Best Reds Nicknames Part 1: 1869-1929
Baseball has great nicknames, and the Reds are no different. Here are my 3 favorites by decade from 1869-1929. Which ones are the best?
Best from 1876-1889:
Redleg Snyder
Buttercup Dickerson
Icicle Reeder
Worst:
Lefty Marr (lame)
Honorable Mentions: Lip Pike, Chub Sullivan, King Kelly, Leech Maskrey, Mother Watson, Wild Bill Widner, Bug Holliday
Best from 1890-1899:
Old Ross Radbourn
Ice Box Chamberlain
Noodles Hahn
Worst:
Dummy Hoy (golly)
Honorable Mentions: Piggy Ward, Stub Brown, Socks Seybold
Best from 1900-1909:
Admiral Schlei
Peaches O'Neill
Snake Deal
Worst:
Chink Helleman
Honorable Mentions: Cozy Dolan, Win Kellum, Cotton Minahan, Bunny Pearce, Rebel Oakes, Swat McCabe
Best from 1910-1919
Mysterious Walker
Three-Finger Brown
King Lear
Worst:
Twink Twining
Honorable Mentions: Rabbit Robinson, Slow Joe Doyle, Tiny Graham, Limb McHenry, Goat Cochran, Greasy Neale, Snipe Conley
Best from 1920-1929:
Cuckoo Christensen aka Seacap
Pea Ridge Day
High Pockets Kelly
Worst:
Eppa "Jeptha" Rixey
Honorable Mentions: Bubbles Hargrave, Cactus Keck, Dolf "The Pride of Havana" Loque, Mul Holland, Harlan "Firpo" Pyle