- List of second-generation Major League Baseball players
The following is a list of father-and-son combinations who have played or managed in
Major League Baseball , plus a few grandfathers with grandsons. "Italic" - managed his son(s)Bold - activeList of players
Notes
*Herm and Jack Doscher are the first father-and-son combination to play in
Major League Baseball .
*The Ken Griffeys are the first father-and-son combination to play in Major League Baseball at the same time. In 1989, when Ken Sr. was playing with theCincinnati Reds , Ken Jr. was first called up by theSeattle Mariners . They would be teammates on the Mariners the next year. While playing for the Mariners, they once hit back-to-back home runs in a game Sept. 14, 1990. The only other father-and-son combination to be teammates are Tim Raines and Tim Raines Jr.
*The Mack (Connie & Earle), Sisler (George & Dave) and Skinner (Bob & Joel) families are the only ones to have both a father and son to manage a major league team.
*The Ward duet, Gary (in 1980) and Daryle (in 2004), became the first father-son combination in major league history to hit for the cycle.
*Three father-son pitcher combinations have made it to aWorld Series . They are the Bagby (Jim & Jim Jr.), Borbón (Pedro & Pedro Jr.) and Stottlemyre (Mel & Todd) families.
*The Stottlemyres, Mel (1,257), Mel Jr. (14) and Todd (1,587), also collected the moststrikeout s (3,158) of any father and son combination.
*Of all the fathers and sons pitchers, Ed Walsh posted the lowest career ERA (1.82) and his son Ed Jr. has the highest career ERA (5.57).
*There are 3 three-generation MLB families: the Bells (Gus, Buddy, David and Mike), the Boones (Ray, Bob, Aaron and Bret), and the Hairstons (Sammy, Jerry and Johnny, Jerry Jr. and Scott).
*There are other former major leaguers with a parent who played top-flight professional baseball, but not inMajor League Baseball :
**Luis Aparicio is the son of Luis Aparicio, a shortstop inVenezuela n winter baseball.
**Casey Candaele is the son ofHelen Callaghan , who played in theAll-American Girls Professional Baseball League .
**Orlando Cepeda is the son ofPedro Cepeda , who played in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.
**Luis Tiant is the son of Luis Tiant, who pitched in the Negro Leagues.Sources
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/fammenu.shtml Baseball Almanac]
* [http://www.baseballlibrary.com/ Baseball Library]
* [http://www.retrosheet.org/ Retrosheet]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/ Baseball Reference]
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