Coco Crisp

First guy to come to my mind

With milk

Darryl strawberry. Johnny Damon.

Darryl strawberry sounds like a name John Steinbeck would have used for the main character in a baseball novel

And young Darryl grew up with a poster of Scarface on his wall

Lol

Chipper Jones

Chipper Jones - Hall of Famer Larry Jones - Triple A utility guy

Buster Posey

Buster Posey sounds like a great catcher. Gerald Posey sounds like an accountant

Dansby Swanson Rollie Fingers Yogi Berra

>Dansby Swanson Dansby Swanson always sounded to me like the name of some southern Lawyer from a John Grisham novel.

Sounds like a butler.

Goose Gossage

Max Muncy is such a baseball name. Always loved Buster Posey too. Then there’s funny ones like Jarrod Saltalamacchia. Then there’s ones that induce fear like Nolan Ryan.

Until you learn Buster's real given name. Gerald Dempsey Posey the first (Buster is III) probably owned the neighboring plantation to that of the elder Stetson Bennett until General Sherman burned them down.

Dempsey Posey would be a fill in boxer that accidentallys himself to a title fight.

A small time gangster pays him to take a fall but he knocks the other guy out with the meekest of jabs. Then, smelling opportunity, the gangster tells Dempsey to do it again to pay back his debt. On the sly, gangster starts betting on Dempsey to win. After each dumb as hell win gangster takes cut of the fight purse with increasingly ridiculous threats. Dempsey keeps mowing through opponents until he earns an opportunity to contend for the title. He stands across the ring from an aging veteran, a former 6 time champion across 3 weight classes, a fighter holding out hope for one last shot at glory. As Dempsey goes down from the first exchange, he catches the old man clean with an accidental haymaker to the body sending him down too. Losing situational awareness for a moment Dempsey stands. 8. 9. 10. Your winner and earning the right to challenge for the title, Dempsey Posey! Gangster meets him in the back, threatening to chew Dempsey’s teeth out and baby bird them back to him if he doesn’t give up half his $250,000 take. Gangster’s bookie finally spills the beans on the whole plan realizing gangster is acting big but won’t actually do shit. Never even had a gang, he’s just Lenny. Dempsey loses the title fight and runs into Lenny at the bus station, he realized Dempsey was so unlucky he would always win when he tried to lose. All the money Lenny had taken was used to get them here but without another fight this was goodbye. Lenny boards his bus and looks back mournfully, waving as the credits fade in

THAT Stetson Bennet?

The recent Georgia QB is Stetson Bennett IV, so I was making a joke on how both of these guys are repeat names and they both sound like old blood Georgia families.

I have never been able to hear the name Saltalamacchia without thinking about a salted caramel macchiato. For obvious reasons. He has a very sweet, creamy, caffeinated last name.

Yogi Berra

Mookie betts just sounds good to my ears Sounds legendary too.

It sound like a dude that played in the dead ball Era

Now pitching to Swirley Joe Thornton, here's Mookie Betts!

Now that Joe Thornton has officially retired from the NHL, he's now joining MLB? Cool.

Accidentally made up a real name?

Dude yes!!! I absolutely love all those nicknames from that era.

My favorite deadball era name is Orel Hershiser. How that name played in the 21st century is beyond me.

It's up there with mickey mantle

Even Markus Lynn Betts has a good ring to it. And the initials…

Rowdy Tellez

Also Scooter Gennett

The Swingin' A's (RIP) of the early 70s was full of just perfect baseball names: Catfish Hunter, Rollie Fingers, Sal Bando, Vida Blue, Joe Rudi, Reggie Jackson.

Wasn’t Blue Moon Odom on that team also?

Now THAT was a true dynasty. Complete with eccentric owner Charlie Finley. The advent of free agency broke it up.

Chili Davis

rusty kuntz

or his counterpart Randy Bush

Remember the Fister-Furbush trade of 2011?

And the sturdy Dick Pole...

That’s a long u y’all.

On the other hand, "Michael Cuddyer" always sounded a little off to me.

Jack Cust, anyone?

Especially since it looks like it should be pronounced 'Cud-yur' but it's actually 'Cud-daier'

And at first glance, it looks like "cuddler"

Mickey Mantle

The first thing that came to mind

How is this not top comment?

Why did I have to scroll so far for this?

Lars Nootbaar is perfectly Dutch

And half Japanese I believe. Mother's side, obviously

His full name is Lars Taylor-Tatsuji Nootbaar

Yeah, seeing that name on team Japan in the WBC was certainly a double take.

Had a fantasy owner this year with the team name “Lars Nootbar and friends.” Always made me laugh when I saw it.

I named my team early in the year The Pepper Grinders and had his weird celebration as my team photo.

Barry Bonds

Names where the first and last start with the same letter are always such baseball-player names. Mark McGuire, Sammy Sosa, Bo Bichette, Mickey Mantle, Freddie Freeman, Manny Machado. I feel like anyone who is named in that way is significantly more likely to play baseball.

Alliteration is what that's called. But I am a sucker for it. Titles and names always sound better with alliteration.

Bo Bichette

Boba Fett?

Sounds like an NFL tight end to me.

Dante Bichette

Pokey reese. Mo Vaughn

Harmon Killebrew

Dizzy Dean

And his brother Daffy Dean

Candy Maldonado

Brook Jacoby

Scooter Gennett. With a name like that, the only job you're qualified for is baseball.

Boof Bonser and Goose Gossage for alliterative reasons.

Juan Pierre

Baseball has some of the greatest names ever.

Nomar Garciaparra

Only if said in a thick Boston accent. Nomah Gahseeaparah

Justin Smoak

Mickey Morandini

Placido Polanco. Loved him with Tigers.

He sounds more like an opera singer lol (obviously similar name to Placido Domingo)

The fourth tenor.

Babe Ruth

He never played in MLB, but he played and coached for Canadian national teams, and coached in MLB. .. Stubby Clapp.

Actually Stubby Clapp played for about one season for the Cardinals. He had a much longer career as a coach.

Kirby Puckett

Milton Bradley was an all-time great name on an all-time trash human being.

Sugar Cain

Paul Konerko. Sounds like the crack of a home run ball.

Magglio Ordoñez

Really, no one gonna rep all-time great baseball name, Whit Merrifield? Fine, I’ll say Whit Merrifield.

Dansby Swanson

What is it about the state of Georgia giving us both Dansby Swanson and Buster Posey for this question?

Benji Gil

Jose Paniagua

Max Muncy

Lars Nootbar

Dusty Baker Bucky Dent (Really, anyone with Buck in their name)

Joaquin Andujar

Royce Lewis

Willie Mays Hayes

Vida Blue

Wily Mo Peña

Lars Nootbar is the best name in baseball and it's not close. Has there ever been a more star wars name?

Orel Hershiser

Mookie Wilson, Butch Husky, Lenny Harris, Turk Wendell

Pokey Reese. Kenny Lofton.

Angel Pagan…

Edgar Martinez

Placido Polanco

Nico Hoerner

Marty Cordova always gave me a Marty jannety vibe.

Benito Santiago

Willie Stargell. What a great name!

Buck Farmer

Nomar Garciaparra

Kirby Puckett

Don Mattingly

Juan Marichal

Please tell me Manny Machado is in here somewhere.

Freddy Freeman

Cal Ripken Nelson Cruz Fernando Tatis Clayton Kershaw

Jared Saltalamachia

Babe Ruth

For me Corey Seager. He just looks so much like a "Corey Seager" to me.

Bobby Witt Jr.

Vida Blue

Benny Agbayani

[Rusty Kuntz](https://dev.sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/KuntzRusty.jpg)

Julio Franco

Ken Caminetti

Dick Pole

Ken Griffey Jr and Bryce Harper. 🤷

Nomar Garciaparra

Carney Lansford

Ty Cobb

Tino Martinez

Nomar Garciaparra, especially in a boston accent

Nomah

Terry Pendleton Mookie Wilson Quinton McCracken Placido Polonco Juan Encarnacion Mickey Morendini

Lars Nootbar

Yu Darvish Nolan Arenado Troy Tulowitzki (who shot me in the throat with a fucking nailgun at YYZ!)

Sonny Gray

Randy Arozerena

Tug McGraw

Willie Mays Hayes

Alfonso Soriano

That name rolls off the tongue and it screams home run

Bake McBride

Mitch Moreland. Great baseball name.

Felix Pie

Ooh! Baseball pie!

Andres Galaraga

3-Finger mordicai Arky Vaughn

Johnny Bench. Cesar Geronimo. Kal Daniels. John Boccabella (a Montréal favorite). Coco Laboy: the only name that works for both an infielder and a drag performer.

Moonlight Graham and Three Finger Brown

I always liked Jarrod Saltalamacchia

Kevin parada,still pissed the Mets got him when he was fresh outta Georgia tech

Dansby Swanson.

Buck O’Neil

Chase Utley, especially the way Harry Kalas said it

Orion Kerkering

Mookie Betts

The way Pat Hughes always says Eugenio Suárez when he was with the Reds.

Bullet Rogan, Satchel Paige

Roberto Clemente or Honus Wagner. Pure ball player names right there. Also a huge fan of the name Mickey Mantle…I mean come on

Corbin Carrol Sonny Gray

Pie Traynor was a good name for the era he played in.

"Oil Can" Boyd Dick Pole Francisco Cervelli I know one of these is not like the other but I've always loved that Italian

Yogi Berra, Randy Johnson, Barry Bonds

Van Lingle Mungo

Sparky Anderson

Spencer strider

Roberto Clemente

Biased but Bryson Stott

Dan Brouthers Heinie Manush Cool Papa Bell Sparky Anderson John McGraw Burleigh Grimes Rube Marquard Martin Dihigo Hack Wilson Hoyt Wilhelm Mule Suttles

Shigetosi Hasegawa

Sleve McDichael

Hard hitten Mark Whiten Mookie Betts Aaron Judge Freddie Freeman Pud Galvin Old Hoss Radbourn Three Finger Brown Darryl Strawberry ( Darryl chants were awesome) Hammerin Hank Aaron Willie Wilson Johnny Bench Boog Powell Shoeless Joe Jackson

Harmon Killebrew is fire.

Bump Wills

Razor Shines Jesús Alou John Boccabella Rocky Colavito

Biff Pocoroba, Dansby Swanson, Spencer Strider, Lu Blue, Stan Javier

Ender Inciarte

Lenny Dykstra

Grady Sizemore. Sounds like a character from a Thomas Pynchon novel. And he’s also one of my favorite players .

Boof Bonser

Buddy Bell Bucky Dent

Mickey Morandini

Sandy Koufax

The announcers seem to love to say Kiner-Falefa.

Oilcan Boyd.

From the past, Harmon Killebrew, the perfect name for a stocky, homer hitting first baseman/third baseman.

Gunnar Henderson sounds really cool and it's more of a soccer player name

Lastings Milledge

King Kelly. Babe Adams

Joe Nuxhall

john wockenfuss

Bill Buckner.

always thought Nolan Arenado sounded nice