Baseball nicknames have become an integral part of the sport's culture: "In no sport are nicknames more pervasive than baseball."[1] This is a list of nicknames of Major League Baseball teams and players. It includes a complete list of nicknames of players in the Baseball Hall of Fame, a list of nicknames of current players, nicknames of popular players who have played for each major league team, and lists of nicknames grouped into particular categories (e.g., ethnic nicknames, personality trait nicknames etc.). It also includes a list of nicknames of current Major League teams. Sports journalists, broadcasters and fans commonly refer to teams by a wide variety of nicknames. Many of the names are so established that newspapers routinely use the names in headlines.
– Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame
| Player | Career | Nickname | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hank Aaron | 1954–76 | "Hammer," "Hammerin’ Hank" or "Bad Henry" | [2] |
| Grover Cleveland Alexander | 1911–30 | "Old Pete" | [2] |
| Walter Alston | 1954–76 | "Smokey" | [2] |
| Sparky Anderson | 1970–95 | "Sparky" or "Captain Hook" | [2] |
| Cap Anson | 1871–97 | "Cap", "Pop", "Uncle" or "Captain" | [2] |
| Luis Aparicio | 1956–73 | "Little Louie" | [2] |
| Luke Appling | 1930–50 | "Old Aches & Pains", "Luscious Luke", "Fumblefoot" or "Kid Boots" | [3] |
| Richie Ashburn | 1948–62 | "Putt-Putt" or "Whitey" | [2] |
| Earl Averill | 1929–41 | "Rock" or "Earl of Snohomish" | [2] |
| Home Run Baker | 1908–22 | "Home Run" | [2] |
| Dave Bancroft | 1915–30 | "Beauty" | [2] |
| Ernie Banks | 1953–71 | "Mr. Cub" | [2] |
| Jake Beckley | 1888–1907 | "Eagle Eye" | [2] |
| Cool Papa Bell | "Cool Papa" | [2] | |
| Johnny Bench | 1967–83 | "Little General" | [2] |
| Chief Bender | 1903–25 | "Chief" | [2] |
| Yogi Berra | 1946–65 | "Yogi" | [2] |
| Wade Boggs | 1982–99 | "Chicken Man" | [4] |
| Jim Bottomley | 1922–37 | "Sunny Jim" | [2] |
| Roger Bresnahan | 1897–1915 | "The Duke of Tralee" | [2] |
| Lou Brock | 1961–79 | "The Franchise" | [5] |
| Dan Brouthers | 1879–96 | "Big Dan" or "Alderman" | [2] |
| Mordecai Brown | 1903–16 | "Three Finger" or "Miner" | [2] |
| Jesse Burkett | 1890–1905 | "Crab" | |
| Roy Campanella | 1948–57 | "Campy" | |
| Max Carey | 1910–29 | "Scoops" | |
| 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" | ||
| Jack Chesbro | 1899–1909 | "Happy Jack" | [6] |
| 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" | |
| Rabbit 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" | [7] |
| 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" of "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 Perfessor" | |
| 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" | ||
| Zack 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" | |
| Carl Yastrzemski | 1961–83 | "Yaz" | |
| Cy Young | 1890–1911 | "Cy" or "Cyclone" | |
| Ross Youngs | 1917–26 | "Pep" | |
| Robin Yount | 1974–93 | "The Kid" |
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