Dale Alderson vs. Chet Nichols Jr. — Career Comparison

Dale Alderson
Greatest GenerationNebraskaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational 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 Dale Alderson 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. posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.64 and WHIP 1.473 compared to 6.56 and 1.794 for Dale Alderson. By the career numbers, Chet Nichols Jr. had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dale Alderson and Chet Nichols Jr.

Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
4.04
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
2.82
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.76
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.06
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.51
Dale Alderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.25
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.54
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.57
48.57
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.75
18.75
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.57
37.57
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.34
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.15
Dale Alderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
6.56
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
244
3.64
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.56
6.56
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.61
6.61
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
27
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1810
27
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.2
9
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
603.1
9
Dale Alderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
13.12
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
600
8.95
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.12
13.12
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.95
8.95
Dale Alderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.01
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.67
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Dale Alderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
3.03
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
280
4.18
Dale Alderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.13
Dale Alderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.78
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
3.97
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.78
2.78
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.41
1.41
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.645
0.645
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.905
0.905
Dale Alderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.28
Dale Alderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.09
Dale Alderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
168
42.39
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2622
39.11
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
2.27
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.79
Dale Alderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
7.57
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
4.27
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.57
7.57
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.794
1.794
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.459
1.459
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
39.36
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2336
34.85
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.88
1.88
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.51
1.51
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Dale Alderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.39
42.39
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.11
39.11

Fielding Stats for Dale Alderson and Chet Nichols Jr.

Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
3.8
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.05
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1342
27
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
447.1
9
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.48
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
3.02
Dale Alderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
3.56
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
3.5
Dale Alderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.31
98.31
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.813
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.921
0.921
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.51
27.51
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.24
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dale Alderson and Chet Nichols Jr.

Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
1371.43
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
189
603.19
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
188
600
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
173
552.13
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.327
0.327
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.21
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
67.02
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.19
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.19
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.08
9.84
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
73.4
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
79.79
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.097
0.097
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
25.53
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
15.96
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
41.49
Dale Alderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.72
-61.83
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.26
-4.02
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.57
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Alderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
171.43
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
159.57
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
3.5
3.5
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.76
3.76
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
38.3
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Alderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA