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Kid Nichols

Birthdate:

9/14/1869

Died:

4/11/1953

Height / Weight:

' " / 175 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Madison, WI, USA

Bats / Throws:

B / R

Baseball Historian Biography

Baseball player, Kid Nichols, St. Louis Cardinals pitcher, warming up, throwing a ball prior to game against Chicago Cubs 1905 Photo SUMMARY
Full-length portrait of Kid Nichols, baseball player, pitcher, National League St. Louis Cardinals, throwing a ball, warming up on the field at West Side Grounds, which was located between West Polk Street, South Wolcott Avenue (formerly Lincoln Street), West Taylor Street, and South Wood Street, in the Near West Side community area of Chicago, Illinois. SDN-003412, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society.

Hall of Famer, Charles 'Kid' Nichols pitched the Boston Beaneaters (Braves) to pennants in 1897-1898. Kid Nichols was a workhorse and in his first five seasons pitched 424, 423, 454, 414 and 417 innings. He started 50 games or more in five different years. Nichols won 30 games or more games four years in-a-row and in his sixteen year career he won 30 or more seven times. In 11 different seasons he won over 20 games. 'Kid' Nichols won 361 games and lost only 208, a .634 pct., he started 620 games and completed 531. baseballhistorian.com

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
1890	BSN (NL)	48	47	27	19	0	47	7	424.0	374	175	105	8	112	0	222	30	12	0	2.23
1891	BSN (NL)	52	48	30	17	3	45	5	425.1	413	219	113	15	103	0	240	16	17	0	2.39
1892	BSN (NL)	53	51	35	16	0	49	5	453.0	404	211	143	15	121	0	187	24	10	0	2.84
1893	BSN (NL)	52	44	34	14	1	43	1	425.0	426	222	166	15	118	0	94	5	16	1	3.52
1894	BSN (NL)	50	46	32	13	0	40	3	407.0	488	308	215	23	121	0	113	14	9	0	4.75
1895	BSN (NL)	47	42	26	16	3	42	1	379.2	417	219	144	15	86	0	140	11	5	0	3.41
1896	BSN (NL)	49	43	30	14	1	37	3	372.1	387	211	117	14	101	0	102	13	7	0	2.83
1897	BSN (NL)	46	40	31	11	3	37	2	368.0	362	152	108	9	68	0	127	6	5	0	2.64
1898	BSN (NL)	50	42	31	12	4	40	5	388.0	316	136	92	7	85	0	138	15	14	0	2.13
1899	BSN (NL)	42	37	21	19	1	37	4	343.1	326	155	114	11	82	0	108	8	6	0	2.99
1900	BSN (NL)	29	27	13	16	0	25	4	231.1	215	116	79	11	72	0	53	6	11	0	3.07
1901	BSN (NL)	38	34	19	16	0	33	4	321.0	306	146	115	8	90	0	143	8	10	0	3.22
1904	STL (NL)	36	35	21	13	1	35	3	317.0	268	97	71	3	50	0	134	3	5	0	2.02
1905	STL (NL)	7	7	1	5	0	5	0	51.2	64	47	31	1	18	0	16	4	0	0	5.40
1905	PHI (NL)	17	16	10	6	0	15	1	138.2	129	47	35	1	28	0	50	4	4	0	2.27
1906	PHI (NL)	4	2	0	1	0	1	0	11.0	17	16	12	0	13	0	1	2	2	0	9.82
16 years		620	561	361	208	17	531	48	5056.1	4912	2477	1660	156	1268	0	1868	169	133	1	2.95

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1890	BSN (NL)	49	174	18	43	5	1	0	23	11	36	2	0	0	1	0	0	.247	.296	SLG
1891	BSN (NL)	52	183	21	36	6	0	0	27	12	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.197	.250	SLG
1892	BSN (NL)	57	197	21	39	6	2	2	21	16	52	3	0	0	0	0	0	.198	.258	SLG
1893	BSN (NL)	53	177	25	39	3	2	2	26	15	22	4	0	0	1	0	0	.220	.285	SLG
1894	BSN (NL)	51	170	39	50	11	2	0	34	16	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	.294	.358	SLG
1895	BSN (NL)	48	157	23	37	3	2	0	18	14	28	0	0	0	0	1	0	.236	.298	SLG
1896	BSN (NL)	51	147	27	28	3	3	1	24	12	18	2	0	0	1	9	0	.190	.256	SLG
1897	BSN (NL)	46	147	20	39	5	0	3	28	7	0	4	0	0	4	2	0	.265	.316	SLG
1898	BSN (NL)	51	158	26	38	3	3	2	23	4	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	.241	.268	SLG
1899	BSN (NL)	42	136	13	26	3	0	1	12	6	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	.191	.225	SLG
1900	BSN (NL)	29	90	14	18	0	0	1	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	.200	.258	SLG
1901	BSN (NL)	55	163	16	46	8	7	4	28	8	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	.282	.316	SLG
1904	STL (NL)	36	109	7	17	1	2	0	5	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.156	.214	SLG
1905	PHI (NL)	17	53	3	10	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.218	SLG
1905	STL (NL)	8	22	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.227	SLG
1906	PHI (NL)	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
16 years		649	2086	273	471	58	24	16	278	137	211	19	0	0	12	23	0	.226	.277	.SLG

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