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Kid Nichols

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Kid Nichols

Full name Charles Augustus Nichols
Born September 14, 1869, Madison, Wisconsin
Died April 11, 1953, Kansas City, Missouri
Buried at Mount Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri (Block 16- Lot 237- Space 8)
First Game: April 23, 1890; Final Game: May 18, 1906
Managed First Game: April 15, 1904; Managed Final Game: May 3, 1905
Umpired First Game: August 6, 1900; Umpired Final Game: July 19, 1901
Bat: Both Throw: Right Height: 5' 10.5" Weight: 175
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1949
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                           Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO HBP  SH  XI   SB   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1890 BOS N                   49   174   18   43   5   1   0   23   11   36   1            2  .247  .296  .287  -0.1 1890 BOS N
1891 BOS N                   52   183   21   36   6   0   0   27   12   31   1            1  .197  .250  .230   0.0 1891 BOS N
1892 BOS N                   57   197   21   40   6   2   2   21   16   52   0            3  .203  .263  .284  -0.2 1892 BOS N
1893 BOS N                   53   177   25   39   3   2   2   26   15   22   1            4  .220  .285  .294  -0.2 1893 BOS N
1894 BOS N                   51   170   39   50  11   2   0   34   16   24   1   2        1  .294  .358  .382   0.0 1894 BOS N
1895 BOS N                   49   161   23   37   3   2   0   18   14   29   0   1        0  .230  .291  .273  -0.1 1895 BOS N
1896 BOS N                   51   147   27   28   3   3   1   24   12   18   1   9        2  .190  .256  .272  -0.1 1896 BOS N
1897 BOS N                   46   147   20   39   5   0   3   28    7   18   4   2        4  .265  .316  .361   0.0 1897 BOS N
1898 BOS N                   51   158   26   38   3   3   2   23    4    8   2   3        0  .241  .268  .335  -0.2 1898 BOS N
1899 BOS N                   42   136   13   26   3   0   1   12    6    9   0   2        1  .191  .225  .235   0.0 1899 BOS N
1900 BOS N                   29    90   14   18   0   0   1    7    7    8   0   2        1  .200  .258  .233   0.0 1900 BOS N
1901 BOS N    Daily Splits   55   163   16   46   8   7   4   28    8   39   0   4   0    0  .282  .316  .491  -0.1 1901 BOS N
1904 STL N    Daily Splits   36   109    7   17   1   2   0    5    7   26   1   0   0    0  .156  .214  .202   0.0 1904 STL N
1905 STL N    Daily Splits    8    22    0    5   0   0   0    0    0    6   0   0   0    0  .227  .227  .227  -0.1 1905 STL N
1905 PHI N    Daily Splits   17    53    3   10   1   0   0    2    2   17   0   0   0    0  .189  .218  .208   0.0 1905 PHI N
1905 TOT N                   25    75    3   15   1   0   0    2    2   23   0   0   0    0  .200  .221  .213  -0.1 1905 TOT N
1906 PHI N    Daily Splits    4     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0   0   0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0.0 1906 PHI N
Total    (15 Years) Splits  650  2090  273  472  58  24  16  278  137  343  12  25i  0i  19  .226  .277  .300  -1.1 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB   SO HBP  SH  XI   SB   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
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                             Pitching Record
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB   SO  SH  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team
1890 BOS N                   48  47  47   7   1   0  424    374         8  175  105  112  222      30  11   0          27  19   2.23  5.19   5.9 1890 BOS N
1891 BOS N                   52  48  45   5   4   3  425.1  413        15  219  113  103  240      16  17   0          30  17   2.39  6.34   4.5 1891 BOS N
1892 BOS N                   53  51  49   5   1   0  453    404        15  211  143  121  192      24  10   0          35  16   2.84  5.12   3.3 1892 BOS N
1893 BOS N                   52  44  43   1   7   1  425    426        15  222  166  118   94       5  15   1          34  14   3.52  6.64   5.5 1893 BOS N
1894 BOS N                   50  46  40   3   4   0  407    488        23  308  215  121  113      14   9   0          32  13   4.75  8.74   3.3 1894 BOS N
1895 BOS N                   48  43  43   1   5   2  390.2  434        15  222  148   90  148      11   5   0          27  16   3.41  6.81   5.2 1895 BOS N
1896 BOS N                   49  43  37   3   6   1  372.1  387        14  211  117  101  102      13   7   0          30  14   2.83  6.72   5.4 1896 BOS N
1897 BOS N                   46  40  37   2   6   3  368    362         9  152  108   68  127       6   3   0          31  11   2.64  7.15   6.9 1897 BOS N
1898 BOS N                   50  42  40   5   8   4  388    316         7  136   92   85  138      15  14   0          31  12   2.13  5.49   6.4 1898 BOS N
1899 BOS N                   42  37  37   4   5   1  343.1  326        11  155  114   82  108       8   6   0          21  19   2.99  5.00   3.4 1899 BOS N
1900 BOS N                   29  27  25   4   2   0  231.1  215        11  116   79   72   53       6  11   0          13  16   3.07  5.67   2.3 1900 BOS N
1901 BOS N    Daily Splits   38  34  33   4   4   0  321    306  1253i  8  146  115   90  143  15i  8  10   0  39i 10i 19  16   3.22  4.12   2.6 1901 BOS N
1904 STL N    Daily Splits   36  35  35   3   1   1  317    268  1281   3   97   71   50  134  26   3   5   0  38i 14i 21  13   2.02  3.06   2.8 1904 STL N
1905 STL N    Daily Splits    7   7   5   0   0   0   51.2   64   234   1   47   31   18   16   7i  4   0   0   7i  4i  1   5   5.40  3.43  -1.6 1905 STL N
1905 PHI N    Daily Splits   17  16  15   1   1   0  138.2  129   548   1   47   35   28   50  11   4   4   0   9i  7i 10   6   2.27  3.56   1.0 1905 PHI N
1905 TOT N                   24  23  20   1   1   0  190.1  193   782   2   94   66   46   66  18i  8   4   0  16i 11i 11  11   3.12  3.52  -0.6 1905 TOT N
1906 PHI N    Daily Splits    4   2   1   0   1   0   11     17    59   0   16   12   13    1   2i  2   2   0   3i  1i  0   1   9.82 10.00  -0.7 1906 PHI N
Total    (15 Years) Splits  621 562 532  48  56  16 5067.1 4929  3375 156 2480 1664 1272 1881  61 169 129   1  96  36 362 208   2.96  5.85  56.2 Total
Year Team                     G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB   SO  SH  WP HBP  BK  2B  3B   W   L    ERA    RS    PW Year Team
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                           Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1890 BOS N                P   48                      14   85   13    1                     .884
1890 BOS N               OF    2                       1    0    1    0                     .500     0    0    2 
1891 BOS N                P   52                      30  100    7    5   0                 .949
1892 BOS N                P   53                      25   88    4    4                     .966
1892 BOS N               OF    5                      11    0    1    0                     .917     5    0    0 
1893 BOS N                P   52                      21   81    5    5   0                 .953
1893 BOS N               OF    1                       1    0    2    0                     .333     0    0    1 
1894 BOS N                P   50                      34   67    7    3                     .935
1894 BOS N               OF    1                       1    0    0    0   0                1.000     1    0    0 
1895 BOS N                P   48                      31   73    4    2   0                 .963
1895 BOS N               OF    1                       0    0    0    0   0                    -     1    0    0 
1896 BOS N                P   49                      19   92    0    3   0                1.000
1896 BOS N               OF    2                       4    0    1    0                     .800     0    0    2 
1897 BOS N                P   46                      29   62    3    1   0                 .968
1898 BOS N                P   50                      21   78    4    1                     .961
1898 BOS N               1B    1                       7    0    1    0   0                 .875
1899 BOS N                P   42                      25   71    5    5                     .950
1900 BOS N                P   29                      19   48    1    1                     .985
1901 BOS N Daily Splits   P   38   34   33   321      27   69    4    1   0    0   36i   0  .960
1901 BOS N               OF    7    6    6    60.2    15    1    2    0   0                 .889     4    2    1 
1901 BOS N               1B    5    4    4    33  i   31    2    4    3   0                 .892
1901 BOS N               LF    4    4    4    39      12    1    2    1   0                 .867
1901 BOS N               CF    2    2    2    21.2     3    0    0    0   0                1.000
1901 BOS N               RF    1    0    0             0    0    0    0   0                    -
1904 STL N Daily Splits   P   36   35   35   317      13   84    5    1   0    0   38    0  .951
1905 STL N Daily Splits   P    7    7    5    51.2     2    9    1    0   0    0    6    0  .917
1905 STL N               CF    1    0    0             0    0    0    0   0                    -
1905 STL N               OF    1    0    0             0    0    0    0   0                    -     0    1    0 
1905 PHI N Daily Splits   P   17   16   15   138.2     3   23    4    1   0    0   11i   0  .867
1905 TOT N                P   24   23   20   190.1     5   32    5    1   0    0   17i   0  .881
1906 PHI N Daily Splits   P    4    2    1    11       0    1    0    0   0    0    1    0 1.000
Total (15 Years) Splits   P  621   94i  89i  839.1i  313 1031   67   34   0i   0i  92i   0i .953
Total ( 8 Years)         OF   20    6i   6i   60.2i   33    1    7    0   0i                .829    11    3    6 
Total ( 2 Years)         1B    6    4i   4i   33  i   38    2    5    3   0                 .889
Total ( 1 Year )         LF    4i   4i   4i   39  i   12i   1i   2i   1i  0i                .867
Total ( 2 Years)         CF    3    2    2    21.2i    3    0    0    0   0                1.000
Total ( 1 Year )         RF    1i   0i   0i            0i   0i   0i   0i  0i                   -
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   SB   CS   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
i - incomplete

                           Managerial Record
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING
1904 STL N        155   75   79  .487   602   595                  5
1905 STL N         14    5    9  .357    51    77          5- 3    7  6
Total ( 2 Years)  169   80   88  .476   653   672
Year Team           G    W    L   PCT    RS    RA  START    END  STANDING

                           Umpiring Record
Year LG             G   HP   1B   2B   3B   LF   RF
1900 NL Daily       2    2    0    0    0    0    0 
1901 NL Daily       1    0    1    0    0    0    0 
Total ( 2 Years)    3    2    1    0    0    0    0 
Year LG             G   HP   1B   2B   3B   LF   RF

Transaction Information

Sold by Omaha (Western) to Boston Beaneaters for $3000 (September 29, 1889).

Claimed on waivers by Philadelphia Phillies from St. Louis Cardinals (July 16, 1905).
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