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Of course red/al/albert
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And Roberto Hernandez. Cleveland fans know this one!

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Boog Powell/John Powell, Mike Cuellar/Mike Cueller, Vern Law/Vernon Law, Nellie Fox/Nelson Fox, Dutch Leonard/Emil Leonard, Phil Cavarretta/Phil Cavaretta, Chico Carrasquel/Alfonso Carrasquel, Roy Face/Elroy Face, Cuno Barragan/Cuno Barragon, Smoky Burgess/Forrest Burgess, Granny Hamner/Granville Hamner.
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Have we mentioned Lou and Henry Gehrig?
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Most are just nicknames.

But some...
From a bit of googling
Pete Appleton, formerly Pete Jablonowski


Then there's extending into other sports

World B. Free / Lloyd Bernard Free
Ron Artest / Metta World Peace / Metta Sandiford-Artest
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To state the obvious, Lew Alcindor --> Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. I think a few other NBA players have adopted Islamic names, right? There was a guy in the early '90s if I recall.
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Ellie / Elrod Hendricks

Elrod is a much cooler baseball name. IMHO
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To state the obvious, Lew Alcindor --> Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. I think a few other NBA players have adopted Islamic names, right? There was a guy in the early '90s if I recall.
Chris Jackson/Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf. Another Basketball is Keith Wilkes/Jamaal Wilkes. A couple of Football, Bobby Moore/Ahmad Rashad, Sharmon Shah/Karim Abdul-Jabbar. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar later sued him and he changed it to Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar.
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