Darrel Akerfelds vs. Chet Nichols Jr. — Career Comparison

Darrel Akerfelds
Baby BoomersColoradoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Chet Nichols Jr.
Silent GenerationRhode IslandThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Chet Nichols Jr. built a career as a starting pitcher and Darrel Akerfelds as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Chet Nichols Jr. led in home run suppression (HR9+ 188 vs 70), run prevention (ERA+ 101 vs 77), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 97 vs 74). Darrel Akerfelds held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 79 vs 75). Role difference aside, Chet Nichols Jr. holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Darrel Akerfelds and Chet Nichols Jr.

Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
4.81
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
2.82
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.5
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.06
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.35
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.51
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.39
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.54
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.37
47.37
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.57
48.57
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.4
10.4
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.57
37.57
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.34
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.12
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.15
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
5.08
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
244
3.64
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.08
5.08
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.7
5.7
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
701
27
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1810
27
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
233.2
9
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
603.1
9
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
8.32
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
600
8.95
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.95
8.95
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
1.39
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.67
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.39
1.39
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
4.89
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
280
4.18
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.62
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.13
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
4.97
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
3.97
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.97
4.97
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.41
1.41
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.096
1.096
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.905
0.905
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.81
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.28
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.5
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1047
40.33
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2622
39.11
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
1.27
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.79
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
146
5.62
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
4.27
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.62
5.62
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.65
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.46
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.58
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.468
1.468
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.459
1.459
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
878
33.82
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2336
34.85
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.51
1.51
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.33
40.33
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.11
39.11

Fielding Stats for Darrel Akerfelds and Chet Nichols Jr.

Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
4.81
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
3.8
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.5
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.05
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
701
27
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1342
27
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
233.2
9
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
447.1
9
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.19
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.48
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1.54
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
3.02
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.12
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.85
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
3.56
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.73
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
3.5
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.75
93.75
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.31
98.31
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.921
0.921
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.4
10.4
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.51
27.51
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.24
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Darrel Akerfelds and Chet Nichols Jr.

Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PAverified
125
8333.33
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
189
603.19
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
188
600
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
600
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
173
552.13
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.327
0.327
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.21
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
67.02
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.19
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.19
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
6.61
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.08
9.84
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
73.4
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
79.79
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.097
0.097
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
25.53
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
15.96
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
41.49
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.28
-18.99
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.26
-4.02
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.57
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
400
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
159.57
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.76
3.76
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
38.3
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrel Akerfelds
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA