List of Baseball Player Nicknames - S

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• "Sandman" = Mariano Rivera, Panamanian closer
• "Sandy" = Sanford Brown Koufax, American starting pitcher
• "Satchel" = LeRoy Paige, American starting pitcher
• "The Say Hey Kid" = Willie Mays, American center fielder
• "Schnozz" = Ernie Lombardi, American catcher
• "Schoolboy" = Lynwood Rowe, American starting pitcher
• "Scooter" = Phil Rizzuto, American shortstop
• "Scrap Iron" = Phil Garner, American second baseman and third baseman
• "Seattle Bill" = Bill James, United States baseball player
• "The Secretary of Defense" = Garry Maddox, American center fielder
• "Señor October" = David Ortiz, Dominican DH
• "Señor Papi" = David Ortiz, Dominican DH
• "Señor Smoke" = Aurelio López, Mexican baseball player
• "The Shark" = Jeff Samardzija, American pitcher (and former college football player)
• "Shoeless" = Joe Jackson, United States baseball player
• "Shoeless Joe" = Joe Jackson, United States baseball player
• "Shotgun" = George Shuba, United States baseball player
• "Shrek" = Kevin Mench, United States baseball player
• "Silent George" = George Stone, American outfielder
• "The Silver Fox" = Edwin Snider, American center fielder
• "Skeeter" = James Webb, United States baseball player
• "Skoonj" = Carl Furillo, United States baseball player
• "Slammin' Sammy" = Sammy Sosa, Dominican right fielder
• "Smoke" = Dave Stewart, American starting pitcher
• "Smoky" = Forrest Harrill Burgess, United States baseball player
• "Snuffy" = George Stirnweiss, United States baseball player
• "Sockeye" = Tim Salmon, United States baseball player
• "Socks" = Ralph Seybold, United States baseball player
• "Soup" = Dave Campbell, American infielder, and announcer. Given the nickname due to the similarities to the famous soup company of the same name, and his last name.
• "The Spaceman" = Bill Lee, American starting pitcher
• "Spanky" = Mike LaValliere, American catcher
• "Sparkplug" = Johnny Damon, American outfielder
• "Sparky" =
  • Albert Lyle, American closer
  • Earl Adams, American second baseman
  • George Anderson, American second baseman and manager
• "The Splendid Splinter" = Ted Williams, American left fielderr
• "The Springfield Rifle" = Vic Raschi, United States baseball player
• "Spuds" = Chris Sabo, United States baseball player
• "Stan the Man" = Stan Musial, American outfielder and first baseman
• "The Staten Island Scot" = Bobby Thomson, Scottish-born American outfielder
• "Steady Eddie" = Joseph Mayo, United States baseball player
• "Stretch" = Willie McCovey, American first baseman
• "Stuffy" = John McInniss, United States baseball player
• "The Sultan of Swat" = George Ruth, American starting pitcher and outfielder
• "Superjew" = Mike Epstein, United States baseball player
• "Superman" = Kevin Gregg, United States baseball player
• "Swede" = Charles Risberg, United States baseball player
• "Sweet Lou" =
  • Lou Piniella, American outfielder and manager
  • Lou Whitaker, American second baseman
• "Sweet Music" = Frank Viola, American starting pitcher
• "Sweet Swingin' Billy" = Billy Williams, American outfielder