Baseball (Great)Grandfathers and (Great)Grandsons by Baseball Almanac

Baseball (Great)Grandfathers and (Great)Grandsons

Grandfathers and grandsons truly relating in a way few other relationships could even imagine. The following family tree is the third rarest branch in the baseball family tree.

The final group, which consists of only one set of names, is the great-grandfather and great-grandson combination - the rarest in the baseball family tree.

"A big player has to prove he can't play and a little one has to prove that he can." - Len Merullo (grandfather of Matt Merullo)

The Baseball Family Tree Grandfather & Grandson
Grandfather	Grandson(s)
Red Barkley 1937 - 1943	Brian Barkley 1998 - 1998
Dick Barone 1960 - 1960	Daniel Barone 2007 - 2007
Gus Bell 1950 - 1964	David Bell 1995 - 2006
Gus Bell 1950 - 1964	Mike Bell 2000 - 2000
Ray Boone 1948 - 1960	Aaron Boone 1997 - 2007
Ray Boone 1948 - 1960	Bret Boone 1992 - 2005
Bill Brubaker 1932 - 1943	Dennis Rasmussen 1983 - 1995
Shano Collins 1910 - 1925	Bob Gallagher 1972 - 1975
Bobby Estalella 1935 - 1949	Bobby Estalella 1996 - 2004
Sammy Hairston 1951 - 1951	Jerry Hairston, Jr. 1998 - 2007
Sammy Hairston 1951 - 1951	Scott Hairston 2004 - 2007
Marty Herrmann 1918 - 1918	Ed Herrmann 1967 - 1978
Lennie Merullo 1941 - 1947	Matt Merullo 1989 - 1995
George Rooks 1891 - 1891	Lou Possehl 1946 - 1952
Bill Salkeld 1945 - 1950	Roger Salkeld 1993 - 1996
Dick Schofield 1953 - 1971	Jayson Werth 2002 - 2007
Ben Spencer 1913 - 1913	Jim Spencer 1968 - 1982
Bert Griffith 1922 - 1924	Matt Williams 1987 - 2003
Grandfather	Grandson(s)
Grandfather & Grandson

The Baseball Family Tree Great Grandfather & Great Grandson
Great Grandfather	Great Grandson
Jim Bluejacket 1914 - 1916	Bill Wilkinson 1985 - 1988
Great Grandfather	Great Grandson
Great Grandfather & Great Grandson

The Boone and Hairston family names also have brother combinations AND father and son combinations.

Ed Herrmann's grandfather Marty Herrmann played the least amount of time (amongst the players on this particular page) pitching only one inning.

Did you know that this family combination (grandfather & grandson) is the third rarest in the baseball family tree? The rarest is also on this page (greatgrand father & great grandson).

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