Father Son same position All Stars

[carlsonjok]

Originally Posted by David W

Just for fun here is my list of the best father son combo's who played in MLB, and played the same position. It's post WW2. They had to have played the same position as major league ballplayer.

SS - There were no father son shortstop combos, aside from Fernando Tatis SR. and his 5 career games to go with JR's. 242 games. I cheated and we will go with this.

SS - Maury and Bump Wills - Bump never played SS, but since he was a career 2nd baseman, surely he could have at least been adequate at shortstop

Roy Smalley and his son, Roy Smalley.

[David W]

Originally Posted by carlsonjok

Roy Smalley and his son, Roy Smalley.

I guess we can now "Bump" the Wills family from the lineup and put the Smalley's at shortstop.

My apologies to the Smalley family.

[JustinD]

Originally Posted by David W

I guess we can now "Bump" the Wills family from the lineup and put the Smalley's at shortstop.

My apologies to the Smalley family.

You also left out Don and Keith Kessinger. Out of all of these 4, I would likely put Don at the top, but Keith was not much to remember.

A plus for Don, he slid into third generation when his grandson Grae Kessinger played for the Astros this year. Not continuous as Grae is the child of his other son Kevin who played minors, but never made the show because of injury.