What is your favorite All-time baseball nickname?

[Guest Orangeboy]

One of my favorites is Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd.

Here are a few more I found.

1. "The Splendid Splinter" (Ted Williams)

2. "The Sultan of Swat" (George Herman "Babe" Ruth)

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

4. "Hammerin' " Hank Aaron

5. "The Big Unit" (Randy Johnson)

6. "The Georgia Peach" (Ty Cobb)

7. Mordecai "Three Fingers" Brown

8. "The Yankee Clipper" ("Joltin' Joe" DiMaggio)

9. Fred "Bonehead" Merkle

10. Walter "Big Train" Johnson

11. "Big Mac" (Mark McGwire)

12. "The Say Hey Kid" (Willie Mays)

13. "Double X" (Jimmy Foxx)

14.  Paul "Poison" Waner and Lloyd "Little Poison" Waner

15.  "Dizzy" and "Daffy" Dean

16.  "Donny Baseball" (Don Mattingly)

17.  "Rapid" Robert Feller

18.  "The Chairman of the Board" (Whitey Ford)

19.  Willie "Pops" Stargell

20.  "Junior" (Ken Griffey)

21.  Roger "The Rocket" Clemens

22.  "Dr. K" (Dwight Gooden)

23.  Charlie Hustle -- Pete Rose

24.  Stan the Man -- Stan Musial

25. Shoeless Joe -- Joe Jackson

26. Oil Can -- Dennis Boyd

27. The Wizard of Oz -- Ozzie Smith

28. Mr. October -- Reggie Jackson

29. "Nails" (Lenny Dykstra)

30. "Iron Horse" (Lou Gehrig)

31. "The Ryan Express" (Nolan Ryan)

32. "The Mad Hungarian" (Al Hrabosky)

33. "Death to Flying Things" (Bob Ferguson)

34. "The Human Rain Delay" (Mike Hargrove)

35. "El Guapo" (Rich Garces)

36. "Crime Dog" (Fred McGriff)

37. "Wild Thing" (Mitch Williams)

38. "The Big Hurt" (Frank Thomas)

39. "Yogi" (Lawrence Berra)

[adminbaberuth]

Good post CC,

Shoeless Joe my favorite

[bullets13]

what about pudge? 

[adminbaberuth]

what about pudge?   

Good one.

Don't see Toy Cannon (Jimmy Wynn) or Scrape Iron (Phil Garner),

[KFDM COOP]

One of my favorites is Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd.

Here are a few more I found.

1. "The Splendid Splinter" (Ted Williams)

2. "The Sultan of Swat" (George Herman "Babe" Ruth)

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

4. "Hammerin' " Hank Aaron

5. "The Big Unit" (Randy Johnson)

6. "The Georgia Peach" (Ty Cobb)

7. Mordecai "Three Fingers" Brown

8. "The Yankee Clipper" ("Joltin' Joe" DiMaggio)

9. Fred "Bonehead" Merkle

10. Walter "Big Train" Johnson

11. "Big Mac" (Mark McGwire)

12. "The Say Hey Kid" (Willie Mays)

13. "Double X" (Jimmy Foxx)

14.  Paul "Poison" Waner and Lloyd "Little Poison" Waner

15.  "Dizzy" and "Daffy" Dean

16.  "Donny Baseball" (Don Mattingly)

17.  "Rapid" Robert Feller

18.  "The Chairman of the Board" (Whitey Ford)

19.  Willie "Pops" Stargell

20.  "Junior" (Ken Griffey)

21.  Roger "The Rocket" Clemens

22.  "Dr. K" (Dwight Gooden)

23.  Charlie Hustle -- Pete Rose

24.  Stan the Man -- Stan Musial

25. Shoeless Joe -- Joe Jackson

26. Oil Can -- Dennis Boyd

27. The Wizard of Oz -- Ozzie Smith

28. Mr. October -- Reggie Jackson

29. "Nails" (Lenny Dykstra)

30. "Iron Horse" (Lou Gehrig)

31. "The Ryan Express" (Nolan Ryan)

32. "The Mad Hungarian" (Al Hrabosky)

33. "Death to Flying Things" (Bob Ferguson)

34. "The Human Rain Delay" (Mike Hargrove)

35. "El Guapo" (Rich Garces)

36. "Crime Dog" (Fred McGriff)

37. "Wild Thing" (Mitch Williams)

38. "The Big Hurt" (Frank Thomas)

39. "Yogi" (Lawrence Berra)

Great list!

[westend1]

Also

Goose Gossage

Mark "the Bird" Fidritch

El Duque'

Lefty--Steve Carlton

Sweet Lou

[Guest Orangeboy]

I was hoping you guys could come up with some I forgot. I did a little research on where "Oil Can" came from and beer is called oil in his Mississippi hometown. Oil Can Boyd sound a little better than Beer Can Boyd. ;D 

[2throwrundown]

what about pudge?   

Pudge Fisk or Pudge Rodriquez? 

[bullets13]

what about pudge?   

Pudge Fisk or Pudge Rodriquez? 

either one, actually.  i like both of them.

[westend1]

Gotta love  "Big Poppy"

[Guest Orangeboy]

Gotta love  "Big Poppy"

Yeah that's a great one too. Back in HS we had a guy we called BPC for bull-pen-catcher.

[dwight.schrute]

it's not really an indvidual, but you gotta love the killer b's from houston!

[adminbaberuth]

"spaceman " Bill Lee and "Mr. Cub" Ernie Banks

[2throwrundown]

The Nasty Boys from the Reds teams.  Cool Papa Bell comes to mind as well

[Guest Orangeboy]

Back in HS we called Dan Fletcher "Sperm Frog"

[Ruckdad]

"Cool Papa" Bell is one of my all-time faves - and I am also a fan of Honus "The Flying Dutchman" Wagner as well.

[Pirate88]

Jeff "Paper" Bagwell.

[DoctorSamson]

I have to say that "The Babe" and "The Wizard" are my two favorites, but I may be biased because I'm just a fanatic of the two players.

Sperm Frog?  I'm glad I didn't go to your high school.

[Interested Observer]

My favorite player was Will " The Thrill " Clark

[baseballarchitect]

Greg "The Professor" Maddux

Fred "Crime Dog" McGriff

Frank "Big Hurt" Thomas

"Dowtown" Ollie Brown

"Kong" Dave Kingman

"Godzilla" Hideki Matsui

"Big Daddy" Cecil Fielder

but my fav....

"Porno Mags" Magglio Ordornez

[Guest BCNatureBoy]

Nails-Lenny Dykstra