Pat Caraway vs. Kid Nichols — Career Comparison

Pat Caraway
Greatest GenerationTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Kid Nichols
Pre-GenerationalWisconsinThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueHall of FameRelief Pitcher

Pat Caraway built a career as a starting pitcher and Kid Nichols as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Kid Nichols posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.96 and WHIP 1.224 compared to 5.35 and 1.542 for Pat Caraway. By the career numbers, Kid Nichols had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Pat Caraway and Kid Nichols

Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
2.03
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
621
1.1
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
1.17
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
562
1
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.41
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
0.64
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.75
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
0.37
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.48
35.48
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.51
63.51
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.41
57.41
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.5
90.5
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.4
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
532
0.94
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.09
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.03
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
284
5.35
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1664
2.96
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.96
2.96
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.6
4.6
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
1434
27
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15202
27
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
478
9
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5067.1
9
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
10.21
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4929
8.75
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.21
10.21
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.75
8.75
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.64
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
0.28
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
195
3.67
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1272
2.26
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.67
3.67
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.26
2.26
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
151
2.84
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1881
3.34
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.84
2.84
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.4
1.4
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.724
0.724
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.622
0.622
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
169
0.3
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.24
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
0.23
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2154
40.56
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21082
37.44
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.56
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
0.1
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
328
6.18
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
4.4
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.18
6.18
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.542
1.542
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.224
1.224
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1946
36.64
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19681
34.96
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.56
40.56
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.44
37.44

Fielding Stats for Pat Caraway and Kid Nichols

Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
647
1.11
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.1
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15753
27
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5251
9
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
384
0.66
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1034
1.77
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.14
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1497
2.57
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1418
2.43
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.56
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.72
94.72
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.194
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.192
2.192
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.27
9.27
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.06
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Pat Caraway and Kid Nichols

Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PAverified
109
373.71
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
650
172.26
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
175
600
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2264
600
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
157
538.29
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2090
553.89
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
0.503
0.503
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.602
0.602
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
28
96
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
472
125.09
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
19
65.14
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
374
99.12
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
24
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
15.37
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.86
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
6.36
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
4.24
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
30.86
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
98
25.97
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.321
0.321
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.034
0.034
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
8.39
28.75
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
186.5
49.43
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
39
133.71
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
626
165.9
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
34
116.57
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
621
164.58
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
0.248
0.248
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
0.457
0.457
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.577
0.577
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.074
0.074
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
0.349
0.349
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.491
0.491
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
17
58.29
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
273
72.35
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
16
54.86
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
278
73.67
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
33
113.14
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
535
141.78
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
7.73
26.52
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
203.11
53.83
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
3.18
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
6
20.57
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
137
36.31
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
89.14
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
343
90.9
Pat Caraway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.73
6.73
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
6.6
6.6
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
41.14
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
6.63
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
5.04
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
5.04
Pat Caraway
Career
Per 600 PA
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100