List of Baseball Player Nicknames - B

B

• "B. J." = Melvin Upton, American center fielder (an abbreviation of his childhood nickname, "Bossman Junior")
• "Babe" =
  • Charles B. Adams, American starting pitcher
  • Floyd C. Herman, American right fielder
  • George Ruth, American starting pitcher and outfielder
• "Baby Bull" = Orlando Cepeda, Puerto Rican first baseman
• "Baby Braves" = Group of young Atlanta Braves players from the mid-2000s (decade) Brian McCann, Pete Orr, Ryan Langerhans, Jeff Francoeur, and Kyle Davies. The list develops as new players, mostly developed from the highly successful draft, are developed.
• "Bake = Arnold McBride, American outfielder
• "Bam Bam" = Hensley Meulens, Curaçao left fielder
• "The Great Bambino" = George Herman Ruth, American starting pitcher and outfielder
• "The Barber" = Sal Maglie, American starting pitcher
• "The Bash Brothers" = José Canseco and Mark McGwire, Cuba-born American outfielder/DH and native-born American first baseman respectively, when they were teammates on the Oakland Athletics
• "Batman and Robin" = Mike Piazza and Robin Ventura, American catcher and third baseman respectively, when they were teammates on the New York Mets during the late 1990s
• "The Beard" = Brian Wilson American closing pitcher. So nicknamed because of his long beard, and because the Giants faithful during the 2010 season would shout "Fear the Beard", whenever he would come on to pitch.
• "The Beast" =
  • Jimmie Foxx, American first baseman
  • Michael Morse, American first baseman
• "Bernie" = Bernabé Williams, Puerto Rican center fielder
• "Big Cat" = Andrés Galarraga, Venezuelan first baseman
• "Big Daddy" =
  • Cecil Fielder, American first baseman/DH
  • Rick Reuschel, American starting pitcher
• "Big Daddy Vladdy" Vladimir Guerrero Dominican outfielder
• "Big Donkey" =
  • Billy Butler, American DH
  • Adam Dunn, American left fielder
• "The Big Hurt" = Frank Thomas, American first baseman/DH
• "Big Jew" = Sandy Koufax NL Pitcher
• "Big Mac" =
  • Willie McCovey, American first baseman
  • Mark McGwire, American first baseman
• "Big Papi" = David Ortiz, Dominican DH
• "Big Poison" = Paul Waner, American outfielder
• "Big Puma" = Lance Berkman, American outfielder and first baseman
• "Big Red" = Mark McGwire, American first baseman
• "Big Six" = Christy Mathewson, American starting pitcher
• "The Big Train" = Walter Johnson, American starting pitcher
• "The Big Unit" = Randy Johnson, American starting pitcher
• "Big Z" = Carlos Zambrano, Venezuelan starting pitcher
• "Billy" = Alfred Manuel Martin, Jr., American second baseman and manager
• "Bip" = Leon Roberts, American outfielder
• "Bird" =
  • Mark Fidrych, American starting pitcher
• "Biz" = John Raleigh Mackey, United States baseball player
• "Black Jack" = Jack McDowell, American starting pitcher
• "Black Mike" = Mickey Cochrane, American catcher
• "Blue Moon" = John Odom, American starting pitcher
• "Bone" = Jay Buhner, American outfielder/DH
• "Boomer" =
  • Ron Blomberg, American DH/first baseman/right fielder
  • George Scott, American first baseman
  • David Wells, American starting pitcher
• "Bubba" = Richard Crosby, United States baseball player
• "Buck" =
  • Frank McCormick, United States baseball player
  • John Jordan O'Neil, United States baseball player and ambassador
  • William Showalter, American manager
  • George Weaver, American shortstop and third baseman
• "Bucketfoot Al" = Al Simmons, American outfielder
• "Buddy" =
  • David Bell, American third baseman and manager
  • Charles Myer, American second baseman
• "The Bull" = Greg Luzinski, American left fielder/DH
• "Bulldog" = Orel Hershiser, American starting pitcher
• "Bullet" (or "Bullets") = Charles W. Rogan, American starting pitcher (also played frequently in other positions)
• "Bullet Joe" = Charles Rogan, American starting pitcher
• "Bump" = Elliott Wills, American second baseman
• "Bye Bye" = Steve Balboni, American first baseman/DH