The results are in.

At 12:Am last night, the voting machine turned itself off and began processing the dozens upon dozens upon dozens of votes that poured in over the last 10 months.

Back in October, we here at The Zany Zany World asked you to tell us who you think has the weirdest name in the history of baseball.

You chose Buttercup Dickerson.

Buttercup was born October 11th, 1858 in Tyaskin, Maryland. He played seven seasons in the major leagues on eight different teams.

Cincinnati Reds 1878-1879
Troy Trojans 1880 (start)
Worcester Ruby Legs 1880 (end) - 1881
Pittsburg Alleghenys 1883
St. Louis Maroons 1884 (start)
Baltimore Orioles 1884 (middle)
Louisville Eclipse 1884 (end)
Buffalo Bisons 1885

I’ve only heard of two of those teams. But the Buffalo Bisons is pretty funny. That’s like naming a team the Yellowknife Bluespoons.

At any rate, his production hit a peak in 1884 while playing for the St. Louis Maroons.

Tragically, Buttercup died in Baltimore on July 23rd, 1920. While I could find no reference to how he died, I speculate that his brain spontaneously melted because his name is so awesome.

In 1979, Buttercup was enshrined in the National Italian American Sport Hall of Fame. I suppose that means Buttercup Dickerson was Italian. Weird.

So there you have it.

The ZZW would like to thank everyone who participated in the vote. Just so you know, Pussy Tebeau came in second place in the voting, followed by a fourway tie for third.

We personally felt that Dick Burns should have won, but hey, what can you do?

-RD