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C.J. Nitkowski

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Full Name: Christopher John Nitkowski Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/185 First Game: June 3, 1995
Birthdate: March 9, 1973 Final Game: June 7, 2005
Birthplace: Suffern, New York MLB Experience: 10 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Scouting Report
  • 3 Statistics
    • 3.1 Pitching Stats
    • 3.2 Fielding Stats
    • 3.3 Batting Stats
  • 4 Transactions
  • 5 Trivia
  • 6 Video Gallery
  • 7 Picture Gallery
  • 8 See Also
  • 9 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on March 9, 1973 in Suffern, New York, C.J. Nitkowski (Christopher John Nitkowski) played for the Detroit Tigers, Cincinnati Reds, Houston Astros, New York Mets, Texas Rangers, New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves and Washington Nationals over the course of his 10 year career. Nitkowski broke into the bigs on June 3, 1995 with the Detroit Tigers, and put up a 6.66 ERA in 71.2 innings pitched in 1995, his rookie year.

Most people believe that C.J. Nitkowski's best season was 1998, when he posted a 3.77 ERA.

Nitkowski blogs about his experiences as an American playing baseball in Japan here. He has written various articles on baseball for the Associated Press as well.

Nitkowski is married with children. He is a devout Christian.

[edit] Scouting Report

Primary pitch is a 87-89 MPH sinking fastball. Also throws a four-seam fastball in the low 90s and a slider.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1995 DET A 11 11 1 4 7.09 13 32 31 0 0 0 39.1 53 7 20 2 1 3
1995 CIN N 9 7 1 3 6.12 18 25 22 0 0 0 32.1 41 4 15 1 1 2
1995 Total 20 18 2 7 6.66 31 57 53 0 0 0 71.2 94 11 35 3 2 5
1996 DET A 11 8 2 3 8.08 36 44 41 0 0 0 45.2 62 7 38 1 2 7
1998 HOU N 43 0 3 3 3.77 44 27 25 0 0 3 59.2 49 4 23 2 3 6
1999 DET A 68 7 4 5 4.30 66 44 39 0 0 0 81.2 63 11 45 3 4 3
2000 DET A 67 11 4 9 5.25 81 79 64 0 0 0 109.2 124 13 49 3 3 4
2001 NY N 5 0 1 0 .00 4 0 0 0 0 0 5.2 3 0 3 1 0 0
2001 DET A 56 0 0 3 5.56 38 30 28 0 0 0 45.1 51 7 31 7 1 5
2001 Total 61 0 1 3 4.94 42 30 28 0 0 0 51 54 7 34 8 1 5
2002 TEX A 12 0 0 1 2.63 14 4 4 0 0 0 13.2 11 0 13 0 0 0
2003 TEX A 6 0 0 0 7.45 5 8 8 0 0 0 9.2 17 0 8 1 0 0
2004 NY A 19 0 1 1 7.62 10 11 11 0 0 0 13 18 1 6 0 2 4
2004 ATL N 22 0 1 0 4.50 16 11 10 0 0 0 20 22 3 10 0 3 2
2004 Total 41 0 2 1 5.73 26 22 21 0 0 0 33 40 4 16 0 5 6
2005 WAS N 7 0 0 0 8.10 2 3 3 0 0 0 3.1 5 0 2 0 0 0
Total NL 86 7 6 6 4.46 84 66 60 0 0 3 121 120 11 53 4 7 10
Total AL 250 37 12 26 5.68 263 252 226 0 0 0 358 399 46 210 17 13 26
Total 336 44 18 32 5.37 347 318 286 0 0 3 479 519 57 263 21 20 36

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1995 DET A P 11 11 39.1 2 6 1 0 0 0 6 5 4 .889
1995 CIN N P 9 7 32.1 3 2 1 0 0 0 7 1 0 .833
1995 Total P 20 18 71.2 5 8 2 0 0 0 13 6 4 .867
1996 DET A P 11 8 45.2 2 5 0 0 0 0 5 5 3 1.000
1998 HOU N P 43 0 59.2 1 10 0 2 0 0 3 4 1 1.000
1999 DET A DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1999 DET A P 68 7 81.2 5 17 3 0 0 2 4 4 1 .880
2000 DET A P 67 11 109.2 7 21 1 2 0 2 7 3 4 .966
2001 NY N P 5 0 5.2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000
2001 DET A P 56 0 45.1 2 7 0 0 0 4 5 1 1 1.000
2001 Total P 61 0 51 2 8 0 0 0 4 6 1 1 1.000
2002 TEX A P 12 0 13.2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1.000
2003 TEX A P 6 0 9.2 0 5 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1.000
2004 NY A P 19 0 13 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
2004 ATL N P 22 0 20 1 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .800
2004 Total P 41 0 33 1 6 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .875
2005 WAS N P 7 0 3.1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Total P 336 44 479 23 84 7 5 0 8 45 24 14 .939

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1995 DET A 11 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 CIN N 9 10 1 2 0 1 .200 .200 .200 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
1995 Total 20 10 1 2 0 1 .200 .200 .200 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
1996 DET A 11 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 HOU N 43 4 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0
1999 DET A 69 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2000 DET A 67 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 NY N 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 DET A 56 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 Total 61 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 TEX A 12 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 TEX A 6 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 NY A 19 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 ATL N 22 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 Total 41 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 WAS N 7 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 86 14 1 2 0 1 .143 .143 .143 0 0 0 9 0 1 0 0 0
Total AL 251 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Total 337 15 1 2 0 1 .133 .133 .133 0 0 0 10 0 1 0 0 0

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by Cincinnati Reds in the 1st round (9th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 2, 1994 - signed June 3, 1994).
  • Traded by Cincinnati Reds with Dave Tuttle and a player to be named later to Detroit Tigers in exchange for David Wells (July 31, 1995); Detroit Tigers received Mark Lewis (November 16, 1995).
  • Traded by Detroit Tigers with Brad Ausmus, Jose Lima, Trever Miller and Daryle Ward to Houston Astros in exchange for Doug Brocail, Brian Hunter, Todd Jones, Orlando Miller and cash (December 10, 1996).
  • Traded by Houston Astros with Brad Ausmus to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Paul Bako, Dean Crow, Mark Persails, Brian Powell and Carlos Villalobos (January 14, 1999).
  • Traded by Detroit Tigers with cash to New York Mets in exchange for a player to be named later (September 2, 2001); Detroit Tigers received Kyle Kessel (December 13, 2001).
  • Granted free agency (October 15, 2001).
  • Signed by Houston Astros (December 21, 2001).
  • Released by Houston Astros (March 25, 2002).
  • Signed by Houston Astros (March 28, 2002).
  • Released by Houston Astros (June 6, 2002).
  • Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (June 6, 2002).
  • Released by St. Louis Cardinals (July 21, 2002).
  • Signed by Texas Rangers (July 29, 2002).
  • Released by Texas Rangers (September 30, 2002).
  • Signed by Texas Rangers (November 15, 2002).
  • Released by Texas Rangers (September 29, 2003).
  • Signed by Atlanta Braves (November 18, 2003).
  • Released by Atlanta Braves (June 29, 2004).
  • Signed by New York Yankees (July 19, 2004).
  • Granted free agency (October 29, 2004).
  • Signed by Minnesota Twins (January 24, 2005).
  • Released by Minnesota Twins (March 31, 2005).
  • Signed by Detroit Tigers (April 6, 2005).
  • Released by Detroit Tigers (May 26, 2005).
  • Signed by Washington Nationals (May 27, 2005).
  • Granted free agency (October 3, 2005).
  • Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates (January 5, 2006).
  • Granted free agency (October 15, 2006).

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