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Watching the Yanks beat up on Rodrigo Lopez tonight (6-0 last I checked), I was left to ponder how often a pitcher—in this case Lopez—had thrown to a catcher—in this case Javy Lopez—with the same last name.
Well, it may be impossible to know until Retrosheet dredges up every box score since the dawn of time. However, we can look up all the pitcher-catcher combinations on the same team with the same surname.
There are 79 through 2004 and ten of them occurred in this decade.
Completist in me needs the entire list though. Here goes…
| Catcher | Pitcher | First | Last | Team | Lg |
| Sandy Martinez | Pedro Martinez | 2004 | 2004 | Boston Red Sox | AL |
| Sandy Martinez | Anastacio Martinez | 2004 | 2004 | Boston Red Sox | AL |
| Gary Bennett | Jeff Bennett | 2004 | 2004 | Milwaukee Brewers | NL |
| Javy Lopez | Rodrigo Lopez | 2004 | 2004 | Baltimore Orioles | AL |
| Javy Lopez | Albie Lopez | 2002 | 2002 | Atlanta Braves | NL |
| Ivan Rodriguez | Rich Rodriguez | 2002 | 2002 | Texas Rangers | AL |
| Eddie Perez | Odalis Perez | 1998 | 2001 | Atlanta Braves | NL |
| Alberto Castillo | Frank Castillo | 2000 | 2000 | Toronto Blue Jays | AL |
| Charles Johnson | Jason Johnson | 1999 | 2000 | Baltimore Orioles | AL |
| George Williams | Woody Williams | 2000 | 2000 | San Diego Padres | NL |
| Gary Bennett | Joel Bennett | 1999 | 1999 | Philadelphia Phillies | NL |
| Greg Myers | Randy Myers | 1998 | 1998 | San Diego Padres | NL |
| Jeff Reed | Steve Reed | 1996 | 1997 | Colorado Rockies | NL |
| Damian Miller | Travis Miller | 1997 | 1997 | Minnesota Twins | AL |
| Larry Gonzales | Rene Gonzales | 1993 | 1993 | California Angels | AL |
| John Russell | Jeff Russell | 1990 | 1992 | Texas Rangers | AL |
| Jody Davis | Ron Davis | 1986 | 1987 | Chicago Cubs | NL |
| Tony Pena | Hipolito Pena | 1986 | 1986 | Pittsburgh Pirates | NL |
| Jamie Nelson | Gene Nelson | 1983 | 1983 | Seattle Mariners | AL |
| Charlie Moore | Donnie Moore | 1981 | 1981 | Milwaukee Brewers | AL |
| Bob Johnson | John Henry Johnson | 1981 | 1981 | Texas Rangers | AL |
| Jim Anderson | Rick Anderson | 1980 | 1980 | Seattle Mariners | AL |
| John Ellis | Dock Ellis | 1977 | 1979 | Texas Rangers | AL |
| Cliff Johnson | Jerry Johnson | 1974 | 1974 | Houston Astros | NL |
| Ellie Rodriguez | Eduardo Rodriguez | 1973 | 1973 | Milwaukee Brewers | AL |
| Hawk Taylor | Ron Taylor | 1967 | 1967 | New York Mets | NL |
| Tom Egan | Dick Egan | 1966 | 1966 | California Angels | AL |
| Norm Sherry | Larry Sherry | 1959 | 1962 | Los Angeles Dodgers | NL |
| Darrell Johnson | Ken Johnson | 1961 | 1961 | Cincinnati Reds | NL |
| Pete Daley | Bud Daley | 1960 | 1960 | Kansas City Athletics | AL |
| Billy Shantz | Bobby Shantz | 1960 | 1960 | New York Yankees | AL |
| Haywood Sullivan | Frank Sullivan | 1955 | 1960 | Boston Red Sox | AL |
| Hal Smith | Bill Smith | 1958 | 1959 | St. Louis Cardinals | NL |
| Ed Bailey | Jim Bailey | 1959 | 1959 | Cincinnati Redlegs | NL |
| Hal Smith | Bob Smith | 1957 | 1957 | St. Louis Cardinals | NL |
| Bill Hall | Dick Hall | 1956 | 1956 | Pittsburgh Pirates | NL |
| Billy Shantz | Bobby Shantz | 1955 | 1955 | Kansas City Athletics | AL |
| Billy Shantz | Bobby Shantz | 1954 | 1954 | Philadelphia Athletics | AL |
| Al Evans | Bill Evans | 1951 | 1951 | Boston Red Sox | AL |
| Dixie Howell | Dixie Howell | 1949 | 1949 | Cincinnati Reds | NL |
| Johnny Riddle | Elmer Riddle | 1948 | 1948 | Pittsburgh Pirates | NL |
| Walker Cooper | Mort Cooper | 1947 | 1947 | New York Giants | NL |
| Hal Wagner | Charlie Wagner | 1946 | 1946 | Boston Red Sox | AL |
| Walker Cooper | Mort Cooper | 1940 | 1945 | St. Louis Cardinals | NL |
| Johnny Riddle | Elmer Riddle | 1941 | 1945 | Cincinnati Reds | NL |
| Spud Davis | Peaches Davis | 1937 | 1938 | Cincinnati Reds | NL |
| Bobby Reis | Tommy Reis | 1938 | 1938 | Boston Bees | NL |
| Rick Ferrell | Wes Ferrell | 1937 | 1938 | Washington Senators | AL |
| Rick Ferrell | Wes Ferrell | 1934 | 1937 | Boston Red Sox | AL |
| Dee Moore | Whitey Moore | 1936 | 1937 | Cincinnati Reds | NL |
| Cy Perkins | Charlie Perkins | 1930 | 1930 | Philadelphia Athletics | AL |
| Alex Gaston | Milt Gaston | 1929 | 1929 | Boston Red Sox | AL |
| Earl Smith | George Smith | 1919 | 1919 | New York Giants | NL |
| Harry Smith | George Smith | 1918 | 1918 | Cincinnati Reds | NL |
| Gil Whitehouse | Charlie Whitehouse | 1915 | 1915 | Newark Pepper | FL |
| Harry Smith | Frank Smith | 1915 | 1915 | Brooklyn Tip-Tops | FL |
| Fred Tyler | Lefty Tyler | 1914 | 1914 | Boston Braves | NL |
| Rip Williams | Mutt Williams | 1913 | 1914 | Washington Senators | AL |
| Drummond Brown | Buster Brown | 1913 | 1913 | Boston Braves | NL |
| Homer Thompson | Tommy Thompson | 1912 | 1912 | New York Highlanders | AL |
| Gus Fisher | Ray Fisher | 1912 | 1912 | New York Highlanders | AL |
| Otto Miller | Walt Miller | 1911 | 1911 | Brooklyn Dodgers | NL |
| Otto Miller | Fred Miller | 1910 | 1910 | Brooklyn Superbas | NL |
| Jack O'Neill | Mike O'Neill | 1902 | 1903 | St. Louis Cardinals | NL |
| Jiggs Donahue | Red Donahue | 1902 | 1902 | St. Louis Browns | AL |
| Aleck Smith | Heinie Smith | 1901 | 1901 | New York Giants | NL |
| Billy Sullivan | Mike Sullivan | 1899 | 1899 | Boston Beaneaters | NL |
| Morgan Murphy | Ed Murphy | 1898 | 1898 | Philadelphia Phillies | NL |
| Buck Ewing | John Ewing | 1891 | 1891 | New York Giants | NL |
| Buck Ewing | John Ewing | 1890 | 1890 | New York Giants | PL |
| Pat Murphy | Bob Murphy | 1890 | 1890 | New York Giants | NL |
| Bill Conway | Dick Conway | 1886 | 1886 | Baltimore Orioles | AA |
| Rooney Sweeney | Charlie Sweeney | 1885 | 1885 | St. Louis Maroons | NL |
| Fred Wood | Pete Wood | 1885 | 1885 | Buffalo Bisons | NL |
| Frank Smith | Phenomenal Smith | 1884 | 1884 | Pittsburgh Alleghenys | AA |
| Bill Dugan | Ed Dugan | 1884 | 1884 | Richmond Virginians | AA |
| Rooney Sweeney | Bill Sweeney | 1884 | 1884 | Baltimore Monumentals | UA |
| Deacon White | Will White | 1878 | 1879 | Cincinnati Reds | NL |
| Deacon White | Will White | 1877 | 1877 | Boston Red Caps | NL |
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