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Chet Nichols

Chester Raymond Nichols Jr.

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: February 22, 1931 in Pawtucket, RI
High School: East HS (Pawtucket, RI)
Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1951
Teams (by GP): Braves/RedSox/Reds 1951-1964

Final Game: April 24, 1964
Died: March 27, 1995 in Lincoln, RI
Buried: Union Cemetery, North Smithfield, RI
Relatives: Son of Chet Nichols
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Standard Batting

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 -14 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 Yrs 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

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1951 20 BSN NL 33 55 -9 -0 0 0 5 -3 -0.4 2 -2 -0.4 .489 .498 -0.3 -0.0 -2 $ 1 RoY-2
1954 23 MLN NL 35 39 -9 -0 0 0 4 -4 -0.4 1 -3 -0.4 .488 .497 -0.4 -0.0 -3 $ 1
1955 24 MLN NL 34 53 -6 -0 0 0 5 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 -0.1 1 $ 1
1956 25 MLN NL 2 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .489 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
1960 29 BOS AL 6 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .491 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ /1
1961 30 BOS AL 26 10 -2 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 -0.0 0 $ 1
1962 31 BOS AL 29 13 -1 -0 0 0 2 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 -0.0 1 $ 1
1963 32 BOS AL 21 14 -1 -0 0 0 2 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .504 .501 0.1 -0.0 1 $ 1
1964 33 CIN NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
9 Seasons 189 188 -28 -1 1 0 20 -8 -0.8 6 -2 -0.9 .496 .499 -0.8 -0.1 -2 $
MLN (4 yrs) 104 148 -24 -0 1 0 15 -8 -0.9 5 -3 -0.9 .492 .499 -0.8 -0.1 -3 $
BOS (4 yrs) 82 40 -4 -0 0 0 5 1 0.1 1 2 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 -0.1 2 $
CIN (1 yr) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $

Advanced Batting

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 PwrSpd
1951 20 BSN NL 55 48 1 0.6 97 .212 .137 .259 .137 .332 .137 .393 .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 .413 .171 .750 -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 0.0 105 .125 .111 .265 .200 .340 .111 .412 .311 .753 -14 .000 -1.5 -0.2 .250 .111 .000
1962 31 BOS AL 13 11 0 0.0 105 .000 .000 .267 .182 .339 .000 .415 .182 .755 -46 .000 -1.9 -0.2 .222 .222 .000
1963 32 BOS AL 14 11 1 2.5 97 .333 .231 .259 .231 .326 .231 .400 .462 .725 29 .273 -1.3 -0.1 .300 .000 .000
9 Yrs 188 163 3 0.5 101 .179 .127 .262 .142 .333 .133 .406 .275 .739 -25 .016 -30.6 -3.1 .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 -3.1 .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 -0.6 .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 -0.6 .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*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1951 20 BSN NL 55 0.0% 32.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.8 51.0 4.00 60%
1954 23 MLN NL 39 0.0% 30.8% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.9 17.5 4.00 59%
1955 24 MLN NL 53 0.0% 22.6% 0.0% 1.9% 13% 4.3 52.0 1.50 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 Yrs 188 0.0% 26.6% 1.6% 0.5% 5% 16.67 3.5 34.6 2.85 65%
MLB Averages 2.2% 12.8% 8.9% 6.5% 29% 1.44 7.0 39.6 8.4 1.01 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1951 20 BSN NL -8.7 -0.9 55 -1.1 0.2 -1.3 1.09 -0.9 -0.1 -10.0 -1.0 0.95 -9.6 0
1954 23 MLN NL -7.8 -0.8 33 -0.7 0.1 -0.8 .97 -0.7 -0.0 -6.6 -0.7 0.91 -7.6 0
1955 24 MLN NL -8.3 -0.8 54 -0.6 0.3 -0.9 .78 -0.7 -0.1 -6.3 -0.6 0.89 -7.4 0
1956 25 MLN NL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 1.54 -0.0 0.0 -0.2 -0.0 0.86 -0.3 0
1960 29 BOS AL -0.9 -0.1 3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .73 -0.1 0.0 -0.5 -0.1 0.70 -0.8 0
1961 30 BOS AL -1.5 -0.2 11 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 .96 -0.1 -0.0 -1.4 -0.1 0.96 -1.5 0
1962 31 BOS AL -1.9 -0.2 13 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 .71 -0.1 0.1 -1.5 -0.2 1.04 -1.1 0
1963 32 BOS AL -1.3 -0.1 14 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 1.06 -0.1 -0.1 -0.4 -0.0 1.25 -0.9 0
1964 33 CIN NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
9 Yrs -30.7 -3.1 184 -2.9 0.8 -3.7 .94 -2.7 -0.3 -27.0 -2.8 0.95 -29.2 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1951 20 BSN NL 0 0 29% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14% 5 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
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% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 2 1 1 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 Yrs 5 0 32% 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 25% 10 8 1 0 0 0 6 3 3

Situational Hitting*

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
1951 20 BSN NL 55 100% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 11 0 0% 12 3 25% 34 1 3% 1 1 100% 3 2 67% 0
1954 23 MLN NL 39 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 5 0 0% 6 0 0% 22 1 5% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1955 24 MLN NL 53 100% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 4 0 0% 6 0 0% 31 2 6% 2 0 0% 3 1 33% 0
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 Yrs 188 100% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 15 12 80% 28 0 0% 30 5 17% 115 5 4% 5 1 20% 6 3 50% 0
MLB Averages 50% 79% 11% 31% 14% 50% 54%

Cumulative Batting

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

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1951 20 34 57 53 2 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 19 .132 .132 .132 .264 1 33
1954 23 37 41 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 35
1955 24 36 54 53 2 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 13 .132 .132 .151 .283 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 13 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 .182 .000 .182 0 29
1963 32 21 15 14 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 .286 .286 .286 .571 1 21
8 Yrs 191 194 179 6 18 1 0 0 3 0 3 53 .101 .115 .106 .222 3 186
162 Game Avg. 162 165 152 5 15 1 0 0 3 0 3 45 .101 .115 .106 .222 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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