Chet Nichols Jr. vs. Fred Rath Jr. — Career Comparison

Chet Nichols Jr.
Silent GenerationRhode IslandThrows LeftBats SwitchNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Fred Rath Jr.
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Chet Nichols Jr. built a career as a starting pitcher and Fred Rath Jr. as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Fred Rath Jr. posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.69 and WHIP 1.500 compared to 3.64 and 1.473 for Chet Nichols Jr.. By the career numbers, Fred Rath Jr. had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Chet Nichols Jr. and Fred Rath Jr.

Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
2.82
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.38
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.06
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.51
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.54
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.57
48.57
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.57
37.57
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.34
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.15
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
244
3.64
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1810
27
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
27
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
603.1
9
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
9
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
600
8.95
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
10.13
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.95
8.95
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.67
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
280
4.18
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.38
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.13
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
3.97
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
3.38
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.41
1.41
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.905
0.905
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.28
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.09
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2622
39.11
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
38.81
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
0.79
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
286
4.27
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.459
1.459
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2336
34.85
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
33.75
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.51
1.51
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.11
39.11
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.81
38.81

Fielding Stats for Chet Nichols Jr. and Fred Rath Jr.

Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
3.8
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
3.38
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.05
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1342
27
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
27
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
447.1
9
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
9
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.48
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
3.02
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
3.56
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
3.5
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.31
98.31
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.921
0.921
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.51
27.51
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.24
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Chet Nichols Jr. and Fred Rath Jr.

Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
189
603.19
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
188
600
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
173
552.13
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.127
0.127
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.327
0.327
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
70.21
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
67.02
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.19
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.19
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.08
9.84
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
73.4
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
79.79
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.097
0.097
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
25.53
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
15.96
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
41.49
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.26
-4.02
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-63.2
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.57
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
159.57
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.76
3.76
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
38.3
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chet Nichols Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA