One-Named Baseballers

[Edgy MD]

Frayed Knot wrote: =Fman99 post_id=152416 time=1713456699 user_id=86]Ducky Medwick? Schofield?

I was thinking Medwick. Ducky Schofield was a lifetime .227 hitter. Not quite in the pantheon

[metirish]

Connor 😆

[Edgy MD]

Edgy MD wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Medwick? Schofield? I was thinking Medwick. Ducky Schofield was a lifetime .227 hitter. Not quite in the pantheon Joe Medwick was a great uncle of a friend of mine, and he reportedly hated the name Ducky.

Actual conversation with an old-timer.



　　"I see you like baseball. My team was The Gashouse Gang, but that would be way before your time."



　　　　"Actually, one of relatives played for The Gashouse Gang!"



　　"Wow! Really!! Who?"



　　　　"Joe Medwick!"



　　"Joe Medwick was my boyhood hero!! I actually met him once!"



　　　　"You met Uncle Joe?! What was he like!!"



　　"I said, 'Hey Ducky, can I have your autograph?' and he said, 'Fuck you, kid!'"

[Fman99]

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Keith

I don't know that this one name knowledge extends beyond Met fandom.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

well its time they learned.

[Benjamin Grimm]

"Cool Papa"

[Edgy MD]

Razor.

[Chad ochoseis]

Hank.

If I just heard "Hank" without context, I'd have to ask whether you meant Aaron or Greenberg, even if Aaron was clearly the best Hank.

[Edgy MD]

Who is baseball's number-two Keith? Foulke? Lockhart? Mooreland?



Keith is KEITH. Anybody who thinks of another Keith when they hear the name in a baseball context is possibly an alien.

[G-Fafif]

Buddy.

[Chad ochoseis]

Lots of Willies in the game, but if you just say "Willie", I think everyone would know who you meant.

[G-Fafif]

Cleon.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Chad ochoseis wrote: Lots of Willies in the game, but if you just say "Willie", I think everyone would know who you meant.

McCovey is to Mays as Greenberg is to Aaron.

[Edgy MD]

As Herzog is to Ford.

[Chad ochoseis]

Wilmer

[batmagadanleadoff]

Chad ochoseis wrote: Wilmer

Is Wilmer good enough? Iconic enough? Because if he is, then I'm going with Johneshwy.

[metirish]

Chad ochoseis wrote: Wilmer Is Wilmer good enough? Iconic enough? Because if he is, then I'm going with Johneshwy.

The thread has come to its natural leveling, so ,I've been holding back but here goes





Lastings

[G-Fafif]

Hubie.

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

Satchel.

[Edgy MD]

Van Lingle.

[Edgy MD]

Chad ochoseis wrote: Lots of Willies in the game, but if you just say "Willie", I think everyone would know who you meant. McCovey is to Mays as Greenberg is to Aaron.

Also, perhaps, as Ventura is to Youn[CROSSOUT]g[/CROSSOUT]t.



Clearly not as good, but good enough to keep you from exclusive claims on the name.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I assume you mean "Yount"

[G-Fafif]

Max.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Harmon.

[G-Fafif]

Marv, especially when Marvelous.

[Edgy MD]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I assume you mean "Yount"

Yeah, I got corrected.

[Edgy MD]

=G-Fafif post_id=152471 time=1713469561 user_id=55]Max.

[whippoorwill]

=whippoorwill post_id=152355 time=1713449879 user_id=79]Pedro

[Chad ochoseis]

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Coincidentally this afternoon my hubby and I went shopping at a little town nearby where there's a bunch of Amish stores and we stopped for lunch at the ‘Twilite Diner'

[batmagadanleadoff]

Boog.