Players Nicknames "The"......

[E.Howard 32]

How many of these "The" nicknames can you identify? No fair looking them up!

1. The Cat
2. The Brat
3. The Lip
4. The Boss
5. The Whip
6. The Goose
7. The Rocket
8. The Meal Ticket
9. The Bulldog (more than one)
10. The Say Hey Kid
11. The Commerce Comet
12. The Man
13. The Splendid Splinter
14. The Yankee Clipper
15. The Hat
16. The Bird
17. The Duke of Flatbush
18. The Reading Rifle
19. The Fire Truck
20. The Scooter
21. The Sultan of Swat
22. The Iron Horse
23. The Wizard of Oz
24. The Hammer
25. The Mad Hungarian
26. The Crime Dog
27. The Big Hurt
28. The Georgia Peach
29. The Big Unit
30. The Big Train
31. The Baby Bull
32. The Eck
33. The Chairman of the Board
34. The Flying Dutchman
35. The Road Runner
36. The Kitten
37. The Big Cat
38. The Beast
39. The Rajah
40. The Candy Man
41. The Ryan Express
42. The Killer
43. The Human Vacuum Cleaner
44. The Toy Cannon
45. The Caveman
46. The Yankee Killer
47. The "Beeg" Boy
and one to top it off from football, "The Toe".

Good Luck!

1-10 correct - You need to read a little more about baseball.
11-20 correct - Not too shabby, what era are you from?
21-30 correct - Wow, impressive, you must be at least 40 years old.
31-40 correct - You need to get out more and fish and things like that.
41-47 correct - You have no life.
47 correct plus the football one - Come on now.....nobody's perfect!

[AutographCollector]

Here's what I know.... and I swear, I didn't cheat either.

1. The Cat Harry Brechen (spelling on his last name)
2. The Brat
3. The Lip Leo Durocher
4. The Boss George Steinbrenner
5. The Whip Ewell Blackwell
6. The Goose
7. The Rocket Roger Clemens
8. The Meal Ticket
9. The Bulldog (more than one)
10. The Say Hey Kid Willie Mays
11. The Commerce Comet Mickey Mantle
12. The Man Stan Musial
13. The Splendid Splinter Ted Williams
14. The Yankee Clipper Joe Dimaggio
15. The Hat Harry Walker
16. The Bird Mark Fidrych
17. The Duke of Flatbush Duke Snider
18. The Reading Rifle
19. The Fire Truck Virgil Trucks?
20. The Scooter Phil Rizzuto
21. The Sultan of Swat Babe Ruth
22. The Iron Horse Lou Gehrig
23. The Wizard of Oz Ozzie Smith
24. The Hammer
25. The Mad Hungarian Al Hrbrasky
26. The Crime Dog Fred McGriff
27. The Big Hurt Frank Thomas
28. The Georgia Peach Ty Cobb
29. The Big Unit Randy Johnson
30. The Big Train Walter Johnson
31. The Baby Bull
32. The Eck Dennis Eckersly
33. The Chairman of the Board
34. The Flying Dutchman Honus Wagner
35. The Road Runner
36. The Kitten
37. The Big Cat HOF slugger, don't recall his name
38. The Beast Jimmie Foxx
39. The Rajah
40. The Candy Man
41. The Ryan Express Nolan Ryan
42. The Killer
43. The Human Vacuum Cleaner
44. The Toy Cannon
45. The Caveman Johnny Damon
46. The Yankee Killer
47. The "Beeg" Boy
and one to top it off from football, "The Toe".

[E.Howard 32]

Thanks for not looking collector, makes it more fun doesn't it? Oh yeah, Virgil Trucks is correct for The Fire Truck. I just read about him last night and this is what got me started on the nicknames.

[AutographCollector]

Thanks for not looking collector, makes it more fun doesn't it? Oh yeah, Virgil Trucks is correct for The Fire Truck. I just read about him last night and this is what got me started on the nicknames.

I'm sitting here watching the celebration at Coors Field, and it's still frustrating me who "The Toy Cannon" is. He played for the Astros in the 60's didn't he?

[EdTarbusz]

The Brat-Eddie Stanky
The Goose-Rich Gossage
The Meal Ticket-Carl Hubbell
The Reading Rifle-Carl Furillo
The Hammer-Hank Aaron
The Baby Bull-Orlando Cepeda
The Chairman of the Board-Whitey Ford
The Kitten-Harvey Haddix
The Road Runner-Doug Rader
The Rajah-Rogers Hornsby
The Candy Man-John Candelaria
The Killer-Harmon Killebrew
The Human Vacuum Cleaner-Brooks Robinson
The Toy Cannon-Jim Wynn
The Yankee Killer-Frank Lary
The Beeg Boy-Rico Carty
The Toe-Garo Yepremium

[AutographCollector]

The Toy Cannon-Jim Wynn

That's right!

How did he end up with that name?

[Utter Chaos]

The Cat could also be Andres Galaragga
The Bulldog - Orel Hersheiser
The Goose could also be Goose Goslin (I don't know his first name)
The Toe - Lou Groza
And if we're combining sports the Brat could be John McEnroe

[hellborn]

That's right!

How did he end up with that name?

He was a small guy with big power. Impressive build, too.

[NJMetfan4life]

The Cat= Felix Millian, right?

[EdTarbusz]

The Cat was also Felix Fermin.

[VIBaseball]

I'll toss out a few more:

The Animal
The Spaceman
The Inspector
The Stork

[geezer]

Bill Lee was the Spaceman

[yesBUTnotREALLY]

1. The Cat-
2. The Brat
3. The Lip
4. The Boss-George steinbrenner
5. The Whip
6. The Goose-goose gossage
7. The Rocket-roger clemens
8. The Meal Ticket-
9. The Bulldog (more than one)-orel hersheiser
10. The Say Hey Kid-willie mays
11. The Commerce Comet
12. The Man
13. The Splendid Splinter
14. The Yankee Clipper-Joe DiMaggio
15. The Hat
16. The Bird
17. The Duke of Flatbush-duke snider
18. The Reading Rifle
19. The Fire Truck
20. The Scooter
21. The Sultan of Swat-babe ruth
22. The Iron Horse
23. The Wizard of Oz-Ozzie Smith
24. The Hammer
25. The Mad Hungarian
26. The Crime Dog-Fred McGriff
27. The Big Hurt-Frank Thomas
28. The Georgia Peach-Ty Cobb
29. The Big Unit-Randy Johnson
30. The Big Train-Dontrelle Willis?
31. The Baby Bull
32. The Eck-Dennis Eckersley
33. The Chairman of the Board
34. The Flying Dutchman
35. The Road Runner-Ricky Henderson
36. The Kitten
37. The Big Cat-Andres Galaraga
38. The Beast
39. The Rajah
40. The Candy Man
41. The Ryan Express-Nolan Ryan
42. The Killer
43. The Human Vacuum Cleaner-Mariano Riviera
44. The Toy Cannon
45. The Caveman
46. The Yankee Killer-Bucky Dent
47. The "Beeg" Boy-Craig Biggio
and one to top it off from football, "The Toe".

[E.Howard 32]

Here's one I left off the list:

The Barber

The Animal? Well, I remember George "The Animal" Steele, who was a wrestler. He was hilarious!!

[EdTarbusz]

The Barber

Sal Maglie

[VIBaseball]

The Animal? Well, I remember George "The Animal" Steele, who was a wrestler. He was hilarious!!

Well, that's a different Animal...a much hairier one, except on his head!

My guy pitched in the majors in the '80s and then went to play in Japan for a while, where he was known as Animal-san. After his playing career, he was part of the wacky game show Takeshi's Castle.

[Dalkowski110]

The Stork is George Theodore. Your Animal is Brad Lesley.

[Dodgerfan1]

It must be the love of old-time baseball in me, but the very first thing I thought of (no lie!) was The Apollo of the Box, Tony Mullane.

[EdTarbusz]

Or Bris Lord-The Human Eyeball

[Brian McKenna]

One of my favorites - "The Only"

[VIBaseball]

The Inspector remains unanswered.

Two new ones:

The Flea
The Thrill