Kid Nichols

Full Name: Charles Augustus Nichols Primary Position: P Height/Weight: 5' 10.5"/175 First Game: April 23, 1890 Birthdate: September 14, 1869 Final Game: May 18, 1906 Birthplace: Madison, Wisconsin MLB Experience: 15 years Died: April 11, 1953 Deathplace: Kansas City, Missouri Bat/Throw: Both/Right

Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1949

Biography

Born on September 14, 1869 in Madison, Wisconsin, Kid Nichols (Charles Augustus Nichols) played for the Boston Beaneaters, St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 15 year career. Nichols broke into the bigs on April 23, 1890 with the Boston Beaneaters, and put up a 2.23 ERA in 424 innings pitched in 1890, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Kid Nichols's best season was 1891, when he posted a 2.39 ERA, won 30 games and struck out 240 batters.

Statistics

Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1890	BOS	N	48	47	27	19	2.23	222	175	105	47	7	0	424	374	8	112	0	30	12
1891	BOS	N	52	48	30	17	2.39	240	219	113	45	5	3	425.1	413	15	103	0	16	17
1892	BOS	N	53	51	35	16	2.84	187	211	143	49	5	0	453	404	15	121	0	24	10
1893	BOS	N	52	44	34	14	3.52	94	222	166	43	1	1	425	426	15	118	0	5	16
1894	BOS	N	50	46	32	13	4.75	113	308	215	40	3	0	407	488	23	121	0	14	9
1895	BOS	N	47	42	26	16	3.41	140	219	144	42	1	3	379.2	417	15	86	0	11	5
1896	BOS	N	49	43	30	14	2.83	102	211	117	37	3	1	372.1	387	14	101	0	13	7
1897	BOS	N	46	40	31	11	2.64	127	152	108	37	2	3	368	362	9	68	0	6	5
1898	BOS	N	50	42	31	12	2.13	138	136	92	40	5	4	388	316	7	85	0	15	14
1899	BOS	N	42	37	21	19	2.99	108	155	114	37	4	1	343.1	326	11	82	0	8	6
1900	BOS	N	29	27	13	16	3.07	53	116	79	25	4	0	231.1	215	11	72	0	6	11
1901	BOS	N	38	34	19	16	3.22	143	146	115	33	4	0	321	306	8	90	0	8	10
1904	STL	N	36	35	21	13	2.02	134	97	71	35	3	1	317	268	3	50	0	3	5
1905	STL	N	7	7	1	5	5.40	16	47	31	5	0	0	51.2	64	1	18	0	4	0
1905	PHI	N	17	16	10	6	2.27	50	47	35	15	1	0	138.2	129	1	28	0	4	4
1905	TOT	N	24	23	11	11	3.12	66	94	66	20	1	0	190.1	193	2	46	0	8	4
1906	PHI	N	4	2	0	1	9.82	1	16	12	1	0	0	11	17	0	13	0	2	2
Total			620	561	361	208	2.95	1868	2477	1660	531	48	17	5056.1	4912	156	1268	0	169	133

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1890	BOS	N	P	48	0	0	14	85	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.884
1890	BOS	N	OF	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500
1891	BOS	N	P	52	0	0	30	100	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	.949
1892	BOS	N	P	53	0	0	25	88	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	.966
1892	BOS	N	OF	5	0	0	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.917
1893	BOS	N	OF	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333
1893	BOS	N	P	52	0	0	21	81	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	.953
1894	BOS	N	P	50	0	0	34	67	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	.935
1894	BOS	N	OF	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1895	BOS	N	P	47	0	0	29	73	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	.962
1895	BOS	N	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1896	BOS	N	OF	2	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.800
1896	BOS	N	P	49	0	0	19	92	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1897	BOS	N	P	46	0	0	29	62	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.968
1898	BOS	N	P	50	0	0	21	78	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.961
1898	BOS	N	1B	1	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.875
1899	BOS	N	P	42	0	0	25	71	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	.950
1900	BOS	N	P	29	0	0	19	48	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.985
1901	BOS	N	1B	5	0	0	31	2	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	.892
1901	BOS	N	P	38	0	0	27	69	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.960
1901	BOS	N	OF	7	0	0	15	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.889
1904	STL	N	P	36	0	0	13	84	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.951
1905	STL	N	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1905	STL	N	P	7	0	0	2	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.917
1905	PHI	N	P	17	0	0	3	23	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.867
1905	TOT	N	P	24	0	0	5	32	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.881
1906	PHI	N	P	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			1B	6	0	0	38	2	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	.889
Total			OF	20	0	0	33	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.829
Total			P	620	0	0	311	1031	67	34	0	0	0	0	0	.952

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1890	BOS	N	49	174	18	43	0	23	.247	.296	.287	5	1	11	36	1	0	2	0	0
1891	BOS	N	52	183	21	36	0	27	.197	.250	.230	6	0	12	31	1	0	1	0	0
1892	BOS	N	57	197	21	39	2	21	.198	.258	.279	6	2	16	52	0	0	3	0	0
1893	BOS	N	53	177	25	39	2	26	.220	.285	.294	3	2	15	22	1	0	4	0	0
1894	BOS	N	51	170	39	50	0	34	.294	.358	.382	11	2	16	24	1	2	1	0	0
1895	BOS	N	49	157	23	37	0	18	.236	.298	.280	3	2	14	28	0	1	0	0	0
1896	BOS	N	51	147	27	28	1	24	.190	.256	.272	3	3	12	18	1	9	2	0	0
1897	BOS	N	46	147	20	39	3	28	.265	.316	.361	5	0	7	0	4	2	4	0	0
1898	BOS	N	51	158	26	38	2	23	.241	.268	.335	3	3	4	0	2	3	0	0	0
1899	BOS	N	42	136	13	26	1	12	.191	.225	.235	3	0	6	0	0	2	1	0	0
1900	BOS	N	29	90	14	18	1	7	.200	.258	.233	0	0	7	0	0	2	1	0	0
1901	BOS	N	55	163	16	46	4	28	.282	.316	.491	8	7	8	0	0	4	0	0	0
1904	STL	N	36	109	7	17	0	5	.156	.214	.202	1	2	7	0	1	0	0	0	0
1905	STL	N	8	22	0	5	0	0	.227	.227	.227	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1905	PHI	N	17	53	3	10	0	2	.189	.218	.208	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1905	TOT	N	25	75	3	15	0	2	.200	.221	.213	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1906	PHI	N	4	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			650	2086	273	471	16	278	.226	.277	.300	58	24	137	211	12	25	19	0	0

Transactions

• Sold by Omaha (Western) to Boston Beaneaters for $3000 (September 29, 1889).
• Claimed on waivers by Philadelphia Phillies from St. Louis Cardinals (July 16, 1905).