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, 16,676th 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

Summary of 57 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 8 tying, 14 go ahead

5 Tms
DET	45
CIN	4
HOU	4
ATL	3
NYY	1

Platoon
vs RHB	40
vs LHB	17

Home/Road
Away	32
Home	25

Outs
0	22
2	19
1	16

24 Opps
BOS	7
ANA/CAL	6
NYY	6
TOR	6
MIN	4
CLE	4
TEX	3
TBD	2
OAK	2
KCR	2
CHW	2
STL	1
SDP	1
CIN	1
CHC	1
SEA	1
BAL	1
NYM	1
PIT	1
ATL	1
LAD	1
HOU	1
FLA	1
MIL	1

45 Batters
Carlos Delgado	4
Tino Martinez	3
Rafael Palmeiro	3
Mike Stanley	2
David Justice	2
Ron Coomer	2
John Jaha	2
Garret Anderson	2
Kevin Young	1
Mike Piazza	1
Chipper Jones	1
Mariano Duncan	1
Rex Hudler	1
Albert Belle	1
John Valentin	1
Travis Fryman	1
Dwayne Hosey	1
Shane Spencer	1
Joe Carter	1
Chili Davis	1
Mike Macfarlane	1
Greg Vaughn	1
Carlos Hernández	1
Tony Fernández	1
Norberto Martin	1
Mark Loretta	1
Frank Thomas	1
Gerald Williams	1
Troy O'Leary	1
Raúl Ibañez	1
Carlos Beltrán	1
Édgar Rentería	1
John Cangelosi	1
Chad Allen	1
Troy Glaus	1
Darin Erstad	1
Jeff Conine	1
Jay Buhner	1
Carl Everett	1
Dave Berg	1
Ray Holbert	1
Scott Servais	1
Alex Ramírez	1
Brook Fordyce	1
Chuck Knoblauch	1

19 Parks
Tiger Stad (DET)	14
Comerica Pk (DET)	6
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	5
Progressive (CLE)	4
Yankee Stad (NYC)	4
Fenway Pk (BOS)	4
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	3
Angel Stad (ANA)	3
Turner Fld (ATL)	2
Astrodome (HOU)	2
Guaranteed (CHI)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Qualcomm St (SAN)	1
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
TropicanaFld (STP)	1
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	1
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	1
County Stad (MIL)	1
Busch Stad (STL)	1

Where Hit
7	26
9	14
78	7
8	6
89	4

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
5	14
3	10
2	10
4	7
1	6
6	5
7+	4
Unk	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	44
2·HR gms	5
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	31
1--	9
-2-	6
12-	5
1-3	4
123	1
--3	1

94 Runs
RISP	17
0 on	31
1 on	16
2 on	9
3 on	1
Any on	26

Inning
1	4
2	9
3	8
4	4
5	3
6	5
7	12
8	9
9	3

1-3	21
4-6	12
7-end	24

RelScore
+4..	7
+3	3
+2	5
+1	8
Tied	11
-1	8
-2	5
-3	2
-4..	8

Ahead	23
Tied	11
Behind	23

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-1	8
2-2	8
1-2	7
1-0	7
3-2	6
0-0	6
3-1	6
2-1	3
0-1	3
2-0	2
Unk	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	15
DH	9
CF	7
C	6
LF	6
3B	5
2B	4
SS	4
PH	1

OrderPos
5th	13
4th	13
6th	7
3rd	6
1st	5
8th	5
7th	4
2nd	4

Leverage
High Lev	9
Medium Lev	22
Low Lev	26

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1995	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1995-06-11	John Cangelosi	HOU		CIN	behind 1-2	b 5	0	---		1	1	8	16%	56%		Home Run (Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	1995-06-20	Chipper Jones	ATL	@	CIN	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	5,(1-2) B11FCFX	2	3	5	17%	67%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); J. Blauser Scores
3	3	3	1	1995-07-08	Carlos Hernández	LAD	@	CIN	behind 1-2	t 4	1	12-	6,(2-2) CBCFBX	3	8	2	29%	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Wallach Scores; B. Ashley Scores
4	4	4	1	1995-07-17	Ray Holbert	SDP		CIN	behind 4-6	b 5	2	123	2,(1-0) BX	4	8	6	47%	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); E. Williams Scores; P. Clark Scores; B. Ausmus Scores
5	5	5	1	1995-08-03	Mike Macfarlane	BOS	@	DET	ahead 3-0	t 2	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	2	6%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
6	6	6	1	1995-08-19	Ron Coomer	MIN	@	DET	behind 0-3	t 3	0	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	7	3	8%	30%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
7	7	7	2	1995-08-19	Chuck Knoblauch	MIN	@	DET	behind 1-3	t 3	1	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	1	4	17%	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Becker Scores
8	8	8	1	1995-08-25	Albert Belle	CLE		DET	behind 0-1	b 2	0	---	5,(2-2) BCBSX	1	4	7	10%	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
9	9	9	1	1995-08-30	Norberto Martin	CHW		DET	behind 0-3	b 2	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	5	6	9%	35%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
10	10	10	1	1995-09-26	John Valentin	BOS		DET	ahead 1-0	b 2	2	12-	2,(0-1) CX	3	2	6	20%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Macfarlane Scores; D. Hosey Scores
11	11	11	2	1995-09-26	Dwayne Hosey	BOS		DET	ahead 4-1	b 5	0	---	7,(3-2) FSBBBFX	1	1	8	5%	92%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
1996	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
12	12	1	1	1996-07-13	Mike Stanley	BOS	@	DET	tied 0-0	t 2	0	12-	5,(2-2) BFBSX	3	6	2	17%	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Canseco Scores; T. Naehring Scores; M. Stanley Scores
13	13	2	1	1996-07-18	Joe Carter	TOR		DET	tied 0-0	b 4	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	3	19%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Samuel Scores; J. Carter Scores
14	14	3	1	1996-07-23	Rex Hudler	CAL		DET	behind 0-1	b 3	1	---	4,(2-1) BSBX	1	1	4	11%	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
15	15	4	1	1996-07-30	Chili Davis	CAL	@	DET	behind 1-9	t 6	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	5	DH	2%	4%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); T. Salmon Scores
16	16	5	1	1996-08-04	Jay Buhner	SEA	@	DET	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1--	6,(3-2) BSBS1BX	2	4	DH	17%	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); K. Griffey Scores
17	17	6	1	1996-08-10	Mariano Duncan	NYY		DET	behind 0-1	b 3	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	4	11%	56%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
18	18	7	1	1996-09-25	Carlos Delgado	TOR	@	DET	tied 1-1	t 3	0	-2-	3,(1-1) FBX	2	3	3	13%	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); F. Crespo Scores; C. Delgado Scores
1998	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	1998-05-05	Scott Servais	CHC		HOU	behind 4-10	b 9	2	---	6,(2-2) BFBFFX	1	8	2	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
20	20	2	1	1998-05-08	Mark Loretta	MIL		HOU	ahead 3-1	b 8	0	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	3	3	3%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
21	21	3	1	1998-05-12	Dave Berg	FLA	@	HOU	behind 0-4	t 8	1	-2-	7,(1-2) FBFFFFX	2	2	4	6%	10%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); C. Floyd Scores
22	22	4	1	1998-06-15	Brook Fordyce	CIN		HOU	behind 0-6	b 4	1	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	8	2	3%	8%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
1999	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	1999-04-14	Ron Coomer	MIN	@	DET	behind 0-7	t 7	1	---	4,(1-2) BFFX	1	4	5	1%	1%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
24	24	2	1	1999-04-15	Chad Allen	MIN	@	DET	ahead 6-4	t 6	1	---	4,(1-2) CBCX	1	6	7	9%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
25	25	3	1	1999-05-06	Garret Anderson	ANA	@	DET	behind 1-3	t 6	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	8	11%	32%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
26	26	4	1	1999-05-18	Carlos Delgado	TOR		DET	ahead 5-4	b 6	2	--3	3,(1-1) BFX	2	4	3	17%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); S. Stewart Scores
27	27	5	1	1999-06-20	John Jaha	OAK	@	DET	ahead 5-1	t 7	2	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	5	DH	4%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
28	28	6	1	1999-07-08	Tino Martinez	NYY	@	DET	tied 2-2	t 9	0	---	5,(2-2) BBSFX	1	5	3	32%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
29	29	7	1	1999-07-24	Troy O'Leary	BOS	@	DET	ahead 10-4	t 9	2	---	8,(3-2) FCBBFBFX	1	5	7	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
30	30	8	1	1999-07-30	Carlos Delgado	TOR		DET	ahead 6-1	b 7	1	---	5,(3-1) BBFBX	1	4	3	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
31	31	9	2	1999-07-30	Tony Fernández	TOR		DET	ahead 7-1	b 7	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	5	5	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
32	32	10	1	1999-08-29	Jeff Conine	BAL	@	DET	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	-2-	5,(2-2) CBBSX	2	5	3	15%	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); B. Surhoff Scores
33	33	11	1	1999-09-03	John Jaha	OAK		DET	tied 0-0	b 3	2	1-3	3,(1-1) BCX	3	4	DH	25%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Velarde Scores; J. Giambi Scores
2000	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
34	34	1	1	2000-04-14	Gerald Williams	TBD	@	DET	behind 1-8	t 7	0	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	1	8	4%	7%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Flaherty Scores; K. Stocker Scores
35	35	2	1	2000-04-21	Frank Thomas	CHW		DET	tied 1-1	b 3	2	---	5,(3-1) BBCBX	1	3	DH	11%	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
36	36	3	1	2000-04-26	Garret Anderson	ANA		DET	tied 0-0	b 2	0	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	5	DH	14%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); T. Salmon Scores
37	37	4	2	2000-04-26	Troy Glaus	ANA		DET	ahead 2-0	b 2	0	---	5,(1-2) CSBFX	1	6	5	7%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
38	38	5	1	2000-05-01	Mike Stanley	BOS		DET	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1--	6,(3-2) BSFBBX	2	4	3	16%	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); N. Garciaparra Scores
39	39	6	2	2000-05-01	Carl Everett	BOS		DET	ahead 2-0	b 2	0	---	4,(2-1) BBFX	1	6	8	7%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
40	40	7	1	2000-05-17	Travis Fryman	CLE		DET	behind 0-1	b 2	0	---	4,(2-1) BBFX	1	5	5	10%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
41	41	8	2	2000-05-17	David Justice	CLE		DET	tied 1-1	b 3	2	---	4,(1-2) FBFX	1	3	DH	11%	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
42	42	9	3	2000-05-17	Alex Ramírez	CLE		DET	ahead 2-1	b 4	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	7	10%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
43	43	10	1	2000-06-07	Kevin Young	PIT		DET	ahead 3-2	b 7	2	---	6,(3-2) CBSBBX	1	6	3	11%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
44	44	11	1	2000-07-27	Rafael Palmeiro	TEX		DET	ahead 4-3	b 7	1	1-3	5,(3-1) BBFBX	3	3	3	13%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Clayton Scores; R. Greer Scores
45	45	12	1	2000-09-23	David Justice	NYY		DET	ahead 10-8	b 8	2	1-3	2,(0-1) CX	3	5	7	6%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Jeter Scores; B. Williams Scores
46	46	13	1	2000-09-24	Tino Martinez	NYY		DET	ahead 4-3	b 8	2	-2-	7,(3-2) BCSBFBX	2	7	3	12%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Posada Scores
2001	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
47	47	1	1	2001-05-09	Rafael Palmeiro	TEX	@	DET	behind 1-3	t 8	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	DH	12%	25%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
48	48	2	1	2001-05-10	Rafael Palmeiro	TEX	@	DET	behind 3-5	t 8	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	3	30%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Rodriguez Scores
49	49	3	1	2001-05-12	Darin Erstad	ANA	@	DET	behind 0-1	t 7	0	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	2	8	19%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
50	50	4	1	2001-05-20	Greg Vaughn	TBD		DET	ahead 7-2	b 7	1	---	5,(2-2) CSBBX	1	5	DH	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
51	51	5	1	2001-07-18 (1)	Tino Martinez	NYY	@	DET	ahead 6-5	t 7	2	1--	4,(1-2) BCFX	2	5	3	22%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Williams Scores
52	52	6	1	2001-07-26	Shane Spencer	NYY		DET	ahead 9-5	b 6	2	12-	5,(3-1) CBBBX	3	6	7	5%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Williams Scores; T. Martinez Scores
53	53	7	1	2001-08-18	Raúl Ibañez	KCR	@	DET	behind 3-4	t 8	1	-2-	3,(2-0) BBX	2	5	PH	42%	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Randa Scores
2004	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
54	54	1	1	2004-04-07	Mike Piazza	NYM	@	ATL	behind 6-14	t 7	0	---	3,(1-1) .BFX	1	4	2	0%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
55	55	2	1	2004-05-11	Édgar Rentería	STL		ATL	ahead 4-1	b 8	0	---	2,(1-0) .BX	1	6	6	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
56	56	3	1	2004-06-17	Carlos Beltrán	KCR	@	ATL	ahead 8-4	t 8	1	-2-	5,(2-2) CF1B*B.X	2	2	8	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Graffanino Scores
57	57	4	1	2004-08-27	Carlos Delgado	TOR		NYY	behind 4-8	b 7	2	1-3	3,(1-1) .11BSX	3	4	3	22%	30%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); R. Johnson Scores; V. Wells Scores