First Names as Last Names - Baseball

We have a list of 22 players whose last names are common first names. Guess who they are.

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First submitted	June 2, 2014
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Average score	68.2%
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Use These First Names
Aaron	Eddie	Johnny	Morgan
Babe	Frank	Jones	Murray
Billy	Fred	Kent	Nolan
Brett	Gaylord	Kevin	Perry
Brock	George	Lee	Ruth
Chipper	Grace	Lou	Ryan
Cliff	Hank	Lynn	Ryan
Damon	Howard	Mark	Scott
Dave	Jeff	Martin	Stewart
Dean	Joe	Mike	Thomas
Dizzy	John	Mitchell	Tommy

To Make These Full Names
Babe Ruth	Jeff Kent
Hank Aaron	Cliff Lee
Lou Brock	Billy Martin
Nolan Ryan	Kevin Mitchell
Eddie Murray	Mike Scott
Johnny Damon	Frank Thomas
Tommy John	Dave Stewart
George Brett	Dizzy Dean
Mark Grace	Joe Morgan
Ryan Howard	Gaylord Perry
Chipper Jones	Fred Lynn

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32 Comments

Level 78

Jun 4, 2014

Both Eddie Murray and Dave Stewart work with only the last name instead of having to type the full name like the instructions say.

Level ∞

Jun 5, 2014

Fixed

Level 69

Jun 4, 2014

Fun quiz.

Level 84

Jun 4, 2014

Was a little perplexed at what to do. Then when I thought I understood, I guessed Frank Howard. Then I was really confused. Eventually figured it out, though.

Level 76

Jun 11, 2014

Is it just me or is Jones not a first name?

Level 85

Jun 24, 2014

It's a stretch for sure

Level 74

Jun 29, 2014

Agreed.

Level 83

Jun 30, 2014

Yeah, easy one to get due to "Chipper", but I went "huh?" on the Jones part.

Level 66

Jun 30, 2014

Never heard it as a first name.

Level 56

Sep 20, 2017

I have a grandson named Jones. It's not real common as a first name, but it gets used.

Level 91

Aug 5, 2014

Yep, I came here to say the same thing. Jones is not a "common" first name, by any stretch.

Level 78

Mar 15, 2023

Neither is "Babe", but just go with the spirit of the quiz

Level 19

Jun 29, 2014

Did anybody else originally put Mike Thomas (from Backyard Baseball) instead of Frank Thomas?

Level 75

Jun 30, 2014

You are the worst kind of person. Do not disrespect the Big Hurt

Level 89

May 7, 2019

I put Dave Thomas from Wendy's.

Or from the Mackenzie Brothers depending on your preference for tasteless burgers or some nice back bacon, hey hoser?

Level 78

Jun 29, 2014

One of my favorite ballplayers growing up was Frank Howard of the Washington Senators. It didn't work here.

Level 33

Jun 29, 2014

I agree, but Frank Thomas and Ryan Howard would make Frank Howard tough to add to the quiz.

Level 58

Jun 29, 2014

Since when is Jones a first name?

Level 60

Jun 30, 2014

In terms of best pitching lineup with 4 first names, you have to give it to the 80s Astros with Nolan Ryan and Mike Scott.

Level 76

Jul 3, 2014

Quizmaster, if you are not going to listen to all the comments about how Jones is not a first name, then could you at least explain to us what makes you believe it is one??

Level 36

Aug 24, 2014

I know three people named Jones in the small area I live in. Just because you may not have heard it, doesn't mean it isn't one.

Level ∞

Sep 12, 2015

This quiz is taken about 1 time per day. I'll get around to fixing it eventually.

Level 89

May 7, 2019

It's what Hugh Grant's character called his girlfriend, Bridget Jones.

Level 71

Jul 30, 2019

people were askingif it was or wasnt a first name. or saying that they havent heard about it. Noone came with any proof to say that it ACTUALLY isnt. Moreover, someone came with proof that common or not, atleast it excist.

The quizmaster does not need to explain all the answers if something is a correct answer it is. It is not up to him to give proof for every answer. Only if someone comes with proof to the contrary you could say hey he should come up with evidence. But he isnt even obligated to do that. There are no laws against errors in a quiz, but yea in that case it isnt too weird to expect counter evidence.

Level 71

Jul 30, 2019

Plus a quick googlesearch gives you plenty of stuff yourself... Plenty of babysites where the name is covered

Level 50

Nov 28, 2016

Great quiz. Finished with 2:33 to spare.

Level 85

Jun 16, 2017

So nice to take a baseball quiz that includes Ruth and Aaron and so many other icons of the game without having to type the names of those losers who juiced their brains out to artificially insert themselves into the record book. Thankfully, the only way they'll get into the Hall of Fame is by buying a ticket.

Level 58

Nov 30, 2017

Well, dang. I didn't get the premise until it was too late. To match one name on the list with another, rather than just come up with the whole name based on a name in the list.

Level 56

Jan 10, 2018

There really should be clearer instructions to this quiz. Eventually caught on but figuring out what to do should not be part of the quiz.

Level 87

Mar 21, 2019

To bring a little data to the Jones debate, according to the Social Security Administration, Jones was one of the 1000 most popular boy names in the U.S. from 1900 until the mid-1920's, after which it saw a decline in popularity from which it has (so far) not recovered.

Level 72

Jun 12, 2020

George Scott was a 3x all star and 8x gold glover that got hall of fame votes. He played from 1966 to 1979. I would recommend taking Mike Scott out of this quiz.

Level 52

Apr 7, 2023

frank howard

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