Kid Nichols
1897–1906 · bats B / throws R · Boston Braves, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals
649G
.226AVG
.278OBP
.300SLG
More career statistics
472H
16HR
278RBI
19SB
361–208W–L
5,056.1IP
1,873K
2.95ERA
561GS
17SV
12Rare feats
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 · Games | 649 | 288 |
| Batting · At bats | 2,086 | 879 |
| Batting · Doubles | 58 | 21 |
| Batting · Hits | 472 | 199 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 12 | 8 |
| Batting · Home runs | 16 | 11 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 211 | 112 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 2,260 | 938 |
| Batting · Runs | 273 | 99 |
| Batting · RBI | 278 | 104 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 19 | 6 |
| Batting · Triples | 24 | 12 |
| Batting · Walks | 137 | 40 |
| Pitching · Games | 620 | 269 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 21,028 | 8,858 |
| Pitching · p cg | 531 | 228 |
| Pitching · p er | 1,660 | 511 |
| Pitching · p gs | 561 | 240 |
| Pitching · p h | 4,912 | 2,003 |
| Pitching · p hr | 156 | 50 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 15,169 | 6,513 |
| Pitching · p k | 1,873 | 770 |
| Pitching · p r | 2,475 | 915 |
| Pitching · p w | 1,268 | 515 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 649 | 2,260 | 2,086 | 273 | 472 | 58 | 24 | 16 | 278 | 137 | 211 | 19 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 626 | .226 | .278 | .300 | .578 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,056.3 | 620 | 561 | 531 | 361 | 208 | 17 | 4,912 | 2,475 | 1,660 | 156 | 1,268 | 1,873 | 0 | 0 | 2.95 | 1.222 |
Streaks
12longest hitting streak · 1898-07-23 to 1898-08-30
12longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 | 11 scoreless innings | 1899-04-15 | 1 in 3,313 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 53 | 14 strikeouts | 1904-08-11 | 1 in 1,810 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1897-09-21 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 146 | 464 | 112 | 8 | 69 | 22 | 47 | .257 | .289 | .358 |
| Away | 142 | 474 | 87 | 3 | 35 | 18 | 65 | .196 | .222 | .273 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 23 | 65 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | .200 | .246 | .267 |
| May | 34 | 105 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | .219 | .257 | .250 |
| June | 48 | 163 | 39 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 17 | .253 | .276 | .370 |
| July | 60 | 203 | 42 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 27 | .222 | .251 | .333 |
| August | 57 | 181 | 40 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 21 | .241 | .276 | .319 |
| September | 53 | 179 | 41 | 2 | 23 | 4 | 27 | .237 | .251 | .335 |
| October | 13 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | .098 | .119 | .146 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cincinnati-reds | 40 | 127 | 32 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 17 | .264 | .291 | .380 |
| chicago-cubs | 38 | 114 | 23 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 16 | .215 | .237 | .290 |
| new-york-giants | 36 | 118 | 25 | 4 | 19 | 4 | 22 | .221 | .246 | .363 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 32 | 96 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | .169 | .219 | .225 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 29 | 103 | 27 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 13 | .284 | .301 | .358 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 27 | 83 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | .189 | .265 | .243 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 26 | 94 | 19 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 7 | .209 | .223 | .330 |
| baltimore-orioles-1897-99 | 15 | 53 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7 | .340 | .340 | .360 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 |  Boston Braves | 46 | 146 | 39 | 3 | 28 | 4 | .267 | 368 | 127 |
| 1898 | Boston Braves | 51 | 157 | 38 | 2 | 23 | – | .242 | 388 | 138 |
| 1899 | Boston Braves | 42 | 136 | 26 | 1 | 12 | 1 | .191 | 344 | 108 |
| 1900 | Boston Braves | 29 | 91 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 1 | .198 | 231 | 53 |
| 1901 | Boston Braves | 55 | 163 | 46 | 4 | 28 | – | .282 | 321 | 146 |
| 1904 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 36 | 108 | 17 | – | 4 | – | .157 | 317 | 130 |
| 1905 | Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals | 25 | 75 | 15 | – | 2 | – | .200 | 190 | 67 |
| 1906 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 4 | 3 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 11 | 1 |