Player’s Nicknames
There is nothing I like more than a good nickname for a player. So if you’ve got one (or a better one), I’d love to hear it and why, and add it to this list:
Jair Jurrjens:
JJ. Various
Derek Lowe:
D-Lowe. Various
Kris Medlen:
Meds. Unknown
Tommy Hanson:
Big Red. Unknown
Tim Hudson:
Huddy. Various
Mike Minor:
M&M. Me
Kenshin Kawakami:
Kawakrappy. Unknown
Kawakickass. Me
Kyle Farnsworth:
Farnsworthless. @BravesJournal
Takahi Saito:
Side Toe. @BravesDiva
Jonny Venters:
Every Day Jonny. Unknown
Billy Wagner:
Wags. Various
Peter Moylan:
Eric O’Flaherty:
EOF. Various
Brian McCann:
B-Mac. Various
David Ross:
The Boss. Unknown
Chipper Jones:
Skeeerrrrrtttt – The sound his wheel chair makes going around the bases. Someone on my twitter feed
Brooks Conrad:
Raw Dog – Chipper Jones
Freddie Freeman: (We need a good one for Freeman)
Troy Glaus:
Glausasaurous. Unknown
Alex Gonzalez:
Seabass – I have no idea why, maybe a comparison to Sebastian Janikowski. I saw it on his Baseball-Reference page, I thought it was awesome.
Diory Hernandez:
[Don't bother]
Omar Infante:
Auto single. @Ben_Duronio
Derek Lee:
Derek LOLee. Me
Martin Prado:
MVPrado. Unknown
Pardo. Glenn
Rick Ankiel:
AnKKKKKKKiel – He strikes out a ton. @FakeChipCaray
Melky Cabrera:
The Farm Animal – He eats like a pig, runs like a cow, hung like a horse. Me
Melkinator – Sent back time time to destroy the pennant run. @FakeChipCaray
Matt Diaz:
Matty D. Various
Hittin Fool/Captain Caveman – He hits a lot. Joe Simpson
Jason Heyward:
J-Hey (kid) Various
Eric Hinske:
Nate McLouth:
McJackass or Nate The Great (depending on how he’s hitting). Me
What’ve you got?




Glenn said
I’ve got one for Martin Prado. When he was a rookie, the official stat keeper misspelled his name, calling him “Martin Pardo.” For several weeks, Martin Prado was hitting about .280, but Martin Pardo was hitting like .333. I have called him Martin Pardo ever since.
Omar Infante is basically Pardo from last year, so I have been calling him Prado Jr, Martin Jr, Little Martin, Pardo Jr, etc.
Kris N. said
It’s going up!
TexasRose said
Moyland’s nickname is Moylo – saw it on an ajc.com page quoting one of his teammates
Alex Gonzales is called SeaBass because he never smiles (according to a teammate from one of his former teams)
TexasRose said
add’l detail: Kevin Millar on the Marlins coined the SeaBass nickname for AGonzales because of his perpetually sullen game face