Which baseball player has the best nickname?

I really like King Felix (Felix Hernandez of the Mariners) even if some people say he hasn't earned it.





And I have to admit that Jaba the Hutt is a great nickname and freaking hilarious!|||Papi -- Edgar Martinez (aka: Gar)


Coltrane -- Russell Nathan Coltrane Jeanson Martin (LA Dodger catcher's full name)


Junior -- Ken Griffey Jr.


Mr. October -- Reggie Jackson


Wild Thing -- Mitch Williams


Rajah -- Rogers Hornsby


Vacuum Cleaner -- Brooks Robinson


Stan "The Man" Musial


Rube Waddell -- his first name is George


The Flying Dutchman -- Honus Wagner (real name: John Peter Wagner)


Rapid Robert -- Bob Feller


Double X -- Jimmie Foxx (aka: Beast)


Little General -- Johnny Bench


Old Pete -- Grover Cleveland Alexander


Sweet Swingin' Billy from Whistler -- Billy Williams


Pee Wee Reese -- Harold


The Octopus -- Marty Marion (aka: Slats)


Firemen -- Joe Page (aka: The Gay Reliever)


El Presidente -- Dennis Martinez


"Sudden" Sam McDowell


Harold "Pie" Traynor


Pepper Martin -- Johnny Martin (aka:The Wild Horse Of The Osage)


The Toy Cannon -- Jimmy Wynn


Sweet Music -- Frank Viola


Frank "Home Run" Baker -- career = 96 HR, best season = 12 HR


Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn


Double No-Hit -- Johnny Vander Meer (aka: The Dutch Master)


Sweetbreads Bailey -- Abraham Lincoln Bailey


Puddin' Head --Willie Jones


Dizzy Dean -- Jay Dean


Daffy Dean -- Paul Dean


Sweet Lou -- Lou Whitaker Jr.


The Old Perfessor -- Casey Stengel


Commy -- Charles Comiskey


The Swamp Fox -- Alvin Dark (aka: Blackie)


Leo "The Lip" Durocher





And last but not least:


The Iron Horse -- Lou Gehrig (aka: Biscuit Pants)


LOL ... I've never heard him called Biscuit Pants.|||placido "big head" polanco|||David Ortiz- Big Papi|||i have 2- Oil Can Boyd and Big Papi|||Chipper. (his real name is Larry)|||The Big Unit.|||ive always been a fan of ted williams, the splendid splinter.


Some other good ones, Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd


Ozzie Smith, the Wizard of Oz


Virgil "Fire" Trucks|||Bonds = Conceited, Drugged Up Jerk





That's my favorite.|||this is a double nickname for Craig Biggio and Jeff Bagwell (Killer Bees)!!!!|||I think dice-k is pretty cool. but dont tell anyone cause I'm a yankee fan.|||Ivan (Pudge) Rodriguez.|||From the 70's, Jim "Mudcat" Grant|||Over the years there have been some great names. Everyone knows "Babe" Ruth. In Milwaukee, everyone knew that the "Kid" was Robin Yount. Today, every one knows that "Pudge" is a catcher by the name of Rodrigez.





One thing that is certain. baseball players have far fewer nick names than they did in the past.





My favorite? "Kid" Robin Yount.|||Oil Can Boyd


Scooter Rizzuto (bless his sole)


The Mad Hungarian Al Hrabosky


Catfish Hunter





Good Stuff|||My favorite has always been Walt "3 blind" Weiss, shortstop for the A's late 80's/early 90's. He also had a stop in Atlanta before calling it quites.|||I like Travis Hafner's. His nickname is Pronk.|||Frank The Big Hurt Thomas|||Senor Smoke - Juan Bereanguer


The Great Bambino, The Sultan of Swat, The King of Crash, The Colossus of Clout, The Babe


Big Papi


The Big Unit


Big Hurt


The Iron Horse


The Wizard


The Splendid Splinter (Ted Williams)


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


Hammerin' Hank Aaron


The Georgia Peach (Ty Cobb)


Mordecai "Three Fingers" Brown


The Yankee Clipper ("Joltin' Joe" DiMaggio)


Fred "Bonehead" Merkle


Walter "Big Train" Johnson|||Definitely David Ortiz with Big Papi|||I love this question!





My personal favorites include (in no particular order):


Randy "The Big Unit" Johnson


Joltin' Joe DiMaggio aka "The Yankee Clipper"


Fred "Bonehead" Merkle


Pete Rose aka "Charlie Hustle"





But, my all time favorite has got to be:


Willie "Hit 'em Where They Ain't" Keeler aka "Wee Willie"|||A-Rod|||It's Joba not Jaba.





I personally like Phil Rizzuto's (R.I.P)


"Scooter", c'mon that sounds pretty old-school it's cool.|||Greatest baseball nickname of all time is from the 1800's.


Bob "Death to Flying Things" Ferguson.|||Vladimir Guerrero - "Bad Vlad" "Vlad the Impaler"


Jason Schmidt - Jason "Holy" Schmidt


Rich Gossage - "Goose" Gossage


Sammy Sosa - "Corky" Sosa (after the corked bat incident)


Willie Mays - "Say Hey Kid"





There's a bunch but these just haven't been mentioned yet =P.|||C.C. Carl Crawford|||Stan the man


Shoeless


Goose


oil can was also called tin can in certain circles


charlie hustle


the big hurt|||George Herman "Babe" Ruth


How about Willie "Pudding Head" Jones because he was always getting beaned.


"Duke" Snider


Carl Furrillo "The Reading Rifle"


Mike Epstein "Super Jew"


"Dizzy" Dean and his brother "Daffy" Dean


Walter"The Big Train" Johnson


PS The original king was King Carl Hubbell Or maybe Charlie King Kong Keller|||Frank Thomas - the Big Hurt.|||I like Pudge and Big Papi..................Mr. Steroid isn't bad either (Barry Bonds)|||Rex "Wonder Dog" Hudler


Orel "Bulldog" Hershiser


Vin "Voice of God" Scully|||well for chris capuano everybody calls him cappy but lately with losing his past 16 starts that nicknames changed to crappy and chris crapuano. poor chris





ryan braun- braunie [brownie] cause hes just oh so ssweet :)


the brewers call craig counsell the angry rooster. i dont know why.