and Bobo Newsom. Only Casey Stengel ever suited up for the four New York teams - as a player with the Giants, as a manager with the Yankees and Mets, and as player and manager with the Dodgers.
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Here's a list of all the players that played their entire Major League career with the Yankees. Every day players minimum of 500 games played, pitchers minimum of 150 games played.
1 Mickey Mantle 2401
2 Lou Gehrig 2164
3 Bernie Williams 2076
4 Roy White 1881
5 Derek Jeter 1835 Active
6 Bill Dickey 1789
7 Don Mattingly 1785
8 Joe DiMaggio 1736
9 Frankie Crosetti 1683
10 Phil Rizzuto 1661
11 Earle Combs 1455
12 Jorge Posada 1432 Active
13 Thurman Munson 1423
14 Bobby Richardson 1412
15 Gil McDougald 1336
16 Tommy Henrich 1284
17 Red Rolfe 1175
18 Tony Kubek 1092
19 Joe Collins 908
20 George Selkirk 846
21 Mariano Rivera * 787 Active
22 Birdie Cree 742
23 Jerry Coleman 723
24 Hideki Matsui 681
25 Bobby Brown 548
26 Jake Gibbs 538
27 Whitey Ford * 500
28 Ron Guidry * 368
29 Mel Stottlemyre * 360
30 Jack Warhop * 221
31 Spud Chandler * 211
32 Atley Donald * 153
* Pitcher
Yogi Berra.
Berra played for the New York Yankees from 1946-1963, and the New York Mets in 1965. After his field playing days were behind him, Berra went on to manage and coach. Not only did he coach for twenty seasons, but he was the manager for the Yankees in 1964, and during the 1984-1985 seasons. In addition, he managed the Mets from 1972-1975.
There are many but the players that played the most seasons for the same team are Brooks Robinson (1955-1977) of the Baltimore Orioles and Carl Yastrzemski (1961-1983) of the Boston Red Sox. Both spent 23 seasons with the same team.
Others who spent an entire career with one team include:
1) Al Kaline (1953-1974) - 22 seasons with the Detroit Tigers
2) Stan Musial (1941-1944, 1946-1963) - 22 seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals
3) Mel Ott (1926-1947) - 22 seasons with the New York Giants
4) George Brett (1973-1993) - 21 seasons with the Kansas City Royals
5) Walter Johnson (1907-1927) - 21 seasons with the Washington Senators
6) Ted Lyons (1923-1942, 1946) - 21 seasons with the Chicago White Sox
7) Cal Ripken Jr (1981-2001) - 21 seasons with the Baltimore Orioles
8) Willie Stargell (1962-1982) - 21 seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates
9) Luke Appling (1930-1943, 1945-1950) - 20 seasons with the Chicago White Sox
10) Craig Biggio (1988-2007) - 20 seasons with the Houston Astros
11) Red Faber (1914-1933) - 20 seasons with the Chicago White Sox
12) Tony Gwynn (1982-2001) - 20 seasons with the San Diego Padres
13) Mel Harder (1928-1947) - 20 seasons with the Cleveland Indians
14) Alan Trammell (1977-1996) - 20 seasons with the Detroit Tigers
15) Robin Yount (1974-1993) - 20 seasons with the Milwaukee Brewers
The San Francisco Giants and LA Dodgers used to play in NY and as such Casey Stengel (Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel) who was nicknamed "The Old Professor," played for the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants during his playing career, 1912 - 1925. He managed the New York Yankees from 1949-1960 and the New York Mets from 1962-1965
It's never happened, not when all the teams played in New York. The person who probably came closest was Sal Maglie, who pitched for the Giants, Dodgers and Yankees in New York before ending his career in 1958, four years before the Mets were born and the first year that the Dodgers and Giants were no longer home teams in New York. Others like Maglie who played for all three New York teams were Fred Merkle, first baseman, and the following pitchers: Waite Hoyt, Burleigh Grimes, Johnny Allen and Bobo Newsom. Only Casey Stengel ever suited up for the four New York teams - as a player with the Giants, as a manager with the Yankees and Mets, and as player and manager with the Dodgers.
Jose VizcaÃno, Darryl Strawberry, and Ricky Ledee are the only Major League Baseball players to have played for all four (one-time) New York teams -- the New York Yankees, the New York Mets, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the San Francisco Giants.