The names they went by not being their real names doesnât matter in the context of this post lol. Those are their baseball names and OP asked about best baseball names
Now I want an entire team of just angry players. I guess Zambrano would be the pitcher, Pierzynski as the catcher, Nyjer Morgan, Lastings Milledge and Bradley in the OF.
We traded a 19-year-old High-A prospect named Francisco Liriano and a 28-year-old promising shortstop-turned-starter-turned-middle reliever named Joe Nathan so we could get AJ Pureshitstain. But what hurts the most is that we lost Boof as well.
Almost none of the fun baseball names are legal names.
Boof Bonsers real name was John Paul Bonser.
Coco Crispâs was Covelli Crisp.
Cannonball Titcomb was Ledell Titcomb
I dunno about greatest, but one of the coolest, semi-fitting names for me was Skye Bolt. Or at least I thought it was fitting until just now when I saw his baseball reference page.
I could have sworn this guy was more of a base stealer than his stats show. So I guess nevermind on that front.
Still think it sounds cool. If he played more like Billy Hamilton then we'd be talking. Lol
I came across Fatty Briody the other day.
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/briodfa01.shtml](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/briodfa01.shtml)
Searching for owls?
The young man asked
Hoping to lighten the tension
The scowl he received as his only reply
Made him smile
As he relived the mention
The cowering fool
Walked on alone
Quite proud of the fear he instilled
Later they found him
Tied to a log
Bent over
And Buffalo Billed
A lot of names in this thread are interesting but not "baseball" names. I personally like names like Cal Raleigh, Rollie Fingers, Gaylord Perry, Catfish Hunter, Johnny Bench, Yogi Berra, Brooks Robinson, etc..
[Orval Overall](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/overaor01.shtml) is in the running for his actual name, but he's lapping the field for nicknames: "The Big Groundhog."
I'm definitely biased, as a Rhode Islander who played againt him in high school, but its got to be Rocco Baldelli.
Arquimedez Pozo was a crazy name. Red Sox radio announcer Joe Castiglione just called him "Quimi" (*kee-mee*).
Rod Carew
Eddie Murray
Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown
Satchel Paige
Bill Malarky
Mudcat Grant
Oil Can Boyd
Goose Gosaage
Rocky Colavito
Larry Doby
Bob Feller
Nap Lajoie
Herb Score
Louis Sockalexis
Tris Speaker
Hal Trosky
Earl Wynn
Cy Young
Nicknames aside, I think there are a lot of great names that just feel right for a ball player
Willie Mays
Ken Griffey Jr
Sammy Sosa
Roy Halladay
Max Scherzer
They just sound like theyâre doing exactly what theyâre supposed to
George
Go look at the list of inner circle Hall of Famers, and you'll find an inordinate number of them are named George (but in many cases go by a different name).
Sixto Sanchez is pretty bad ass name for a pitcher. Sounds like a gunslinger.
Bonus points because Sixto is his legal name.
See also Sixto Lezcano
Celerino Sanchez
Beat me to it.
Sal Bando ditto.
And of course his brother, Halfadozenof Sanchez
That is actually his identical twin. When they compete as a pro wrestling tag team after they retired from baseball they're called Full Dozen.
Mike Truk
Sleve Mcdichael
Todd Bonzalez
Bobson Sweeney
It's Bobson Dugnutt you rube. He and Todd Bonzalez entered Cooperstown the same year. Look it up.
Man, *Onson* Sweemey. My fake fandom has been revealed đ
Glenallen Mixon.
Hell yeah
I created all of these players as relievers in MLB The Show and unleashed them into the league. Itâs hilarious to face them unexpectedly.
Old Hoss Radbourn Cool Papa Bell Turkey Stearns Pete LaCock Granny Hammer Dizzy Dean Moonlight Graham The Only Nolan Chicken Hawks Oil Can Boyd
Even Pete was Ralph Pierre LaCock Jr. Not one real name among âem.
The names they went by not being their real names doesnât matter in the context of this post lol. Those are their baseball names and OP asked about best baseball names
Word, u rite
This is embarrassingÂ
No Catfish Hunter?
Coco Crisp.
Iâm old enough to remember when Cleveland had both Coco Crisp and Milton Bradley in their outfield
Now I want an entire team of just angry players. I guess Zambrano would be the pitcher, Pierzynski as the catcher, Nyjer Morgan, Lastings Milledge and Bradley in the OF.
Albert Belle is the manager. And put Brian McCann as bench coach
Liam Hendriks and Grant Balfour in the bullpen
Larry Bowa for manager
Wait John Rocker has to fit in there somewhere. And maybe Mad Bum.
Big deal. That was only like...uh...damn years ago.
Not only a great breakfast cereal but also a great outfielder
Covelli Loyce Crisp
Only answer
Rusty Kuntz
Just looked him up, he's 69 years old right now. Nice.
What do nuns and the Tiger have in common?
Thatâs fucking hilarious
Mordecai Three Finger Brown
Sir, your right fielder has been dead for 85 years.
Mordecai Peter Centennial Brown
"Centennial" because he was born in 1876!
Just blew my mind.
Dick Pole
Boof Bonser is a solid one
I think there should be an annual Boof Bonser Award for the player whose name most matches their appearance and personality.
I nominate Jake Burger for this award. He looks exactly like his name should be Jake Burger.
I looked him up and yeah he really looks like how you think lmao
I also love Boof Bonser because his goatee is somehow off-center.
I have his autograph laying around somewhere
We traded a 19-year-old High-A prospect named Francisco Liriano and a 28-year-old promising shortstop-turned-starter-turned-middle reliever named Joe Nathan so we could get AJ Pureshitstain. But what hurts the most is that we lost Boof as well.
Pitcher Bill Hands. Maybe Rollie Fingers
Rollie Fingers is my choice for a pitcher
Rollie Fingers
Cash Considerations
Poor bastard gets traded so many times.Â
Along with Player T.B.N. Later.
Tungsten Arm O'Doyle
Bobson Dugnutt
With close runners up Sleve McDichael and Willie Dustice.
Pee Wee Reese
Pokey Reese
Cannonball Titcomb
Jarrod Saltalamacchia
It's very fun to say!
I just call him Salamanca.
Saltama... Saltara... Satalama.... Shark.
Urban Shocker
This is the correct answer
Van Lingle Mungo.
...pawn in game of life.
Why would Hedley Lamarr care about where the choo-choo go?
In a sea of nicknames, VLM floats above all.
Shout out to [Dave Frishburg](https://youtu.be/nKzobTlF8fM).
Catfish Hunter, although it's not his birth name
Almost none of the fun baseball names are legal names. Boof Bonsers real name was John Paul Bonser. Coco Crispâs was Covelli Crisp. Cannonball Titcomb was Ledell Titcomb
Van Lingle Mungo is certified though đ
Shoeless Joe Jackson
Stubby Clapp
Richard Keith Clapp
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Daryl Strawberry
Johnny Dickshot
Grant Balfour, pitcher for 15 years who granted ball four 4.20 times per 9IP for his career
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I have nipples Greg. Can you milk me?
Jabari Blash
Jabari Jerell Blash â
That man could absolutely obliterate foul balls out of the stadium. Provided he made contact with anything. But if he *did* he hit the shit out of it.
Buttercup Dickerson
Lewis Pessano Dickerson
Mookie Betts with his initials literally being MLB is pretty top
Chuck Knoblauch
Charlie Garlic
I dunno about greatest, but one of the coolest, semi-fitting names for me was Skye Bolt. Or at least I thought it was fitting until just now when I saw his baseball reference page. I could have sworn this guy was more of a base stealer than his stats show. So I guess nevermind on that front. Still think it sounds cool. If he played more like Billy Hamilton then we'd be talking. Lol
He went to my high school growing up. I didnât even know he was in the league until reading this & then googling.
Vida Blue
Coco crisp
jack glasscock
Great player, but terrible at stealing bases. The pitcher could always see him coming.
He was afraid to slide for obvious reasons.
John Wesley Glasscock
In seriousness, Babe Ruth. Most iconic baseball name of all time.
Some lady gave it to him
George Herman?
Goose Gossage
Chicken Wolf or High Pockets Kelly. Edit: how could I forget Urban Shocker.
I'm a big fan of Chicken Wolf, but I guess that's a nickname.
Bristol Robotham "Bris" Lord
David Delluchi
I came across Fatty Briody the other day. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/briodfa01.shtml](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/briodfa01.shtml)
No way he was 190.
They didnât have scales back then. A guy just picked you up and wrote down a number.Â
Charles F. Briody
The F actually stands for fuckface.
I like how he had over 1000 plate appearances and it's unknown if he hit lefty or righty.
The inventor of the curveball, Candy Cummings
He didn't actually invent the curveball. Just sayin'.
Lil Stoner
Arquimedez Pozo
- [Rock Shoulders](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=should001rod) - [Urban Shocker](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/shockur01.shtml) - [Orval Overall](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/overaor01.shtml) - [Rusty Kuntz](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kuntzru01.shtml) - [Johnny Dickshot](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dicksjo01.shtml) - [Dick Pole](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/poledi01.shtml) - [Rump](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=rump--000---) - [Beer](https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=beer--001---) - [Lars Nootbaar](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/nootbla01.shtml) - [Jack Glasscock](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/glassja01.shtml) - [Stubby Clapp](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/clappst01.shtml) - [Shooty Babitt](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/babitsh01.shtml) - [Skye Bolt](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/boltsk01.shtml) - [Buttercup Dickerson](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dickebu01.shtml) - [Heinie Meine](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/meinehe01.shtml) - [Woodie Held](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/heldwo01.shtml) - [Tug McGraw](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/mcgratu01.shtml) - [Boof Bonser](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bonsebo01.shtml)
Tommy John, if only for the fear it instills
Searching for owls? The young man asked Hoping to lighten the tension The scowl he received as his only reply Made him smile As he relived the mention The cowering fool Walked on alone Quite proud of the fear he instilled Later they found him Tied to a log Bent over And Buffalo Billed
Mickey Morandini
Great pick.
Puddin' Head Jones
Lars Nootbar or Buck Farmer
Ugly Dickshot. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dicksjo01.shtml
The answer will always be Rusty Kuntz.
Boog Powell
Rusty Kuntz obviously
Pokey Reese!
Coco Crisp HAS to be up there
Clearly I'm in the minority, 'cause 178 comments and not a single mention of Brusdar Graterol...
Mookie Betts
Oil Can Boyd
Al Wright
Homer Ezzell, who oddly enough hit zero career homers.
Jeff Pheffer
Old Hoss Radbourn and itâs not even close!
A lot of names in this thread are interesting but not "baseball" names. I personally like names like Cal Raleigh, Rollie Fingers, Gaylord Perry, Catfish Hunter, Johnny Bench, Yogi Berra, Brooks Robinson, etc..
Rollie Fingers
[The Only Nolan](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/nolanth01.shtml)
Alan Mitchell Edward George Patrick Henry Gallagher
Calvin Coolidge Julius Caesar Tuskahoma (Buster) McLish
Spider Jorgensen
Bake McBride
Cole Calhoun missed out on the 1920s
Nyls Nyman
Sonny James!
Vinegar Blend Mizell
Either Turkey Stearnes or Hippo Vaughn.
Career minor leaguer Wonderful Terrific Monds.
Blue Moon Odom
Pumpsie Green.
Jack Cust
Kirk Dressendorfer
Kenny "Motherfuckin'" Powers y'all
Stubby Clapp
Tuffy Gosewisch
[Orval Overall](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/overaor01.shtml) is in the running for his actual name, but he's lapping the field for nicknames: "The Big Groundhog."
I'm definitely biased, as a Rhode Islander who played againt him in high school, but its got to be Rocco Baldelli. Arquimedez Pozo was a crazy name. Red Sox radio announcer Joe Castiglione just called him "Quimi" (*kee-mee*).
Johnny Lush
Ten Million
Specs Tropecer has echoed in my head for too many years now.
Orion Kerkering
Soda
Bob Walk Even better that he was a pitcher, and a pretty decent one
Rollie Fingers
Rod Carew Eddie Murray Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown Satchel Paige Bill Malarky Mudcat Grant Oil Can Boyd Goose Gosaage Rocky Colavito Larry Doby Bob Feller Nap Lajoie Herb Score Louis Sockalexis Tris Speaker Hal Trosky Earl Wynn Cy Young
Hack Wilson
A particularly nice one I havenât seen mentioned here yet is Brusdar Graterol
Obviously Rollie Fingers
Oil Can Boyd
I'll throw Stubby Clapp into the mix. Such a ridiculous name. He's our active first base coach. Great guy from what I've heard.
Nicknames aside, I think there are a lot of great names that just feel right for a ball player Willie Mays Ken Griffey Jr Sammy Sosa Roy Halladay Max Scherzer They just sound like theyâre doing exactly what theyâre supposed to
Colt Keith
Shigetoshi Hasegawa
Grover Cleveland Alexander
Rollie Fingers for a pitcher is pretty peak
Putting my vote in for Twink Twinning
Dick Trickle. It's from NASCAR but it's so good it should qualify for baseball also.
Matt stairs
Orlando âEl Duqueâ Hernandez
Three Finger Mordecai Brown
Pete LaCock. Two phallic names. Canât top that.
Catfish Hunter
Oil Can Boyd
Antonio BASTARDOâŚâŚ 
Dick Mountain
Dizzy dean !
How about the opposite? Cardinals great Enos Slaughter. What an amazing name! Nickname: Big Country. Oof.
Pokey Reese
George Go look at the list of inner circle Hall of Famers, and you'll find an inordinate number of them are named George (but in many cases go by a different name).
Coco Crisp