Kid Nichols Quotes


If the arm got sore, we went out and pitched until the soreness left - we had to, or we would have been dropped from the team. Nothing short of a broken leg could have kept us out of uniform.


Citations

Bogovich, Richard. Kid Nichols: A Biography of One of Baseball's Greatest Pitchers. McFarland, 2012.

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Kid Nichols
Kid Nichols
  • Born: September 14, 1869
  • Died: April 11, 1953
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Athlete

Charles Augustus "Kid" Nichols was an American 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.