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Brian H"Death to Flying Things" Ferguson (from 19th Century)
"The Rabbi of Swat" -- actually I forgot who he was. I know he was Jewish and they were trying to market him to New York as the Jewish Babe Ruth or something.
"Silent" Mike Tiernan (19th century)
"Lady" Baldwin (19th Century)
"Wahoo" Sam Crawford (HOF)
"Oil Can" Boyd
"The Mad Hungarian" Al Hrabowski -- there was also a "Mad Russian" I don't recall who
"The White Rat" "Whitey" Herzog
"The Freshest Man Alive" Arlie Latham (19th Century etc.)
"the Road Runner" Ralph Garr
"Kaiser" Wihelm
"the Toy Cannon" Jim Wynn
"piano Legs" Hickman
"the tabasco Kid" Elberfeld
The Vulture" Phil Regan (Relief Pitchers often have cool names these days)
"Foxy" Ned Hanlon -- HOF manager
"Mr. Clean" Steve Garvey -- Very ironic in hindsight
"Jack the Ripper" Clark
-- somewhat common nicknames:
Whitey, Lefty, Chick, Sparky, Chief, Babe, Rudy, Cap, Duke, Red.
...and the nickname Charles Barkley says he always wanted "the Big Unit"