Player Nicknames
- Edgardo Alfonzo: "Fonzie"
- Wally Backman, Walter Wayne Backman: "Cabbage Patch", "Finster", or "Wally"
- Hubie Brooks: "Hubie" or "Hubie Babbling Brooks" (bestowed by Chris Berman)
- Gary Carter, Gary Edmund Carter (1974–92): "The Kid"
- David Cone: "Coney"
- Duffy Dyer: "Duffy"
- Lenny Dykstra: "Nails" or "The Dude"
- Sid Fernandez: "El Sid"
- Dwight Gooden: "Doc" of "Dr. K"
- Bud Harrelson, Derrel McKinley Harrelson: "Bud" or "Mini-Hawk"
- Keith Hernandez: "Mex"
- Orlando Hernández: "El Duque"
- Howard Johnson: "HoJo"
- Dave Kingman: "Kong", "Sky", "Big Bird" "King Kong", or "Kong Kingman", or "Sky King"
- Jerry Koosman, Jerome Martin Koosman: "Cooz" or "Jerry"
- Ed Kranepool: "Krane", "The Krane" or "Easy Ed"
- Dave Magadan: "Mags" or "Dave Mary Madadan" (bestowed by Chris Berman)
- Willie Mays: "The Say Hey Kid"
- Lee Mazzilli: "The Italian Stallion" or "Maz"
- Tug McGraw: "Tug"
- Kevin McReynolds: "Big Mac"
- Félix Millán, Felix Bernardo (Martinez) Millan: "The Cat"
- John Milner: "The Hammer"
- Rey Ordóñez, Reynaldo Ordóñez: "Rey"
- Mike Piazza: "The Pizza Man"
- Nolan Ryan: "The Ryan Express"
- Francisco Rodríguez " K-Rod"
- Tom Seaver: "Tom Terrific" or "The Franchise"
- Rusty Staub, Daniel Joseph Staub: "Rusty" and "Le Grand Orange"
- John Stearns: "Bad Dude" or "Dude"
- Casey Stengel, Charles Dillon Stengel: "Casey" or "The Old Perfessor"
- Darryl Strawberry: "The Straw Man", "Pulled Muscle Face", "Straw", "The Straw That Stirs the Drink" or "Darryl Strawberry Shortcake" (bestowed by Chris Berman)
- Ron Swoboda: "Rocky"
- Billy Wagner: "Billy the Kid"
- Mookie Wilson, William Hayward Wilson: "Mookie"
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—Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1845)