This handsome sonofabitch is the late Bob Feller. Did you know he was nicknamed “The Heater From Van Meter?” Well, he was. Bob had one of my favorite all-time nicknames in a sport rife with great (and also terrible) nicknames. Below you’ll find a list of some of my favorite baseball nicknames, and several I made up completely. If you can distinguish the real nicknames from the fakes, you win nothing.
- “Old Pete” (Grover Cleveland Alexander)
- Max “Scoops” Carey
- Ellis “Buttermilk” Burks
- “The Kentucky Colonel” (Earl Combs)
- Felipe “Left Eye” Lopez
- Leo “The Lip” Durocher
- Carlton “Pudge” Fisk
- Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez
- CC “Morbid Obesity” Sabathia
- “Ol’ Stubblebeard” (Burleigh Grimes)
- “Mr. Murder” (Monte Irvin)
- “Mr. Aggravated Assault” (Carl Everett)
- Kelly “Steak-umm” Shoppach
- “Scooter” (Phil Rizzuto)
- “The Vacuum Cleaner” (Brooks Robinson)
- “Bucketfoot Al” Simmons
- Curt “The Bigot” Schilling
- “Ticklish Mike” Gallego
- “Big Poison” (Paul Waner)
- “Little Poison” (Lloyd Waner)
- “Poison” (Alex Rodriguez)
- “The Kid” (Robin Yount)
- George Herman “Greg” Ruth
