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Two brothers, one a hitter, one a pitcher, same team

Edgy MD May 11 2014 08:32 PM

The White Sox have this sort of fraternal setup, and have since 2012, with John and Jordan Danks. I'm trying to think of how often this has happened. The Royals briefly had it when Ken Brett joined them at the end of his career. And then I realized, the Mets briefly had this roster oddity too.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 11 2014 08:35 PM Re: Two brothers, one a hitter, one a pitcher, same team

Oh yeah the Glavines. That was a moment where the Wilpons really demonstrated their will to be the best.

Edgy MD May 12 2014 04:48 AM Re: Two brothers, one a hitter, one a pitcher, same team

Can you think of any others? I always had trouble accepting that the two Vukoviches on the 1980 Phils being unrelated.

SteveJRogers May 12 2014 05:16 AM Re: Two brothers, one a hitter, one a pitcher, same team

Mort and Walker Cooper with the 1940s Cardinals.

MFS62 May 12 2014 06:37 AM Re: Two brothers, one a hitter, one a pitcher, same team

The two Sherrys, one a pitcher, one a catcher, with LA. Later

Frayed Knot May 12 2014 06:54 AM Re: Two brothers, one a hitter, one a pitcher, same team

Wes (P) & Rick (C) Ferrell 1934 - 37 Boston Red Sox 1937 - 38 Washington Senators Yes, the brothers were sent in the same trade from Boston to Washington in mid-1937 Another oddity, the pitching brother out-homered the catcher in their careers 38 to 28 despite more than a 5/1 AB ratio for Rick In 1931, pitcher Wes hit .319/.373/[u:392l272e].619[/u:392l272e] over 116 ABs. 16 of his 37 hits went for XB including his career high 9 HRs It was Rick, however, who wound up with the longer career and is in the HoF

SteveJRogers May 12 2014 07:08 AM Re: Two brothers, one a hitter, one a pitcher, same team

Frayed Knot wrote: Wes (P) & Rick (C) Ferrell 1934 - 37 Boston Red Sox 1937 - 38 Washington Senators Yes, the brothers were sent in the same trade from Boston to Washington in mid-1937 Another oddity, the pitching brother out-homered the catcher in their careers 38 to 28 despite more than a 5/1 AB ratio for Rick In 1931, pitcher Wes hit .319/.373/.619 over 116 ABs. 16 of his 37 hits went for XB including his career high 9 HRs It was Rick, however, who wound up with the longer career and is in the HoF Maybe the Mets should exhume Wes and put him in the rotation!

Edgy MD May 12 2014 07:09 AM Re: Two brothers, one a hitter, one a pitcher, same team

Good job, folks. Funny, I had never considered that the Ferrels were brothers, even as I knew they played together.

Frayed Knot May 12 2014 07:36 AM Re: Two brothers, one a hitter, one a pitcher, same team

Edgy MD wrote: Funny, I had never considered that the Ferrels were brothers, even as I knew they played together. Funny, I always knew they were brothers but had to look up whether or not they played together. At first they didn't play together, then they did, then they continued to following the trade, but then they didn't. Younger brother Wes made the majors first but also retired earlier at age 33 while Rick played on into his 40s. You figure at that age it was likely arm trouble that forced him out, which in turn makes you wonder why he didn't try hanging around as a hitter.

RealityChuck May 12 2014 07:55 AM Re: Two brothers, one a hitter, one a pitcher, same team

Technically, the O'brien twins: Tommy and Eddie. Both were on the Pirates in from 1955-58. While both were infielders, both also did duty as pitchers, including starting games (one each). Johnny appeared in a total of 25 games as pitcher; Eddie in 5. Eddie had a complete game victory, too.