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In the last 100-plus years, the
Chicago White Sox have had many players with colorful and memorable nicknames from "Shoeless Joe" Jackson to "Old Aches & Pains" Appling, Minnie the "Cuban Comet" Minoso, "Little Louie" Aparicio, "Black Jack" McDowell, and Frank "The Big Hurt" Thomas. These are some of the best.
Dick Allen : "Wampum "
Sandy Alomar Sr. : "Iron Pony "
Luis Aparicio : "Little Louie "
Luke Appling : "Fumblefoot " or "Kid Boots " or "Old Aches & Pains "
Cuke Barrows , Roland Barrows: "Cuke "
Bruno Block , James John Blochowicz: "Bruno "
Ken Boyer : "Cap " or "Captain "
Smoky Burgess , Forrest Harrill Burgess: "Smoky "
Iván Calderón : "Ivan The Terrible "
Norm Cash : "Stormin’ Norman "
Eddie Cicotte : "Knuckles "
Rocky Colavito , Rocco Colavito: "Rocky "
Eddie Collins : "Cocky "
José Contreras : "Commander "
Joe Crede : "Clutch Norris "
Bucky Dent , Russell Earl O’Day: "Bucky " or "Bucky 'Fucking' Dent "
Octavio Dotel : "Ol' Dirty "
Richard Dotson : "Dot "
Brian Downing : "Incredible Hulk "
Red Faber , Urban Clarence Faber: "Red "
Carlton Fisk : "Pudge "
Nellie Fox , Jacob Nelson Fox,: "Nellie ", "Little Nel ", or "The Mighty Mite "
Freddy García : "Chief "
Ralph Garr : "Road Runner "
Kid Gleason , William Gleason: "Kid "
Goose Gossage , Richard Michael Gossage: "Goose " or "The White Gorilla "
Craig Grebeck : "The Little Hurt "
Orlando Hernández : "El Duque "
Bo Jackson , Vincent Edward Jackson: "Bo "
Joe Jackson : "Shoeless Joe "
Bobby Jenks : "Big Bad Bobby Jenks "
Lance Johnson : "One Dog "
Ron Karkovice : “The Officer”
Ted Kluszewski : "Big Klu "
Paul Konerko : "Paulie "
Carlos Lee : "El Caballo "
Ted Lyons : "Sunday Teddy "
Nick Madrigal : "Nicky Two Strikes "
Jack McDowell : "Black Jack "
Catfish Metkovich , George Michael Metkovich: "Catfish "
Minnie Miñoso , Saturnino Orestes Armas (Arrieta) Miñoso: "Minnie " or "The Cuban Comet "
Dave Nicholson , "Big Nick "
Blue Moon Odom , Johnny Lee Odom: "Blue Moon "
Magglio Ordóñez : "El Caribe Mayor (The Caribbean Mayor) " or "Mags "
Tom Paciorek : "Wimpy "
Donn Pall : "The Pope "
Herbert Perry : "The Milkman "
Bubba Phillips , John Melvin Phillips: "Bubba "
Billy Pierce : "Billy the Kid "
Scott Podsednik : "Pods "
Carlos Quentin : "TCQ "
Tim Raines : "Rock "
Alexei Ramírez : "The Cuban Missile "
Ray Schalk : "The Cracker "
Tom Seaver : "Tom Terrific "
Bill Skowron : "Moose "
Moose Solters , Julius Joseph Soltesz: "Moose " or "Lemons "
Nick Swisher : "Dirty Thirty "
Frank Thomas : "The Big Hurt "
Jim Thome : "Big Jimmy " or "Mr. Incredible "
Javier Vázquez : "The Silent Assassin "
Robin Ventura : "Batman "
Dayán Viciedo : "The Tank "
Ed Walsh : "Big Ed "
Skeeter Webb , James Laverne Webb: "Skeeter "
Hoyt Wilhelm : "Old Sarge "
Walt Williams : "No Neck "
Taffy Wright , Taft Shedron Wright:: "Taffy "
Early Wynn : "Gus "
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