Heath Murray vs. Chet Nichols Jr. — Career Comparison

Heath Murray
Gen XOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican 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 Heath Murray 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. led in home run suppression (HR9+ 188 vs 77), run prevention (ERA+ 101 vs 72), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 97 vs 77). Heath Murray held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 84 vs 75). Role difference aside, Chet Nichols Jr. holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Heath Murray and Chet Nichols Jr.

Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
4.99
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
2.82
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.85
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.06
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.51
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.85
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.54
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.76
11.76
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.57
48.57
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.05
17.05
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.57
37.57
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.34
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.15
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
6.41
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
244
3.64
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.41
6.41
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.29
7.29
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.75
5.75
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.51
4.51
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.321
0.321
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
476
27
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1810
27
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
158.2
9
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
603.1
9
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
204
11.57
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
600
8.95
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.57
11.57
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.95
8.95
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.36
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.67
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
5.33
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
280
4.18
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.68
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.13
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
5.33
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
3.97
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.33
5.33
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.41
1.41
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.185
1.185
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.905
0.905
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.23
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.28
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.57
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
752
42.66
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2622
39.11
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.79
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.79
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116
6.58
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
4.27
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.58
6.58
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.27
4.27
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.51
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.23
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.36
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.878
1.878
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.459
1.459
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
635
36.02
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2336
34.85
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.32
1.32
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.51
1.51
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.66
42.66
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.11
39.11

Fielding Stats for Heath Murray and Chet Nichols Jr.

Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
4.99
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
3.8
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.85
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.05
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
476
27
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1342
27
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
158.2
9
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
447.1
9
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.28
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.48
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.25
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
3.02
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.53
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
3.56
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.53
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
3.5
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.31
98.31
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.921
0.921
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.05
17.05
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.51
27.51
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.24
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Heath Murray and Chet Nichols Jr.

Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
88
2514.29
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
189
603.19
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
188
600
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
19
542.86
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
173
552.13
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.327
0.327
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.21
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
67.02
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.19
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.19
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.3
8.49
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.08
9.84
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
73.4
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
79.79
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.255
0.255
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.097
0.097
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
25.53
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
15.96
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
41.49
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.29
-8.16
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.26
-4.02
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
9.57
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
285.71
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
159.57
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
2.1
2.1
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.76
3.76
Heath Murray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
38.3
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Heath Murray
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA