The NL East Four-Timers Club

[G-Fafif]

I count fourteen players who've been Mets plus at least three other NL East variations in their careers. Read about them here if you like.

[bmfc1]

This is some awesome research. Worth reading.

[seawolf17]

Yeah, this is neat. I kind of love guys who have played for a lot of teams. I thought about trying to get a Matt Stairs card from each of his teams, but I think two of them never made it to cardboard.

(Edwin Jackson and Octavio Dotel tied at 13, by the way, and Jackson's only 34, so he'll have the record alone at some point.)

[batmagadanleadoff]

seawolf17 wrote: Yeah, this is neat. I kind of love guys who have played for a lot of teams. I thought about trying to get a Matt Stairs card from each of his teams, but I think two of them never made it to cardboard. (Edwin Jackson and Octavio Dotel tied at 13, by the way, and Jackson's only 34, so he'll have the record alone at some point.)

Just off the top of my head and without looking anything up, I'd guess that the Met who played for the most teams would be between Dotel, Todd Zeile and LaTroy Hawkins, based on those card threads I used to make. Those three always came up.

[seawolf17]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Yeah, this is neat. I kind of love guys who have played for a lot of teams. I thought about trying to get a Matt Stairs card from each of his teams, but I think two of them never made it to cardboard. (Edwin Jackson and Octavio Dotel tied at 13, by the way, and Jackson's only 34, so he'll have the record alone at some point.) Just off the top of my head and without looking anything up, I'd guess that the Met who played for the most teams would be between Dotel, Todd Zeile and LaTroy Hawkins, based on those card threads I used to make. Those three always came up.

From a quick glance through this list: https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/leaders_most_franchises.shtml

Player Years Played Franchises Leagues
Octavio Dotel 1999-2013 13 2
Miguel Batista 1992-2012 11 2
Henry Blanco 1997-2013 11 2
Bruce Chen 1998-2015 11 2
Bartolo Colon 1997-2018 11 2
LaTroy Hawkins 1995-2015 11 2
Rick White 1994-2007 11 2
Todd Zeile 1989-2004 11 2
Marlon Byrd 2002-2016 10 2
Tommy Davis 1959-1976 10 2
Dana Eveland 2005-2016 10 2
Roberto Hernandez 1991-2007 10 2
Bob Miller 1957-1974 10 2
Blaine Boyer 2005-2018 9 2
Darren Bragg 1994-2004 9 2
Miguel Cairo 1996-2012 9 2
Jose Cardenal 1963-1980 9 2
Dennis Cook 1988-2002 9 2
Elmer Dessens 1996-2010 9 2
Kyle Farnsworth 1999-2014 9 2
Rickey Henderson 1979-2003 9 2
Livan Hernandez 1996-2012 9 2
Mike Maddux 1986-2000 9 2
Mike Marshall 1967-1981 9 2
Chuck McElroy 1989-2001 9 2
Willie Montanez 1966-1982 9 2
Darren Oliver 1993-2013 9 2
Jesse Orosco 1979-2003 9 2
Rey Sanchez 1991-2005 9 2
Dan Schatzeder 1977-1991 9 2
David Weathers 1991-2009 9 2