Darrell May vs. Chet Nichols — Career Comparison

Darrell May
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Chet Nichols
Lost GenerationRhode IslandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Darrell May built a career as a starting pitcher and Chet Nichols as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Darrell May posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.16 and WHIP 1.467 compared to 7.19 and 1.818 for Chet Nichols. By the career numbers, Darrell May had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Darrell May and Chet Nichols

Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
2.19
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
3.23
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
1.32
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.37
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.35
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.59
Chet Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.59
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.68
37.68
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.25
60.25
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.36
11.36
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.1
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
379
5.16
Chet Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
7.19
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.16
5.16
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.19
7.19
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.11
5.11
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.4
6.4
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.16
5.16
Chet Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.1
5.1
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.315
0.315
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1982
27
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
368
27
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
660.2
9
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
122.2
9
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
746
10.16
Chet Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
167
12.25
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.16
10.16
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.25
12.25
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
1.68
Chet Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.81
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.68
1.68
Chet Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.81
0.81
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Chet Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
2.89
Chet Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
4.11
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.15
Chet Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
414
5.64
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
2.42
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.64
5.64
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.42
2.42
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.948
0.948
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.726
0.726
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.15
Chet Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.22
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.08
Chet Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.29
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2896
39.45
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
591
43.36
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.31
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.88
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
411
5.6
Chet Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
8.51
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.6
5.6
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.51
8.51
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.18
Chet Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.4
Chet Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.63
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.45
1.45
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.818
1.818
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2636
35.91
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
531
38.96
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.64
2.64
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.45
39.45
Chet Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.36
43.36

Fielding Stats for Darrell May and Chet Nichols

Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
161
2.19
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
1.32
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1982
27
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
660.2
9
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.48
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.82
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Chet Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.36
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
1.29
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
95
Chet Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Chet Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.841
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.25
60.25
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Darrell May and Chet Nichols

Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
161
3331.03
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
54
830.77
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
29
600
Chet Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
600
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
26
537.93
Chet Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
584.62
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Chet Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Chet Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.474
0.474
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
2
41.38
Chet Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
123.08
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
2
41.38
Chet Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
107.69
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
4.49
Chet Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.02
31.1
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
2
41.38
Chet Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
138.46
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
3
62.07
Chet Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
138.46
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Chet Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Chet Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Chet Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.468
0.468
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Chet Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.163
0.163
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Chet Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Chet Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Chet Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
46.15
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
46.15
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Chet Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
92.31
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.99
-20.58
Chet Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.15
33.15
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.38
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
13
268.97
Chet Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
107.69
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
2.23
2.23
Chet Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.57
5.57
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Chet Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA