#8 Kid Nichols, Starting Pitcher, 27 yrs, Chicago (N) Colts Tuesday, 10/24/1896 |
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Position : Bats : Throws :
| Kid Nichols
9/14/1869 27 USA,WI,MADISON 5"10 175
Starting Pitcher S R
| Desire for Winner : Loyalty : Team Leader Skills : National Popularity : Local Popularity : Consistency : Clutch Performance : Injury Rating : Overall Rating :
| Minimal Minimal None at all 1 / 6 (Insignificant) 0 / 6 (Unknown) Good Normal Normal 2.0 Stars
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Contract : Salary : Signed Through : Extension : Years of MLB Service : MLB Service Days this Year : Years on 40-Man Roster : Years of Pro Service : Arbitration Eligibility : Minor League Option Years :
| Big League Contract $ 4,278,571 1896 $ 3,500,000 (4 year(s)) 6 Year(s), 102 Days (1134 total Days) 172 Day(s) 7 Year(s), 0 Days (1204 total Days) 6 Year(s) Not eligible 2 Option Year(s) left
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Pitching | Stuff | Control | Movement | Velocity |
Overall | 3 | 6 | 10 | 88-91 Mph |
Versus LHB | 3 | 5 | 10 | |
Versus RHB | 3 | 6 | 10 | |
Talent | 4 | 5 | 10 | |
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Pitching Ratings Endurance : Groundball Pct. : Holding Runners : | 10 60 4
| | Pitches: Fastball Changeup Curveball Slider Splitfinger-Fastball
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Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
Overall | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Versus LHP | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Versus RHP | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Talent | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
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Running & Bunting Ratings Running Speed : Stealing Ability : Sacrifice Bunt : Bunt for Hit : Hitter Type :
| 6 3 2 1 Spray Hitter
| Fielding Ratings P : 7 (Range), .930 (Fielding Pct.) Catcher Arm : 1 Outfield Arm : 6
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Date | Opp. | Result | Start | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | Dec | | | | |
6/9 | @PIT | L 8-9 | * | 8.1 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 4 | L | | | | |
6/22 | NYG | W 4-3 | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | W | | | | |
7/7 | @BSN | W 10-8 | | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | SV | | | | |
7/18 | @NYG | W 6-5 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | SV | | | | |
7/31 | @BRO | L 3-4 | | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | | | | | |
8/11 | @CIN | W 2-1 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | SV | | | | |
9/6 | CIN | L 6-9 | | 0.1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | L | | | | |
9/10 | PHI | L 2-4 | | 0.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | L | | | | |
9/16 | @NYG | W 4-3 | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | SV | | | | |
10/1 | NYG | W 2-1 | * | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | W | PoG | | | |
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Overall | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | CG% | SHO | QS | QS% |
Overall | 19 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4.94 | 93.0 | 98 | 58 | 51 | 43 | 45 | 6 | 54.5 | 0 | 5 | 45.5 |
Projected | 19 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4.94 | 93.0 | 98 | 58 | 51 | 43 | 45 | | | | | |
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Overall | SVO | BS | SV% | RA | GF | R/9 | H/9 | K/9 | BB/9 | RL | RLS | RLS% | IR | IRS | IRS% | ERC |
| 5 | 1 | 80.0 | 8 | 5 | 13.6 | 9.5 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 10 | 3 | 30.0 | 2 | 0 | .0 | 3.97 |
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| AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
vs. LHB | 113 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .283 | .364 | .372 | .736 |
vs. RHB | 254 | 66 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 41 | 28 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .260 | .322 | .374 | .696 |
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| G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
Home | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3.62 | 37.1 | 39 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 16 |
Road | 12 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5.82 | 55.2 | 59 | 39 | 36 | 26 | 29 |
Postseason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last Week | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Month | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K |
March/April | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6.34 | 32.2 | 40 | 27 | 23 | 19 | 18 |
May | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.32 | 16.2 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 8 |
June | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3.95 | 27.1 | 28 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 15 |
July | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.08 | 4.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
August | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Sept./Oct. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5.73 | 11.0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP | Teams |
1890 | 19 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2.98 | 163.1 | 156 | 69 | 54 | 6 | 32 | 72 | 14 | 0 | 1.15 | .275 | CLE |
1891 | 38 | 38 | 17 | 18 | 0 | 3.11 | 324.1 | 337 | 149 | 112 | 10 | 72 | 173 | 31 | 2 | 1.26 | .301 | CLE |
1892 | 32 | 32 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 4.08 | 262.1 | 261 | 139 | 119 | 8 | 86 | 138 | 23 | 0 | 1.32 | .290 | CLE |
1893 | 39 | 39 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 2.55 | 328.2 | 294 | 134 | 93 | 10 | 95 | 160 | 29 | 0 | 1.18 | .266 | CLE |
1894 | 37 | 37 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 2.79 | 319.2 | 319 | 120 | 99 | 3 | 100 | 165 | 27 | 3 | 1.31 | .305 | CLE,AL |
1895 | 37 | 37 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 3.16 | 330.0 | 319 | 138 | 116 | 7 | 114 | 176 | 28 | 1 | 1.31 | .291 | CLE CHN |
1896 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4.94 | 93.0 | 98 | 58 | 51 | 4 | 43 | 45 | 6 | 0 | 1.52 | .296 | CHN |
Total | 221 | 213 | 104 | 85 | 4 | 3.18 | 1821.1 | 1784 | 807 | 644 | 48 | 542 | 929 | 158 | 6 | 1.28 | .290 | |
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Career Minor League Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | HR | BB | K | CG | SHO | WHIP | BABIP |
1890, AAA | 17 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3.06 | 135.1 | 140 | 55 | 46 | 3 | 29 | 98 | 7 | 2 | 1.25 | .312 |
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Career Postseason Pitching Stats |
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Year | G | GS | W | L | SV | ERA | IP | HA | R | ER | BB | K | CG | SHO |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
1890 | 19 | 58 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 2 | .241 | .250 | .259 | .509 | CLE |
1891 | 38 | 117 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 1 | .162 | .162 | .171 | .333 | CLE |
1892 | 32 | 90 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 3 | 3 | .100 | .138 | .122 | .261 | CLE |
1893 | 39 | 122 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 39 | 2 | 0 | .197 | .214 | .221 | .436 | CLE |
1894 | 37 | 116 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 40 | 2 | 1 | .190 | .208 | .224 | .432 | CLE,AL |
1895 | 37 | 119 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | .176 | .176 | .193 | .370 | CLE CHN |
1896 | 19 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .206 | .206 | .235 | .441 | CHN |
Total | 221 | 656 | 116 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 43 | 10 | 218 | 9 | 7 | .177 | .190 | .198 | .388 | |
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Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
Pitcher | 19 | 11 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 30 | 5 | .833 | 93.0 | 2.90 | | | | |
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Drafted in 1st round, 7th overall pick, by Cleveland in 1890... Had first career hit (double) on 6/26/1890, off Pete Meegan (BAL)... Earned first career win on 7/1/1890... Injured on 9/6/1890 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week... Injured on 5/3/1892 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 5-6 weeks... 1/31/1894: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,200,000 through salary arbitration... Was selected to the 1894 Allstar game... Injured on 9/17/1894 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for full season... 1/31/1895: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,278,571 through salary arbitration... Traded from Cleveland to Chicago (N) on 5/3/1895 (Going to CLE: P John Reccius, LF Charlie Hamburg. Going to CHN: P Kid Nichols, SS Billy Otterson)... 1/31/1896: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,278,571 through salary arbitration... 5/19/1896: Signed a contract extension with Chicago (N), $3,500,000 per year, for 4 years. 5/27/1896: Signed a contract extension with Chicago (N), $3,500,000 per year, for 4 years.
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Pitching Leader Boards Appearances |
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ERA 1890 - 2.98 - 7th 1891 - 3.11 - 9th 1893 - 2.55 - 1st 1894 - 2.79 - 5th
| WHIP 1890 - 1.15 - 9th 1893 - 1.18 - 7th
| Wins 1894 - 25 - 3rd
| Losses 1891 - 18 - 6th 1892 - 19 - 4th 1893 - 15 - 8th
| IP 1893 - 328.2 - 8th
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K's 1895 - 176 - 10th
| BB 1892 - 86 - 9th 1893 - 95 - 8th 1894 - 100 - 5th 1895 - 114 - 4th
| CG 1893 - 29 - 10th 1895 - 28 - 10th
| SHO 1894 - 3 - 8th
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