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This is a list of nicknames of Major League Baseball teams and players. It includes a complete list of nicknames of players in the Baseball Hall of Fame, a list of nicknames of current players, nicknames of popular players who have played for each major league team, and lists of nicknames grouped into particular categories (e.g., ethnic nicknames, personality trait nicknames etc.). [1]
e. Softball is a popular variation of baseball, the difference being that it is played with a larger ball, on a smaller field, and with only underhand pitches (where the ball is released while the hand is primarily below the ball) permitted. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level.
Little League Baseball and Softball (officially, Little League Baseball Inc[1]) is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization [2][3] based in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania, (United States), that organizes local youth baseball and softball leagues throughout the United States and the rest of the world. Founded by Carl Edwin Stotz (1910-1992), in ...
Whether you're looking for something sweet and classic or a bit more sassy, there's sure to be a cute option that fits your little guy among these 73 nicknames for boys. Buddy. Pal. Chief. Shortie ...
95.1% (first ballot) George Herman " Babe " Ruth (February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948) was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball (MLB) spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935. Nicknamed " The Bambino " and " The Sultan of Swat ", he began his MLB career as a star left-handed pitcher for the Boston ...
Gumby (Jim Gantner) Thomas had already paid it forward, saying in 1979 that he gave the second baseman Gantner the nickname two years earlier in Triple-A, because Gantner "walks like Gumby and he ...
Lisa Fernandez. Lisa Maria Fernandez[1] (born February 22, 1971) is an American former softball player and current associate head coach at UCLA. She played college softball at UCLA as a pitcher and third baseman, and is a three-time medal winning Olympian with Team USA. Fernandez starred on both sides of the plate for the UCLA Bruins from 1990 ...
Cat Osterman. Catherine Leigh Osterman (born April 16, 1983) is a retired American softball player. Osterman pitched on the United States women's national softball team that won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and silver medal at the 2008 and 2020 Summer Olympics. She was a collegiate four-time All-American and six-time professional ...