List of second-generation Major League Baseball players explained

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 - active

List of players

Father (A-E)	Pos	Son(s)	Pos
Bobby Adams	IF	Mike Adams	OF
Sandy Alomar	2B	Roberto Alomar Sandy Alomar, Jr.	2B C
Felipe Alou	OF/MNG	Moisés Alou	OF
Rubén Amaro	IF	Rubén Amaro	OF
Angel Aragón	IF	Jack Aragón	IF
Tony Armas	OF	Tony Armas Jr.	P
Earl Averill	OF	Earl Averill	C
Mike Bacsik	P	Mike Bacsik	P
Jim Bagby	P	Jim Bagby	P
Floyd Bannister	P	Brian Bannister	P
Jesse Barfield	OF	Josh Barfield	2B
Clyde Barnhart	OF	Vic Barnhart	IF
Charlie Beamon	P	Charlie Beamon	1B/DH
Gus Bell	OF	Buddy Bell	3B/MNG
Buddy Bell	3B/MNG	David Bell Mike Bell	IF IF
Dave Bennett	P	Erik Bennett	P
Yogi Berra	C/MNG	Dale Berra	IF
Charlie Berry	2B	Charlie Berry	C/UMP
Joe Berry	C	Joe Berry	IF
Bobby Bonds	OF	Barry Bonds	OF
Ray Boone	IF	Bob Boone	C/MNG
Bob Boone	C/MNG	Aaron Boone Bret Boone	3B 2B
Pedro Borbón	P	Pedro Borbón Jr.	P
Fred Brickell	OF	Fritz Brickell	IF
Earle Brucker	C	Earle Brucker	C/MNG
Mike Brumley	C	Mike Brumley	IF/OF
Don Buford	OF	Damon Buford	OF
Jeff Burroughs	OF	Sean Burroughs	3B
Dolph Camilli	1B	Doug Camilli	C
Al Campanis	2B	Jim Campanis	C
José Canó	P	Robinson Canó	2B
Cam Carreon	C	Mark Carreon	OF
Joe Coleman	P	Joe Coleman	P
Eddie Collins	2B	Eddie Collins	OF
Ed Connolly	C	Ed Connolly	P
Jimmy Cooney	SS	Jimmy Cooney Johnny Cooney	SS P/OF
Mardie Cornejo	P	Nate Cornejo	P
Red Corriden	SS/MNG	John Corriden	IF
Ed Crosby	INF	Bobby Crosby	SS
Bill Crouch	P	Bill Crouch	P
José Cruz	OF	José Cruz, Jr.	OF
Mike Darr	P	Mike Darr	OF
Jerry DaVanon	IF	Jeff DaVanon	OF
Herm Doscher	3B	Jack Doscher	P
Dave Duncan	C	Chris Duncan Shelley Duncan	OF 1B
Dick Ellsworth	P	Steve Ellsworth	P
Jim Eschen	OF	Larry Eschen	SS

Father (F-L)	Pos	Son(s)	Pos
Bill Fahey	C	Brandon Fahey	IF
Cecil Fielder	1B	Prince Fielder	1B
Tom Fletcher	P	Darrin Fletcher	C
Joe Flynn	OF	John Flynn	1B
Tito Francona	OF/1B	Terry Francona	1B/MNG
Len Gabrielson	1B	Len Gabrielson	OF
Charlie Ganzel	C	Babe Ganzel	OF
Larry Gilbert	OF	Charlie Gilbert Tookie Gilbert	OF 1B
Peaches Graham	C	Jack Graham	1B/OF
Fred Green	P	Gary Green	SS
Tom Grieve	OF	Ben Grieve	OF
Ken Griffey	OF	Ken Griffey, Jr.	OF
Steve Grilli	P	Jason Grilli	P
Ray Grimes	1B	Oscar Grimes	IF
Ross Grimsley	P	Ross Grimsley	P
Tony Gwynn	OF	Tony Gwynn, Jr.	OF
Sammy Hairston	C	Jerry Hairston Johnny Hairston	OF C/OF
Jerry Hairston	OF	Jerry Hairston Jr. Scott Hairston	OF C/OF
Larry Haney	C	Chris Haney	P
Jim Hegan	C	Mike Hegan	1B
Ken Heintzelman	P	Tom Heintzelman	2B
Clarence Heise	P	Jim Heise	P
Wally Hood	OF	Wally Hood	P
Bruce Howard	P	David Howard	SS
Tim Hulett	IF	Tug Hulett	IF
Randy Hundley	C	Todd Hundley	C
Pat Jacquez	P	Tom Jacquez	P
Julián Javier	2B	Stan Javier	OF
Johnny Jeter	OF	Shawn Jeter	OF
Ernie Johnson	SS	Don Johnson	2B
Rankin Johnson	P	Rankin Johnson	P
Fred Kendall	C	Jason Kendall	C
Bob Kennedy	3B/OF	Terry Kennedy	C
Marty Keough	OF	Matt Keough	P
Don Kessinger	SS	Keith Kessinger	SS
Lew Krausse	P	Lew Krausse, Jr.	P
Bill Kunkel	P	Jeff Kunkel	SS
Joe Landrum	P	Bill Landrum	P
Max Lanier	P	Hal Lanier	IF/MNG
Dave LaRoche	P	Adam LaRoche Andy LaRoche	1B 3B
Vernon Law	P	Vance Law	IF
Bill Laxton	P	Brett Laxton	P
Thornton Lee	P	Don Lee	P
Glenn Liebhardt	P	Glenn Liebhardt	P
Freddie Lindstrom	3B/OF	Chuck Lindstrom	C
Jack Lively	P	Buddy Lively	P

Father (M-R)	Pos	Son(s)	Pos
Connie Mack	C/MNG	Earle Mack	C/MNG
Harl Maggert	OF	Harl Maggert	OF/3B
Willard Mains	P	Jim Mains	P
Charlie Malay	2B	Joe Malay	1B
Barney Martin	P	Jerry Martin	OF
Clyde Mashore	OF	Damon Mashore	OF
Nelson Matthews	OF	T. J. Mathews	P
Gary Matthews	OF	Gary Matthews, Jr.	OF
Wally Mattick	OF	Bobby Mattick	SS/MNG
Dave May	OF	Derrick May	OF
Pinky May	3B	Milt May	C
Jim McAndrew	P	Jamie McAndrew	P
Dave McKay	2B/3B	Cody McKay	C
Jim McKnight	IF	Jeff McKnight	IF/OF
Hal McRae	DH/MNG	Brian McRae	OF
Frank Meinke	IF/P	Bob Meinke	SS
Willie Mills	P	Art Mills	P
René Monteagudo	P	Aurelio Monteagudo	P
Gene Moore	P	Gene Moore	OF
Guy Morton	P	Guy Morton	PH
Manny Mota	OF	Andy Mota José Mota	2B 2B
Walter Mueller	OF	Don Mueller	OF
Bill Narleski	IF	Ray Narleski	P
Julio Navarro	P	Jaime Navarro	P
Dick Nen	1B	Robb Nen	P
Chet Nichols	P	Chet Nichols	P
Joe Niekro	P	Lance Niekro	IF
Ron Northey	OF	Scott Northey	OF
John O'Donoghue	P	John O'Donoghue	P
Frank Okrie	P	Len Okrie	C
Ed Olivares	OF	Omar Olivares	P
Bob Oliver	1B/3B/OF	Darren Oliver	P
Diomedes Olivo	P	Gilberto Rondón	P
Patsy O'Rourke	SS	Joe O'Rourke	PH
Jim O'Rourke	OF/MG	Quennie O'Rourke	IF/OF
Tiny Osborne	P	Bobo Osborne	1B
Steve Partenheimer	3B	Stan Partenheimer	P
Tony Peña	C/MNG	Tony Peña Jr.	SS
Tony Pérez	IF/MNG	Eduardo Pérez	IF
Herman Pillette	P	Duane Pillette	P
Mel Queen	P	Mel Queen, Jr.	P/MG
Tim Raines	OF	Tim Raines, Jr.	OF
Fred Rath	P	Fred Rath	P
Walt Ripley	P	Allen Ripley	P
Cal Ripken	MNG	Billy Ripken	2B
		Cal Ripken, Jr.	SS/3B
Pete Rose	IF/OF/MNG	Pete Rose, Jr.	IF

Father (S-Y)	Pos	Son(s)	Pos
Ralph Savidge	P	Don Savidge	P
Ducky Schofield	IF	Dick Schofield	SS
Joe Schultz	OF	Joe Schultz	C/MNG
Diego Segui	P	David Segui	1B
Earl Sheely	1B	Bud Sheely	C
Dick Siebert	1B	Paul Siebert	P
George Sisler	1B/MNG	Dave Sisler Dick Sisler	P 1B/MNG
Bob Skinner	OF/MNG	Joel Skinner	C/MNG
Roy Smalley	SS	Roy Smalley	SS
Chris Speier	SS	Justin Speier	P
Ed Spiezio	3B	Scott Spiezio	IF
Ed Sprague	P	Ed Sprague Jr.	3B
Ebba St. Claire	C	Randy St. Claire	P
Dave Stenhouse	P	Mike Stenhouse	OF
Joe Stephenson	C	Jerry Stephenson	P
Ron Stillwell	IF	Kurt Stillwell	IF
Mel Stottlemyre	P	Mel Stottlemyre Todd Stottlemyre	P P
Billy Sullivan	C/MNG	Billy Sullivan	C
Haywood Sullivan	C/MNG	Marc Sullivan	C
George Susce	C	George Susce	P
Steve Swisher	C	Nick Swisher	1B/OF
Chuck Tanner	OF/MNG	Bruce Tanner	P
José Tartabull	OF	Danny Tartabull	OF
Pablo Torrealba	P	Steve Torrealba	C
Ricardo Torres	C/1B	Gil Torres	IF
Mike Tresh	C	Tom Tresh	OF
Hal Trosky	1B	Hal Trosky	P
Dizzy Trout	P	Steve Trout	P
Al Unser	C	Del Unser	OF
Max Venable	OF/DH	Will Venable	OF
Ozzie Virgil	IF/OF	Ozzie Virgil	C
Howard Wakefield	C	Dick Wakefield	OF
Dixie Walker	P	Dixie Walker Harry Walker	OF OF/MNG
Ed Walsh	P	Ed Walsh, Jr.	P
Gary Ward	OF	Daryle Ward	OF
John Wathan	C/MNG	Dusty Wathan	C
Dennis Werth	1B/OF	Jayson Werth	OF
Jo-Jo White	OF	Mike White	OF
Maury Wills	SS	Bump Wills	2B
Mookie Wilson	OF	Preston Wilson	OF
Bobby Wine	SS/MNG	Robbie Wine	C
Joe Wood	P	Joe Wood	P
Clyde Wright	P	Jaret Wright	P
Del Young	OF	Del Young	IF
Eric Young Sr.	2B/OF	Eric Young Jr.	2B
Robin Yount	SS/OF	Dustin Yount	1B

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 the Cincinnati Reds, Ken Jr. was first called up by the Seattle 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 a World 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 most strikeouts (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 4 three-generation MLB families: the Bells (Gus, Buddy, David and Mike), the Boones (Ray, Bob, Aaron and Bret), the Hairstons (Sammy, Jerry and Johnny, Jerry Jr. and Scott), and the Schofield/Werths (Ducky and Dick Schofield and Jayson Werth). Jayson Werth is the grandson of Ducky Schofield and nephew of Dick Schofield.
• There are other former major leaguers with a parent who played top-flight professional baseball, but not in Major League Baseball:
  • Luis Aparicio is the son of Luis Aparicio, a shortstop in Venezuelan winter baseball.
  • Casey Candaele is the son of Helen Callaghan, who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.
  • Orlando Cepeda is the son of Pedro Cepeda, who played in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.
  • Luis Tiant is the son of Luis Tiant, who pitched in the Negro Leagues.

Sources

• Baseball Almanac
• Baseball Library
• Retrosheet
• Baseball Reference