Which baseball player has the best nickname?

Question

I really like King Felix (Felix Hernandez of the Mariners) even if some people say he hasn't earned it.

And I have to admit that Jaba the Hutt is a great nickname and freaking hilarious!

Answer 1

Favorite Answer

Papi -- Edgar Martinez (aka: Gar)

Coltrane -- Russell Nathan Coltrane Jeanson Martin (LA Dodger catcher's full name)

Junior -- Ken Griffey Jr.

Mr. October -- Reggie Jackson

Wild Thing -- Mitch Williams

Rajah -- Rogers Hornsby

Vacuum Cleaner -- Brooks Robinson

Stan "The Man" Musial

Rube Waddell -- his first name is George

The Flying Dutchman -- Honus Wagner (real name: John Peter Wagner)

Rapid Robert -- Bob Feller

Double X -- Jimmie Foxx (aka: Beast)

Little General -- Johnny Bench

Old Pete -- Grover Cleveland Alexander

Sweet Swingin' Billy from Whistler -- Billy Williams

Pee Wee Reese -- Harold

The Octopus -- Marty Marion (aka: Slats)

Firemen -- Joe Page (aka: The Gay Reliever)

El Presidente -- Dennis Martinez

"Sudden" Sam McDowell

Harold "Pie" Traynor

Pepper Martin -- Johnny Martin (aka:The Wild Horse Of The Osage)

The Toy Cannon -- Jimmy Wynn

Sweet Music -- Frank Viola

Frank "Home Run" Baker -- career = 96 HR, best season = 12 HR

Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn

Double No-Hit -- Johnny Vander Meer (aka: The Dutch Master)

Sweetbreads Bailey -- Abraham Lincoln Bailey

Puddin' Head --Willie Jones

Dizzy Dean -- Jay Dean

Daffy Dean -- Paul Dean

Sweet Lou -- Lou Whitaker Jr.

The Old Perfessor -- Casey Stengel

Commy -- Charles Comiskey

The Swamp Fox -- Alvin Dark (aka: Blackie)

Leo "The Lip" Durocher

And last but not least:

The Iron Horse -- Lou Gehrig (aka: Biscuit Pants)

LOL ... I've never heard him called Biscuit Pants.

Answer 2

Senor Smoke - Juan Bereanguer

The Great Bambino, The Sultan of Swat, The King of Crash, The Colossus of Clout, The Babe

Big Papi

The Big Unit

Big Hurt

The Iron Horse

The Wizard

The Splendid Splinter (Ted Williams)

Willie "Hit 'em Where They Ain't" Keeler

Hammerin' Hank Aaron

The Georgia Peach (Ty Cobb)

Mordecai "Three Fingers" Brown

The Yankee Clipper ("Joltin' Joe" DiMaggio)

Fred "Bonehead" Merkle

Walter "Big Train" Johnson

Answer 3

George Herman "Babe" Ruth

How about Willie "Pudding Head" Jones because he was always getting beaned.

"Duke" Snider

Carl Furrillo "The Reading Rifle"

Mike Epstein "Super Jew"

"Dizzy" Dean and his brother "Daffy" Dean

Walter"The Big Train" Johnson

PS The original king was King Carl Hubbell Or maybe Charlie King Kong Keller

Answer 4

Frank The Big Hurt Thomas

Answer 5

Definitely David Ortiz with Big Papi

Answer 6

Oil Can Boyd

Scooter Rizzuto (bless his sole)

The Mad Hungarian Al Hrabosky

Catfish Hunter

Good Stuff

Answer 7

My favorite has always been Walt "3 blind" Weiss, shortstop for the A's late 80's/early 90's. He also had a stop in Atlanta before calling it quites.

Answer 8

Vladimir Guerrero - "Bad Vlad" "Vlad the Impaler"

Jason Schmidt - Jason "Holy" Schmidt

Rich Gossage - "Goose" Gossage

Sammy Sosa - "Corky" Sosa (after the corked bat incident)

Willie Mays - "Say Hey Kid"

There's a bunch but these just haven't been mentioned yet =P.

Answer 9

Greatest baseball nickname of all time is from the 1800's.

Bob "Death to Flying Things" Ferguson.

Answer 10

ive always been a fan of ted williams, the splendid splinter.

Some other good ones, Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd

Ozzie Smith, the Wizard of Oz

Virgil "Fire" Trucks