MLB / Players

Chet Nichols

HandednessBats Switch · Throws Left
Listed at6 ft 1 in · 165 lb
BornFebruary 22, 1931 · Pawtucket, RI, USA
MLB debutApril 19, 1951
Final gameApril 24, 1964
Seasons9 (1951–1964)

Boston Braves 1951; Milwaukee Braves 1954–1956; Boston Red Sox 1960–1963; Cincinnati Reds 1964

Percentile snapshot

1951 season — qualified pitchers

G
33
23.1
GS
19
0
W
11
28.8
L
8
88.5
SV
2
55.8
CG
12
50
SHO
3
59.6
H
142
96.2
ER
50
100
BB
69
71.2
SO
71
28.8
HR
4
100
IP
156.0
0
ERA
2.88
98.1
WHIP
1.353
46.2
K/9
4.10
59.6
FIP
3.15
94.2
FIP-
84.9
82.7
ERA+
128.6
84.6
sWAR
2.8
48.1

of 53 qualified 1951 pitchers (min 155 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
6.4
82

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
195133555127000101800.137.137.137.275-40.1-23.5.1252.8
195435393513000201200.086.086.086.171-75.9-53.2.0780.1
195534535228100101200.154.154.173.327-20.3-10.4.1470.9
19562110000000000.000.000.000.000-121.8-100.0.000-0.1
19606330000000100.000.000.000.000-132.7-100.0.0000.1
1961261091100001100.111.200.111.311-18.3-15.2.1661.7
1962291391000002200.000.182.000.182-39.1-46.6.1351.2
19632114131300010400.231.231.231.46216.427.9.210-0.1
19643000000000000-0.1

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
1951331911821231425069714156.02.881.3534.103.1584.9128.62.8
195435209111511326065555122.34.411.6104.053.7499.385.40.1
195534219816013964674420144.04.001.4312.754.92129.594.90.9
19562001000933214.06.753.0004.506.73190.852.3-0.1
19606102000126411012.74.261.2637.821.6140.094.70.1
19612623230040122620351.72.091.2773.483.9996.4198.21.7
19622911130061192233357.03.001.4565.213.2078.0136.71.2
19632171300061282427852.74.781.6144.614.78126.778.8-0.1
19643000000420313.06.001.3339.005.08140.160.5-0.1

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
189
PA
188
AB
173
R
8
H
22
2B
1
3B
0
HR
0
RBI
5
BB
3
SO
50
SB
0
BA
.1272
OBP
.1420
SLG
.1329
OPS
.2749

Pitching

G (P)
189
GS
71
W
34
L
36
SV
10
CG
23
SHO
4
IP
603
SO (P)
266
BB allowed
280
ERA
3.640
WHIP
1.4586
K/9
3.97

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1963-07-14BOS @ LAA Gameday302000102
1951-07-04PHI @ ATL Gameday312000002
1955-07-30SF @ ATL Gameday402000002
1955-04-23STL @ ATL Gameday511100002
1951-06-09STL @ ATL Gameday311000101

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1954-07-07ATL @ CHC Gameday9.0500490
1951-09-24ATL @ SF Gameday8.2742480
1951-08-14PHI @ ATL Gameday9.0822470
1951-08-24CIN @ ATL Gameday9.0410260
1963-07-04BOS @ CLE Gameday6.01165461

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.