nichols, lefty
unknown – unknown
- Name variants
- "Lefty" Nichols; Lefty Nichols; Nichols, "Lefty"
- Record count
- 6
- Sources
- life_events,v2_names
- Places seen
- Dexter; Dexter, Missouri; Shawnee, Oklahoma
- First event date
- 1929-02-08
- Last event date
- 1929-08-09
Timeline — 7 events
- 1928-05-11 Dexter. Claimed pitching honors for the locals as Dexter beat Poplar Bluff 4-3 on Sunday; the paper calls him 'coming big league material.' Quote: "Lefty Nichols did claim honors for the locals"
- 1928-11-02 Dexter. "Lefty" Nichols, 18, son of Tom Nichols, contractor of Dexter, was signed by the St. Louis Cardinals through scout Ryan at Sikeston last week and will go south with them for a spring tryout; the second south-paw Dexter has furnished to the big leagues Co-mentioned: Tom Nichols. Quote: "Nicho…
- 1929-02-08 Dexter. Dexter's southpaw, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Nichols, was drafted by a Cardinal scout a few weeks before his brother Leon was signed Co-mentioned: Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Nichols. Quote: "a Cardinal scout drafted Dexter's famous south-paw, lefty Nichols, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Nichols"
- 1929-04-12 Shawnee, Oklahoma. Lefty Nichols has secured a berth in class C after his tryout by the Cardinals, who sent him as pitcher for the Shawnee, Oklahoma club of the Western League; his brother Leon writes he goes to the Andersonville, Indiana club
- 1929-04-19 Dexter. Lefty Nichols was here Sunday to see his parents Mr. and Mrs. Tom H. Nichols; he was finally assigned to the Laurel, Miss., team and left for Laurel Monday Co-mentioned: Mr. Tom H. Nichols; Mrs. Tom H. Nichols. Quote: "Lefty was finally assigned to the Laurel, Miss., team. He left for Laurel…
- 1929-06-28 Dexter. Former Cotton States League pitcher visited his parents Mr. and Mrs. Tom Nichols the past week; left Sunday for Fairbury, Nebraska, to pitch for the Nebraska League team Co-mentioned: Tom Nichols. Quote: "He left Sunday for Fairbury, Nebraska, for which team he will pitch"
- 1929-08-09 Dexter, Missouri. Fairbury, Nebraska paper account of the game between Fairbury and Grand Island: Fairbury defeated Grand Island Tuesday 3 to 2 in a pitchers' battle; Nichols allowed only five hits and struck out nine men; Nichols is a Dexter boy, the son of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Nichols, sold to a tea…
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