Most Unique Player Nickname (O/T)

[Brian Van Horn]

Peanuts Lowrey
Sad Sam Jones
Tiny Osborne
Johnny "The Crab" Evers
Jim "Mudcat" Grant (discovered by Fred Merkle)

[mintacular]

I've enjoyed reading all of these, keep 'em coming. So far my favorite name is "Biscuit Pants"--made me chuckle.

[Kawika]

Not pre-war but mustn't forget Padres catcher Doug "Eyechart" Gwosdz.

[ethicsprof]

you don't need a nickname when your name is Bill Malarkey---T206.

best,
barry

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Originally Posted by Kawika

Not pre-war but mustn't forget Padres catcher Doug "Eyechart" Gwosdz.

Eyechart is the funniest moniker this side of The Nervous Greek.

[Republicaninmass]

HUghie "Eee-yah" Jennings

[matthew]

I love this one.

Al Orth "The Curveless Wonder"

[Fred]

Here are some OJ era player nicknames:

Apollo of the Box (Tony Mullane)
The Hoosier Thunderbolt (Amos Rusie)
James "Pud" Galvin
"Parisian Bob" Caruthers
Ed "Cannonball" Crane
Joe "Ubbo Ubbo" Hornung


Or was this thread meant for cards that actually have the nicknames on the cards?

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by Rich Klein

Nicknames were not as PC back in these good old days:


"Dirty" Al Gallagher; who wanted to spell out Alan Mitchell Edward George Patrick Henry Gallagher anyway

Dirty Al was the manager a few years back of the St Joe Blacksnakes in the American Association...he is a heck of a nice fellow.

[SteveMitchell]

Some of my favorites are:

Bob Ferguson: Death to Flying Things (which has been picked up and reused by Seattle's announcers for Ichiro Suzuki - and probably others in other venues)

Big Poison and, of course, Little Poison for the Waners

Art The Great Shires - because he really wasn't

Arlie Latham: The Freshest Man on Earth

Wee Willie Keeler (and, again, I think Ichiro): Hit 'em where they ain't

The Human Rain Delay, Mike Hargrove, was painful to watch

Following Hargrove, Whitey Ford (The Chairman of the Board) seems fitting

Walter Boom Boom Beck

Amos Rusie: The Hoosier Thunderbolt and,

Wahoo Sam Crawford

These are only ten of dozens more favorites that could be recounted!

[brickyardkennedy]

After hours of intensive research into this topic , I've come up with the heretofore unknown (to me) player, Eddie "Glass Arm" Brown. Not a name suggestive of longevity in the game.

[PolarBear]

I can't think of a more antithetical name for a boxer.

[jerrys]

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[gashouse34]

How bout "Ain't that a Dazzy" Vance and the ol' Diz Dean are a couple fav's


Oil Can Boyd maybe?

[PolarBear]

Some interesting nicknames in the 49 Bowman set.

[mintacular]

Thank you everyone, this has been a very enjoyable thread for me to read and learn.