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Kid NicholsvsPud Galvin

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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Pud Galvin

1879–1892 · 14 seasons

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At a glance

Kid Nichols and Pud Galvin: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Kid Nichols	Stat	Pud Galvin
15	Seasons	14
198.0	Career VAL	144.1
21.2 (1890)	Peak-season VAL	20.2 (1884)
Inducted 1949	Hall of Fame	Inducted 1965

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 Pud Galvin have
Kid Nichols	Stat	Pud Galvin
Career
649	Games	718
Batting
472	Hits	546
16	Home runs	5
278	RBI	218
273	Runs	270
19	Stolen bases	20
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	.202

.278	On-base %	.214

.300	Slugging %	.261

65	OPS+	50

Pitching
361	Wins	361
208	Losses	308
17	Saves	1
5056.1	Innings pitched	5941.1
1,873	Strikeouts (pitching)	1,799
2.95	ERA	2.87
1.22	WHIP	1.19
131	ERA+	108

Pitching

361

Wins

361

208

Losses

308

Saves

5056.1

Innings pitched

5941.1

1,873

Strikeouts (pitching)

1,799

2.95

ERA

2.87

1.22

WHIP

1.19

131

ERA+

108

Age	Kid Nichols	Pud Galvin
20	21.2	—
21	16.3	—
22	13.1	13
23	20.9	3.4
24	16.1	10.1
25	17.4	5.3
26	16.1	17
27	19.2	20.2
28	17.4	1.9
29	11.9	16.1
30	5.9	18.7
31	8.6	11.5
32	—	8.1
33	—	5.6
34	11.3	8.8
35	2.6	4.4