List of Baseball Player Nicknames - W

W

• "Wahoo Sam" = Sam Crawford, United States baseball player
• "Whitey" =
  • Edward Ford, American starting pitcher
  • Dorrel Herzog, American manager
  • Richie Ashburn, Hall of Fame outfielder
• "The Wild Horse of the Osage" = Pepper Martin, United States baseball player
• "Wildfire" = Frank Schulte, United States baseball player
• "Wild Thing" = Mitch WIlliams American born closing pitcher, primarily for his strange delivery, where he would fall to the third base side of the mound.
• "The Wizard of Oz" = Ozzie Smith, American shortstop
• "Woody" = DeWitt Smallwood, United States Negro League baseball player
• "The Wonderdog" = Rex Hudler, American baseball player, and announcer.
• "The Yankee Clipper" = Joe DiMaggio, American center fielder