List of Chicago White Sox nicknames

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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"

## See also[edit]

* Chicago White Sox
* Chicago White Sox all-time roster
* Detroit Tigers Nicknames
* White Sox award winners and league leaders
* White Sox broadcasters and media
* White Sox managers and ownership

## Sources[edit]

* Unless other sourcing is indicated, all nicknames cited in this article are verified from one of the following two authoritative sources:
* Baseball-Reference
* Baseball Almanac
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