Well, I've been inspired to do this by a few different things. I've seen a few people making lists of players who were Astros and Expos/Nationals.
Well, me being me, I'm JUST concentrating on Astros and Expos. My deadline is the moment they became the NotTheSpos.
Oh and this is all in time for game 3 of the World Series.
So looking at the wonderful Baseball Reference site tells me 57 players shared uniforms.
Andy Stankiewicz was an Astro from 1994-1995, and an Expo from 1996-1997
Bert Roberge played for the Astros from 1979-1982 and the Expos from 1985-1986
Bill Gullickson played for the Expos from 1979-1985 and for the Astros in 1990.
Because of when I started watching baseball, I only remember Gullickson as a Tiger. I didn't know he started with the Expos, or that he kind of bounced around between the Expos and the Tigers.
Bruce Chen played for the Expos in 2002, and the Astros in 2003.
Butch Henry played for the Astros in 1992 and for the Expos from 1993-1995.
I have to say, I still really love those Astros uniforms. I also liked the updated Expos uniforms they used, though really the originals were so iconic.
Carl Everett played for the Astros in 1998-1999 and for the Expos in 2004
Carroll Sembera played for the Astros from 1965-1967 and the Expos from 1969-1970
The Astros and the Expos were the extent of his Major League experience. He also spent time in the Cardinals and Reds organizations.
Casey Candaele played for the Expos from 1986-1988 and the Astros from 1988-1993
Candaele was traded to the Astros for Mark Bailey. Bailey didn't suit up for the Expos, though.
The big thing about Candaele is he does have baseball in his family, but not in the expected way.. His mother played in the AAGPBL. He's now managing the Vancouver Canadians.
Chris Truby played for the Astros from 2000-2001 and the Expos in 2002.
Claude Raymond played for the Astros from 1964-1967, and for the Expos from 1969-1971
Canadian!
He spent a fair bit of his post-playing career with the Expos as a broadcaster. He was also the public address announcer for Baseball at the Atlanta Olympics.
He was also named to the Order of Canada this year.
Dan Schatzeder played for the Expos from 1977-1979 and 1982-1986
He played for the Astros from 1989-1990
He was a phys ed teacher after his playing career.
Dave Veres played for the Astros from 1994-1995 and the Expos from 1996-1997
Denny Lemaster played for the Astros from 1968-1971 and the Expos in 1972
Derrick May played for the Astros from 1995-1996 and the Expos in 1998
Ed Herrmann played for the Astros from 1976-1978 and the Expos in 1978
Eric Bullock played for the Astros in 1985-1986 and the Expos in 1990-1992
It seems for his time in Houston, he didn't have a MLB card made of him. I remember his 1992 Donruss card listing his position as Pinch Hitter.. As the Leaf shown here does as well.
Fred Scherman played for the Astros from 1974-1975 and the Expos from 1975-1976
He tried making the Pirates in 1977 but they signed Gossage and Terry Forster after signing Scherman. He ended up spending the year in Columbus. He went to Japan in 1978.
Gary Sutherland played for the Expos from 1969-1971 and the Astros from 1972-1973
He was the answer to the Trivia Question: Who scored the first run in Expos history.
Geoff Blum played for the Expos from 1999-2001 and the Astros from 2002-2003 and 2008-2010
He's now a broadcaster for the Astros
Hector Torres played for the Astros from 1968-1970 and the Expos in 1972.
Jack Daugherty played for the Expos in 1987 and the Astros in 1993
Jeff Juden played for the Astros in 1991 and 1993 and for the Expos from 1996-1997
Jerry Goff played for the Expos in 1990 and 1992 and for the Astros in 1995-1996
Jerry's son Jared is the quatrerback for the Rams.
Jimmy Jones played for the Astros from 1991-1992 and the Expos in 1993.
Bateman was an Astro from 1965-1968 (And a Colt before that) and an Expo from 1969-1972
Oddly enough, John Bateman and Ron Brand both played on the Astros and were both drafted by the Expos in the expansion draft.
According to Wikipedia, Bateman had an interesting mark in history..
There was an incident called the October Crisis in 1970. A Quebec liberation movement kidnapped and murdered the deputy Premier.
Well, Bateman loved hanging out with the Montreal police, and they loved having him around. Novermber 6, they found a hiding place for one of the FLQ cells.. Well, the police let Bateman look around in the hiding place, leaving manager Gene Mauch rather displeased.
Bottenfield played for the Expos in 1992-1993 and the Astros in 2001.
He released a couple Christian music albums after his playing career ended.
Rivera played for the Expos from 1986-1989 and the Astros in 1997
I didn't realize he played in the Majors as long as he did..
He's now coaching for the Jays.
Maddux played for the Expos in 1998-1999 and the Astros in 2000
After his playing days he's been a pitching coach for a few teams, most recently the Cardinals.
Marshall played for the Astros in 1970 and the Expos from 1970-1973.
Alou played for the Expos in 1990 and 1992-1996.
He played for the Astros in 1998 and 2000-2001
When he was with the Expos, he played under his father
Nate Colbert played for the Astros in 1966 and 1968
He played for the Expos in 1975-1976
He is a member of the Padres Hall of Fame
Johnson played for the Expos in 1988-1989
He was an Astro in 1999
I didn't realize he started as an Expo. I do like some of the cards they made of him as an Expo.
Chavez played for the Expos from 1996-1997 and the Astros from 2000, then 2002-2005.
Brand played for the Astros from 1965-1968 and the Expos from 1969-1971
He ended up playing short for the Expos in 1971.
Staub played for the Astros from 1963-1968 and the Expos from 1969-1971 and again in 1979
Le Grande Orange had his number retired by the Expos. It was obviously unretired by the NotTheSpos.
Sean Berry played for the Expos from 1992-1995 and the Astros from 1996-1998
He was traded to the Astros for Raul Chavez and Dave Veres.
Tom Dixon played for the Astros from 1977-1979 and the Expos in 1983
He played 4 games for the Expos in 1983. However, he only had a card made of him as a Wichita Aero.
Tom Wieghaus played for the Expos in 1981 and 1983 and the Astros in 1984
He never got a hit in his MLB career but he did get one RBI in 1984.
He ended up only having 13 MLB at bats.
Tony Scott played for the Expos from 1973-1975 and again in 1984
He played for the Astros from 1981-1984
Granger played for the Astros in 1975 and the Expos in 1976
He was part of the early Big Red Machine.
Arm injuries shortened his career..
Others who played but didn't have cards showing on both teams:
Dan Driessen, Kirk Bullinger, Jose Herrera, Jack Hiatt, Ken Johnson, Randy Knorr, Gary Majewski, Orlando Merced, James Mouton, Howie Reed, Bob Scanlan, Steve Shea, Bob Stinson, Scott Strickland, Derrel Thomas, Marc Valdes, and Dan Warthen.
