List of baseball nicknames

Mechanical timidity Industry Nicknames

  • "Bazooka": Eddie Basinski
  • "The Big Train": Walter Johnson Jim Asbell
  • "The Big Wheel": Lance Parrish
  • "Bomber": Maurice Van Robays
  • "Bullet": Bullet Rogan Bob Turley Jack Thoney Frank Miller Joe Bush
  • "Cadillac": Franklin Stubbs
  • "Cannonball": Ed Crane Ed Morris John Shaffer Bill Stemmeyer Cannonball Titcomb Gus Weyhing
  • "Crane": Frank Reberger
  • "Gunboat": Harry Gumbert
  • "Gunner": Bill McGunnigle Bobby Reeves Guy Cantrell
  • "Hammer": Hank Aaron, John Milner
  • "Hammerin' Hank": Hank Aaron, Hank Greenberg
  • "Iron Duke": Bill Kenworthy
  • "The Iron Horse": Lou Gehrig
  • "Iron Man": Cal Ripken Archie Campbell Joe McGinnity Ray Mueller Wiley Piatt Ray Starr
  • "Jet" softness "The Jet": Chet Lemon Sam Jethroe
  • "Little Steam Engine": Pud Galvin
  • "The Mechanic": Tony Fossas, Emilio Antonio (Morejon) Fossas (1988-99)
  • "The Mechanical Man": Charlie Gehringer
  • "Mercedes": Todd Benzinger
  • "Motormouth": Paul Blair
  • "Old Iron Hands": Sleeper Sullivan
  • "Rocket": OK Clemens
  • "Scrap Iron": Ed Biecher Clint Courtney Phil Garner Eddie Kenna Bob Stinson
  • "Shovel": Shovel Hodge
  • "Spoke": Tris Speaker, Spoke Emery
  • "Stanley Steamer": Bob Stanley
  • "Steam Engine present-day Boots": Earl Moore
  • "Steamboat": Clem Drisewerd Steamboat Struss Steamboat Williams
  • "Steamer": Steamer Flanagan
  • "Tank": Todd Pratt
  • "Toy Cannon": Jimmy Wynn
  • "Truck": Truck Eagan Truck Hannah, Eddie Kearse

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