C.J. Nitkowski

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)

Born: March 9, 1973 in Suffern, NY us

Draft: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1st round (9th) of the 1994 MLB June Amateur Draft from St. John's University (Queens, NY).

High School: Don Bosco Preparatory HS (Ramsey, NJ)

School: St. John's University (Queens, NY)

Debut: June 3, 1995 (Age 22-086d, 16,683rd in major league history)
vs. STL 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: June 7, 2005 (Age 32-090d)
vs. OAK 0.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1995 season

Full Name: Christopher John Nitkowski

Pronunciation: \nit-COW-ski\

Twitter: @CJNitkowski

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.0

ERA

5.37

336

479.0

347

WHIP

1.633

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1994	21	CIN-min	AA	6	3	.667	3.50	14	14	0	0	0	0	74.2	61	30	29	4	40	0	60	4	5	2	318			1.353	7.4	0.5	4.8	7.2	1.50	CNG SOUL
1995	22	CIN-min	AA,AAA	4	4	.500	3.46	14	14	0	0	0	0	78.0	67	36	30	4	30	0	73	2	2	1	324			1.244	7.7	0.5	3.5	8.4	2.43	CNG,INA SOUL,AA
1995	22	TOT	MLB	2	7	.222	6.66	20	18	0	0	0	0	71.2	94	57	53	11	35	3	31	5	2	2	338	68	5.91	1.800	11.8	1.4	4.4	3.9	0.89
1995	22	CIN	NL	1	3	.250	6.12	9	7	0	0	0	0	32.1	41	25	22	4	15	1	18	2	2	1	154	68	5.18	1.732	11.4	1.1	4.2	5.0	1.20
1995	22	DET	AL	1	4	.200	7.09	11	11	0	0	0	0	39.1	53	32	31	7	20	2	13	3	0	1	184	68	6.51	1.856	12.1	1.6	4.6	3.0	0.65
1996	23	DET-min	AAA	4	6	.400	4.46	19	19	0	1	0	0	111.0	104	60	55	13	53	1	103	3	1	6	471			1.414	8.4	1.1	4.3	8.4	1.94	TOL IL
1996	23	DET	AL	2	3	.400	8.08	11	8	0	0	0	0	45.2	62	44	41	7	38	1	36	7	0	2	234	64	6.54	2.190	12.2	1.4	7.5	7.1	0.95

1997	24	HOU-min	AAA	8	10	.444	3.98	28	28	0	1	0	0	174.1	183	82	77	10	56	2	141	6	3	6	738			1.371	9.4	0.5	2.9	7.3	2.52	NOR AA
1998	25	HOU-min	AAA	0	1	.000	6.00	5	3	1	0	0	1	15.0	22	12	10	1	7	0	18	2	0	2	75			1.933	13.2	0.6	4.2	10.8	2.57	NOR PCL
1998	25	HOU	NL	3	3	.500	3.77	43	0	11	0	0	3	59.2	49	27	25	4	23	2	44	6	1	3	250	110	3.99	1.207	7.4	0.6	3.5	6.6	1.91
1999	26	DET	AL	4	5	.444	4.30	68	7	7	0	0	0	81.2	63	44	39	11	45	3	66	3	3	4	349	114	5.03	1.322	6.9	1.2	5.0	7.3	1.47
2000	27	DET	AL	4	9	.308	5.25	67	11	7	0	0	0	109.2	124	79	64	13	49	3	81	4	1	3	497	89	4.65	1.578	10.2	1.1	4.0	6.6	1.65
2001	28	DET-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4			1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	9.0		TOL IL
2001	28	TOT	MLB	1	3	.250	4.94	61	0	14	0	0	0	51.0	54	30	28	7	34	8	42	5	0	1	241	87	5.48	1.725	9.5	1.2	6.0	7.4	1.24
2001	28	DET	AL	0	3	.000	5.56	56	0	12	0	0	0	45.1	51	30	28	7	31	7	38	5	0	1	220	77	5.76	1.809	10.1	1.4	6.2	7.5	1.23
2001	28	NYM	NL	1	0	1.000	0.00	5	0	2	0	0	0	5.2	3	0	0	0	3	1	4	0	0	0	21		3.23	1.059	4.8	0.0	4.8	6.4	1.33
2002	29	HOU-STL-TEX-min	AAA	3	5	.375	4.75	49	1	17	0	0	2	47.1	53	28	25	4	20	1	43	5	1	2	220			1.542	10.1	0.8	3.8	8.2	2.15	NOR,MEM,OKC PCL
2002	29	TEX	AL	0	1	.000	2.63	12	0	2	0	0	0	13.2	11	4	4	0	13	0	14	0	0	0	63	184	3.77	1.756	7.2	0.0	8.6	9.2	1.08
2003	30	TEX-min	AAA	5	4	.556	4.09	33	6	12	0	0	2	81.1	88	40	37	6	31	2	53	5	1	5	356			1.463	9.7	0.7	3.4	5.9	1.71	OKC PCL
2003	30	TEX	AL	0	0		7.45	6	0	0	0	0	0	9.2	17	8	8	0	8	1	5	0	0	0	52	70	4.48	2.586	15.8	0.0	7.4	4.7	0.63
2004	31	NYY-min	AAA	0	0		1.42	16	0	1	0	0	0	12.2	8	3	2	0	3	0	11	1	0	2	50			0.868	5.7	0.0	2.1	7.8	3.67	CLB IL
2004	31	TOT	MLB	2	1	.667	5.73	41	0	14	0	0	0	33.0	40	22	21	4	16	0	26	6	0	5	160	78	5.05	1.697	10.9	1.1	4.4	7.1	1.63
2004	31	ATL	NL	1	0	1.000	4.50	22	0	10	0	0	0	20.0	22	11	10	3	10	0	16	2	0	3	95	97	5.20	1.600	9.9	1.4	4.5	7.2	1.60
2004	31	NYY	AL	1	1	.500	7.62	19	0	4	0	0	0	13.0	18	11	11	1	6	0	10	4	0	2	65	61	4.82	1.846	12.5	0.7	4.2	6.9	1.67
2005	32	WSN-PIT-min	AAA	4	2	.667	2.50	45	0	13	0	0	6	54.0	42	20	15	3	16	0	42	5	0	1	218			1.074	7.0	0.5	2.7	7.0	2.63	NOR,INA PCL,IL
2005	32	WSN	NL	0	0		8.10	7	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	5	3	3	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	17	56	3.62	2.100	13.5	0.0	5.4	5.4	1.00
2006	33	PIT-min	AAA	5	1	.833	2.97	58	1	18	0	0	4	60.2	57	20	20	4	28	4	57	2	1	7	258			1.401	8.5	0.6	4.2	8.5	2.04	INA IL
2012	39	NYM-min	AAA,AA	0	2	.000	5.68	21	0	3	0	0	1	19.0	25	15	12	1	12	0	21	1	0	2	92			1.947	11.8	0.5	5.7	9.9	1.75	BFL,BNG IL,EL
10 Yrs				18	32	.360	5.37	336	44	55	0	0	3	479.0	519	318	286	57	263	21	347	36	7	20	2201	86	5.08	1.633	9.8	1.1	4.9	6.5	1.32
162 Game Avg.				3	6	.360	5.37	60	8	10	0	0	1	86	93	57	51	10	47	4	62	6	1	4	394	86	5.08	1.633	9.8	1.1	4.9	6.5	1.32

DET (5 yrs)				11	24	.314	5.68	213	37	26	0	0	0	321.2	353	229	203	45	183	16	234	22	4	11	1484	84	5.40	1.666	9.9	1.3	5.1	6.5	1.28
TEX (2 yrs)				0	1	.000	4.63	18	0	2	0	0	0	23.1	28	12	12	0	21	1	19	0	0	0	115	108	4.06	2.100	10.8	0.0	8.1	7.3	0.90
NYM (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	0.00	5	0	2	0	0	0	5.2	3	0	0	0	3	1	4	0	0	0	21		3.23	1.059	4.8	0.0	4.8	6.4	1.33
ATL (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	4.50	22	0	10	0	0	0	20.0	22	11	10	3	10	0	16	2	0	3	95	97	5.20	1.600	9.9	1.4	4.5	7.2	1.60
WSN (1 yr)				0	0		8.10	7	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	5	3	3	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	17	56	3.62	2.100	13.5	0.0	5.4	5.4	1.00
CIN (1 yr)				1	3	.250	6.12	9	7	0	0	0	0	32.1	41	25	22	4	15	1	18	2	2	1	154	68	5.18	1.732	11.4	1.1	4.2	5.0	1.20
NYY (1 yr)				1	1	.500	7.62	19	0	4	0	0	0	13.0	18	11	11	1	6	0	10	4	0	2	65	61	4.82	1.846	12.5	0.7	4.2	6.9	1.67
HOU (1 yr)				3	3	.500	3.77	43	0	11	0	0	3	59.2	49	27	25	4	23	2	44	6	1	3	250	110	3.99	1.207	7.4	0.6	3.5	6.6	1.91

AL (8 yrs)				12	26	.316	5.68	250	37	32	0	0	0	358.0	399	252	226	46	210	17	263	26	4	13	1664	84	5.29	1.701	10.0	1.2	5.3	6.6	1.25
NL (5 yrs)				6	6	.500	4.46	86	7	23	0	0	3	121.0	120	66	60	11	53	4	84	10	3	7	537	94	4.46	1.430	8.9	0.8	3.9	6.2	1.58

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