Kid Nichols

Positions: Starting Pitcher, Leftfielder and Rightfielder

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

5-10, 175lb (178cm, 79kg)

Born: September 14, 1869 in Madison, WI us

Died: April 11, 1953 in Kansas City, MO

Buried: Mount Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, MO

Last Game: May 18, 1906 (Age 36-246d)
vs. CHC 0.1 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 2 BB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1949. (Voted by Old Timers Committee)
View Kid Nichols's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1890 season

Full Name: Charles Augustus Nichols

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

116.3

362

208

ERA

2.96

621

562

5067.1

1881

WHIP

1.224

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1887	17	-5.8	Kansas City	WL	N/A		18	12	.600	3.37	7.18	33	30		30	1		269.2	382	215	101		39		65	12		12		1.561	12.7		1.3	2.2	1.67
1888	18	-5.4	Kansas City	WA	A		16	2	.889	1.14	3.64	18	18		18	4		158.1	124	64	20		20		89	11		6		0.909	7.0		1.1	5.1	4.45
1888	18	-7.0	Memphis	SOUL	N/A		11	8	.579	2.28	4.68	19	18		18	0		154.0	153	80	39		14		84	3		2		1.084	8.9		0.8	4.9	6.00
1889	19	-3.2	Omaha	WA	N/A		39	8	.830	1.75	3.74	49	47		47	8		438.0	345	182	85		95		368	19		10		1.005	7.1		2.0	7.6	3.87
1890	20	-4.2	BSN	NL	Maj	BSN	27	19	.587	2.23	3.71	48	47	1	47	7	0	424.0	374	175	105	8	112		222	11	0	30	1755	1.146	7.9	0.2	2.4	4.7	1.98
1891	21	-4.8	BSN	NL	Maj	BSN	30	17	.638	2.39	4.63	52	48	4	45	5	3	425.1	413	219	113	15	103		240	17	0	16	1805	1.213	8.7	0.3	2.2	5.1	2.33
1892	22	-3.3	BSN	NL	Maj	BSN	35	16	.686	2.84	4.19	53	51	1	49	5	0	453.0	404	211	143	15	121		192	10	0	24	1893	1.159	8.0	0.3	2.4	3.8	1.59
1893	23	-2.2	BSN	NL	Maj	BSN	34	14	.708	3.52	4.70	52	44	7	43	1	1	425.0	426	222	166	15	118		94	15	1	5	1817	1.280	9.0	0.3	2.5	2.0	0.80
1894	24	-1.3	BSN	NL	Maj	BSN	32	13	.711	4.75	6.81	50	46	4	40	3	0	407.0	488	308	215	23	121		113	9	0	14	1790	1.496	10.8	0.5	2.7	2.5	0.93
1895	25	-0.4	BSN	NL	Maj	BSN	27	16	.628	3.41	5.11	48	43	5	43	1	2	390.2	434	222	148	15	90		148	5	0	11	1661	1.341	10.0	0.3	2.1	3.4	1.64
1896	26	0.2	BSN	NL	Maj	BSN	30	14	.682	2.83	5.10	49	43	6	37	3	1	372.1	387	211	117	14	101		102	7	0	13	1564	1.311	9.4	0.3	2.4	2.5	1.01
1897	27	1.5	BSN	NL	Maj	BSN	31	11	.738	2.64	3.72	46	40	6	37	2	3	368.0	362	152	108	9	68		127	3	0	6	1490	1.168	8.9	0.2	1.7	3.1	1.87
1898	28	2.2	BSN	NL	Maj	BSN	31	12	.721	2.13	3.15	50	42	8	40	5	4	388.0	316	136	92	7	85		138	14	0	15	1528	1.034	7.3	0.2	2.0	3.2	1.62
1899	29	2.7	BSN	NL	Maj	BSN	21	19	.525	2.99	4.06	42	37	5	37	4	1	343.1	326	155	114	11	82		108	6	0	8	1391	1.188	8.5	0.3	2.1	2.8	1.32
1900	30	2.9	BSN	NL	Maj	BSN	13	16	.448	3.07	4.51	29	27	2	25	4	0	231.1	215	116	79	11	72		53	11	0	6	957	1.241	8.4	0.4	2.8	2.1	0.74
1901	31	4.9	BSN	NL	Maj	BSN	19	16	.543	3.22	4.09	38	34	4	33	4	0	321.0	306	146	115	8	90		143	10	0	8	1326	1.234	8.6	0.2	2.5	4.0	1.59
1902	32	5.2	Kansas City	WL	A		26	7	.788	1.82	3.16	35	33					301.2	245	106	61		80							1.077	7.3		2.4
1903	33	6.0	Kansas City	WL	A		21	12	.636	2.51	3.67	34	33					294.1	268	120	82		71							1.152	8.2		2.2
1904	34	6.3	STL	NL	Maj	STL	21	13	.618	2.02	2.75	36	35	1	35	3	1	317.0	268	97	71	3	50		134	5	0	3	1281	1.003	7.6	0.1	1.4	3.8	2.68
1905	35		2 Teams	NL	Maj	PHI-STL	11	11	.500	3.12	4.44	24	23	1	20	1	0	190.1	193	94	66	2	46		66	4	0	8	782	1.256	9.1	0.1	2.2	3.1	1.43
1905	35	7.3	STL	NL	Maj	STL	1	5	.167	5.40	8.19	7	7	0	5	0	0	51.2	64	47	31	1	18		16	0	0	4	234	1.587	11.1	0.2	3.1	2.8	0.89
1905	35	7.3	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	10	6	.625	2.27	3.05	17	16	1	15	1	0	138.2	129	47	35	1	28		50	4	0	4	548	1.132	8.4	0.1	1.8	3.2	1.79
1906	36	8.4	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	0	1	.000	9.82	13.09	4	2	1	1	0	0	11.0	17	16	12	0	13		1	2	0	2	59	2.727	13.9	0.0	10.6	0.8	0.08

1908	38		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-D		11	7				35
1908	38		Pueblo	WL	A		11	7	.611
1908	38	11.8	Oshkosh	WIIL	D							35
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (15 seasons)					Majors		362	208	.635	2.96	4.40	621	562	56	532	48	16	5067.1	4929	2480	1664	156	1272		1881	129	1	169	21099	1.224	8.8	0.3	2.3	3.3	1.48
Minors (4 seasons)					Minors		74	28				122	84		18	4		754.1	637	290	163		171		89	11		6
Other (3 seasons)					Other		68	28	.708	2.35	4.98	101	95		95	9		861.2	880	477	225		148		517	34		24		1.193	9.2		1.5	5.4	3.49
All Levels (21 Seasons)							504	264				844	741	56	645	61	16	6683.1	6446	3247	2052	156	1591		2487	174	1	199	21099

A (4 seasons)					Minors		74	28	.725			87	84		18	4		754.1	637	290	163		171		89	11		6
D (1 season)					Minors							35