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Boston Red Sox catcher Danny Jansen watches his line out during the resumption of the second inning of a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays, which was delayed due to rain in June, against the Toronto Blue Jays at Fenway Park, Monday, Aug. 26, 2024, in Boston. Jansen, who was traded by the Blue Jays to the Red Sox on July 27th, became the first major league player to appear in the same game for both teams. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Danny Jansen plays for both teams in Blue Jays-Red Sox game, an MLB first

Red Sox catcher Danny Jansen became the first player in Major League Baseball history to appear in the same game for both teams when he took the field for Boston in the resumption of a rain-delayed game he started for Toronto back in June

By JIMMY GOLEN
Published - Aug 27, 2024, 07:53 AM ET
Last Updated - Aug 27, 2024, 07:53 AM EDT

BOSTON (AP) — Former Blue Jays and current Red Sox catcher Danny Jansen didn’t just play for both teams in the same game — a first in Major League Baseball history.

He batted for both teams in the same inning.

In a statistical oddity made possible by two of the quirkiest entities on Earth — the baseball rule book and the New England weather — Jansen became the only player ever to appear on both sides of a baseball box score when he took the field for Boston on Monday in the resumption of a rain-delayed game he started for Toronto in June, before he was traded to the Red Sox.

“I was surprised when I found out I was the first one to do it,” Jansen said after going 1 for 4 for Boston — plus part of another at-bat for Toronto — in the Blue Jays' 4-1 victory. “It’s cool, leaving a stamp like that on the game. It’s interesting, and it’s strange. And I’m grateful for the opportunity to have that.”

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