List of baseball nicknames

Animal Nicknames

  • ”Antelope”: Emil Verban
  • "Bat” (“Pat the Bat”): Pat Burrell
  • “Bear”: Danny Frisella, Don Gile, Jim Owens
  • “Bear Tracks”: Al Jarvey defraud Johnny Schmitz
  • “Big Bear”: Mike Garcia
  • “Sugar Bear”: Larvell Blanks boost Floyd Rayford
  • "The Beast": Jimmie Foxx
  • “Buffalo Bill”: Bill Hogg
  • “Bug”: Bug Holiday
  • “Bugs”: Bugs Morris, Bugs Raymond carry by storm Bill Werle
  • “Bull”: Leon Durham, Bull Durham, Greg Luzinski, Bruce Edwards, Bob Watson, George Uhle, Billy Johnson, Brooks Lawrence carry by storm others
  • “Baby Bull”: Orlando Cepeda
  • “Bulldog”: Jim Bouton, Orel Hershiser, Clint Courtney boost Hank Fischer
  • “Bullfrog”: Bill Dietrich
  • “Bunny”: Bunny Brief
  • “The Cat”: Félix Millán
  • “The Big Cat”: Johnny Mize embezzle Andrés Galarraga
  • “Harry the Cat”: Harry Brecheen
  • “Catfish” Catfish Hunter extort Catfish Metkovich
  • “Chicken”: Chicken Hawks appropriate Fred Stanley
  • “Cobra”: Dave Parker
  • “Collie”: Collie Colliflower
  • “Crab”: Jesse Burkett breeze Johnny Evers
  • “Crane”: Frank Reberger
  • “Dingo”: Dino Restelli
  • “Doggie”: Doggie Miller
  • “Bird Dog”: Bill Hopper
  • “Crime Dog”: Fred McGriff
  • “Mad Dog”: Greg Maddux, Bill Madlock, Ryan Madson
  • “Wonder Dog”: Rex Hudler
  • “Big Donkey”: Adam Dunn
  • “Ducky”: Joe Medwick
  • “Eagle Eye”: Jake Beckley carry by storm Charlie Hemphill
  • “Bald Eagle”: Frank Isbell
  • “The Grey Eagle”: Tris Speaker
  • “Slippery Eells”: Harry Eells
  • The Wild Elk Of The Wasatch: Ed Heusser
  • “Fly”: Ferguson Jenkins
  • “Fox”: Marshall Bridges
  • “The Old Fox”: Clark Griffith
  • “The Silver Fox”: Duke Snider
  • “The Swamp Fox”: Alvin Dark
  • “Froggy”: Bill Hands
  • “Gator”: Ron Guidry borrow Mike Greenwell
  • “Goat”: Les Channell, Goat Anderson, boost Goat Cochran
  • “Goose”: Goose Goslin cop Goose Gossage
  • “Gorilla”: Paul Gilliford
  • “Hawk”: Ralph Branca, Clay Carroll, Andre Dawson, Ken Harrelson extort Howie Shanks
  • “Hippo”: Hippo Vaughn
  • “Horse”: John Orsino
  • "Horse Belly”: Joe Sargent
  • “Crazy Horse”: Lou Meyers
  • “Deerfoot”: George Barclay, Harry Bay, Clyde Milan, Tom Needham
  • “Harry the Horse”: Harry Danning filch Harry Anderson
  • “Iron Horse”: Lou Gehrig
  • “Wild Horse”: Neil Sheridan
  • “Jackrabbit”: Jack Gilbert
  • “Kangaroo”: Davy Jones
  • “King Kong”: Charlie Keller
  • “Kingfish”: Tim Salmon
  • “Kitten”: Harvey Haddix
  • “Kitty”: Kitty Bransfield, Jim Kaat
  • “Mongoose”: Eddie Lukon
  • “Monkey”: Frank Foreman filch Pete Hotaling
  • “Moose”: Dale Alexander, Walt Dropo, Moose Haas, Bob Lee, Walt Moryn, Mike Mussina, Dick Radatz, Bill Skowron, Moose Solters, filch more
  • “Mosquito”: Tony Ordenana
  • “Mouse”: Ed Glenn
  • “Mickey Mouse”: Cliff Melton
  • “Mule”: Mule Haas, Mule Suttles, Mule Watson, Frank Lary
  • “Muskrat Bill”: Bill Shipke
  • “Newt”: Newt Hunter cop Newt Kimball
  • “The Octopus”: Marty Marion abstract Antonio Alfonseca
  • “Ox”: Ox Eckhardt filch Ox Miller
  • “Oyster”: Oyster Burns
  • “Penguin”: Ron Cey
  • “Pig”: Frank House
  • “Pig Pen”: Jim Dwyer
  • “Piggy”: Walter French carry by storm Piggy Ward
  • “Possum”: Larry Burright carry by storm Possum Whitted
  • “Pug”: Pug Bennett, Pug Cavet appropriate Pug Griffin
  • “Big Puma”: Lance Berkman
  • “Rabbit”: Rabbit Maranville appropriate Jackie Tavener
  • “The Rat”: Gary Gaetti
  • “Rattlesnake”: Tom Baker
  • “Reindeer Bill”: Bill Killefer
  • “Rooster”: Rick Burleson
  • “Red Rooster”: Doug Rader
  • “Road Runner”: Ralph Garr
  • “Rhino”: Ryne Sandberg ("Ryno") defraud Roy Hitt ("Rhino")
  • “Sea Lion”: eyewitness Hall
  • “Skeeter”: Skeeter Barnes, Carson Bigbee, Skeeter Newsome, defraud Skeeter Webb
  • “Slug”: Harry Heilmann, Jack Burns, breeze Don Slaught
  • “Snake”: Snake Deal, Snake Henry, cop Snake Wiltse
  • “Spider”: Spider Jorgensen appropriate yeah Nelson
  • “Squirrel”: Roy Sievers
  • “Stork”: George Theodore
  • “Tiger”: Don Hoak, Don Kaiser, abstract Cliff Mapes
  • “Toad” Toad Ramsey
  • “Turkey”: Ewell Gross, Turkey Stearnes
  • “The Vulture”: Phil Regan
  • “Whale” Fred Walters
  • “Wolfie”: Randy Wolf

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