Best Baseball NamesSince 1876

Nominate a name

Anyone can nominate, as many times as they like — including visitors who have already voted.
Voting itself is limited to one ballot per visitor, and you can cast yours here.

Must be a player, coach or staffer from the eligible leagues. New names appear on the ballot immediately and are reviewed by the site administrator. See the eligibility rules.

The Standings

117 names nominated · 3 ballots cast · 4 / 2 / 1 points

  1. 1Babe Ruth6
  2. 1Rollie Fingers6
  3. 3Bary Bonds4
  4. 4Cy Young2
  5. 5Joe DiMaggio1
  6. 5Oil Can Boyd1
  7. 5Ty Cobb1

Awaiting Votes(no points yet, alphabetical by first name)

  • Adner Dalrymple
  • Antonio Bastardo
  • barry bonds
  • Bones Ely
  • Boof Bosner
  • Boog Powell
  • Bud Fowler
  • Bud Selig
  • Bud Weiser
  • Bunny Brief
  • Buster Hoover
  • Buster Keaton
  • Buster Posey
  • Buttercup Dickerson
  • Candy Cummings
  • Cannonball Berry
  • Cannonball Titcomb
  • Carl Yastrzemski
  • Catfish Hunter
  • Chicken Wolf
  • Chili Davis
  • Chipper Jones
  • Coco Crisp
  • Cool Popa Bell
  • Count Sensenderfer
  • Cozy Dolan
  • Cupid Childs
  • Dick Hunt
  • Dick Pole
  • Dickie Flowers
  • Dizzy Dean
  • Dobson Dugnutt
  • Doc Gooden
  • Duke Snider
  • Dusty Rhodes
  • Dwight Gooden
  • Early Wynn
  • Ed Ott
  • Fancy O’Neil
  • Favel Wordsworth
  • Foghorn Bradley
  • Frank Thomas
  • Gaylord Perry
  • George Brett
  • Goose Gossage
  • Hank Aaron
  • Holly Hollingshead
  • Honus Wagner
  • Hosken Powell
  • Icicle Reeder
  • Jack Glasscock
  • Joe Jackson
  • John Malarky
  • John rocker
  • Johnny Dickshot
  • Josh Gibson
  • Ken Griffey, Jr
  • Kosuke Fukudome
  • Lefty Gomez
  • Lip Pike
  • Live Oak Taylor
  • Lou Gehrig
  • Mark Maguire
  • Mickey Mantle
  • Mike Schmidt
  • Mookie Betts
  • Napoleon Lajoie
  • Nolan Ryan
  • Noodles Hahn
  • Old Hoss Radbourn
  • Orator Shafer
  • Orval Overall
  • Oyster Burns
  • Pee Wee Reese
  • Pete LaCock
  • Pete Rose
  • Phenomenal Smith
  • Piano Legs Hickman
  • Piggy Ward
  • Pokey Reese
  • Prince Fielder
  • Pussy Tebeau
  • Randy Johnson
  • Razor Shines
  • Reggie Jackson
  • Rickey Henderson
  • Roberto Clemente
  • Roger Clemens
  • Roger Hornsby
  • Rusty Kuntz
  • Sandy Koufax
  • Satchel Paige
  • shoei ohthani
  • Silver Flint
  • Spider Clark
  • Stan Musial
  • Stubby Clapp
  • Sugar Cain
  • Ted Williams
  • The Only Nolan
  • Thorny Hawkes
  • Tom Seaver
  • Trey McNutt
  • Tungsten Arm O’Doyle
  • Urban Shocker
  • Vida Blue
  • Wade Boggs
  • Willie Mays
  • Willie Wison
  • Yogi Berra