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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 Pitching

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Minors
Game Logs [+]
- 1951
- 1961
- 1954
- 1962
- 1955
- 1963
- 1956
- 1964
- 1960
Splits [+]
- Career
- 1951
- 1961
- 1954
- 1962
- 1955
- 1963
- 1956
- 1964
- 1960
HR Log
vs. Batter
Finders [+]
- Game
- Streak
- Event

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1951	20	BSN	NL	11	8	.579	2.88	33	19	6	12	3	2	156.0	142	61	50	4	69		71	1	0	8	663	128	1.353	8.2	*0.2*	4.0	4.1	1.03	RoY-2

1954	23	MLN	NL	9	11	.450	4.41	35	20	5	5	1	1	122.1	132	68	60	5	65		55	4	0	1	545	85	1.610	9.7	0.4	4.8	4.0	0.85
1955	24	MLN	NL	9	8	.529	4.00	34	21	5	6	0	1	144.0	139	79	64	20	67	6	44	1	2	3	625	94	1.431	8.7	1.3	4.2	2.8	0.66
1956	25	MLN	NL	0	1	.000	6.75	2	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	9	3	3	1	3	1	2	0	0	0	20	51	3.000	20.3	2.3	6.8	4.5	0.67

1960	29	BOS	AL	0	2	.000	4.26	6	1	3	0	0	0	12.2	12	6	6	0	4	0	11	0	0	0	55	94	1.263	8.5	0.0	2.8	7.8	2.75
1961	30	BOS	AL	3	2	.600	2.09	26	2	12	0	0	3	51.2	40	12	12	3	26	1	20	0	0	1	215	198	1.277	7.0	0.5	4.5	3.5	0.77
1962	31	BOS	AL	1	1	.500	3.00	29	1	13	0	0	3	57.0	61	25	19	3	22	1	33	0	0	2	250	138	1.456	9.6	0.5	3.5	5.2	1.50
1963	32	BOS	AL	1	3	.250	4.78	21	7	6	0	0	0	52.2	61	30	28	8	24	0	27	0	0	4	236	79	1.614	10.4	1.4	4.1	4.6	1.13
1964	33	CIN	NL	0	0		6.00	3	0	3	0	0	0	3.0	4	2	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	13	60	1.333	12.0	3.0	0.0	9.0
9 Seasons				34	36	.486	3.64	189	71	53	23	4	10	603.1	600	286	244	45	280	9	266	6	2	19	2622	105	1.459	9.0	0.7	4.2	4.0	0.95
162 Game Avg.				9	9	.486	3.64	49	19	14	6	1	3	158	157	75	64	12	73		70	2	1	5	686	105	1.459	9.0	0.7	4.2	4.0	0.95

MLN (4 yrs)				29	28	.509	3.74	104	60	16	23	4	4	426.1	422	211	177	30	204	7	172	6	2	12	1853	100	1.468	8.9	0.6	4.3	3.6	0.84
BOS (4 yrs)				5	8	.385	3.36	82	11	34	0	0	6	174.0	174	73	65	14	76	2	91	0	0	7	756	119	1.437	9.0	0.7	3.9	4.7	1.20
CIN (1 yr)				0	0		6.00	3	0	3	0	0	0	3.0	4	2	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	13	60	1.333	12.0	3.0	0.0	9.0

NL (5 yrs)				29	28	.509	3.75	107	60	19	23	4	4	429.1	426	213	179	31	204	7	175	6	2	12	1866	99	1.467	8.9	0.6	4.3	3.7	0.86
AL (4 yrs)				5	8	.385	3.36	82	11	34	0	0	6	174.0	174	73	65	14	76	2	91	0	0	7	756	119	1.437	9.0	0.7	3.9	4.7	1.20

Standard Batting

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Minors
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- 1951
- 1961
- 1954
- 1962
- 1955
- 1963
- 1956
- 1964
- 1960
Splits [+]
- Career
- 1951
- 1961
- 1954
- 1962
- 1955
- 1963
- 1956
- 1964
- 1960
HR Log
vs. Pitcher
Finders [+]
- Game
- Streak
- Event

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

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y 1951 NL--2.885--1st	Shutouts s c a p y 1951 NL--3--7th	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1951 NL--.231--1st	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1951 NL--8--3rd
Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1951 NL--128--5th	Youngest s c a p y 1951 NL--born 1931-02-22--6th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink Pitching - 1 (2282), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Hall of Fame Monitor Pitching - 1 (1872), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Pitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Bill Bailey (982) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bruce Ruffin (988) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ron Bryant (984) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Marcelino Lopez (977) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Garland Buckeye (982) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dave Danforth (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Sam Zoldak (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dave Danforth (976) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Don Hood (956) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

Before 1949 Season: Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent.

Before 1958 Season: Released by the Milwaukee Braves.

Before 1959 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

October 4, 1963: Released by the Boston Red Sox.

Before 1964 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

May 15, 1964: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.

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Uniforms

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 1 (2282), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1872), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50