Jimmy Anderson vs. Chet Nichols Jr. — Career Comparison

Jimmy Anderson
Gen XVirginiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Chet Nichols Jr.
Silent GenerationRhode IslandThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

The numbers give Chet Nichols Jr. a clear advantage over Jimmy Anderson across the core pitching metrics. Chet Nichols Jr. led in home run suppression (HR9+ 188 vs 137), strikeout rate (K%+ 82 vs 56), and run prevention (ERA+ 101 vs 84). Jimmy Anderson held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 92 vs 75). Chet Nichols Jr. was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Jimmy Anderson and Chet Nichols Jr.

Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
1.91
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
2.82
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.5
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.06
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.39
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.51
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.74
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.54
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.72
34.72
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.57
48.57
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.69
78.69
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.57
37.57
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.34
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.15
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
346
5.42
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
244
3.64
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1724
27
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1810
27
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
574.2
9
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
603.1
9
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
672
10.52
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
600
8.95
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.52
10.52
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.95
8.95
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.91
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.67
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.48
0.48
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
3.76
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
280
4.18
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.38
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.13
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
241
3.77
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
3.97
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.98
1.98
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.41
1.41
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.837
0.837
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.905
0.905
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.34
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.28
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.41
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2587
40.52
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2622
39.11
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.13
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.79
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
371
5.81
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
4.27
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.81
5.81
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.36
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.31
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
1.28
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.587
1.587
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.459
1.459
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2278
35.68
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2336
34.85
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.04
3.04
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.51
1.51
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.52
40.52
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.11
39.11

Fielding Stats for Jimmy Anderson and Chet Nichols Jr.

Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
1.91
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
3.8
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.5
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
1.05
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1724
27
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1342
27
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
574.2
9
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
447.1
9
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.38
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.48
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
1.85
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
3.02
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
2.3
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
3.56
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
142
2.22
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
3.5
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.6
96.6
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.31
98.31
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.164
1.164
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.921
0.921
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.69
78.69
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.51
27.51
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.13
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.24
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jimmy Anderson and Chet Nichols Jr.

Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
122
379.27
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
189
603.19
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
193
600
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
188
600
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
170
528.5
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
173
552.13
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.394
0.394
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.327
0.327
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
71.5
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
22
70.21
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
20
62.18
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
67.02
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.33
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.19
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.33
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.19
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.046
0.046
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.44
13.81
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
3.08
9.84
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
80.83
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
23
73.4
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
96.37
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
25
79.79
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.327
0.327
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.275
0.275
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.018
0.018
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
34.2
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
8
25.53
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
18.65
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
5
15.96
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
52.85
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
13
41.49
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.49
4.64
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.26
-4.02
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
24.87
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
3
9.57
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
136.79
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
50
159.57
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.39
4.39
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
3.76
3.76
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Jimmy Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
46.63
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
12
38.3
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.11
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jimmy Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA