A teammate once criticized Medwick for failing to chase a fly ball; Medwick responded by knocking him out – during the game. Medwick was much better known for starting fights with opponents, however. It's thought that his temper is what kept him out of the Hall of Fame until 1968, twenty years after he retired – despite a career that seemed to warrant induction several years earlier.

He wasn't called Ducky for the way he walked, but for the way he swam. During an off day in the minors, he and some teammates went to a pool. A woman commented that Medwick swam like a duck, and from then on his teammates called him "Ducky Wucky", later shortened to "Ducky." Medwick much preferred being called "Muscles".

Cleveland brought him to the majors after Meixell had batted .322 that season with two minor league teams. He had hit over .300 the year before, also with two minor league teams.

In 1913 he was back in the minors, but his days of hitting .300 or better were over.

He went on to live a full, long life, dying at the age of 95.

About that nickname. He didn't get it for the size of a catfish he caught, nor for a fondness for eating what many consider the best-tasting fish. No, Metkovich was so nicknamed by Boston teammates after he made the mistake of stepping on a catfish when he set out to remove a hook from the fish's mouth. If you know anything about a certain catfish peculiarity, you can guess what happened next: the fish punched its sharp dorsal fin through the sole of Metkovich's shoe, penetrating his skin. In stepping off the fish, the player also injured his ankle.

He was a highly regarded prospect who showed early promise and was twice named to the American League All-Star team. His career went south when he was traded to Washington in 1950. After bouncing around for three years he was sold back to the White Sox, but on August 27, 1954 he was hit in the head by a pitch thrown by Philadelphia Athletics pitcher Marion Fricano. The resulting skull fracture ended Michaels' career.

As for his name change, he apparently felt Kweitniewski was too long and difficult for fans, teammates, journalists – and newspaper box scores. He considered shortening it to Kweit, but felt that would invite jokes about him being quiet. Where Michaels came from I don't know.

Outfielder, sometimes third baseman Minoso played most of his games with the Chicago White Sox, though he came up with Indians and later spent two seasons in Cleveland (1958-59) before returning to Chicago. He led the American League in stolen bases three times and had a .298 lifetime batting average.

He attracted much attention when he went to bat in two games for the White Sox in 1980 when he was 57 years old. He did it to establish that he had played major league baseball in five different decades. He came up in 1949 and played three games with White Sox in 1976, twelve years after he had retired.

He went on to become a United States Congressman from North Carolina for six years (1968-74), by which time he was better known by his real name, Wilmer David Mizell.

Like Joe Medwick, Mole sometimes went by the nickname Muscles, which certainly was appropriate. He looked strong enough to knock the cover off the ball, but that batting stance of his drove me nuts – his feet seemed a mile apart, his right foot in a bucket, pointed toward first base. It didn't surprise me that he never returned to the majors.

And that's where he now resides. Oh, not the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, but in the Birmingham (Alabama) Barons Hall of Fame. Molesworth had turned outfielder by 1906, the year he joined the Barons. He led the team in hits three times and became player-manager in 1908. He remained the Barons manager until 1922. Among his players were two future major league Hall of Famers, Pie Traynor and Burleigh Grimes.

For awhile he was a scout for the Pittsbugh Pirates. Molesworth went on to live 85 years and die where he was born – in Frederick, Maryland.

Mooneyham attended Merced (California) Junior College. He was originally drafted the first round in 1980. He spent several years pitching in the minors, zigzagging the country from Salinas, California, to Holyoke, Massachusetts, to Edmonton, Canada, to Nashua, New Hampshire, to Modesto, California, to Huntsville, Alabama, to Tacoma, Washington
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In 2008 his son Brett Mooneyham was named the Sacramento Bee’s High School Player of the Year. Brett Mooneyham is a six-foot-six-inch southpaw who now pitches for Stanford University.

Moore was a New York Giants outfielder (1930-1941) who batted .298 in 1,335 games, had 200-plus hits in two seasons, scored more than 100 runs three times. I read that Moore was such a notorious first-pitch hitter that some managers fined their pitchers if they threw their first pitch to Moore anywhere near the strike zone.

Mungo was a free spirit whose lifestyle drove Dodger executives crazy. Once, while in Cuba for a series of exhibition games, he had a one-night stand with a woman only to be discovered by her gun-toting husband who chased Mungo from the premises.

He ended his career with the New York Giants, retiring the first time in 1943. He returned in 1945 to help the Giants, whose pitching staff was depleted by World War II. Mungo responded with one of his best seasons and a 14-7 record.