# Great ballplayer names **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 29, 2000, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-ballplayer-names/35032 "2000-09-29T17:41:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2000, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-ballplayer-names/35032/1 "2000-09-29T17:41:55Z")
In another thread about Milwaukee County Stadium, someone brought up the name Sixto Lescano, a Brewer from the 80’s. It _is_ a great name, and it got me to thinking of others. Some current players whose names roll off the tongue: **Rolando Arrojo, F.P. Santangelo, Hideo Nomo, Angel Echevarria.** Some great ones from the past: \*\*Bombo Rivera - Twins, 1980’s Van Lingle Mungo - Dodgers, Giants 30’s - 40’s Boog Powell - Orioles, 70’s Satchel Paige - Negro Leagues, Indians, Browns, 20’s - 50’s \*\*What are yours? And why is it that baseball has all the great names? ---
**Author:** ![Gazoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ce73a5/32.png) [@Gazoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazoo)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2000, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-ballplayer-names/35032/2 "2000-09-29T17:55:21Z")
I’ve always been partial to **Catfish Hunter**. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lamar Mundane \* > \*\*And why is it that baseball has all the great names? \*\* My favorite name in active professional sports _has_ to be Pittsburgh Steeler **Chris Fuamatu-Maafala**. It’s just fun to say. ---
**Author:** ![Palandine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/958977/32.png) [@Palandine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palandine)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2000, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-ballplayer-names/35032/3 "2000-09-29T18:00:38Z")
Old Milwaukee Brewers player–Rollie Fingers Current Cub–Glenallen Hill (doesn’t it sound like a place where you’d just love to live?) ---
**Author:** ![Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2000, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-ballplayer-names/35032/4 "2000-09-29T18:02:32Z")
Heinie Manush ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2000, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-ballplayer-names/35032/5 "2000-09-29T18:02:42Z")
Baseball : Carlton Fisk Casey Stengel College Football : Drew Brees - Doesn’t this name just SCREAM quarterback? Omar Easy - That would make a good name for a rapper. ---
**Author:** ![Random](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Random)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2000, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-ballplayer-names/35032/6 "2000-09-29T18:02:57Z")
Al Kaline. It’s such a basic name. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2000, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-ballplayer-names/35032/7 "2000-09-29T18:04:30Z")
Heh. Good one, Random. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bottle_of_Smoke)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2000, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-ballplayer-names/35032/8 "2000-09-29T18:20:34Z")
For football, I’ve always been partial to Manu Tuiasosopo. ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2000, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-ballplayer-names/35032/9 "2000-09-29T18:24:22Z")
Mordecai Peter Centennial"Three Fingers" Brown He was born in 1876, which explains the Centennial Reginald Martinez Jackson. Marvelous Marv Throneberry ---
**Author:** ![Lnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/fbc32d/32.png) [@Lnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lnix)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2000, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-ballplayer-names/35032/10 "2000-09-29T18:28:35Z")
Biff Pocaroba! ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2000, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-ballplayer-names/35032/11 "2000-09-29T19:00:25Z")
I can’t believe everyone has forgotten: **Urban Shocker** **Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy** (Connie Mack) **Zoilo Versalles** **Kiki Cuyler** **Topsy Hartsel** **Gavvy Cravath** **Granny Hamner** ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2000, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-ballplayer-names/35032/12 "2000-09-29T19:12:15Z")
In hockey, I think “Zarley Zapasky” rolls off the tongue quite nicely. ---
**Author:** ![Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2000, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-ballplayer-names/35032/13 "2000-09-29T19:14:32Z")
Dooley Womack ---
**Author:** ![jesuslynch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e99b99/32.png) [@jesuslynch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jesuslynch)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2000, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-ballplayer-names/35032/14 "2000-09-29T19:15:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Palandine \* > \*\*… Current Cub–Glenallen Hill (doesn’t it sound like a place where you’d just love to live?) \*\* Sounds like a cheap wine. A kid that’s in the Cards organizaiton right now. Played AAA this past year (I think), but played for their AA affiliate here in Little Rock in 1999 - **Stubby Clapp**. ---
**Author:** ![Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2000, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-ballplayer-names/35032/15 "2000-09-29T19:20:53Z")
Stubby Clapp!!! Sounds like a STD! ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2000, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-ballplayer-names/35032/16 "2000-09-29T19:24:28Z")
Some more from the old days: **Goose Goslin Rabbit Maranville Dizzy Dean** ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2000, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-ballplayer-names/35032/17 "2000-09-29T19:25:10Z")
I remember a late 70’s Milwaukee Brewer named Sixto Lescano Another one I like is Kirby Puckett Former Kansas City Chief Thane Gash Viking Duante Culpepper, U of Texas QB Major Applewhite more later. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2000, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-ballplayer-names/35032/18 "2000-09-29T19:32:07Z")
Sean Fitzmaurice – played about two games for the Mets in the early 60s, but it is the ultimate Irish ballplayer. Zenon Andrusczyn (I think that’s the spelling) – placekicker for Syracuse U. Grover Cleveland Alexander Ross Moschito Bronko Nagurski – The ultimate football player name Amos Otis: People won’t know (until he’s famous) That Amos Otis isn’t Otis Amos. (Don’t laugh. I got _paid_ for that poem.) ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2000, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-ballplayer-names/35032/19 "2000-09-29T19:43:54Z")
Moon men, Warren Moon, 50’s Dodger Wally Moon, 70’s Oakland A Blue Moon Odom Vida Blue, Evander Holifield, Natrone Means, Nomar Garciaparra. ---
**Author:** ![Lowellster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/2bfe46/32.png) [@Lowellster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lowellster)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2000, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-ballplayer-names/35032/20 "2000-09-29T20:37:29Z")
Damn. RealityChuck beat me to “Amos Otis”. My other favorite is “Rick Schue” (not sure of the spelling, but pronounced like “shoe”, former third baseman for the Orioles). Sounds like a sneeze. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-ballplayer-names/35032.md?page=2)