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Here are those 5 box scores:

• 3 hits allowed over 9 shutout innings in a 4-0 win vs. Houston (1968-06-06)
• 5 hits allowed over 9 shutout innings in a 6-0 win vs. Atlanta (1968-06-11)
• 4 hits allowed over 9 shutout innings in a 2-0 win vs. Cincy (1968-06-15)
• 5 hits allowed over 9 shutout innings in a 1-0 win vs. Chicago (1968-06-20)
• 4 hits allowed over 9 shutout innings in a 3-0 win vs. Pitt (1968-06-26)

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2026/6/why-baseball-legend-shohei-ohtani-is-a-unicorn-and-a-guinness-world-records-icon

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https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/icons/shohei-ohtani-baseball-legend

Thanks to the work of Rick Stattler and the SABR Biographical Research Committee, a 'new' Major League baseball player has been discovered.

John Henry Miller, known as Harry Miller, pitched on October 9, 1884 for Philadelphia of the National League. It was previously believed that this game was pitched by Cyclone Miller.

It was a rough entry to the big leagues for Harry Miller, as he allowed 19 runs (10 earned) in the only major league game he'd ever pitch in.

Thank you to our friends at SABR for uncovering and sharing this discovery!

After watching Patrick Mahomes lift another Super Bowl trophy a few years back, I had an interesting thought about how unique it was that his father played a different professional sport than him. After thinking of a few more examples over the next couple of days (i.e., Barry & Shane Larkin, Darryl and D.J. Strawberry) I tried to Google something along the lines of “athletes whose father played a different professional sport than them.” Aside from https://www.ranker.com/list/athletes-with-children-in-different-sports/patrick-alexander I really couldn’t find any other notable lists of a compilation of athletes who fit my criteria – I was only looking for father/son combinations who played in different Big 4 (MLB, NBA, NFL, and NHL) leagues throughout their careers. The linked list above, coupled with a few of my own examples, provided me with almost 20 father/son duos, yet zero confirmed list/documentation of all such pairs. I gave up after that and thought it would just be a stupid thing that I looked up one afternoon and never really considered again. However, at the beginning of June 2025 I stumbled upon three more examples all within a span of a week by chance – a throwaway line on a podcast about Pat Riley, an article on Twitter about Jahmai Jones, and a conversation about Jake Mangum on a Rays v. Red Sox Broadcast. I was shocked that a year after I had put together my original small list and never really thinking about it much since, those three examples would happen to pop up in my life without me seeking them out all within a few days of each other. That reignited my interest and I have spent the past year researching in my free time whenever I was bored. I scoured random forums, asked ChatGPT and Microsoft Co-Pilot for help (I am novice when it comes to doing AI research), and combed through the Wikipedia pages of every single NBA and MLB player (since 1900). Thus, I present you with my unofficial (because I am bound to have missed some examples from going through Wikipedia pages) list of Second- Generation Professional Athletes Who Played a Different Sport than their Father. 

MLB/NBA 

Barry Larkin – Shane Larkin 

Darryl Strawberry – D.J. Strawberry 

Lee Riley – Pat Riley 

Desi Wilson – D.J. Carton 

Gerry Hannahs – Dusty Hannahs 

Mychal Thompson – Trayce Thompson 

Dick Surhoff – Rich & B.J. Surhoff 

Rich Manning – Matt Manning 

Rick Roberson – Chris Roberson 

MLB/NFL 

Patrick Mahomes – Patrick Mahomes 

Jerry Goff – Jared Goff 

Gary Pettis – Dante Pettis 

Ken Williams – Kyle Williams 

Lee Riley – Lee Riley 

Yogi Berra – Tim Berra 

Max Venable – Winston Venable 

Nelson Simmons – Josh Simmons 

Charles Johnson – Brandon Johnson 

Mike Harkey – Cory Harkey 

Deion Sanders – Shedeur Sanders 

Dale Murphy – Shawn Murphy 

Lou Brock – Lou Brock Jr. 

Leon McFadden – Leon McFadden 

Ray Mack – Tom Mack 

Ernie Koy – Ernie Koy Jr. & Ted Koy 

Skinny Graham – Art Graham (AFL only) 

Mickey Heath – Stan Heath 

Steve Buechele – Shane Buechele 

Mark Schlereth – Daniel Schlereth 

Manu Tuiasosopo – Matt Tuiasosopo 

Jack Snow – J.T. Snow 

Andre Jones – Jahmai Jones 

John Mangum – Jake Mangum 

Tracy Rocker – Kumar Rocker 

James McDonald – James McDonald 

Don Patterson – Corey Patterson & Eric Patterson 

Derwin Williams – Mason Williams 

Garth Jax – Griffin Jax 

Bill Stobbs – Chuck Stobbs 

Ben Reed – Michael Reed 

Alvin Toles – Andrew Toles 

Lee Gross – Gabe Gross 

Jerry Aldridge – Cory Aldridge 

Jim Beirne – Kevin Beirne 

Charlie Berry (pre-1900, Union Association) – Charlie Berry 

NFL/NBA 

Calvin Hill – Grant Hill 

Jonathan Hayes – Jaxson Hayes 

Vernon Carey – Vernon Carey Jr. 

Jacque Robinson – Nate Robinson 

Javin Hunter – Jaden Ivey 

Hasson Arbubakrr – Hassan Whiteside 

Paul LaVine – Zach LaVine 

Kevin Knox – Kevin Knox II 

Aaron Bailey – Amari Bailey 

Sid Blanks – Lance Blanks 

Dennis Harrison – David Harrison 

Amp Lee – Saben Lee 

Greg LaFleur – Robert Sacre 

Frank Tripucka – Kelly Tripucka 

John Yonakor – Rich Yonakor 

Lonnie Shelton – L.J. Shelton 

Karl Malone – Demetress Bell 

Vince Boryla – Mike Boryla 

Cory Carr – Tristin McCollum & Zyon McCollum 

Bulbs Ehlers – Tom Ehlers 

Alvin Robertson – Tyrell Johnson 

Reggie Slater – Rashawn Slater 

Don Dee (ABA) – Donnie Dee 

Elnard Webster (ABA) – Elnardo Webster Jr. 

NBA/NHL 

Popeye Jones – Seth Jones & Caleb Jones 

NFL/NHL 

Ted Brown – J.T. Brown 

Pat Richter – Barry Richter 

Willard Reaves – Ryan Reaves 

Tommy O'Connell – Mike O'Connell 

John Alt – Mark Alt 

K.D. Williams – Keegan Kolesar 

Hal Ledyard – Grant Ledyard 

Carlton Bailey – Justin Bailey 

MLB/NHL 

Brad Wellman – Casey Wellman 

Dan Petry – Jeff Petry 

Jimmy Ward – Pete Ward 

Hartland Monahan – Shane Monahan 

Ted McCaskill – Kirk McCaskill 

If anyone else knows of any other examples, please add them to the thread!