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Posted By: Dave Snyder

Perhaps this is a stupid question and I apologize if it's already been covered, but everytime I see a T206 J.J. Clarke card up for auction, it's listed as J.J. Clarke, Nig, Cleveland. Can someone please tell me what Nig means? Is it just a nickname like "Rube" or "Doc"?

On a side note, will baseball ever have another era where we find the following names all playing at once?

Hunky, Bunk, Rube, Wildfire, Wild Bill, Chief, Doc, Nig, Red, Whitey, Home Run, Jap, Shad, Ginger, Beals, Heine, Kitty, Mordecai, Iron Man, Wid, Birdie, Jiggs, Patsy, Kid, Hobe, Peaches, Dolly, Fielder, Otto, Nap, Lefty, Paddy, Moose, Dots, Rebel, Hub, Deacon, Bugs, Germany, Admiral, Boss, Happy, Tris, Tubby, Gabby, Kaiser, Hooks, Lucky