Chicago Cubs Nicknames

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The Chicago Cubs have a long history of players (and managers) with colorful and memorable nicknames, from “Cap” Anson and Mordecai “Three Finger” Brown to “The Rajah” (Rogers Hornsby), “Old Tomato Face” (Gabby Hartnett) to “Mr. Cub” (Ernie Banks), “Sweet Swingin' Billy from Whistler” (Billy Williams), “Wild Thing” (Mitch Williams), and “Ryno” (Ryne Sandberg). These are some of the best.

• Grover Cleveland Alexander: “Pete” or ”Old Pete”
• Cap Anson, Adrian Constantine Anson: “Cap” or “Pop” or “Uncle” or “Captain”
• Richie Ashburn: “Putt-Putt” or “Whitey”
• Dusty Baker, Johnnie B. Baker, Jr.: “Dusty”
• Ernie Banks: “Mr. Cub”
• Ginger Beaumont, Clarence Howeth Beaumont: “Ginger”
• Roger Bresnahan: “The Duke of Tralee”
• Lou Brock: “The Franchise”
• Mordecai Brown: “Three Finger” or “Miner”
• Bill Buckner: “Billy Buck” or “Billy Bucks”
• Ron Cey: “Penguin”
• Frank Chance: “Husk” or “The Peerless Leader” and part of “Tinker to Evers to Chance”
• King Cole, Leonard Leslie Cole: “King”
• Ripper Collins, James Anthony Collins: “Ripper”
• Kiki Cuyler, Hazen Shirley Cuyler: “Kiki” or “Cuy”
• Andre Dawson: “The Hawk”
• Dizzy Dean, Jay Hanna Dean: “Diz” or “Dizzy” or “The Great Man”
• Hugh Duffy “Duffmeier”
• Leon Durham: “Bull”
• Leo Durocher: “The Lip”
• Dennis Eckersley: “The Eck”
• Rowdy Elliott, Harold Bell Elliott: “Rowdy”
• Johnny Evers: “The Crab” and part of “Tinker to Evers to Chance”
• Silver Flint, Frank Sylvester Flint: “Silver”
• Jocko Flynn, John A. Flynn: “Jocko”
• Jimmie Foxx: “Beast” or “Double X”
• George Gore: “Piano Legs”
• Mark Grace: “Amazing Grace”
• Clark Griffith: “The Old Fox”
• Burleigh Grimes “Ol' Stubblebeard”
• Charlie Grimm: “Jolly Cholly” or “Dutchman”
• Mark Grudzielanek: “Grudzie”
• Stan Hack: “Smiling Stan”
• Gabby Hartnett, Charles Leo Hartnett: “Gabby” or “Old Tomato Face”
• Richie Hebner: “The Gravedigger”
• Solly Hofman, Arthur Frederick Hofman: “Circus Solly”
• Burt Hooton: “Happy” or ”Hootie”
• Rogers Hornsby: “Rajah”
• Monte Irvin: “Mr. Murder”
• Fergie Jenkins: “Fly”
• Sam Jones: “Toothpick Sam”
• George Kelly: “High Pockets”
• King Kelly, Michael Joseph Kelly: “Honest Joe” or ”King”
• Bill Killefer: ”Reindeer Bill”
• Ralph Kiner: “Mr. Home Run”
• Chuck Klein: “The Hoosier Hammerer”
• Johnny Kling: “Guncotton” or “Noisy”
• Tony Lazzeri: “Poosh 'Em Up Tony”
• Turk Lown, Omar Joseph Lown: “Turk”
• Peanuts Lowrey, Harry Lee Lowrey: “Peanuts”
• Greg Maddux: “Mad Dog”
• Rabbit Maranville, Walter James Vincent Maranville: “Rabbit”
• Speed Martin, Elwood Good Martin: “Speed”
• Fred Merkle: “Bonehead”
• Andy Pafko: “Handy Andy” or “Pruschka”
• Milt Pappas: “Gimpy”
• Dode Paskert, George Henry Paskert: “Dode”
• Fred Pfeffer: “Fritz” or “Dandelion”
• Charley Root: “Chinski”
• Ryne Sandberg: “Ryno”
• Ron Santo: “Pizza”
• Frank Schulte: “Wildfire”
• Jimmy Slagle: “Rabbit” or “Shorty”
• Sammy Sosa: “Slammin' Sammy”
• Tuck Stainback, George Tucker Stainback: “Tuck”
• Riggs Stephenson: “Old Hoss”
• Billy Sunday: “Parson” or “The Evangelist”
• Rick Sutcliffe: “Red Baron”
• Chick Tolson, Charles Julius Tolson: “Toby” or “Slug” or “Chick”
• George Van Haltren: “Rip”
• Hippo Vaughn, James Leslie Vaughn: “Hippo” or “Jumbo”
• Rube Waddell, George Edward Waddell: “Rube”
• Hoyt Wilhelm: “Old Sarge”
• Billy Williams: “Sweet Swingin' Billy from Whistler”
• Mitch Williams: “Wild Thing”
• Hack Wilson, Lewis Robert Wilson: “Hack”
• Carlos Zambrano: “El Toro (The Bull)”
• Rollie Zeider: “Bunions”
• Don Zimmer: “Popeye” or “The Gerbil” or “Zim”
• Heinie Zimmerman, Henry Zimmerman: “Heinie”

References and sources

• Unless other sourcing is indicated, all nicknames cited in this article have been verified by inclusion in one of the following authoritative sources:
• Baseball-Refernce
• Baseball Almanac

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