Brad Lord vs. Kid Nichols — Career Comparison

Brad Lord
Gen ZFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington NationalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Kid Nichols
Pre-GenerationalWisconsinThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueHall of FameRelief Pitcher

Brad Lord 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 4.34 and 1.293 for Brad Lord. By the career numbers, Kid Nichols had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brad Lord and Kid Nichols

Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
3.31
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
621
1.1
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.31
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
562
1
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.34
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
0.64
Brad Lord
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.69
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
0.37
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.51
63.51
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.58
39.58
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.5
90.5
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
532
0.94
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.09
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.03
Brad Lord
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
4.34
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1664
2.96
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.96
2.96
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
392
27
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15202
27
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
130.2
9
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5067.1
9
Brad Lord
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
8.68
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
4929
8.75
Brad Lord
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.68
8.68
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.75
8.75
Brad Lord
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
1.17
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
0.28
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Brad Lord
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
2.96
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1272
2.26
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.96
2.96
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.26
2.26
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
7.44
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1881
3.34
Brad Lord
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.44
7.44
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Brad Lord
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.156
1.156
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.622
0.622
Brad Lord
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
169
0.3
Brad Lord
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.21
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
0.23
Brad Lord
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
546
37.61
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21082
37.44
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
0.1
Brad Lord
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
4.48
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
4.4
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.21
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.21
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brad Lord
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.9
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.293
1.293
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.224
1.224
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
494
34.03
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19681
34.96
Brad Lord
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.35
1.35
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Brad Lord
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.61
37.61
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.44
37.44

Fielding Stats for Brad Lord and Kid Nichols

Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
3.31
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
647
1.11
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.31
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.1
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
392
27
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15753
27
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
130.2
9
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5251
9
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.62
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
384
0.66
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.76
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1034
1.77
Brad Lord
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.14
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
1.38
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1497
2.57
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
1.38
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1418
2.43
Brad Lord
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.72
94.72
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.417
0.417
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.192
2.192
Brad Lord
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.58
39.58
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.27
9.27
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.14
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.06
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brad Lord
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brad Lord and Kid Nichols

Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
48
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
650
172.26
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2264
600
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2090
553.89
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.602
0.602
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
472
125.09
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
374
99.12
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
15.37
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
6.36
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
4.24
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
25.97
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.034
0.034
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
186.5
49.43
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
626
165.9
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
621
164.58
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.577
0.577
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.074
0.074
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.491
0.491
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
273
72.35
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
278
73.67
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
535
141.78
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
203.11
53.83
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
3.18
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
137
36.31
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lord
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
343
90.9
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.6
6.6
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
6.63
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
5.04
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
5.04
Brad Lord
Career
Per 600 PA
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100