Kid Nichols vs. Brian Smith — Career Comparison

Kid Nichols
Pre-GenerationalWisconsinThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueHall of FameRelief Pitcher
Brian Smith
Gen XNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Kid Nichols posted a stronger line than Brian Smith. Kid Nichols posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.96 vs 10.38) and WHIP (1.224 vs 1.846). By the career numbers, Kid Nichols had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Kid Nichols and Brian Smith

Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
621
1.1
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
6.23
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
562
1
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
0.64
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
208
0.37
Brian Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.51
63.51
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.5
90.5
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
532
0.94
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.09
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.03
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1664
2.96
Brian Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
10.38
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.96
2.96
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.38
10.38
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.49
3.49
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15202
27
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
27
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5067.1
9
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
9
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4929
8.75
Brian Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
12.46
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.75
8.75
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.46
12.46
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
0.28
Brian Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
2.08
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.08
2.08
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1272
2.26
Brian Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
4.15
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.26
2.26
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1881
3.34
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
6.23
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.34
3.34
Brian Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.23
6.23
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.03
3.03
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.622
0.622
Brian Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.154
1.154
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
169
0.3
Brian Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
0.23
Brian Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Brian Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21082
37.44
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
41.54
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
0.1
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.08
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2480
4.4
Brian Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
10.38
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.38
10.38
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
2.08
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
2.08
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.08
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.224
1.224
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.846
1.846
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19681
34.96
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
33.23
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Brian Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.67
1.67
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.417
0.417
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.44
37.44
Brian Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.54
41.54

Fielding Stats for Kid Nichols and Brian Smith

Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
647
1.11
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
6.23
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.1
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15753
27
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
27
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5251
9
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
9
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
384
0.66
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1034
1.77
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.08
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.14
Brian Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1497
2.57
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
2.08
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1418
2.43
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
2.08
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.72
94.72
Brian Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.192
2.192
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.27
9.27
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.06
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brian Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kid Nichols and Brian Smith

Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
650
172.26
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2264
600
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2090
553.89
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.602
0.602
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
472
125.09
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
374
99.12
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
15.37
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
6.36
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
4.24
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
25.97
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.008
0.008
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.034
0.034
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
186.5
49.43
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
626
165.9
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
621
164.58
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.577
0.577
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.074
0.074
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.491
0.491
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
273
72.35
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
278
73.67
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
535
141.78
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
203.11
53.83
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
3.18
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
137
36.31
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
343
90.9
Brian Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.6
6.6
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
6.63
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
5.04
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kid Nichols
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
5.04
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Kid Nichols
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Brian Smith
Career
Per 600 PA