Part 1: Famous players who went by their middle name
Part 2: Players who you thought had a nickname, but their nickname was their real name
Part 3: Players with unique first names
Part 4 is another set of players with unique first names. There are some surprises here from a few all-star caliber players, along with some names I've never heard of before or since. Again, we'll proceed in what I arbitrarily deem to be reverse uniqueness order.
7) Torey Lovullo
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| 1989 Donruss The Rookies #17 Torey Lovullo |
The current manager of the Diamondbacks goes by a derivation of his first name, but instead of Sal, he opted for Torey.
6) Tino Martinez
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| 1992 Donruss #410, Tino Martinez |
His given name just doesn't have the same ring to it as Tino Martinez.
5) Danny Tartabull
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| 1990 Donruss #322, Danny Tartabull |
There's currently a Brazilian soccer player named Danilo apparently who might be really popular. I'm not sure as soccer does not hold my interest. Danilo Gallinari is a solid NBA player from Italy. Danny Tartabull's parents are of Cuban heritage. His father, Jose, played 9 seasons in MLB.
4) Al Leiter
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| 1990 Donruss #543, Al Leiter |
The most famous Alois was probably Hitler's dad. With that in mind, Al was a very good choice. I might have even gone with Lois before Alois.
3) Toby Harrah
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| 1986 Donruss #159, Toby Harrah |
When I typed in Colbert first name on Google to try to find the most famous Colbert, I just got a bunch of results for Stephen Colbert so I gave up. So let's call Toby Harrah the most famous Colbert.
2) Chico Walker
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| 1992 Donruss #439, Chico Walker |
Cleotha Staples, a female soul and gospel singer, is probably the most famous Cleotha. Chico was a good choice for Mr. Walker.
1) Ty Gainey
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| 1986 Donruss #31, Ty Gainey |
Tyler? Tyrus? Tyrone? Nope.
I couldn't find anyone else named Telmanch. Anyone. In fact, searching for that name brings up pretty much exclusively results of Ty Gainey, with the exception of what looked like a German site for one of the results. I typed in Telmanch in the German to English translator and struck out there, so this first name wins the uniqueness title in my book.
