Mike Couchee vs. Chet Nichols Jr. — Career Comparison

Mike Couchee
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational 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 Mike Couchee 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 5.14 and 1.357 for Mike Couchee. 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 Mike Couchee and Chet Nichols Jr.

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.14
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
2.82
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.06
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.51
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.54
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.57
48.57
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.57
37.57
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.34
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.15
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
5.14
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
244
3.64
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.214
0.214
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1810
27
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
603.1
9
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
7.71
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
600
8.95
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.71
7.71
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.95
8.95
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.67
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.64
0.64
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3.86
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
280
4.18
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.13
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
3.21
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
3.97
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.21
3.21
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.41
1.41
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.786
0.786
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.905
0.905
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.28
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.09
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
40.5
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2622
39.11
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.79
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
5.14
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
4.27
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.286
1.286
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.459
1.459
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
36
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2336
34.85
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.51
1.51
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.11
39.11

Fielding Stats for Mike Couchee and Chet Nichols Jr.

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.14
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
3.8
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.05
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1342
27
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
447.1
9
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.48
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
3.02
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.29
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
3.56
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.29
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
3.5
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.31
98.31
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.921
0.921
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.51
27.51
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.24
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Couchee and Chet Nichols Jr.

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
2400
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
189
603.19
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
188
600
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
173
552.13
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.327
0.327
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
70.21
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
67.02
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.19
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.19
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.08
9.84
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
73.4
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
79.79
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.275
0.275
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
25.53
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
15.96
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
41.49
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
160.83
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.26
-4.02
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.57
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
50
159.57
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.76
3.76
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
38.3
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA