Sammy Curran vs. Chet Nichols Jr. — Career Comparison

Sammy Curran
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational 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 Sammy Curran as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Sammy Curran posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.35 and WHIP 0.900 compared to 3.64 and 1.473 for Chet Nichols Jr.. By the career numbers, Sammy Curran had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sammy Curran and Chet Nichols Jr.

Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.35
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
2.82
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.06
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.51
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.54
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.57
48.57
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.57
37.57
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.34
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.15
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.35
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
244
3.64
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.61
1.61
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.1
2.1
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
27
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1810
27
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.2
9
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
603.1
9
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
8.1
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
600
8.95
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.1
8.1
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.95
8.95
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.67
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
280
4.18
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.13
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
4.05
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
3.97
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.41
1.41
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.905
0.905
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.28
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.09
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
33.75
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2622
39.11
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.35
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.79
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.35
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
286
4.27
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.459
1.459
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
33.75
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2336
34.85
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.51
1.51
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.75
33.75
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.11
39.11

Fielding Stats for Sammy Curran and Chet Nichols Jr.

Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.29
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
3.8
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.05
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
27
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1342
27
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
9
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
447.1
9
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.48
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
3.02
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
3.56
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
3.5
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.31
98.31
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.921
0.921
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.51
27.51
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.24
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sammy Curran and Chet Nichols Jr.

Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
189
603.19
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
188
600
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
173
552.13
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.327
0.327
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.21
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
67.02
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.19
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.19
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.08
9.84
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
73.4
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
79.79
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.097
0.097
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
25.53
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
15.96
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
41.49
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-63.2
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.26
-4.02
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.57
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
159.57
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.76
3.76
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
38.3
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sammy Curran
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA