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Kid Nichols

Charles Augustus Nichols

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: September 14, 1869 in Madison, WI
High School: Queen Elizabeth HS (Surrey, BC) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 1890 (Age 20)
Teams (by GP): Beaneaters/Cardinals/Phillies 1890-1906

Final Game: May 18, 1906 (Age 36)
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Old Timers Committee as Player in 1949.
   View Kid Nichols Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: April 11, 1953 in Kansas City, MO
Buried: Mount Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, MO
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Fine Details  · Last updated Feb 11, 2013 9:17PM
All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #5. Nolan Ryan… #6. Greg Maddux… #7. Christy Mathewson… #8. KID NICHOLS… #9. Rube Waddell… #10. Mike Mussina… #11. Randy Johnson… 

Standard Pitching

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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
1890 20 BSN NL 27 19 .587 2.23 48 47 1 47 7 0 424.0 374 175 105 8 112 222 11 0 30 1755 170 1.146 7.9 0.2 2.4 4.7 1.98
1891 21 BSN NL 30 17 .638 2.39 52 48 4 45 5 3 425.1 413 219 113 15 103 240 17 0 16 1805 151 1.213 8.7 0.3 2.2 5.1 2.33
1892 22 BSN NL 35 16 .686 2.84 53 51 1 49 5 0 453.0 404 211 143 15 121 192 10 0 24 1893 124 1.159 8.0 0.3 2.4 3.8 1.59
1893 23 BSN NL 34 14 .708 3.52 52 44 7 43 1 1 425.0 426 222 166 15 118 94 15 1 5 1817 139 1.280 9.0 0.3 2.5 2.0 0.80
1894 24 BSN NL 32 13 .711 4.75 50 46 4 40 3 0 407.0 488 308 215 23 121 113 9 0 14 1790 124 1.496 10.8 0.5 2.7 2.5 0.93
1895 25 BSN NL 26 16 .619 3.41 48 43 5 43 1 3 390.2 434 222 148 15 90 148 5 0 11 1661 146 1.341 10.0 0.3 2.1 3.4 1.64
1896 26 BSN NL 30 14 .682 2.83 49 43 6 37 3 1 372.1 387 211 117 14 101 102 7 0 13 1564 160 1.311 9.4 0.3 2.4 2.5 1.01
1897 27 BSN NL 31 11 .738 2.64 46 40 6 37 2 3 368.0 362 152 108 9 68 127 3 0 6 1490 168 1.168 8.9 0.2 1.7 3.1 1.87
1898 28 BSN NL 31 12 .721 2.13 50 42 8 40 5 4 388.0 316 136 92 7 85 138 14 0 15 1528 174 1.034 7.3 0.2 2.0 3.2 1.62
1899 29 BSN NL 21 19 .525 2.99 42 37 5 37 4 1 343.1 326 155 114 11 82 108 6 0 8 1391 138 1.188 8.5 0.3 2.1 2.8 1.32
1900 30 BSN NL 13 16 .448 3.07 29 27 2 25 4 0 231.1 215 116 79 11 72 53 11 0 6 957 134 1.241 8.4 0.4 2.8 2.1 0.74
1901 31 BSN NL 19 16 .543 3.22 38 34 4 33 4 0 321.0 306 146 115 8 90 143 10 0 8 1326 112 1.234 8.6 0.2 2.5 4.0 1.59
1904 34 STL NL 21 13 .618 2.02 36 35 1 35 3 1 317.0 268 97 71 3 50 134 5 0 3 1264 133 1.003 7.6 0.1 1.4 3.8 2.68
1905 35 TOT NL 11 11 .500 3.12 24 23 1 20 1 0 190.1 193 94 66 2 46 66 4 0 8 782 94 1.256 9.1 0.1 2.2 3.1 1.43
1905 35 STL NL 1 5 .167 5.40 7 7 0 5 0 0 51.2 64 47 31 1 18 16 0 0 4 234 55 1.587 11.1 0.2 3.1 2.8 0.89
1905 35 PHI NL 10 6 .625 2.27 17 16 1 15 1 0 138.2 129 47 35 1 28 50 4 0 4 548 128 1.132 8.4 0.1 1.8 3.2 1.79
1906 36 PHI NL 0 1 .000 9.82 4 2 1 1 0 0 11.0 17 16 12 0 13 1 2 0 2 59 28 2.727 13.9 0.0 10.6 0.8 0.08
15 Yrs 361 208 .634 2.96 621 562 56 532 48 17 5067.1 4929 2480 1664 156 1272 1881 129 1 169 21082 140 1.224 8.8 0.3 2.3 3.3 1.48
162 Game Avg. 21 12 .634 2.96 36 32 3 31 3 1 291 283 143 96 9 73 108 7 0 10 1212 140 1.224 8.8 0.3 2.3 3.3 1.48
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
BSN (12 yrs) 329 183 .643 3.00 557 502 53 476 44 16 4549.0 4451 2273 1515 151 1163 1680 118 1 156 18977 143 1.234 8.8 0.3 2.3 3.3 1.44
PHI (2 yrs) 10 7 .588 2.83 21 18 2 16 1 0 149.2 146 63 47 1 41 51 6 0 6 607 103 1.249 8.8 0.1 2.5 3.1 1.24
STL (2 yrs) 22 18 .550 2.49 43 42 1 40 3 1 368.2 332 144 102 4 68 150 5 0 7 1498 109 1.085 8.1 0.1 1.7 3.7 2.21

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1890 20 BSN NL 424.0 48 47 175 3.71 5.56 0.32 0.00 106.0 5.55 100 9.8 1.0 -0.8 12.7 134 .705 .561
1891 21 BSN NL 425.1 52 48 219 4.63 5.46 0.11 0.00 108.0 5.78 64 6.1 1.0 -0.3 9.3 102 .617 .538
1892 22 BSN NL 453.0 53 51 211 4.19 5.04 0.29 0.00 107.0 5.08 53 5.3 1.0 -0.3 8.8 97 .600 .533
1893 23 BSN NL 425.0 52 44 222 4.70 6.47 0.20 0.00 105.0 6.58 95 8.1 1.0 -0.4 11.3 142 .655 .550
1894 24 BSN NL 407.0 50 46 308 6.81 7.22 0.12 0.00 111.0 7.88 62 4.6 1.0 -0.4 7.9 111 .593 .529
1895 25 BSN NL 390.2 48 43 222 5.11 6.56 0.10 0.00 104.0 6.72 81 6.8 1.0 -0.4 9.7 120 .641 .542
1896 26 BSN NL 372.1 49 43 211 5.10 5.99 0.24 0.00 104.0 5.98 46 4.0 1.0 -0.3 6.8 80 .581 .525
1897 27 BSN NL 368.0 46 40 152 3.72 5.72 0.40 0.00 103.0 5.49 83 7.6 1.0 -0.3 10.3 115 .664 .547
1898 28 BSN NL 388.0 50 42 136 3.15 4.89 0.39 0.00 103.0 4.63 72 7.5 1.0 -0.3 10.5 108 .650 .546
1899 29 BSN NL 343.1 42 37 155 4.06 5.21 0.56 0.00 107.0 4.97 45 4.4 1.0 -0.4 7.0 76 .604 .527 $3,000
1900 30 BSN NL 231.1 29 27 116 4.51 5.17 0.29 0.00 111.0 5.42 28 2.7 1.0 -0.2 4.4 47 .593 .517
1901 31 BSN NL 321.0 38 34 146 4.09 4.75 0.27 0.00 109.0 4.88 31 3.3 1.0 -0.5 5.4 56 .588 .521 $2,700
1904 34 STL NL 317.0 36 35 97 2.75 3.91 0.00 0.00 98.0 3.84 40 5.0 1.0 -0.3 7.2 65 .640 .531
1905 35 STL NL 51.2 7 7 47 8.19 4.20 -0.36 0.00 99.0 4.51 -21 -1.7 -0.0 -1.4 -17 .252 .489
1905 35 PHI NL 138.2 17 16 47 3.05 4.04 0.03 0.00 97.0 3.89 13 1.6 1.0 -0.1 2.6 25 .592 .510
1906 36 PHI NL 11.0 4 2 16 13.09 3.59 -0.02 0.00 99.0 3.57 -12 -1.0 1.0 -0.0 -0.9 -11 .244 .494
15 Seasons 5067.1 621 562 2480 4.40 5.53 0.24 0.00 105.5 5.59 780 74.0 1.0 -5.0 111.6 1251 .619 .529 $5,700
BSN (12 yrs) 4549.0 557 502 2273 4.50 5.71 0.27 0.00 106.3 5.78 759 70.1 1.0 -4.5 104.1 1188 .626 .536 $5,700
PHI (2 yrs) 149.2 21 18 63 3.79 4.01 0.03 0.00 97.1 3.86 2 0.5 1.0 -0.1 1.7 14 .526 .502
STL (2 yrs) 368.2 43 42 144 3.52 3.95 -0.05 0.00 98.1 3.93 20 3.3 1.0 -0.3 5.8 48 .577 .510

Postseason Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1892 22 BSN NL CS W CLV 2 0 1.000 1.00 2 2 0 2 1 0 18.0 17 3 2 0 4 13 1.167 8.5 0.0 2.0 6.5 3.25
1 CS 2 0 1.000 1.00 2 2 0 2 1 0 18.0 17 3 2 0 4 13 1.167 8.5 0.0 2.0 6.5 3.25

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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
1890 20 BSN NL 49 186 174 18 43 5 1 0 23 2 11 36 .247 .296 .287 .583 64 50 1 1/O
1891 21 BSN NL 52 196 183 21 36 6 0 0 27 1 12 31 .197 .250 .230 .480 35 42 1 1
1892 22 BSN NL 57 213 197 21 40 6 2 2 21 3 16 52 .203 .263 .284 .547 59 56 0 1/O
1893 23 BSN NL 53 193 177 25 39 3 2 2 26 4 15 22 .220 .285 .294 .579 50 52 1 1/O
1894 24 BSN NL 51 189 170 39 50 11 2 0 34 1 16 24 .294 .358 .382 .741 71 65 1 2 1/O
1895 25 BSN NL 49 176 161 23 37 3 2 0 18 0 14 29 .230 .291 .273 .565 43 44 0 1 1/O
1896 26 BSN NL 51 169 147 27 28 3 3 1 24 2 12 18 .190 .256 .272 .528 36 40 1 9 1/O
1897 27 BSN NL 46 160 147 20 39 5 0 3 28 4 7 18 .265 .316 .361 .677 75 53 4 2 1
1898 28 BSN NL 51 167 158 26 38 3 3 2 23 0 4 8 .241 .268 .335 .604 69 53 2 3 1/3
1899 29 BSN NL 42 144 136 13 26 3 0 1 12 1 6 9 .191 .225 .235 .461 21 32 0 2 1
1900 30 BSN NL 29 99 90 14 18 0 0 1 7 1 7 8 .200 .258 .233 .491 30 21 0 2 1
1901 31 BSN NL 55 175 163 16 46 8 7 4 28 0 8 39 .282 .316 .491 .807 124 80 0 4 1/O3
1904 34 STL NL 36 117 109 7 17 1 2 0 5 0 7 25 .156 .214 .202 .416 31 22 1 0 1
1905 35 TOT NL 25 77 75 3 15 1 0 0 2 0 2 23 .200 .221 .213 .434 31 16 0 0 1/O
1905 35 STL NL 8 22 22 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .227 .227 .227 .455 37 5 0 0 /1O
1905 35 PHI NL 17 55 53 3 10 1 0 0 2 0 2 17 .189 .218 .208 .426 29 11 0 0 1
1906 36 PHI NL 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
15 Yrs 650 2264 2090 273 472 58 24 16 278 19 137 342 .226 .277 .300 .577 55 626 12 25
162 Game Avg. 162 564 521 68 118 14 6 4 69 5 34 85 .226 .277 .300 .577 55 156 3
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
BSN (12 yrs) 585 2067 1903 263 440 56 22 16 271 19 128 294 .231 .284 .309 .593 58 588 11 25
PHI (2 yrs) 21 58 56 3 10 1 0 0 2 0 2 17 .179 .207 .196 .403 22 11 0 0
STL (2 yrs) 44 139 131 7 22 1 2 0 5 0 7 31 .168 .216 .206 .422 32 27 1 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
1890 20 BSN NL 49 186 -11 -1 0 0 14 3 0.1 6 8 0.1 .505 .502 0.2 -0.1 8 1/O
1891 21 BSN NL 52 196 -18 -0 0 0 15 -3 -0.3 6 3 -0.3 .495 .499 -0.3 -0.1 3 1
1892 22 BSN NL 57 213 -14 -0 0 0 14 -0 -0.1 6 6 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 -0.0 6 1/O
1893 23 BSN NL 53 193 -17 -0 0 0 14 -3 -0.3 6 2 -0.3 .495 .498 -0.2 -0.0 2 1/O
1894 24 BSN NL 51 189 -12 0 0 0 16 4 0.3 6 10 0.3 .506 .502 0.3 -0.0 10 1/O
1895 25 BSN NL 49 176 -17 0 0 0 12 -5 -0.4 5 0 -0.4 .492 .498 -0.4 -0.0 0 1/O
1896 26 BSN NL 51 169 -17 -0 0 0 13 -5 -0.4 5 0 -0.4 .492 .498 -0.4 -0.0 0 1/O
1897 27 BSN NL 46 160 -7 -0 0 0 13 5 0.4 5 10 0.4 .509 .503 0.4 0.0 10 1
1898 28 BSN NL 51 167 -7 1 0 0 11 4 0.4 5 9 0.4 .507 .502 0.4 -0.0 9 1/3
1899 29 BSN NL 42 144 -16 0 0 0 11 -5 -0.4 4 -0 -0.4 .490 .497 -0.4 -0.0 -0 $3,000 1
1900 30 BSN NL 29 99 -9 0 0 0 8 -2 -0.2 3 1 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.2 0.0 1 1
1901 31 BSN NL 55 175 2 0 0 -1 11 13 1.2 5 18 1.2 .523 .508 1.4 -0.2 19 $2,700 1/O3
1904 34 STL NL 36 117 -8 0 0 0 8 -1 -0.1 4 3 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 3 1
1905 35 STL NL 8 22 -2 0 0 0 2 -0 -0.0 1 1 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 1 /1O
1905 35 PHI NL 17 55 -5 0 0 0 4 -0 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .497 .500 -0.1 0.0 1 1
1906 36 PHI NL 4 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .488 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 /1
15 Seasons 650 2264 -159 -0 0 -1 165 5 0.1 67 72 0.0 .501 .500 0.4 -0.4 73 $5,700
BSN (12 yrs) 585 2067 -143 -1 0 -1 151 6 0.3 61 67 0.3 .501 .500 0.7 -0.5 68 $5,700
PHI (2 yrs) 21 58 -5 0 0 0 4 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.2 .495 .500 -0.2 0.0 1
STL (2 yrs) 44 139 -10 0 0 0 9 -1 -0.1 4 3 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 3

Postseason Batting

Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1892 22 BSN NL CS CLV W 0 7 7 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571 2 0
1 CS 0 7 7 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571 2 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1890 BSN NL 20 P 48 424.0 112 14 85 13 1 .884 2.10 2.06 .898 2.24 2.19
1890 BSN NL 20 OF 2 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0.50 .915 1.90 0-0-2
1891 BSN NL 21 P 52 425.1 137 30 100 7 5 .949 2.75 2.50 .915 2.29 2.25
1892 BSN NL 22 P 53 453.0 117 25 88 4 4 .966 2.25 2.13 .901 2.48 2.41
1892 BSN NL 22 OF 5 12 11 0 1 0 .917 2.20 .912 1.90 5-0-0
1893 BSN NL 23 P 52 425.0 107 21 81 5 5 .953 2.16 1.96 .913 2.50 2.45
1893 BSN NL 23 OF 1 3 1 0 2 0 .333 1.00 .913 2.20 0-0-1
1894 BSN NL 24 P 50 407.0 108 34 67 7 3 .935 2.23 2.02 .912 2.18 2.09
1894 BSN NL 24 OF 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .920 2.30 1-0-0
1895 BSN NL 25 P 48 390.2 108 31 73 4 2 .963 2.40 2.17 .918 2.52 2.42
1895 BSN NL 25 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.20 1-0-0
1896 BSN NL 26 P 49 372.1 111 19 92 0 3 1.000 2.68 2.27 .916 2.72 2.62
1896 BSN NL 26 OF 2 5 4 0 1 0 .800 2.00 .932 2.15 0-0-2
1897 BSN NL 27 P 46 368.0 94 29 62 3 1 .968 2.23 1.98 .920 2.54 2.44
1898 BSN NL 28 P 50 388.0 103 21 78 4 1 .961 2.30 1.98 .918 2.65 2.55
1898 BSN NL 28 1B 1 8 7 0 1 0 .875 7.00 .978 10.30
1899 BSN NL 29 P 42 343.1 101 25 71 5 5 .950 2.52 2.29 .910 2.68 2.56
1900 BSN NL 30 P 29 231.1 68 19 48 1 1 .985 2.61 2.31 .921 2.67 2.59
1901 BSN NL 31 P 38 321.0 100 27 69 4 1 .960 2.69 2.53 .934 2.75 2.72
1901 BSN NL 31 OF 7 18 15 1 2 0 .889 2.29 .942 2.06 4-2-1
1901 BSN NL 31 1B 5 37 31 2 4 3 .892 6.60 .978 10.24
1904 STL NL 34 P 36 317.0 102 13 84 5 1 .951 2.75 2.69 .940 3.03 2.95
1905 TOT NL 35 P 24 190.4 42 5 32 5 1 .881 1.75 1.54 .943 2.97 2.93
1905 STL NL 35 P 7 51.2 12 2 9 1 0 .917 1.92 1.57 .943 2.98 2.93
1905 STL NL 35 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0-1-0
1905 PHI NL 35 P 17 138.2 30 3 23 4 1 .867 1.69 1.53 .943 2.97 2.93
1906 PHI NL 36 P 4 11.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.82 0.25 .950 3.03 3.00
15 Seasons P 621 5067.1 1411 313 1031 67 34 .953 2.39 2.16 .917 2.55 2.48
8 Seasons OF 20 41 33 1 7 0 .829 1.70 .928 2.03 11-3-6
2 Seasons 1B 6 45 38 2 5 3 .889 6.67 .978 10.25
15 Seasons TOT 647 5067.1 1497 384 1034 79 37 .947 2.39 2.19 .919 2.55 2.54 11-3-6
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1936 Veterans ( 3.8%)
1938 BBWAA ( 1.1%)
1939 BBWAA ( 2.6%)
1942 BBWAA ( 2.1%)
1945 BBWAA ( 2.0%)
1946 Nominating Vote ( 0.5%)
1949 Old Timers (inducted)
Selected to HOF in 1949
by Old Timers Committee

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1890 NL  12.8 (1st)
1891 NL  9.0 (3rd)
1892 NL  8.7 (2nd)
1893 NL  11.0 (2nd)
1894 NL  8.2 (5th)
1895 NL  9.3 (3rd)
1897 NL  10.7 (1st)
1898 NL  10.9 (1st)
1901 NL  6.6 (8th)
1904 NL  7.1 (3rd)
Career  111.6 (16th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1890 NL  12.7 (1st)
1891 NL  9.3 (3rd)
1892 NL  8.8 (2nd)
1893 NL  11.3 (1st)
1894 NL  7.9 (5th)
1895 NL  9.7 (2nd)
1896 NL  6.8 (6th)
1897 NL  10.3 (1st)
1898 NL  10.5 (1st)
1899 NL  7.0 (8th)
1900 NL  4.4 (6th)
1901 NL  5.4 (8th)
1904 NL  7.2 (2nd)
Career  111.6 (5th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1890 NL  2.23 (2nd)
1891 NL  2.39 (2nd)
1893 NL  3.52 (6th)
1895 NL  3.41 (7th)
1896 NL  2.83 (2nd)
1897 NL  2.64 (2nd)
1898 NL  2.13 (3rd)
1900 NL  3.07 (10th)
1904 NL  2.02 (5th)
Career  2.96 (155th)

Wins s c a p y
1890 NL  27 (6th)
1891 NL  30 (4th)
1892 NL  35 (3rd)
1893 NL  34 (2nd)
1894 NL  32 (3rd)
1895 NL  26 (4th)
1896 NL  30 (1st)
1897 NL  31 (1st)
1898 NL  31 (1st)
1904 NL  21 (4th)
Career  361 (7th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1890 NL  .587 (10th)
1891 NL  .638 (4th)
1892 NL  .686 (6th)
1893 NL  .708 (3rd)
1894 NL  .711 (4th)
1895 NL  .619 (9th)
1896 NL  .682 (5th)
1897 NL  .738 (4th)
1898 NL  .721 (3rd)
Career  .634 (44th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1890 NL  1.146 (2nd)
1891 NL  1.213 (2nd)
1892 NL  1.159 (2nd)
1893 NL  1.280 (1st)
1894 NL  1.496 (6th)
1895 NL  1.341 (5th)
1896 NL  1.311 (4th)
1897 NL  1.168 (1st)
1898 NL  1.034 (1st)
1899 NL  1.188 (4th)
1900 NL  1.241 (8th)
1904 NL  1.003 (4th)
Career  1.224 (193rd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1890 NL  7.939 (8th)
1891 NL  8.739 (8th)
1893 NL  9.021 (6th)
1894 NL  10.791 (10th)
1896 NL  9.355 (6th)
1897 NL  8.853 (3rd)
1898 NL  7.330 (1st)
1899 NL  8.546 (6th)
1900 NL  8.365 (3rd)
1901 NL  8.579 (10th)
1904 NL  7.609 (9th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1890 NL  2.377 (4th)
1891 NL  2.180 (1st)
1892 NL  2.404 (6th)
1893 NL  2.499 (2nd)
1894 NL  2.676 (5th)
1895 NL  2.073 (3rd)
1897 NL  1.663 (3rd)
1898 NL  1.972 (10th)
1904 NL  1.420 (3rd)
1905 NL  2.175 (9th)
Career  2.259 (182nd)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1890 NL  4.712 (2nd)
1891 NL  5.078 (2nd)
1895 NL  3.410 (5th)
1897 NL  3.106 (5th)
1898 NL  3.201 (9th)
1899 NL  2.831 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1890 NL  48 (5th)
1891 NL  52 (7th)
1892 NL  53 (7th)
1893 NL  52 (4th)
1894 NL  50 (6th)
1895 NL  48 (4th)
1896 NL  49 (3rd)
1897 NL  46 (2nd)
1898 NL  50 (1st)
1899 NL  42 (7th)
1901 NL  38 (7th)
Career  621 (165th)

Saves s c a p y
1891 NL  3 (1st)
1893 NL  1 (6th)
1895 NL  3 (1st)
1896 NL  1 (4th)
1897 NL  3 (1st)
1898 NL  4 (1st)
1899 NL  1 (7th)
1904 NL  1 (7th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1890 NL  424.0 (5th)
1891 NL  425.3 (6th)
1892 NL  453.0 (5th)
1893 NL  425.0 (2nd)
1894 NL  407.0 (5th)
1895 NL  390.7 (4th)
1896 NL  372.3 (4th)
1897 NL  368.0 (1st)
1898 NL  388.0 (2nd)
1899 NL  343.3 (7th)
1901 NL  321.0 (6th)
1904 NL  317.0 (7th)
Career  5,067.3 (11th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1890 NL  222 (3rd)
1891 NL  240 (3rd)
1892 NL  192 (4th)
1893 NL  94 (9th)
1894 NL  113 (5th)
1895 NL  148 (2nd)
1896 NL  102 (8th)
1897 NL  127 (5th)
1898 NL  138 (4th)
1899 NL  108 (7th)
1901 NL  143 (6th)
1904 NL  134 (7th)
Career  1,881 (86th)

Games Started s c a p y
1890 NL  47 (5th)
1891 NL  48 (5th)
1892 NL  51 (5th)
1893 NL  44 (5th)
1894 NL  46 (5th)
1895 NL  43 (4th)
1896 NL  43 (4th)
1897 NL  40 (4th)
1898 NL  42 (3rd)
1901 NL  34 (10th)
Career  562 (26th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1890 NL  47 (5th)
1891 NL  45 (5th)
1892 NL  49 (3rd)
1893 NL  43 (2nd)
1894 NL  40 (5th)
1895 NL  43 (3rd)
1896 NL  37 (4th)
1897 NL  37 (4th)
1898 NL  40 (3rd)
1899 NL  37 (6th)
1901 NL  33 (5th)
1904 NL  35 (5th)
Career  532 (4th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1890 NL  7 (1st)
1891 NL  5 (2nd)
1892 NL  5 (4th)
1893 NL  1 (9th)
1894 NL  3 (1st)
1896 NL  3 (3rd)
1897 NL  2 (3rd)
1898 NL  5 (3rd)
1899 NL  4 (2nd)
1900 NL  4 (1st)
1901 NL  4 (7th)
Career  48 (25th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1891 NL  15 (4th)
1892 NL  15 (2nd)
1893 NL  15 (6th)
1894 NL  23 (3rd)
1895 NL  15 (3rd)
1896 NL  14 (3rd)
1897 NL  9 (7th)
1899 NL  11 (2nd)
1900 NL  11 (2nd)
1901 NL  8 (7th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1901 NL  90 (8th)
Career  1,272 (37th)

Hits s c a p y
1890 NL  374 (6th)
1891 NL  413 (5th)
1892 NL  404 (8th)
1893 NL  426 (6th)
1894 NL  488 (2nd)
1895 NL  434 (4th)
1896 NL  387 (9th)
1897 NL  362 (9th)
1901 NL  306 (9th)
1904 NL  268 (10th)
Career  4,929 (6th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1890 NL  1.982 (1st)
1891 NL  2.330 (1st)
1892 NL  1.587 (2nd)
1893 NL  0.797 (3rd)
1894 NL  0.934 (3rd)
1895 NL  1.644 (1st)
1896 NL  1.010 (7th)
1897 NL  1.868 (1st)
1898 NL  1.624 (2nd)
1899 NL  1.317 (4th)
1904 NL  2.680 (4th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1890 NL  0.170 (8th)
Career  0.277 (248th)

Losses s c a p y
1890 NL  19 (5th)
1899 NL  19 (8th)
Career  208 (39th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1894 NL  215 (2nd)
1901 NL  115 (5th)
Career  1,664 (24th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1890 NL  30 (2nd)
1892 NL  24 (2nd)
1894 NL  14 (8th)
1895 NL  11 (5th)
1896 NL  13 (4th)
1898 NL  15 (3rd)
1899 NL  8 (10th)
1901 NL  8 (10th)
1905 NL  8 (9th)
Career  169 (25th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1891 NL  17 (8th)
1893 NL  15 (9th)
Career  129 (37th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1890 NL  1,755 (5th)
1891 NL  1,805 (8th)
1892 NL  1,893 (6th)
1893 NL  1,817 (2nd)
1894 NL  1,790 (4th)
1895 NL  1,661 (4th)
1896 NL  1,564 (7th)
1897 NL  1,490 (5th)
1898 NL  1,528 (4th)
1899 NL  1,391 (10th)
1901 NL  1,326 (6th)
1904 NL  1,264 (8th)
Career  21,082 (11th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1893 NL  7 (5th)
1896 NL  6 (9th)
1897 NL  6 (9th)
1898 NL  8 (4th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1890 NL  170 (2nd)
1891 NL  151 (1st)
1892 NL  124 (9th)
1893 NL  139 (4th)
1894 NL  124 (6th)
1895 NL  146 (4th)
1896 NL  160 (2nd)
1897 NL  168 (1st)
1898 NL  174 (2nd)
1899 NL  138 (8th)
1900 NL  134 (5th)
1904 NL  133 (8th)
Career  140 (14th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1890 NL  67 (1st)
1891 NL  46 (1st)
1892 NL  37 (2nd)
1893 NL  68 (2nd)
1894 NL  48 (4th)
1895 NL  62 (3rd)
1896 NL  54 (3rd)
1897 NL  72 (1st)
1898 NL  65 (1st)
1899 NL  43 (4th)
1900 NL  24 (7th)
1904 NL  26 (4th)
Career  615 (5th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1890 NL  6.3 (1st)
1891 NL  4.3 (1st)
1892 NL  3.5 (2nd)
1893 NL  5.8 (2nd)
1894 NL  3.8 (4th)
1895 NL  5.3 (3rd)
1896 NL  4.8 (3rd)
1897 NL  6.6 (1st)
1898 NL  6.5 (1st)
1899 NL  4.1 (4th)
1900 NL  2.3 (7th)
1904 NL  2.9 (4th)
Career  56.9 (7th)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
1890 NL  48 (5th)
1893 NL  52 (4th)
1895 NL  48 (4th)
1896 NL  49 (3rd)
1897 NL  46 (2nd)
1898 NL  50 (1st)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1891 NL  30 (2nd)
1894 NL  34 (2nd)
1895 NL  31 (2nd)
1897 NL  29 (2nd)
1899 NL  25 (2nd)
1901 NL  27 (2nd)
Career  313 (18th)

Assists as P s c a p y
1890 NL  85 (5th)
1891 NL  100 (4th)
Career  1,031 (20th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
Career  67 (51st)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
1891 NL  2.75 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
1891 NL  2.50 (2nd)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1891 NL  .949 (4th)
1892 NL  .966 (1st)
1896 NL  1.000 (1st)
1897 NL  .968 (3rd)
1900 NL  .985 (1st)
1901 NL  .960 (3rd)

Oldest s c a p y
1905 NL  born 1869-09-14 (10th)
1906 NL  born 1869-09-14 (9th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 35 (46), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 309 (9), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 228 (16), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 69 (9), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (4th), 111.6 career WAR/72.4 7yr-peak WAR/92.0 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 68.1 career WAR/47.7 7yr-peak WAR/57.9 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Tim Keefe (892) *
  2. Pete Alexander (890) *
  3. Mickey Welch (884) *
  4. John Clarkson (883) *
  5. Warren Spahn (866) *
  6. Eddie Plank (836) *
  7. Old Hoss Radbourn (831) *
  8. Greg Maddux (829)
  9. Christy Mathewson (821) *
  10. Tony Mullane (808)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Smoky Joe Wood (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Dwight Gooden (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ice Box Chamberlain (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Larry Corcoran (923)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Larry Corcoran (909)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Gus Weyhing (903)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Mickey Welch (900) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Mickey Welch (884) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. John Clarkson (883) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. John Clarkson (905) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. John Clarkson (925) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. John Clarkson (933) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Cy Young (880) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Cy Young (908) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Cy Young (911) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Similar Batters 
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  1. Mickey Welch (965) *
  2. John Clarkson (955) *
  3. Jim McCormick (949)
  4. Charlie Buffinton (943)
  5. Old Hoss Radbourn (939) *
  6. Early Wynn (929) *
  7. Clark Griffith (929) *
  8. Ted Lyons (928) *
  9. Christy Mathewson (926) *
  10. Walter Johnson (924) *
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Hardie Henderson (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Christy Mathewson (979) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jim McCormick (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jim McCormick (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Jim McCormick (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jim McCormick (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Mickey Welch (959) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Mickey Welch (958) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Mickey Welch (959) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. John Clarkson (958) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Cy Young (949) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Cy Young (958) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Cy Young (977) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
189929Boston Beaneaters$3,0002/4/1899 TSN
190131Boston Beaneaters$2,7005/20/01 Dayton Herald, per 1995 BRJ 24
Career to date (may be incomplete)$5,700
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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