MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL UMPIRE NICKNAMES

                          compiled by 

               Douglas R. Needham and Bruce Weaver
           Department of Psychology, McMaster University



                                B
Larry Barnett (AL,CC) ....... "Fat Boy"
Joe Brinkman (AL,CC) ........ "Jersey" Joe Brinkman

                                C
Al Clark (AL) ............... "The Bespectacled" Al Clark
              ............... "The only man in Major League
                              Baseball to wear his name on his
                              cap", AL Clark
Drew Coble (AL,CC) .......... "Forever Noble", Drew Coble
Terry Cooney (AL,ret) ....... Terry "The Bird" Cooney
                      ....... "The Cooney Bird"
Field Culbreth (AL) ......... "May Day" Culbreth

                                D
Bob Davidson (NL) ........... "Big Bad" Bob Davidson
                  ........... "Balk-a-day" Bob Davidson
Gerry Davis (NL) ............ "The inconspicuous" Gerry Davis
Dana Demuth (NL) ............ Dana "The Shades" Demuth
Don Denkinger (AL,CC) ....... "The King"

                                E
Jim Evans (AL,CC) ........... "Cowboy" Jim Evans

                                F
Dale Ford (AL) .............. "Big Dumb" Dale Ford
Bruce Froemming (NL,CC) ..... "Old Ruff 'n' Tuff, and Oh so Hard
                              to Bluff", Bruce Froemming

                                G
Richie Garcia (AL,CC) ....... "The Rich Man"
Eric Gregg (NL) ............. "The Behemoth"

                                H
Doug Harvey (NL,CC,ret) ..... "God"
Ed Hickox (AL) .............. "Wild" Ed Hickox
John Hirschbeck (AL) ........ "Spat-upon" John Hirschbeck

                                J
Jim Joyce (AL) .............. "Double J", Jimmy Joyce

                                K
Ken Kaiser (AL) ............. "The Big Guy"
                ............. "No Guts, no Glory"
Greg Kosc (AL) .............. "Google-Eyes"

                                L
Jerry Layne (NL) ............ "The Lonely Guy"

                                M
Larry McCoy (AL) ............ "Trooper" Larry McCoy
Jim McKean (AL,CC) .......... "Canadian" Jim McKean
John McSherry (NL,CC) ....... "Big" John McSherry
Jerry Meals ................. "Rampaging" Jerry Meals
Chuck Meriwether (AL) ....... "What Rulebook?", Chuck Meriwether
Durwood Merrill (AL) ........ "The Dur"
Dan Morrison (AL) ........... "Dangerous" Dan Morrison

                                O
Brian O'Nora (NL) ........... Brian "umps like there's no
                              tomorrow" O'Nora

                                P
Dave Phillips (AL,CC) ....... "Baby" Dave Phillips
Frank Pulli (NL,CC) ......... "The Bespectacled" Frank Pulli
                    ......... "Airborne" Frank Pulli
                    ......... "Game Saver"

                                Q
Jim Quick (NL,CC) ........... "The Good Humor Man"


                                R
Ed Rapuano (NL) ............. Ed Rapuano "and a womp bam boom!"
Rick Reed (AL) .............. "The Scab"
               .............. "Ravishing" Rick Reed
Mike Reilly (AL) ............ "Battle Creek" Reilly
Rocky Roe (AL) .............. "The Rock"
               .............. "The Instigator"
Paul Runge (NL,CC) .......... "The Cow"
                   .......... "Banana Peel" Runge

                                S
John Shulock (AL) ........... "Big Red" John Shulock

                                T
Terry Tata (NL,CC) .......... "The Tata-burger"

                                V
Vic Voltaggio (AL) .......... "The Tagge"
                   .......... "The Sarge"
                   .......... "Where have you gone?" Vic         
                               Voltaggio

                                W
Harry Wendelstedt (NL,CC) ... "Quiver Lips"
Joe West (NL) ............... "Country" Joe West

                                Y
Larry Young (AL) ............ Larry "you're never too old to be"
                              Young



NOTE:  We cannot take credit for all of these nicknames.  Many of them
were gleaned whilst we listened to baseball on the radio, watched it on 
television, and read several books on the subject.  (Note as well that 
this note has been included to prevent "Fat Boy" Barnett from suing.)