Garvin Alston vs. Chet Nichols Jr. — Career Comparison

Garvin Alston
Gen XNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational 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 Garvin Alston 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 9 and 2.000 for Garvin Alston. 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 Garvin Alston and Chet Nichols Jr.

Garvin Alston
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
9
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
2.82
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.06
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.5
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.51
Garvin Alston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.54
Garvin Alston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.57
48.57
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.57
37.57
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.34
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.15
Garvin Alston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
9
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
244
3.64
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.02
9.02
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
27
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1810
27
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
9
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
603.1
9
Garvin Alston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
13.5
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
600
8.95
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.95
8.95
Garvin Alston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.5
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.67
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Garvin Alston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Garvin Alston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
4.5
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
280
4.18
Garvin Alston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.13
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
7.5
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
3.97
Garvin Alston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.5
7.5
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.41
1.41
Garvin Alston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.905
0.905
Garvin Alston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.5
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.28
Garvin Alston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.5
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Garvin Alston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
45
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2622
39.11
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
6
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.79
Garvin Alston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
9
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
4.27
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
3
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Garvin Alston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.5
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.459
1.459
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
36
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2336
34.85
Garvin Alston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.51
1.51
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.444
0.444
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Garvin Alston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
45
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.11
39.11

Fielding Stats for Garvin Alston and Chet Nichols Jr.

Garvin Alston
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
9
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
3.8
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.05
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
27
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1342
27
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
9
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
447.1
9
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.48
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.5
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
3.02
Garvin Alston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.5
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
3.56
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.5
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
3.5
Garvin Alston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.31
98.31
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.167
0.167
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.921
0.921
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.51
27.51
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.24
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Garvin Alston and Chet Nichols Jr.

Garvin Alston
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
3600
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
189
603.19
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
188
600
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
173
552.13
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.327
0.327
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.21
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
67.02
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.19
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.19
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.08
9.84
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
73.4
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
79.79
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.097
0.097
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
25.53
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
15.96
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
41.49
Garvin Alston
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.26
-4.02
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.57
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Garvin Alston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
50
159.57
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.76
3.76
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
38.3
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Garvin Alston
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA