Chris Nichting
Christopher Thomas Nichting
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: May 13, 1966 in Cincinnati, OH
High School: Elder (Cincinnati, OH)
School: Northwestern University
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 3rd round of the 1987 amateur draft.
Signed August 26, 1987. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 15, 1995
Final Game: July 2, 2002
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Standard Pitching

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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+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1995 29 TEX AL 0 0 7.03 13 0 3 0 0 0 24.1 36 19 19 1 13 1 6 1 0 3 122 69 2.014 13.3 0.4 4.8 2.2 0.46
2000 34 CLE AL 0 0 7.00 7 0 1 0 0 0 9.0 13 7 7 0 5 1 7 2 0 1 46 70 2.000 13.0 0.0 5.0 7.0 1.40
2001 35 TOT NL 0 3 .000 4.46 43 0 11 0 0 1 42.1 55 27 21 8 8 1 40 0 0 2 189 105 1.488 11.7 1.7 1.7 8.5 5.00
2001 35 CIN NL 0 3 .000 4.46 36 0 11 0 0 1 36.1 46 24 18 6 8 1 33 0 0 2 162 103 1.486 11.4 1.5 2.0 8.2 4.13
2001 35 COL NL 0 0 4.50 7 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 9 3 3 2 0 0 7 0 0 0 27 118 1.500 13.5 3.0 0.0 10.5
2002 36 COL NL 1 1 .500 4.46 29 0 5 0 0 0 36.1 40 18 18 7 5 0 25 1 0 1 151 107 1.239 9.9 1.7 1.2 6.2 5.00
4 Seasons 1 4 .200 5.22 92 0 20 0 0 1 112.0 144 71 65 16 31 3 78 4 0 7 508 91 1.563 11.6 1.3 2.5 6.3 2.52
162 Game Avg. 1 3 .200 5.22 68 0 15 0 0 1 83 106 52 48 12 23 2 58 3 0 5 375 91 1.563 11.6 1.3 2.5 6.3 2.52
COL (2 yrs) 1 1 .500 4.46 36 0 5 0 0 0 42.1 49 21 21 9 5 0 32 1 0 1 178 109 1.276 10.4 1.9 1.1 6.8 6.40
TEX (1 yr) 0 0 7.03 13 0 3 0 0 0 24.1 36 19 19 1 13 1 6 1 0 3 122 69 2.014 13.3 0.4 4.8 2.2 0.46
CIN (1 yr) 0 3 .000 4.46 36 0 11 0 0 1 36.1 46 24 18 6 8 1 33 0 0 2 162 103 1.486 11.4 1.5 2.0 8.2 4.13
CLE (1 yr) 0 0 7.00 7 0 1 0 0 0 9.0 13 7 7 0 5 1 7 2 0 1 46 70 2.000 13.0 0.0 5.0 7.0 1.40
NL (2 yrs) 1 4 .200 4.46 72 0 16 0 0 1 78.2 95 45 39 15 13 1 65 1 0 3 340 106 1.373 10.9 1.7 1.5 7.4 5.00
AL (2 yrs) 0 0 7.02 20 0 4 0 0 0 33.1 49 26 26 1 18 2 13 3 0 4 168 69 2.010 13.2 0.3 4.9 3.5 0.72

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1995 29 TEX AL 13 122 105 19 36 6 1 1 0 0 13 6 .343 .413 .448 .861 .350 47 2 1 1 2 1
2000 34 CLE AL 7 46 38 7 13 5 0 0 1 0 5 7 .342 .435 .474 .908 .406 18 1 2 0 1 1
2001 35 TOT NL 43 189 176 27 55 13 3 8 1 2 8 40 .313 .339 .557 .896 .362 98 3 0 3 2 1
2001 35 CIN NL 36 162 150 24 46 10 3 6 1 2 8 33 .307 .338 .533 .871 .354 80 3 0 2 2 1
2001 35 COL NL 7 27 26 3 9 3 0 2 0 0 0 7 .346 .346 .692 1.038 .412 18 0 0 1 0 0
2002 36 COL NL 29 151 143 18 40 5 2 7 1 0 5 25 .280 .307 .490 .796 .295 70 3 1 1 1 0
4 Seasons 92 508 462 71 144 29 6 16 3 2 31 78 .312 .356 .504 .860 .342 233 9 4 5 6 3
162 Game Avg. 68 375 341 52 106 21 4 12 2 1 23 58 .312 .356 .504 .860 .342 172 7 3 4 4 2
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1995 29 TEX AL 13 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16 7 44% 3 0.438 2 4 6 4 1 8 10 3 7 4 10 1 5.6 31
2000 34 CLE AL 7 7 1 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 4 2 50% 6 1.029 2 1 4 2 2 3 3 4 4 2 4 1 3.9 28
2001 35 TOT NL 43 43 11 0 3 3 1 2 33% 7 4 26 6 23% 0.806 7 9 26 12 4 27 19 24 10 13 15 12 3.0 16
2001 35 CIN NL 36 36 11 0 3 3 1 2 33% 7 4 22 5 23% 6 0.870 7 6 22 12 4 20 16 20 8 10 13 11 3.0 17
2001 35 COL NL 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 7 0.424 0 3 4 0 0 7 3 4 2 3 2 1 2.6 13
2002 36 COL NL 29 29 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 12 5 42% 8 0.605 5 6 16 8 3 18 8 21 9 8 9 5 3.8 18
4 Seasons 92 92 20 1 4 4 1 3 25% 10 6 58 20 34% 0.678 16 20 52 26 10 56 40 52 30 27 38 19 3.7 20

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1995 29 TEX AL 122 52% 0.8% 4.9% 10.7% 6.6% 22% 0.80 1.16 82% 33% 2.2% 18% 41 2 5%
2000 34 CLE AL 46 35% 0.0% 15.2% 10.9% 10.9% 39% 0.52 0.82 70% 44% 0.0% 0% 11 1 9%
2001 35 TOT NL 189 39% 4.2% 21.2% 4.2% 12.7% 44% 0.63 0.98 69% 32% 11.4% 13% 38 3 8%
2001 35 CIN NL 162 40% 3.7% 20.4% 4.9% 11.7% 41% 0.57 0.85 70% 32% 9.7% 14% 35 3 9%
2001 35 COL NL 27 37% 7.4% 25.9% 0.0% 18.5% 56% 1.13 2.67 63% 30% 25.0% 0% 3 0 0%
2002 36 COL NL 151 43% 4.6% 16.6% 3.3% 9.3% 35% 0.63 1.00 74% 24% 13.5% 24% 26 3 12%
4 Seasons 508 43% 3.2% 15.4% 6.1% 10.0% 35% 0.66 1.02 74% 31% 8.5% 16% 116 9 8%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1995 29 TEX AL 96 341 3.55 195 57% 27% 9% 25% 39% 73% 3% 42% 88% 57% 7% 7 4 7% 7 5 1 40% 0 2 26 0 0
2000 34 CLE AL 46 194 4.22 115 59% 24% 11% 37% 28% 76% 5% 45% 85% 50% 7% 3 2 22% 10 6 1 29% 1 0 0 0 0
2001 35 TOT NL 189 704 3.72 473 67% 25% 19% 26% 30% 75% 2% 50% 74% 66% 4% 7 5 25% 47 22 4 28% 6 1 0 0 0
2001 35 CIN NL 162 613 3.78 408 67% 26% 18% 26% 30% 74% 2% 49% 75% 66% 4% 7 5 27% 44 22 4 30% 6 1 0 0 0
2001 35 COL NL 27 91 3.37 65 71% 22% 26% 22% 31% 78% 0% 56% 67% 63% 0% 0 0 11% 3 0 0 14% 0 0 0 0 0
2002 36 COL NL 151 531 3.52 337 63% 29% 11% 24% 36% 71% 0% 45% 84% 56% 5% 7 7 13% 20 8 1 28% 4 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 482 1770 3.67 1120 63% 27% 14% 26% 33% 73% 2% 46% 81% 59% 5% 24 18 17% 84 41 7 29% 11 3 26 0 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1995 29 TEX AL 122 36 2 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 14 8 1 57% 3 3 1 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2000 34 CLE AL 46 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 100% 0 1 0 24 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2001 35 TOT NL 189 55 3 0 8 0 3 4 4 3 5 11 5 3 45% 6 2 1 84 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2001 35 CIN NL 162 46 2 0 6 0 3 3 3 3 3 11 5 3 45% 5 2 1 74 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2001 35 COL NL 27 9 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 36 COL NL 151 40 3 1 7 0 3 7 0 7 0 11 5 1 45% 0 1 0 50 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
4 Seasons 508 144 9 1 16 0 9 11 5 11 5 39 21 5 54% 9 7 2 223 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1995 29 0 0 7.03 13 0 3 0 0 0 24.1 36 19 19 1 13 1 6 1 0 3 122 69 2.014 13.3 0.4 4.8 2.2 0.46 69
1996 30 0 0 7.03 13 0 3 0 0 0 24.1 36 19 19 1 13 1 6 1 0 3 122 69 2.014 13.3 0.4 4.8 2.2 0.46 69
1997 31 0 0 7.03 13 0 3 0 0 0 24.1 36 19 19 1 13 1 6 1 0 3 122 69 2.014 13.3 0.4 4.8 2.2 0.46 69
1998 32 0 0 7.03 13 0 3 0 0 0 24.1 36 19 19 1 13 1 6 1 0 3 122 69 2.014 13.3 0.4 4.8 2.2 0.46 69
1999 33 0 0 7.03 13 0 3 0 0 0 24.1 36 19 19 1 13 1 6 1 0 3 122 69 2.014 13.3 0.4 4.8 2.2 0.46 69
2000 34 0 0 7.02 20 0 4 0 0 0 33.1 49 26 26 1 18 2 13 3 0 4 168 69 2.010 13.2 0.3 4.9 3.5 0.72 69
2001 35 0 3 .000 5.59 63 0 15 0 0 1 75.2 104 53 47 9 26 3 53 3 0 6 357 85 1.718 12.4 1.1 3.1 6.3 2.04 85
2002 36 1 4 .200 5.22 92 0 20 0 0 1 112.0 144 71 65 16 31 3 78 4 0 7 508 91 1.563 11.6 1.3 2.5 6.3 2.52 91

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1995 29 1 2 .333 6.43 28.0 39 22 20 1 14 7 1 1.893 12.5 4.5 2.3 0.50 0.3 13
2000 34 0 0 7.00 9.0 13 8 7 0 5 7 2 2.000 13.0 5.0 7.0 1.40 0.0 7
2001 35 2 2 .500 3.98 43.0 53 21 19 8 8 41 0 1.419 11.1 1.7 8.6 5.13 1.7 43
2002 36 2 2 .500 3.75 36.0 37 17 15 6 5 25 1 1.167 9.3 1.3 6.3 5.00 1.5 29
4 Seasons 5 6 .455 4.73 116.0 142 68 61 15 32 80 4 1.500 11.0 6.2 2.50 1.2 92

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