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Chet Nichols
Chester Raymond Nichols Jr.

Bats: Both , Throws: Left
Weight: 195 lb.

Born: February 22, 1931 in Pawtucket, RI
High School: East (Pawtucket, RI)
Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1951
Final Game: April 24, 1964
Died: March 27, 1995 in Lincoln, RI
Relatives: Son of Chet Nichols
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Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1951	20	BSN	NL	33	55	51	2	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	18	.137	.137	.137	.275	-24	7	0	0	4			1	RoY-2

1954	23	MLN	NL	35	39	35	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	12	.086	.086	.086	.171	-54	3	0	0	4	0		1
1955	24	MLN	NL	34	53	52	2	8	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	12	.154	.154	.173	.327	-12	9	0	0	1	0	0	1
1956	25	MLN	NL	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

1960	29	BOS	AL	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1961	30	BOS	AL	26	10	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.111	.200	.111	.311	-15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1962	31	BOS	AL	29	13	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.182	.000	.182	-46	0	0	0	2	0	0	1
1963	32	BOS	AL	21	14	13	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.231	.231	.231	.462	29	3	0	0	1	0	0	1
1964	33	CIN	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
9 Seasons				189	188	173	8	22	1	0	0	5	0	0	3	50	.127	.142	.133	.275	-25	23	0	0	12	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	161	148	7	19	1	0	0	4	0	0	3	43	.127	.142	.133	.275	-25	20	0	0	10

MLN (4 yrs)				104	148	139	5	18	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	42	.129	.129	.137	.266	-27	19	0	0	9	0	0
BOS (4 yrs)				82	40	34	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	8	.118	.189	.118	.307	-15	4	0	0	3	0	0
CIN (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (5 yrs)				107	148	139	5	18	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	42	.129	.129	.137	.266	-27	19	0	0	9	0	0
AL (4 yrs)				82	40	34	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	8	.118	.189	.118	.307	-15	4	0	0	3	0	0

Advanced Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1951	20	BSN	NL	55	48	1	0.6	97	.212	.137	.259	.137	.332	.137	.392	.275	.724	-24	.021	-8.7	-0.9	.159	.000	.000

1954	23	MLN	NL	39	36	0	0.0	104	.130	.086	.267	.086	.337	.086	.412	.171	.749	-54	.000	-7.8	-0.8	.094	.000	.000
1955	24	MLN	NL	53	45	1	0.6	102	.200	.154	.261	.154	.331	.173	.413	.327	.744	-12	.022	-8.3	-0.8	.205	.019	.019
1956	25	MLN	NL	1	1	0	0.0	98	.000	.000	.257	.000	.323	.000	.406	.000	.729	-100	.000	-0.3	0.0	.000	.000	.000

1960	29	BOS	AL	3	3	0	0.0	104	.000	.000	.267	.000	.341	.000	.408	.000	.749	-100	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1961	30	BOS	AL	10	8	0	0.0	106	.125	.111	.266	.200	.342	.111	.414	.311	.756	-15	.000	-1.5	-0.1	.250	.111	.000
1962	31	BOS	AL	13	11	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.267	.182	.339	.000	.415	.182	.754	-46	.000	-1.9	-0.2	.222	.222	.000
1963	32	BOS	AL	14	11	1	2.5	97	.333	.231	.259	.231	.325	.231	.399	.462	.725	29	.273	-1.3	-0.1	.300	.000	.000
9 Seasons				188	163	3	0.5	101	.179	.127	.262	.142	.333	.133	.406	.275	.739	-25	.016	-30.6	-3.0	.172	.023	.006
162 Game Avg.				161	140	3	0.5	101	.179	.127	.262	.142	.333	.133	.406	.275	.739	-25	.016	-30.6	-3.0	.172	.023	.006

MLN (4 yrs)				148	130	2	0.4	101	.186	.129	.262	.129	.333	.137	.405	.266	.738	-27	.012	-25.0	-2.5	.157	.007	.007
BOS (4 yrs)				40	33	1	0.8	102	.154	.118	.263	.189	.335	.118	.408	.307	.743	-15	.043	-5.6	-0.5	.233	.088	.000

AL (4 yrs)				40	33	1	0.8	102	.154	.118	.263	.189	.335	.118	.408	.307	.743	-15	.043	-5.6	-0.5	.233	.088	.000
NL (5 yrs)				148	130	2	0.4	101	.186	.129	.262	.129	.333	.137	.405	.266	.738	-27	.012	-25.0	-2.5	.157	.007	.007

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1951	20	BSN	NL	55	0.0%	32.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.8	51.0		60%

1954	23	MLN	NL	39	0.0%	30.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.9	17.5	3.75	59%
1955	24	MLN	NL	53	0.0%	22.6%	0.0%	1.9%	13%		4.3	52.0	1.25	75%
1956	25	MLN	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						100%

1960	29	BOS	AL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%			3.0		1.00	67%
1961	30	BOS	AL	10	0.0%	10.0%	10.0%	0.0%	0%	1.00	9.0		6.00	80%
1962	31	BOS	AL	13	0.0%	15.4%	15.4%	0.0%		1.00	4.5		7.00	54%
1963	32	BOS	AL	14	0.0%	28.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.3	13.0	2.00	64%
9 Seasons				188	0.0%	26.6%	1.6%	0.5%	5%	16.67	3.5	34.6	2.33	65%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1954	23	MLN	NL	0	0	33%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1955	24	MLN	NL	3	0	25%	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1956	25	MLN	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1960	29	BOS	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1961	30	BOS	AL	0	0	50%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1962	31	BOS	AL	1	0	50%	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1963	32	BOS	AL	1	0	33%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9 Seasons				5	0	32%	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	25%	4	4	0	0	0	0	4	2	2
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1954	23	MLN	NL	30	100%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	100%	5	0	0%	6	0	0%	18	1	6%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	9
1955	24	MLN	NL	42	100%	8			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		3	0	0%	4	0	0%	28	2	7%	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	11
1956	25	MLN	NL	1	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0

1960	29	BOS	AL	3	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1961	30	BOS	AL	10	100%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		7	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1962	31	BOS	AL	13	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	4	0	0%	4	2	50%	8	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1963	32	BOS	AL	14	100%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	33%	4	0	0%	2	0	0%	13	1	8%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
9 Seasons				113	100%	22			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	12	133%	16	0	0%	16	2	13%	74	4	5%	3	0	0%	3	1	33%	20
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH	SF	IBB
1951	20	33	55	51	2	7	0	1	0	18	.137	.137	.137	.275	-24	7	4
1952	21	33	55	51	2	7	0	1	0	18	.137	.137	.137	.275	-24	7	4
1953	22	33	55	51	2	7	0	1	0	18	.137	.137	.137	.275	-24	7	4
1954	23	68	94	86	3	10	0	3	0	30	.116	.116	.116	.233	-36	10	8	0
1955	24	102	147	138	5	18	1	4	0	42	.130	.130	.138	.268	-27	19	9	0	0
1956	25	104	148	139	5	18	1	4	0	42	.129	.129	.137	.266	-27	19	9	0	0
1957	26	104	148	139	5	18	1	4	0	42	.129	.129	.137	.266	-27	19	9	0	0
1958	27	104	148	139	5	18	1	4	0	42	.129	.129	.137	.266	-27	19	9	0	0
1959	28	104	148	139	5	18	1	4	0	42	.129	.129	.137	.266	-27	19	9	0	0
1960	29	110	151	142	5	18	1	4	0	43	.127	.127	.134	.261	-29	19	9	0	0
1961	30	136	161	151	6	19	1	4	1	44	.126	.132	.132	.264	-28	20	9	0	0
1962	31	165	174	160	7	19	1	4	3	46	.119	.135	.125	.260	-29	20	11	0	0
1963	32	186	188	173	8	22	1	5	3	50	.127	.142	.133	.275	-25	23	12	0	0
1964	33	189	188	173	8	22	1	5	3	50	.127	.142	.133	.275	-25	23	12	0	0

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1951	20	34	53	53	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	19	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	33

1954	23	37	37	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	35
1955	24	36	55	55	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	13	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	34
1956	25	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2

1960	29	6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	6
1961	30	26	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.100	.000	.100	0	26
1962	31	29	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.182	.000	.182	0	29
1963	32	21	13	13	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	21
8 Seasons		191	183	180	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	53	.000	.016	.000	.016	3	186
162 Game Avg.		162	155	153	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	45	.000	.016	.000	.016	3	186

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Youngest s c a p y
1951 NL--born 1931-02-22--6th

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