Sam Hairston

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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 one season (1951) with the Chicago White Sox as a catcher.

[edit] 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).

[edit] See also

• List of second generation MLB players

[edit] External links

• Baseball Reference
• Cooperstown Confidential
• MLB Players Association