Sam Hairston

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Samuel Harding Hairston (January 20, 1920 - October 31, 1997) was 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 one season (1951) with the Chicago White Sox as a catcher.

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• Hairston comes from the biggest major league baseball family. Five members of the family, spread over three generations, have played in the majors to set a record, beating out the four members of the Boone family (Ray, Bob, Bret and Aaron) over three generations. He is the father of Jerry Hairston and Johnny Hairston, and the grandfather of Jerry Hairston, Jr. and Scott Hairston.

[edit] See also

• List of second generation MLB players

[edit] External links

• Baseball Reference
• Cooperstown Confidential
• MLB Players Association