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 (MLB).

Notes

Jack Doscher, son of Herm Doscher, became the first second-generation MLB player when he made his debut in 1903.

Ken Griffey Sr. and Ken Griffey Jr. became the first father-and-son combination to play in Major League Baseball at the same time, in 1989 when Ken Jr. was called up by the Seattle Mariners while Ken Sr. was playing with the Cincinnati Reds. They became Mariner teammates in 1990. In Ken Sr.'s first game as a Mariner, on August 31, 1990, the pair hit back-to-back singles in the first inning and both scored.^[1] On September 14, in the top of the first off California Angels pitcher Kirk McCaskill, the pair hit back-to-back home runs, becoming the first and only father-son duo to ever accomplish such a feat.^[2] The duo played a total of 51 games together before Griffey, Sr., retired in June 1991.

In 2001, Tim Raines and Tim Raines Jr. also played as teammates with the Baltimore Orioles.

Cecil and Prince Fielder are the only father-son combination each to hit 50 or more home runs in any season. Cecil Fielder hit 51 homers in 1990. Seventeen years later, his son, Prince, hit 50.

Three families have had a father and son serve as manager: the Macks (Connie and Earle), the Sislers (George and Dick) and the Skinners (Bob and Joel).

Three-generation families

In 1992, Bret Boone became the first third-generation MLB player in baseball history.

Altogether, there have been five three-generation MLB-player families:

• The Bells (Gus, Buddy, David and Mike)
• The Boones (Ray, Bob, Bret, and Aaron)
• The Colemans (Joe, Joe Jr., and Casey)
• The Hairstons (Sammy, Jerry, Johnny, Jerry Jr. and Scott)
• The Schofield/Werths (Ducky Schofield, Dick Schofield and Jayson Werth). Werth is the grandson of Ducky Schofield and nephew of Dick Schofield, and also the stepson of Dennis Werth.

The Runges (Ed, Paul, and Brian) are a three-generation family of MLB umpires.

Four-generation families

As of 2017, the Boone family is the only one to have produced four generations of players: Ray, Bob, Bob's sons Aaron and Bret, and Bret's son Jake, who was selected by the Washington Nationals in the 2017 draft. ^[3]

Key

List of players

Other second-generation MLB personnel

Parent played top-level professional baseball

The following families had a parent play top-level professional baseball in a league other than Major League Baseball, and a son who played in Major League Baseball:

Umpiring families

^1 The National and American Leagues consolidated umpiring crews beginning in the 2000 season; umpires who worked after the consolidation are denoted with "MLB".
^2 Joe Crawford, another son of Shag Crawford and brother of Jerry Crawford, is an official in the National Basketball Association.

References

External links

• Baseball Almanac
• Baseball Library
• Retrosheet
• Baseball Reference
• Major League Umpires All-time Roster. MLB.com