Hall Of Fame names

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Posted By: leon

While "Hall of Fame" is fresh in the minds of all board members I thought I would start a thread of best/weirdest/funniest names in minor/major league history. This can be current or past. Before I forget I would also like to nominate Jay Miller for the collector's Hall of Fame. I really just want to see him give an acceptance speech while handing the plaque(that he bought) to himself ok...for the names I will start with "Ten Million" and this guy:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1832552841

or he could have just been "crap" .......regards all

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Posted By: Jay Miller

Thinking back to an "In Living Color" skit I would like to nominate Dick Buttkiss (Butkus). By the way Leon, let me know if I make it in so I can buy a realllllllllly nice plaque.

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Posted By: Tom

Razor Shines

Also.......
Dummy Hoy and Dummy Taylor.......still can't get over those descriptors.........

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Posted By: Kevin Cummings

How about these for starters:

Maurice Archdeacon
Casper Asbjornson
Salome Barojas
Belve Bean
Joaquin Benoit
Rivington Bisland
Bruno Block
Hiram Bocachica
Joshua Booty
Angel Bravo
Garland Buckeye
Hercules Burnett
Homer Bush

You can't make this stuff up!

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Posted By: TBob

"Laughing" Larry Doyle
"Turkey" Mike Donlin
"Dicknose" Buck Herzog
"Prince" Hal Chase
"Little Napoleon" John McGraw
"Iron Man" Joe McGinity
"The Christian Gentleman" Christy Mathewson
"Hooks" George Wiltse
"Doc" Crandall (because of his college degree)
"Chief" Meyers

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Posted By: stutor

My all-time favorite is a minor leaguer named....Titman (T210 Series 2)

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Posted By: brian parker

Krapp in the 1910 Obak set and E99 Bishop set.

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Posted By: Ryan Christoff

If we are talking names on cards, my vote goes to a Cuban card (surprise!) of HOFer Pop Lloyd. On Lloyd's 1920's Aguilitas Segundas card it says "Joe Baseball". The reason remains a mystery.

For 19th Century, my vote goes to Phenomenal Smith.

The Negro Leagues are loaded with great names if we are counting nicknames, including several HOFers. A few are:

- Cool Papa Bell
- Satchel Paige
-Turkey Stearnes
- Bullet Joe Rogan (his name was Wilbur)
- Smokey Joe Williams
- Ghost Marcelle
- Mule Suttles
- Double Duty Radcliffe
- Boojum Wilson
- Cannonball Redding
- Superman Pennington
- Champion Mesa
- Jewbaby Johnson (yes, Jewbaby)
- Moocha Harris
- Heavy Johnson
- Googoo Livingston
- Spot Poles
- Bubbles Anderson
- Neck Stanley
- Stainless Steele
- Jelly Gardner
- Wild Bill Wright


There's a ton more, but that's a decent starter list.

-Ryan

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Posted By: runscott

Boileryard Clarke
Cupid Childs
Fatty Briody
Adonis Terry
Chicken Wolf
Buttercup Dickerson
Ubbo Ubbo Hornung
Lip Pike
Oyster Burns
Monkey Hotaling
Nig Cuppy
Hunkey Hines
Bald Billy Barnie

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Posted By: rmacpa

"pud" galvin

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Posted By: Kevin Cummings

.....Calvin Coolidge Julius Caesar Tuskahoma McLish.

Any question why they called him "Buster?"

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Posted By: Brian Weisner

Blue Moon Odom
Muddy Ruel
Chic Gandil
Wheezer Dell
Rabbit Maranville
Hoot Evers
Goose Goslin
Dizzy Dean
Grasshopper Whitney
Pluto Oliver
Fuzzy White
Pinky Woods
Pie Traynor
Dave Brain
Long John Reilly
Icebox Chamberlin

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Posted By: 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"

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Posted By: warshawlaw

Some of my favorites:

Clyde Klutz
Mickey Klutz
Jack Armstrong (the Reds pitcher, named for the Wheaties character?)

And outside of baseball:

Magic Johnson (think about it)

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Posted By: TBob

"Three Finger" Mordecai Brown (we all know why)
"Noisey" Johnny Kling (who used to talk incessantly)
"Peerless Leader" Frank Chance
"Wildfire" Jack Schulte
"The Crab" Johnny Evers
"Giant Killer" Jack Pfeister

I'm stuck. Anymore from that team?

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Posted By: John

a few years ago,dont know if he still plays or not,but there was a minor leaguer named wonderful terrific monds III,and that was his real name and that also means there were 2 people named that before him....also another minor leaguer went by the nickname pork chop pough.....if i can add in a few more basketball names,fennis dembo,uwe blab,and world b free,all real names
i also think i remember a pirates minor leaguer whos name was spanish joel forrest,i think scott knows how he got the nickname better than me,or if its even right

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Posted By: Julie Vognar

They sound real handy!

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Posted By: Jaime Leiderman

Bull Durham's

Ebby Calvin 'Nuke' LaLoosh & Crash Davis

"You don't respect yourself. That's your problem. You don't respect the game. That's my problem." (Crash Davis to "Nuke" LaLoosh)