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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1951 BSN NL 20 P 33 42 6 36 0 2 1.000 1.27 .960 0.96 RoY-2
1954 MLN NL 23 P 35 20 122.1 30 3 27 0 3 1.000 2.21 0.86 .960 2.07 0.87
1955 MLN NL 24 P 34 21 144.0 43 6 35 2 3 .953 2.56 1.21 .949 2.04 0.83
1956 MLN NL 25 P 2 0 4.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50 1.00 .950 2.02 0.85
1960 BOS AL 29 P 6 1 12.2 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.84 0.67 .975 1.99 0.78
1961 BOS AL 30 P 26 2 51.2 26 3 23 0 1 1.000 4.53 1.00 .950 2.06 0.83
1962 BOS AL 31 P 29 1 57.0 19 4 15 0 2 1.000 3.00 0.66 .958 2.08 0.79
1963 BOS AL 32 P 21 7 52.2 11 2 8 1 1 .909 1.71 0.48 .955 2.00 0.79
1964 CIN NL 33 P 3 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.10 0.83
9 Seasons P 189 52 447.1 177 24 150 3 12 .983 3.50 0.92 .955 2.05 0.85
9 Seasons TOT 189 52 447.1 177 24 150 3 12 .983 3.50 0.92 .938 2.05 0.85

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1951 BSN NL 20 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 MLN NL 23 35 20 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 MLN NL 24 34 21 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 MLN NL 25 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 BOS AL 29 6 1 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 BOS AL 30 26 2 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 BOS AL 31 29 1 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 BOS AL 32 21 7 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 CIN NL 33 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 189 52 189 189 189 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 MLN NL 23 437 78% 30% 20 90% 0 3 1 1 22 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 1 7 86%
1955 MLN NL 24 510 83% 32% 24 96% 0 4 1 3 25 16 5 2 0 2 0 1 2 2 2 0 4 100%
1956 MLN NL 25 22 77% 14% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1960 BOS AL 29 55 73% 29% 4 100% 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1961 BOS AL 30 218 79% 28% 23 100% 0 3 0 2 22 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 7 100%
1962 BOS AL 31 251 78% 27% 13 100% 1 4 0 3 15 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 100%
1963 BOS AL 32 246 79% 26% 7 100% 0 2 0 1 8 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
1964 CIN NL 33 14 79% 21% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 1753 80% 29% 93 97% 1 16 2 10 98 74 9 3 1 2 0 1 9 5 8 1 22 95%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 89% 81%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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