The Best Nicknames In The World of Baseball

[Dave Visbeck]

Lets not forget... another Negro Leagues player -

John "Steel Arm" Taylor

[Joe Pepitone]

Vinegar Bend Mizell

[Jake_Gibbs]

[QUOTE=hellonewman]Choo-Choo Coleman

Choo-Choo Coleman is my favorite because when asked by Ralph Kiner on Kiner's Corner how he got the nickname Choo-Choo, his reply was "I really don't know Ralph."

[Tommy John]

[QUOTE=Jake_Gibbs]

Choo-Choo Coleman

Choo-Choo Coleman is my favorite because when asked by Ralph Kiner on Kiner's Corner how he got the nickname Choo-Choo, his reply was "I really don't know Ralph."

My favorite Choo-Choo story is when an announcer (Kiner or Lindsay Nelson)
asked him "what's your wife's name, and what's she like?" Coleman replied
"Her name is Mrs. Coleman and she likes me."

[Dave Visbeck]

Tony "Shoo Shoo" Conigliaro

[Dave Visbeck]

From the early years in Boston...

George Lovington "Sassafrass" Winter

[IronCaballo4]

Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens

And my current favorite: Adam Dunn...the Big Donkey

[Dave Visbeck]

I forgot...Thurman Munson, The Walrus.

I've heard the nickname "Squatty" used for him by some Red Sox players in the 70's. Anyone ever heard that used?

[Dave Visbeck]

And here are a few more Yankee nicknames that haven’t been mentioned yet. And of course, my all-time favorite…
Casey Stengel - The Old Perfessor

From the 40's in Boston...
Dominic Paul "The Little Professor" DiMaggio!

[Dave Visbeck]

Lets not forget yet another Negro Leagues player and HOF member...


Wilber "Bullet" Rogan

[Dave Visbeck]

Doe's anyone remember "Dr. Strangeglove"?

[Dave Visbeck]

I find it amazing that no one has mentioned

The Commerce Comet

How about "The Cuban Comet" Minnie Monoso.

[penguin4]

Doe's anyone remember "Dr. Strangeglove"?

Dick Stuart, right?

I think people have also pinned that name on some player recently, however, someone who's still playing -- I forget who.

[Dave Visbeck]

Dick Stuart, right?

I think people have also pinned that name on some player recently, however, someone who's still playing -- I forget who.

That's the guy! And how about "The Springfield Rifle"

[the duque]

Brown is going. So, it looks like we have a rematch of the opening game of the '98 WS

I'm surprised this isn't being talked about more, Houston had a rainout so it might be cause AP wasn't originially schedueled to pitch. But he's coming to Tampa, so it'll be interesting with him seeing familiar faces.

Link

orlando "el duque" hernandez!

[maldon]

That's the guy! And how about "The Springfield Rifle"

Vic Raschi!

[JoeSeadog]

Let's not confuse "nicknames" for "known as the".

When Mickey Mantle walked into a room people didn't greet him with,
"Hello Commerce Comet!"

Thurman Munson was commonly called "tugboat" by his closest friends on the team.

Some of my favorite nicks: "Spook" Jacobs, "Whammy" Douglas, "Ice" Williams

[DontHateOnNumber2]

I've got an oldie! Felix "El Gato Flaco" Heredia!

[Big_E]

John Milton Rivers -- aka "Mickey" Rivers, "Mick the Quick"
Russell Earl Dent -- "Bucky" Dent, "Bucky Fukcing Dent"
Charles Dillon Stengel -- "Casey" Stengel, "The Old Perfessor"

[Dave Visbeck]

Wonder if Showboat Fisher is in here?

[fredgmuggs]

Curt Blefary - Clank. That told you everything you needed to know about his glove.

[Dave Visbeck]

"Bug" Holliday

[Dave Visbeck]

"Cookie" Lavagetto

[Dave Visbeck]

Frankie "The Fordham Flash" Frisch

[Dave Visbeck]

Albert "Butts" Wagner

[Dave Visbeck]

Wilbur "Roxey" Roach

[Dave Visbeck]

"Stubby" Manger

[JL25and3]

"Everyday" Eddie Guardado. As perfect as they come.

[hardrain]

Robert Vavasour Ferguson (Death to Flying Things)
is still the best
http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/fergubo01.shtml

[Dave Visbeck]

Sam "The Goshen Schoolmaster" Leever ... is one from where I now live. Gotta love the guy. Thanks Sammy ...

[Dave Visbeck]

"Kitty" Bransfield was a teammate of "The Goshen Schoolmaster"

[Dave Visbeck]

"Lave" Winham was another teammate of Sammy

[Dave Visbeck]

The really really old "Louisiana Lightning" was the team's pitching coach of "The Goshen Schoolmaster" and the rest of the pitching staff

[Dave Visbeck]

How could I forget the famous "To Chicken to Play" team ... with the famous"Dummy"Taylor, "Moose " McCormick, and"Hooks" Wiltse ...
that all played for the "The Crowing, Cluck-Clucking, Wing Flapping , Full of Poop, Little Cock Chicken Rooster" Manager himself ... New York's own John McGraw, from way back in 1904.

[CardNYY]

Another "Cookie". Octavio Victor Rojas Rivas. Former Mets 3rd base coach

[fredgmuggs]

Robert Vavasour Ferguson (Death to Flying Things)
is still the best
http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/fergubo01.shtml

I have to ask - do you know how he got that nickname? I have an image of a guy carrying around his own personal fly swatter.

2 more nicknames I've always enjoyed....

El Gaupo - Rich Garces

The Human Rain Delay - Mike Hargrove

[Yankees Empire]

The most unusual nickname I've ever seen belonged to a player in the 19th century named Charlie Pabor who was nicknamed "The Old Woman In The Red Cap." Try hanging that one on a player today.

Great thread.

[Casey37]

The really really old "Louisiana Lightning" was the team's pitching coach of "The Goshen Schoolmaster" and the rest of the pitching staff

Funny you should mention "Louisiana Lightning". It just brought to mind our own Ron Guidry, who back in the good old daze was also nicknamed "Gator" and "Ragin' Cajun"

[Nome]

Suitcase Harry Simpson, so named because he was traded so many times.

Andy

[Nome]

Dick Stuart, right?

I think people have also pinned that name on some player recently, however, someone who's still playing -- I forget who.

I remember Dick Stuart as a reasonably decent fielder. I always thought Dr Strangeglove was Marvelous Marv Throneberry. Am I wrong once again??

Andy

[Dave Visbeck]

I remember Dick Stuart as a reasonably decent fielder. I always thought Dr Strangeglove was Marvelous Marv Throneberry. Am I wrong once again??

Andy

Maybe Marvelous is Doctor Strangeglove like Mr. Stuart is.

[Nome]

Maybe Marvelous is Doctor Strangeglove like Mr. Stuart is.

Dave,

Sorry, I'm not sure what you mean. Was Stuart Dr Strangeglove??

Andy

[Dave Visbeck]

Dave,

Sorry, I'm not sure what you mean. Was Stuart Dr Strangeglove??

Andy

Yes. I'm sorry for any confusion.

[sheff_hat]

Loved "El Brujo" for Ramiro Mendoza...the witch doctor!

Also always liked the Big Unit.

I made up my own nickname for Pavano, the Big Useless.

[Casey37]

I remember Dick Stuart as a reasonably decent fielder. I always thought Dr Strangeglove was Marvelous Marv Throneberry. Am I wrong once again??

Andy

Actually, the real Dr. Strangeglove was Dick Sturart

http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/stuardi01.shtmlt

[Dave Visbeck]

Cuckoo Christensen

Reds player from about 80 years ago.

[pleasepassthesoup]

"Sparky" Lyle, who was also called "The Count" by some of his teammates.

[Dave Visbeck]

Egyptian Healy

[Dave Visbeck]

Count
Sensenderfer

[Dave Visbeck]

Oyster Burns