Baseball Hall of Fame Full Names & Nicknames

The few, the elite, the enshrined members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. Listed below in alphabetical order is the complete membership to the baseball hall of fame including Negro League players, non-players, executives/pioneers, umpires and managers.

Most fans are aware of the common name give each player, but few remember their full name or some of the nicknames they received during their playing days. Baseball Almanac is pleased to present the data you need to bring back those memories.

"I was a lousy hitter in May doing the same things that made me a great hitter in June." - Hall of Famer Carl 'Yaz' Yastrzemski
Hall of Fame Members

Full Names & Nicknames

Full Name

Nickname(s)

Henry Louis Aaron (bio)

Hammerin' Hank

Grover Cleveland Alexander (bio)

Old Pete, Pete

Walter Emmons Alston (bio)

Smokey

George Lee Anderson (bio)

Sparky

Adrian Constantine Anson (bio)

Cap

Pops

Luis Ernesto Aparicio (bio)

El Grande de Venezuela

Little Louie

Luisito

Lucius Benjamin Appling (bio)

Old Aches and Pains

Don Richard Ashburn (bio)

Putt-Putt

Whitey

Howard Earl Averill (bio)

Rock

John Franklin Baker (bio)

Home Run

David James Bancroft

Beauty

Ernest Banks

Mr. Cub

Albert Joseph Barlick

 

Edward Grant Barrow

 

Jacob Peter Beckley

Eagle Eye

James Bell

Cool Papa

Johnny Lee Bench

 

Charles Albert Bender

Chief

Lawrence Peter Berra

Yogi

Wade Anthony Boggs

 

James Leroy Bottomley

Sunny Jim

Louis Boudreau

 

Roger Philip Bresnahan

The Duke of Tralee

George Howard Brett

 

Louis Clark Brock

 

Dennis Joseph Brouthers

Big Dan

Mordecai Peter Centennial Brown

Three Finger

Miner

Morgan Gardner Bulkeley

 

James Paul David Bunning

 

Jesse Cail Burkett

Crab

Roy Campanella

Campy

Rodney Cline Carew

 

Max George Carey

Scoops

Steven Norman Carlton

Lefty

Gary Edmund Carter

The Kid

Alexander Joy Cartwright, Jr.

 

Orlando Manuel Cepeda

Baby Bull

Cha Cha

Henry Chadwick

 

Frank Leroy Chance

Husk

The Peerless Leader

Albert Benjamin Chandler

Happy

Oscar McKinley Charleston

 

John Dwight Chesbro

Happy Jack

Nestor L. Chylak

 

Fred Clifford Clarke

Cap

John Gibson Clarkson

 

Roberto Walker Clemente

 

Tyrus Raymond Cobb

The Georgia Peach

Gordon Stanley Cochrane

Mickey

Edward Trowbridge Collins, Sr.

Cocky

James Joseph Collins

 

Earle Bryan Combs

The Kentucky Colonel

Charles Albert Comiskey

The Old Roman

John Bertrand Conlan

Jocko

Thomas Henry Connolly

 

Roger Connor

 

Stanley Anthony Coveleski

 

Samuel Earl Crawford

Wahoo Sam

Joseph Edward Cronin

 

William Arthur Cummings

Candy

Hazen Shirley Cuyler

Kiki

Raymond Emmett Dandridge

 

George Stacey Davis

 

Leon Day

 

Jay Hannah Dean

Dizzy

Edward James Delahanty

Big Ed

William Malcolm Dickey

 

Martin Dihigo

El Inmortal

Joseph Paul DiMaggio

Joltin' Joe

The Yankee Clipper

Lawrence Eugene Doby

 

Robert Pershing Doerr

 

Donald Scott Drysdale

Big D

Hugh Duffy

 

Leo Ernest Durocher

Lippy

The Lip

Dennis Lee Eckersley

The Eck

William G. Evans

 

John Joseph Evers

Crab

Trojan

William Ewing

Buck

Urban Charles Faber

Red

Robert William Andrew Feller

Rapid Robert

Richard Benjamin Ferrell

 

Roland Glen Fingers

 

Carlton Ernest Fisk

Pudge

Elmer Harrison Flick

 

Edward Charles Ford

Chairman of the Board

Whitey

William Hendrick Foster

 

Andrew Foster

Rube

Jacob Nelson Fox

Nellie

James Emory Foxx

Double X

The Beast

Ford Christopher Frick

 

Frank Francis Frisch

The Fordham Flash

James Francis Galvin

Gentle James

Pud

Henry Louis Gehrig

Buster

The Iron Horse

Charles Leonard Gehringer

The Mechanical Man

Robert Gibson

Hoot

Josh Gibson

 

Warren Giles

 

Vernon Louis Gomez

Goofy

Lefty

Leon Allen Goslin

Goose

Henry Benjamin Greenberg

Hammerin' Hank

Clark Calvin Griffith

Old Fox

Burleigh Arland Grimes

Ole Stubblebeard

Robert Moses Grove

Lefty

Anthony Keith Gwynn

Tony

Charles James Hafey

Chick

Jesse Joseph Haines

Pop

William Robert Hamilton

Sliding Billy

Edward Hugh Hanlon

Ned

William Harridge

 

Stanley Raymond Harris

Bucky

Charles Leo Hartnett

Gabby

Harry Edwin Heilmann

Slug

William Jennings Bryan Herman

 

Harry Bartholomew Hooper

 

Rogers Hornsby

Rajah

Waite Charles Hoyt

Schoolboy

Robert Cal Hubbard

 

Carl Owen Hubbell

King Carl

The Meal Ticket

Miller James Huggins

The Mighty Mite

William A. Hulbert

 

James Augustus Hunter

Catfish

Monford Irvin

 

Reginald Martinez Jackson

Mr. October

Travis Calvin Jackson

Stonewall

Ferguson Arthur Jenkins

Fergie

Hugh Ambrose Jennings

Ee-Yah

Byron Bancroft Johnson

 

William Julius Johnson

 

Walter Perry Johnson

Barney

The Big Train

Adrian Joss

 

Albert William Kaline

 

Timothy John Keefe

Sir Timothy

Smiling Tim

William Henry Keeler

Wee Willie

George Clyde Kell

 

Joseph James Kelley

 

George Lange Kelly

High Pockets

Michael Joseph Kelly

King

Harmon Clayton Killebrew, Jr.

Killer

Ralph McPherran Kiner

 

Charles Herbert Klein

The Hoosier Hammer

William Joseph Klem

Catfish

Sanford Koufax

 

Napoleon Lajoie

Larry

Kenesaw Mountain Landis

 

Thomas Charles Lasorda

 

Anthony Michael Lazzeri

Push 'Em Up Tony

Robert Granville Lemon

 

Walter Fenner Leonard

Buck

Frederick Charles Lindstrom

Lindy

John Henry Lloyd

Pop

Ernesto Natali Lombardi

Bocci

Schnozz

Alfonso Ramon Lopez

 

Theodore Amar Lyons

 

Cornelius Alexander Mack

Connie

The Tall Tactician

Leland S. MacPhail, Jr.

 

Leland S. MacPhail, Sr.

 

Mickey Charles Mantle

The Commerce Comet

The Mick

Henry Emmett Manush

 

Walter James Vincent Maranville

Rabbit

Juan Antonio Marichal

Manito

Richard William Marquard

Rube

Edwin Lee Mathews, Jr.

 

Christopher Mathewson

Big Six

Matty

Willie Howard Mays, Jr.

Say Hey

William Stanley Mazeroski

Maz

Joseph Vincent McCarthy

Marse Joe

Thomas Francis Michael McCarthy

 

Willie Lee McCovey

Stretch

Joseph Jerome McGinnity

Iron Man

William A. McGowan

Little Joe Chest

John Joseph McGraw

Little Napoleon

Mugsy

William Boyd McKechnie

Deacon

John Alexander McPhee

Bid

Joseph Michael Medwick

Ducky

Muscles

John Robert Mize

The Big Cat

Paul Leo Molitor

Ignitor

Molly

Joe Leonard Morgan

 

Eddie Clarence Murray

 

Stanley Frank Musial

Stan the Man

Harold Newhouser

Prince Hal

Charles Augustus Nichols

Kid

Phillip Henry Niekro

Knucksie

James Henry O'Rourke

Orator Jim

Melvin Thomas Ott

Master Melvin

Leroy Robert Paige

Satchel

James Alvin Palmer

Cakes

Herbert Jefferis Pennock

The Knight of Kennett Square

Atanasio Perez

 

Gaylord Jackson Perry

 

Edward Stewart Plank

Gettysburg Eddie

Kirby Puckett

 

Charles Gardner Radbourn

Old Hoss

Harold Henry Reese

Pee Wee

The Little Colonel

Edgar Charles Rice

Sam

Wesley Branch Rickey

Mahatma

Calvin Edward Ripken, Jr.

Cal, The Iron Man

Eppa Rixey

Jeptha

Phillip Francis Rizzuto

Scooter

Robin Evan Roberts

 

Brooks Calbert Robinson, Jr.

The Vacuum Cleaner

Frank Robinson

 

Jack Roosevelt Robinson

 

Wilbert Robinson

Uncle Robbie

Wilbur Rogan

Bullet

Edd J. Roush

 

Charles Herbert Ruffing

Red

Amos Wilson Rusie

The Hoosier Thunderbolt

George Herman Ruth

Bambino

The Sultan of Swat

Lynn Nolan Ryan

The Ryan Express

Ryne Dee Sandberg

Ryno

Raymond William Schalk

Cracker

Michael Jack Schmidt

 

Albert Fred Schoendienst

Red

George Thomas Seaver

Tom Terrific

Frank Gibson Selee

 

Joseph Wheeler Sewell

 

Aloysius Harry Simmons

Bucketfoot Al

George Harold Sisler

Georgeous George

Enos Bradsher Slaughter

Country

Hilton Smith

 

Osborne Earl Smith

The Wizard

Edwin Donald Snider

Duke

The Silver Fox

Warren Edward Spahn

 

Albert Goodwill Spalding

 

Tristam E. Speaker

Spoke

The Grey Eagle

Wilver Dornel Stargell

Pops

Norman Thomas Stearnes

Turkey

Charles Dillon Stengel

Casey

The Ole Perfessor

Donald Howard Sutton

 

William Harold Terry

Memphis Bill

Samuel Luther Thompson

Big Sam

Joseph Bert Tinker

 

Harold Joseph Traynor

Pie

Clarence Arthur Vance

Dazzy

Joseph Floyd Vaughan

Arky

William Louis Veeck, Jr.

 

George Edward Waddell

Rube

John Peter Wagner

Honus

The Flying Dutchman

Rhoderick John Wallace

Little Rhody

Edward Augustine Walsh

Big Ed

Lloyd James Waner

Little Poison

Paul Glee Waner

Big Poison

John Montgomery Ward

Monte

Earl Sidney Weaver

Doodles

George Martin Weiss

 

Michael Francis Welch

Smiling Mickey

Willie James Wells

Devil

Zachary Davis Wheat

Buck

James Hoyt Wilhelm

 

Billy Leo Williams

 

Joe Williams

Cyclone

Smokey Joe

Theodore Samuel Williams

Kid / Teddy Ballgame

Thumper

The Splendid Splinter

Victor Gazaway Willis

 

Lewis Robert Wilson

Hack

David Mark Winfield

 

George Wright

 

William Harry Wright

 

Early Wynn, Jr.

Gus

Carl Michael Yastrzemski

Yaz

Thomas Austin Yawkey

 

Denton True Young

Cyclone

Ross Middlebrook Youngs

Pep

Robin R. Yount

The Kid

Full Name

Nickname(s)

Hall Of Fame Full Names & Nicknames



Did you know that Joe DiMaggio was introduced in ballparks (after his Major League career) by another nickname — "The Greatest Living Ballplayer!"

James Galvin, who was better known as Pud, had another great nickname which was probably better suited to his pitching skills: "The Little Steam Engine".

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