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Chet
Nichols		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 195
 
Born: February 22, 1931 in Usa, RI, PAWTUCKET
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1951 20 BRK NL $ 300,000 7 4 4 4 5 4 4 7 7 7
1952 21 BRK NL   7 4 4 4 4 4 4 7 6 6
1953 22 BRK NL   7 5 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6
1954 23 BRK NL   6 5 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6
1955 24 BRK NL   6 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1956 25 BRK NL   6 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1957 26 BRK NL   6 5 5 5 5 4 4 6 6 6
1958 27 BRK NL   6 6 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1959 28 BRK NL   6 6 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1960 29 BRK NL   6 6 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 6
1961 30 BRK NL   5 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 6 6
1962 31 BRK NL $ 300,000 5 5 4 5 4 3 3 6 5 6
1963 32 BRK NL   5 5 4 4 4 3 3 6 5 5
1964 33 BRK NL $ 300,000 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 6 5 5
1965 34 LAD NL   5 4 4 4 4 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   5 4 4 4 4 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 7 6 5 5 5 4 4 7 7 7
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  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1951 20 BRK NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1952 21 BRK NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1953 22 BRK NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1954 23 BRK NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1955 24 BRK NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1956 25 BRK NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1957 26 BRK NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1958 27 BRK NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1959 28 BRK NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1960 29 BRK NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1961 30 BRK NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1962 31 BRK NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1963 32 BRK NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1964 33 BRK NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1965 34 LAD NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1951 20 AAA   13 7 .650 36 24 3 1 1 175.3 173 78 14 81 109 4.00 .257 .337 .376 .713  
1952 21 AAA   2 1 .667 6 6 0 0 0 30.3 43 19 3 30 21 5.64 .339 .465 .504 .969  
    AA   4 10 .286 19 19 1 0 0 127.3 119 61 5 59 105 4.31 .247 .330 .353 .683  
1953 22 AA   8 12 .400 28 28 3 0 0 199.3 161 76 21 81 162 3.43 .220 .298 .358 .656  
1954 23 AA   5 6 .455 17 17 1 0 0 104.3 86 43 12 54 97 3.71 .226 .323 .361 .683  
1955 24 AAA   3 13 .188 21 21 0 0 0 128.0 144 83 20 84 95 5.84 .283 .385 .453 .838  
    AA   2 3 .400 7 7 0 0 0 54.0 37 12 5 13 56 2.00 .191 .242 .304 .546  
1956 25 AAA   14 8 .636 29 29 0 0 0 194.7 170 70 18 95 177 3.24 .231 .319 .352 .672  
1957 26 AAA   8 10 .444 28 28 2 0 0 193.3 181 76 25 88 157 3.54 .244 .324 .391 .716  
1958 27 AAA   11 3 .786 22 22 2 0 0 145.7 126 57 17 66 141 3.52 .231 .314 .365 .679  
1959 28 AAA   8 14 .364 29 29 0 0 0 198.7 177 77 25 86 192 3.49 .239 .318 .382 .700  
1960 29 AAA   9 9 .500 28 28 2 1 0 189.7 178 71 15 95 167 3.37 .249 .337 .359 .696  
1961 30 AAA   3 9 .250 18 18 1 0 0 129.3 99 44 13 52 115 3.06 .208 .285 .329 .615  
1962 31 BRK NL 6 11 .353 69 0 0 0 5 76.7 88 40 12 43 35 4.70 .288 .371 .441 .812 1.9
    AAA   5 1 .833 6 6 0 0 0 42.7 33 4 1 17 55 0.84 .212 .289 .263 .552  
1963 32 AAA   3 3 .500 66 0 0 0 5 78.7 73 27 7 35 60 3.09 .249 .329 .348 .677  
1964 33 BRK NL 0 4 .000 44 0 0 0 0 65.0 71 34 8 32 26 4.71 .284 .356 .432 .788 1.0
1965 34 LAD NL 0 2 .000 9 0 0 0 0 10.0 15 9 1 7 6 8.10 .341 .431 .432 .863 0.0
    AAA   3 3 .500 32 0 0 0 4 31.3 37 15 4 19 20 4.31 .303 .397 .467 .864  
3 Years Sim 6 17 .261 122 0 0 0 5 151.7 174 83 21 82 67 4.93 .290 .369 .437 .806 2.9
12 Years AAA 82 81 .503 321 211 10 2 10 1537.6 1434 621 162 748 1309 3.63 .246 .332 .376 .707  
4 Years AA 19 31 .380 71 71 5 0 0 485.0 403 192 43 207 420 3.56 .226 .306 .351 .657  
16 Years Minors 101 112 .474 392 282 15 2 10 2022.6 1837 813 205 955 1729 3.62 .241 .326 .370 .696  
Season Average 2 5 .286 40 0 0 0 1 50.6 58 27 7 27 22 4.93 .290 .369 .437 .806  
Career Highs 6 11 .353 69 0 0 0 5 76.7 88 40 12 43 35 8.10 .341 .431 .441 .863  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   102 55 14 55 43   .288 .384 .458 .841
vs LH   72 28 7 27 24   .293 .363 .407 .769
Home 3 9 .250 63 1 0 0 3 82.7 101 54 15 38 41 5.88 .302 .374 .476 .850
Away 3 9 .250 60 0 0 0 2 69.0 73 30 6 44 26 3.91 .274 .377 .387 .765
Mar/Apr 0 1 .000 13 0 0 0 0 16.3 25 14 3 9 9 7.72 .357 .430 .557 .988
May 2 4 .333 28 0 0 0 2 34.7 37 21 2 20 12 5.45 .280 .375 .364 .739
June 0 0 .000 20 0 0 0 2 24.7 30 14 3 12 15 5.11 .297 .372 .426 .797
July 1 3 .250 18 0 0 0 0 17.3 18 4 2 10 4 2.08 .265 .359 .412 .771
August 1 7 .125 24 0 0 0 1 29.3 33 13 4 15 10 3.99 .289 .372 .430 .802
Sep/Oct 2 3 .400 20 1 0 0 0 29.3 31 18 7 16 17 5.53 .270 .359 .478 .837
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1962 31 BRK NL 69 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1964 33 BRK NL 44 12 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .333 .500 0.6 0.1
2 Years Sim 113 15 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 .133 .133 .267 .400 0.4 0.1
162 Game Average 21 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 .133 .133 .267 .400 0.6  
Career Highs 69 12 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .333 .500 0.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   11 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 .091 .091 .273 .364 0.1
vs LH   4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2
Home 56 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7
Away 57 8 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .500 .750 1.0
RISP   5 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .600 .800 0.7
Close/Late   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
Mar/Apr 10 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 .667 .667 1.333 2.000 1.4
May 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
June 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
July 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
August 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
Sep/Oct 19 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1962 31 BRK NL P 69 0 76.7 8 6 0 0 1.000 1.64    
1964 33 BRK NL P 44 0 65.0 3 12 0 0 1.000 2.08    
1965 34 LAD NL P 9 0 10.0 2 3 1 0 .833 4.50    
Career Totals   122 0 151.7 13 21 1 0 .971 2.02    
Career Highs   69 0 76.7 8 12 1 0 1.000 4.50    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games Pitched
1962-7-69
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  1. Danny Boone (985)
  2. Art Schallock (984)
  3. Mickey Mahler (982)
  4. Carl Fischer (982)
  5. Stan Ferens (982)
  6. Harry Courtney (980)
  7. Steve Howe (976)
  8. Paul Siebert (973)
  9. Eric Nolte (973)
  10. Rich Troedson (972)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 16th overall pick, by Brooklyn in 1951
Injured on 9/2/1951 with a Broken Cheekbone, out for 7 weeks
Injured on 7/27/1952 with a Inflamed Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 4/20/1953 with a Hyper Extended Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 5/31/1954 with a Blister On Finger, out for 6 days
Injured on 5/22/1957 with a Broken Nose, out for one week
Injured on 4/24/1958 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 4-5 weeks
Injured on 8/15/1958 with a Strained Back, out for 2 weeks
Injured on 5/31/1960 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Earned first career win on 5/5/1962
Had first career hit (triple) on 4/13/1964, off John Boozer (NYG)
Released by Los Angeles on 10/13/1965
 
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