Ty Cobb nickname was “Georgia Peach”
Napolean Lajoie nickname was “Larry”
Tris Speaker nickname was “The Grey Eagle” and “Spoke”
Walter Johnson nickname was “Big Train”
Christy Mathewson nickname was “Big Six”
Cy Young nickname was “The Cyclone”
Honus Wagner nickname was “The Flying Dutchman”
Rogers Hornsby nickname was “Rajah”
Willie Keeler nickname was “Wee Willie”
Lou Gehrig nickname was “The Iron Horse” and “Larrupin Lou”
Babe Ruth nickname was “The Sultan of Swat,” “The Colossus of Clout,” and “Bambino”
Al Simmons nickname was “Bucketfoot”
Mickey Cochrane nickname was “Black Mike”
Mordecai Brown nickname was “Three Finger”
Stan Musial nickname was “Stan the Man”
Ted Williams nickname was “The Kid,” and “The Splendid Splinter”
Joe DiMaggio nickname was “Joltin Joe,” and “The Yankee Clipper”
Lefty Gomez nickname was “Goofy”
Zack Wheat nickname was “Buck”
Earle Combs nickname was “The Kentucky Colonel”
Al Kaline nickname was “The Line”
Mickey Mantle nickname was “The Commerce Comet”
Whitey Ford nickname was “Chairman of the Board”
Richie Ashburn nickname was “Whitey”
Luis Aparicio nickname was “Little Looey”
Luke Appling nickname was “Ol’ Aches and Pains”
Frank Chance nickname was “The Peerless Leader”
Johnny Evers nickname was “Crab”
Roger Bresnahan nickname was “The Duke of Tralee”
George Sisler nickname was “Gorgeous George”
Jim Bottomley nickname was “Sunny Jim”
George Kelly nickname was “Highpockets”
Frankie Frisch nickname was “The Fordham Flash”
Henry Aaron nickname was “Hammerin’ Hank” and “The Hammer”
Harmon Killebrew nickname was “Killer”
Nolan Ryan nickname was “Express”
Tom Seaver nickname was “Tom Terrific”
Reggie Jackson nickname was “Mr. October”
Willie McCovey nickname was “Stretch”
Jim Hunter nickname was “Catfish”
Carlton Fisk nickname was “Pudge”
Jimmie Foxx nickname was “Beast” and “Double-X”
Charlie Gehringer nickname was “The Mechanical Man”
Hank Greenberg nickname was “Hammerin’ Hank”
Frank Robinson nickname was “The Judge”
Joe Morgan nickname was “The Little General,” and “Little Joe”
Tony Perez nickname was “Big Dog”
Ed Walsh nickname was “Big Ed”
Eddie Plank nickname was “Gettysburg Eddie”
Carl Yastrzemski nickname was “Yaz”
