Kid Nichols stats

Last played for the Philadelphia Phillies, 1906

Pitcher

Age 157

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Kid Nichols played 15 MLB seasons, 1890 to 1906.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
620
W
361
L
208
ERA
2.95
IP
5,056.1
K
1,868
BB
1,268
WHIP
1.22
Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.
1890ATL4827192.23424.02221121.15
1891ATL5230172.39425.12401031.21
1892ATL5335162.84453.01871211.16
1893ATL5234143.52425.0941181.28
1894ATL5032134.75407.01131211.50
1895ATL4726163.41379.2140861.32
1896ATL4930142.83372.11021011.31
1897ATL4631112.64368.0127681.17
1898ATL5031122.13388.0138851.03
1899ATL4221192.99343.1108821.19
1900ATL2913163.07231.153721.24
1901ATL3819163.22321.0143901.23
1904STL3621132.02317.0134501.00
1905STL/PHI2411113.12190.166461.26
1906PHI4019.8211.01132.73

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP

Career Postseason

GP
2
W
2
L
0
ERA
1.00
IP
18.0
K
13
BB
4
WHIP
1.17

Expanded

Career regular season

QS
0
CG
531
SHO
48
K/9
3.3
GB
0
FB
0
G/F
0.00
WP
0
Expanded by season
QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs.CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last.SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed.K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched.GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher.FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher.G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher.WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop.
1890ATL04774.70000
1891ATL04555.10000
1892ATL04953.70000
1893ATL04312.00000
1894ATL04032.50000
1895ATL04213.30000
1896ATL03732.50000
1897ATL03723.10000
1898ATL04053.20000
1899ATL03742.80000
1900ATL02542.10000
1901ATL03344.00000
1904STL03533.80000
1905STL/PHI02013.10000
1906PHI0100.80000

What the columns mean: QS · CG · SHO · K/9 · G/F · WP

Bio

Age
157 yearsSep 14, 1869
Debut
1890

What were Kid Nichols's career stats?

Kid Nichols played 15 seasons for the Braves, the Cardinals and the Phillies. He had 361 wins and 1,868 strikeouts with a 2.95 ERA over 5,056.1 innings. His best season was 1892: 35 wins, a 2.84 ERA and 187 strikeouts.

League leaderboards and awards

15 seasons, 1 postseason, 1890 to 1906

Kid Nichols sits top 10 all time in wins (pitching).

All-time career rank

  • 117th in strikeouts (pitching) (1,868)
  • 6th in wins (pitching) (361)

Among the 9,244 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

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