List of baseball nicknames

Baseball nicknames have become an integral part of the sport's culture: "In no sport are nicknames more pervasive than baseball." This is a list of nicknames of Major League Baseball teams and players. It includes a complete list of nicknames of players in the Baseball Hall of Fame, a list of nicknames of current players, nicknames of popular players who have played for each major league team, and lists of nicknames grouped into particular categories (e.g., ethnic nicknames, personality trait nicknames etc.). It also includes a list of nicknames of current Major League teams. Sports journalists, broadcasters and fans commonly refer to teams by a wide variety of nicknames. Many of the names are so established that newspapers routinely use the names in headlines.

Player nicknames

Hall of Fame inductees

  – Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame

Player	Career	Nickname	Ref
Hank Aaron	1954–76	"Hammer," "Hammerin’ Hank" or "Bad Henry"
Grover Cleveland Alexander	1911–30	"Old Pete"
Walter Alston	1954–76	"Smokey"
Sparky Anderson	1970–95	"Sparky" or "Captain Hook"
Cap Anson	1871–97	"Cap", "Pop", "Uncle" or "Captain"
Luis Aparicio	1956–73	"Little Louie"
Luke Appling	1930–50	"Old Aches & Pains", "Luscious Luke", "Fumblefoot" or "Kid Boots"
Richie Ashburn	1948–62	"Putt-Putt" or "Whitey"
Earl Averill	1929–41	"Rock" or "Earl of Snohomish"
Home Run Baker	1908–22	"Home Run"
Dave Bancroft	1915–30	"Beauty"
Ernie Banks	1953–71	"Mr. Cub"
Jake Beckley	1888–1907	"Eagle Eye"
Cool Papa Bell		"Cool Papa"
Johnny Bench	1967–83	"Little General"
Chief Bender	1903–25	"Chief"
Yogi Berra	1946–65	"Yogi"
Wade Boggs	1982–99	"Chicken Man"
Jim Bottomley	1922–37	"Sunny Jim"
Roger Bresnahan	1897–1915	"The Duke of Tralee"
Lou Brock	1961–79	"The Franchise"
Dan Brouthers	1879–96	"Big Dan" or "Alderman"
Mordecai Brown	1903–16	"Three Finger" or "Miner"
Jesse Burkett	1890–1905	"Crab"
Roy Campanella	1948–57	"Campy"
Max Carey	1910–29	"Scoops"
Steve Carlton	1965–88	"Lefty"
Gary Carter	1974–92	"The Kid"
Orlando Cepeda	1958–74	"Baby Bull" or "Cha Cha"
Frank Chance	1898–1914	"Husk," "The Peerless Leader" and part of "Tinker to Evers to Chance"
Happy Chandler		"Happy"
Jack Chesbro	1899–1909	"Happy Jack"
Fred Clarke	1897–1915	"Cap"
Roberto Clemente	1955–72	"Arriba" or "Bob"
Ty Cobb	1905–28	"The Georgia Peach"
Mickey Cochrane	1925–37	"Black Mike" or "Mickey"
Eddie Collins	1906–30	"Cocky"
Earle Combs	1924–35	"The Kentucky Colonel"
Charlie Comiskey	1882–94	"Commy" or "The Old Roman"
Jocko Conlan		"Jocko"
Stan Coveleski	1912–28	"Covey"
Sam Crawford	1899–1917	"Wahoo Sam"
Candy Cummings	1872–77	"Candy"
Kiki Cuyler	1921–38	"Kiki" or "Cuy"
Dizzy Dean	1930–41	"Diz", "Dizzy" or "The Great Man"
Ed Delahanty	1888–1903	"Big Ed"
Joe DiMaggio	1936–51	"The Yankee Clipper" or "Joltin Joe"
Don Drysdale	1956–69	"Big D"
Hugh Duffy	1888–1906	"Sir Hugh"
Leo Durocher	1925–73	"The Lip" or "Lippy"
Dennis Eckersley	1975–98	"The Eck"
Johnny Evers	1902–29	"The Crab" "Trojan" and part of "Tinker to Evers to Chance"
Buck Ewing	1880–97	"Buck"
Red Faber	1914–33	"Red"
Bob Feller	1936–56	"Rapid Robert" or "The Heater From Van Meter"
Rollie Fingers	1968–85	"Rollie"
Carlton Fisk	1969–93	"Pudge"
Whitey Ford	1950–67	"Whitey," "The Chairman of the Board," or "Slick""
Rube Foster		"Rube"
Nellie Fox	1947–65	"Nellie," "Little Nel," or "The Mighty Mite"'
Jimmie Foxx	1925–45	"Beast" or "Double X"
Frankie Frisch	1919–37	"The Fordham Flash"
Pud Galvin	1875–92	"Pud," "Gentle Jeems," or "The Little Steam Engine"
Lou Gehrig	1923–39	"The Iron Horse or "Buster" or "Biscuit Pants"
Charlie Gehringer	1924–42	"The Mechanical Man" and one of Detroit's "G-Men"
Bob Gibson	1959–75	"Hoot" or "Gibby"
Lefty Gomez	1930–43	"Lefty" or "Goofy"
Goose Goslin	1921–38	"Goose" and one of Detroit's "G-Men"
Hank Greenberg	1930–47	"Hammerin’ Hank" and one of Detroit's "G-Men"
Clark Griffith	1901–20	"The Old Fox"
Burleigh Grimes	1916–34	"Ol' Stubblebeard"
Lefty Grove	1925–41	"Lefty"
Tony Gwynn	1982–2001	"Captain Video"
Chick Hafey	1924–37	"Chick"
Jesse Haines	1918–37	"Pop"
Billy Hamilton	1888–1901	"Sliding Billy"
Ned Hanlon	1880–1907	"Ned"
Bucky Harris	1919–56	"Bucky"
Gabby Hartnett	1922–41	"Gabby" or "Old Tomato Face"
Harry Heilmann	1914–32	"Slug"
Harry Hooper	1909–25	"Hoop"
Rogers Hornsby	1915–37	"Rajah"
Waite Hoyt	1918–38	"Schoolboy"
Carl Hubbell	1928–43	"King Carl" or "The Meal Ticket"
Catfish Hunter	1965–79	"Catfish"
Monte Irvin	1949–56	"Mr. Murder"
Reggie Jackson	1967–87	"Mr. October"
Travis Jackson	1922–36	"Stonewall"
Ferguson Jenkins	1965–83	"Fly" or "Fergie"
Hughie Jennings	1891–1924	"Ee-Yah"
Ban Johnson		"Ban"
Walter Johnson	1907–27	"The Big Train" or "Barney"
Al Kaline	1953–74	"Salty", "Line", or "Mr. Tiger"
Tim Keefe	1880–93	"Smiling Tim" or "Sir Timothy"
Willie Keeler	1892–1910	"Wee Willie" or "Hit 'Em Where They Ain't"
George Kelly	1915–32	"Highpockets"
King Kelly	1878–93	"Honest Joe" or "King"
Harmon Killebrew	1954–75	"Killer"
Chuck Klein	1928–44	"The Hoosier Hammerer"
Nap Lajoie	1896–1916	"Larry" or "Poli" or "Nap"
Tony Lazzeri	1926–39	"Poosh 'Em Up Tony"
Buck Leonard		"Buck"
Freddie Lindstrom	1924–36	"Lindy"
Pop Lloyd		"Pop"
Ernie Lombardi	1931–47	"Bocci" or "Schnozz"
Ted Lyons	1923–46	"Sunday Teddy"
Connie Mack	1894–1950	"Connie", "Mr. Baseball", or "The Tall Tactician"
Mickey Mantle	1951–68	"The Mick," "The Commerce Comet," or "Muscles"
Heinie Manush	1923–39	"Heinie"
Rabbit Maranville	1912–35	"Rabbit"
Juan Marichal	1960–75	"Manito", "Mar", or "The Dominican Dandy"
Rube Marquard	1908–25	"Rube"
Christy Mathewson	1900–16	"Big Six," "Matty," or "The Christian Gentleman"
Willie Mays	1951–73	"The Say Hey Kid"
Bill Mazeroski	1956–72	"Maz"
Joe McCarthy	1926–50	"Marse Joe"
Willie McCovey	1959–80	"Stretch," "Mac," or "Big Mac"
Joe McGinnity	1899–1908	"Iron Man"
Bill McGowan		"Little Joe Chest"
John McGraw	1899–1932	"Little Napoleon" or "Mugsy"
Bid McPhee	1882–99	"Bid"
Joe Medwick	1932–48	"Ducky" or "Ducky Wucky"
Johnny Mize	1936–53	"The Big Cat"
Paul Molitor	1978–98	"The Ignitor" or "Molly"
Eddie Murray	1977–97	"Steady Eddie"
Stan Musial	1941–63	"Stan the Man"
Hal Newhouser	1939–55	"Prince Hal"
Kid Nichols	1890–1906	"Kid"
Phil Niekro	1964–87	"Knucksie"
Jim O'Rourke	1872–1904	"Orator Jim"
Mel Ott	1926–47	"Master Melvin"
Satchel Paige	1948–53	"Satchel"
Jim Palmer	1965–84	"Cakes"
Herb Pennock	1912–34	"The Knight of Kennett Square"
Kirby Puckett	1984–95	"Puck"
Charles Radbourn	1881–91	"Old Hoss"
Pee Wee Reese	1940–58	"Pee Wee" or "The Little Colonel"
Branch Rickey	1905–07, 1913–25	"The Mahatma"
Cal Ripken, Jr	1981–2001	"Iron Man"
Eppa Rixey	1912–33	"Jeptha"
Phil Rizzuto	1941–56	"Scooter"
Brooks Robinson	1955–77	"Hoover" or "The Vacuum Cleaner"
Bullet Rogan		"Bullet"
Red Ruffing	1924–47	"Red"
Amos Rusie	1889–1901	"The Hoosier Thunderbolt"
Babe Ruth	1914–35	"Babe," "The Bambino," "Sultan of Swat" or "Colossus of Clout"
Nolan Ryan	1966–93	"The Ryan Express"
Ryne Sandberg	1981–97	"Ryno"
Ray Schalk	1912–29	"Cracker"
Mike Schmidt	1972–89	"Schmidty"
Tom Seaver	1967–86	"Tom Terrific" or "The Franchise"
Al Simmons	1924–44	"Bucketfoot Al"
George Sisler	1915–30	"Gorgeous George"
Enos Slaughter	1938–59	"Country"
Ozzie Smith	1978–96	"The Wizard of Oz" or "The Wizard"
Duke Snider	1947–64	"The Silver Fox" of "Duke"
Tris Speaker	1907–28	"Tris," "The Grey Eagle" or "Spoke"
Willie Stargell	1962–82	"Pops"
Turkey Stearnes		"Turkey'"
Casey Stengel	1912–25, 1934–65	"Casey" and "The Old Perfessor"
Don Sutton	1966–88	"Black & Decker"
Bill Terry	1923–36	"Memphis Bill"
Sam Thompson	1885–98	"Big Sam
Pie Traynor	1920–37	"Pie"
Dazzy Vance	1915–35	"Dazzy"
Arky Vaughan	1932–48	"Arky"
Rube Waddell	1897–1910	"Rube"
Honus Wagner	1897–1917	"The Flying Dutchman" or "Honus"
Lloyd Waner	1927–45	"Little Poison"
Paul Waner	1926–45	"Big Poison"
Earl Weaver	1968–86	"Doodles"
Willie Wells		"Devil"
Zack Wheat	1909–27	"Buck"
Billy Williams	1959–76	"Sweet Swingin' Billy from Whistler"
Hack Wilson	1923–34	"Hack"
Cyclone Joe Williams		"Smokey Joe" or "Cyclone"
Ted Williams	1939–60	"The Splendid Splinter," "Teddy Ballgame," "Thumper," or "Kid"
Early Wynn	1939–63	"Gus"
Carl Yastrzemski	1961–83	"Yaz"
Cy Young	1890–1911	"Cy" or "Cyclone"
Ross Youngs	1917–26	"Pep"
Robin Yount	1974–93	"The Kid"

Player nicknames by team

Atlanta Braves Players Nicknames

• Hank Aaron, Henry Louis Aaron (1954–76): "Hammer," “Hammerin’ Hank” or "Bad Henry"
• Felipe Alou, Felipe Rojas Alou (1958–74): "Panque"
• Dusty Baker, Johnnie B. Baker Jr. (1968–86): "Dusty"
• Steve Bedrosian, Stephen Wayne Bedrosian (1981–95): "Bedrock"
• Bruce Benedict, Bruce Edwin Benedict (1978–89): "Retriever"
• Buzz Capra, Lee William Capra (1971–77): "Buzz"
• Rico Carty, Ricardo Adolfo Jacobo Carty (1963–79): "Big Boy (Beeg Boy)" or "Rico"
• Chris Chambliss, Carroll Christopher Chambliss (1971–88): "Silent One"
• Darrell Evans, Darrell Wayne Evans (1969–89): "Doody," or "Howdy" or "Howdy Doody"
• Jeff Francoeur, Jeffrey Brandon Francoeur (2005– ): "Frenchy", "FYF"
• Rafael Furcal, Rafael Antoni Furcal (2000– ): "El Enano (The Dwarf)"
• Andrés Galarraga, Andrés José Padovani Galarraga: "Big Cat"
• Ralph Garr, Ralph Allen Garr (1968–80): "Roadrunner" or "Gator"
• Tom Glavine, Thomas Michael Glavine (1987– ): "The Great Glavine" or "Tommy G"
• Bob Horner, James Robert Horner (1978–88): "Mr. Ho Mah"
• Andruw Jones, Andruw Rudolf Jones (1996– ): "The Curaçao Kid"
• Chipper Jones, Larry Wayne Jones (1993– ): "Chipper"
• Ryan Klesko, Ryan Anthony Klesko: "Rhino"
• Mark Lemke, Mark Alan Lemke (1988–98): "Dirt" or "The Lemmer"
• Greg Maddux, Gregory Alan Maddux (1986– ): "Mad Dog"
• Eddie Mathews, Edwin Lee Mathews, Jr. (1952–68): "Eddie Mattress"
• Fred McGriff: "Crime Dog"
• Dale Murphy, Dale Bryan Murphy (1976–93): "The Murph" or "All-American Boy"
• Phil Niekro, Philip Henry Niekro (1964–87): "Knucksie"
• Rafael Ramirez, Rafael Emilio Ramírez Peguero (1980–92): "Raffy"
• Red Schoendienst, Albert Fred Schoendienst: "Red"
• Gary Sheffield, Gary Antonian Sheffield (1988– ): "Sheff" or "Shef-field of Dreams"
• John Smoltz, John Andrew Smoltz (1988– ): "Smoltzie" or "Smoltzy"
• Warren Spahn, Warren Edward Spahn (1942–65): "The Invincible One"
• Joe Torre, Joseph Paul Torre (1960–77): "El Chino"
• Eric Hinske: "Hinske, With His Best Shot"

Baltimore Orioles Players Nicknames

• Boog Powell, John Wesley Powell (1961–77): "Boog"
• Cal Ripken, Jr. Calvin Edwin Ripken, Jr. (1981–2001): "Iron Man"

Boston Red Sox Players Nicknames

• Oil Can Boyd, Dennis Ray Boyd (1982–91): "Oil Can"
• Roger Clemens: "The Rocket"
• Dwight Evans: "Dewey"
• Carlton Fisk: "Pudge"
• Víctor Martínez, Víctor Jesús Martínez (2009–): "V-Mart"
• Daisuke Matsuzaka: "Dice-K"
• David Ortiz: David Americo (Arias) Ortiz (1997– ): “Big Papi”
• Dustin Pedroia: Dustin Pedroia (2006–present): "The Laser Show"
• Babe Ruth: George Herman Ruth: “Babe”, “The Bambino”, “Sultan of Swat” "The King of Sting", or "The Colossus of Clout"
• Jason Varitek:, "The Captain", "Tek"
• Ted Williams: “The Splendid Splinter,” “Teddy Ballgame,” “Thumper,” or “Kid”
• Joe Wood: (1908–20): "Smokey Joe"
• Cy Young: Denton True Young: “Cy” or “Cyclone”

Chicago Cubs Players Nicknames

• Cap Anson, Adrian Constantine Anson (1871–97): “Cap” or “Pop” or “Uncle” or “Captain”
• Dusty Baker, Johnnie B. Baker, Jr.: “Dusty”
• Ernie Banks, Ernest Banks (1953–71): “Mr. Cub”
• Mordecai Brown, Mordecai Peter Centennial Brown (1903–16): “Three Finger”
• Andre Dawson: “The Hawk” or "Le Hawk" (in reference to his playing days with the Montreal Expos)
• Dizzy Dean, Jay Hanna Dean (1930–41): “Diz” or “Dizzy” or “The Great Man”

Chicago White Sox Players Nicknames

• Bruno Block, James John Blochowicz: "Bruno"
• Smoky Burgess, Forrest Harrill Burgess: "Smoky"
• Bucky Dent, Russell Earl O’Day: "Bucky"
• Red Faber, Urban Clarence Faber: "Red"
• Carlton Fisk: "Pudge"
• Kid Gleason, William Gleason: "Kid"
• Goose Gossage, Richard Michael Gossage: "Goose" or "The White Gorilla"
• Bo Jackson, Vincent Edward Jackson: "Bo"
• Joe Jackson:: "Shoeless Joe"
• Jack McDowell: "Black Jack"
• Catfish Metkovich, George Michael Metkovich: "Catfish"
• Minnie Miñoso, Saturnino Orestes Armas (Arrieta) Miñoso: "Minnie" or "The Cuban Comet"
• Brent Morel: "The Candyman"
• Blue Moon Odom, Johnny Lee Odom: "Blue Moon"
• Tim Raines: "Rock"
• Tom Seaver: "Tom Terrific"
• Bill Skowron: "Moose"
• Moose Solters, Julius Joseph Soltesz: "Moose"
• Frank Thomas: "Big Hurt"
• Buck Weaver, George Daniel Weaver: "Buck/Bucky"
• Skeeter Webb, James Laverne Webb: "Skeeter"
• Hoyt Wilhelm: "Old Sarge"
• Lefty Williams, Claude Preston Williams: "Lefty"
• Taffy Wright, Taft Shedron Wright:: "Taffy"
• Early Wynn: "Gus"

Cincinnati Reds Players Nicknames

• Sparky Anderson, George Lee Anderson (manager, 1970–95): "Sparky" or “Captain Hook”
• Dusty Baker: Johnnie B. Baker: "Dusty" or "Fistbands"
• Kid Baldwin: "Kid"
• Rube Bressler: "Rube"
• Smoky Burgess: "Smoky"
• Hick Carpenter: "Hick"
• Sean Casey: "The Mayor"
• Aroldis Chapman: "The Cuban Missile"
• Pop Corkhill: "Pop"
• Kiki Cuyler, Hazen Shirley Cuyler (1921–38): “Kiki” or “Cuy”
• Peaches Davis: "Peaches"
• Adam Dunn: "Big Donkey"
• Hod Ford: "Hod"
• Ken Griffey, Jr.: "Junior", "The Natural", or "The Kid"
• Heinie Groh: "Heinie"
• Eddie Guardado: "Everyday Eddie" or "El Guapo"
• Chick Hafey: "Chick"
• Noodles Hahn: "Noodles"
• Bubbles Hargrave: "Bubbles"
• Miller Huggins: "Hug" or "Mighty Mite"
• George Kelly: "Highpockets"
• Hans Lobert: "Hans" or "Honus"
• Baldy Louden: "Baldy"
• Red Lucas: "Red" or "The Nashville Narcissus"
• Dolf Luque: "Dolf" or "The Pride of Havana"
• Limb McKenry: "Limb" or "Big Pete"
• Bid McPhee: "Bid"
• Whitey Moore: "Whitey"
• Greasy Neale: "Greasy"
• Babe Pinelli: "Babe"
• Pinky Pittenger: "Pinky"
• Pid Purdy: "Pid"
• Pete Rose: "Charlie Hustle"
• Dutch Ruether: "Dutch"
• Tom Seaver: "Tom Terrific"
• Champ Summers: "Champ"
• Twink Twining: "Twink"
• Dazzy Vance: "Dazzy"
• David Wells: "Boomer"

Cleveland Indians Players Nicknames

• Buddy Bell: "Buddy"
• Gary Bell: "Ding" or "Ding Dong"
• Albert Belle: "Joey", "Snapper", " "Mr. Freeze",
• Lou Boudreau: "Old Shufflefoot" or "Handsome Lou"
• Rocky Colavito: "Rocky"
• Tito Francona: "Tito"
• Juan González: "Juan Gone", "Gonzo", or "Igor"
• Mudcat Grant: "Mudcat"
• Vean Gregg: "Vean"
• Mel Harder: "Chief" or "Wimpy"
• Travis Hafner "Pronk" (combination of the words "Project" and "Donkey")
• Mike Hargrove: "The Human Rain Delay" or "Grover"
• Toby Harrah: "Toby"
• Jim Hegan: "Shanty"
• Orel Hershiser: "Bulldog"
• Willis Hudlin: "Ace" or "Hud"
• Joe Jackson: "Shoeless Joe"
• Addie Joss: "Addie"
• Duane Kuiper: "Kuip" or "Smooth"
• Nap Lajoie: “Larry,” “Poli,” “Nap” or "King"
• Rick Manning: "Archie"
• Minnie Miñoso: "Minnie" or "The Cuban Comet"
• Satchel Paige: “Satchel”
• Chris Perez: "Pure Rage"
• Tris Speaker: “Tris”
• Early Wynn: "Gus"

Colorado Rockies Players Nicknames

• Ellis Burks, Ellis Rena Burks (1987–2004): "E.B."
• Brian Fuentes, Brian Christopher Fuentes (2001– ): "T-Rex", "Tito"
• Andrés Galarraga, Andrés Jose Galarraga (1985–2004): "Big Cat" or "Andres The Giant"
• Carlos González (baseball), Carlos Eduardo Gonzalez (2008- ) : "CarGo" or "Little Pony"
• Todd Helton, Todd Lynn Helton (1997– ): "T.L." or "The Toddfather"
• Kaz Matsui, Kazuo Matsui (2004–2010): "Kaz" or "Kaz Mat"
• Steve Reed, Steven Vincent Reed (1992–2005): "Father Time"
• Wilin Rosario, Wilin Arismendy Rosario (2011- ): "Baby Bull
• Troy Tulowitzki, Troy Trevor Tulowitzki (2006– ): "Tulo"
• Larry Walker, Larry Kenneth Robert Walker (1989–2005): "Booger" or "The Canadian Clubber"
• Eric Young (baseball), Eric Orlando Young Sr. (1992-2006): "E.Y."

Detroit Tigers Player Nicknames

Detroit Tigers 1990 to Present

• Skeeter Barnes, William Henry Barnes (infield, outfield, 1983–1994): "Skeeter"
• Sean Casey (1st base, 2006–2007): “The Mayor”
• Storm Davis, George Earl Davis (pitcher 1993–1994): "Storm"
• Cecil Fielder (1st base, 1990–1996): "Big Daddy"
• Juan González (outfield, 2000): "Juan Gone"
• Luis Gonzalez (outfield, 1998): "Gonzo"
• Curtis Granderson (outfielder 2005–2009): "Grandy", "CG", "CJ", "The Grandy Man"
• Jose Lima (pitcher, 1994–1996, 2001–2002 ): "Lima Time"
• Nook Logan, Exavier Prente Logan (outfield, 2004–2005): "Nook"
• Bip Roberts, Leon Joseph Roberts (1998): "Bip"
• Iván Rodríguez (catcher, 2004–2008): “Pudge” or "I-Rod"
• David Wells (pitcher, 1993–1995): "Boomer"

Detroit Tigers 1960–1989

• Sparky Anderson, George Lee Anderson (manager 1979–1995): "Sparky"
• Rocky Colavito, Rocco Domenico Colavito (outfield, 1960–1963): "Rocky"
• Mark Fidrych (pitcher, 1976–1980): “The Bird”
• Rusty Staub, Daniel Joseph Staub: "Rusty"
• Lou Whitaker: “Sweet Lou”

Detroit Tigers 1930–1959

• Rocky Bridges, Everett Lamar Bridges (infield (1959–1960): "Rocky"
• Flea Clifton, Herman Clifton (infield, 1934–1937): "Flea"
• Slick Coffman, George Coffman (pitcher): "Slick"
• Red Downs, Jerome Downs: "Red"
• Hoot Evers, Walter Evers (outfield, 1941–1952, 1954): "Hoot"
• Liz Funk, Elias Funk (infielder, 1930): "Liz"
• Rufe Gentry, James Ruffus Gentry (pitcher, 1943–48): "Rufe"
• Goose Goslin, Leon Allen Goslin (left field, 1934–1937): "Goose"
• Hank Greenberg (1st base, outfiled, 1930–1946): “Hammerin’ Hank”
• Pinky Higgins (3rd base, 1939–1946), Michael Franklin Higgins: "Pinky"
• Chief Hogsett (pitcher, 1929–1936), Elon Chester Hogsett: "Chief"
• Chick King, Charles King (outfield, 1954–1956): "Chick"
• Roxie Lawson, Alfred Lawson (pitcher, 1933, 1935–1939): "Roxie"
• Heinie Manush, Henry Emmett Manush (outfield, 1923–1927): "Heinie"
• Firpo Marberry, Frederick Marberry (pitcher, 1933–1935): "Firpo"
• Scat Metha, Frank Joseph Metha: "Scat"
• Bobo Newsom, Lewis Norman Newsom: "Bobo"
• Prince Oana, Henry Oana (pitcher, 1943–45): "Prince"
• Stubby Overmire, Frank Overmire: "Stubby"
• Boots Poffenberger, Cletus Poffenberger: "Boots"
• Rip Radcliff, Raymond Allen Radcliff: "Rip"
• Schoolboy Rowe, Lynnwood Rowe, pitcher: "Schoolboy"
• Heinie Schuble, Henry George Schuble: "Heinie"
• Birdie Tebbetts, George Robert Tebbetts: "Birdie"
• Dizzy Trout, Paul Howard Trout, pitcher: "Dizzy"
• Gee Walker, Gerald Holmes Walker, outfield: "Gee"
• Hub Walker, Harry Walker: "Hub"
• Skeeter Webb, James Laverne Webb: "Skeeter"
• Jo-Jo White, Joyner Clifford White: "Jo-Jo"
• Icehouse Wilson, George Peacock Wilson: "Icehouse"
• Red Wilson, Robert James Wilson: "Red"
• Yats Wuestling, George Wuestling (shortstop, 1929–30): "Yats"
• Whit Wyatt, John Witlow Wyatt: "Whit"

Detroit Tigers 1901–1929

• Paddy Baumann, Charles John Baumann (1911–1915): "Paddy"
• Heinie Beckendorf, Henry Ward Beckendorf (1909): "Heinie"
• Fritz Buelow, Frederick William Alexander Buelow (catcher, 1901–1904): "Fritz"
• Ownie Carroll, Owen T. Carroll (pitcher): "Ownie"
• Doc Casey, James Patrick Casey (3rd base, 1901–1902): "Doc"
• Pug Cavet, Tillar H. Cavet (pitcher, 1911, 1914–1915): "Pug"
• Nig Clarke, Jay Justin Clarke (catcher, 1905): "Nig"
• Ty Cobb (outfield, 1905–1926): "The Georgia Peach"
• Tex Covington, William Wilkes Covington (1911–1912): "Tex"
• Hooks Dauss, George August Dauss (pitcher, 1912–1926): "Hooks"
• Pop Dillon, Frank Edward Dillon (1st base, 1901–1902): "Pop"
• Wild Bill Donovan (pitcher, 1903–1912, 1918): “Wild Bill” Donovan
• Snooks Dowd, Raymond Dowd (infielder, 1919): "Snooks"
• Wish Egan, Aloysius Egan (pitcher, 1902; scout 1910–51): "Wish"
• Kid Elberfeld, Norman Arthur Elberfeld (shortstop, 1901–1903): "Kid" and "The Tabasco Kid"
• Heinie Elder, Henry Knox Elder (pitcher, 1913): "Heinie"
• Babe Ellison, Herbert Ellison (utility, 1916–20): "Babe"
• Kid Gleason, William J. Gleason (2nd base, 1901–1902): "Kid"
• Skinny Graham, Kyle Graham (pitcher, 1929): "Skinny"
• Pinky Hargrave, William Hargrave (catcher, 1928–30): "Pinky"
• Ducky Holmes, James William Holmes (1901–1902)" "Ducky"
• Baby Doll Jacobson (1st base, outfield, 1915), William Chester Jacobson: "Baby Doll"
• Rube Kisinger, Charles Samuel Kisinger (1902–1903): "Rube"
• Chick Lathers, Charles Lathers (infielder): "Chick"
• Dutch Leonard, Hubert Leonard (1919–1925): "Dutch"
• Baldy Louden, William P. Louden (infield, 1912–1913): "Baldy"
• Slim Love, Edward Love(pitcher, 1919–1920): "Slim Love"
• Sport McAllister, Lewis William McAllister (1901–1903): "Sport"
• Deacon McGuire, James McGuire (catcher, 1902–1913, 1912): "Deacon"
• Win Mercer, George Barclay Mercer (pitcher, 1902): "Win"
• Salty Parker, Francis Parker: "Salty"
• Slicker Parks, Vernon Parks: "Slicker"
• Pepper Peploski, Joseph Aloysius Peploski (infield, 1913): "Pepper"
• Hub Pernoll (pitcher, 1910–1912): "Hub," "Piano Legs" and "Jud"
• Pol Perritt, William Perritt (pitcher, 1921): "Pol"
• Cotton Pippen, Henry Harold Pippen: "Cotton"
• Topper Rigney, Emory Elmo Rigney: "Topper"
• Rabbit Robinson, William Clyde Robinson (1904): "Rabbit"
• Germany Schaefer, William Herman Schaefer (2nd base, shortstop, 1905–1909): "Germany" and "Liberty"
• Boss Schmidt, Charles Schmidt (catcher, 1905–1911): "Boss"
• Chick Shorten: "Chick"
• Heinie Smith, George Henry Smith (1903): "Heinie"
• Tubby Spencer, Edward Spencer: "Tubby"
• Tuck Stainback, George Stainback: "Tuck"
• Lil Stoner, Ulysses Simpson Grant Stoner: "Lil Stoner"
• Sailor Stroud, Ralph Vivian Stroud (pitcher, 1910): "Sailor"
• Suds Sutherland, Harvey Sutherland (pitcher, 1921): "Suds"
• Frosty Thomas, Forrest Thomas (pitcher, 1905): "Frosty"
• Bun Troy, Robert Troy (pitcher, 1912): "Bun"
• Mutt Wilson, William Wilson (pitcher, 1920): "Mutt"
• Yats Wuestling, George Wuestling: “Yats”
• Squanto Wilson, George Francis Wilson (catcher, 1911): "Squanto"

Detroit Wolverines Nicknames (1881–1888)

• Lady Baldwin, Charles B. Baldwin (pitcher, 1885–1888): "Lady"
• Fatty Briody, Charles F. Briody : "Fatty"
• Count Campau, Charles Columbus Campau (outfield, 1888): "Count"
• Chub Collins, Charles Augustus Collins (shortstop, 1885): "Chubb"
• Ned Hanlon, Edward Hugh Hanlon (outfield, 1881–1888): "Ned"
• Deacon McGuire James Thomas McGuire (catcher, 1885, 1888, 1902–1903, 1912): "Deacon"
• Mox McQuery, William Thomas McQuery (1st base, 1885): "Mox"
• Parson Nicholson, Thomas C. Nicholson (2nd base, 1888): "Parson"
• Hardy Richardson, Abram Harding Richardson (outfield, 2nd base 1886–1888): "Hardy" and "Old True Blue"
• Yank Robinson, William H. Robinson (shortstop, 1882): "Yank"
• Dupee Shaw, Frederick Lander Shaw (pitcher, 1883–1884): "Dupee"
• Phenomenal Smith, John Francis Smith (pitcher, 1886): "Phenomenal"
• Dasher Troy, John Joseph Troy (infield, 1881–1882): "Dasher"
• Deacon White, James Laurie White (3rd base, 1886–1888): "Deacon"
• Stump Wiedman, George Edward Wiedman (pitcher, 1881–1885, 1887): "Stump"
• Chief Zimmer, Charles Louis Zimmer (catcher, outfield 1884): "Chief

Florida Marlins Players Nicknames

• Bobby Bonilla, Robert Bonilla: "Bobby Bo"
• Iván Rodríguez: Pudge or I-Rod
• Andre Dawson: "The Hawk"
• Logan Morrison: "LoMo"

Houston Astros Players Nicknames

• Jeff Bagwell: "Bags", "Bagpipes"
• Lance Berkman: "Big Puma" or "Fat Elvis"
• Craig Biggio: "Bidge", "The Little Big-Gio Man" or "Killer B"
• Enos Cabell: "Big E"
• Ken Caminiti: "Gun" [4]
• Roger Clemens: "The Rocket"
• José Cruz: "Cheo"
• Randy Johnson: "Big Unit"
• Joe Morgan: "Little Joe"
• Doug Rader: "The Red Rooster," "Rojo" or "Rooster"
• Nolan Ryan: "Ryan Express"
• Rusty Staub: "Rusty" or "Le Grand Orange"
• Bob Watson: "Bull"
• Jimmy Wynn: "The Toy Cannon"

Kansas City Royals Players Nicknames

• Willie Aikens, Willie Mays Aikens (1977–85): "Ack Ack"
• Kevin Appier, Robert Kevin Appier (1989– ): "Ape"
• Steve Balboni, Stephen Charles Balboni (1981–93): "Bye Bye" or "Bones"
• Buddy Biancalana, Roland Americo Biancalana (1982–87): "Buddy"
• Bud Black, Harry Ralston Black (1981–95): "Bud"
• George Brett, George Howard Brett (1973–93): "Mullet"
• Al Cowens, Alfred Edward Cowens Jr. (1974–86): "A. C."
• Johnny Damon, Johnny David Damon (1995– ): "The Caveman", "Judas", or "Johnny Cash" (by Red Sox fans)
• Tom Gordon, Thomas Gordon (1988– ): "Flash"
• Bo Jackson, Vincent Edward Jackson (1986–94): "Bo"
• Wally Joyner, Wallace Keith Joyner (1986–2001): " Wally World"
• Ed Kirkpatrick, Edgar Leon Kirkpatrick (1962–77): "Spanky"
• Buck Martinez, John Albert Martinez (1969–86): "Buck"
• Roger Nelson, Roger Eugene Nelson (1967–76): "Spider"
• Amos Otis, Amos Joseph Otis (1967–84): "A.O." or "Famous Amos"
• Freddie Patek, Frederick Joseph Patek (1968–81): "The Flea" or "Moochie"
• Marty Pattin, Martin William Pattin (1968–80): "Bulldog" or "Duck"
• Lou Piniella, Louis Victor Piniella (1964–84): "Sweet Lou", "Big Lou", or "Skipper"
• Darrell Porter, Darrell Ray Porter (1971–87): "Double Barrel Darrell"
• Dan Quisenberry, Daniel Raymond Quisenberry (1979–90): "Quiz" or "Q"
• Joe Randa, Joseph Gregory Randa (1995– ): "The Joker"
• Cookie Rojas, Octavio Victor (Rivas) Rojas (1962–77): "Cookie"
• Bret Saberhagen, Bret William Saberhagen (1984–2001): "Sabes"
• Joakim Soria (2007– ) "The Mexicutioner"
• Paul Splittorff (1970–84) "Splitt"
• Kurt Stillwell, Kurt Andrew Stillwell (1986–96): "Opie"
• Jeff Suppan, Jeffrey Scot Suppan (1995– ): "Soup"
• Mac Suzuki, Makoto Suzuki (1996–2002): :Mac"
• John Wathan, John David Wathan (1976–85): "Duke"

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Players Nicknames

• Sandy Alomar, Sr., Santos (Conde) Alomar Sr. (1964–78): "Iron Pony"
• Garret Anderson, Garret Joseph Anderson (1994– ): "G.A."
• Don Baylor, Don Edward Baylor (1970–88): "Groove" or "The Sneak Thief"
• Rod Carew, Rodney Cline Carew (1967–85): "Sir Rodney"
• Chili Davis, Charles Theodore Davis (1981–99): "Chili" or "Chili Bowl"
• Gary DiSarcina, Gary Thomas DiSarcina (1989–2000): "DiSar"
• Brian Downing, Brian Jay Downing ( 1973–92): "Incredible Hulk"
• Vladimir Guerrero, Vladimir Alvino Guerrero (1996– ): "Super Vlad", "Vlad the Impaler", "Big Daddy Vladdy", or "Big Bad Vlad"
• Reggie Jackson, Reginald Martinez Jackson (1967–87): "Mr. October"
• Wally Joyner, Wallace Keith Joyner (1986–2001): "Wally World"
• John Lackey, John Derran Lackey (2002– ): "Bender"
• Andy Messersmith, John Alexander Messersmith (1968–79): "Bluto"
• Lance Parrish, Lance Michael Parrish (1977–95): "Big Wheel"
• Albie Pearson, Albert Gregory Pearson (1958–66): "Albie"
• Troy Percival, Troy Eugene Percival (1995– ): "Percy"
• Luis Polonia, Luis Andrew (Almonte) Polonia (1987–2000): "'Catch 22" or "Lapa"
• Mickey Rivers, John Milton Rivers (1970–84): "Mickey", "Mick The Quick", "Gozzlehead", or "Mickey Mouth"
• Buck Rodgers, Robert Leroy Rodgers (1961–69): "Buck"
• Francisco Rodríguez, Francisco José Rodríguez (2002– ): "K-Rod" or "Frankie"
• Nolan Ryan, Lynn Nolan Ryan Jr. (1966–93): "The Ryan Express"
• Lee Thomas, James Leroy Thomas (1961–68): "Mad Dog"
• Clyde Wright (1966–75): "Skeeter"

Los Angeles Dodgers Players Nicknames

• Dusty Baker, Johnnie B. Baker: "Dusty"
• Roy Campanella: Campy
• Orel Hershiser: Bulldog
• Frank Howard: Hondo or Capital Punisher
• Boog Powell, John Powell: Boog
• Pee Wee Reese: Pee Wee
• Bill Skowron: Moose
• Duke Snider: The Silver Fox or Duke
• Rube Walker: Rube
• Fernando Valenzuela: "El Toro (The Bull)" or "Fernando-mania"

Milwaukee Brewers Players Nicknames

• Hank Aaron: "Hammerin' Hank," "Hammer," or "Bad Henry"
• Rollie Fingers, Roland Glen Fingers: "Rollie"
• Skip Lockwood, Claude Edward Lockwood Jr. "Skip"
• Buck Martinez, John Albert Martinez: "Buck"

Minnesota Twins Players Nicknames

• Tom Brunansky: "Bruno"
• Rod Carew: "Sir Rodney"
• Chili Davis: "Chili"
• Gary Gaetti: "The Rat" or "G-Man"
• Mudcat Grant: "Mudcat"
• Kent Hrbek: "Herbie"
• Torii Hunter: "Spiderman", "T-Nuts", "Spidey"
• Chuck Knoblauch: "Skippy" or "Knobby"
• Tony Oliva: "Tony-O"
• David Ortiz: "Big Papi"
• Kirby Puckett: "Puck"
• Bombo Rivera: "Bombo"
• Johan Santana: "Jo-Jo" or "Supernatural" or "Cytana"
• Zoilo Versalles: "Zorro"

New York Mets Players Nicknames

• Edgardo Alfonzo: "Fonzie"
• Wally Backman, Walter Wayne Backman: "Cabbage Patch," "Finster," or "Wally"
• Hubie Brooks: "Hubie"
• Gary Carter, Gary Edmund Carter (1974–92): “The Kid”
• Ed Charles: "The Glider"
• David Cone: "Coney"
• Duffy Dyer: "Duffy"
• Lenny Dykstra: "Nails" or "The Dude"
• Sid Fernandez: "El Sid"
• Dwight Gooden: "Doc" or "Dr. K"
• Bud Harrelson, Derrel McKinley Harrelson: "Bud" or "Mini-Hawk"
• Keith Hernandez: "Mex"
• Orlando Hernández: "El Duque"
• Howard Johnson: "HoJo"
• Dave Kingman: "Kong," "Sky," "Big Bird" "King Kong," or "Kong Kingman," or "Sky King"
• Jerry Koosman, Jerome Martin Koosman: "Cooz" or "Jerry"
• Ed Kranepool: "Krane," "The Krane" or "Easy Ed"
• Dave Magadan: "Mags"
• Willie Mays: "The Say-Hey Kid"
• Lee Mazzilli: "The Italian Stallion" or "Maz"
• Tug McGraw: "Tug"
• Kevin McReynolds: "Big Mac"
• Felix Millan, Felix Bernardo (Martinez) Millan: "The Cat"
• John Milner: "The Hammer"

Mike Pelfrey "Pelf" Big Pelf

• Mike Piazza: "Pizza Man"
• Francisco Rodríguez: Frankie or K-Rod
• Nolan Ryan: "The Ryan Express"
• Tom Seaver: "Tom Terrific" or "The Franchise"
• Rusty Staub, Daniel Joseph Staub: "Rusty" or "Le Grand Orange"
• John Stearns: "Bad Dude" or "Dude"
• Casey Stengel, Charles Dillon Stengel: "Casey" or "The Old Perfessor"
• Darryl Strawberry: "The Straw Man," "Pulled Muscle Face," "Straw, "
• Ron Swoboda: "Rocky"
• Billy Wagner: "Billy The Kid," "Wags" or "The Sandman"
• Mookie Wilson, William Hayward Wilson: "Mookie"

New York Yankees Nicknames

• Carl Pavano, "American Idle"
• Home Run Baker, John Franklin Baker (1908–22): ”
• Yogi Berra, Lawrence Peter Berra (1946–65): "Yogi"
• Ping Bodie, Frank Stephen Bodie: "Ping"
• Roger Clemens: “The Rocket”
• Jim Coates: "The Mummy"
• Frankie Crosetti: "Crow"
• Bill Dickey, William Malcolm Dickey (1928–46): "Man Nobody Knows"
• Joe DiMaggio: “The Yankee Clipper”, “Joltin Joe", or "Joe D"
• Whitey Ford, Edward Charles Ford: "Whitey," "The Chairman of the Board," or "Slick"
• Lou Gehrig: "The Iron Horse"
• Ron Guidry: "Louisiana Lightning" or "Gator"
• Phil Hughes: "Phil Franchise"
• Catfish Hunter, James Augustus Hunter: "Catfish"
• Hideki Irabu: "Fat Toad"
• Reggie Jackson: “Mr. October”
• Derek Jeter: "Mr. November," "D.J.," "Captain Clutch"
• Randy Johnson: “The Big Unit”
• Hideki Matsui: "Godzilla"
• Don Mattingly: "Donnie Baseball"
• Mickey Mantle: "The Mick," "The Commerce Comet," or "Muscles"
• Thurman Munson: "Tugboat,," "Squatty Body,," "Squatty," "Pudge," or "The Wall"
• Mike Mussina, Michael Cole Mussina (1991– ): "Moose"
• Graig Nettles: "Puff"
• Paul O'Neill: "Paulie," "The Warrior"
• Eduardo Núñez: "Nuni"
• Willie Randolph, Willie Larry Randolph (1975–92): "Little Willie" or "Mickey"
• Mickey Rivers: "Mick The Quick"
• Phil Rizzuto: "Scooter"
• Alex Rodriguez: "A-Rod"
• Babe Ruth, George Herman Ruth: “Babe,” “The Bambino,” "The Colossus of Clout," "Sultan of Swat”, "King of Crash", "Titan of Terror", "Jidge"
• CC Sabathia, Carsten Charles Sabathia (2001– ): "CC"
• Bill Skowron: "Moose"
• Snuffy Stirnweiss, George Henry Stirnweiss: "Snuffy"
• David Wells: "Boomer"
• Roy White: "Mr. Consistent Yankee"
• Melky Cabrera: "The Melk Man" or "Leche"
• Mariano Rivera: “Mo," “Super,“ or "The Sandman”
• Mark Teixeira: "Tex"
• Orlando Hernández: "El Duque/The Duke"
• 1927 Yankees: "Murderer's Row"

Oakland Athletics Players Nicknames

• Sal Bando, Salvatore Leonard Bando (1966–81): "Captain Sal" or "Sal"
• Bert Campaneris, Dagoberto (Blanco) Campaneris (1964–83): "Campy"
• José Canseco, José (Capas) Canseco Jr. (1985–2001): "Parkway Joe" or "The Chemist"
• Eric Chavez, Eric Cesar Chavez (1998– ): "Chavy"
• Storm Davis: "Storm"
• Mike Epstein: "Superjew"
• Rollie Fingers, Roland Fingers: "Rollie"
• Jason Giambi, Jason Gilbert Giambi: "The Giambino"
• Goose Gossage, Richard Gossage: "Goose"
• Dave Henderson: "Hendu"
• Rickey Henderson: "Man of Steal" or "Style Dog"
• Catfish Hunter, James Augustus Hunter (1965–79): "Catfish"
• Reggie Jackson, Reginald Martinez Jackson (1967–87): "Mr. October"
• Mark McGwire, Mark David McGwire (1986–2001): "Big Mac" or "Big Red"
• Blue Moon Odom, Johnny Lee Odom (1964–76): "Blue Moon"
• Dave Parker: "Cobra"
• Tony Phillips, Keith Anthony Phillips (1982–1999): "Tony" or "Tony The Tiger" (bestowed by Tigers' announcer Ernie Harwell)
• Rubén Sierra: "El Caballo," "El Indio," "Big Rube," or "Ruben Slam-wich"
• Dave Stewart, David Keith Stewart (1978–95): "Smoke"
• Miguel Tejada, Miguel Odalis (Martinez) Tejada (1997– ): "The Bus" or "Miggy"
• Frank Thomas, Frank Edward Thomas (1990– ): "Big Hurt"
• Billy Williams, Billy Leo Williams (1959–76): "Sweet Swingin' Billy from Whistler"

Philadelphia Phillies Players Nicknames

• Dick Allen, Richard Anthony Allen (1963–77): "Wampum", "Richie", "Don't Call me Whitey"
• Ashburn, (1948–62: "Whitey"
• Steve Bedrosian, Stephen Wayne Bedrosian (1981–95): "Bedrock"
• Larry Bowa: "Gnat"
• Kitty Bransfield, William Edward Bransfield (1898–1911): "Kitty"
• Pat Burrell, Patrick Brian Burrell (2000–2008): "Pat The Bat", "Patty Baseball"
• Putsy Caballero, Ralph Joseph Caballero (1944–52): "Putsy"
• Pearce Chiles, Pearce Nuget Chiles (1899–1900): "What's The Use"
• Gavvy Cravath, Clifford Carlton Cravath (1908–20): "Cactus Gavvy", "Cactus"
• Clay Dalrymple, Clayton Errol Dalrymple (1960–71): "Dimples"
• Darren Daulton (1983–97): "Dutch"
• Spud Davis, Virgil Lawrence Davis (1928–45): "Spud"
• Mickey Doolan, Michael Joseph Doolan (1905–18): "Doc", "Mickey"
• Red Dooin, Charles Sebastian Dooin (1902–16): "Red"
• Lenny Dykstra, Leonard Kyle Dykstra (1985–96): "Nails", "Dude"
• Bob Ferguson, Robert Vavasour Ferguson (1871–1884): "Death to Flying Things"
• Chick Fraser, Charles Carrolton Fraser (1896–1909): "Chick"
• Kid Gleason, William J. Gleason (1888–1912): "Kid"
• Roy Halladay, Harry Leroy Halladay III (2010–Present): "Doc"
• Cole Hamels, Colbert Michael Hamels (2006–present): "Hollywood" "Kid Cole"
• Billy Hamilton, William Robert Hamilton (1888–1901): "Sliding Billy"
• Granny Hamner, Granville Wilbur Hamner: "Granny," or "Ham"
• Von Hayes, Von Francis Hayes (1981–92): "Five-for-One", "Old 5–4–1"
• Willie Jones: "Puddin' Head"
• Otto Knabe, Franz Otto Knabe (1905–16): "Dutch"
• Mike Lieberthal, Michael Scott Lieberthal (1994– ): "Lieby", "Liebs", "Superjew"
• Stan Lopata, Stanley Edward Lopata (1948–60): "Stash"
• Greg Luzinski: "The Bull"
• Garry Maddox: "The Secretary of Defense"
• Tug McGraw, Frank Edwin McGraw Jr. (1965–84): "Tug"
• Mickey Morandini, Michael Robert Morandini (1990–2000): "Dandy Little Glove Man"
• Lefty O'Doul, Francis Joseph O'Doul (1919–34): "Lefty"
• Dode Paskert, George Henry Paskert: "Dode", "Honey Boy"
• Cookie Rojas, Octavio Victor Rojas (1962–77): "Cookie"
• Jimmy Rollins, James Calvin Rollins (2000– ): "J-Roll", "Wishlist",
• Juan Samuel (1983–98): "Sammy"
• Heinie Sand (1923–28): "Heinie"
• Curt Schilling (1988– ): "Schill"
• Mike Schmidt: "Iron Mike"
• Tully Sparks, Thomas Frank Sparks (1897–1910): "Tully"
• John Titus: "Silent John"
• Shane Victorino: "The Flyin' Hawaiian", "The Maui Wowie", "The Victory-Hero", "The Energizer Bunny"
• Pinky Whitney, Arthur Carter Whitney (1928–39): "Pinky"
• Possum Whitted, George Bostic Whitted (1912–22): "Possum"
• Cy Williams, Fred Williams: "Cy"
• Mitch Williams (1986-97): "Wild Thing"
• Jimmie Wilson, James Wilson (1923–40): "Ace"
• 1950 Philadelphia Phillies: "Whiz Kids"

Pittsburgh Pirates Players Nicknames

• Babe Adams: "Babe"
• Jap Barbeau: "Jap"
• Bobby Bonilla: "Bobby Bo"
• Smoky Burgess: "Smoky"
• Sean Casey: "The Mayor"
• Kiki Cuyler, Hazen Shirley Cuyler (1921–38): “Kiki” or “Cuy”
• Whitey Glazner: "Whitey"
• Lefty Leifield: "Lefty"
• Stuffy McInnis: "Stuffy"
• Pie Traynor: "Pie"
• Arky Vaughan: "Arky"
• Honus Wagner: "The Flying Dutchman" or "Honus"
• Rip Wheeler: "Rip"
• Possum Whitted: "Possum"
• Chief Wilson: "Chief"
• Chief Yellow Horse: "Chief"

St. Louis Cardinals Players Nicknames

• Lance Berkman: "Big Puma"
• Vince Coleman: "Vincent Van Go"
• Dizzy Dean, Jay Hanna Dean (1930–41): “Diz” or “Dizzy” or “The Great Man”
• Paul Dean: "Daffy"
• Silver King, Charles Frederick Koenig: "Silver"
• Pepper Martin: "Pepper", "The Wild Horse of the Osage"
• Jumbo McGinnis, George Washington McGinnis: "Jumbo"
• Mark McGwire: "Big Mac"
• Stan Musial: “Stan The Man” or "The Denora Greyhound" or "The Denora Squire"
• James O'Neill: "Tip" or "The Woodstock Wonder"
• Ken Reitz: "Zamboni"
• Yank Robinson, William H. Robinson: "Yank"
• Red Schoendienst: "Red"
• Skip Schumaker: "Schu" or "Skip"
• Ozzie Smith: "The Wizard Of Oz" or "The Wiz"
• 1934 St. Louis Cardinals: "Gashouse Gang"
• 1960s St. Louis Cardinals: "El Birdos"

San Diego Padres Players Nicknames

• Andy Benes, Andrew Charles Benes (1989–2002): "Rainman"
• Rollie Fingers, Roland Glen Fingers (1968–85): "Rollie"
• Steve Garvey, Steven Patrick Garvey (1969–87): "Mr. Clean" or "Senator"
• Cito Gaston, Clarence Edwin Gaston (1967–78): "Cito"
• Rich Gossage, Richard Michael Gossage (1972–94): "Goose"
• Doug Gwosdz, Doug Wayne Gwosdz (1981–84): "Eyechart"
• Tony Gwynn, Anthony Keith Gwynn (1982–2001): "Captain Video"
• Trevor Hoffman, Trevor William Hoffman (1993–2010): "Hoffy"
• Terry Kennedy, Terrance Edward Kennedy (1978–91): "Orville Moody"
• Ryan Klesko, Ryan Anthony Klesko (1992–2007): "Rhino"
• John Kruk, John Martin Kruk (1986–95): "Krukker" or "One Nut Kruk" or "Krukie"
• Fred McGriff, Frederick Stanley McGriff (1986– ): "Crime Dog"
• Kevin McReynolds, Walter Kevin McReynolds (1983–94): "Big Mac"
• Bip Roberts, Leon Joseph Roberts (1986–98): "Bip"
• Ozzie Smith, Osborne Earl Smith (1978–96): "The Wizard of Oz" or "The Wiz"
• Garry Templeton, Garry Lewis Templeton (1976–91): "Jump Steady"
• Dave Winfield, David Mark Winfield (1973–95): "The Wave" or "Winnie"

San Francisco Giants Players Nicknames

• Pat Burrell, Patrick Brian Burrell (2010–Present): "Pat The Bat", "Patty Baseball"
• Will Clark, William Nuschler Clark Jr. (1986–2000): "Will The Thrill"
• Chili Davis, Charles Theodore Davis (1981–99): "Chili"
• Tito Fuentes, Rigoberto (Peat) Fuentes (1965–78): "Tito"
• Dave Henderson, David Lee Henderson (1981–94): "Hendu"
• Jeffrey Leonard, (1977–90): "Penitentiary Face", "HacMan", "Hackman"
• Tim Lincecum, Timothy LeRoy Lincecum (2006–Present) : "The Freak"
• Gary Matthews, Gary Nathaniel Matthews Sr. (1972–87): "Sarge"
• Willie Mays, Willie Howard Mays Jr. (1951–73): "The Say Hey Kid"
• Willie McCovey, Willie Lee McCovey (1959–80): "Stretch", "Mac", "Big Mac"
• Buster Posey, Gerald Dempsey Posey III (2009–Present): "Buster"
• Dave Righetti, David Allan Righetti (1979–95): "Rags"
• Pablo Sandoval, Pablo E. Sandoval (2008–Present): "Kung Fu Panda"

Seattle Mariners

• Jay Buhner, Jay Campbell Buhner (1987–2001): "Bone"
• Freddy García, Freddy Antonio Garcia: "The Chief"
• Ken Griffey, Jr., George Kenneth Griffey Jr. (1989– ): "Junior", "Kid"
• Dave Henderson, David Lee Henderson (1981–94): "Hendu"
• Randy Johnson, Randall David Johnson (1989–98): "Big Unit"
• Edgar Martínez, Edgar Martínez (1987–2004): "Gar," "Papi", "El Papa"
• Alex Rodriguez, Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez (1994– ): "A-Rod"
• Lou Piniella, Louis Victor Piniella (1993–2002): "Sweet Lou"
• Félix Hernández, Félix Abraham Hernández (2005– ): "King Felix"

Tampa Bay Devil Rays/Rays Player Nicknames

• José Canseco, José (Capas) Canseco Jr.: "Parkway Joe" or "The Chemist"
• John Flaherty, John Timothy Flaherty (1992– ): "Flash"
• Aubrey Huff, Aubrey Lewis Huff: "Huff Daddy"
• Fred McGriff, Frederick Stanley McGriff: "Crime Dog"
• James Shields, James Anthony Shields: "Big Game James" or "Jamie"

Texas Rangers Players Nicknames

• Buddy Bell, David Gus Bell: "Buddy"
• José Canseco, José (Capas) Canseco Jr.: "Parkway Joe" or "The Chemist"
• Juan González, Juan Alberto (Vázquez) González: "Juan Gone", "Gonzo", or "Igor"
• Rusty Greer, Thurman Clyde (III) Greer: "Rusty" or "The Red Baron"
• Toby Harrah, Colbert Dale Harrah: "Toby"
• Doc Medich, George Francis Medich: "Doc"
• Iván Rodríguez, Ivan (Torres) Rodriguez: "Pudge" or "I-Rod"
• Kenny Rogers, Kenneth Scott Rogers: "The Gambler"
• Nolan Ryan, Lynn Nolan Ryan Jr.: "The Ryan Express"
• Bump Wills, Elliott Taylor Wills: "Bump"
• Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Jarrod Scott Saltalamacchia: "Salty"

Toronto Blue Jays Players Nicknames

• José Bautista, José Antonio Bautista: "Joey Bats"
• Tom Henke, Thomas Anthony Henke: "The Terminator"
• Fred McGriff, Frederick Stanley McGriff: "Crime Dog"
• David Wells, David Lee Wells: "Boomer"
• Mookie Wilson, William Hayward Wilson: "Mookie"

Washington Nationals Players Nicknames

• Roger Bernadina, Rogearvin Argelo Bernadina: "The Shark" or "Sharkadina"
• Ross Detwiler, Ross Emery Detwiler: "National Det"
• Bryce Harper, Bryce Aron Max Harper: "Bam Bam"
• Michael Morse, Michael John Morse: "The Beast" or "Beast Mode"
• Henry Rodríguez, Henry Alberto Rodríguez: "H-Rod" or "Hot-Rod"
• Ryan Zimmerman, Ryan Wallace Zimmerman: "Zim"

Special Categories of Player Nicknames

Color Nicknames

• “Blackie”: Alvin Dark
• "Black Jack": Jack McDowell
• "Black Mike": Mickey Cochrane
• “Blue Moon”: Blue Moon Odom (1964–1976), Johnny Lee Odom
• “Darkie": Harlond Clift
• “The Golden Greek”: Harry Aganis, Bob Chakales
• “Goldie” Goldie Rapp (1921–1923), Joseph Aloysius Rapp
• “The Grey Eagle”: Tris Speaker
• "Pinky": Pinky Higgins (3rd base, 1939–1946), Michael Franklin Higgins
• "Red": Red Faber (1914–1933), Urban Faber
• “Rojo” or “The Red Rooster”:Doug Rader
• "Rusty” or “Le Grand Orange”: Rusty Staub (1963–1985), Daniel Joseph Staub
• "Silver": Silver Flint, Frank Sylvester Flint
• “The Silver Fox”: Duke Snider, Edwin Donald Snider
• "Whitey": Whitey Ford, Edward Charles Ford

Physical Characteristic and Body Part Nicknames

• "The Big Unit": Randy Johnson (from his 6'10" height, which made him the tallest player in MLB history when he first arrived from the minors)
• “Bones”: Boob Fowlery and Bones Ely, William Frederick Ely
• “Boob”: Eric McNair {baseball-reference|id=m/mcnaier01}
• "Booger": Larry Walker
• “Brains”: Dave Padden
• “Bunions”: Rollie Zeider
• “Chesty Chet”: Chet Johnson
• “Little Joe Chest”: William A. McGowan
• “Corns”: Hugh Bradley
• “Dimples”: Pop Tate, Clay Dalrymple
• “Ears”: Don Mossi
• “Eye Chart”: Doug Mientkiewicz
• “Fat Freddie”: Freddie Fitzsimmons
• “Fat Jack”: Jack Fisher
• “Fats”: Bob Fothergill
• “Fatty”: Fatty Briody
• “The Human Eyeball”: Bris Lord
• “Eagle Eye”: Jake Beckley
• “Baby Face”: Marv Breuer
• "The Great Stone Face":Fred Hutchinson
• “Old Tomato Face” Gabby Hartnett
• “Three Finger”: Mordecai Brown
• “Footsie”: Don Lenhardt, Johnny Marcrum
• "Gimpy": Milt Pappas
• "El Guapo": Rich Garces
• ”Handsome”: Henry Boyle, Hugh McQuillan
• ”Heavy”: Walter Blair
• “Jumbo”: Bob Barrett, Jumbo Brown, Jumbo Davis, Jumbo Elliott, Jumbo McGinnis
• “Square Jaw”: Bill Ramsey
• “Knee High”: Andy High
• "Knuckles": Eddie Cicotte
• "Knucksie": Phil Niekro
• “Legs”: Dick Weik
• "Limb": Limb McKenry
• ”Long John”: John Ewing, John Healy, John Reilly
• “Muscles”: Mickey Mantle, Fenton Mole
• “Piano Legs”: Charlie Hickman
• “The Lip” or “Lippy”: Leo Durocher
• “Nails”: Lenny Dykstra
• “No Neck”: Walt Williams
• “Schnozz”: Ernie Lombardi
• “Skinny”: Hal Brown, Skinny Graham, and Wally Shaner
• ”Slim”: Slim Harriss, Jerry Kindall, Slim Love, Grover Lowdermilk, Slim Sallee
• ”Slippery”: Harry Eells
• ”Slow Joe”: Slow Joe Doyle
• ”Stinky”: Harry Davis
• “Stretch”: Willie McCovey, Ron Tompkins, Al Grunwald, Howie Schultz
• “Stubby”: Stubby Overmire, Frank Mack, Stubby Clapp
• “Stump”: Stump Wiedman
• “Stumpy”: Al Verdel
• “The Tall Tactician”: Connie Mack
• “Thin Man”: Bob Allen
• ”Ugly”: Johnny Dickshot
• “Wagon Tongue”: Bill Keister

Personality nicknames

• ”Cheerful Charlie”: Charlie Hickman
• ”Cool”: Cool Papa Bell
• ”Country”: Enos Slaughter
• ”Crabby”: Estel Crabtree
• ”Crazy”: Crazy Schmit
• "Cuckoo": Cuckoo Christensen
• ”Daffy”: Paul Dean and Ken Sanders
• ”Dizzy”: Dizzy Dean, Dizzy Trout
• ”The Gay Reliever”: Joe Page
• ”Gloomy Gus”: Gus Williams
• "Goober": Goober Zuber
• ”Good Kid”: Lou Boudreau, George Susce
• ”Good Time Bill”: Bill Lamar
• ”Goody": Goody Rosen, Ival Goodman
• "Goofy": Lefty Gomez
• "Grump": Hal Irelan
• “Happy”: Happy Chandler, Al Milnar, Happy Felsch, Happy Finneran, Archie McKain, Happy Townsend
• ”Happy Jack”: Jack Chesbro
• ”Holy”: Ralph Good
• ”Honest”: John Anderson, Jack Boyle, John Morrill, Eddie Murphy, John Kelly
• ”Hotshot”: Eddie Mayo
• ”Jittery Joe”: Joe Berry
• ”Lucky”: Sam Crane, Fred Glade, Henry Kessler, Jack Lohrke, Judge Nagle
• ”Loco”: José Herrera
• ”The Mad Hungarian”: Al Hrabosky
• "Nasty Boys": Rob Dibble and Norm Charlton (teammates with the Reds)
• ”The Nervous Greek”: Lou Skizas
• ”Psycho”: Steve Lyons
• ”Quiet Joe”: Joe Knight
• ”Rowdy”: Russ Meyer, Gene Moore, Jack O'Connor, Rowdy Elliott
• ”Rowdy Richard”: Dick Bartell
• ”Rube”: Rube Waddell, Rube Marquard, Rube Foster, Rube Benton, Rube Bressler, Rube Walberg, Rube Walker, and more
• ”Sad Sam”: Sad Sam Jones, Sam Gray, Sam Zoldak
• ”Silent George”: George Stone
• ”Slick”: Whitey Ford, Lou Johnson, Slick Castleman, Slick Coffman, Grover Hartley
• ”Slicker”: Slicker Parks
• ”Sloppy”: Sloppy Thurston
• ”Slothful Bill”: Bill Lattimore
• "Sparky": Sparky Anderson, Sparky Lyle
• ”Squeaky”: Otto Bluege and Fred Valentine
• "Still": Still Bill Hill
• "Super Joe": Joe McEwing
• ”Sweet Lou”: Lou Whitaker, Lou Johnson, Lou Piniella
• ”Sweet Music”: Frank Viola
• "Yo-Yo": Yo-Yo Davalillo

Food & Beverage Nicknames

• “Apples”: Andy Lapihuska
• “Bananas”: Johnny Mostil
• “Beans”: Harry Keener
• “Beany” Beany Jacobson
• “Big Mac”: Mark McGwire and Willie McCovey
• “Biscuit Pants”: Lou Gehrig
• “Brandy”: Brandy Davis or Doyle Alexander
• “Brownie”: Brownie Foreman
• “Buck Wheat”: Zack Wheat
• “Bun”: Bun Troy
• "Buttercup": Buttercup Dickerson
• “Buttermilk”: Tommy Dowd
• “Cakes”: Jim Palmer
• “Candy”: Candy Maldonado, Candy Cummings, Candy LaChance, Candy Nelson
• “Candy Man”: John Candelaria
• “Catfish”: Catfish Hunter, Jim Crawford, Catfish Metkovich
• “Cheese”: Al Schweitzer
• “Chewing Gum”: John O'Brien
• “Chili” Chili Davis
• “Cocoa”: César Gutiérrez and Dan Woodman
• “Coco”: Coco Crisp
• "El Comedulce (The Candy Eater)": Bobby Abreu
• “Cookie”: Cookie Lavagetto and Cookie Rojas
• “Cookie Monster”: David Ortiz
• “Crab”: Jesse Burkett, Johnny Evers Chris Lindsay
• “Cracker”: Ray Schalk and Jim Hamby
• “Cuke”: Cuke Barrows
• Curry: Charles Joseph "Curry" Foley
• “Doughnut Bill” Bill Carrick
• “Ducky”: Joe Medwick
• ”Goobers”: Joe Bratcher and Goober Zuber
• “Slippery Eells”: Harry Eells
• “Half Pint”: Gene Rye
• “Goose”: Goose Goslin and Goose Gossage
• “Gummy”: Joe Wall
• “Jelly”: Frank Jelincich
• “J-Roll”: Jimmy Rollins
• “Juice”: Juice Latham
• “Lemons”: Moose Solters
• “Meal Ticket” Carl Hubbell
• “Milkman Jim”: Jim Turner
• “Noodles”: Noodles Hahn and Frank Zupo
• “The Octopus”: Marty Marion and Antonio Alfonseca
• “Oyster”: Oyster Burns
• “Pea Soup”: George Dumont
• “Peaches”: Peaches Graham and Dan Petry
• “Peach Pie”: Jack O'Connor
• “Georgia Peach”: Ty Cobb
• “Peanuts”: Peanuts Lowrey
• “Pepper”: Pepper Martin and Pepper Peploski
• “Pickles”: George Gerken and Pickles Dillhoefer
• “Pie”: Pie Traynor
• “Pork Chop”: John Hoffman
• "Porky": Hal Reniff
• “Potato”: Manuel Cueto
• "Pretzels": Pretzels Pezzullo
• “Puddin' Head”: Willie Jones
• “Punch”: Punch Knoll
• “Rabbit”: Rabbit Maranville and Jackie Tavener
• "Rawmeat": Rawmeat Rogers
• ”Salty”: Salty Parker and Jarrod Saltalamacchia
• ”Salt Rock”: Ezra Midkiff
• “Soup” Bill Campbell, Dave Campbell, Soup Campbell
• “Sour Mash Jack”: Jack Daniels
• “Spud”: Spud Chandler
• “Strawberry Bill”: Bill Bernhard
• “Sugar”: Bob Cain and Tom Kane
• “Sweetbreads”: Sweetbreads Bailey
• “Taters”: Frank Lary
• “T-Bone”: Taylor Phillips
• “Turkey”: Turkey Stearnes
• “Yam”: Yam Yaryan

Animal Nicknames

• ”Antelope”: Emil Verban
• "Bat” (“Pat the Bat”): Pat Burrell
• “Bear”: Danny Frisella, Don Gile, Jim Owens
• “Bear Tracks”: Al Jarvey and Johnny Schmitz
• “Big Bear”: Mike Garcia
• “Sugar Bear”: Larvell Blanks and Floyd Rayford
• "The Beast": Jimmie Foxx
• “Buffalo Bill”: Bill Hogg
• “Bug”: Bug Holiday
• “Bugs”: Bugs Morris, Bugs Raymond and Bill Werle
• “Bull”: Leon Durham, Bull Durham, Greg Luzinski, Bruce Edwards, Bob Watson, George Uhle, Billy Johnson, Brooks Lawrence and others
• “Baby Bull”: Orlando Cepeda
• “Bulldog”: Jim Bouton, Orel Hershiser, Clint Courtney and Hank Fischer
• “Bullfrog”: Bill Dietrich
• “Bunny”: Bunny Brief
• “The Cat”: Félix Millán
• “The Big Cat”: Johnny Mize, Andrés Galarraga and Miguel Cabrera
• “Harry the Cat”: Harry Brecheen
• "Little Cat": Frank Catalanotto
• “Catfish” Catfish Hunter and Catfish Metkovich
• “Chicken”: Chicken Hawks and Fred Stanley
• “Cobra”: Dave Parker
• “Collie”: Harry Colliflower
• “Crab”: Jesse Burkett and Johnny Evers
• “Crane”: Frank Reberger
• “Dingo”: Dino Restelli
• “Doggie”: Doggie Miller
• “Bird Dog”: Bill Hopper
• “Crime Dog”: Fred McGriff
• “Mad Dog”: Greg Maddux, Bill Madlock, Ryan Madson
• “Wonder Dog”: Rex Hudler
• “Big Donkey”: Adam Dunn
• “Ducky”: Joe Medwick
• “Eagle Eye”: Jake Beckley and Charlie Hemphill
• “Bald Eagle”: Frank Isbell
• “The Grey Eagle”: Tris Speaker
• “Slippery Eells”: Harry Eells
• “Wild Elk Of The Wasatch”: Ed Heusser
• “Fly”: Ferguson Jenkins
• “Fox”: Marshall Bridges
• “The Old Fox”: Clark Griffith
• “The Silver Fox”: Duke Snider
• “The Swamp Fox”: Alvin Dark
• “Froggy”: Bill Hands
• “Gator”: Ron Guidry and Mike Greenwell
• “Goat”: Les Channell, Goat Anderson, and Goat Cochran
• “Goose”: Goose Goslin and Goose Gossage
• “Gorilla”: Paul Gilliford
• “Hawk”: Ralph Branca, Clay Carroll, Andre Dawson, Ken Harrelson and Howie Shanks
• “Hippo”: Hippo Vaughn
• “Horse”: John Orsino
• "Horse Belly”: Joe Sargent
• “Crazy Horse”: Lou Meyers
• “Deerfoot”: George Barclay, Harry Bay, Clyde Milan, Tom Needham
• “Harry the Horse”: Harry Danning and Harry Anderson
• “Iron Horse”: Lou Gehrig
• “Wild Horse”: Neil Sheridan
• “Wild Horse of the Osage”: Pepper Martin
• “Jackrabbit”: Jack Gilbert
• “Kangaroo”: Davy Jones
• “King Kong”: Charlie Keller
• “Kingfish”: Tim Salmon
• “Kitten”: Harvey Haddix
• “Kitty”: Kitty Bransfield, Jim Kaat
• “Kung Fu Panda”: Pablo Sandoval
• “Mongoose”: Eddie Lukon
• “Monkey”: Frank Foreman and Pete Hotaling
• “Moose”: Dale Alexander, Walt Dropo, Moose Haas, Bob Lee, Walt Moryn, Mike Mussina, Dick Radatz, Bill Skowron, Moose Solters, and more
• “Mosquito”: Tony Ordenana
• “Mouse”: Ed Glenn
• “Mickey Mouse”: Cliff Melton
• “Mule”: Mule Haas, Mule Suttles, Mule Watson, Frank Lary
• “Muskrat Bill”: Bill Shipke
• “Newt”: Newt Hunter and Newt Kimball
• “The Octopus”: Marty Marion and Antonio Alfonseca
• “Ox”: Ox Eckhardt and Ox Miller
• “Oyster”: Oyster Burns
• “Penguin”: Ron Cey
• “Pig”: Frank House
• “Pig Pen”: Jim Dwyer
• “Piggy”: Walter French and Piggy Ward
• “Possum”: Larry Burright and Possum Whitted
• “Pug”: Pug Bennett, Pug Cavet and Pug Griffin
• “Big Puma”: Lance Berkman
• “Rabbit”: Rabbit Maranville and Jackie Tavener
• “The Rat”: Gary Gaetti
• “Rattlesnake”: Tom Baker
• “Reindeer Bill”: Bill Killefer
• “Rooster”: Rick Burleson
• “Red Rooster”: Doug Rader
• “Road Runner”: Ralph Garr
• “Rhino”: Ryne Sandberg ("Ryno") and Roy Hitt ("Rhino")
• “Sea Lion”: Charley Hall
• “The Shark”: Roger Bernadina
• “Skeeter”: Skeeter Barnes, Carson Bigbee, Skeeter Newsome, and Skeeter Webb
• “Slug”: Harry Heilmann, Jack Burns, and Don Slaught
• “Snake”: Snake Deal, Snake Henry, and Snake Wiltse
• “Spider”: Spider Jorgensen and Roger Nelson
• “Squirrel”: Roy Sievers
• “Stork”: George Theodore
• "Tabby Cat": Pat Tabler
• “Tiger”: Don Hoak, Don Kaiser, and Cliff Mapes
• “Toad” Toad Ramsey
• “Turkey”: Ewell Gross, Turkey Stearnes
• “The Vulture”: Phil Regan
• “Whale” Fred Walters
• “Wolfie”: Randy Wolf

Ethnic Nicknames

• "Arriba": Roberto Clemente
• "Barranquilla Baby": Edgar Rentería
• "Bocci": Ernie Lombardi
• "Cha Cha": Orlando Cepeda
• ”El Caballo”: Carlos Lee, Rubén Sierra
• ”Chico”: Leo Cárdenas, Chico Carrasquel, Chico Fernández, José Lind, Chico Ruiz, Chico Salmon, Chico Walker
• ”Chief”: Chief Bender, Freddy García, Chief Hogsett, Chief Zimmer, Jack Warhop, Chief Wilson, Chief Sockalexis, Chief Meyers
• “Chink”: Early Yingling, Chink Heileman, Wally Mattick, Chink Outen, Chink Taylor, Leo Taylor, Chink Zachary
• ”Coco”: Coco Crisp, Francisco Cordero
• “Cocoa”: César Gutiérrez
• ”El Duque”: Orlando Hernández
• ”Dutch”: Dutch Leonard, Emil Verban, Herman Bronkie, Dutch Henry, Otto Knabe, Art Wilson, Dutch Holland, Darren Daulton
• ”Dutchman”: Harry Fritz
• ”The Dutch Master”: Johnny Vander Meer
• "El Enano (The Dwarf)": Rafael Furcal
• "Finn": Hardin Barry
• “Big Finn”: Lou Fiene
• "Fitz”: Walter French
• ”The Flying Dutchman”: Honus Wagner, Herman Long
• ”Frenchy”: Frenchy Bordagaray, Jeff Francoeur
• ”Germany”: Germany Schaefer, Germany Smith, Herman Long, Joe Schultz, Crazy Schmit
• ”Gookie” Travis Dawkins
• ”Hans”: Hans Lobert, Johnnie Wittig, Frank Grube, Harry Ables
• ”The Hebrew Hammer”: Ryan Braun
• “Heinie”: Heinie Beckendorf 1909–10; Heinie Berger 1907–10; Heinie Elder 1913; Heinie Groh 1912–27; Heinie Heitmuller 1909–10; Heinie Heltzel 1943–44; Heinie Jantzen 1912; Heinie Kappel 1887–89; Heinie Manush 1923–39; Heinie Meine 1922–34; Heinie Mueller 1920–35; Heinie Mueller 1938–41; Heinie Odom 1925; Heinie Peitz 1892–1913; Heinie Reitz 1893–99; Heinie Sand 1923–28; Heinie Scheer 1922–23; Heinie Schuble 1927–36; Heinie Smith 1897–1903; Heinie Stafford 1916; Heinie Wagner 1902–18; Heinie Zimmerman 1907–19
• ”El Hombre Goma”: José Rodríguez
• “El Hombre”: Albert Pujols
• ”Indian Bob”: Bob Johnson
• ”Irish”: Irish Meusel, Roy Corhan, Earl Harrist, Irish McIlveen, Larry Miggins
• "Jap": Jap Barbeau, William Joseph Barbeau (1905–10)
• ”Kickapoo Ed”: Ed Summers
• ”Limonar”: Rogelio Martínez
• ”Loco”: José Herrera
• "The Mad Hungarian": Al Hrabosky
• ”The Mad Russian”: Lou Novikoff
• ”Manito”: Juan Marichal
• ”Paddy”: Paddy Baumann, Paddy Fox, Paddy Livingston, Paddy O'Connor, Paddy Quinn
• ”The Panamanian Express”: Allan Lewis
• ”Panamanian Flash”: Adolfo Phillips
• ”Pancho”: Frank Snyder, Pancho Herrera
• ”Pantalones”: José Santiago
• “Papi”: Edgar Martínez, David Ortiz
• ”Papito”: José Vidal
• ”Pepe”: Pepe Frias, Pepe Mangual
• ”Pepito”: César Tovar
• ”El Presidente”: Dennis Martínez
• "The Rabbi Of Swat": Moe Solomon
• ”Rico”: Rico Petrocelli, Rico Carty, Rico Rossy
• ”SuperJew”: Mike Epstein
• ”Tito”: Tito Francona, Tito Fuentes, Tito Landrum
• "The Yiddish Curver": Barney Pelty

Feminine Nicknames

• "Babe": Babe Herman, Babe Ruth
• "Boob": Joseph "Boob" Fowler
• "Dike": Lawrence "Dike" Varney
• "The Gay Reliever": Joe Page
• "Granny": Granny Hamner
• "Judy": Judy Johnson
• "Julie": Julie Wera
• "Lady": Charles "Lady" Baldwin and Harley "Lady" Payne
• "Mother": Mother Watson
• "Patsy": Patsy Tebeau
• "Pinky": Pinky Higgins, Pinky Hargrave, Pinky Pittenger, and Pinky Whitney
• "Roxie": Alfred "Roxie" Lawson
• "Sadie": Sargent "Sadie" Houck and John Joseph "Sadie" McMahon
• "Tilly": Tilly Walker

Titles and Ranks

• “Admiral”: Claude Berry and Admiral Schlei
• “Alderman”: Sam Brouthers and Frank Briody
• “Baron”: Elmer Knetzer
• “Baron von Mitterwald”: George Mitterwald
• “Boss”: Boss Schmidt
• “Captain”: Cap Anson
• “Captain Hook”: Sparky Anderson
• “The Chairman of the Board”: Whitey Ford
• “Chief”: Chief Bender, Chief Hogsett, Chief Meyers, Chief Zimmer, Chad Cordero, Freddy García, and Mel Harder
• “Colonel”: Jerry Coleman, Roy Beecher and Gil Hatfield
• "The Colossus Of Clout": Babe Ruth
• "The Counsell-man": Craig Counsell
• “Count”: Count Campau
• “Deacon”: Deacon McGuire, Deacon White, Vern Law, Bill McKechnie, Deacon Jones (infielder), Deacon Jones (pitcher), and Fred Johnson
• “Doc”: Doc Cramer, Dwight Gooden, Roy Halladay, Doc Johnston, Doc Lavan, Doc Medich, and more
• “Dr. K”: Dwight Gooden
• “Duke”: Duke Snider, Duke Carmel, Paul Derringer, Bob Dillinger, Duke Farrell, Duke Sims and others
• “The Duke of Flatbush”: Duke Snider
• “The Duke of Tralee”: Roger Bresnahan
• “The Earl of Baltimore”: Earl Weaver
• “The Earl of Snohomish”: Earl Averill
• “El Presidente”: Dennis Martinez
• “Father”: John Kelly
• “Gentleman George”: George Decker, George Haddock, and George Stallings
• “Gentleman Jim”: Jim Hickman
• "General”: Alvin Crowder, General Stafford, Gary Matthews, and Gary Matthews Jr.
• “The Governor”: Jerry Browne and Frank Ellerbe
• “Judge”: Harry Lumley and Ralph Works
• “The Kentucky Colonel”: Earle Combs
• “King”: King Kelly, King Brady and Jim Leyritz
• “King Carl”: Carl Hubbell
• “The King of Crash”: Babe Ruth
• “The Knight Of Kennett Square”: Herb Pennock
• “Little General”: Johnny Bench
• “Little Professor”: Dom DiMaggio
• “Lord”: Jimmy Jordan
• “The Mahatma”: Branch Rickey
• “Major”: Ralph Houk and Les Mann
• “Master Melvin”: Mel Ott
• “The Mayor”: Sean Casey
• “The Mayor of Wrigley Field”: Hank Sauer
• “Mr. Baseball”: Bobby Bragan, Connie Mack, and Bob Uecker
• “Mr. Clutch”: David Ortiz
• “Mr. Cub”: Ernie Banks
• “Mr. Marlin”: Jeff Conine
• “Mr. October”: Reggie Jackson
• "Mr. Padre": Tony Gwynn
• “Mr. November”: Derek Jeter
• “Mr. Tiger”: Al Kaline
• “The Old Professor”: Casey Stengel
• “Parson”: Parson Nicholson and Billy Sunday
• “Preacher”: Preacher Roe, Barry Bonnell, Vern Law, and Wally Hebert
• “Prince Hal”: Hal Newhouser
• “Professor”: Joe Ostrowski
• “Red Baron”: Rusty Greer and Rick Sutcliffe
• "Sarge": Gary Matthews
• "Señor Octubre": David Ortiz
• "Sheff": Gary Sheffield
• “Sheriff”: Sheriff Blake, Norm Charlton, Jim Constable, Del Gainer, Dave Harris and more
• “Sir Hugh”: Hugh Duffy
• “Sir Richard”: Duff Cooley
• "Sir Sidney": Sidney Ponson
• “Sir Timothy”: Tim Keefe
• “The Sultan Of Swat”: Babe Ruth

Mechanical or Industry Nicknames

• "Bazooka": Eddie Basinski
• "The Big Train": Walter Johnson Jim Asbell
• "The Big Wheel": Lance Parrish
• "Bomber": Maurice Van Robays
• "Bullet": Bullet Rogan Bob Turley Jack Thoney Frank Miller Bullet Joe Bush
• "Cadillac": Franklin Stubbs
• "Cannonball": Ed Crane Ed Morris John Shaffer Bill Stemmeyer Cannonball Titcomb Gus Weyhing
• "Crane": Frank Reberger
• "Fireball": Fireball Smith
• "Gunboat": Harry Gumbert
• "Gunner": Bill McGunnigle Bobby Reeves Guy Cantrell
• "Hammer": Hank Aaron, John Milner, Josh Willingham
• "Hammerin' Hank": Hank Aaron, Hank Greenberg
• "Iron Duke": Bill Kenworthy
• "The Iron Horse": Lou Gehrig
• "Iron Man": Cal Ripken Archie Campbell Joe McGinnity Ray Mueller Wiley Piatt Ray Starr
• "Jet" or "The Jet": Chet Lemon Sam Jethroe
• "Little Steam Engine": Pud Galvin
• "The Mechanic": Tony Fossas, Emilio Antonio (Morejon) Fossas (1988–99)
• "The Mechanical Man": Charlie Gehringer
• "Mercedes": Todd Benzinger
• "Motormouth": Paul Blair
• "Old Iron Hands": Sleeper Sullivan
• "Rocket": Roger Clemens
• "Scrap Iron": Ed Biecher Clint Courtney Phil Garner Eddie Kenna Bob Stinson
• "Shovel": Shovel Hodge
• "Spoke": Tris Speaker, Spoke Emery
• "Stanley Steamer": Bob Stanley
• "Steam Engine in Boots": Earl Moore
• "Steamboat": Clem Drisewerd Steamboat Struss Steamboat Williams
• "Steamer": Steamer Flanagan
• "Tank": Todd Pratt
• "Toy Cannon": Jimmy Wynn
• "Truck": Truck Eagan Truck Hannah, Eddie Kearse

Managers, coaches, etc. nicknames

• Buck O'Neil, John Jordan "Buck" O'Neil (Negro Leagues, Cubs Coach) "Nancy"
• Terry Cashman: "The Balladeer of Baseball"

See also

• Nicknames: Sports clubs and their nicknames

External links

• Gmelch, George, "What's in a Baseball Nickname", NINE: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture Volume 14, Number 2, Spring 2006, pp. 129–132.
• Baseball Nicknames: A Dictionary of Origins and Meanings, by James K. Skipper, McFarland & Company, 1992, ISBN 0-89950-684-4
• Official Major League Baseball history of American League nicknames
• Official Major League Baseball history of National League nicknames
• Chris Berman bestowed nicknames (or Bermanisms)
• PBS.org – Ken Burns interviews Buck O'Neil