r/sportsreference • u/SportsReference • Jan 23 '26
r/sportsreference • u/Organic-Photograph61 • Jul 14 '26
Sports Reference Brothers Who Played Different Professional Sports
I posted a list of Second Generation Professional Athletes in Different Sports (MLB/NBA/NFL/NHL) few weeks ago. After receiving some positive feedback about it, I wanted to share my list of brothers who played different professional sports. Again, I was only looking for brother combinations who played in different Big 4 (MLB, NBA, NFL, and NHL) leagues throughout their careers.
MLB/NBA
Klay and Mychel Thompson – Trayce Thompson
Shaquille Harrison – Monte Harrison
Dick Ricketts – Dave Ricketts
Sean McDermott – Chayce McDermott
Mel Riebe – Hank Riebe
Jim Bibby – Henry Bibby
Justin Dunn – Ryan Dunn
Darrell Miller – Reggie Miller
John Simmons – Connie Simmons
Buddy Hassett – Billy Hassett
MLB/NFL
Canaan Smith-Njigba – Jaxson Smith-Njigba
Mark McGwire – Dan McGwire
Alex Johnson – Ron Johnson
Bryse Wilson – Payton Wilson
Jack Cassel – Matt Cassel
Whitey Wistert – Al Wistert
Karl Pagel – Mike Pagel
Wayne Kirby – Terry Kirby
Will Venable – Winston Venable
Pumpsie Green – Cornell Green
Mark Christman – Paul Christman
Dave Clark – Louis Clark
Willie Randolph – Terry Randolph
Jake Wood – Richard Wood
Tom Cafego – George Cafego
Gordie Hinkle – Clarke Hinkle
Tim Salmon – Mike Salmon
Dick Bass – Norm Bass
Marques Tuiasosopo – Matt Tuiasosopo
T.J. Jones – Jahmai Jones
Tim Berra – Dale Berra
LeRoy Kelly – Pat Kelly
Lyle Bigbee – Carson Bigbee
Dean Look – Bruce Look
Bill Acker – Jim Acker
Willie Brown – Ollie and Oscar Brown
Craig James – Chris James
Walter Bernard – Wynton Bernard
NFL/NBA
Lee Riley – Pat Riley
Nate Burleson – Kevin Burleson
Harry Douglas – Toney Douglas
Cris Carter – Butch Carter
Lou Groza – Alex Groza
James McDonald – Ben McDonald
O'Brien Schofield – Admiral Schofield
Percy Snow – Eric Snow
Bruce Taylor – Brian Taylor
Bruce Walton – Bill Walton
Tahir Whitehead – Dariq Whitehead
Ernie Warlick – Bob Warlick
Eric Washington – Kermit Washington
Kenny Higgs – Mark Higgs
Al Lujack – Johnny Lujack
Shellie McMillon – Ernie McMillan
Jerry Bird – Rodger Bird
NFL/NHL
Mark Alt – Joe Alt
Craig Sauer – Kurt and Michael Sauer
MLB/NHL
Paul Carey – Jim Carey
And then I also found a few pairs of half-brothers as well.
MLB/NBA
Steve Hosey – Paul Pierce
NFL/NBA
Sean Williams – Myles Garrett
Rodney Carney – Renardo and Ramon Foster
NBA/NHL
Tyler Myers – Quentin Grimes
If anyone else knows of any other examples, please add them to the thread!
r/sportsreference • u/SportsReference • Sep 14 '26
Sports Reference Sports Reference Hub is here!
We’re so excited to finally share Hub with you.
Sports Reference Hub is a new customizable homepage that brings you the sports, teams, stats, and history you care about, all in one place. You can choose up to 10 teams, see their latest results and upcoming schedules, explore customizable leaderboards, check out what happened on this day in sports history, and search for players and teams across all the Sports Reference sites—and it’s totally free to set up.
Our goal was to make it easier for you to get to the Sports Reference information you care about most without having to bounce between different sites and tabs.
And this is just the start! We’ll be adding more widgets and other features very soon.
Click here to Build your Hub now!
Once you’ve had a chance to use it, we’d love to hear what you think and what you’d like to see added in the future.
r/sportsreference • u/SportsReference • Dec 11 '25
Sports Reference The most viewed team and player pages across EVERY Sports Reference site this year
On Wednesday, we shared which players and teams were the most viewed on their respective sites—but this one is for all the marbles. These are the most viewed players and teams across EVERY Sports Reference site in each state this year.
r/sportsreference • u/SportsReference • 7h ago
Sports Reference Today is the 33rd ever Sports Equinox! The NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLB all have games.
The Sports Equinox is a term that refers to a day when the NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLB all have games. Usually this happens in October, when the NBA has just begun its regular season while, at the same time, the MLB is holding the World Series.
This is the second time a Sports Equinox has also included a WNBA game. Due to COVID rescheduling, there were three Sports Equinoxes in September of 2020, and a pair of WNBA second round playoff games landed on one of them—Sept. 17, 2020.
Sports Reference has compiled a list of every Sports Equinox! Note that, because the Sports Equinox is not an official term recognized by any league or body, this list is unofficial.
More info: https://www.sports-reference.com/friv/sports-equinox.html
r/sportsreference • u/SportsReference • Mar 22 '26
Sports Reference Which players have played the most games in each sport?
r/sportsreference • u/WorthManufacturer687 • 10d ago
Sports Reference Cloudflare
Get rid of your Cloudflare BS I have used the site for years. I seem to be able to get on hockey Reference no problem Football Reference, college or pro Problems lately. It would be nice to actually be able to log on to the website without having issues. Does not matter if I am on Google Chrome or Microsoft edge I do have norton antivirus is that why I can't get on your site.
r/sportsreference • u/cholmes • 3d ago
Sports Reference Does SR accept research contributions?
I've been using many of the SR sites and would love to be able to assist in getting stats added - particularly for pre-Premier League era soccer. Do they accept blind submissions or is there a more formal process?
r/sportsreference • u/SportsReference • Jul 16 '26
Sports Reference Can you name the top five search results across all Sports Reference sites with the name Robinson?
r/sportsreference • u/SportsReference • Nov 19 '25
Sports Reference Which players have played the most seasons in each sport?
r/sportsreference • u/SportsReference • Jul 24 '26
Sports Reference Who has the most seasons with an All-Star Game selection in each sport?
r/sportsreference • u/ManufacturerDear9490 • Mar 02 '26
Sports Reference Anyone else having this issue?
I’ve only noticed this on pro-football-reference recently but almost every time I’ve gone to the site over the past couple weeks I’ve had to do that stupid verify I’m a human thing. I haven’t noticed it on the other sports reference sites, just pro football. Anyone else notice this?
r/sportsreference • u/SportsReference • Aug 13 '26
Sports Reference Sports Reference is hiring! We're looking for a Scrum Master.
As a Scrum Master at Sports Reference, you would help keep our projects on track and ensure smooth collaboration across teams. No development skills required, and no Scrum certification needed – we'll support you in earning it.
To view the job description or apply, head here: https://sports-reference-llc.breezy.hr/p/ba2fef1394d1-scrum-master
r/sportsreference • u/SportsReference • Nov 20 '25
Sports Reference Nicknames recently added to Sports Reference
r/sportsreference • u/SportsReference • Jul 14 '26
Sports Reference NEW: Search Every Player and Team on the new Sports-Reference.com
Big news! On Sports-Reference.com, you can now use our cross-site search bar to quickly find any player or active team on any Reference site! There's no Al, no paid results, just links to the stats and information you want to see.
This brand new search engine also has a couple major upgrades:
- You can search for any player or active team on any Reference site
- In addition to player names, you can now search for players by nickname!
- Search has been upgraded to include a more forgiving "fuzzy search" capability, so don’t worry about perfect spelling
Search is just the first step in a reimagined Sports-Reference.com. Coming later this year, we'll launch Sports Reference Hub, a customizable home page that will change the way you navigate the Reference sites and follow your favorite sports and teams.
r/sportsreference • u/SportsReference • Jul 27 '26
Sports Reference How to add Sports Reference to your phone's home screen
r/sportsreference • u/SportsReference • Jul 21 '26
Sports Reference Explaining the Most Confusing Franchise Histories in Sports
r/sportsreference • u/Mundane_Law_6552 • Jul 01 '26
Sports Reference Detailed games statistics links on Wikipedia
Hi I am a Wikipedia editor under the name ILoveSport2006, who edits sports events including volleyball competitions. If you have recently used Wikipedia to follow the volleyball tournaments, you may have seen that a pages for the preliminary rounds of the Volleyball Nations Leagues were created to give detailed statistics of each game without needing to go on the FIVB links, which is something I thought volleyball needed as every other sport on Wikipedia has the same thing. I started well by completing week one of the Women's Volleyball Nations League, however, I have recently had problems with other volleyball editors on Wikipedia. These problems have come about due to the fact that I added links to each game of the VNL due to it being necessary, considering there are over 100 games in the Volleyball Nations League preliminary round. Plus the links makes it more practical for the user rather than scrolling to find the right one.
However, despite this being common practice in other sports Wikipedia pages, they have constantly reverted my edits regarding the links, saying that it increases the space used in the page making it more difficult to load. I did try to explain myself but every time I did, I was ignored. I tried to compromise, with what I did significantly reducing the space used, but that was deleted as well.
I am coming here to ask if you would you support having links to each detailed game to increase the practicality finding the right game? I can't debate with them because they are just ignoring my points, so I came here.
All I want to do is make the volleyball articles better as they've been bare in the past. If you liked the preliminary round pages, I am sorry I haven't updated them, the situation with the editors has made me feel very demoralised. Plus they nominated the articles for deletion which has severed my demoralised feeling.
r/sportsreference • u/SportsReference • Jun 18 '26
Sports Reference Sports Reference is hiring!
We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer and two Software Engineers to join the Sports Reference team!
Want to learn more about how you’ll make a difference in these positions? Check out the job descriptions and apply now at the links below:
- Senior Software Engineer: https://sports-reference-llc.breezy.hr/p/9befdf74c0e5-senior-software-engineer
- Software Engineer: https://sports-reference-llc.breezy.hr/p/79e583d55a8f-software-engineer
r/sportsreference • u/SportsReference • Apr 01 '26
Sports Reference The Record Book Collection: a limited edition line of home goods from Sports Reference
What if you could put stats… on everything?
Presenting “The Record Book Collection,” a very real, one-day-only, limited-edition line of home goods from Sports Reference, featuring mugs, pillows, puzzles, and even shower curtains, all covered in the numbers you know and love.
Only available April 1st—all proceeds will be donated to youth sports, shop now: https://sportsreference.threadless.com/collections/the-record-book-collection/
r/sportsreference • u/SportsReference • Apr 21 '26
Sports Reference Which player had the best postseason debut?
With the NBA and NHL playoffs starting over the weekend, we took a look at the stats leaders from playoff debuts in the NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL, and WNBA.
r/sportsreference • u/SportsReference • May 22 '26
Sports Reference Pop Culture Icons You Didn’t Know Had Sports Reference Pages
r/sportsreference • u/SportsReference • Mar 26 '26
Sports Reference Who are the all-time stat leaders in season openers?
r/sportsreference • u/SportsReference • Feb 16 '26
Sports Reference Sports Reference adds new "Upcoming Milestones and Leaderboard Movement" pages on BR, BBR, PFR, and HR
There is a new page on the Sports Reference sites that list players who will realistically reach a specific milestone or pass someone on a leaderboard in their next 3 games.
For Milestones, you can see which players are approaching 500 career points, 1,000 career games played, etc.
For Leaderboards, you can see which players are on the verge of passing other greats on all-time lists like steals, home runs, etc.
As an example, here are a few things to watch out for!
- Andrew Wiggins is 34 points away from 15,000 in his career
- Kenley Jansen is 2 saves away from tying Lee Smith for 3rd on the all-time list
- Nikita Kucherov is 1 assist away from 700 in his career
- Derrick Henry is 1 rushing TD away from trying Marcus Allen for 3rd on the all-time list
Enjoy!