Keith Brown vs. Chet Nichols Jr. — Career Comparison

Keith Brown
Baby BoomersArizonaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational 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 Keith Brown as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Keith Brown posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.4 and WHIP 1.469 compared to 3.64 and 1.473 for Chet Nichols Jr.. By the career numbers, Keith Brown had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Keith Brown and Chet Nichols Jr.

Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
4.72
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
2.82
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.94
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.06
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.38
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.51
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.38
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.54
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.57
48.57
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.57
37.57
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.34
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.15
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
3.4
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
244
3.64
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
27
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1810
27
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.2
9
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
603.1
9
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
9.63
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
600
8.95
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.63
9.63
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.95
8.95
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.94
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.67
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
3.4
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
280
4.18
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.13
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
4.34
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
3.97
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.41
1.41
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.905
0.905
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.38
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.28
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.09
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
202
38.14
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2622
39.11
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.13
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.79
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
3.78
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
286
4.27
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.78
3.78
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.38
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.13
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.448
1.448
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.459
1.459
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
34.36
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2336
34.85
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.51
1.51
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.14
38.14
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.11
39.11

Fielding Stats for Keith Brown and Chet Nichols Jr.

Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
4.72
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
3.8
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.94
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.05
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
27
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1342
27
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.2
9
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
447.1
9
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.57
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.48
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.51
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
3.02
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.38
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
2.45
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
3.56
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.08
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
3.5
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.62
84.62
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.31
98.31
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.921
0.921
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.51
27.51
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.19
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.24
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Keith Brown and Chet Nichols Jr.

Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
1875
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
189
603.19
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
188
600
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
6
450
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
173
552.13
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.327
0.327
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.21
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
67.02
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.19
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.19
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.08
9.84
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
73.4
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
79.79
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.097
0.097
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
25.53
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
15.96
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
41.49
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.58
-43.52
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.26
-4.02
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.57
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Brown
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
300
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
159.57
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.76
3.76
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
38.3
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Keith Brown
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA