The "Baseball" Names thread

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Throughout the history of baseball there have been some great names among players. I'll list some of my favorite, and everyone else can do the same. This is just a thread for fun, no major significance or anything.

The names in bold letters are my personal favorites

 

Piano Legs Hickman

Peek-A-Boo Veach

Dizzy Dean

Red Ruffing

Rollie Fingers

Rogers Hornsby

Pee Wee Reese

Coco Crisp

Boof Bonser

Mickey Mantle

Nomar Garciaparra

Carlton Fisk

Cy Young

Mel Stottlemyre

King Kelly

Paul Bako

Ed Zmich

Delino Deshields

Dennis Eckersly

Chief Zimmer

Goose Gossage

Fernando Valenzuela

Todd Zeile

Richie Zisk

Guillermo Quiroz

Grover Cleveland Alexander

Tsuyoshi Shinjo

Casey Fossum

Oil Can Boyd

Cy Neighbors

Showboat Fisher

Hilly Flitcraft

Danny Tartabull

Roger Clemens

Trot Nixon

Dizzy Nutter

Eddie Quick

Don Zimmer

Dutch Zwilling

Dan Quisenberry

Happy Iott

Willie Mays

Hooks Iott

Willie Upshaw

Tadahito Iguchi

Sun Daly

Mike Piazza

Bobby Bonds

Tommy Lasorda

Bruce Dal Canton

Satchel Paige

David Dellucci

Wade Boggs

Jason Isringhausen

Joe DiMaggio

Dom Dimaggio

Vince DiMaggio

Phenominal Smith

Lenny Dykstra

Yo-Yo Davalillo

Grady Sizemore

Dixie Davis

Pea Ridge Day

Pop-Boy Smith

Corey Koskie

Scott Sobkowiak

Nap Lajoie

Bob Caruthers

Al Spalding

Steve Sax

Eddie Collins

Whitey Ford

Yogi Berra

Ron Darling

Scrappy Carroll

One Arm Daily

Darby O'Brien

Oyster Burns

Denny Riddleberger

George Van Haltrin

Icicle Reeder

Hugh Nicol

Clarence Cross

Xavier Nady

Sparrow McCaffrey

Buttercup Dickerson

Farmer Vaughn

Cyclone Miller

Mox McQuery

Jumbo Schoeneck

Three Finger Brown

Mickey Doolan

Mysterious Walker

Guy Zinn

Don Mattingly

Vida Blue

Doyle Alexander

Cap Anson

Nat Hicks

 

 

....theres a bunch there. List some more if ya got them!

[yankeessuck013]

I didn't want to read the whole list...too lazy (lol)

 

so heres mine:

 

Dizzy Dean.

Rollie Fingers

Heinie Manush. I confess, I just wanted to say Heinie.

Enos Slaughter. Wow.

Goose Gossage

 

List would not be complete without the Alou family-- Jesus, Matty and Felipe.

 

I still think A-Rod sounds like a condom.

[stocker323]

Hiram Bocachica

Boof Bonser

[Optimist]

I'm a fan of Coco.

[YanksHater213]

Hiram Bocachica

Boof Bonser

Damn, you beat me to it.

[26 to 6]

haha I forgot to put Hiram Bocachica in my list...I love that one too.

[KeepTheFaith1229]

Felipe Lopez! (say it with expression and it's kind of...weird)

 

 

EDIT: Grady Sizemore maybe?

[RedRuffing15]

Bold is my favs too

 

Red Ruffing(Cool Call-out 26-6)

Dazzy Vance

Tris Speaker

Herb Pennock

Lefty Gomez

Paul Waner

Wes Parker

Chet Hoff

Yogi Berra

Dizzy Dean

Hoss Radburn

 

 

Red Ruffing.......you know why

Tris Speaker......What awsome name....Tris

Wes Parker....idk..just awsome

 

 

 

 

I guess I'll edit my post as more come to me

[yeszir]

I second Boof Bonser

[Cityofchampions33]

Stan Musial, though Boff is hard to beat

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My personal favorite among all that I listed is Piano Legs Hickman ...wasnt a great player lol, but what a name. Close second being Peek-A-Boo Veach. Then Boof Bonser, and Coco Crisp, and so on

[RedRuffing15]

Ughh...Cap Anson.....how could I have forgotten him!!??

[Redguitar985]

Rocco Baldelli

[Moose]

Yorvit Torrealba

Yhency Brazoban

Duaner Sanchez

Olmedo Saenz

Rocco Baldelli

Frank Catalanotto

Dallas McPherson

Elmer Dessens

Terrmel Sledge

Khalil Greene

Milton Bradley (hahahahahahahahaha)

Juan Pierre

So Taguchi

Honus Wagner

Phil McCrotch

Choo Freeman

Ugueth Urbina

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

[spartans]

Mo Vaughn

 

i always loved that name

[KeepTheFaith1229]

Hate to bump this from so long ago but...

 

Rusty Kuntz.

[26 to 6]

hahaha thats hilarious.

[Youk Of The Nation]

Macowiak, Grudzelainek, Mientkiewicz, Isringhausen, Catalanatto, and a few others should form a team.

 

They could dominate simply by confusing the hell out of opposing teams with their incomprehensible lineup.

[CrespoBlows]

Stubby Clapp.

[ORS]

Can't believe no one has said it yet, but I think Wily Mo Pena is a great baseball name.

[Youk Of The Nation]

I would also love Wily Mo and Bubba on one team...

[CrespoBlows]

http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/poledi01.shtml

 

This guy can be our ace.

[Youk Of The Nation]

http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/poledi01.shtml

 

This guy can be our ace.

 

 

NICE!

 

Him and Rusty Kuntz would be an awesome pair. Can you imagine them turning a play?

 

"Swing and a ground ball to the first baseman...pitcher covers...and Dick Pole fires a hard one to Rusty Kuntz!"

[KeepTheFaith1229]

Don't forget about J.J. Putz.

[ORS]

But this guy can't

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/coxle01.shtml

[Youk Of The Nation]

"And Les Cox comes on in relief of Dick Pole...Les' numbers this season are slightly less than Pole's, and weve seen Les falter long before pole does. In fact, Les Cox seems unable to keep up with Rusty Kuntz as well as Dick Pole..."

[CrespoBlows]

This guy played basketball, but who can't pass this up.

 

http://www.garrettcollege.edu/athletics/menbball/staff.html

 

“Playing at Garrett Community College was a great experience. Coach Gibson was willing to spend endless hours with me working on my individual skills. With Coach Gibson, everyone on the team will improve and, depending on their own work ethic, have a chance to play at a four-year institution.” - Dick Bender (1983-84), Assistant Coach, Indiana State University

[KeepTheFaith1229]

Bobby Cox gives the signals from the dugout...

[KeepTheFaith1229]

Alright this isn't baseball but the backup center for Stetson University's name is:

 

(drumroll)

 

Grlenntys Chief Kickingstallionsims Jr.

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Alright this isn't baseball but the backup center for Stetson University's name is:

 

(drumroll)

 

Grlenntys Chief Kickingstallionsims Jr.

Thats amazing.