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Tim KeefevsKid Nichols

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

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Tim Keefe

1880–1893 · 14 seasons

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Kid Nichols

1890–1906 · 15 seasons

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At a glance

Tim Keefe and Kid Nichols: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Tim Keefe	Stat	Kid Nichols
14	Seasons	15
141.2	Career VAL	198.0
20.4 (1887)	Peak-season VAL	21.2 (1890)
Inducted 1964	Hall of Fame	Inducted 1949

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 Tim Keefe and Kid Nichols have
Tim Keefe	Stat	Kid Nichols
Career
618	Games	649
Batting
390	Hits	472
12	Home runs	16
134	RBI	278
248	Runs	273
13	Stolen bases	19
175

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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.187	Batting avg	.226

.252	On-base %	.278

.270	Slugging %	.300

63	OPS+	65

Pitching
342	Wins	361
225	Losses	208
2	Saves	17
5049.2	Innings pitched	5056.1
2,564	Strikeouts (pitching)	1,873
2.62	ERA	2.95
1.12	WHIP	1.22
128	ERA+	131

Pitching

342

Wins

361

225

Losses

208

Saves

5049.2

Innings pitched

5056.1

2,564

Strikeouts (pitching)

1,873

2.62

ERA

2.95

1.12

WHIP

1.22

128

ERA+

131

Age	Tim Keefe	Kid Nichols
20	—	21.2
21	—	16.3
22	—	13.1
23	3.8	20.9
24	3.2	16.1
25	5.7	17.4
26	17.4	16.1
27	15.1	19.2
28	12.7	17.4
29	18.4	11.9
30	20.4	5.9
31	13.6	8.6
32	9.5	—
33	6.3	—
34	0.3	11.3
35	10.4	2.6
36	4.4	—