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: “’’’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’’’”
- Ivan Calderon: “’’’ Ivan The Terrible’’’”
- Norm Cash: “’’’Stormin’ Norman’’’”
- Eddie Cicotte: “’’’Knuckles’’’”
- Rocky Colavito, Rocco Colavito: “’’’Rocky’’’”
- Eddie Collins: “’’’Cocky’’’”
- Bucky Dent. Russell Earl O’Day: “’’’Bucky’’’” or “’’’Bucky $#&*ing Dent’’’”
- 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 Garcia: “’’’Chief’’’”
- Ralph Garr: “’’’Road Runner’’’”
- Kid Gleason, William Gleason: “’’’Kid’’’”
- Goose Gossage, Richard Michael Gossage: “’’’Goose’’’” or “’’’The White Gorilla’’’”
- Bo Jackson, Vincent Edward Jackson: “’’’Bo’’’”
- Joe Jackson:: “’’’Shoeless Joe’’’”
- Ted Kluszewski: “’’’Big Klu’’’”
- Ted Lyons: “’’’ Sunday Teddy’’’”
- Jack McDowell: “’’’Black Jack’’’”
- Catfish Metkovich, George Michael Metkovich: “’’’Catfish’’’”
- Minnie Minoso, Saturnino Orestes Armas (Arrieta) Miñoso: “’’’Minnie’’’” or “’’’The Cuban Comet’’’”
- Blue Moon Odom, Johnny Lee Odom: “’’’Blue Moon’’’”
- Magglio Ordonez: “’’’El Caribe Mayor (The Caribbean Mayor)’’’” or ”’’’Mags’’’”
- Tom Paciorek: “’’’Wimpy’’’”
- Bubba Phillips, John Melvin Phillips: “’’’Bubba’’’”
- Billy Pierce: “’’’Billy the Kid’’’”
- Scott Podsednik: “’’’Podsy’’’”
- Tim Raines: “’’’Rock’’’”
- Ray Schalk: “’’’The Cracker’’’”
- Tom Seaver: “’’’Tom Terrific’’’”
- Bill Skowron: “’’’Moose’’’”
- Moose Solters, Julius Joseph Soltesz: “’’’Moose’’’” or “’’’Lemons’’’”
- Frank Thomas: “’’’Big Hurt’’’”
- Jim Thome: “’’’Mr. High Socks’’’”
- Robin Ventura: “’’’Batman’’’”
- Ed Walsh: “’’’Big Ed’’’”
- Skeeter Webb, James Laverne Webb: “’’’Skeeter’’’”
- Hoyt Wilhelm: “’’’Old Sarge’’’”
- Taffy Wright, Taft Shedron Wright:: “’’’Taffy’’’”*Early Wynn: “’’’Gus’’’”
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All nicknames cited in this article are verified from either {(http//www.baseball-reference.com)) and/or ((http//www.baseball-almanac.com)).