Most Unique Player Nickname (O/T)

[Brian Van Horn]

As I recall an earlier story, a newspaperman called the Waners big person and little person to differentiate between the two, but because of his accent it sounded like "Big Poison" and "Little Poison." The nicknames stuck.

[packs]

Donnie Baseball has to be one of the best nicknames to have as a ball player.

I always liked Frank Chance's "The Peerless Leader" and Johnny Evers "Crab"

But the all time best nickname is a tie between Johnny "Blue Moon" Odom and good old Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd.

[Brian Van Horn]

Harry "Giant Killer" Coveleskie
Pete "The Gladiator" Browning-not a flattering nickname since it was based on his fielding skills
Tony "Poosh Em Up" Lazzeri
"Moonlight" Graham
Johnny "Double No Hit" Vander Meer
Honus "The Flying Dutchman" Wagner
Butts Wagner
Walter "The Big Train" Johnson
Pepper "Wild Horse of the Osage" Martin
Harry "The Horse" Danning

[sox1903wschamp]

Since were O/T, my 2 favorite nicknames are from Hockey and being a Bruins fan for life with a Dad that had season tics for 20 years from 55 to 75, many a time in our household growing up, I heard these nicknames uttered:

Johnny "Pie Face" McKenzie: My alltime fav and although small in stature, he would go through a wall to score a goal and a had a big heart.

Don "Mary" McKenney: The antithesis of Pie Face. Great talent, good player but was not a fan of the rough play or mixing it up in the corners. Hence the nickname "Mary".

[sox1903wschamp]

And I will throw one Baseball nickname in:

Dick "Dr. Strangeglove" Stuart. Who once received a standing O in the sixties at Fenway for fielding a hotdog wrapper cleanly

[carrigansghost]

Like Michael Jackson, he wore a glove for no apparent reason.

[rfurnish]

The Baseball Encyclopedia is full of great old nicknames. How about Harvey "Gink" Hendrick. Gink means "odd little boy".

As an inside joke, I will sometimes refer to my girlfriend as a "gink". She has made me promise that I would never refer to her as a gink in public.



Do message boards count?

[howard38]

"The Apollo of the Box"

[teetwoohsix]

Don't forget Dummy Taylor.............

[tedzan]

Here's some feminine nicknames......for starters

William "Kitty" Bransfield
Nelson "Nellie" Briles
William "Widow" Conroy
Patrick "Patsy" Dougherty
George "Peaches" Graham
"Vivian" Lindaman
Sherwood "Sherry" Magee
John "Sadie" McMahon
Monroe "Dolly" Stark

Some other cool nicknames

Clyde "Pea Ridge" Day
Wilmer "Vinegar Bend" Mizell
Samuel "Skyrocket" Smith (1888)
Thomas "Sleeper" Sullivan (1880's)
George "Birdie" Tebbetts
Herman "Coaker" Triplett

But, in my book, here is the coolest name ever in BaseBall

Van Lingle Mungo




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