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Aar-Alva

A is for Alex
The great Alexander;
More Goose eggs he pitched
Than a popular gander.

Aardsma
to
Alvarez

455 Players

Alvi-Azo

Alvis
to
Azocar

Bab-Barre

B is for Bresnahan
Back of the plate;
The Cubs were his love,
and McGraw his hate.

Babb
to
Barrett

1,556 Players

Barri-Bell

Barrios
to
Bell

Bella-Blackb

Bella
to
Blackburne

Blacke-Bostoc

Blackerby
to
Bostock

Boston-Briles

Boston
to
Briles

Briley-Buff

Briley
to
Buffinton

Bufo-Bys

Buford
to
Bystrom

Cab-Carren

C is for Cobb,
Who grew spikes and not corn,
And made all the basemen
Wish they weren't born.

Cabellero
to
Carreno

1,258 Players

Carreo-Cha

Carreon
to
Chavez

Che-Cloni

Cheadle
to
Cloninger

Clont-Conwa

Clontz
to
Conway

Conwe-Cra

Conwell
to
Crawford

Cre-Cza

Creamer
to
Czajkowski

D'A-de la

D is for Dean,
The grammatical Diz,
When they asked, Who's the tops?
Said correctly, I is.

D'Acquisto
to
de la Rosa

785 Players

de lo-Dicker

de lo Santos
to
Dicker

Dickey-Doy

Dickey
to
Doyle

Doz-Dyl

Dozier
to
Dyler

Ead-Els

E is for Evers,
His jaw in advance;
Never afraid
To Tinker with Chance.

Eaddy
to
Elston

300 Players

Elv-Ezz

Elvira
to
Ezzell

Faa-Fiore

F is for Fordham
And Frankie and Frisch;
I wish he were back
With the Giants, I wish.

Faatz
to
Fiore

580 Players

Fioren-Foss

Fiorentino
to
Fossum

Fost-Fyh

Foster
to
Fyhrie

Gab-Geno

G is for Gehrig,
The Pride of the Stadium;
His record pure gold,
His courage, pure radium.

Gabler
to
Genovese

866 Players

Gent-Gogg

Gentile
to
Goggin

Gogo-Green

Gogolewski
to
Green

Greenb-Gys

Greenberg
to
Gyselman

Haa-Hardi

H is for Hornsby;
When pitching to Rog,
The pitcher would pitch,
Then the pitcher would dodge.

Haad
to
Harding

1,182 Players

Hardt-Haye

Hardtke
to
Hayes

Hayn-Herna

Hayner
to
Hernandez

Hernd-Hoffe

Herndon
to
Hofferth

Hoffm-Howard

Hoffman
to
Howard

Howart-Hyz

Howarth
to
Hyzdu

Iba-Izt

I is for Me,
Not a hard-hitting man,
But an outstanding all-time
Incurable fan.

Ibanez
to
Izturis

44 Players

Jab-Johnso

J is for Johnson
The Big Train in his prime
Was so fast he could throw
Three strikes at a time.

Jablonski
to
Johnson

424 Players

Johnst-Juu

Johnston
to
Juul

Kaa-Kent

K is for Keeler,
As fresh as green paint,
The fastest and mostest
To hit where they ain't.

Kaat
to
Kent

616 Players

Kenw-Knoll

Kenworthy
to
Knoll

Knolls-Kyl

Knolls
to
Kyle

La R-Lawre

L is for Lajoie
Whom Clevelanders love,
Napolean himself,
With glue in his glove.

La Russa
to
Lawrence

753 Players

Lawry-Lew

Lawry
to
Lewis

Ley-Lop

Ley
to
Lopez

Lor-Lyt

Lord
to
Lyttle

Maa-Mante

M is for Matty,
Who carried a charm
In the form of an extra
brain in his arm.

Maas
to
Mantei

1,696 Players

Manti-Matti

Mantilla
to
Mattis

Matto-McDonn

Mattox
to
McDonnell

McDono-McN

McDonough
to
McNulty

McP-Milc

McPartlin
to
Milchin

Mile-Mone

Miles
to
Money

Mong-Mossi

Monge
to
Mossi

Mosso-Myr

Mossor
to
Myrow

Nab-Nicho

N is for Newsom,
Bobo's favorite kin.
You ask how he's here,
He talked himself in.

Nabholz
to
Nicholson

279 Players

Nicht-Nym

Nichting
to
Nyman

O'b-Olive

O is for Ott
Of the restless right foot.
When he leaned on the pellet,
The pellet stayed put.

O'Berry
to
Oliveras

296 Players

Olivo-Ozu

Olivo
to
Ozuna

Pab-Peac

P is for Plank,
The arm of the A's;
When he tangled with Matty
Games lasted for days.

Pabst
to
Peacock

753 Players

Peak-Petty

Peak
to
Petty

Petty-Polli

Pettyjohn
to
Polli

Polly-Pyz

Polly
to
Pyznarski

Qua-Qui

Q is for Don Quixote
Cornelius Mack;
Neither Yankees nor years
Can halt his attack.

Qualls
to
Quisenberry

42 Players

Raa-Reil

R is for Ruth.
To tell you the truth,
There's just no more to be said,
Just R is for Ruth.

Raabe
to
Reilly

844 Players

Reim-Ritte

Reimer
to
Ritterson

Rittw-Rome

Rittwage
to
Romero

Romi-Rye

Romine
to
Ryerson

Saa-Schen

S is for Speaker,
Swift center-field tender,
When the ball saw him coming,
It yelled, "I surrender."

Saarloos
to
Schenz

1,586 Players

Schep-Ser

Schepner
to
Service

Ses-Silva

Sessi
to
Silva

Silve-Smith

Silvera
to
Smith

Smithb-Stanl

Smithberg
to
Stanley

Stans-Stroud

Stansbury
to
Stroud

Stroug-Szu

Stroughter
to
Szuminski

Tab-Thiel

T is for Terry
The Giant from Memphis
Whose .400 average
You can't overemphis.

Tabaka
to
Thielman

517 Players

Thies-Tomp

Thies
to
Tompkins

Toms-Tys

Toms
to
Tyson

Uch-Utl

U would be 'Ubell
if Carl were a cockney;
We say Hubbell and Baseball
Like Football and Rockne.

Uchrinscko
to
Utley

50 Players

Vac-Vuk

V is for Vance
The Dodger's very own Dazzy;
None of his rivals
Could throw as fast as he.

Vache
to
Vukovich

205 Players

Wac-Warn

W is for Wagner,
The bowlegged beauty;
Short was closed to all traffic
With Honus on duty.

Wachtel
to
Warnock

943 Players

Warr-Westb

Warren
to
Westbrook

Weste-Willia

Westerberg
to
Williamson

Willig-Wood

Willigrod
to
Wood

Wooda-Wys

Woodall
to
Wysong

X

X is the first
of two x's in Foxx
Who was right behind Ruth
with his powerful soxx.

n/a
to
n/a

0 Players

Yab-Yva

Y is for Young
The magnificent Cy;
People battled against him,
But I never knew why.

Yaik
to
Yvars

96 Players

Zab-Zwi

Z is for Zenith
The summit of fame.
These men are up there.
These men are the game.

Zabala
to
Zwilling

76 Players

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Fast Facts

The poem, Line-Up For Yesterday (used above as an intro for each alphabetical breakout section), was written by Ogden Nash in 1949 and it also appears in Baseball Almanac's Poetry & Song section.

Did you know that through the 2005 regular season, and since 1876, there have been a total of sixteen-thousand two-hundred nineteen Major League ballplayers who have made it to the show?

In 2005 there were two-hundred six rookies of which eighty-three debuted in the American League, one-hundred twenty-six debuted in the National League, and fifty-two (39%) were born outside of the United States.