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Here are some of those nicknames:
-- Rick "The Crusher" Scherr . . . probably the most famous softball nickname of all.
-- "Dangerous" Dennis Graser.
-- Darrell Beeler "The Tulsa Terror."
-- Mark Hierlmeier "The Tampa Terror."
-- Russell "The Rooster" Bradley.
-- Larry Fredieu "The Bayou Beauty."
-- Rick Wheeler "The Pomona Pumper."
-- Doug Roberson "The Beast."
-- Bruce "The Bruiser" Meade.
-- "Tricky" Ricky Weiterman.
-- David "Tater" Allen.
-- Thom Lord "The Dinosaur"
-- "Rocket" Ron Parnell.
-- "Rocket" Rod Hughes.
-- "Lovable" Larry Carter.
-- "Monsterous" Monty Tucker . . . They started calling him "Mile High" Monty after he won a home run derby at Mile High Stadium.
-- Charles Wright "The Georgia Peach"
-- "Daffy" Dave Steffen . . . or "The Daffy One."
-- Dan Schuck "The Iowa Idol."
-- "Cranking" Craig Elliott . . . or "The Cranker."
-- James Boyett "The Rattler."
-- "Mighty Joe" Young . . Young's first name was not even Joe . . it was Andrew.
-- Mike "The Masher" Macenko . . . also known as "Big Coon," "Gorilla Boy," "Mighty Mike," and "Roy Hobbs-The Natural." Now he goes by "Big Cat."
-- Mark "Downtown" Brown.
-- Denny "Uptown" Jones . . . When Dave Carroll recruited Jones out of Louisiana, he said, "He's got long hair and a full beard, and he hits it so far, they call him Jesus Jones."
-- Eddie "Jughead" Foust.
-- Judson "Jughead" Jackson.
-- Gene "Mountain" Jones.
-- Mickey "Bimbo" McCarty.
-- "Shack" McDaniel.
-- Charlie "Beep Beep" Pierce.
-- Brian "Snake" Reed.
-- Tuck "Fleet Feet" Hinton.
-- Harold "Killer" Kelley.
-- Elby "Boom Boom" Bushong . . . the West Coast version.
-- Larry "Boom Boom" Hutcherson . . . the East Coast version.
-- Scott "Bam Bam" Virkus.
-- Greg "C-Train" Cannedy.
-- Ricky "Huggy Bear" Huggins.
-- Scott "Scooter" Nastally.
-- Lamar "Spec" Echols.
-- Kenny "Pickle" Pruitt.
-- Dirk "The Blaster" Androff.
-- Clyde "The Glide" Guy.
-- Herman "Captain Crunch" Rathman . . . or "Hammering Herman."
-- Richard Willborn "The Texas Tornado."
-- Dick Bartel "The Rocket Man."
-- Greg "The Bull" Fuhrman . . . in his early years on the circuit, they called him "The Baby Bull."
-- Walter "June Bug" Wright.
-- William "Billo" Harvey.
-- Henry McBeth "Buffalo Soldier."
-- Kevin "Tiny" Giddens.
-- Derek "Tweekie" Jones.
-- David "Ta Ta" Beaird.
-- Steve "Yank" Jones.
-- Jim "Bo Bo" Bizzell.
-- "Leaping" Larry Garrard.
-- "Doc" Crismond.
-- "Doc" Thompson.
-- "Dock" Booker.
-- "Tex" Collins.
-- "Chub" Johnson.
-- "Buck" Buchanan.
-- "Prince" Williams.
-- "Jack 'em" John Grissom.
-- Ray "Country" Cowart.
-- F.A. "Faraway" Martin.
-- "Jolly" Charlie Mitchell.
-- Phil Jobe "Black Magic"
-- David "Dirt" Brown.
-- Jeff "Poncahontas" Ross.
-- "Cactus" Jack Reagan . . . sometimes he was called "Cadillac Jack."
-- Chris Chilton "Chili" or "Chili Dog"
-- "Mutzy" Matzdorf.
-- Brian "Bauser" Ellinghausen.
-- Jim "Birdie" Burbrink.
-- "Gar" King.
-- Mike "Stump" Stanley.
-- Jeff "Mule" Riner.
-- "Buck" Hall.
-- Ray "The Big Bopper" Anderson.
-- Earl "T-Bird" Funderberg.
Some of my favorite Molphyisms, (and some from David, Ray's backup announcer at the Smoky):
--"His next hit will be his first."
--"He's on the snide . . . he's off the snide."
-- "That was an insurance catch . . . if you don't have the insurance, you had better catch it"
-- "That was a tweener . . . between his legs."
-- "A Del Monte Job" . . . a high pop fly.
-- "The sacks are packed" or "The bases are bulging."
-- "A Slammeroo."
-- "He has two hits, one for the minimum, one for the maximum" . . . a player with a single and a home run.
-- "That was Scherr power" . . . after a Rick Scherr home run.
-- "A piece of peach pie" . . . a Charles Wright home run.
-- Herman Rathman came up with a couple of nicknames: "Left Turn" Don Ardnt . . . for trotting down to first base, taking a left turn, going to second base, taking a left turn, etc. . . . and "Sweet Swinging" Stan Harvey . . . Molphy called them "The Hall of Fame Twins."
-- "Chic" Downing . . . Ray did not give Matthew his nickname; he got that for going to get a bucket of "yardbird" after every game. He spelled it "Chic" . . . not "Chick."
-- And . . . "Another Waller Wallop" for H.T. (Herschel Tucker) Waller.
--Ted Cox.
--Ed Roth.
--Ed Berg.
--Ed Sipe.
--Al White.
--Mike Nye.
--Ken Dain.
--Ron Ford.
--Lou Page.
--Bob Reid.
--Al Davis.
--Gar King.
--Tim Moye.
--Wes Lord.
--Jeff Ott.
--Tim Finn.
--Bob Olah.
--Ken Bean.
--Ed Hicks.
--Ben Holt.
--Hal Ward.
--Ron Wood.
--Buck Hall.
--Jeff Hall.
--Jeff Ross.
--Bill Cole.
--Ben Hogan.
--Thom Lord.
--Dan Basso.
--Lou Russo.
--Tom Beall.
--Joe Patti.
--Dick Laba.
--Tom Spahn.
--Greg Pyle.
--Kurt Hoff.
--Mike Lane.
--Bob Kozar.
--Tim Cocco.
--Joe Young.
--Don Arndt.
--Mike Cobb.
--Mark Cobb.
--Dal Beggs.
--Joe Foley.
--Tom White.
--Tim White.
--Bill Byrd.
--Tim Jones.
--Andy Cook.
--Rik Lucas.
--Ron Groce.
--Jeff Haag.
--Ken Loeri.
--Bob Wells.
--Clyde Guy.
--Joel Todd.
--Carl Rose.
--Gary Jost.
--Phil Jobe.
--Doug Kett.
--Mike Turk.
--Bob Davis.
--Tom Lynch.
--Jay Smith.
--Randy Noe.
--Bill Pope.
--Tim Allen.
--Mike Rose.
--Don Fazio.
--Jim Mortl.
--Dale Mayo.
--Roger Mayo.
--Ron Wooddy.
--Bill Blake.
--Bill Gatti.
--Jim Fuller.
--Mike Gouin.
--Doug Burns.
--Doug Brown.
--Marty Parr.
--Mike Shenk.
--Phil White.
--Lonnie Fox.
--Rick Pinto.
--Bruce Wood.
--Doug Flynn.
--Bill Meyer.
--Dean Olson.
--Andy Alvis.
--Mike Bolen.
--Roger Mayo.
--Bob Fisher.
--Jim Devine.
--Tim Linson.
--John Mello.
--Dan Schuck.
--Phil White.
--Rod Hughes.
--Jeff Vargo.
--Ted Larson.
--Jerry King.
--Fred Trice.
--Roy Eppley.
--Larry Neff.
--Dana Andry.
--Cal Carmen.
--Mike Foley.
--Dave Elder.
--Gary Jones.
--Mac Stalcup.
--John Dollar.
--Bill Pollock.
--And . . .
--Darrell Misenheimer.
--Brian Ellinghausen.
--Robin Higginbotham.
--Warren Scarborough.
--Jennings Wilkerson.
--Russell Weilbacher.
--James Abercrombie.
--Charles Commander.
--Rusty Bumgardner.
--Danny Robicheaux.
--Chuckie Maiorana.
--Ernie Montgomery.
--Derrick Williams.
--Cleveland Dortch.
--Don Clatterbaugh.
--Dewayne Frizzell.
--James Washington.
--Melvin Mallernee.
--Charles Mitchell.
--Hulon Walsingham.
--Larry Hutcherson.
--Steve Brodzinski.
--Murdock Thompson.
--Steve Blanchette.
--Waddell Spearman.
--Allie Squartino.
--Gary Walsingham.
--Russell Bradley.
--Jerry Laspanara.
--Earl Funderberg.
--Freddie Johnson.
--Mike Brodzinski.
--Mickey Morrison.
--Dave Dillingham.
--Parrish Barwick.
--Randy Kortokrax.
--Braxton Speller.
--Wendell Rickard.
--Frank Rodrigues.
--Cliff Carpenter.
--George Marshall.
--Derek Gallagher.
--Roger Snatchko.
--Darrell Beeler.
--Keith Brockman.
--Carl Dickinson.
--Scott McDaniel.
--Larry Sauceman.
--Ron Whittleton.
--Dan Dillingham.
--Don Walsingham.
--Jason Kendrick.
--Rick Weiterman.
--Terry Perryman.
--Mickey McCarty.
--Andy Okulovich.
--Tommy Thompson.
--Tim Williamson.
--Dennis Mendoza.
--Doug Shanyfelt.
--Kevin Birkofer.
--Caleb Rabenold.
--Rich Petrunyak.
--Sandy Sandoval.
--Dale Sensenig.
--Tom Maslowski.
--Al Krzezewski.
--Randy Romagna.
--Todd Joerling.
--Doug Berfeldt.
Check out Steve Dimitry's Slow Pitch Softball History Page for all the facts and figures.