League Leaders Who Led?
Kid Nichols

Kid Nichols

1890–1906  ·  Bats B  ·  Throws R  ·  5'10", 175 lb  ·  b. 1869 Madison, WI

Career 362–208 · 2.96 ERA · 1,881 SO · 5067.1 IP · 650 G · 472 H · 16 HR · 278 RBI · .226 AVG

Seasons leading his league
14
13 best in baseball 1 league only
69 Top-5 finishes
8 Title seasons
5 Categories led
1897 Best season

Spanning 1890–1900, peaking at 4 titles in 1897.

Led in Wins for 3 straight seasons (1896–1898) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 107th League titles 14
  • 48th Best in baseball 13
  • 47th Top-5 finishes 69

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Walks + Hits / IP 4 1st 2 yrs (1897–1898) 1893 1.28 1897 1.17 1898 1.03 1891 NL 1.21 1890 #2 1892 #2
Shutouts 3 1st — 1890 7 1894 3 1900 4 1891 #2 1896 #3 1897 #3 1898 #3 1899 #2
Saves 3 1st 2 yrs (1897–1898) 1891 3 1897 3 1898 4 1895 #3
Wins 3 1st 3 yrs (1896–1898) 1896 30 1897 31 1898 31 1892 #3 1893 #2 1894 #3
Innings Pitched 1 1st — 1897 368.0 1893 #2 1898 #2
Complete Games — #2 — 1892 #3 1893 #2 1895 #3 1898 #3
Strikeouts / 9 — #2 — 1890 #2 1891 #2
Strikeouts — #2 — 1890 #3 1891 #3 1895 #2
Earned Run Average — #2 — 1890 #2 1891 #2 1896 #2 1897 #2 1898 #3

Title Seasons

8 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1900 1 SHO 4
1898 3 W 31 SV 4 WHIP 1.03
1897 4 W 31 SV 3 WHIP 1.17 IP 368.0
1896 1 W 30
1894 1 SHO 3
1893 1 WHIP 1.28
1891 2 SV 3 WHIP 1.21
1890 1 SHO 7

Pitching

15 seasons
Year Team Lg W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO WHIP
1890 BSN NL 27 19 2.23 48 47 0 424.0 374 105 8 112 222 1.15
1891 BSN NL 30 17 2.39 52 48 3 425.1 413 113 15 103 240 1.21
1892 BSN NL 35 16 2.84 53 51 0 453.0 404 143 15 121 192 1.16
1893 BSN NL 34 14 3.52 52 44 1 425.0 426 166 15 118 94 1.28
1894 BSN NL 32 13 4.75 50 46 0 407.0 488 215 23 121 113 1.50
1895 BSN NL 27 16 3.41 48 43 2 390.2 434 148 15 90 148 1.34
1896 BSN NL 30 14 2.83 49 43 1 372.1 387 117 14 101 102 1.31
1897 BSN NL 31 11 2.64 46 40 3 368.0 362 108 9 68 127 1.17
1898 BSN NL 31 12 2.13 50 42 4 388.0 316 92 7 85 138 1.03
1899 BSN NL 21 19 2.99 42 37 1 343.1 326 114 11 82 108 1.19
1900 BSN NL 13 16 3.07 29 27 0 231.1 215 79 11 72 53 1.24
1901 BSN NL 19 16 3.22 38 34 0 321.0 306 115 8 90 143 1.23
1904 SLN NL 21 13 2.02 36 35 1 317.0 268 71 3 50 134 1.00
1905 PHI +1 NL 11 11 3.12 24 23 0 190.1 193 66 2 46 66 1.26
1906 PHI NL 0 1 9.82 4 2 0 11.0 17 12 0 13 1 2.73
Career — — 362 208 2.96 621 562 16 5067.1 4,929 1,664 156 1,272 1,881 1.22

Batting

15 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1890 BSN NL 49 174 18 43 5 1 0 23 11 36 2 .247 .296 .287 .583
1891 BSN NL 52 183 21 36 6 0 0 27 12 31 1 .197 .250 .230 .480
1892 BSN NL 57 197 21 40 6 2 2 21 16 52 3 .203 .263 .284 .547
1893 BSN NL 53 177 25 39 3 2 2 26 15 22 4 .220 .285 .294 .579
1894 BSN NL 51 170 39 50 11 2 0 34 16 24 1 .294 .358 .382 .741
1895 BSN NL 49 161 23 37 3 2 0 18 14 29 0 .230 .291 .273 .565
1896 BSN NL 51 147 27 28 3 3 1 24 12 18 2 .191 .256 .272 .528
1897 BSN NL 46 147 20 39 5 0 3 28 7 18 4 .265 .317 .361 .677
1898 BSN NL 51 158 26 38 3 3 2 23 4 8 0 .241 .268 .335 .604
1899 BSN NL 42 136 13 26 3 0 1 12 6 9 1 .191 .225 .235 .461
1900 BSN NL 29 90 14 18 0 0 1 7 7 8 1 .200 .258 .233 .491
1901 BSN NL 55 163 16 46 8 7 4 28 8 39 0 .282 .316 .491 .807
1904 SLN NL 36 109 7 17 1 2 0 5 7 26 0 .156 .214 .202 .416
1905 PHI +1 NL 25 75 3 15 1 0 0 2 2 23 0 .200 .221 .213 .434
1906 PHI NL 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career — — 650 2,090 273 472 58 24 16 278 137 343 19 .226 .277 .300 .577

Fielding by Position

Pos GPOAEDPFLD%
P 621 313 1,031 67 34 .953
OF 20 33 1 7 0 .829
1B 6 38 2 5 3 .889