A couple of years ago, I was going through my baseball databases and was interested in some of the names that I saw--some were funny, some odd, and many were just humorous at the 4th Grade level. For those that love a good humorous name, this list is for you. It's separated into two categories--the non-Richard category and the (poor) Richards. All links go to their baseball-reference.com page if you want more information on them. The non-Richards come first:
Alamazoo
Jennings—played 1 game in 1878, was neither from Kalamazoo nor played
anywhere near it
Alex
Mustaikis—can I get a “By cracky”?
Anderson
Hernandez –the old double last name treatment
Antonio
Bastardo –and Jimmy Piersall would say he’s consistently a…
Astyanax
Douglass –played in the 20s, have no clue what that first name is
Austin
Knickerbocker –no, he wasn’t a Knick, but briefly a Philadelphia Athletic
in 1947
Bake McBride
–just because it’s a great name
Beauty
McGowan—not an ugly man, but it’s still no name for a man
Bill
Knickerbocker –also not a Knick, because he played in the 30s, before the
Knicks were formed
Bill
Mountjoy –I’d have to get a look at her first…
Bill
Peterman –gets me thinking of Diedrich Bader yelling “Hey Peterman” in
“Office Space”—also had one AB in majors
Boileryard
Clarke –just because
Bots Nekola
–I think Rick Telander wrote about him once
Brickyard
Kennedy—the location and how to get there in one name
Bris Lord—an
alternate term for “mohel”
Burleigh
Grimes –just for Terry Boers, 670 The Score afternoon host
Casper
Asbjornson –just a fun name to say
Charlie Furbush—can I get a…
Cleatus Davidson –he played in 1999
Cookie Cuccurullo –not sure on the
pronunciation, but it could be very alliterative
Count Sensenderfer –Sensenderfer sounds
like a fun name to pronounce
Creepy Crespi –after retiring, became a
Canadian junior hockey coach
Cub Stricker –this year, it’s more like
Cub StrickeN
Dave DeBusschere –had a brief baseball
career—can I get a…
Davey Crockett –shot him a bar when he
was only three…
Drungo Hazewood –just because
Fred Woodcock—not to brag, but…
Gene Woodburn—OUCH!
Harry Chappas—I’m torn as to his
popularity at TB Diddler’s
Heinie Meine –one can only hope the last
name has two syllables
Ken Szotkiewicz –spelled just like it
sounds
Kila Ka'aihue –I’ve never had the
slightest idea how to pronounce this--I think it's "not-in-the-majors-now"
Lil Stoner –does Steve Stone have any
kids?
Mark Woodyard—now that’s just bragging…
Mel Held –probably would have been a
poor offensive lineman
Merlin Nippert –played in 1962, so no
old-timer excuse
Mickey Klutts –always one of my
favorites
Miller Huggins –also for Terry Boers
Moonlight Graham –not just a figment of
W.P. Kinsella’s imagination, this guy, played by Burt Lancaster in “Field of
Dreams,” was real and he really was in one game and never got up to bat
Nick Strincevich –sounds like a great
name for a Chicago cop
Nino Bongiovanni –his name is longer
than his career
Oil Can Boyd –I don’t believe I’ve ever
heard the story behind his name
Pat Listach –can I get a…
Pembroke Finlayson --???
Pepper Peploski –don’t stand next to a
spitter if they pronounce this one
Pickles Dillhoefer –cue the clown sound
drop
Pinky Woods –hey now!
Quinton McCracken –can I get a…
Red Woodhead—somehow, that’s too much
information
So Taguchi –just because he’s…
Socks Seibold and Socks Seybold –these are two completely
different and unrelated players
Twink Twining –say that one fast
Verle Tiefenthaler –another name longer
than his career—3 games, 3.2 innings for the 62 White Sox
Woodie Held—thank you!
Now, the Richard category:
Dick Bayless—that’s no way to talk about
Skip
Dick Brown—that’s getting a little
personal
Dick Cox –redundant
Dick Green –get to the doctor, stat!
Dick Hall –isn’t that the auditorium at
T.B. Diddler’s?
Dick Groat –Duke grad, right?
Dick Hunt –probably best not to read
this one on-air, or from his brother Mike
Dick Pole –was anyone ever pulling for
his staff?
Dick Such –I would KILL to know how that
last name is pronounced
Dick Wantz --…what the dick wants…
Les Cox—OUCH!
you forgot Jack Glasscock
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