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MLB Players Weekend: New York’s Best Baseball Nicknames of All-Time

By Mike Vivalo

Sep 1, 2015; Boston, MA, USA; A bobble head doll of Babe Ruth on the field prior to a game between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees at Fenway Park. Mandatory Credit: Bob DeChiara-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 1, 2015; Boston, MA, USA; A bobble head doll of Babe Ruth on the field prior to a game between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees at Fenway Park. Mandatory Credit: Bob DeChiara-USA TODAY Sports /
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NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 21: Whitey Ford stands on the mound during a pregame ceremony prior to the start of the last regular season game at Yankee Stadium between the Baltimore Orioles and the New York Yankees on September 21, 2008 in the Bronx borough of New York City. The Yankees are playing their final season in the 85 year old ball park and plan on moving into the new Yankee Stadium across the street to start the 09 season. (Photo by Nick Laham/Getty Images)
NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 21: Whitey Ford stands on the mound during a pregame ceremony prior to the start of the last regular season game at Yankee Stadium between the Baltimore Orioles and the New York Yankees on September 21, 2008 in the Bronx borough of New York City. The Yankees are playing their final season in the 85 year old ball park and plan on moving into the new Yankee Stadium across the street to start the 09 season. (Photo by Nick Laham/Getty Images) /

“Whitey” and “The Chairman of the Board”

Drinking buddies with Mickey Mantle and Billy Martin and the best winning percentage of all-time, not too shabby.  Whitey Ford still holds the record for most wins as a Yankee and the record for most cover-ups for Mantle’s behavior.  Edward Ford won ten world series games and lost another eight. That’s bonkers.

ORIGIN: Whitey because he had light hair as a child and Elston Howard named him Chairman of the Board because he was always winning.

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