Relativity

[Benjamin Grimm]

Preston Wilson is Mookie's nephew/stepson.

Jesus Alou is Moises' uncle.

John Maine is the son of Kevin Maine.

Tug McGraw is the brother of Hank McGraw.

Roberto Alomar is the son of Sandy and the brother of Sandy Jr.

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And going outside the organization...

Hubie Brooks is the cousin of Donnie Moore.

Wayne Garrett is the brother of Adrian.

Doc Gooden is the uncle of Gary Sheffield.

Mike Maddux is the brother of Greg.

Brian Bannister is the son of Floyd.




What else do we have?

[Guest AG/DC]

Pete Falcone is the nephew of Joe Pignatano.

Mel Rojas is the cousin of Moises Alou, and the nephew of Felipe Alou.

Tom Glavine is the brother of Mike Glavine.

Mike Piazza is the brother of Tom Piazza.

[metirish]

Edgardo Alfonzo is the brother of Edgar Alfonzo.

[Guest AG/DC]

Preston Wilson is the son of Richard Wilson.

Prentice Redman is the brother of Tike Redman (if you ever decide to include spring training Mets, anyhow).

Gil Hodges is the father of some guy who supposedly roomed with Ron Hodges in the minors.

According to some poster at UMDB andTopps 1979 Baseball Card # 172, Mike Bruhert is the son-in-law of Gil Hodges. His bio at Baseball-Reference.com, though, says he's married to Rosemary Petrillo, so that may have changed.

[Guest AG/DC]

Matt Galante is father of Matt Galante Jr.

[Guest AG/DC]

Jeff Wilpon, I think, is the son of Fred Wilpon.

Lorinda DeRoulet is the daughter of Joan Whitney Payson.

if you start including the other trustees and directors in there, there's a lot of relativity with other Wilpons and Katzes and such.

[Fman99]

Bobby Valentine's father-in-law is 1951 goat Ralph Branca.

[Guest mario25]

Darryl Strawberry Sr. father of NBA'er DJ Strawberry

[Guest AG/DC]

See what I mean by keeping it in the family?

[G-Fafif]

Oliver Perez probably believes Billy Wagner to be a real son of a...

[Benjamin Grimm]

Yeah, I know I won't be extending it to the NBA. And no Nancy Lopez, either.

But I figure if the other half of the relationship are already in the UMDB as a farmhand or an opponent, then it's no trouble at all to include it. That means that Felipe Alou is in, but D.J. Strawberry and Ralph Branca are out.

[soupcan]

Larry Bowa is the uncle of Nick Johnson

[Theoldmole]

Endy Chavez is the brother of Ender Chavez.

[Theoldmole]

Original Met Gus Bell is the father of Buddy Bell, grandfather of David Bell, and grandfather of Mike Bell. He's no relation to Heath Bell, but Heath is the cousin of Drake Bell of Drake and Josh.

[Guest AG/DC]

Well, if you insist...

• Mo Vaughn, cousin of Greg Vaughn.
  
  
• Ken Boyer, brother of Clete Boyer.
  


• Joe Torre, brother of Frank Torre.
  


• Yogi Berra, father of Dale Berra.
  


• Jeff McKnight, son of Jim McKnight.
  


• Mike Bacsik, son of Michael James Bacsik.
  


• Gary Marshall, Jr., son of Gary Marshall.
  


• Gus Bell, father of Buddy Bell, grandfather of David Bell, and grandfather of Mike Bell.
  


• Jose Cardenal, cousin of Bert Campaneris (career American Leaguer, but played against the Mets in the 1973 World Series).

This is starting to feel like a classic SJR data dump, so I'll stop here.

[Guest AG/DC]

Todd Hundley, son of Randy Hundley.

Orlando Hernandez, half-brother of Livan Hernandez.

Josias Manzanillo, brother of Ravelo Manzanillo.

Ruddy Lugo, brother of Julio Lugo.

Eddie Murray, brother of Rich Murray.

Ruben Gotay, nephew of Julio Gotay.

John Milner, cousin of Eddie Milner.

Dick Schofield, son of Ducky Schofield. Uncle of Jayson Werth.

Mel Stottlemyer, father of Todd Stottlemyer.

Jose Valentin, brother of Javier Valentin.

Todd Zeile, great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson of John Adams.

[Guest AG/DC]

Sandy Alomar is the father of a bad decision.

[Guest AG/DC]

In more seriousness, Bobby Wine's son Robby, I see at the UMDB, had four anti-Met at-bats in 1987.

Dave LaRoche is the father of Adam LaRoche.

[MFS62]

And Mets catcher Gustavo Molina is NOT related to the three Molina brothers who are Major League catchers - Yadier, Benji and Jose.

Later

[Guest vtmet]

Victor Zambrano:
Born in Venezuela;
Throws Righty;
Switch hitter (good hitter, by the way);

Carlos Zambrano;
Also born in Venezuela;
Also throws Righty;
Also a switch hitter (and one of the best hitting pitchers in the NL);

Unfortunately:
Not related & the Mets Zambrano couldn't consistently pitch like the Cubs Zambrano...

[Guest AG/DC]

Stephen Puhl, son of Terry Puhl.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Thanks everyone for all the info. I've entered a few of the relationships into the database, and will get to the others as time allows.


Some examples:
John Maine
Moises Alou
Tug McGraw
Mookie Wilson

[Guest AG/DC]

Hey now, you don't want to sanitize Mel Rojas out of that Alou family tree.

[Benjamin Grimm]

No, of course not. I'll get to him.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Mel Rojas is the cousin of Moises Alou, and the nephew of Felipe Alou.
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He's the nephew of Felipe, but not of Jesus and Matty?

Does that mean he's the son of Felipe's wife's brother or sister?

[Guest AG/DC]

Well, at the time of the post, I was working in a Met-only context.

Hell, I live in a Met-only context.

[Frayed Knot]

IIRC, the Felipe Alou family tree has a lot of branches and a lot of the connections got a bit complicated.

[Guest AG/DC]

If draft choices ever go into the UMDB, then 2007 draftee Glen Johnson can be noted as HoJo's son.

You'd think HoJo would be straight with them about his son's signability and they wouldn't have drafted him.

That kid has been nothing but trouble for the Mets.

[Guest AG/DC]

There's the Cornejos, though I don't think the Mets have ever faced Nate.

And here you go, Gil Hodges, Jr., still waiting for a memory.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Nope, no Nate in the UMDB. But I've now added the Gil Sr./Gil Jr. relationship.