The few, the elite, the enshrined members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. Listed below in alphabetical order is the complete membership to the baseball hall of fame including Negro League players, non-players, executives/pioneers, umpires and managers.
Most fans are aware of the common name give each player, but few remember their full name or some of the nicknames they received during their playing days. Baseball Almanac is pleased to present the data you need to bring back those memories.
"I was a lousy hitter in May doing the same things that made me a great hitter in June." - Hall of Famer Carl 'Yaz' Yastrzemski
Hall of Fame Members Birth Names & NicknamesFull Names & Nicknames of Hall of Fame Members |
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Birth Names of Hall of Famers | Nicknames of Hall of Famers |
Henry Louis Aaron | Bad Henry |
Hammer | |
Hammerin' Hank | |
Grover Cleveland Alexander | Old Pete |
Pete | |
Roberto Alomar | Robbie |
Walter Emmons Alston | Smokey |
Walt | |
George Lee Anderson | Captain Hook |
Sparky | |
Adrian Constantine Anson | Cap |
Captain | |
Pops | |
Uncle | |
Luis Ernesto Aparicio | El Grande de Venezuela |
Little Louie | |
Luisito | |
Lucius Benjamin Appling | Fumblefoot |
Kid Boots | |
Luke | |
Luscious Luke | |
Old Aches and Pains | |
Don Richard Ashburn | Richie |
Putt-Putt | |
The Tilden Flash | |
Whitey | |
Howard Earl Averill | Earl of Snohomish |
Rock | |
Jeffrey Robert Bagwell | Bags |
Baggy | |
Jeff | |
Harold Douglas Baines | Mr. Evidently |
John Franklin Baker | Frank |
Home Run | |
David James Bancroft | Beauty |
Dave | |
Ernest Banks | Ernie |
Mr. Cub | |
Albert Joseph Barlick | Al |
Edward Grant Barrow | Ed |
Jacob Peter Beckley | Eagle Eye |
James Bell | Cool Papa |
Adrián Beltré | El Koja |
Johnny Lee Bench | JB |
The Little General | |
Charles Albert Bender | Chief |
Lawrence Peter Berra | Yogi |
Craig Alan Biggio | Bidge |
Rik Aalbert Blijleven | Bert |
The Dutchman | |
The Minnesota Gopher | |
Wade Anthony Boggs | Chicken Man |
James Leroy Bottomley | Sunny Jim |
Louis Boudreau | Lou |
Roger Philip Bresnahan | The Duke of Tralee |
George Howard Brett | Mullet |
Louis Clark Brock | Lou |
The Franchise | |
Dennis Joseph Brouthers | Alderman |
Big Dan | |
Dan | |
Mordecai Peter Centennial Brown | Three Finger |
Miner | |
Raymond Brown | Ray |
Willard Jessie Brown | Home Run |
Morgan Gardner Bulkeley | |
James Paul David Bunning | Jim |
Jesse Cail Burkett | Crab |
Roy Campanella | Campy |
Rodney Cline Carew | Rod |
Max George Carey | Scoops |
Steven Norman Carlton | Lefty |
Steve | |
Gary Edmund Carter | The Kid |
Alexander Joy Cartwright, Jr. | |
Orlando Manuel Cepeda | Baby Bull |
Cha Cha | |
Henry Chadwick | |
Frank Leroy Chance | Husk |
The Peerless Leader | |
Albert Benjamin Chandler | Happy |
Oscar McKinley Charleston | |
John Dwight Chesbro | Happy Jack |
Nestor George Chylak, Jr. | |
Fred Clifford Clarke | Cap |
John Gibson Clarkson | |
Roberto Walker Clemente | Arriba |
Bob | |
Tyrus Raymond Cobb | The Georgia Peach |
Ty | |
Gordon Stanley Cochrane | Black Mike |
Mickey | |
Edward Trowbridge Collins, Sr. | Cocky |
Eddie | |
James Joseph Collins | Jimmy |
Earle Bryan Combs | The Kentucky Colonel |
Charles Albert Comiskey | Arriba |
The Old Roman | |
John Bertrand Conlan | Jocko |
Thomas Henry Connolly | Tom |
Roger Connor | Dear Old Roger |
Andrew Lewis Cooper | Andy |
Lefty | |
Stanley Anthony Coveleski | Covey |
Stan | |
Robert Joseph Cox | Bobby |
Samuel Earl Crawford | Wahoo Sam |
Joseph Edward Cronin | Joe |
William Arthur Cummings | Candy |
Hazen Shirley Cuyler | Cuy |
Kiki | |
Raymond Emmett Dandridge | Ray |
George Stacey Davis | Gorgeous |
Andre Nolan Dawson | The Hawk |
Leon Day | |
Jay Hannah Dean | Diz |
Dizzy | |
The Great Man | |
Edward James Delahanty | Big Ed |
William Malcolm Dickey | Bill |
Martin Dihigo | El Inmortal |
Joseph Paul DiMaggio | Joltin' Joe |
The Yankee Clipper | |
Lawrence Eugene Doby | Larry |
Robert Pershing Doerr | Bobby |
Bernhard Dreyfuss | Barney |
Donald Scott Drysdale | Big D |
Don | |
Hugh Duffy | |
Leo Ernest Durocher | Lippy |
The Lip | |
Dennis Lee Eckersley | The Eck |
William George Evans | Billy |
John Joseph Evers | Crab |
Johnny | |
Trojan | |
William Ewing | Buck |
Urban Charles Faber | Red |
Robert William Andrew Feller | Bob |
Rapid Robert | |
The Heater From Van Meter | |
Richard Benjamin Ferrell | Rick |
Roland Glen Fingers | Rollie |
Carlton Ernest Fisk | Pudge |
Elmer Harrison Flick | |
Edward Charles Ford | Chairman of the Board |
Slick | |
Whitey | |
William Hendrick Foster | Bill |
Andrew Foster | Rube |
Bud Fowler | Bud * |
Jacob Nelson Fox | Little Nel |
Mighty Mite | |
Nellie | |
James Emory Foxx | Double X |
Jimmie | |
The Beast | |
Ford Christopher Frick | |
Frank Francis Frisch | Frankie |
The Fordham Flash | |
James Francis Galvin | Gentle James |
Pud | |
The Little Steam Engine | |
Henry Louis Gehrig | Buster |
Lou | |
The Iron Horse | |
Charles Leonard Gehringer | Charlie |
The Mechanical Man | |
Robert Gibson | Bob |
Gibby | |
Hoot | |
Joshua Gibson | Josh |
Warren Giles | |
Lawrence Patrick David Gillick | Pat |
Thomas Michael Glavine | Tom |
Vernon Louis Gomez | Goofy |
Lefty | |
Joseph Lowell Gordon | Joe |
Flash | |
Leon Allen Goslin | Goose |
Richard Michael Gossage | Goose |
The White Gorilla | |
Ulysses Franklin Grant | Frank |
Henry Benjamin Greenberg | Hammerin' Hank |
Hank | |
The Hebrew Hammer | |
George Kenneth Griffey, Jr. | Junior |
Ken | |
The Kid | |
Clark Calvin Griffith | Old Fox |
Burleigh Arland Grimes | Ole Stubblebeard |
Robert Moses Grove | Lefty |
Mose | |
Vladimir Alvino Guerrero | Super Vlad |
Vlad the Impaler | |
Vladdy | |
Anthony Keith Gwynn | Captain Video |
Mr. Padre | |
Tony | |
Charles James Hafey | Chick |
Jesse Joseph Haines | Pop |
Harry Leroy Halladay | Doc |
Roy | |
William Robert Hamilton | Sliding Billy |
Edward Hugh Hanlon | Foxy Ned |
Ned | |
William Harridge | Will |
Stanley Raymond Harris | Bucky |
Charles Leo Hartnett | Gabby |
Old Tomato Face | |
Harold Douglas Harvey | Doug |
God | |
Harry Edwin Heilmann | Harry the Horse |
Slug | |
Todd Lynn Helton | The Toddfather |
Rickey Nelson Henley Henderson | The Man of Steal |
William Jennings Bryan Herman | Billy |
Dorrel Norman Elvert Herzog | The White Rat |
Whitey | |
John Preston Hill | Pete |
Gilbert Ray Hodges | Gil |
The Miracle Worker | |
Trevor William Hoffman | Hoffy |
Harry Bartholomew Hooper | Hoop |
Rogers Hornsby | Rajah |
Waite Charles Hoyt | Schoolboy |
Robert Calvin Hubbard | Cal |
Carl Owen Hubbell | King Carl |
The Meal Ticket | |
Miller James Huggins | The Mighty Mite |
William Ambrose Hulbert | |
James Augustus Hunter | Catfish |
Monford Merrill Irvin | Monte |
Mr. Murder | |
Reginald Martinez Jackson | Mr. October |
Reggie | |
Travis Calvin Jackson | Stonewall |
Ferguson Arthur Jenkins | Fergie |
Hugh Ambrose Jennings | Ee-Yah |
Hughie | |
Derek Sanderson Jeter | D.J. |
Mr. November | |
The Captain | |
Byron Bancroft Johnson | Ban |
Randall David Johnson | Randy |
The Big Unit | |
William Julius Johnson | Judy |
Walter Perry Johnson | Barney |
The Big Train | |
Larry Wayne Jones | Chipper |
C.J. | |
Adrian Joss | Addie |
James Lee Kaat | Jim |
Kitty | |
Albert William Kaline | Al |
Line | |
Mr. Tiger | |
Salty | |
Timothy John Keefe | Sir Timothy |
Smiling Tim | |
William Henry Keeler | Hit 'Em Where They Ain't |
Wee Willie | |
George Clyde Kell | |
Joseph James Kelley | Joe |
George Lange Kelly | High Pockets |
Michael Joseph Kelly | Honest Joe |
King | |
Harmon Clayton Killebrew, Jr. | Killer |
Ralph McPherran Kiner | Mr. Home Run |
Ozark | |
Charles Herbert Klein | Chuck |
The Hoosier Hammer | |
William Joseph Klem | Bill |
Catfish | |
Sanford Koufax | Sandy |
Bowie Kent Kuhn | |
Napoleon Lajoie | Larry |
Nap | |
Poli | |
Kenesaw Mountain Landis | |
Barry Louis Larkin | |
Anthony La Russa, Jr. | Tony |
Thomas Charles Lasorda | Tom |
Tommy | |
Anthony Michael Lazzeri | Poosh 'Em Up Tony |
Robert Granville Lemon | Bob |
Walter Fenner Leonard | Buck |
Frederick Charles Lindstrom | Fred |
Freddie | |
Lindy | |
John Henry Lloyd | Pop |
Ernesto Natali Lombardi | Bocci |
Lumbago | |
Ernie | |
Schnozz | |
Alfonso Ramon Lopez | Al |
Theodore Amar Lyons | Sunday Teddy |
Ted | |
Cornelius Alexander Mack | Mr. Baseball |
Connie | |
The Tall Tactician | |
James Raleigh Mackey | Biz |
Leland Stanford MacPhail, Jr. | Lee |
Leland Stanford MacPhail, Sr. | Larry |
Gregory Alan Maddux | Greg |
Mad Dog | |
The Professor | |
Effa Louise Manley | |
Mickey Charles Mantle | The Commerce Comet |
Mick | |
Muscles | |
Henry Emmett Manush | Heinie |
Walter James Vincent Maranville | Rabbit |
Juan Antonio Marichal | Manito |
Mar | |
The Dominican Dandy | |
Richard William Marquard | Rube |
Édgar Martínez | El Papa |
Gar | |
Papi | |
Pedro Jaime Martínez | El Grande Pedro |
Petey | |
Edwin Lee Mathews, Jr. | Eddie |
Christopher Mathewson | Big Six |
Christy | |
Matty | |
Joseph Patrick Mauer | Joe |
Willie Howard Mays, Jr. | Say Hey |
William Stanley Mazeroski | Bill |
Maz | |
Joseph Vincent McCarthy | Marse Joe |
Thomas Francis Michael McCarthy | Tom |
Tommy | |
Willie Lee McCovey | Big Mac |
Mac | |
Stretch | |
Joseph Jerome McGinnity | Iron Man |
Joe | |
William Aloysius McGowan | Bill |
Little Joe Chest | |
John Joseph McGraw | Little Napoleon |
Mugsy | |
Frederick Stanley McGriff | Crime Dog |
Fred | |
William Boyd McKechnie | Bill |
Deacon | |
John Alexander McPhee | Bid |
Joseph Michael Medwick | Ducky |
Ducky Wucky | |
Joe | |
Muscles | |
Jose de la Caridad Mendez | El Diamante Negro |
Marvin Julian Miller | |
Saturnino Orestes Armas Minoso | Minnie |
Mr. White Sox | |
The Cuban Comet | |
John Robert Mize | Johnny |
The Big Cat | |
Paul Leo Molitor | Ignitor |
Molly | |
Joe Leonard Morgan | Little Joe |
John Scott Morris | Jack |
Eddie Clarence Murray | Steady Eddie |
Stanley Frank Musial | Stan |
Stan the Man | |
Michael Cole Mussina | Mike |
Moose | |
Harold Newhouser | Hal |
Prince Hal | |
Charles Augustus Nichols | Kid |
Phillip Henry Niekro | Knucksie |
Phil | |
Henry Martin Francis O'Day | Hank |
The Reverend | |
Walter O'Malley | Walt |
John Jordan O'Neil Jr. | Buck |
James Henry O'Rourke | Orator Jim |
Tony Pedro Oliva | Tony * |
Tony O | |
David Americo Ortiz | Big Papi |
Melvin Thomas Ott | Master Melvin |
Mel | |
Leroy Robert Paige | Satchel |
James Alvin Palmer | Cakes |
Jim | |
Herbert Jefferis Pennock | Herb |
The Knight of Kennett Square | |
Atanasio Perez | Big Doggie |
Tony | |
Gaylord Jackson Perry | The Ancient Mariner |
Michael Joseph Piazza | Mike |
Edward Stewart Plank | Eddie |
Gettysburg Eddie | |
Alejandro Pompez | Alex |
Cumberland Willis Posey, Jr. | Cum |
Kirby Puckett | Puck |
Charles Gardner Radbourn | Old Hoss |
Timothy Raines | Rock |
Tim | |
Harold Henry Reese | Pee Wee |
The Little Colonel | |
Edgar Charles Rice | Sam |
James Edward Rice | Jim |
The Boston Strongboy | |
Wesley Branch Rickey | Mahatma |
Calvin Edward Ripken, Jr. | Cal |
Iron Man | |
Mariano Rivera | Hammer of God |
Mo | |
Sandman | |
The Panama Express | |
Eppa Rixey | Jephtha |
Phillip Francis Rizzuto | Phil |
Scooter | |
Robin Evan Roberts | |
Brooks Calbert Robinson, Jr. | Hoover |
The Human Vacuum Cleaner | |
The Vacuum Cleaner | |
Frank Robinson | Robby |
Jack Roosevelt Robinson | Jackie |
Wilbert Robinson | Uncle Robbie |
Iván Rodríguez | I-Rod |
Pudge | |
Charles Wilber Rogan | Bullet |
Bullet Joe | |
Scott Bruce Rolen | |
Edd J. Roush | |
Charles Herbert Ruffing | Red |
Jacob Ruppert | Colonel |
Jake | |
Amos Wilson Rusie | The Hoosier Thunderbolt |
George Herman Ruth | Babe |
Bambino | |
Colossus of Clout | |
Jidge | |
The Sultan of Swat | |
The Babe | |
Lynn Nolan Ryan | The Ryan Express |
Ryne Dee Sandberg | Ryno |
Ronald Edward Santo | Pizza |
Ron | |
Louis Santop Loftin | |
Raymond William Schalk | Cracker |
Ray | |
Michael Jack Schmidt | Iron Mike |
Mike | |
Schmitty | |
Albert Fred Schoendienst | Red |
John Boland Schuerholz Jr. | |
George Thomas Seaver | The Franchise |
Tom | |
Tom Terrific | |
Frank Gibson Selee | |
Allan Huber Selig | Bud |
Joseph Wheeler Sewell | Joe |
Aloysius Harry Simmons | Al |
Bucketfoot Al | |
Ted Lyle Simmons | Simba |
George Harold Sisler | Gentleman George |
Gorgeous George | |
Sizzler | |
Enos Bradsher Slaughter | Country |
Hilton Lee Smith | |
Lee Arthur Smith | Big Lee |
Osborne Earl Smith | Ozzie |
The Wizard | |
John Andrew Smoltz | Marmaduke |
Smoltzie | |
Smoltzy | |
Edwin Donald Snider | Duke |
The Duke of Flatbush | |
The Silver Fox | |
William Harold Southworth | Billy |
Billy the Kid | |
Warren Edward Spahn | Hooks |
Spahnie | |
Albert Goodwill Spalding | Al |
Tristam Edgar Speaker | Spoke |
The Grey Eagle | |
Tris | |
Wilver Dornel Stargell | Pops |
Willie | |
Norman Thomas Stearnes | Turkey |
Charles Dillon Stengel | Casey |
The Ole Perfessor | |
Howard Bruce Sutter | Engine #42 |
George Suttles | Mule |
Donald Howard Sutton | Black & Decker |
Don | |
Benjamin Harrison Taylor | Ben |
William Harold Terry | Bill |
Memphis Bill | |
Frank Edward Thomas | The Big Hurt |
James Howard Thome | Jim |
Jimmy | |
The Pride of Peoria | |
Thomer | |
Samuel Luther Thompson | Big Sam |
Sam | |
Joseph Bert Tinker | Joe |
Joseph Paul Torre | Joe |
Cristobal Torriente | |
Alan Stuart Trammell | Tram |
Harold Joseph Traynor | Pie |
Arthur Charles Vance | Dazzy |
Joseph Floyd Vaughan | Arky |
William Louis Veeck, Jr. | Bill |
Sport Shirt | |
George Edward Waddell | Rube |
John Peter Wagner | Hans |
Honus | |
The Flying Dutchman | |
Larry Kenneth Robert Walker | Booger |
Larry Legend | |
The Canadian Clubber | |
Rhoderick John Wallace | Bobby |
Little Rhody | |
Edward Augustine Walsh | Big Ed |
Lloyd James Waner | Little Poison |
Paul Glee Waner | Big Poison |
John Montgomery Ward | Monte |
Earl Sidney Weaver | Doodles |
George Martin Weiss | |
Michael Francis Welch | Mickey |
Smiling Mickey | |
Willie James Wells | Devil |
Zachary Davis Wheat | Buck |
Zack | |
James Laurie White | Deacon |
King Solomon White | Sol |
James Hoyt Wilhelm | Old Sarge |
James Leslie Wilkinson | J.L. |
Billy Leo Williams | Sweet Swingin' Billy |
Joe Williams | Cyclone |
Smokey Joe | |
Richard Hirschfeld Williams | Dick |
Theodore Samuel Williams | Kid |
Ted | |
Teddy Ballgame | |
Thumper | |
The Splendid Splinter | |
Victor Gazaway Willis | Vic |
Ernest Judson Wilson | Boojum |
Jud | |
Lewis Robert Wilson | Hack |
David Mark Winfield | Dave |
The Wave | |
Winny | |
George Wright | |
William Henry Wright | Harry |
Early Wynn, Jr. | Gus |
Carl Michael Yastrzemski | Yaz |
Thomas Austin Yawkey | Tom |
Denton True Young | Cy |
Cyclone | |
Ross Middlebrook Youngs | Pep |
Robin R. Yount | The Kid |
Full Name | Nickname(s) |
HOF Birth Names & Nicknames | Research by Baseball Almanac |
Did you know that Joe DiMaggio was introduced in ballparks (after his Major League career) by another nickname — "The Greatest Living Ballplayer!"
* Did you know that Bud Fowler was born John W. Jackson, became better known as John W. "Bud" Fowler, then he went with the completely shortened version of Bud Fowler.
* Did you know that Tony Oliva was born Antonio Oliva Lopez Hernandes Javique, making "Tony" his actual nickname, but he changed his legal name to Tony Pedro Oliva.
James Galvin, who was better known as Pud, had another great nickname which was probably better suited to his pitching skills: "The Little Steam Engine".
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