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This is a list of nicknames of Major League Baseball teams and players. It includes a complete list of nicknames of players in the Baseball Hall of Fame, a list of nicknames of current players, nicknames of popular players who have played for each major league team, and lists of nicknames grouped into particular categories (e.g., ethnic nicknames, personality trait nicknames etc.).
The Carmines – A type of red pigment, the nickname is used often by former Red Sox player and retired White Sox broadcaster Ken Harrelson. Red Sox Nation – Avid followers. The Nation – Short version of "Red Sox Nation". The Cardiac Kids – 1967 team nickname.
Kenesaw Mountain Landis, federal judge and Commissioner of Baseball (1920–44).. Prior to 1920, players were banned by the decision of a committee. There were 14 players banned from 1865 to 1920; of those, 12 were banned for association with gambling or attempting to fix games, one was banned for violating the reserve clause, and one was banned for making disparaging remarks.
The few promising players on the club jumped to the new American League in 1901, including several to the White Sox. The erstwhile "Orphans" had so few good players left that the papers called them the "Remnants", as the 53–86 team's percentage would stand as the club's record low for the next 60 years.
Iconic Wisconsin sports nicknames include (clockwise from top left) 'Mr. Baseball' Bob Uecker, Glenn 'Doc' Rivers, 'The Kid' Robin Yount and 'The Minister of Defense' Reggie White.
Walt Williams, United States basketball player [127] "The Worm" = Dennis Rodman , United States power forward [ 128 ] "The X-Man" = Xavier McDaniel , American power forward [ 129 ]
In the last 100-plus years, the Chicago White Sox have had many players with colorful and memorable nicknames from "Shoeless Joe" Jackson to "Old Aches & Pains" Appling, Minnie the "Cuban Comet" Minoso, "Little Louie" Aparicio, "Black Jack" McDowell, and Frank "The Big Hurt" Thomas. These are some of the best.
83.6% (first ballot) Walter Perry Johnson (November 6, 1887 – December 10, 1946), nicknamed " Barney " and " the Big Train ", was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played his entire 21-year baseball career in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher for the Washington Senators from 1907 to 1927.