Baseball All Name Team

Don't have time to work on this one right at the moment, but perhaps some of you might like to submit a list of greatest baseball names. I'll start with Van Lingle Mungo, which, of course, is the title of Dave Frishberg's song that is made up entirely of names.


John

Dee Fondi.

Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown

Makes both this and the all time nickname team

Dan Quisenberry (No relation to Daryl Strawberry)

Rusty Kuntz.


It doesn't get grosser than that.

Can't remember his last name.


Tug McGraw

Yogi

Fillipe Alou

Rollie Fingers


If you're gonna play ball, sound like a ballplayer.

If you look in the "Complete All Star Everything Baseball" book (I'm not sure on the title) by Accocella (I believe), he comes up with his on all name team. Van Lingo Mungo was on there. Crispi Crespy and Coco Laboy as well. Or what about Yats Wuestling?


That book also had a list of players original names. For example, can you name who the following famous players are:


Sanford Braun


Cornelius McGillicuddy


Aloysius Szymanski


Alfred Pesano


?

Van Lingle Mungo is still #1 I think, but Lajoie ain't bad either.


I also like Bob Zupcic, Heinie Manush, Adam Hyzou, Ebba St. Claire, Ossee Schreckengost, Enos Slaughter, Woody Wagenhorst, Bernard Bartholomew "Frenchy" Uhalt, and Fabian Sebastian Gaffke.

Andy,


You even spelled Woonsocket right! BTW, Clem Labine is also from the same town. Both Enos Slaughter and Heinie Manush make my team.


Do you know Dave Frishberg's song? For my money, it's the best baseball song ever written, for it echoes the days when we knew players through their names in the boxscores. Although the song is mostly comprised of names, it has a sad, nostalgic feel.


John

Yeah, I remember the song. Great.


I also liked Willie, Mickey and the Duke. (Not sure if that's the name, it might be called Talkin' Baseball or something like that.)