Best Nickname Nominations:

[clydepepper]

Two of my favorites:

Ole Penitentiary Face - Jeffrey Leonard

Yard Dart - Juan Cruz (so dubbed by John Smoltz)

[HOF Auto Rookies]

Oil Can Boyd


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[39special]

Puddin Head Jones

[Peter_Spaeth]

The Yankee Clipper.
The Big Dipper.
Dizzy.

[iwantitiwinit]

Walt "No Neck" Williams

[familytoad]

Robert "Death to Flying Things" Ferguson
Frank "the Fordham Flash" Frisch
George Herman "Babe" Ruth
"Bucket foot" Al Simmons
George "Piano Legs" Gore

[Peter_Spaeth]

Sultan of Swat.
Grey Eagle.
Rajah.
Big Poison.
Yogi.
Big Unit.
Big Hurt.
Big Papi.

[Jay Wolt]

http://www.qualitycards.com/pictures/1251405001.jpg

[grainsley]

Clint Courtney......Scrap Iron.

[asoriano]

George "High Pockets" Kelly

[Kawika]

We had a similar thread back in ought-nine (http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=118779) to which I contributed Doug "Eyechart" Gwosdz, postwar Padres catcher.

[howard38]

Dr. Strangeglove...Dick Stuart
Tony Mullane........Apollo of the Box

[Brian Van Horn]

Pete "The Galadiator" Browning.

Not a glowing observation of his defense.

"The old Perfessor."

Sammy Byrd "Babe Ruth's Legs"

[arc2q]

Oddibe "Young Again" McDowell

Actually, the best is Frank "Piano Mover" Smith

[DHogan]

James Shanty Hogan
William Happy Hogan

[Paul S]

Leroy "Satchel" Paige (ne'e Page)

And, if Cornelius McGillicuddy were still around in this day and age would we still call him Connie Mack or CMack?

[kmac32]

Dave "King Kong" Kingman

[Deertick]

Lonnie "Skates" Smith

Given to him by Richie Ashburn describing his baserunning ability.

[JollyElm]

Mark "The Bird" Fidrych

[39special]

Disco Dan Ford

[39special]

Fat Freddie Fitzsimmons
Leo "the Lip" Durocher

[pclpads]

Carl "Skoonj" Furillo

[oldjudge]

ARoid

[Theoldprofessor]

Ducky Medwick
Ducky Schofield
Goose Goslin
Goose Gossage
Chick Hafey
Turkey Stearnes
Rick “The Rooster” Burleson
Eagle Eye Beckley
George “The Stork” Theodore

[Batter67up]

Pee Wee Reese

[Sean]

Robert "Death to Flying Things" Ferguson

+1

Hugh "Losing Pitcher" Mulcahy

[bbsports]

The Georgia Peach Ty Cobb
The Sultan of Swat George Herman Ruth
The Iron Horse Lou Gehrig

[deadballfreaK]

John "Pepper" Martin aka "The Wild Horse of the Osage"

[dog*dirt]

I have always liked Bob "Suitcase" Seeds.

[johnmh71]

Anybody from the 30's - the nickname decade.

[sago]

Chris Berman version -
John "Tonight Let It Be" Lowenstein
Bert "Be Home" Blyleven

Real nicknames
Tom Seaver - The Franchise, Tommy Terrific

Best pitcher of my lifetime. (coming up on 50)

[ALR-bishop]

...Leon "Suitcase" Simpson

Choo Choo Coleman

Smokey Burgess

Rocky Bridges

[bwbc917]

Let's not forget Moses Solomon "The Rabbi of Swat"

[z28jd]

The OJ set has three of my favorites

Peek-A-Boo Veach, Phenomenal Smith and Deacon "McGreachery" White

[DHogan]

Bill The Spaceman Lee

[deadballfreaK]

Jimmie "Double X" or "The Beast" Foxx
Fred "Bonehead" Merkle

[kdixon]

Charles Dillion "Casey" Stengel. Named after his hometown of KC Missouri which became Casey.

[billyb]

Eddie Yost, "The Walking Stick"
Charlie "Paw Paw" Maxwell

[parker1b2]

Ernie "The Schnozz" Lombardi

[irishdenny]

"BiG SiX" & "The Christian Gentleman", Christy Mathewson
"BiG Ed" Walsh

And One I just heard of Today...

"The Human Eyeball" Bristol Robotham Lord(Athletics').
Big Eyes & a Large Forehead lead to his Nickname.
He was the Last Player Survivor from the 1905 World Series, He pass'd away in 1964 at the age of 81.

[almostdone]

One of my favs. Wilmer "Vinegar Bend" Mizell
Drew

[pariah1107]

"Sour Mash" Jack Daniels

[Deertick]

Ron "The Pincushion" Hunt

[GoldenAge50s]

The "Commerce Comet"!!!

[packs]

George "Twinkle Toes" Selkirk

Tony "Apollo of the Box" Mullane

William "Adonis" Terry

William Von Winkle "Chicken" Wolf

[SMPEP]

"Pickles" Dillhoefer

[VoodooChild]

Dave Parker - "The Cobra"

[mybuddyinc]

Oil Can Boyd


"The only difference between the minors and the majors is in the minors I used to drink a six-pack before the game. In the majors I drink a six-pack after the game."

[pbspelly]

Mike "The Human Rain Delay" Hargrove

The Say Hey Kid

Charlie Hustle

The Flying Dutchman

Blue Moon Odom

Nails Dykstra

Gary "The Secretary of Defense" Maddux

Crime Dog

Bye Bye Balboni

Rusty Le Grande Orange Staub

Catfish Hunter

The Sandman

The Big Hurt

The Big Train

[packs]

Everyone knows these, but if you're a ballplayer, who wouldn't kill to be known as Donnie Baseball or Teddie Ballgame?

[JLange]

Earl Averill. The Earl of Snohomish

[39special]

Bake McBride
Preacher Roe
Harry "the hat" Walker
Jungle Jim Rivera

[dclarkraiders]

Ozzie "The Wizard" Smith

Stan "The Man" Musial

"Boog" Powell

Brooks "The Vaccum Cleaner" Robinson

Ron "The Penguin" Cey

Shwne " The Flyin' Hawaiian" Victorino

[Brian Van Horn]

Bill "The Quail" Virdon
Bill "Old Arbitrator" Klem

[Peter_Spaeth]

Sultan of Swat
Iron Horse
Yankee Clipper
Shoeless
Rajah
Big Train
Splendid Splinter
Stan the Man
Rocket (Clemens)
Big Hurt

[sycks22]

Benny Agbayani: Hawaiian Punch

[deucetwins]

Clyde "Deerfoot" Milan

[kcohen]

My favorite Chris Bermanism was

Craig "Def" Lefferts

[quinnsryche]

"Phenomenal" Smith (Old Judge era). Gave himself his own nickname. Now that's BALLS!

[earlywynnfan]

My first thought was No-Neck; he actually signed a ball for me like that.

Also, Bevo LeBourveau

[Bugsy]

Pedro "Booger" Munoz...after Booger from Revenge of the Nerds.

[Wite3]

Edward James Abbaticchio was nicknamed "Batty"

[alanu]

I don't know if these have been mentioned yet

Yogi Berra

Chipper Jones

Tiger Woods

Roy Hobbs, The Natural

[alaskapaul3]

Razor Shines

and as Dubbed by Greg Maddux...Rich Garces was "El Guapo"

[jerrys]

"Three finger" Brown
Cookie Lavagetto
Cookie Rojas
Charlie "King Kong" Keller

[ALR-bishop]

Whammy Douglas
Moe Drabowsky
Buuba Morton
Hoot Evers
Vinegar Bend Mizell
Pumpsie Green
Cot Deal
Coot Veal
Duke carmel
Rip Repulski
Klyde Klutz...well maybe that was his name

[packs]

Sugar Cain
Silver Flint

[glynparson]

The Reading Rifle.

[packs]

Arlie Latham "The Freshest Man on Earth"

[clydepepper]

George "Twinkle Toes" Selkirk

Tony "Apollo of the Box" Mullane

William "Adonis" Terry

William Von Winkle "Chicken" Wolf

The NEW "Twinkle Toes"

I present...Mr. Chad Qualls:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACOMc6s9PI4

[Bicem]

Big Hurt.


Will always be my favorite.

[Theo_450]

He has been mentioned once.

My vote goes to:

"Three Fingers" Mordecai Brown.

[Koufax32fan]

So many good ones, but Double Duty Radcliffe and Cool Papa Bell have to be considered.

[Den*nis O*Brien]

Johnny "Bear Tracks" Schmitz. The home town hero of Wausau Wisconsin.

[Jlighter]

Ryan "I have no" Braun.:)

[wolf441]

"Poosh 'em up" Tony Lazzeri