Herb Cobb vs. Chet Nichols Jr. — Career Comparison

Herb Cobb
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican 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 Herb Cobb 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 36 and 4.000 for Herb Cobb. 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 Herb Cobb and Chet Nichols Jr.

Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
9
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
2.82
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.06
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.51
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.54
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.57
48.57
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.57
37.57
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.34
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.15
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
36
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
244
3.64
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
32.12
32.12
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
19
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
27
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1810
27
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
603.1
9
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
27
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
600
8.95
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.95
8.95
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.67
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
9
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
280
4.18
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.13
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
3.97
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.41
1.41
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.905
0.905
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.28
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.09
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
18
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
63
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2622
39.11
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.79
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
36
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
4.27
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.459
1.459
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
54
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2336
34.85
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.51
1.51
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
63
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.11
39.11

Fielding Stats for Herb Cobb and Chet Nichols Jr.

Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
3.8
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.05
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1342
27
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
447.1
9
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.48
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
3.02
Herb Cobb
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
3.56
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
3.5
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.31
98.31
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.921
0.921
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.51
27.51
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.24
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Cobb
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Herb Cobb and Chet Nichols Jr.

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