Rene Arocha vs. Chet Nichols Jr. — Career Comparison

Rene Arocha
Baby BoomersCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Chet Nichols Jr.
Silent GenerationRhode IslandThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Rene Arocha and Chet Nichols Jr. are fairly close on the surface numbers. Chet Nichols Jr. posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.64 vs 4.11) and home runs allowed (0.67 per nine innings vs 1.01). Rene Arocha had the advantage in WHIP (1.360 vs 1.473). By the career numbers, Chet Nichols Jr. had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Rene Arocha and Chet Nichols Jr.

Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
3.37
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
2.82
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.98
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.06
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.49
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.51
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.46
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.54
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.43
51.43
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.57
48.57
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
29.03
29.03
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.57
37.57
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.34
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.3
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.15
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
151
4.11
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
244
3.64
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
993
27
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1810
27
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
331
9
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
603.1
9
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
363
9.87
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
600
8.95
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.87
9.87
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.95
8.95
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
1.01
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.67
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
2.04
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
280
4.18
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.33
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.13
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.04
2.04
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
5.17
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
3.97
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.17
5.17
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.53
1.53
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.41
1.41
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.801
0.801
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.905
0.905
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.19
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.28
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.3
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
1404
38.18
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2622
39.11
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.09
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.79
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
4.6
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
4.27
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.6
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.24
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.76
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.323
1.323
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.459
1.459
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1287
34.99
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2336
34.85
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.36
1.36
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.51
1.51
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.18
38.18
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.11
39.11

Fielding Stats for Rene Arocha and Chet Nichols Jr.

Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
3.37
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
3.8
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.95
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.05
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
993
27
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1342
27
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
331
9
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
447.1
9
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.41
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.48
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
1.41
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
3.02
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.11
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.93
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
3.56
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
1.82
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
3.5
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.37
94.37
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.31
98.31
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.921
0.921
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28.23
28.23
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.51
27.51
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.24
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rene Arocha and Chet Nichols Jr.

Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
124
907.32
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
189
603.19
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
82
600
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
188
600
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
69
504.88
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
173
552.13
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.372
0.372
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.327
0.327
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
7
51.22
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.21
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
5
36.59
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
67.02
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.19
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.19
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.046
0.046
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
1.34
9.78
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.08
9.84
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
9
65.85
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
73.4
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
10
73.17
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
79.79
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.269
0.269
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.029
0.029
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.097
0.097
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
3
21.95
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
25.53
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
21.95
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
15.96
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
43.9
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
41.49
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.89
-6.54
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.26
-4.02
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
21.95
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
3
9.57
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
226.83
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
159.57
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
2.65
2.65
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.76
3.76
Rene Arocha
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
73.17
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
38.3
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rene Arocha
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA