Kid Nichols
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Born: September 14, 1869 Madison, Wisconsin |
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Died: April 11, 1953 (aged 83) Kansas City, Missouri |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 23, 1890, for the Boston Beaneaters | |||
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| May 18, 1906, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 361–208 | ||
| Earned run average | 2.95 | ||
| Strikeouts | 1,873 | ||
| Managerial record | 80–88 | ||
| Winning % | .476 | ||
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| Member of the National | |||
 Baseball Hall of Fame
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| Inducted | 1949 | ||
| Election Method | Veteran's Committee | ||
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Charles Augustus "Kid" Nichols (September 14, 1869 – April 11, 1953) was a Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher who played for the Boston Beaneaters, St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies from 1890 to 1906. A switch hitter who threw right-handed, he was listed at 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) and 175 pounds (79 kg). He is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Nichols played minor league baseball for three teams until September 1889, when he signed for the Boston Beaneaters. After making his debut the following season and spending twelve seasons with the Beaneaters, Nichols spent a two-year sojourn in the minor leagues. He was dealt to the St. Louis Cardinals in 1904 and subsequently played for the Philadelphia Phillies, with whom he played his final game on May 18, 1906. He is most famous for being the youngest pitcher to join the 300 win club.
Nichols was born on September 14, 1869 in Madison, Wisconsin. His parents were Robert and Christina Nichols. His father had worked as a butcher and owned a grocery store with several locations in Madison. Robert had at least four children from a prior marriage to a woman named Sarah, who died of tuberculosis in 1859. Robert and Christina had several children together. Nichols's four-year-old sister Fannie died several years before Nichols was born; she accidentally set herself on fire while playing with matches.
The family moved from Madison to Kansas City, Missouri when Nichols was a child. While his siblings worked in the family butcher shop, Nichols pursued baseball.
Before he turned 18 years old, Nichols had debuted in the minor leagues with the 1887 Kansas City team in the Western League, earning an 18-12 win-loss record that season. He spent 1888 between Kansas City of the Western Association and Memphis of the Southern League, finishing the year with a combined 27-10 record. In 1889, he registered a 39-8 record for the Omaha Omahogs of the Western Association.
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