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Kid NicholsvsGrover Alexander

Regular-season careers from the StatVault encyclopedia — the same tables as each player's profile.

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Kid Nichols

1890–1906 · 15 seasons

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Grover Alexander

1911–1930 · 20 seasons

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At a glance

Kid Nichols and Grover Alexander: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Kid Nichols	Stat	Grover Alexander
15	Seasons	20
198.0	Career VAL	198.5
21.2 (1890)	Peak-season VAL	22.2 (1915)
Inducted 1949	Hall of Fame	Inducted 1938

VAL is Value Above League — regular-season production measured against the league at the same position group (MLB VAL board).

Career regular season

Career regular-season statistics both Kid Nichols and Grover Alexander have
Kid Nichols	Stat	Grover Alexander
Career
649	Games	703
Batting
472	Hits	378
16	Home runs	11
278	RBI	163
273	Runs	154
19	Stolen bases	3
137

VAL by ageEach season plotted at the player's age that season, so careers line up by age rather than by calendar.

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.226	Batting avg	.209

.278	On-base %	.242

.300	Slugging %	.275

65	OPS+	50

Pitching
361	Wins	373
208	Losses	208
17	Saves	32
5056.1	Innings pitched	5190.0
1,873	Strikeouts (pitching)	2,198
2.95	ERA	2.56
1.22	WHIP	1.12
131	ERA+	135

Pitching

361

Wins

373

208

Losses

208

Saves

5056.1

Innings pitched

5190.0

1,873

Strikeouts (pitching)

2,198

2.95

ERA

2.56

1.22

WHIP

1.12

131

ERA+

135

Age	Kid Nichols	Grover Alexander
20	21.2	—
21	16.3	—
22	13.1	—
23	20.9	—
24	16.1	13.5
25	17.4	5.3
26	16.1	6.2
27	19.2	10.1
28	17.4	22.2
29	11.9	17.3
30	5.9	14.4
31	8.6	—
32	—	11.8
33	—	14.3
34	11.3	8
35	2.6	8.8
36	—	13.2
37	—	6.9
38	—	9.9
39	—	9
40	—	14.3
41	—	8.5
42	—	4.8