Worst Ballplayer Names?
 

Some time ago we had a thread about the best player names/nicknames. Might be fun to go the other way: worst or most unfortunate names. This came to mind after looking through Jim's fabulous album of T210s and seeing Mr. Clunk.

So...my nomination for all-time most unfortunate name is
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Clyde Kluttz (though he actually had a .980 FA as a catcher)

Bill

Certainly not pre-war, but J.J. Putz comes to mind.

Rusty Kuntz?

JP, you stole my thunder...I don't know how it gets worse than Rusty Kuntz.

The Mets 3rd base coach last year had a really odd name - Razor Shines.

Ugly Dickshot

some names
 

Woody Held
Clyde Kluttz
Dusty Rhodes
Van Lingle Mungo ( it doesnt even sound like a name of a person)
Harry Chiti
Lu Blue
Ethan Allen
and George Whasington

a list of major league nicenames - just look them up
Bow Wow Arft
Whammy Douglas
Buttermilk Dowd
Turkeyfoot Brower
Ding-a-Ling Clay
Whoops Creeden
Crunchy Cronin
Daffy Dean
Peacefuly valley Deizer
Pea Soup Dumont
Sleth Fleming
Inch Gleich
Bootnose Hofmann
Raw Meat Rogers
Beauty MGowen
Pretzels Pezzullo
Pid Purdy
Icicle Reeder
Lady Baldwin
Red Bird
Mule Shirley
Peak-a-Boo Veach
Chicken Wolf
Bunny Brief
Oyster Burns
(((all names from The Great American Baseball Card Flipping, Tradding and Bubble Gum Book))) by Fred C Harris and Brendan C Boyd Has anyone ever read this book?

Dick Pole of the early 1960s Red Sox

Dick Felt of the early 1960s Boston Patriots

Dick Trickle of Nascar fame

I mean what were their parents thinking?

On the other hand, I think Urban Shocker is one of the best names of all time!

Then there's Dick Swett, former congressman from New Hampshire

....whose name did NOT phase President Obama.:)

Football


Fair Hooker....a true oxymoron :)

Albert Pooholes

Dick Fowler

I always liked Johnny Grubb

names
 

How about Johnnny Dickshot or Ambrose (Brusie) Ogrodowski

there are plenty, aren't there?
 

2 of my faves...

Bob Walk - pitcher
Mickey Klutts - SS, 3B

Isn't there a player in the Obak set named Krapp?

My favorite Olympic name - Gurd Bonk (a weightlifter).

Eli Grba is another favorite.

Football: Dick Shiner and Buzz Nutter

Gotta believe Brian Asselstine ended up in a playground scrap or two when he was a kid.

Peter LaCock (whose father was Peter Marshall, of Hollywood Squares fame).

One of my favorites has always been Bob Walk (not the best name for a pitcher).

Steve

And Pete LaCock's aunt, ie Peter Marshall's sister, was the easy on the eyes actress Joanne Dru. She was in "Red River," among other films.

I have five
 

Still Bill Hill
Nig Cuppy
Pea Ridge Day
Sweetbreads Bailey
The Only Nolan

Stubby Clapp.

Archive Dorskin

Dick Shiner has to be near the top.

Worst Ballplayer Names?
 

Leon Luckey?

Really, nobody has mentioned Dick Phelan from the Old Judge set yet!?!

Sibbi Sisti

Great name. Of the Braves

How about recent Red Sox pickup Biff Bonser--his middle name just screams to be Bozo!

Evel Bastida

Might as well go ahead and lock the thread. We have our winner.

Here's a couple that haven't been mentioned yet...
 

Dick Butkus. Think his name may have anything to do with how he punished people? :eek:

And from an active player... Milton Bradley. Think he took some heat from his classmates with a name like that? That also might be the source of his nasty disposition. :mad:

BTW... Nice thread.

Kevin Mmahat

Thanks, David. You made me spit my coffee on my keyboard.

Archive Dorskin :D:D:D:D:D

That's possibly the funniest thing I've ever read on the internet.

Vinegar Bend Mizell

Coco Crisp.

but nothing beats David's suggestion!