THE BOOK--Playing The Percentages In Baseball

Geez, I forgot about the Hull brothers and son.  The Howe father and sons.  It’s almost embarrassing to try to start this kind of list, because you are going to miss the easy ones.

He’s only looking at families with 3 or more big leaguers, but the Bonds and Griffey families top all of the others in WAR.  Actually, Barry tops all the other families by himself, before you even consider Bobby.

If you consider cousins and godfathers, they are pretty unstoppable with Reggie and Willie Mays thrown in. Not a criticism, just an observation, Dan is clear that his criteria is looking at immediate family only.

Although their cumulative WAR might not be as high as some of the families mentioned, JD, Tim & Stephen Drew were all 1st round draft picks

Don’t forget the Mahovlich brothers - Frank and Peter.

Yeah, this family thing can really make one feel old. I can remember having the baseball cards of Ray Boone and Gus Bell as a kid. And now their grandchildren aren’t even playing in the majors anymore! Geez.

and of course the Hansons were really the Carlsons, except for Dave “Killer”....I remember them well from my childhood. The really funny thing about the movie is they weren’t acting.

I always found it amusing that the Sabres drafted Keith Gretzky and Wayne Primeau. If only they could have swapped those first names.

Dave Hanson’s son scored his first NHL goal this week. Really.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hJdgXRukqMe33kKbXH-lT9wcv_FQD97DUCIG0

Here are some other baseball families w/ 3+ members:

Dick, Hank, and Ron Allen
Clete, Ken, and Cloyd Boyer
Jimmy, Jimmy, and Johnny Cooney
The Delahantys
Dave, Chris. and Shelley Duncan
Dave, Marshall, and Mike Edwards
Larry, Charlie, and Tookie Gilbert
Tony, Chris, and Tony Jr. Gwynn
Sammy, Jerry, Johnny, Jerry Jr., and Scott Hairston
Andy, Charlie, and Hugh High
Marty, Matt, and Joe Keough
Dave, Andy, and Adam LaRouche
Manny, Andy, and Jose Mota
Joe, Phil, and Lance Niekro
The O’Neills
John, Tom and Jim Paciorek
Pascual, Melido, and Carlos Perez
Bob, Ed, Ted, and Jim Sadowski
Luke, Joe, and Tommy Sewell (plus cousin Rip)
George, Dave, and Dick Sisler
Mel, Todd, and Mel Jr. Stottlemyre
Dixie, Ernie, Dixie, and Harry Walker

Shame Cal Ripken Sr. didn’t make it to the majors as a player.

I think that both Griffey and Bonds have brothers who played in the minors, but didn’t make the bigs.

Craig Griffey and Bobby Bonds Jr.

Cricket is another sport where you see lots of families - the Chappell brothers (and their grandfather), the Waugh twins, the Marshall twins, the Flower brothers, the Kirstens, the four Mohammad brothers (one of their sons), the Hadlee father and sons, etc.

Not everyone considers it a sport, but auto racing is often a family affair.  You have the Andrettis in Indy Car, the Schumachers in F1, and the Pettys and Earnhardts in NASCAR, OTTOMH.