# Ugliest man in Major League Baseball **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 19, 2014, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-man-in-major-league-baseball/693508 "2014-07-19T03:56:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-man-in-major-league-baseball/693508/1 "2014-07-19T03:56:16Z")
Current: [Buck Showalter](http://wnst.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/buck.jpg) for some reason turns my stomach. All-Time: [Randy Johnson](http://www.erelyx.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/randy-johnson-mullet.jpg), be-mulleted or not, mustachioed or clean-shaven, he was always a gremlin. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-man-in-major-league-baseball/693508/2 "2014-07-19T04:14:55Z")
Have you forgotten [The Great One](http://i2.cdn.turner.com/money/2011/08/05/markets/thebuzz/yogi-berra.gi.top.jpg)? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-man-in-major-league-baseball/693508/3 "2014-07-19T04:29:55Z")
Wait a minute, we have a [challenger.](http://cardboardgods.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/don-mossi-662.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-man-in-major-league-baseball/693508/4 "2014-07-19T04:37:46Z")
Ooh! Mossi! Nice one. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-man-in-major-league-baseball/693508/5 "2014-07-19T16:24:19Z")
I think [Willie McGee](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WUIA_QAxMnY/UHIto60TUrI/AAAAAAAAAfM/iWmuGrmVCLg/s1600/p-479420-willie-mcgee-autographed-hand-signed-1991-topps-st-louis-cardinals-baseball-card-hc-0nlv8rv0q3.jpg) wins this contest… But there are a couple of pretty good entries already. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-man-in-major-league-baseball/693508/6 "2014-07-19T16:33:10Z")
Can any active MLBers challenge Buck Showalter? I understand he’s not traditionally ugly, there’s just something about seeing his doughy white face that makes me throw up a little in my mouth. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-man-in-major-league-baseball/693508/7 "2014-07-19T16:52:03Z")
I think Bartolo Colon is pretty ugly but when I looked for a picture to illustrate this none of the pictures seem to be as homely as he seems to be on TV. [This](http://www.fullspectrumbaseball.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/bartolocolon-fluffy.jpg) one is kind of funny tho. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-man-in-major-league-baseball/693508/8 "2014-07-19T18:02:02Z")
When it comes to the Unit, it’s hard to be attractive when you’re 6’10. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-man-in-major-league-baseball/693508/9 "2014-07-19T18:08:17Z")
Asdrubal Cabrera is one of my favorite players. I’ll admit he goes through periods of [looking](http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/mlb/players/full/28671.png&w=350&h=254) [pretty](http://cbscleveland.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/photo1-e1328241526293.jpg?w=620&h=349&crop=1) [fugly](http://c431528.r28.cf2.rackcdn.com/detalle0a785423da6c9da7be5d8658257ae354.jpg), and then [looks ok](http://www.beisbolvenezolano.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/CabreraA11.jpg). He had braces for a while and that looked weird. He’s got curly hair that looks bad when it’s long (cuz he slicks it back) but he insists on wearing it long sometimes. And then his weight really fluctuates, more than any other player I’m familiar with. So sometimes he looks muscular and athletic, and sometimes he looks flabby and puffy. When he’s got braces and long hair and is flabby with a puffy face, with those big ears and crooked mouth…he just looks bad. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-man-in-major-league-baseball/693508/10 "2014-07-19T18:13:45Z")
[Nick](http://lcweb2.loc.gov/service/pnp/npcc/14300/14301v.jpg) [Altrock](http://thumbs3.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mHIi_cE9k7sso944tIMQNJg.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-man-in-major-league-baseball/693508/11 "2014-07-19T19:14:34Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > When it comes to the Unit, it’s hard to be attractive when you’re 6’10. 😕 I could list a bunch of basketball players in that height range who are perfectly good looking guys. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-man-in-major-league-baseball/693508/12 "2014-07-19T20:01:56Z")
The guy I thought of when I saw this thread was Gary Gaetti, but the pictures I found of him really weren’t that bad looking. Maybe I’m mis-remembering. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-man-in-major-league-baseball/693508/13 "2014-07-19T20:37:18Z")
mhendo-You’re obviously correct. Johnson is fugly though. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-man-in-major-league-baseball/693508/14 "2014-07-19T20:39:22Z")
Otis Nixon was (and I assume still is) hideous: [https://www.google.ca/search?q=otis+nixon&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=WNfKU8D6AtehyASm-YCYBg&sqi=2&ved=0CAYQ\_AUoAQ&biw=1920&bih=943](https://www.google.ca/search?q=otis+nixon&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=WNfKU8D6AtehyASm-YCYBg&sqi=2&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ&biw=1920&bih=943) ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-man-in-major-league-baseball/693508/15 "2014-07-19T22:17:24Z")
[Clay Carroll](http://www.blujay.com/1/450/3281000_s1_i1.jpg) anyone? And I’ve always had a hard time looking at [Pete Rose’s](http://media.jrn.com/images/pete61712.jpg) mug. mmm ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-man-in-major-league-baseball/693508/16 "2014-07-19T22:41:16Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > [Clay Carroll](http://www.blujay.com/1/450/3281000_s1_i1.jpg) anyone? > > And I’ve always had a hard time looking at [Pete Rose’s](http://media.jrn.com/images/pete61712.jpg) mug. > mmm This was a post that you really needed to leave off your initials. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2014, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-man-in-major-league-baseball/693508/17 "2014-07-21T17:22:52Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Otis Nixon was (and I assume still is) hideous: > > [otis nixon - Google Search](https://www.google.ca/search?q=otis+nixon&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=WNfKU8D6AtehyASm-YCYBg&sqi=2&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ&biw=1920&bih=943) Damn, it looks like he has Klingon forehead ridges! That is one scary-looking dude :eek: ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2014, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-man-in-major-league-baseball/693508/18 "2014-07-21T17:30:22Z")
What about Adam Harang? Lovingly nicknamed [Harangutan](https://soliloqueue.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/harangutan.jpg?w=614) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2014, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-man-in-major-league-baseball/693508/19 "2014-07-21T17:35:52Z")
> [@leftfield6](#): > > What about Adam Harang? Lovingly nicknamed [Harangutan](https://soliloqueue.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/harangutan.jpg?w=614) Good thing he was wearing that hat. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2014, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-man-in-major-league-baseball/693508/20 "2014-07-21T18:53:52Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Wait a minute, we have a [challenger.](http://cardboardgods.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/don-mossi-662.jpg) Gotta second Mossi. A friend and I had a game we used to play with baseball cards during slow moments at summer camp back in the 1960s. We facetiously called Mossi “Dreamboat” because he was about as far from it as you could imagine. [Bill James agrees.](http://books.google.com/books?id=3uSbqUm8hSAC&pg=PA245&dq=bill+james+historical+abstract+don+mossi&hl=en&sa=X&ei=rGDNU970JfLmsATd1YDICQ&ved=0CBwQ6AEwAA) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ugliest-man-in-major-league-baseball/693508.md?page=2)