Brothers who have faced each other in postseason
Sibling rivalries at all times increase the stakes of competitors, whether or not within the yard or elsewhere. We’ve seen brothers face off within the Majors – a household pinnacle second, for certain. But what about when that brotherly competitors occurs on the largest stage, the postseason?
It’s arduous to think about a extra thrilling, rewarding or aggravating second for folks and different relations, understanding that one brother’s group will win a postseason collection however the different’s will lose.
This 12 months’s Super Bowl options the primary matchup between brothers within the massive sport, with the Chiefs’ Travis Kelce and Eagles’ Jason Kelce going through off in Glendale, Ariz.
There have been six units of brothers to face off in an MLB postseason collection, together with three within the World Series, based on Elias Sports Bureau analysis. Here’s a take a look at every.
2022 NLCS: Aaron (PHI) vs Austin (SD) Nola
Aaron’s Phillies received this one in 5 video games, advancing to the World Series. This duo is especially notable as a result of Aaron is a pitcher and Austin is a hitter. When older brother Austin got here to bat towards Aaron within the backside of the second inning in Game 2, it was the primary brother-vs-brother, batter-vs-pitcher matchup in postseason historical past. He hit a single within the fifth, going 1-for-2 within the collection towards his brother.
1996 ALDS, ’97 ALCS,: Sandy Jr. (CLE) vs Roberto (BAL) Alomar
Roberto’s Orioles received the ‘96 series in four games, then Sandy’s Cleveland membership received the ‘97 matchup in six. In the ALDS matchup, Roberto hit .294 with a home run and four RBIs. It wasn’t simply any house run – it was a go-ahead within the prime of the twelfth in Game 4, proving to be the game-winning run for the collection. His brother acquired two hits in that collection, with three RBIs. The following 12 months, Sandy acquired three hits within the postseason collection reverse his brother, this time with a homer and 4 RBIs. His brother had 4 hits — together with a house run and two RBIs — and 7 walks.
1985 ALCS: Garth (TOR) vs Dane (KC) Iorg
Dane’s Royals received the collection in seven video games and went on to win the World Series. He appeared in 4 video games within the ALCS reverse his brother’s Blue Jays, all as a pinch-hitter, and acquired one hit. He’d go on to play a key position within the Fall Classic, hitting a walk-off, two-run single in Game 6 to ship the collection to a decisive Game 7, the place the Royals accomplished the 3-1 collection comeback. In the ALCS, Garth performed in six video games and notched two hits.
1964 World Series: Ken (STL) vs Clete (NYY) Boyer
Ken’s Cardinals received the collection in seven video games, and he led the membership in each homers (two) and RBIs (six). He hit a grand slam in Game 4, which St. Louis received, 4-3, after permitting all three runs within the first inning. And in Game 7, he hit a solo homer within the seventh to increase the result in 7-3, which would offer some wanted further insurance coverage because the Cards received, 7-5, to clinch. In the ninth, Bob Gibson allowed two solo homers earlier than nailing down the whole sport. The first was to Clete, marking the primary time opposing brothers every homered in a postseason sport.
1921-23 World Series: Bob (NYY) vs Irish (NYG) Meusel
Irish’s Giants received in 1921 and ‘22, before Bob’s Yankees received in ‘23 for the club’s first championship. There was no World Series MVP Award again then, but when there had been, it very doubtless might have been Irish in ‘21. He led the Giants with seven RBIs and was one of two on the team to homer, slugging .586 in the eight games. In the ‘22 series, he hit the team’s lone house run. In that collection, Bob tied for the Yankees’ lead in hits, with six. In ‘23, he might have been MVP, main the group with eight RBIs, seven of them within the ultimate three video games of the collection. His three-run single within the prime of the eighth in Game 6 capped off a five-run inning because the Yankees received, 6-4, to take the collection.
1920 World Series: Doc (CLE) vs Jimmy (BRO) Johnston
Doc’s Cleveland membership received the best-of-eight collection in seven video games. Doc performed in 5 video games, getting three hits and two walks. Jimmy performed in 4 of the video games, additionally getting three hits. He began Game 1 and Doc pinch-hit within the sport within the ninth, marking the primary time brothers every appeared in the identical postseason sport, whether or not on reverse groups or the identical group.
