Adam LaRoche is a well traveled man. He started the season with the Pirates, was traded on July 22nd to the Red Sox and then flipped  just nine days later to the Braves. Yet, through it all LaRoche has played. This season he has chalked up 108 games played and will surely participate in a significant number of the Brave's remaining 43 games. Here are  all the players since 1901 to play for  3 different franchises and still play at least 130 games.

Player
G
Tms
Year
Ages
PA
AB
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
BB
IBB
SO
HBP
SH
SF
GIDP
SB
CS
BA
OBP
SLG
OPS  P
Positions
Teams


Todd Zeile
158
3
1998
32-32
653
572
85
155
32
3
19
94
69
2
90
4
1
7
12
4
4
0.271
0.35
0.437
0.787
*5/3
LAD-FLA-TEX


Mike Piazza
151
3
1998
29-29
626
561
88
184
38
1
32
111
58
14
80
2
0
5
15
1
0
0.328
0.39
0.57
0.960
*2/D
NYM-LAD-FLA


Jose Hernandez
150
3
2003
33-33
571
519
58
117
18
3
13
57
46
0
177
1
0
5
16
2
1
0.225
0.287
0.347
0.634
/*56843
PIT-COL-CHC


Cliff Floyd
146
3
2002
29-29
609
520
86
150
43
0
28
79
76
19
106
10
0
3
6
15
5
0.288
0.388
0.533
0.921
/97D
MON-FLA-BOS


Johnny Rizzo
143
3
1940
27-27
565
505
71
143
19
2
24
72
56
0
50
2
2
0
6
3
0
0.283
0.357
0.471
0.828
/*7895
PIT-PHI-CIN


Matt Lawton
141
3
2005
33-33
585
500
67
127
30
1
13
53
69
0
77
12
0
4
10
18
9
0.254
0.356
0.396
0.752
*9/7
PIT-CHC-NYY


Ricky Ledee
137
3
2000
26-26
531
467
59
110
19
5
13
77
59
4
98
2
0
3
17
13
6
0.236
0.322
0.381
0.703
/*798D
TEX-NYY-CLE


Mark Whiten
136
3
1996
29-29
486
412
76
108
20
1
22
71
70
6
127
3
0
1
12
17
9
0.262
0.372
0.476
0.848
/*978
PHI-ATL-SEA


Brian McRae
134
3
1999
31-31
472
403
47
88
17
2
12
48
57
2
86
9
1
2
8
2
7
0.218
0.327
0.36
0.687
*8/D
NYM-COL-TOR


Tommy Davis
134
3
1970
31-31
476
455
45
129
23
3
6
65
16
2
44
1
2
2
7
10
7
0.284
0.308
0.387
0.695
*7/39
HOU-CHC-OAK


Jermaine Allensworth
133
3
1998
26-26
409
360
54
98
20
3
5
31
28
0
76
12
8
1
1
15
6
0.272
0.344
0.386
0.730
/*897
PIT-NYM-KCR


David Bell
132
3
1998
25-25
464
429
48
117
30
2
10
49
27
4
65
2
1
5
11
0
4
0.273
0.315
0.422
0.737
*4/5367
STL-SEA-CLE


Dave Kingman
132
4
1977
28-28
481
439
47
97
20
0
26
78
28
4
143
7
3
4
6
5
6
0.221
0.276
0.444
0.720
/739D5
SDP-NYM-NYY-CAL


Cass Michaels
132
3
1952
26-26
511
452
53
114
16
8
5
50
53
0
42
1
5
0
13
4
0
0.252
0.332
0.356
0.688
/*45
WSH-SLB-PHA


Dave Martinez
132
4
2000
35-35
513
457
60
125
19
5
5
47
50
3
73
2
1
3
12
8
7
0.274
0.346
0.37
0.716
*9/378
CHC-TOR-TEX-TBD


Willie Jones
130
3
1959
33-33
466
411
57
105
22
2
14
56
48
3
43
1
2
4
12
0
2
0.255
0.332
0.421
0.753
*5
PHI-CIN-CLE

A couple of notes:

• Ziele, the master of moving, was traded for Piazza. He managed to play at least 40 games for 3 different teams that year.
• Kingman and Martinez each played for 4 major league teams in 1 season. Since 1901 only 10 players have been subjected to this fate. You can read more about them in my post from last January.

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