The greatest father-son duos in MLB history

You don’t delight in to be the exiguous one of a Most well-known Leaguer to vary into one yourself, nonetheless hello, it indubitably doesn’t be troubled.

Whether or no longer these sons grew up in immense league clubhouses, benefited from their fathers’ knowledgeable teaching, or simply inherited some simply genes, or no longer it is no longer incessantly uncommon to sight familiar names from a old know-how resurface in MLB.

Good rob a stare upon basically the latest Blue Jays roster, which contains Bo Bichette, Cavan Biggio, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Daulton Varsho. As spectacular as these young avid gamers had been, it will perchance in all probability rob a lot for them to surpass the profession accomplishments of their fathers, with Gary Varsho an eight-year immense leaguer, Dante Bichette a four-time All-Giant name, and Craig Biggio and Vladimir Guerrero both within the Hall of Popularity.

Toronto doesn’t delight in a monopoly on 2d-know-how immense leaguers, though. There may perchance be an intensive and proficient checklist of active avid gamers with MLB dads, no longer to bid up-and-coming possibilities reminiscent of Jackson Holliday (No. 3 on MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 checklist and son of Matt) and Druw Jones (No. 11, son of Andruw).

For now, right here is a stare upon the correct father-son duos in Most well-known League ancient previous.

Baseball-Reference.com’s Wins Above Replacement (WAR) become old as a tough guiding precept, with desire given to pairs whereby both avid gamers executed considerable success. For that reason every player on the checklist gathered at the least 10 profession WAR, whereas some various duos that encompass a Hall of Famer (Yogi Berra, Tony Gwynn, Tony Perez and Tim Raines, for instance) weren’t incorporated.

All pairs are listed with the father first, and each player’s profession WAR in parenthesis.

1. Bobby Bonds (57.9) and Barry Bonds (162.8)
No player in MLB ancient previous has racked up more WAR as a inform player than the younger Bonds, a seven-time MVP Award winner who owns the one-season and profession residence slither files and shapely phenomenal rewrote baseball within the early 2000s. Most sharp allegations of performance-enhancing drug spend delight in saved him looking ahead to Cooperstown’s name. And whereas Barry overshadows his father, Bobby mustn’t be underrated. The Bondses are the correct two avid gamers in ancient previous to combine least 300 profession residence runs with at the least 400 steals, as properly as the correct two to head 20-20 in 10 various seasons.

2. Ken Griffey Sr. (34.5) and Ken Griffey Jr. (83.8)
This pair in actuality played alongside with the 1990-91 Mariners, famously smacking attend-to-attend residence runs towards the Angels on Sept. 14, 1990. On the time, Griffey Sr. become winding up a 19-year profession that incorporated three All-Giant name picks and a pair of World Series rings with the Gargantuan Red Machine. While he become more valid than spectacular — logging an OPS+ between 96 and 129 in 14 seasons — his son grew to turn real into a superstar. With 630 residence runs and 10 Gold Glove Awards, Griffey Jr. cruised into Cooperstown on the first pollin 2016

3. Felipe Alou (42.3) and Moises Alou (39.9)
That is no longer in actuality even all of the baseball family. Felipe’s brothers, Jesus and Matty, both played 15 seasons within the Majors, with the latter also producing more than 20 WAR. Their cousin Jose Sosa, pitched temporarily in MLB, and their nephew Mel Rojas pitched 10 seasons and picked up 126 saves. And another of Felipe’s sons, Luis Rojas, managed the Mets in 2020-21. However simply between the 2 of them, Felipe and Moises played 34 MLB seasons and racked up more than 4,200 hits, 500 residence runs and 750 doubles. And that doesn’t encompass Felipe’s 14 years as a manager in Montreal and San Francisco.

4. Vladimir Guerrero (59.5) and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (13.3, through 2022)
There may perchance be restful quite a lot of time for this combo to pass up on this checklist. In spite of being simply 24 years old and in his fifth Most well-known League season, Vlad Jr. is properly on his formulation to matching Senior’s Hall of Popularity profession numbers. Greater than 25 years within the past now, Vlad Sr. become making an instantaneous influence on the Montreal Expos, becoming one of many correct avid gamers in franchise ancient previous earlier than going on to procure an AL MVP Award with the 2004 Angels. He carried out with 449 residence runs — a shapely simply target for the younger Guerrero to pursue.

5. Ray Boone (25.8) and Bob Boone (27.4)
There in actuality had been four immense league Boones across three generations, and this pair may perchance perchance perchance simply as without concerns encompass either of Bob’s sons, Bret (22.8 WAR) or Aaron (13.5 WAR), who also manages the Yankees. Bob, a seven-time Gold Glove Award winner, played 19 MLB seasons and ranks third all time with 2,225 profession games caught. His father, Ray, posted a 114 OPS+ in 13 seasons as an infielder, snagging a pair of All-Giant name picks.

6. Mel Stottlemyre (43.1) and Todd Stottlemyre (22.9)
For some reason, MLB’s father/son duos are carefully tilted in direction of inform avid gamers, with the Stottlemyres two of simply four pitchers on this checklist. Mel made five All-Giant name teams in 11 seasons with the Yankees and posted a profession 112 ERA+, nonetheless he may perchance perchance had been even better as a pitching coach, incomes four World Series rings in that role with the Yanks after winning one with the Mets. Mel also had two sons pitch within the Majors, and whereas Mel Jr. lasted totally one season, Todd carved out a 14-year profession whereby he threw more than 2,000 innings and received rings with the 1992 and ’93 Blue Jays.

7. José Cruz (54.3) and José Cruz Jr. (19.6)
Bask in Felipe Alou, Jose Cruz become one of a trio of MLB brothers, with Hector spending 9 seasons within the bigs and Tommy getting a pair cups of espresso. José played 19 MLB seasons, together with 13 with the Astros, and he ranks among that franchise’s all-time leaders in quite a lot of offensive lessons, together with third in WAR, hits, and stolen bases, and first in triples. His son grew to vary into the third overall choose within the 1995 Draft and put together a sturdy 12-year profession of his comprise, together with a 30-30 advertising and marketing and marketing campaign for Toronto in 2001.

8. Gus Bell (15.7) and Buddy Bell (66.3)
Bask in the Boones, the Bells delight in three generations of Most well-known Leaguers, basically the most latest of which aspects brothers (David and Mike). While David (basically the latest manager of the Reds) in actuality equaled Gus’ WAR total, Gus become a four-time All-Giant name outfielder with the Reds within the 1950s. Buddy made five Midsummer Classics himself, winning six Gold Glove Awards at the hot corner and producing four seasons of at the least 6 WAR. Most sharp 9 avid gamers who delight in spent at the least two-thirds of their profession at third infamous delight in gathered more trace.

9. Sandy Alomar (10.5) and Roberto Alomar (67.0)
Primarily a 2d baseman, Sandy Alomar generated most of his trace from his glove and his baserunning over 15 seasons, recording 227 steals. But he had two sons who enjoyed phenomenal more winning careers, with the younger Sandy becoming a Rookie of the Year Award winner and 6-time All-Giant name catcher, and Roberto increasing real into a Hall of Popularity 2d baseman. The latter made 12 straight All-Giant name squads from 1990-2001, captured 10 Gold Glove Awards and received a pair of World Series titles with the 1992-93 Blue Jays.

10. Dizzy Trout (50.0) and Steve Trout (13.4)
While there is just not any longer any relation to Mike Trout, these two did plenty properly. Dizzy (given name: Paul) spent most of his 15-year profession with the Tigers and pitched in more than 500 games. He become a two-time All-Giant name and carried out as the AL MVP runner-as much as teammate Hal Newhouser in 1944, when he led the AL with 40 starts, 33 total games, 351 1/3 innings and a 2.12 ERA. The following year, Dizzy helped Detroit to a World Series victory over the Cubs. For his segment, Steve become the eighth overall choose within the 1976 Draft by the White Sox and started more than 200 immense league games over 12 seasons.

11. Cecil Fielder (17.2) and Prince Fielder (23.8)
Both father and son had been imposing, mighty sluggers. Both, amazingly, carried out with exactly 319 profession residence runs. Cecil positioned 2d within the AL MVP speed with the Tigers in both 1990 and ’91, when he walloped a mixed 95 residence runs and drove in 265. Prince reached the 50-homer trace himself in 2007 and become an phenomenal more executed hitter than his father, with a profession 134 OPS+. Unfortunately, a neck hurt forced him into an early retirement at age 32 in 2016.

Some various indispensable pairs:
• Randy Hundley and Todd Hundley
• Julian Javier and Stan Javier
• Dave LaRoche and Adam LaRoche
• Vern Law and Vance Law
• Gary Matthews Sr. and Gary Matthews Jr.
• Hal McRae and Brian McRae