Sam Hairston

Infobox MLB retired
name=Sam Hairston
position=Catcher


bgcolor1=black
bgcolor2=black
textcolor1=white
textcolor2=white
bats=Left
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date|1920|1|20|mf=y
city-state|Crawford|Mississippi
deathdate=death date and age|1997|10|31|1920|1|20
city-state|Birmingham|Alabama
debutdate=July 21
debutyear=by|1951
debutteam=Chicago White Sox
finaldate=August 26
finalyear=by|1951
finalteam=Chicago White Sox
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.400
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=0
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=1
teams=
*Chicago White Sox (1951)

Samuel Harding Hairston (January 20, 1920 - October 31, 1997) is a former Negro League baseball and Major League Baseball player. He played for the Birmingham Black Barons and the Indianapolis Clowns of the Negro Leagues and played part of one season (by|1951) with the Chicago White Sox as a catcher.

Family

Hairston comes from the biggest major league baseball family, as the father of MLB players Jerry Hairston and Johnny Hairston, and the grandfather of Jerry Hairston, Jr. and Scott Hairston. The five Hairstons that have played in the majors set a record. The two other three-generation MLB families have four members each: the Boone family (Ray, Bob, Bret and Aaron) and the Bell family (Gus, Buddy, David, and Mike).

ee also

*List of second generation MLB players

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hairssa01.shtml Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/submit/Markusen_Bruce12.stm Cooperstown Confidential]
* [http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/pa/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060808&content_id=1599037&vkey=mlbpa_news&fext=.jsp MLB Players Association]