List of Baseball Player Nicknames - D

D

• "D-Mat" = Daisuke Matsuzaka, Japanese starting pitcher (no longer used)
• "The D-Train" = Dontrelle Willis, American starting pitcher
• "Daffy" = Paul Dean, American starting pitcher
• "Dazzy" = Clarence Vance, American starting pitcher
• "Deacon" =
  • Charles Phillippe, American starting pitcher
  • James White, American catcher and third baseman
• "Death To All Flying Things" = Bob Ferguson, American infielder
• "Dewey" = Dwight Evans, American right fielder
• "Dice K" = Daisuke Matsuzaka, Japanese starting pitcher
• "Dixie" = Fred E. Walker, American right fielder
• "Dizzy" = Jay Dean, American starting pitcher
• "Doc" =
  • Roger Cramer, United States baseball player
  • Dwight Gooden, American starting pitcher
  • Roy Halladay, American starting pitcher
• "Dr. K" = Dwight Gooden, American starting pitcher
• "Donie" = Owen Bush, United States baseball player
• "The Donkey" = Adam Dunn, American left fielder
• "Donnie Baseball" = Don Mattingly, American first baseman
• "The Donora Greyhound" = Stan Musial, American outfielder and first baseman
• "Double X" = Jimmie Foxx, American first baseman
• "Dragon Slayer" = Josh Fogg, American starting pitcher
• "Ducky" = Joe Medwick, American left fielder
• "Duke" = Edwin Snider, American center fielder
• "Dummy" = William E. Hoy, American center fielder
• "Dunston to Sandberg to Grace" One of two famous Chicago Cub double play combinations, this one in the late 1980s, featuring shortstop Shawon Dunston, second baseman Ryne Sandberg, and first baseman Mark Grace.
• "El Duque" = Orlando Hernández, Cuban starting pitcher
• "Dusty" =
  • Johnnie Baker, Jr., American outfielder and manager
  • James L. Rhodes, United States baseball player