Chet Nichols
1951–1964 · bats B / throws L · Boston Red Sox, Boston Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Milwaukee Braves
189G
.127AVG
.142OBP
.133SLG
More career statistics
22H
0HR
5RBI
0SB
34–36W–L
603.1IP
266K
3.64ERA
71GS
10SV
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Runs | 8 | 9 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 2,622 | 2,619 |
| Pitching · p r | 286 | 284 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 189 | 188 | 173 | 8 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | .127 | .142 | .133 | .275 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 603.3 | 189 | 71 | 23 | 34 | 36 | 10 | 600 | 286 | 244 | 45 | 280 | 266 | 0 | 0 | 3.64 | 1.459 |
Streaks
2longest hitting streak · 1951-09-24 to 1951-09-27
2longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 12 innings pitched | 1955-04-23 | 1 in 613 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | 8 walks allowed | 1951-07-04 | 1 in 511 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 23 | 3 home runs allowed | 1955-06-13 | 1 in 112 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 |  Boston Braves | 33 | 51 | 7 | – | 1 | – | .137 | 156 | 71 |
| 1954 |  Milwaukee Braves | 35 | 35 | 3 | – | 2 | – | .086 | 122 | 55 |
| 1955 | Milwaukee Braves | 34 | 52 | 8 | – | 1 | – | .154 | 144 | 44 |
| 1956 | Milwaukee Braves | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 4 | 2 |
| 1960 |  Boston Red Sox | 6 | 3 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 12 | 11 |
| 1961 | Boston Red Sox | 26 | 9 | 1 | – | – | – | .111 | 51 | 20 |
| 1962 | Boston Red Sox | 29 | 9 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 57 | 33 |
| 1963 | Boston Red Sox | 21 | 13 | 3 | – | 1 | – | .231 | 52 | 27 |
| 1964 |  Cincinnati Reds | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 3 |