New York Mets All-time Roster - Player Nicknames

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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