Baseball's Hall of Names
 An ongoing series for
Batter's Box Interactive Magazine

Teams So Far: 373
Last Updated: April 19, 2012
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Initially Speaking
Teams of players with the same last/family name initial.
  • A is for Aaron, Alomar and Alou
  • B is for Bench, Bonds and Banks
  • C is for Clemens, Carlton and Cobb
  • D is for DiMaggio, Dawson and Dean
  • E is for Evans, Evers and Eckersley
  • F is for Feller, Franco and Fingers
  • G is for Gehrig, Griffey and Gwynn (Gee!)
  • H is for Henderson, Hornsby and Hunter
  • I is for Irvin, Inky, Izzy (and Iorg)
  • J isn't "Just" for Johnson, Jones and Jackson
  • K is for Koufax, Kaline and Killebrew
  • L is for Lemon, Lyons and Lowe
  • M is for Morgan, but Mc is for McPhee
  • N is for Nettles, Niekro and Nen
  • O is for Osteen, Olerud and Ott
  • P is for (Pitchers, Like) Perry, Palmer and Paige
  • Q is for Quiz, Quantrill and Quirk
  • R is for Ruth, Rodriguez and Robinson (Wow!)
  • S is for Speaker, Seaver and Spahn (Super!)
  • T is for Terry, Traynor and Thigpen
  • U is for Upshaw, Urbina and Uhle
  • V is for Vaughn, Vance and Valentine
  • W is for Williams, Wagner and White
  • X Marks the Final Alphabet Team
  • Y is for Yount, Yastrzemski and .. Yan?
  • Z is for Zimmer, Zito and Zisk

    Double Initials & Others

  • "AA" Through "CC"
  • "DD" Through "FF"
  • "GG" Through "JJ"
  • "KK" Through "MM"
  • The "SS" All-Stars
  • "PP"-"RR"-"TT"-"WW"
  • "NN"-"OO"-"UU"-"VV"-"YY"-"ZZ"
  • This Team's a Ch-Ch-Ch-Challenge (All-Ch)
  • 25 G.M.s ... 25 Cabs?
  • It's All About the P.R.
  • It's Who Shot J.R.?
  • Doctor, Doctor ... Mr. M.D. (All-Doc and All-M.D.)
  • All-T.O., All the Time
  • A Load of B.S.
  • What's His M.O.?
  • There's A.J. and B.J. ... and C.J. and D.J.?
  • Truly All-"STAR"s
  • Y or Y Not?
  • Zis is a Team?
  • It's the Hall of Names JV Squad
  • More initials: PM * KB * GB * MB * RB * RC
  • Off the scorecard ... initially speaking

    25 Most Common
    North American Male First Names

    1. James (The James Gang)
    2. John (Dear Johns)
    3. Robert (Yessirree, Bob!)
    4. Michael (Stepping Up to the Mike)
    5. William ( Where There's A Willie ...)
    6. David (Glory Daves)
    7. Richard (Don't Be Such A ...)
    8. Charles (What's Up, Chuck(s)?)
    9. Joseph (These Are No Ordinary Joes)
    10. Thomas (No Doubting These Thomases)
    11. Christopher (A Merry Little "Chris" Mess)
    12. Daniel (The Book of Daniel)
    13. Paul (Saints Alive!)
    14. Mark (The All-Mark Hallmark)
    15. Donald (Ron, Don Deserve a Break)
    16. George (It's a Fine Team, By George!)
    17. Kenneth (What is the Frequency, Kenneth?)
    18. Steven (All-Steve)
    19. Edward (Ed's Up!)
    20. Brian (Celebrating the Life of Brian(s))
    21. Ronald (Ron, Don Deserve a Break)
    22. Anthony (Yep, it's the "Tony Awards")
    23. Kevin (Ain't No Field of Dreams)
    24. Jason (This Ain't No Horror Show)
    25. Jeff (Just Some Guys Named Jeff)
    Other First/Given Names
  • Juan Way or Another
  • Ballpark "Franks"
  • Me & Julio, Down By the Ballyard
  • All-Carlos
  • Great Scotts
  • Hello, Larry
  • Sams They Am
  • Bern, Baby, Burn
  • Jays vs. Rays
  • The Hanging Chads
  • Oh, Mickey, You're So Fine
  • Atta Roy!
  • Meet the Jolly Old St. Nicholas(es)
  • Meet the Men of "Troy"
  • More Than Just Jeter
  • This Team Makes Me Want to Ralph
  • Hark! It's the Harold Angels
  • Reg-gie, Reg-gie
  • Memorializing Murrays
  • Get on the Bus, Gus
  • "ALF ... on, so" Long Ago ...
  • The Corey of the Matter
  • A Presidential "Pardon Me, Gerry?" (And "All-Ford")
  • All About the Benjamins
  • "Madam, I'm Adam"
  • Jakin' it (or "Jake-ing" it, Anyway)
  • Homer Here Will Tie It Up
  • Howard's End?
  • Phil 'Er Up!
  • I'm Chip ... I'm Dale
  • Hooray, It's August
  • Joel With It
  • Just Shawn Off A Little
  • Ryan's Hope
  • Feats of Clays
  • Don't Be So Curt!
  • Gene, Gene the Baseball Machine
  • Wayne's World (Batman and the Duke)
  • More than Just Joshin'
  • Not Exactly Poitier (All-Sidney)
  • Oh, Jesse ...
  • A-Rod or Ol' Pete? The Battle of the Alex(ander)s
  • Do they have a (Carl)ton of talent?
  • Timmy!
  • How do you "Ike" me now?
  • Jesus, what a Team!
  • No, we won't call them "The Terribles" (All-Ivan)
  • Vacationing in Orlando ...
  • Are You Hi?
  • The Odd Couple Faces Off (Felix and Oscar)
  • Looooooooooouuuuuuuuu!
  • Lance, this is Kyle; Kyle, meet Lance
  • Don't jump off these Cliff(s) ...
  • As Good as it Bretts (Done twice.)
  • Three Yards and a Cloud of Dust(in)
  • Is this team a Travis-ty?

    25 Most Common
    North American Surnames
    Summary -- It Makes Census: The New Wing Men

    1. Smith ("Sons & Heirs")
    2. Johnson ("Johnson & Johnson & Johnson & ...")
    3. Williams (All-"Coach")
    4. Jones ("Keeping Up With the Joneses")
    5. Brown ("What Can Brown Do For You?")
    6. Davis ("Playing for the Davis Cup")
    7. Miller ("Livin' The High Life?")
    8. Wilson ("Hey, Mr. Wilson!")
    9. Moore ("A Pretty Good Squad, Moore or Less")
    10. Taylor ("This Team's Taylor-Made ... For Success?")
    11. Anderson ("Ander-son of a Gun!")
    12. Thomas ("No Doubting These Thomases">
    13. Jackson ("You Don't Know Jack, son")
    14. White (Gray/Black) ("A Complete Lack of Color")
    15. Harris ("Survey Says ... Polling All Harrises")
    16. Martin ("My Favourite Martin[eze]s")
    17. Thompson ("Going, Going, Gonzo!")
    18. Garcia ("I Can [Gar]cia Clearly Now ..."
    19. Martinez (See #16)
    20. Robinson ("Koo-Koo-Ka-Choo, Mr. Robinson")
    21. Clark (and Lewis) ("Walking the Hall of Names Trail")
    22. Rodriguez ("Alex, Pudge and ... Um ...")
    23. Lewis (and Clark) (See #21)
    24. Lee ("Giving a Little Lee-Way")
    25. Walker ("A Walk[er] in the Park")
    Other Family Names
  • The Kids Are All-Wright
  • The Youngs and the Rest List
  • Holiday "Bells" are Ringing
  • Yup ... It's the Hall of Halls
  • Checking the Toolbox (All-Phillips)
  • The Brady Bunch (Sort of ...)
  • Not too Man(n)y Options (All-Ramirez)
  • Baileys? Irish Creamed!
  • Climbing a Hall of Names Hill
  • The Hall of Names tries to thrust and Perry ...
  • Carol of the Bells

    Both/Neither/Nicknames

  • First Things ... Uh, Second?
  • Two First Names
  • All-Kent/All-Williams
  • Baseball's Been Barry-Berry Good to Me
  • -EZ Does It
  • All-Babe
  • Junior Achievement
  • A Duke Dynasty? (Sidebar: Duke U. Alumni)
  • Make Me a Sandwich, Rube!
  • Build your own "Bar" squad ...
  • You better believe it, Buster
  • This team is pretty "Butch" ...
  • Less means More in the Hall of Names

    All-Birthday teams:
    (20+ down, 300+ to go)

  • January: 1 * 31 * (31 done twice)
  • February: 17 * 18 * 29
  • March: 17
  • April: 14
  • May: 1 * 24 * 25 * 26
  • June: 6
  • July: 1 * 7 * 20
  • August: 9 * 23 * 27
  • September: 5
  • October: 6 * 10 * 17 * 18 * 19 * 20
  • Novermber:
  • December: 25 * 26 * 31
  • Special Feature: Meet the "Triplets"
    		• Special Hall of Names Features
  • Who Will Be "The Tenth Man"?
  • Ten-Year Men (with Dan McIlroy)
  • The Last Man Standing
  • 300 (and .300 and 3.00 ...)

    All-Months
    Teams made up entirely of players born in a particular month.

  • The January Blahs
  • The February Valentines
  • The March Hares
  • The April Fools
  • The May Bee Knots
  • The June Cleavers
  • The July Franks
  • The August Presence
  • The September Morns
  • The October Misters
  • November's Team Topaz
  • The December Holidays

    Years of Birth:

  • 1966: My Favorite (Birth) Year
  • 1976: Bicentennial Men
  • 1977: That's a C+, Right?

    Age Seasons:

  • All-Age 19 ("Hey 19!")
  • All-Age 39 ("The Cooperstown 39ers")
  • All-Age 40 ("The Top 40")
  • All-Age 41 ("That's Some 41")

    Theme Teams

  • All-Food (See also: Greatest. Name. Ever.)
  • Philosophers
  • Financial Times
  • Lawyers in Glove (Sidebar: Chief Justice showdown)
  • Fathers & Sons
  • Texas Exes
  • For the Birds
  • U.S. Presidents
  • All-Canadian Prime Ministers by Craig Burley
  • April Fool's Day
  • Big Numbers? All-Most!
  • All-Scrabble
  • The Pangramatic Posse
  • A "Pope-Up" in Fair Territory
  • The Royal Panes
  • Geography Bee
  • All Beer, All the Time
  • All-NBA MLB
  • All-Multiple-Brothers (Sidebar: All Twin Brothers)
  • All-Palindrome
  • All-Online, At Least Initially
  • Baseball's "Body" of Work
  • Which Way is Up/Down/East/West? (All-Directions)
  • All-Baseball Terms with Michael Doherty, Sr.
  • "Nice" Guys Finish ... Where? with Michael Doherty, Sr.
  • Here's to "Mean" Old Dad with Michael Doherty, Sr.
  • All-Dogs by Craig Burley
  • The Big Boppers (All-Jazz by Mike Green)
  • Woo! That Chick's A Real Doll, Babe (All-Female Names)
  • Action-Packed (All-Verbs)
  • All-Trees
  • That Blessed Team of Mine (All-Apostles)
  • Hebrewin' Up a Ballclub (All-Jewish)
  • Poetry Corner: "Casey at the Bat"
  • Playoffs? Nah.
  • The Taste of Ham (by Craig Burley)
  • Time to Light the Lights (All-Muppets)
  • The Exedra de Nominatim (All-Latinate)
  • AL vs. NL Rookies of the Year
  • Gone Fishin'
  • Stone-Cold, Rock-Solid
  • Water, Water, Everywhere ...
  • All Motion is Relative?
  • It's All Good (Literally!)
  • If at first (base) you don't succeed ... (by Jeremy Kennedy)
  • The Other Side of the Lineup Card (All-Managers)
  • Traded for Bert Blyleven (Done twice)
  • Not just Dallas ... (Texas city names)
  • The Four-Hit Wonders
  • One Damn Fine Team (Four-letter last names)
  • A "First" Draft(ed) Team, Literally

    Hall of Names Challenges
    Collaborative efforts by the Batter's Box online community.

  • Rhyme Time
  • The Name Train
  • The Hall of Really Good
  • All-Insults
  • Sanitized Swear Words
  • Beat the Band
  • Beat Boof's VORN
  • Unique Names: Challenge * Response
  • Let's Build The Anagramatic All-Stars * Anagramatics, Revisited
  • Reader Challenge: Initially Speaking
  • Reader Challenge: What class is next?
  • Reader challenge: Famous duos, famous names
  • Reader Challenge: Prepping the Callix Crabbe Era
  • eader Challenge: Just in the Nick(name) of Time ...
  • Reader Challenge: eader Challenge: The Ultimate Matchup
  • Reader Challenge: One "Hot" Team?
  • Reader Challenge: The Mister Misters (Results)
  • Reader Challenge: The Disaster Squad
  • Reader Challenge: You Spell that HOW?

    Holidays

  • New Year's Wishes (Recycled)
  • Valentine's Day
  • Irish Up (St. Patrick's Day)
  • Reader Challenge: A Taxing Question
  • A Day for Dads, Pops and Papis (All-Father's Day)
  • All-July Fourth (Signers of the Declaration)
  • All-Canada Day by Rob Pettapiece
  • Labor Day
  • All Saints Day
  • All-Thanksgiving
  • Christmas Eve Carols
  • Holiday Chatter (Christmas)
  • Reader Challenge: The Christmas "Presents"
  • New Year's Eve (Auld Lang Syne)
  • Just Another New Year's Eve

    All-Pop Culture
    Teams inspired by TV Shows, Movies and Songs

  • All-Grease
  • All-Sesame Street
  • A Star-Studded Enterprise (Star Trek)
  • Meatball Surgery (M*A*S*H)
  • Willie, Mickey and the Duke (Talkin' Baseball)
  • Rockin' and Rollin' All Week Long (Happy Days)
  • Bang the Coconut: All-Gilligan's Island
  • Top Five Answers on the Board ... (Game Show Hosts)
  • All-Simpsons by Jim Turner
  • Super Bowl Shuffle(All-NFL Names)
  • Stepping Through The Gate (All-Stargate)
  • This Ain't Quidditch (All-Harry Potter)
  • Yogi Read the Comics All the While (by Matthew Elmslie)
  • Oh My God! They Killed South Park!
  • Good-bye to The Wire (by Dan McIlroy)

    Colors

  • True Colors
  • A Complete Lack of Colour (Black/White/Gray)
  • Seeing "Red"
  • It's Not Easy Bein' Green
  • What Can Brown Do For You?

    Hall of (Place) Names (Native Birthplaces)
    Players from particular states, countries, regions

  • Detroit (by Anders Whist)
  • Western Pennsylvania (by Craig Burley)
  • United Kingdom (by Colin Jaffray)
  • Western Pennsylvania (by Craig Burley)
  • San Pedro de Macoris (by M. Elmslie and G. Williams)
  • St. Louis (by Dan McIlroy)
  • SF Bay Area (by Anders Whist)
  • Chicago (by Chuck Barkman)
  • Brooklyn (by Craig Burley)
  • Mobile, Ala. (by Craig Burley)
  • Santo Domingo, D.R. (by Godard, Obal and Whist)
  • Japan
  • Mexico
  • Canada
  • Cuba
  • North and South, Dakotas Together
  • Kentucky: Rundown for the Roses
  • Like a Virgin (Islander)

    Alumni All-Stars

  • It's Alma Mater of Perspective
  • USC (by Rob Pettapiece)

    Special Series: Lobby of Numbers
    Batter's Box author Dan "Magpie" McIlroy examines team-by-team numerology.

  • Toronto Blue Jays
  • Baltimore Orioles
  • Boston Red Sox
  • Tampa Bay Devil Rays
  • New York Yankees
  • Arizona Diamondbacks
  • Colorado Rockies
  • Brooklyn/L.A. Dodgers
  • 22 more to come
  • The magical number 9
    And a look at numerology meeting onomastics:
  • Intersecting the Lobby of Numbers

    CONTRIBUTE!
    Got an idea for a Hall of Names team or want to put one together yourself? Drop me a note at mickwrites@gmail.com and we'll get it live on Batter's Box and archived here! More than a dozen contributing authors, as noted above, have added a total of more than 20 entries to Baseball's Hall of Names. Are you next?

    • © 2003ff., Batter's Box Interactive Magazine and Mick Doherty.