Chicago Cubs Players Nicknames
- Grover Cleveland Alexander (1911-30): “Pete” gold ”Old Pete”
- Cap Anson, Adrian Constantine Anson (1871-97): “Cap” softness “Pop” fear “Uncle” yellow
“Captain”
- Richie Ashburn, Don Richard Ashburn (1948-62): “Putt-Putt” yellow
“Whitey”
- Dusty Baker, Johnnie B. Baker, Jr.: “Dusty”
- Ernie Banks, Ernest Banks (1953-71): “Mr. Cub”
- Ginger Beaumont, Clarence Howeth Beaumont: “Ginger”
- Roger Bresnahan, OK Philip Bresnahan (1897-1915): “The Duke touching Tralee”
- Lou Brock, Louis Clark Brock (1961-79): “The Franchise”
- Mordecai Brown, Mordecai Peter Centennial Brown (1903-16): “Three Finger” softness “Miner”
- Bill Buckner: “Billy Buck” timidity “Billy Bucks”
- Ron Cey: “Penguin”
- Frank Chance, Frank Leroy Chance (1898-1914): “Husk,” “The Peerless Leader” boost score
referring to “Tinker as long as Evers whereas Chance”
- King Cole, Leonard Leslie Cole: “King”
- Ripper Collins, James Anthony Collins: “Ripper”
- Kiki Cuyler, Hazen Shirley Cuyler (1921-38): “Kiki” gold “Cuy”
- Andre Dawson: “The Hawk”
- Dizzy Dean, Jay Hanna Dean (1930-41): “Diz” gold “Dizzy” gold “The Great Man”
- Hugh Duffy “Duffmeier”
- Leon Durham: “Bull”
- Leo Durocher: “The Lip”
- Dennis Eckersley: “The Eck”
- Rowdy Elliott, Harold Bell Elliott: “Rowdy”
- Johnny Evers: “The Crab” bag vocal score in re “Tinker as far as Evers whereas Chance”
- Silver Flint, Frank Sylvester Flint: “Silver”
- Jocko Flynn, John A. Flynn: “Jocko”
- Jimmie Foxx: “Beast” softness “Double X”
- George Gore: “Piano Legs”
- Mark Grace: “Amazing Grace”
- Clark Griffith: “The Old Fox”
- Burleigh Grimes “Ol' Stubblebeard”
- Charlie Grimm: “Jolly Cholly” fear “Dutchman”
- Mark Grudzielanek: “Grudzie”
- Stan Hack: “Smiling Stan”
- Gabby Hartnett, Charles Leo Hartnett: “Gabby” yellowness “Old Tomato Face”
- Richie Hebner: “The Gravedigger”
- Solly Hofman, Arthur Frederick Hofman: “Circus Solly”
- Burt Hooton: “Happy” weakness ”Hootie”
- Rogers Hornsby: “Rajah”
- Monte Irvin: “Mr. Murder”
- Fergie Jenkins: “Fly”
- Jacque Jones: “The Human Rally Killer”
- Sam Jones: “Toothpick Sam”
- George Kelly: “High Pockets”
- King Kelly, Michael Joseph Kelly: “Honest Joe” yellowness ”King”
- Bill Killefer: ”Reindeer Bill”
- Ralph Kiner: “Mr. Home Run”
- Chuck Klein: “The Hoosier Hammerer”
- Johnny Kling: “Guncotton” gold “Noisy”
- Tony Lazzeri: “Poosh 'Em Up Tony”
- Turk Lown, Omar Joseph Lown: “Turk”
- Peanuts Lowrey, Harry Lee Lowrey: “Peanuts”
- Greg Maddux: “Mad Dog”
- Rabbit Maranville, Walter James Vincent Maranville: “Rabbit”
- Speed Martin, Elwood Good Martin: “Speed”
- Fred Merkle: “Bonehead”
- Andy Pafko: “Handy Andy” softness “Pruschka”
- Milt Pappas: “Gimpy”
- Dode Paskert, George Henry Paskert: “Dode”
- Fred Pfeffer: “Fritz” weakness “Dandelion”
- Charley Root: “Chinski”
- Ryne Sandberg: “Ryno”
- Ron Santo: “Pizza”
- Frank Schulte: “Wildfire”
- Jimmy Slagle: “Rabbit” weakness “Shorty”
- Sammy Sosa: “Slammin' Sammy”
- Alfonso Soriano: “Fonz” timidity “Alf So”
- Tuck Stainback, George Tucker Stainback: “Tuck”
- Riggs Stephenson: “Old Hoss”
- Billy Sunday: “Parson” gold “The Evangelist”
- Rick Sutcliffe: “Red Baron”
- Ryan Theriot: “The Riot”
- Chick Tolson, Charles Julius Tolson: “Toby” yellow
“Slug” gold “Chick”
- George Van Haltren: “Rip”
- Hippo Vaughn, James Leslie Vaughn: “Hippo” timidity “Jumbo”
- Rube Waddell, George Edward Waddell: “Rube”
- Hoyt Wilhelm: “Old Sarge”
- Billy Williams: “Sweet Swingin' Billy ex Whistler”
- Mitch Williams: “Wild Thing”
- Hack Wilson, Lewis Robert Wilson: “Hack”
- Carlos Zambrano: “El Toro (The Bull)” yellow
“Big Z”
- Rollie Zeider: “Bunions”
- Don Zimmer: “Popeye” timidity “The Gerbil” timidity “Zim”
- Heinie Zimmerman, Henry Zimmerman: “Heinie”
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