Kid Nichols was born on Tuesday, September 14, 1869, in Madison, Wisconsin. Nichols was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 23, 1890, with the Boston Beaneaters. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Kid Nichols baseball stats page.
"I take pride in two things. My election to baseball's Hall of Fame and the fact I never was removed from a game for a relief hurler." - Kid Nichols
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Kid NicholsKid Nichols Pitching Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
1890 | 21 | Beaneaters | 48 | 47 | 1 | 27 | 19 | .587 | 2.23 | 47 | 7 | 0 | 424.0 | 1,744 | 374 | 105 | 175 | 8 | 112 | - | 222 | 30 | 12 | 0 | - |
1891 | 22 | Beaneaters | 52 | 48 | 4 | 30 | 17 | .638 | 2.39 | 45 | 5 | 3 | 425.1 | 1,806 | 413 | 113 | 219 | 15 | 103 | - | 240 | 16 | 17 | 0 | - |
1892 | 23 | Beaneaters | 53 | 51 | 1 | 35 | 16 | .686 | 2.84 | 49 | 5 | 0 | 453.0 | 1,877 | 404 | 143 | 211 | 15 | 121 | - | 187 | 24 | 10 | 0 | - |
1893 | 24 | Beaneaters | 52 | 44 | 7 | 34 | 14 | .708 | 3.52 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 425.0 | 1,774 | 426 | 166 | 222 | 15 | 118 | - | 94 | 5 | 16 | 1 | - |
1894 | 25 | Beaneaters | 50 | 46 | 4 | 32 | 13 | .711 | 4.75 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 407.0 | 1,843 | 488 | 215 | 308 | 23 | 121 | - | 113 | 14 | 9 | 0 | - |
1895 | 26 | Beaneaters | 47 | 42 | 5 | 26 | 16 | .619 | 3.41 | 42 | 1 | 3 | 379.2 | 1,657 | 417 | 144 | 219 | 15 | 86 | - | 140 | 11 | 5 | 0 | - |
1896 | 27 | Beaneaters | 49 | 43 | 6 | 30 | 14 | .682 | 2.83 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 372.1 | 1,604 | 387 | 117 | 211 | 14 | 101 | - | 102 | 13 | 7 | 0 | - |
1897 | 28 | Beaneaters | 46 | 40 | 6 | 31 | 11 | .738 | 2.64 | 37 | 2 | 3 | 368.0 | 1,516 | 362 | 108 | 152 | 9 | 68 | - | 127 | 6 | 5 | 0 | - |
1898 | 29 | Beaneaters | 50 | 42 | 8 | 31 | 12 | .721 | 2.13 | 40 | 5 | 4 | 388.0 | 1,572 | 316 | 92 | 136 | 7 | 85 | - | 138 | 15 | 14 | 0 | - |
1899 | 30 | Beaneaters | 42 | 37 | 5 | 21 | 19 | .525 | 2.99 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 343.1 | 1,404 | 326 | 114 | 155 | 11 | 82 | - | 108 | 8 | 6 | 0 | - |
1900 | 31 | Beaneaters | 29 | 27 | 2 | 13 | 16 | .448 | 3.07 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 231.1 | 962 | 215 | 79 | 116 | 11 | 72 | - | 53 | 6 | 11 | 0 | - |
1901 | 32 | Beaneaters | 38 | 34 | 4 | 19 | 16 | .543 | 3.22 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 321.0 | 1,350 | 306 | 115 | 146 | 8 | 90 | - | 143 | 8 | 10 | 0 | - |
1904 | 35 | Cardinals | 36 | 35 | 1 | 21 | 13 | .618 | 2.02 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 317.0 | 1,275 | 268 | 71 | 97 | 3 | 50 | - | 134 | 3 | 5 | 0 | - |
1905 | 36 | Cardinals | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .167 | 5.40 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 51.2 | 240 | 64 | 31 | 47 | 1 | 18 | - | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1905 | 36 | Phillies | 17 | 16 | 1 | 10 | 6 | .625 | 2.27 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 138.2 | 559 | 129 | 35 | 47 | 1 | 28 | - | 50 | 4 | 4 | 0 | - |
1906 | 37 | Phillies | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 9.82 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 60 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 13 | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - |
Career | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD | ||
15 Years | 620 | 561 | 56 | 361 | 208 | .634 | 2.95 | 531 | 48 | 17 | 5,056.1 | 21,243 | 4,912 | 1,660 | 2,477 | 156 | 1,268 | - | 1,868 | 169 | 133 | 1 | 0 |
Kid NicholsKid Nichols Hitting Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG |
1890 | 21 | Beaneaters | 49 | 174 | 18 | 43 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 11 | - | 36 | - | - | 1 | - | .247 | .296 | .287 |
1891 | 22 | Beaneaters | 52 | 183 | 21 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 12 | - | 31 | - | - | 1 | - | .197 | .250 | .230 |
1892 | 23 | Beaneaters | 57 | 197 | 21 | 39 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 16 | - | 52 | - | - | 0 | - | .198 | .258 | .279 |
1893 | 24 | Beaneaters | 53 | 177 | 25 | 39 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 15 | - | 22 | - | - | 1 | - | .220 | .285 | .294 |
1894 | 25 | Beaneaters | 51 | 170 | 39 | 50 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 16 | - | 24 | 2 | - | 1 | - | .294 | .358 | .382 |
1895 | 26 | Beaneaters | 48 | 157 | 23 | 37 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 14 | - | 28 | 1 | - | 0 | - | .236 | .298 | .280 |
1896 | 27 | Beaneaters | 51 | 147 | 27 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 12 | - | 18 | 9 | - | 1 | - | .190 | .256 | .272 |
1897 | 28 | Beaneaters | 46 | 147 | 20 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 7 | - | - | 2 | - | 4 | - | .265 | .316 | .361 |
1898 | 29 | Beaneaters | 51 | 158 | 26 | 38 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 4 | - | - | 3 | - | 2 | - | .241 | .268 | .335 |
1899 | 30 | Beaneaters | 42 | 136 | 13 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | - | - | 2 | - | 0 | - | .191 | .225 | .235 |
1900 | 31 | Beaneaters | 29 | 90 | 14 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | - | - | 2 | - | 0 | - | .200 | .258 | .233 |
1901 | 32 | Beaneaters | 55 | 163 | 16 | 46 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 8 | - | - | 4 | - | 0 | - | .282 | .316 | .491 |
1904 | 35 | Cardinals | 36 | 109 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | - | - | 0 | - | 1 | - | .156 | .214 | .202 |
1905 | 36 | Cardinals | 8 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | .227 | .227 | .227 |
1905 | 36 | Phillies | 17 | 53 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | .189 | .218 | .208 |
1906 | 37 | Phillies | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
15 Years | 649 | 2,086 | 273 | 471 | 58 | 24 | 16 | 1 | 278 | 137 | 0 | 211 | 25 | 0 | 12 | - | .226 | .277 | .300 |
Kid NicholsKid Nichols Fielding Stats |
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Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
1890 Beaneaters | P | 48 | 47 | 1,272 | 112 | 2.3 | 99 | 14 | 85 | 13 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .884 | 2.10 |
1890 Beaneaters | RF | 2 | - | - | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .500 | 0.00 |
1891 Beaneaters | P | 52 | 48 | 1,276 | 137 | 2.6 | 130 | 30 | 100 | 7 | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .949 | 2.75 |
1892 Beaneaters | LF | 5 | - | - | 12 | 2.4 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .917 | 0.00 |
1892 Beaneaters | P | 53 | 51 | 1,359 | 117 | 2.2 | 113 | 25 | 88 | 4 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .966 | 2.25 |
1893 Beaneaters | P | 52 | 44 | 1,275 | 107 | 2.1 | 102 | 21 | 81 | 5 | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .953 | 2.16 |
1893 Beaneaters | RF | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .333 | 0.00 |
1894 Beaneaters | LF | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 0.00 |
1894 Beaneaters | P | 50 | 46 | 1,221 | 108 | 2.2 | 101 | 34 | 67 | 7 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .935 | 2.23 |
1895 Beaneaters | LF | 1 | - | - | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
1895 Beaneaters | P | 47 | 42 | 1,139 | 106 | 2.3 | 102 | 29 | 73 | 4 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .962 | 2.42 |
1896 Beaneaters | P | 49 | 43 | 1,117 | 111 | 2.3 | 111 | 19 | 92 | 0 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.68 |
1896 Beaneaters | RF | 2 | - | - | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .800 | 0.00 |
1897 Beaneaters | P | 46 | 40 | 1,104 | 94 | 2.0 | 91 | 29 | 62 | 3 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .968 | 2.23 |
1898 Beaneaters | 1B | 1 | - | - | 8 | 8.0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .875 | 0.00 |
1898 Beaneaters | P | 50 | 42 | 1,164 | 103 | 2.1 | 99 | 21 | 78 | 4 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .961 | 2.30 |
1899 Beaneaters | P | 42 | 37 | 1,030 | 101 | 2.4 | 96 | 25 | 71 | 5 | 5 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .950 | 2.52 |
1900 Beaneaters | P | 29 | 27 | 694 | 68 | 2.3 | 67 | 19 | 48 | 1 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .985 | 2.61 |
1901 Beaneaters | 1B | 5 | - | - | 37 | 7.4 | 33 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .892 | 0.00 |
1901 Beaneaters | OF | 7 | - | - | 18 | 2.6 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .889 | 0.00 |
1901 Beaneaters | P | 38 | 34 | 963 | 100 | 2.6 | 96 | 27 | 69 | 4 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .960 | 2.69 |
1904 Cardinals | P | 36 | 35 | 951 | 102 | 2.8 | 97 | 13 | 84 | 5 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .951 | 2.75 |
1905 Cardinals | CF | 1 | - | - | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
1905 Cardinals | P | 7 | 7 | 155 | 12 | 1.7 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .917 | 1.92 |
1905 Phillies | P | 17 | 16 | 416 | 30 | 1.8 | 26 | 3 | 23 | 4 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .867 | 1.69 |
1906 Phillies | P | 4 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 0.82 |
Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
P Totals | 620 | 561 | 15,169 | 1,409 | 2.3 | 1,342 | 311 | 1,031 | 67 | 34 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .952 | 2.39 | |
LF Totals | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1.9 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .923 | 0.00 | |
OF Totals | 7 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2.6 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .889 | 0.00 | |
1B Totals | 6 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 7.5 | 40 | 38 | 2 | 5 | 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .889 | 0.00 | |
RF Totals | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2.0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .600 | 0.00 | |
CF Totals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 | |
15 Years | 646 | 561 | 15,169 | 1,495 | 2.3 | 1,416 | 382 | 1,034 | 79 | 37 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .947 | 2.52 |
Kid NicholsKid Nichols Miscellaneous Stats |
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Baserunning Statistics | Other Positions | Common Hitting Ratios | Common Pitching Ratios | |||||||||
Team | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
1890 Beaneaters | 2 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 4.8 | 7.6 | 1.98 | 4.71 | 2.38 |
1891 Beaneaters | 1 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 5.9 | 6.8 | 2.33 | 5.08 | 2.18 |
1892 Beaneaters | 3 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 98.5 | 3.8 | 9.4 | 1.55 | 3.72 | 2.40 |
1893 Beaneaters | 4 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 88.5 | 8.0 | 6.8 | 0.80 | 1.99 | 2.50 |
1894 Beaneaters | 1 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 7.1 | 5.0 | 0.93 | 2.50 | 2.68 |
1895 Beaneaters | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 5.6 | 8.7 | 1.63 | 3.32 | 2.04 |
1896 Beaneaters | 2 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 147.0 | 8.2 | 6.1 | 1.01 | 2.47 | 2.44 |
1897 Beaneaters | 4 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 49.0 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 1.87 | 3.11 | 1.66 |
1898 Beaneaters | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 79.0 | 0.0 | 6.9 | 1.62 | 3.20 | 1.97 |
1899 Beaneaters | 1 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 136.0 | 0.0 | 11.3 | 1.32 | 2.83 | 2.15 |
1900 Beaneaters | 1 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 90.0 | 0.0 | 12.9 | 0.74 | 2.06 | 2.80 |
1901 Beaneaters | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 40.8 | 0.0 | 5.8 | 1.59 | 4.01 | 2.52 |
1904 Cardinals | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 | 21.8 | 2.68 | 3.80 | 1.42 |
1905 Cardinals | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.89 | 2.79 | 3.14 |
1905 Phillies | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 | 26.5 | 1.79 | 3.25 | 1.82 |
1906 Phillies | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.08 | 0.82 | 10.64 |
Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
15 Years | 19 | - | - | 0 | 0 | n/a | 130.4 | 9.9 | 7.5 | 1.47 | 3.32 | 2.26 |
Kid NicholsKid Nichols Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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Team | Roster | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
1890 Boston Beaneaters | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | n/a |
1891 Boston Beaneaters | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | n/a |
1892 Boston Beaneaters | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | n/a |
1893 Boston Beaneaters | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | n/a |
1894 Boston Beaneaters | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | n/a |
1895 Boston Beaneaters | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | n/a |
1896 Boston Beaneaters | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | n/a |
1897 Boston Beaneaters | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | n/a |
1898 Boston Beaneaters | n/a | $2,400.00 | n/a | n/a |
1899 Boston Beaneaters | n/a | $2,400.00 | n/a | n/a |
1900 Boston Beaneaters | n/a | $2,400.00 | n/a | n/a |
1901 Boston Beaneaters | n/a | $2,700.00 | n/a | n/a |
1904 St. Louis Cardinals | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | n/a |
1905 St. Louis Cardinals | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
1905 Philadelphia Phillies | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
1906 Philadelphia Phillies | n/a | Undetermined | n/a | - |
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