Brothers Who Have Pitched Againt Each Other on Baseball Almanac

Brothers Who Have Pitched Against Each Other

The following Major League brothers have all pitched in a Major League ballgame facing their brother on the opposite team's mound - a true form of sibling rivalry.

"It was very emotional (watching her two sons, Jered & Jeff, pitching) There was no downtime, so before you know it, the next one is coming out and you are rooting for him. So, it was exciting." - Gail Weaver on MLB.com (Quinn Roberts, 06/21/2009, 'Weaver parents have 'emotional' night')

Brothers Who Have Pitched Against Each Other Page Based on Original Research Sent to us by David W. Smith In Chronological Order Brothers Are Left-to-Right in Alphabetical Order
#	Date / Box	Brother^(Decision)	Team / Roster	Brother^(Decision)	Team / Roster	Score
1.	06-26-1924	Jesse Barnes^(L)	Boston Braves	Virgil Barnes^(ND)	New York Giants	7-11
2.	06-29-1924	Jesse Barnes^(W)	Boston Braves	Virgil Barnes^(L)	New York Giants	4-1
3.	04-23-1925	Jesse Barnes^(L)	Boston Braves	Virgil Barnes^(W)	New York Giants	4-8
4.	06-25-1926	Jesse Barnes^(W)	Brooklyn Robins	Virgil Barnes^(L)	New York Giants	7-4
5.	09-11-1926	Jesse Barnes^(W)	Brooklyn Robins	Virgil Barnes^(L)	New York Giants	6-0
6.	07-04-1967	Joe Niekro^(L)	Chicago Cubs	Phil Niekro^(W)	Atlanta Braves	3-8
7.	04-23-1968	Joe Niekro^(W)	Chicago Cubs	Phil Niekro^(L)	Atlanta Braves	10-4
8.	07-13-1969	Joe Niekro^(W)	San Diego Padres	Phil Niekro^(L)	Atlanta Braves	1-0
9.	09-26-1969	Joe Niekro^(L)	San Diego Padres	Phil Niekro^(W)	Atlanta Braves	4-10
10.	07-03-1973	Gaylord Perry^(L)	Cleveland Indians	Jim Perry^(ND)	Detroit Tigers	4-5
11.	05-29-1976	Joe Niekro^(W)	Houston Astros	Phil Niekro^(L)	Atlanta Braves	4-3
12.	09-26-1978	Joe Niekro^(W)	Houston Astros	Phil Niekro^(L)	Atlanta Braves	2-0
13.	05-31-1979	Pat Underwood^(W)	Detroit Tigers	Tom Underwood^(L)	Toronto Blue Jays	1-0
14.	09-26-1979	Joe Niekro^(L)	Houston Astros	Phil Niekro^(W)	Atlanta Braves	4-9
15.	05-11-1980	Joe Niekro^(L)	Houston Astros	Phil Niekro^(W)	Atlanta Braves	4-7
16.	09-13-1982	Joe Niekro^(W)	Houston Astros	Phil Niekro^(L)	Atlanta Braves	5-3
17.	09-29-1986	Greg Maddux^(W)	Chicago Cubs	Mike Maddux^(L)	Philadelphia Phillies	8-3
18.	07-31-1988	Greg Maddux^(L)	Chicago Cubs	Mike Maddux^(W)	Philadelphia Phillies	3-6
19.	08-29-1996	Pedro Martinez^(L)	Montreal Expos	Ramon Martinez^(W)	Los Angeles Dodgers	1-2
20.	09-06-2002	Alan Benes^(L)	Chicago Cubs	Andy Benes^(W)	St. Louis Cardinals	2-11
21.	06-20-2009	Jered Weaver^(L)	Los Angeles Angels	Jeff Weaver^(W)	Los Angeles Dodgers	4-6
#	Date / Box	Brother^(Decision)	Team / Roster	Brother^(Decision)	Team / Roster	Score
Brothers Who Have Pitched Against Each Other

There have been twenty-ones games in Major League history where brothers have pitched against each other and eight sets of brothers account for every instance

Did you know that only two of the twenty-one instances were in the American League? Too easy? Did you know the older brother is 11-9 when facing off against the younger brother?

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