C.J. Nitkowski
Christopher John Nitkowski
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 9, 1973 in Suffern, NY
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1994 amateur draft.
Signed June 3, 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 3, 1995
Final Game: June 7, 2005
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1995 22 TOT MLB 9 10 10 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1995 22 CIN NL 9 10 10 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .200 .200 .200 .400 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1998 25 HOU NL 41 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1999 26 DET AL 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2000 27 DET AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2001 28 TOT MLB 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2001 28 DET AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2001 28 NYM NL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2004 31 TOT MLB 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2004 31 ATL NL 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2005 32 WSN NL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
10 Seasons 95 16 15 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .133 .133 .133 .267 -29 2 0 0 1 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 27 26 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 .133 .133 .133 .267 -29 3 0 0 2 0 0
DET (5 yrs) 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
NYM (1 yr) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ATL (1 yr) 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
WSN (1 yr) 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CIN (1 yr) 9 10 10 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .200 .200 .200 .400 6 2 0 0 0 0 0
HOU (1 yr) 41 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
NL (5 yrs) 82 15 14 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 .143 .143 .143 .286 -24 2 0 0 1 0 0
AL (8 yrs) 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1995 22 TOT MLB 10 8 0 0.0 107 .200 .200 .271 .200 .340 .200 .421 .400 .761 6 .000 -1.4 -0.1 .250 .000 .000
1995 22 CIN NL 10 8 0 0.0 107 .500 .200 .271 .200 .340 .200 .421 .400 .761 6 .000 -1.4 -0.1 .250 .000 .000
1998 25 HOU NL 5 5 0 0.0 106 .000 .000 .266 .000 .337 .000 .420 .000 .757 -100 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1999 26 DET AL 1 1 0 0.0 113 .000 .274 .000 .346 .000 .438 .000 .784 -100 .000 -0.3 0.0 .000 .000 .000
10 Seasons 16 14 0 0.0 107 .182 .133 .270 .133 .340 .133 .422 .267 .762 -29 .000 -2.9 -0.2 .154 .000 .000
162 Game Avg. 27 24 0 0.0 107 .182 .133 .270 .133 .340 .133 .422 .267 .762 -29 .000 -2.9 -0.2 .154 .000 .000
CIN (1 yr) 10 8 0 0.0 107 .500 .200 .271 .200 .340 .200 .421 .400 .761 6 .000 -1.4 -0.1 .250 .000 .000
DET (5 yrs) 1 1 0 0.0 113 .000 .274 .000 .346 .000 .438 .000 .784 -100 .000 -0.3 0.0 .000 .000 .000
HOU (1 yr) 5 5 0 0.0 106 .000 .000 .266 .000 .337 .000 .420 .000 .757 -100 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
NL (5 yrs) 15 13 0 0.0 106 .400 .143 .269 .143 .339 .143 .421 .286 .760 -24 .000 -2.6 -0.2 .167 .000 .000
AL (8 yrs) 1 1 0 0.0 113 .000 .274 .000 .346 .000 .438 .000 .784 -100 .000 -0.3 0.0 .000 .000 .000

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1995 22 TOT MLB 10 0.0% 60.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.7 10.0 3.00 40% 25% 0.0% 0%
1995 22 CIN NL 10 0.0% 60.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.7 10.0 3.00 40% 25% 0.0% 0%
1998 25 HOU NL 5 0.0% 60.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.3 0.00 1.00 20% 0% 0.0% 0%
1999 26 DET AL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
10 Seasons 16 0.0% 62.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.5 15.0 1.50 3.00 31% 17% 0.0% 0%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1995 22 TOT MLB 0 0 50% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1995 22 CIN NL 0 0 50% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1998 25 HOU NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 26 DET AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 0 0 50% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1995 22 TOT MLB 10 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 13% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1995 22 CIN NL 10 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 13% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1998 25 HOU NL 5 80% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1999 26 DET AL 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 16 94% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 12 1 8% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1995 22 TOT MLB 8 28 3.50 20 71% 40% 35% 5% 20% 60% 0% 43% 42% 25% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 25% 2 0 0
1995 22 CIN NL 8 28 3.50 20 71% 40% 35% 5% 20% 60% 0% 43% 42% 25% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 25% 2 0 0
1998 25 HOU NL 5 14 2.80 12 86% 8% 67% 8% 17% 92% 0% 79% 27% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 33% 0 0 0
1999 26 DET AL 1 3 3.00 3 100% 33% 67% 0% 0% 67% 67% 0% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
3 Seasons 14 45 3.21 35 78% 29% 49% 6% 17% 71% 0% 56% 32% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 25% 2 0 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1995 22 9 10 10 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 6 2 0 0 0 0 0
1996 23 9 10 10 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 6 2 0 0 0 0 0
1997 24 9 10 10 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 6 2 0 0 0 0 0
1998 25 50 15 14 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 -24 2 0 0 1 0 0
1999 26 55 16 15 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .133 .133 .133 .267 -29 2 0 0 1 0 0
2000 27 60 16 15 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .133 .133 .133 .267 -29 2 0 0 1 0 0
2001 28 68 16 15 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .133 .133 .133 .267 -29 2 0 0 1 0 0
2002 29 68 16 15 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .133 .133 .133 .267 -29 2 0 0 1 0 0
2003 30 68 16 15 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .133 .133 .133 .267 -29 2 0 0 1 0 0
2004 31 88 16 15 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .133 .133 .133 .267 -29 2 0 0 1 0 0
2005 32 95 16 15 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .133 .133 .133 .267 -29 2 0 0 1 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1995 22 10 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 9
1998 25 41 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 41
1999 26 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
3 Seasons 56 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 55
162 Game Avg. 162 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 55

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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