Identical-looking athletes who share same name explain awkward mistake that led them to discover each other existed

A 2015 mix up between the two baseball stars alerted each other to their doppelgänger’s existence

Two baseball stars who look identical and have the same name learnt that each other existed following a mistake.

It’s one thing to have someone who looks like you, but these two guys also share the same name in a situation that can only be described as pretty darn weird.

Brady Feigl, 28, and Brady Feigl, 33, are two baseball players that could easily be mistaken for brothers.

Both athletes are 6ft 4 with red hair, red bears and almost identical glasses. Adding to the strangeness of the situation, not only do they both play baseball professionally but they’re both pitchers for their respective teams.

The elder of the two Feigls plays for Pittsburgh Pirates, while 28-year-old Fiegel previously played for Ole Miss Rebels and is currently a free agent.

With their uncanny likeness in mind, the pair had a DNA test to see if they were related or not.

But, much to everyone’s surprise, the results revealed that they aren’t long lost brothers after all.

It did show that the two Feigls registered as 53 percent Germanic in origin, however.

The two baseball players have an uncanny resemblance to each other. (Inside Edition)

The two baseball players have an uncanny resemblance to each other. (Inside Edition)

While you’d expect that it was baseball fans that alerted them both to each other’s existence, it was actually a mistake in 2015 that united the pair.

Both of them have had Tommy John surgery (a type of procedure on a person’s elbow) within months of each other and by the same surgeon, Dr. James Andrews.

Explaining the awkward situation, former Rebels’ pitcher Feigl told Clarion Ledger in 2018: “The way we found about it actually (was through) Dr. Andrews’ office. He’s the guy who (performed) both of our surgeries.

“I was probably six or seven months out of surgery and their office called our trainer and said, ‘Hey, when’s Brady reporting for surgery? Is he getting down here tomorrow?’ He was like, ‘He had it six months ago. What are you talking about?’

“That’s how I found out there was two of us.”

Mind = blown.

Brady Feigl pictured in 2021. (VanHouten/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

Brady Feigl pictured in 2021. (VanHouten/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

A couple of years later the two baseball stars were mixed up with one another once again.

Ole Miss marketing graduate assistant Mary Claire Hamner went to tweet happy birthday to their pitcher and accidentally tagged the wrong (but identical-looking) Feigl.

“Wrong Brady Feigl,” the former San Diego Padres player responded. “Might be looking for @bfeigl39…”

Whoops.

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