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2007-02-19 14:31
by Bob Timmermann

In honor of President's Day (it seems that the singular form has caught on as the official spelling), here is one man's opinion of the best player whose name matches that of a president. I first look for someone with the same last name. If there are no players with last name, I will look for someone with the name as a first or middle name.

  1. Claudell Washington
  2. Babe Adams
  3. Jesse Jefferson
  4. Dave Madison
  5. Craig Monroe
  6. John Quincy Adams Strick
  7. Reggie Jackson
  8. Jermaine Van Buren
  9. Rit Harrison (makes sense in this spot)
  10. Lefty Tyler
  11. Wesley Polk Chamberlain
  12. Ben Taylor
  13. Millard "Dixie" Howell
  14. Billy Pierce
  15. Brian Buchanan
  16. Mike Lincoln
  17. Walter Johnson
  18. Frank Grant
  19. Von Hayes (Who better to represent "Eight to Seven" than "Five for One?"
  20. Bill Garfield
  21. Chester Arthur Emerson
  22. Reggie Cleveland
  23. Roric Harrison
  24. Reggie Cleveland
  25. William McKinley "Max" Venable
  26. Theodore Roosevelt Lilly
  27. Taft "Taffy" Wright
  28. Hack Wilson
  29. Charlie Harding
  30. Calvin Coolidge Julius Caesar Tuskahoma McLish
  31. Buster Hoover
  32. Franklin Delano Roosevelt "Ted" Wieand
  33. Truman Eugene "Tex" Clevenger
  34. Ike Boone
  35. Terry Kennedy
  36. Judy Johnson
  37. Otis Nixon
  38. Whitey Ford
  39. Gary Carter
  40. Douglas Reagan Ault
  41. Donie Bush
  42. Lou Clinton
  43. Guy Bush

Waiting in the wings:
Tony Guiliani Tom Dodd

A McCain or Obama presidency would be the worst thing to happen to this list since Eisenhower was elected!

Comments
2007-02-19 14:35:59
1.   dianagramr
nicely executed (uh ... I mean .... nicely done)
2007-02-19 15:02:35
2.   StolenMonkey86
so Otis beats Trot?
2007-02-19 15:08:00
3.   Bob Timmermann
Otis's skill set more closely matches Richard's.
2007-02-19 15:23:12
4.   Gen3Blue
If 3: then my only substitution----42 Bill Bushner (Sorry Buck, you don't deserve any of it, especially this).
2007-02-19 16:26:19
5.   doppelganger
I first look for someone with the same last name.

I think you should make an exception for Grover Cleveland Alexander.

2007-02-19 16:55:27
6.   Greg Brock
Very Cool, Bob.
2007-02-19 17:13:08
7.   Elliot
Barrack Obama gets called "Barry" a fair bit, so that should be helpful.

For the other, McCain MacBride? It's cheating, but it's the closest I can think of.

2007-02-19 17:20:53
8.   Bob Timmermann
If John Edwards is the next president, we would get the first president whose first and last name match up to a former big leaguer. The same would happen with Bill Richardson.

Mitt Romney would be the first president named after a piece of equipment.

We will forget the nightmare that is Tom Vilsack or Dennis Kucinich.

2007-02-19 17:27:00
9.   Peter
What about Herbert Hoover?
2007-02-19 17:41:19
10.   Claire Malone-Evans
Buster Hoover... I like Ike Boone but Dwight Evans will win you more games.Most awesome post!!
2007-02-19 17:42:48
11.   Bob Timmermann
Thanks, Buster's line got lost when I first put it up.

I should have noticed the Bushes having the wrong numbers!

2007-02-19 18:04:30
12.   Vishal
my favorite of those is otis nixon. though calvin coolidge julius caesar tuskahoma mclish might be the best name i've ever heard. ever.
2007-02-19 23:16:30
13.   Jose Habib
What about Reggie Jefferson? Lifetime .300 hitter over 9 seasons!
Much better than Jesse Jefferson: 39-81, 4.81 ERA.
2007-02-20 00:38:43
14.   Bob Timmermann
Jesse Jefferson was the first Jefferson. And it wasn't his fault that he was stuck on those early Blue Jays teams.
2007-02-20 13:56:44
15.   Jacob L
Wasn't the 7th President sometimes referred to as "Shoeless" Andrew?
2007-02-20 15:42:12
16.   Bob Timmermann
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No one has pointed out here that there have been TWO John Kennedys.

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