Even 'Big' is used with a moderate amount of creativity. Frank 'The Big Hurt' Thomas, Mark 'Big Mac' McGwire. Randy 'The Big Unit' Johnson. Juan Gonzalez is Juan Gone. Which takes us to other sports.
Tiger is of course the millennium's archetypal handle.
Craig Stadler called his autobiography 'I am the Walrus'. Then there is Greg 'Snake' Chalmers. In non-animal areas we shouldn't forget DL 3 or The Thin Man. Predictably, Europe has responded with Woosie, Sandy, Sevvy, Ollie and Monty. But it's baseball players that have always inspired the most resonant nicknames.