Herb Hash vs. Kid Nichols — Career Comparison

Herb Hash
Greatest GenerationVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Kid Nichols
Pre-GenerationalWisconsinThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueHall of FameRelief Pitcher

Herb Hash 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 4.98 and 1.722 for Herb Hash. By the career numbers, Kid Nichols had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Herb Hash and Kid Nichols

Herb Hash
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Herb Hash
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.66
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
621
1.1
Herb Hash
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.84
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
562
1
Herb Hash
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.56
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
0.64
Herb Hash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.49
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
0.37
Herb Hash
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.33
53.33
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.51
63.51
Herb Hash
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.58
31.58
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.5
90.5
Herb Hash
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.21
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
532
0.94
Herb Hash
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.09
Herb Hash
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.28
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.03
Herb Hash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
4.98
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1664
2.96
Herb Hash
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.96
2.96
Herb Hash
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Herb Hash
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.85
5.85
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Herb Hash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Herb Hash
Career
Per 9 Innings
385
27
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15202
27
Herb Hash
Career
Per 9 Innings
128.1
9
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5067.1
9
Herb Hash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
9.12
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4929
8.75
Herb Hash
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.12
9.12
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.75
8.75
Herb Hash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.84
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
0.28
Herb Hash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Herb Hash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Herb Hash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
6.38
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1272
2.26
Herb Hash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Hash
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.38
6.38
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.26
2.26
Herb Hash
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
2.74
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1881
3.34
Herb Hash
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Herb Hash
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Herb Hash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.013
1.013
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.622
0.622
Herb Hash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
169
0.3
Herb Hash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.35
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
0.23
Herb Hash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Herb Hash
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
597
41.87
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21082
37.44
Herb Hash
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.19
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
0.1
Herb Hash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
5.12
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
4.4
Herb Hash
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Herb Hash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Hash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Hash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Hash
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.722
1.722
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.224
1.224
Herb Hash
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
501
35.14
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19681
34.96
Herb Hash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.92
1.92
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Herb Hash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Herb Hash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.87
41.87
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.44
37.44

Fielding Stats for Herb Hash and Kid Nichols

Herb Hash
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Herb Hash
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
647
1.11
Herb Hash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.1
Herb Hash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15753
27
Herb Hash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5251
9
Herb Hash
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
384
0.66
Herb Hash
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1034
1.77
Herb Hash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.14
Herb Hash
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1497
2.57
Herb Hash
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1418
2.43
Herb Hash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.35
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.72
94.72
Herb Hash
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.079
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.192
2.192
Herb Hash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.27
9.27
Herb Hash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.06
Herb Hash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Hash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Hash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Hash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Herb Hash and Kid Nichols

Herb Hash
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Herb Hash
Career
Per 600 PAverified
39
520
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
650
172.26
Herb Hash
Career
Per 600 PA
45
600
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2264
600
Herb Hash
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
560
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2090
553.89
Herb Hash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Herb Hash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.489
0.489
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.602
0.602
Herb Hash
Career
Per 600 PA
7
93.33
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
472
125.09
Herb Hash
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.67
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
374
99.12
Herb Hash
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
66.67
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
15.37
Herb Hash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
6.36
Herb Hash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
4.24
Herb Hash
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
66.67
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
98
25.97
Herb Hash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.714
0.714
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Herb Hash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Herb Hash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.034
0.034
Herb Hash
Career
Per 600 PA
1.7
22.68
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
186.5
49.43
Herb Hash
Career
Per 600 PA
12
160
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
626
165.9
Herb Hash
Career
Per 600 PA
7
93.33
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
621
164.58
Herb Hash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Herb Hash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Herb Hash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.452
0.452
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.577
0.577
Herb Hash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.119
0.119
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0.074
0.074
Herb Hash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Herb Hash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.324
0.324
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.491
0.491
Herb Hash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Herb Hash
Career
Per 600 PA
4
53.33
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
273
72.35
Herb Hash
Career
Per 600 PA
4
53.33
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
278
73.67
Herb Hash
Career
Per 600 PA
8
106.67
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
535
141.78
Herb Hash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.59
7.85
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
203.11
53.83
Herb Hash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
3.18
Herb Hash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
137
36.31
Herb Hash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Hash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
53.33
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
343
90.9
Herb Hash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.25
11.25
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
6.6
6.6
Herb Hash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Herb Hash
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
40
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
6.63
Herb Hash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Hash
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.67
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Herb Hash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
5.04
Herb Hash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Hash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
5.04
Herb Hash
Career
Per 600 PA
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100