Sweet Player Names

It has become a fun game with my friends to think of great player names and then dissect the reasoning behind it. Please let me know of any good ones I have been missing.


I have come to the conclusion that the first name must be one of the following:
  • short
  • funny
  • end in a 'y' so it sounds childish
  • have several short names added together (i.e. Willy Mo Pena)
And last names are generally:
  • short
  • nouns
  • funny

The (ongoing) list:
Chipper Jones
Johnny Damon
Glenallen Hill
Tony Clark
Johnny Bench
Vida Blue
Willy Mo Pena
Razor Shines
John VanDerWall
Chili Davis


Al Kaline
      +
Mickey Mantle
=Mickey Kaline (Hey Arnold, awesome)


Cal Ripken (Jr. optional)
Ken Griffey Jr. (Jr. necessary)
Oil Can Boyd
Mookie Wilson
Orel Hersheiser
Goose Gossage
Pokey Reese
Rusty Kuntz
Pee Wee Reese
Stubby Clapp
Chaz Roe
Sterling Hitchcock
Bubba Starling
Dizzy Dean

Important Recommendations
Oddibe McDowell (special thanks to The Common Man @ The Platoon Advantage)
Boof Bonser 
Coco Crisp
Milton Bradley
Dickie Thon
Rollie Fingers
Blue Moon Odom (special thanks to truegrich)
Johnny (Ugly) Dickshot (special thanks to MWLtraveler) Seriously, it's real.
Rock Shoulders (special thanks to @BenBadler)
Rusty Staub, Catfish Hunter and Don Money $$$ (@sbennett15)

The Greatest Baseball Names of No Time