Sam Moran vs. Chet Nichols Jr. — Career Comparison

Sam Moran
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational 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 Sam Moran 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 7.47 and 2.059 for Sam Moran. 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 Sam Moran and Chet Nichols Jr.

Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.44
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
2.82
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.86
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.06
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.29
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.51
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.57
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.54
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.57
48.57
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.57
37.57
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.86
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.34
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.15
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
7.47
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
244
3.64
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.47
7.47
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.82
6.82
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
188
27
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1810
27
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.2
9
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
603.1
9
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
11.2
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
600
8.95
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.2
11.2
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.95
8.95
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.29
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.67
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
7.32
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
280
4.18
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.13
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.32
7.32
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
2.73
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
3.97
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.9
1.9
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.41
1.41
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.117
1.117
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.905
0.905
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.01
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.28
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.43
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
314
45.1
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2622
39.11
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.57
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.79
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
9.05
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
4.27
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.05
9.05
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.059
2.059
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.459
1.459
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
260
37.34
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2336
34.85
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.3
6.3
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.51
1.51
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.1
45.1
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.11
39.11

Fielding Stats for Sam Moran and Chet Nichols Jr.

Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.43
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
3.8
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.05
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
27
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1342
27
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
9
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
447.1
9
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.48
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
2.14
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
3.02
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.06
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
2.43
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
3.56
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
2.29
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
3.5
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.12
94.12
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.31
98.31
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.6
1.6
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.921
0.921
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.51
27.51
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.24
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sam Moran and Chet Nichols Jr.

Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
11
244.44
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
189
603.19
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
27
600
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
188
600
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
577.78
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
173
552.13
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.537
0.537
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.327
0.327
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
88.89
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
70.21
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
2
44.44
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
67.02
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.19
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
44.44
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.19
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.046
0.046
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.07
45.99
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.08
9.84
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
200
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
73.4
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
111.11
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
79.79
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.185
0.185
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.275
0.275
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.455
0.455
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
111.11
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
25.53
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
15.96
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
111.11
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
41.49
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.7
37.68
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.26
-4.02
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
9.57
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
22.22
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
50
159.57
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
27
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
3.76
3.76
Sam Moran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
38.3
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Moran
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA