He is the only player to hit two home runs in both an All-Star Game (1981) and a World Series game. The patch features a black home plate with the number 8 and "KID" inscribed on it. It wasn't the cool thing to do but on the same token, I think he actually served as a role model for a lot of these guys as they aged. MLB split the fractured 1981 season into two halves, with the first-place teams from each half in each division meeting in a best-of-five divisional playoff series. A great baseball team name can bring a team together, but unfortunately, a baseball team isn’t going to name itself. They called Don Mossi "Ears" because he had big ears, and they called Walt Williams "No Neck" because he didn't have much of a neck. He is one of only four people ever to be named captain of the Mets, and he had his number retired by the Expos.[1]. Carter was a huge part of that. [38], Carter was an active philanthropist. He ranks sixth all-time in career home runs by a catcher with 298. The Mets and Cardinals rivaled for the National League East championship, with Carter and first baseman Keith Hernandez leading the Mets. Over the course of his career, Nichols would put on about 40 pounds. - Now is the time to do it. Say Hey Kid. Are you looking for never-ending fun in this exciting logic-brain app? In his first game as a Met on April 9, 1985, he hit a tenth-inning home run off Neil Allen to give the Mets a 6–5 Opening Day victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. They had three children. "[40], In May 2011, Carter was diagnosed with four malignant tumors in his brain after experiencing headaches and forgetfulness. He made his major league debut at the age of 19, in 1989. He spent his entire 19-year … Reddit. So the team members must do it. Charlie Eckert - Buzz. David Eckstein - X Factor,Just Enough. Of all the “kids” in the Hall, he has been enshrined in Cooperstown longer than all of them, having earned induction in 1949. He was the ballast of that team. The Mammoth of Maul: Another nickname referring to Ruth‘s grand size in stature, Ruth‘s swing was like a maul—a heavy hammer—smashing into the baseball. The Mauling Mastodon: Like mammoth, Mastodon was also in comparison to Ruth‘s body size standing … That brings up the inevitable question: Why is “Kid” such a popular nickname among ballplayers in general, and Hall of Famers more specifically? Carter caught Charlie Lea's no-hitter on May 10, 1981, the nightcap of a doubleheader split,[15][16][17] during the first half of the strike shortened season. Vallie Eaves - Chief,Tom. The Expos converted Carter to a catcher in the minor leagues. [10] His initial MLB home run came on September 28 against Steve Carlton in a 3–1 victory over the visiting Philadelphia Phillies.[11][12]. Well, it only makes sense that a game that favors the youth would produce such a moniker. [28], In his sixth attempt on the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot, Gary Carter was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame along with Eddie Murray on January 7, 2003. Baseball nicknames for your kids and parents and buds. In November, the Mets released Carter after five seasons, hitting 89 home runs and driving in 349 runs. Following a September call-up, Carter made his major league debut in Jarry Park in Montreal in the second game of a doubleheader against the New York Mets on Monday, September 16. Back in the 1980s, when HBO was still known as Home Box Office, the cable network used to run a program called Kids in the Hall. The NHL's Montreal Canadiens, who had purchased the Expos' mascot Youppi! In 1986, the Mets won 108 games and took the National League East by ​21.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap} 1⁄2 games over the Phillies. He finished second to third baseman Mike Schmidt in NL MVP balloting, whose Phillies took the National League East by one game over the Expos. Al Eckert - Obbie. The group added its fifth member in July, when Ken Griffey, Jr. officially became a member of the Hall of Fame. This Old Judge Cigarettes cabinet card for Kid Nichols was made in 1889. Honorable Mention: "Big Mac" (Mark McGwire), "The Say Hey Kid" (Willie ... about each nickname. Doctors confirmed that he had a grade IV primary brain tumor known as glioblastoma multiforme. Jim Edmonds - Jimmy Baseball. After the hit, he was given a standing ovation. In 1977, young stars Warren Cromartie, Ellis Valentine, and Andre Dawson became full-time outfielders. “Running hard to first base all the time.” A few big leaguers began calling him "The Kid" – and the nickname as well as the style of play stuck with him throughout his At age 36, he platooned with catcher Terry Kennedy in 1990, batting .254 with nine home runs. That same year, he was voted the Expos Player of the Year for the first of four times (also winning in 1977, 1980, and 1984). A year later, he was promoted to the A-level St. Lucie Mets, and guided his team to the 2006 Florida State League championship, again earning Manager of the Year honors. Google. After the Expos moved to Washington, D.C. to become the Washington Nationals following the 2004 season, a banner displaying Carter's number along with those of other Expos stars Andre Dawson, Tim Raines and Rusty Staub was hung from the rafters at the Bell Centre, home of the NHL's Montreal Canadiens. When the Hall of Fame issued his plaque in 1949, it put his nickname in parentheses, but in a prominent place, right between “Charles” and “Nichols.” To this day, fans refer to the Hall of Fame right-hander as Kid Nichols and not Charles. During his home run drought, Carter was named co-captain of the team with Hernandez, who had been named captain the previous season. Noticing the rail-thin youngster, Red Sox equipment manager Johnny Orlando proclaimed, “The kid has arrived.”. In 2008, he managed the Orange County Flyers of the Golden Baseball League, guiding his team to the GBL Championship and was named Manager of the Year. "[3] "Gary actually took a lot of grief from his teammates for being a straight arrow. View Ted Williams's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos). After showing up late, Red Sox equipment manager Johnny Orlando proclaimed "the kid has arrived." The season came down to the wire as the Mets won 98 games that season; however, they lost the division to the Cardinals, three games ahead with 101 wins. appeared wearing an Expos uniform. Posted by krist on 31 May 2017, 11:33 pm. Mal Eason - Kid. Carter batted .276 with nine RBIs in his first World Series, and hit two home runs over Fenway Park's Green Monster in Game Four. Nicknamed "The Kid" for his youthful exuberance, Carter was named an All-Star 11 times, and was a member of the 1986 World Champion Mets. In his first post-season, Carter batted .421, hit two home runs and drove in six in the Expos' three games to two victory over the Phillies in the division series. More bio, uniform, draft, salary info More than any other sport, we seem to thrive on baseball nicknames. A baseball nickname can be a description of a player. These don't strike me as particularly clever (Williams hated the nickname), but they are a big part of the game. For the following season Carter was named manager of the Long Island Ducks of the independent Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. "[31] At the induction ceremony, Carter spoke some words in French, thanking fans in Montreal for the great honor and pleasure of playing in that city, while also taking great care to note the Mets' 1986 championship as the highlight of his career. Arriving 10 days late, Williams finally made his way into the Red Sox’ clubhouse. Dennis Eckersley - Eck. However, team members won’t always agree with your idea, so you have to look through a list of team names together and decide on the best name for your baseball team. As a nickname or part of a ring name, Kid may refer to: Baseball. They did have a lot of fun, there's no question about that, but they were also one of the fiercest, most competitive teams I've ever seen and obviously their comebacks from the '86 postseason defines that team. The origins of his nickname are not clear. Carter started a two-out rally in the tenth inning of Game 6, scoring the first of three Mets runs that inning on a single by Ray Knight. In 1992, Robin Yount joined the 3,000-hit club. Even as he aged, Carter continued to play the game hard and with gusto, giving no one any reason to alter his nickname. [34] The Ducks won the 2009 second half Liberty Division title, but were defeated by the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs in the Liberty Division playoffs. In 2001, Carter was elected into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame along with Dave McKay, and his number eight was retired by the Expos. And when a player comes around, one who looks particularly young, or plays the game with such youthful enthusiasm, the Kid nickname will soon follow. Williams had other nicknames, too, like “The Splendid Splinter” and “Teddy Ballgame,” both of which became common ways to refer to the Hall of Fame batsman. Reporting to the Montreal Expos’ camp in 1973, Carter wanted to make a good impression, so he put out maximum effort, both in running sprints and hitting the ball. Share. Ken Griffey Jr. got his nickname since he came up the same time his dad was playing. Harry Eccles - Bugs. and contains an image of a baseball overlaid with Carter's retired number 8. It's a really good nickname for Banks, but it is provincial. He would remain The Kid until the end, passing away in 2012 at the too-youthful age of 57. We'll find you a range of options including diminutives, alliteration, descriptive names, rhyming nicknames and even some computer generated words, which may or may not be helpful! 1. [27], After his retirement as a player, Carter served as an analyst for Florida Marlins television broadcasts from 1993 to 1996. Today's players are no … Nichols would pitch far better than a typical bat boy, winning 18 of 30 starts for the Cowboys in 1887. Carter hit a home run in the 1984 All-Star Game to give the NL a 2–1 lead that they would not relinquish, earning him his second All-Star game MVP award. [30] Nine days later, the Mets announced that they were adding a memorial patch to their uniforms in Carter's honor for the entire 2012 season. In addition, Youppi! (National Baseball Hall of Fame). With the addition of the younger Griffey, the ranks of kids in the Hall has swelled to five. Shop Ken Griffey Jr. - The Kid - Baseball Nickname Jersey ken griffey jr t-shirts designed by nstarn as well as other ken griffey jr merchandise at TeePublic. The Kid. In mid-June, former starting catcher Barry Foote was traded to the Phillies,[14] opening up even more starts for Carter behind the plate, with little time at other positions. The New York City media strongly supported Carter's preference to go into the Hall as a Met. That was understandable, given that the rail-thin Nichols weighed only 135 pounds while standing 5-foot-10. They are kids no more. Carter was still nicknamed "The Kid" by teammates despite his age. Carter ended 1988 with 11 home runs and 46 RBIs—his lowest totals since 1976. From Southern California, Carter was born in Culver City in 1954 to Jim Carter, an aircraft worker, and his wife, Inge. The All-Time Baseball Nickname Team C - Johnny Bench, the "Binger Banger" C - "Yogi" Berra (his name inspired the Yogi Bear cartoon) [48], On March 28, 2014, during an exhibition game between the Toronto Blue Jays and the New York Mets at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Quebec, a banner was unveiled in honor of Carter in a special ceremony before the first pitch. [4], After receiving more than a hundred athletic scholarship offers,[5] Carter signed a letter of intent to play football for the UCLA Bruins as a quarterback, but then signed with the Montreal Expos, after they selected him in the third round (53rd overall) of the 1972 Major League Baseball draft.[5][3]. “I was trying to hit every pitch out of the park.”. The Foundation seeks to "better the physical, mental and spiritual well being of children." In his last at-bat (in the seventh inning) on September 27, 1992, he hit a double over the head of Chicago Cubs right-fielder and former Expos teammate Andre Dawson. Carter's league leading 106 RBIs, 159 games played, .294 batting average, 175 hits and 290 total bases were personal highs. Carter was the first Hall of Famer whose plaque depicts him as a member of the Montreal Expos. Carter's average improved to .438 in the NLCS, with no home runs or RBIs, and his Expos lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers in five games, who won the World Series over the New York Yankees. Willie Mays is known as the best all-around player in baseball history. Athletic at a young age, Carter - along with four other boys - won the 7-year-old category of the first national Punt, Pass, and Kick skills competition in 1961. Nickname to the baseball playing field. Bruce Markusen is the manager of digital and outreach learning at the National Baseball Hall of Fame, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, 25 Main Street,Cooperstown, NY 13326Phone: 1-888-HALL-OF-FAME | 607-547-7200 | Fax: 607-547-0398. (National Baseball Hall of Fame), Gary Carter, earned the nickname "The Kid" during Spring Training camp with the Montreal Expos in 1973, due to his constant hustle. [44] On the Mets' 2012 opening day, the Carter family unveiled a banner with a similar design on the center field wall of Citi Field. (Brad Mangin/National Baseball Hall of Fame), As with Williams, Carter earned the moniker of Kid during his first Spring Training. However some Expos were put off by Carter's unabashed enthusiasm, feeling that he was too taken with his image and basked in his press coverage too eagerly, derisively naming him "Camera Carter." Let’s begin with Nichols, a masterful pitcher for the Boston Beaneaters who starred near the turn of the 20th century and won 360 games. Carter joked that "he wanted his Cooperstown cap to be a half-and-halfer, split between the Expos and Mets". Known throughout his career for his hitting and his excellent defense behind the plate, Carter made a major contribution to the Mets' World Series championship in 1986, including a 12th-inning single against the Houston Astros which won Game 5 of the NLCS and a 10th-inning single against the Boston Red Sox to start the fabled comeback rally in Game 6 of the World Series. He had 299 home runs by May 16, 1988 after a fast start, then slumped until August 11 against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field when he hit his 300th. The year was 1938; a huge flood in California resulted in the cancellation of all railroad activity, including Williams’ cross-country train from San Diego to Sarasota, Fla. Williams had to borrow $200 from a bank just to complete the trek via car. Carter hit a career-high 32 home runs and drove in 100 runs his first season in New York. The name also stemmed from his family heritage. [23] Carter finished third on the NL MVP ballot in 1986.[22]. He earned the nickname “Cool” when he struck out Oscar Charleston. This hit drove in Larry Walker and proved to be the winning hit. The Expos won the NL East's second half with a 30–23 record. Andre Dawson felt Carter was "more a glory hound than a team player."[18]. He'll always be Junior to many, and he'll always be Uncle Griffey to some. He found himself again in a pennant race in 1991 with the Los Angeles Dodgers, who finished one game behind the Atlanta Braves in the National League West. Yet, in a game that is always served by youth, each one of them remains The Kid in a special way. [3], His daughter Kimmy was the head softball coach at Palm Beach Atlantic University[37] and was a softball catcher for Florida State from 1999 to 2002. After showing up late, Red Sox equipment manager Johnny Orlando proclaimed "the kid has arrived." 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He ended the season with 10,360 career putouts as a catcher, breaking the career mark of Detroit Tigers catcher Bill Freehan (9,941). At the end of the season, the rebuilding Expos chafed at Carter's salary demands and traded him in December to the Mets for Hubie Brooks, Mike Fitzgerald, Herm Winningham, and Floyd Youmans.[18][19][20][21]. This hit drove in Larry Walker and proved to be the winning hit. Most fans are aware of the common name give each player, but few remember their full name or some of the nicknames they received during their playing days. Baseball Nicknames. You could go on and on – Splendid Splinter, the brothers Dizzy and Daffy, Ducky, Country, Pee Wee, Duke, Joltin’ Joe, Leo the Lip, Billy the Kid, Cocky, Rabbit, Knuckles, Ol’ Perfessor, the Babe, The Say Hey Kid, Hammerin’ Hank, Smokey Joe, Goose, Cool Papa. He also appeared in the movie The Last Home Run (1998) which was filmed in 1996. Sadly, the nickname is not associated with a tremendous baseball career, but rather the infamous 1919 Black Sox Scandal. Wonderboy, Homer Simpson, and Talkin' Softball. The three loves in Carter's life, Hutton said, were his family, baseball and God. Carter was drafted by the Montreal Expos as a shortstop in the third round of the 1972 Major League Baseball draft. John Easton - Goose. Of all the kid Hall of Famers, the one that perhaps makes the most sense is Robin Yount. [36], He and his wife, Sandy, were married in 1975. Say hey, man” to get their attention. But he's also The Kid, a nickname … Griffey joins established members Gary Carter, Robin Yount, Ted Williams, and Charles “Kid” Nichols, all of whom share the nickname with the 2016 inductee. This nickname is nearly 100 years old, but continues its relevance thanks to movies like Eight Men Out and Field of Dreams. Even in 1982, when Yount turned 26, won the American League MVP, and led the Brewers to the pennant, he remained The Kid, still a favorite label coming from members of the Milwaukee media. In the long history of baseball, there have been several players called "The Kid," and all — like the nickname — are great. After retiring from baseball, Carter coached baseball at the college and minor-league level. [13] In that rookie season, Carter hit .270 with 17 home runs and 68 runs batted in, receiving the Sporting News Rookie of the Year Award and finishing second to San Francisco Giants pitcher John Montefusco for the National League Rookie of the Year award. Listed below in alphabetical order is the complete membership to the baseball hall of fame including Negro League players, non-players, executives/pioneers, umpires and managers. Nichols picked up his nickname early in his career, while he was still pitching in the minor leagues. Released by the Mets after the 1989 season, Carter subsequently joined the San Francisco Giants. At various times, he has been called “Junior” or even “The Natural.” But he is also The Kid, a fitting nickname for a player who made his debut at the age of 19, when he still looked young enough to be a sophomore in high school. Tweet. Type in your first name and press "sluggify me" to get your new baseball nickname! It’s interesting to note that when acclaimed author Ben Bradlee published his definitive biography of Williams in 2013, he titled it The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams. Bell’s manager later added ”Papa,” and the two names were combined into ”Cool Papa.” Considered one of the fastest men to ever play, Bell is a 1974 Hall of Fame inductee. [3] Carter attended Sunny Hills High School in Fullerton, where he played football as a quarterback, baseball as an infielder, and graduated in 1972. [9] Despite going 0–4 in that game, he finished the season batting .407 (11–27). Carter batted .235 in 1987, and ended the season with 291 career home runs. Privacy Statement/Your California Privacy Rights. It includes a complete list of nicknames of players in the Baseball Hall of Fame, a list of nicknames of current players, nicknames of popular players who have played for each major league team, and lists of nicknames grouped into particular categories (e.g., ethnic nicknames, personality trait nicknames etc. wore a patch on his Canadiens jersey featuring a white circle with a blue number 8 inside it for the remainder of the season. Ed Edelen - Doc. Carter also had two hits in Game 6, which the Mets won in 16 innings. [25][26] The Expos went 87–75 and finished second behind the Pittsburgh Pirates in the National League East. By Blake Price. When you look at it, it's very clear. He also played American Legion Baseball, and was named the 1971 American Legion Graduate of the Year. It’s only natural for fans, particularly older fans, to refer to such ballplayers as kids. One story is that when he first arrived in the minor leagues, he didn’t know anyone’s name so he would say “Hey man. He also hit an eighth-inning sacrifice fly that tied the game. Ken Griffey Jr.‘s impact on the game cannot be disputed. “I tried to impress everybody that spring, you know, being the first in line for sprints,” Carter said. For instance, Coco Crisp's name really is Coco Crisp! Carter died on February 16, 2012, at the age of 57. To accomplish this, they advocate "school literacy by encouraging use of the Reading Counts Program, a program that exists in the Palm Beach County School District". It may not be common knowledge, but Gary Carter raised millions of dollars and devoted thousands of hour in his personal war against the leukemia that killed his mother. [39], The Gary Carter Foundation (of which Carter was the president) supports 8 Title I schools in Palm Beach County whose students live in poverty. [47], Faillon Street West in Montreal, near the former Jarry Park stadium, was renamed Gary Carter Street in his honor. This is a list of nicknames of Major League Baseball teams and players. Shortly after he joined the Kansas City Cowboys of the Western League, Nichols’ teammates apparently mistook the youngster for the team bat boy. Carter caught 127 shutouts during his career, ranking him sixth all-time among major league catchers in that category. Carter was elected to start his first All Star Game, and responded with two home runs and being named the game's MVP. [41][42] On January 20, 2012, daughter Kimmy posted on her blog that an MRI had revealed additional tumors on her father's brain. Doctors said that the extremely aggressive cancer was inoperable and Carter would undergo other treatment methods to shrink his tumor. [8] In 1974, he hit 23 home runs and drove in 83 runs for the Expos' Triple-A affiliate, the Memphis Blues. Oakland A’s owner Charlie Finely often seemed more interested in flashy P.R. View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject. Not only did the nickname stick with Williams for the remainder of his career, but Orlando himself continued to call Williams “Kid” for the next 20 years. (National Baseball Hall of Fame), Ted Williams, like Gary Carter, also picked up the nickname "Kid" in Spring Training. On April 4, 1975, Yount made his major league debut for the Milwaukee Brewers – at the age of 18. The nickname would stick with him throughout his career. Baseball Nicknames . Roy Easterwood - Shag. "[46], At Carter's memorial service, on February 24, 2012, Expo teammate Tommy Hutton made note of Carter's deep faith. He batted .219 with six home runs and 38 RBIs. ). Imagine the Yankee Stadium announcer saying,"Now batting, number 8, catcher Lawrence Berra". The four survivors moved on to two best-of-five League Championship Series. All Canadiens players took to the ice during pre-game warm-ups wearing number 8 Carter jerseys, and Youppi! Willie Howard Mays, nicknamed "The Say Hey Kid", is a former Major League Baseball center fielder who spent almost all of his 22-season career playing for the New York/San Francisco Giants, before finishing with the New York Mets. Like Nichols, Ted Williams picked up his nickname early in his professional career, but not until he attended his first Spring Training. Given the uncertainty of the Expo franchise, Carter's employment by the Mets organization since retiring as a player, his World Series title with the Mets, and his media celebrity during his stint in New York, Carter shifted his preference to be enshrined with a Mets cap after his election to the Hall. Ken Griffey Jr. goes by many names. "[29] Carter accepted the Hall's decision with grace, stating: "The fact I played 11 years in Montreal and the fact that the majority of my statistics and accomplishments were achieved there, it would be wrong, probably, to do it any other way. Share. Carter was named Gulf Coast League Manager of the Year his first season managing the Gulf Coast Mets in 2005. Zeb Eaton - Red. [32] While the Mets have not retired number eight, it has remained unused since Carter's election to the Hall of Fame in 2003. Since its inception, The Gary Carter Foundation has placed over $622,000 toward charitable purposes, including $366,000 to local elementary schools for their reading programs. [2] A month after he turned twelve in 1966, his 37-year-old mother died of leukemia. That brings us to Griffey, Class of 2016. When he retired and moved to Florida, he went to war against poverty and illiteracy in West Palm Beach. I have no recollection of a gloomy Carter, not even as his knees began to announce a slow surrender ... Carter played every day with the joy as if it were the opening day of Little League. They were all young comedians back in the 1980s, but they’re not exactly kids anymore, all in their late fifties and sixties now. Carter was still nicknamed "The Kid" by teammates despite his age. The nickname of The Kid fit Carter perfectly, given his genuinely boyish enthusiasm and his constant hustle. CodyCross is an addictive game developed by Fanatee. than winning baseball games. He was a standout lefty pitcher at Point Loma High School in San Diego, Calif., where he threw a perfect game his senior year. [35], In October 2009, Carter was named head baseball coach for the NCAA Division II Palm Beach Atlantic University Sailfish. Gary Edmund Carter (April 8, 1954 – February 16, 2012) was an American professional baseball catcher whose 19-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career was spent primarily with the Montreal Expos and New York Mets. Armed with an effervescent personality that belied the thunder he contained in his bat, Banks was one of the great sportsmen in the history of the game. The Mets won 100 games that season, taking the NL East by 15 games. His first major league hits came in both games of another doubleheader with the Mets on September 18, as a pinch hitter in the seventh inning of the opener and as the catcher in the nightcap, and the Expos swept. Three of them are gone now, while the other two are a combined 106 years old. 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