The Best Name Ever

 

    This man, who played a 12-year career spanning from 1913-1930 had the greatest name ever, better than Ducky Medwick or Goose Goslin. His name was Bubbles Hargrave and he was the brother of fellow catcher Pinky Hargrave. Bubbles was nicknamed such because he stuttered his 'B' sounds.

    Eugene Franklin, or Bubbles Hargrave started his career in 1913 and hit 1/3 with the Cubs. The catcher played three seasons with the Cubs, in which he only had 58 at-bats and hit .207. He then moved to the Reds six years later, where he played 8 years, and hit .314 in 2367 at-bats, and even won a batting title, hitting .353 in 1926 and finishing sixth in MVP voting. He also led the league in hit by pitch in 1923 with 12. And after a solid 1928 (with only190 at-bats), he called it quits.

    However, in 1930, at the age of 37, Bubble Buddy came back for a last hurrah to play for the Yankees. You know, he was teammates with Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Tony Lazzeri, Waite Hoyt, and the rest of the team (obviously). He had a grand total 108 at-bats, due in part to him playing second banana to a nobody named Bill Dickey, and hit .261 with a .357 OBP. Then he quit for good.

    In the end, Bubbles had a career slash line of .310/.372/.452. He racked up 786 hits and 29 home runs. He had a decent career considering he only played 100 games three times in his career.