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Lefty is a nickname for a person who is left-handed. Lefty may refer to: * Lefty Bates (1920–2007), American Chicago blues guitarist * Lefty Bertrand (1909–2002), Major League Baseball pitcher for one game *
Steve Carlton Steven Norman Carlton (born December 22, 1944) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a left-handed pitcher for six different teams from 1965 to 1988, most notably as a member of the Philadelphi ...
(born 1944), American Major League Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher * Cliff Chambers (1922–2012), American Major League Baseball pitcher *
Lefty Clarke Alan "Lefty" Thomas Clarke (March 8, 1896 – March 11, 1975) was an American professional baseball player who played one game for the Cincinnati Reds The Cincinnati Reds are an American professional baseball team based in Cincinnati. T ...
(1896–1975), Major League Baseball pitcher for one game * Lefty Driesell (born 1931), American college basketball coach * Lefty Frizzell (1928–1975), American country music singer and songwriter * Lefty Gomez (1908–1989), Mexican-American Major League Baseball pitcher * Lefty Grove (1900–1975), American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher *
Lefty Herring Silas Clarke "Lefty" Herring (March 4, 1880 – February 11, 1965) was a first baseman in Major League Baseball. He played for the National League (baseball), National League's Washington Senators (1891–1899), Washington Senators and American L ...
(1880–1965), American Major League Baseball player * Lefty Kreh (1925-2018), fly fisherman and photographer * Frank Killen (1870–1939), American baseball pitcher * Lefty Leifield (1883–1970), American Major League Baseball pitcher *
Lefty Marr Charles W. "Lefty" Marr (September 19, 1862 in Cincinnati – January 11, 1912 in New Britain, Connecticut) was a professional baseball player who played outfield and third base in the Major Leagues from 1886 to 1891. He would play for the C ...
(1862–1912), American Major League Baseball player * Lefty O'Doul (1897–1969), American Major League Baseball player and minor league manager * Phil Mickelson (born 1970), American professional golfer * Lefty Phillips (1919–1972), American Major League Baseball coach, manager, scout and executive * Frank Rosenthal (1929–2008), American sports handicapper, Las Vegas casino executive, bookmaker and organized crime associate * Lefty Ruggiero (1926–1994), American mobster * Lefty Stewart (1900–1974), American Major League Baseball pitcher * Lew Tendler (1898–1970), American Hall-of-Fame boxer *
Lefty Tyler George Albert "Lefty" Tyler (December 14, 1889 – September 29, 1953) was a professional baseball pitcher from 1910 to 1921. From 1910 to 1917, Tyler played with the Boston Doves/Braves. He performed well, having an earned run average (ERA) u ...
(1889–1953), American Major League Baseball pitcher * Lefty Weinert (1900–1973), American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher *
Lefty Wilkie Aldon Jay "Lefty" Wilkie (October 30, 1914 – August 5, 1992) was a Canadian-born professional baseball player. The native of Zealandia, Saskatchewan, was a left-handed pitcher who worked in 68 games pitched, 12 as a starter, in the Major ...
(1914–1992), Canadian Major League Baseball pitcher * Lefty Williams (1893–1959), American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher involved in the Black Sox scandal *an on-air name for American disc jockey
Captain Mikey Marion Elbridge Herrington (July 18, 1935 – November 16, 1997) (also known as Mikel Hunter Herrington), best known as Captain Mikey (and also known by the air names ''Mikel Hunter'', ''Motorcycle Mikel'', ''Lefty'', ''Hot Rocks Hunter'', an ...
, born Marion Elbridge Herrington (1935–1997)


See also

* Gaius Mucius Scaevola, a brave Roman, possibly mythical, youth who earned the cognomen ''Scaevola'', meaning left-handed {{nickname Lists of people by nickname