Like Father, Like Son...Sort Of

By the time I got around to posting this, Father's Day was pretty much over. My sense of timing is definitely impeccable. My bright idea for Father's Day involves looking at baseball families, specifically fathers and sons. By my count (using these lists: A-L, M-Z), coming into 2007, 178 ballplayers have seen their son(s) play in the majors.

A lot of the time fathers played the same general position as their sons. One example is the Kendall family: Jason catches today and his father Fred was a catcher throughout the 1970's. Even when the positions aren't exactly the same, position player dads generally have position player sons (Sandy Alomar, Sr. was an infielder while Sandy, Jr. was a catcher). Similarly, pitcher fathers often have pitcher sons (Mike Bacsik: father, son). This isn't always the case, though. Below I've listed the "crossover" fathers and sons, one a pitcher and one a position player.

Father/Son Combinations of Pitchers and Position Players

Father	Position	Son	Position
Tony Armas	OF	Tony Armas	RHP
Charlie Beamon, Sr.	RHP	Charlie Beamon, Jr.	1B
Ed Connolly, Sr.	C	Ed Connolly, Jr.	LHP
Jimmy Cooney	SS	Johnny Cooney	LHP/OF
Mike Darr	RHP	Mike Darr	OF
Steve Dillard	2B	Tim Dillard	RHP
Herm Doscher	3B	Jack Doscher	LHP
Tom Fletcher	LHP	Darrin Fletcher	C
Fred Green	LHP	Gary Green	SS
Larry Haney	C	Chris Haney	LHP
Ken Heintzelman	LHP	Tom Heintzelman	2B
Wally Hood, Sr.	OF	Wally Hood, Jr.	RHP
Marty Keough	OF	Matt Keough	RHP
Bill Kunkel	RHP	Jeff Kunkel	SS
Max Lanier	LHP	Hal Lanier	SS
Dave LaRoche	LHP	Adam LaRoche Andy LaRoche	1B 3B
Barney Martin	RHP	Jerry Martin	OF
Nelson Mathews	CF	T.J. Mathews	RHP
Frank Meinke	SS/P	Bob Meinke	SS
Gene Moore, Sr.	LHP	Gene Moore, Jr.	RF
Guy Morton, Sr.	LHP	Guy Morton, Jr.	PH
Bill Narleski	SS	Ray Narleski	RHP
Dick Nen	1B	Robb Nen	RHP
Joe Niekro	RHP	Lance Niekro	1B
Frank Okrie	LHP	Len Okrie	C
Ed Olivares	RF/LF	Omar Olivares	RHP
Bob Oliver	1B	Darren Oliver	LHP
Tiny Osborne	RHP	Bobo Osborne	1B
Steve Partenheimer	3B	Stan Partenheimer	LHP
Mel Queen	RHP	Mel Queen	RF/RHP
Diego Segui	RHP	David Segui	1B
Dick Siebert	1B	Paul Siebert	LHP
George Sisler	1B	Dave Sisler	RHP
Chris Speier	SS	Justin Speier	RHP
Ed Sprague, Sr.	RHP	Ed Sprague, Jr.	3B
Ebba St. Claire	C	Randy St. Claire	RHP
Dave Stenhouse	RHP	Mike Stenhouse	OF/1B
Joe Stephenson	C	Jerry Stephenson	RHP
George Susce	C	George Susce	RHP
Chuck Tanner	LF	Bruce Tanner	RHP
Pablo Torrealba	LHP	Steve Torrealba	C
Ricardo Torres	1B/C	Gil Torres	RHP/SS/3B
Hal Trosky, Sr.	1B	Hal Trosky, Jr.	RHP
Dixie Walker	RHP	Dixie Walker Harry Walker	RF CF

Johnny Cooney and Gil Torres both debuted as pitchers before converting to position players, so I included them on the list. I treated George Sisler as a first baseman though he began his career as a pitcher, playing first on days he wasn't starting. Finally, Mel Queen started as an outfielder before converting to pitcher which is why he's on the list. The Meinkes are a debatable inclusion since father Frank split time as a shortstop and pitcher during his only season as a regular.