Kid Nichols Stats

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.

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Kid Nichols



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Birth Name:   Charles Augustus Nichols
Nickname:   Kid
Born On:   09-14-1869  (Virgo)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Madison, Wisconsin
Year of Death Data Died On:   04-11-1953 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Kansas City, Missouri
Cemetery:   Mount Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri Click For Grave Photo
High School:   Queen Elizabeth High School (Surrey, Canada)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Both   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-10½   Player Weight Chart Weight:   175
First Game:   04-23-1890 (Age 20)
Last Game:   05-18-1906
Draft:   Not Applicable

Kid Nichols

Kid Nichols Pitching Stats

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 -
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 Nichols

Kid Nichols Hitting Stats

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
15 Years 649 2,086 273 471 58 24 16 1 278 137 0 211 25 0 12 - .226 .277 .300

Kid Nichols

Kid Nichols Fielding Stats

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
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 Nichols

Kid Nichols Miscellaneous Stats

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
15 Years 19 - - 0 0 n/a 130.4 9.9 7.5 1.47 3.32 2.26

Kid Nichols

Kid Nichols Miscellaneous Items of Interest

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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