Players with name changes

MrMet · Jan 22, 2014

I saw I had a Leo Nunez auto/GU card, so I was considering turning it into a small PC of players who have changed their names. So far I could only come up with a few, anyone know of anyone else?

Leo Nunez - Juan Carlos Oviedo
Fausto Carmona - Roberto Hernandez
Mike Stanton - Giancarlo Stanton
Joey Belle - Albert Belle
David Arias - David Ortiz
Jairo Garcia - Santiago Casilla
Eny Cabreja - Wandy Rodriguez
Harry Rasmussen - Eric Rasmussen

Anyone else?

carlitoson · Jan 22, 2014

If you're talking about their name on cards, you can include David Ortiz.

AmishDave · Jan 22, 2014

carlitoson said:
If you're talking about their name on cards, you can include David Ortiz.

David Arias - David Ortiz

mrmopar · Jan 22, 2014

I believe Ian Snell was called something else before. I have a sticker auto of his..it was something like Luis Oquendo if i remember correctly.

tribefan26 · Jan 22, 2014

Jairo Garcia is now Santiago Casilla

Lancemountain · Jan 22, 2014

Bryce Harper is now God

Lars · Jan 22, 2014

Johan Santana - Ervin Santana

SteelBrad · Jan 22, 2014

mrmopar said:
I believe Ian Snell was called something else before. I have a sticker auto of his..it was something like Luis Oquendo if i remember correctly.

Ian Oquendo. Believe it or not for a short time he took his wife's last name (Oquendo).

Will Style 13 · Jan 22, 2014

Topps once decided Roberto Clemente was Bob Clemente and Benito Santiago was Benny Santiago.

RStadlerASU22 · Jan 22, 2014

Will Style 13 said:
Topps once decided Roberto Clemente was Bob Clemente and Benito Santiago was Benny Santiago.

Supposedly the oddball issue Tara Plaques , has year variations that are deciphered by Benny one year , Benito the other. (Also supposed to tell if Ron Darling is listed on the Mets or not) But I have never found the Will Clark w a variation back

Ryan

KLARNOLD · Jan 22, 2014

Bill Ripken = F**K FACE

mrmopar · Jan 22, 2014

There were players with both of those names playing around the same time.

Lars said:
Johan Santana - Ervin Santana

mrmopar · Jan 22, 2014

From baseball-reference bullpen:

Snell's father left him at a young age and he changed his name from Ian Oquendo (his father's last name) to Snell, his mother's name. Snell only spoke to his birth father once (as of June 2009) and that was via telephone.

Snell, who was married to Angelica Davila, became close to her father, Juan Davila, who became his father figure. Snell applied to play for Puerto Rico in the 2009 World Baseball Classic because of his father-son relationship with Puerto Rican national Juan Davila. His uniform for the Puerto Rican national team read Davila Snell.

SteelBrad said:
Ian Oquendo. Believe it or not for a short time he took his wife's last name (Oquendo).

gojacks63 · Jan 22, 2014

Chad Johnson to Chad Ochocinco.

gmarutiak · Jan 22, 2014

This should help: http://www.baseball-reference.com/friv/baseball-player-name-notes.shtml

smapdi · Jan 23, 2014

There was a guy in the late 90s I think who was Edgar Vazquez or something. But he was related to Roberto Clemente so he changed it to Edgar Clemente. Something like that, someone else probably remembers.

Roberto Kelly => Bobby Kelly

Chad Johnson => Ochocinco => Chad Johnson

DaClyde · Jan 23, 2014

RStadlerASU22 said:
Supposedly the oddball issue Tara Plaques , has year variations that are deciphered by Benny one year , Benito the other. (Also supposed to tell if Ron Darling is listed on the Mets or not) But I have never found the Will Clark w a variation back

Ryan

Last years on-going discussion of the Tara Plaques failed to turn up a single variation back with/without Darling. I think everyone was leaning toward there only being a single issue.

If this is going to involve nicknames vs given names used on cards, this list could get very long (Rock Raines, Doc Gooden, Choo Choo Coleman, Cito Gaston, Boomer Wells, Sparky Anderson, Catfish Hunter, etc.).

Dazed · Jan 23, 2014

gmarutiak said:
This should help: http://www.baseball-reference.com/friv/baseball-player-name-notes.shtml

Bunny Brief = Anthony John Grzeszkowski

He must have been hiding from the law or something.

DeliciousBacon · Jan 23, 2014

Eny Cabreja --> Wandy Rodriguez
Harry Rasmussen --> Eric Rasmussen

MrMet · Jan 23, 2014

Wow this is getting more complicated than I thought, haha

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