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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