Anyone can have a nickname, it’s easy. If you’re name is William or Robert, you can go by Billy or Bobby. You can even have a nickname that goes with your name. An example of that would be “Quick Nick” or “Slow Joe”. See how easy it is?

Well, people have gotten very lazy with nicknames in my generation. Alex Rodriguez is “A-Rod” and Derek Jeter is often referred to as “Jeets.” You see how lame we’ve become?

We scoured the list of players who have ever played in the Majors and we picked the best of all-time.

Here is our baseball player nicknames ‘Hall of Fame”.We have a criteria for a nickname to make this list. If the nickname includes “The” at the beginning, it has a better chance at getting on the list. Also, if your real name is included in your nickname, with a few exceptions, it doesn’t meet a high enough standard.

George Anderson – “Sparky” & “Captain Hook”
Wally Backman – “Cabbage Patch”
Jose Bautista – “Joey Bats”
Lance Berkman – “Fat Elvis” & “Big Puma”
Wade Boggs – “Chicken Man”
Dennis Boyd – “Oil Can”
Ryan Braun – “The Hebrew Hammer”
Mordecai Brown – “Three Finger”
Orlando Cepada – “Cha Cha”
Ty Cobb – “The Georgia Peach”
Earle Combs – “The Kentucky Colonel”
Gavvy Cravath – “Cactus Gravy”
Ross Detwiler – “National Det”
Joe Dimaggio – “The Yankee Clipper”
Adam Dunn – “Big Donkey”
Lenny Dykstra – “Nails”
Norman Elberfeld – “The Tabasco Kid”
Bob Feller – “The Heater from Van Meter”
Frankie Frisch – “The Fordham Flash”
Edward Ford – “Whitey” & “The Chairman of the Board”
Lou Gehrig – “Biscuit Pants”
Richard Gossage – “Goose” & “The White Gorilla”
Burleigh Grimes – “Ol’ Stubblebeard”
Vladimir Guerrero – “Vlad the Impaler”
Ron Guidry – “Louisiana Lightning”
Travis Hafner – “Pronk”
Mike Hargrove – “The Human Rain Delay”
Gabby Hartnett – “Old Tomato Face”
Orlando Hernandez – “El Duque”
Al Hrabosky – “The Mad Hungarian”
Carl Hubbell – “The Meal Ticket”
Chuck Klein – “The Hoosier Hammerer”
John Kruk – “One Nut Kruk”
Joe Jackson – “Shoeless”
Randy Johnson – “The Big Unit”
Reggie Jackson – “Mr. October”
Jeffrey Leonard – “Penitentiary Face”
Aurelio Lopez – “Senor Smoke”
Red Lucas – “The Nashville Narcissus”
Connie Mack – “The Tall Tactician”
Garry Maddox – “The Secretary of Defense”
Mickey Mantle – “The Commerce Comet”
Juan Marichal – “The Dominican Comet”
Christy Mathewson – “The Christian Gentleman”
Willie Mays – “The Say Hey Kid”
Fred McGriff – “The Crime Dog”
Joe Medwick – “Ducky Wucky”
Minnie Minoso – “The Cuban Comet”
Phil Niekro – “Knucksie”
James O’Neil – “The Woodstock Wonder”
Hub Pernoll – “Piano Legs”
Alexei Ramirez – “The Cuban Missle”
Branch Rickey – “The Mahatma”
Pete Rose – “Charlie Hustle”
Amos Rusie – “The Hoosier Thunderbolt”
George Ruth – “Babe” & “Colossus of Clout”
Marc Rzepczynski – “Scrabble”
Pabo Sandoval – “Kung Fu Panda”
Al Simmons – “Bucketfoot Al”
Ozzie Smith – “The Wizard of Oz”
Joakim Soria – “The Mexicutioner”
Casey Stengal – “The Old Professor”
Don Sutton – “Black & Decker”
Frank Thomas – “The Big Hurt”
Shane Victorino – “The Flyin’ Hawaiian”
Honus Wagner – “The Flying Dutchman”
Larry Walker – “The Canadian Clubber”
Earl Weaver – “Doodles”
Ted Williams – “The Splendid Splinter” & “Teddy Ballgame”
Jimmy Wynn – “The Toy Cannon”
Kevin Youkilis – “The Greek God of Walks”
Ben Zobrist – “Zorilla”

Did we miss any? Please leave a comment with your favorite baseball player nickname of all-time.