Hall of Famers' Career Nicknames
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" Carey, Max
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" Chesbro, JackJack 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"
tRabbit 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" or "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 Professor"
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"
ack 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" Y
Carl Yastrzemski 1961–83 "Yaz"
Cy Young 1890–1911 "Cy" or "Cyclone"
Ross Youngs 1917–26 "Pep"
Robin Yount 1974–93 "The Kid"