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Baseball Player Nicknames #1

Guess the Major League players who were given these famous nicknames.
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Last updated: February 14, 2023
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First submittedJuly 8, 2012
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Average score50.0%
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Nickname
Player
The Bambino
Babe Ruth
The Georgia Peach
Ty Cobb
Big Papi
David Ortiz
Mr. October
Reggie Jackson
Mr. November
Derek Jeter
The Say Hey Kid
Willie Mays
The Splendid Splinter
Ted Williams
The Man of Steal
Rickey Henderson
The Big Hurt
Frank Thomas
The Big Unit
Randy Johnson
Nickname
Player
The Rocket
Roger Clemens
Charlie Hustle
Pete Rose
Crime Dog
Fred McGriff
Joltin' Joe
Joe DiMaggio
El Duque
Orlando Hernandez
Catfish
Jim Hunter
Three Finger
Mordecai Brown
The Commerce Comet
Mickey Mantle
The Millville Meteor
Mike Trout
Big Sexy
Bartolo Colón
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36 Comments
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Level 31
Jul 17, 2012
what about the train or the man or dizzy?
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Level 66
Apr 6, 2013
Strictly speaking "the Big Train." And how about "Big Six," "Death to Flying Things" (you can look it up, as Casey Stengel used to say), "the Old Perfessor," "Ducky," "Big Poison," "Rapid Robert," "Old Pete" and so forth?
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Level 88
May 15, 2014
What about Ducky Wucky!
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Level 60
Aug 29, 2019
OJ Simpson should be on the list
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Level 83
Apr 16, 2023
This is a baseball quiz
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Level 53
Aug 4, 2013
100% fun quiz
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Level 69
Sep 1, 2014
What about the human eyeball?
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Level 57
Feb 9, 2017
Peter Falk?
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Level 61
Sep 30, 2014
The Machine! Big Mac! El Hombre! Dr.K!
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Level 79
Apr 2, 2015
I thought the crime dog was McGruff. I'm terrible at sports quizzes...
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Level 80
Sep 25, 2015
McGruff was the REAL crime dog. During Saturday morning cartoons in the 80s, kids were instructed to "Take a Bite out of Crime" with McGruff, the Crime Dog. That's where Fred McGriff got his nickname from.
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Level 45
Jul 29, 2015
*Rickey
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Level 44
May 9, 2016
how come no one knows that DiMaggio was also known as "The Yankee Clipper"?
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Level 57
Feb 9, 2017
YOU know.
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Level 43
Oct 24, 2017
How about the all time greatest nickname "The Human Rain Delay" Toby Harrah
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Level 74
Oct 24, 2017
That was Mike Hargrove.
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Level 65
Apr 16, 2023
no it's pedro baez
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Level 60
Oct 24, 2017
It's RICKEY, not RICKIE. For today, he is the greatest of all time.
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Level ∞
Oct 24, 2017
Fixed!
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Level 46
Oct 24, 2017
The Wild Thing (Mitch Williams) blowing the World Series for the Phillies In 1993.
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Level 6
Feb 18, 2018
Where’s the “Flyin’ Hawaiian?”
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Level 67
Feb 15, 2023
I would have gotten Victorino, but I doubt he'd be over 30%. I think Travis Hafner has the best nickname of good but not great players from that generation.
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Level 64
Aug 15, 2019
chicken man boggs?
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Level 72
Oct 24, 2022
Bartolo Colon should be on this list. Best nickname.
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Level ∞
Feb 14, 2023
Added
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Level 67
Feb 15, 2023
Never heard Trout called that and I am a complete MLB fanatic.
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Level 81
Mar 31, 2023
It's real, but it's more of a tongue-in-cheek Internet meme.
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Level 68
Apr 16, 2024
Same. Never heard that once and I watch probably ten MLB games a week.
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Level 83
Feb 26, 2023
ManRam. Stan the Man. Donnie Baseball. Hammerin'. Big Train. The Chairman of the Board. Dizzy. Daffy. Double X/The Beast.
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Level 78
Apr 16, 2023
And let's not forget Clank and Dr. Strangeglove (also known as Stonefingers).
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Level 89
Apr 16, 2023
The Rocket -- I instinctively type Richard first i.e. Maurice Richard
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Level 69
Apr 18, 2023
Remember when you thought you'd seen Roger Clemens?

At the Yankees game?

Yeah, well it wasn't him.

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Level 65
Apr 18, 2023
I guess Jim Abbott for 3 finger. Guess I'm going to hell
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Level 65
Apr 19, 2023
I only got 2 right, Babe Ruth, (most guessed) and Mike Trout, (least guessed) at least Mike Trout has made me feel like I've accomplished something in life.
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Level 30
Dec 27, 2023
What about Danny Burgers??
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Level 54
Oct 22, 2025
I am SHOCKED 3 finger is only 22%. I feel like he goes more by Mordecai “3 finger” than just his first/last name. I also don’t know how I knew the Millville Meteor, but it just popped into my brain quickly.