List of Chicago White Sox nicknames

In the last 100-plus years, the Chicago White Sox have had many players with colorful and memorable nicknames from “Shoeless Joe” Jackson to “Old Aches & Pains” Appling, Minnie the “Cuban Comet” Minoso, “Little Louie” Aparicio, “Black Jack” McDowell, and Frank “The Big Hurt” Thomas. These are some of the best.

• Dick Allen: "Wampum"
• Sandy Alomar: "Iron Pony"
• Luis Aparicio: "Little Louie"
• Luke Appling: "Fumblefoot" or "Kid Boots" or "Old Aches & Pains"
• Cuke Barrows, Roland Barrows: "Cuke"
• Bruno Block, James John Blochowicz: "Bruno"
• Ken Boyer: "Cap" or "Captain"
• Smoky Burgess, Forrest Harrill Burgess: "Smoky"
• Iván Calderón: "Ivan The Terrible"
• Norm Cash: "Stormin’ Norman"
• Eddie Cicotte: "Knuckles"
• Rocky Colavito, Rocco Colavito: "Rocky"
• Eddie Collins: "Cocky"
• Bucky Dent, Russell Earl O’Day: "Bucky" or "Bucky 'Fucking' Dent"
• Richard Dotson: "Dot"
• Brian Downing: "Incredible Hulk"
• Red Faber, Urban Clarence Faber: "Red"
• Carlton Fisk: "Pudge"
• Nellie Fox, Jacob Nelson Fox,: "Nellie", "Little Nel", or "The Mighty Mite"
• Freddy García: "Chief"
• Ralph Garr: "Road Runner"
• Kid Gleason, William Gleason: "Kid"
• Goose Gossage, Richard Michael Gossage: "Goose" or "The White Gorilla"
• Craig Grebeck: "The Little Hurt"
• Bo Jackson, Vincent Edward Jackson: "Bo"
• Joe Jackson: "Shoeless Joe"
• Lance Johnson: "One Dog"
• Ted Kluszewski: "Big Klu"
• Carlos Lee: "El Caballo"
• Ted Lyons: "Sunday Teddy"
• Jack McDowell: "Black Jack"
• Catfish Metkovich, George Michael Metkovich: "Catfish"
• Minnie Miñoso, Saturnino Orestes Armas (Arrieta) Miñoso: "Minnie" or "The Cuban Comet"
• Blue Moon Odom, Johnny Lee Odom: "Blue Moon"
• Magglio Ordóñez: "El Caribe Mayor (The Caribbean Mayor)" or "Mags"
• Tom Paciorek: "Wimpy"
• Don Pall: "The Pope"
• Herbert Perry: "The Milkman"
• Bubba Phillips, John Melvin Phillips: "Bubba"
• Billy Pierce: "Billy the Kid"
• Scott Podsednik: "Pods"
• Carlos Quentin: "TCQ"
• Tim Raines: "Rock"
• Alexei Ramirez: "The Cuban Missile"
• Ray Schalk: "The Cracker"
• Tom Seaver: "Tom Terrific"
• Bill Skowron: "Moose"
• Moose Solters, Julius Joseph Soltesz: "Moose" or "Lemons"
• Nick Swisher: "Dirty Thirty"
• Frank Thomas: "The Big Hurt"
• Jim Thome: "Big Jimmy" or "Mr. Incredible"
• Javier Vázquez: "The Silent Assassin"
• Robin Ventura: "Batman"
• Ed Walsh: "Big Ed"
• Skeeter Webb, James Laverne Webb: "Skeeter"
• Hoyt Wilhelm: "Old Sarge"
• Walt Williams: "No Neck"
• Taffy Wright, Taft Shedron Wright:: "Taffy"
• Early Wynn: "Gus"
• Paul Konerko "Paulie"
• Bobby Jenks "Big Bad Bobby Jenks"
• Octavio Dotel "Ol' Dirty"
• Joe Crede "Clutch Norris"
• Jose Contreras "Commander"

See also

• Chicago White Sox
• Chicago White Sox all-time roster
• List of Chicago White Sox people
• White Sox award winners and league leaders
• White Sox broadcasters and media
• White Sox managers and ownership
• Detroit Tigers Nicknames

Sources

• Unless other sourcing is indicated, all nicknames cited in this article are verified from one of the following two authoritative sources:
• Baseball-Reference
• Baseball Almanac