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Art Nichols

Arthur Francis Nichols
born Arthur Francis Meikle

Positions: Catcher, First Baseman and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: July 14, 1871 in Manchester, NH (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1898
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Orphans 1898-1903

Final Game: June 10, 1903
Died: August 9, 1945 in Willimantic, CT
Buried: St. Joseph Cemetery, Windham, CT
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1898 CHC NL 26 C 14 62 47 13 2 1 .968 4.29 .953 4.82 3 10 11 52% 44%
1899 CHC NL 27 C 15 58 44 10 4 3 .931 3.60 .952 4.59 2 17 10 37% 44%
1900 CHC NL 28 C 7 32 21 9 2 0 .938 4.29 .949 4.99 4 10 8 44% 44%
1901 STL NL 29 C 47 248 187 51 10 5 .960 5.06 .971 6.20 10 57 40 41% 44%
1901 STL NL 29 OF 40 81 69 9 3 4 .963 1.95 .942 2.06 0-29-11
1902 STL NL 30 1B 56 611 577 24 10 26 .984 10.73 .981 10.57
1902 STL NL 30 C 11 43 31 9 3 2 .930 3.64 .965 6.05 0 12 7 37% 45%
1902 STL NL 30 OF 4 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.75 .946 1.98 0-1-3
1903 STL NL 31 1B 25 290 279 3 8 11 .972 11.28 .977 10.56
1903 STL NL 31 OF 7 14 12 1 1 1 .929 1.86 .942 1.94 7-0-0
1903 STL NL 31 C 2 12 6 5 1 0 .917 5.50 .967 6.10 0 3 4 57% 45%
6 Seasons C 96 455 336 97 22 11 .952 4.51 .964 5.64 19 109 80 42% 44%
2 Seasons 1B 81 901 856 27 18 37 .980 10.90 .980 10.57
3 Seasons OF 51 102 88 10 4 5 .961 1.92 .942 2.04 7-30-14
6 Seasons TOT 228 1458 1280 134 44 53 .970 6.20 .972 6.58 7-30-14 19 109 80 42% 44%
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1898 CHC NL 26 14 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1899 CHC NL 27 17 17 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1900 CHC NL 28 8 8 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1901 STL NL 29 93 93 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 29 11 40 0
1902 STL NL 30 73 73 0 11 56 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 0
1903 STL NL 31 36 36 0 2 25 0 0 0 7 0 0 7 0
6 Seasons 241 241 0 96 81 0 0 0 7 30 14 51 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

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