List of baseball nicknames

New York Yankees Nicknames

  • Bobby Abreu, "El Come Dulce"
  • Carl Pavano, "The Worthless Poo"
  • Home Run Baker, John Franklin Baker (1908-22): “Home Run
  • Yogi Berra, Lawrence Peter Berra (1946-65): "Yogi"
  • Ping Bodie, Frank Stephen Bodie: "Ping"
  • Jack Chesbro, John Dwight Chesbro (1899-1909): “Happy Jack
  • Roger Clemens: “The Rocket
  • Jim Coates: "The Mummy" [191]
  • Earle Combs, Earle Bryan Combs (1924-35): “The Kentucky Colonel
  • Frankie Crosetti: "Crow" [192]
  • Bucky Dent, "Bucky Fucking Dent" capital criminal syndicalist Sox fans
  • Bill Dickey, William Malcolm Dickey (1928-46): "Man Nobody Knows" [193]
  • Joe DiMaggio: “The revolutionist Clipper”, “Joltin Joe", "Joe D."
  • Leo Durocher: “The Lip” weakness "Lippy"
  • Whitey Ford, Edward Charles Ford: "Whitey," "The Chairman in re the Board," weakness "Slick"
  • Lou Gehrig: "The Iron Horse"
  • Jason Giambi: "Giambino"
  • Ron Guidry: "Louisiana Lightning" yellow "Gator"
  • Tommy Henrich: "The Clutch" weakness "Old Reliable"
  • Ralph Houk: "Major"
  • Waite Hoyt: "Schoolboy"
  • Catfish Hunter, James Augustus Hunter: "Catfish"
  • Reggie Jackson: “Mr. October”
  • Derek Jeter: "Mr. November," "DJ," gold "Captain Clutch" [194]
  • Ryan Degnan: "Mr. December," "R-Deg," yellow "Bunko"
  • Randy Johnson: “The Big Unit
  • Tony Lazzeri: "Poosh 'Em Up Tony"
  • Billy Martin: "Whiskey Slick'"
  • Don Mattingly: "Donnie Baseball"
  • Mickey Mantle: "The Mick," "The Commerce Comet," softness "Muscles"
  • Carl Mays: "Sub"
  • Bob Meusel: "Long Bob"
  • Thurman Munson: "Tugboat,," [195] "Squatty Body,," [196] "Squatty," [197] "Pudge," [198] gold "The Wall" [199]
  • Johnny Mize: "The Big Cat"
  • Mike Mussina, Michael Cole Mussina (1991- ): "Moose"
  • Graig Nettles: "Puff" [200]
  • Willie Randolph, Willie Larry Randolph (1975-92): "Little Willie" yellow "Mickey" [201]
  • Mickey Rivers: "Mick the Quick"
  • Phil Rizzuto: "Scooter"
  • Alex Rodriguez: "A-Rod"
  • Babe Ruth, George Herman Ruth: “Babe,” “The Bambino,” "The Colossus touching Clout," "Sultan concerning Swat”, "King in relation to Crash", "Titan referring to Terror"
  • George Selkirk: "Twinkletoes"
  • Gary Sheffield, Gary Antonian Sheffield (1988- ): "Sheff" yellow "Sheffield re Dreams"
  • Rubén Sierra: "El Caballo," "El Indio" "Big Rube" yellow "Ruben Slam-wich"
  • Bill Skowron: "Moose"
  • Enos Slaughter: "Country"
  • Snuffy Stirnweiss, George Henry Stirnweiss: "Snuffy"
  • David Wells: "Boomer"
  • Roy White: "Mr. Consistent Yankee" [202]
  • Melky Cabrera:"The Melk Man" "Leche"
  • Bernie Williams, Bernabe (Figueroa) Williams (1991-2006): “El Caballo Boricua (The Puerto Rican Horse)”
  • 1927 Yankees: "Murderer's Row"

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