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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1995 TOT MLB 22 P 20 18 71.2 15 5 8 2 0 .867 1.63 0.65 .967 1.81 0.52
1995 CIN NL 22 P 9 7 32.1 6 3 2 1 0 .833 1.39 0.56 .967 1.84 0.51
1995 DET AL 22 P 11 11 39.1 9 2 6 1 0 .889 1.83 0.73 .967 1.78 0.53
1996 DET AL 23 P 11 8 45.2 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.38 0.64 .957 1.77 0.52
1998 HOU NL 25 P 43 0 59.2 11 1 10 0 2 1.000 1.66 0.26 .964 1.86 0.54
1999 DET AL 26 P 68 7 81.2 25 5 17 3 0 .880 2.42 0.32 .956 1.69 0.47
2000 DET AL 27 P 67 11 109.2 29 7 21 1 2 .966 2.30 0.42 .955 1.62 0.46
2001 TOT MLB 28 P 61 0 51.0 10 2 8 0 0 1.000 1.76 0.16 .960 1.75 0.49
2001 DET AL 28 P 56 0 45.1 9 2 7 0 0 1.000 1.79 0.16 .956 1.75 0.49
2001 NYM NL 28 P 5 0 5.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.59 0.20 1.000 1.75 0.46
2002 TEX AL 29 P 12 0 13.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.32 0.17 .950 1.71 0.48
2003 TEX AL 30 P 6 0 9.2 5 0 5 0 1 1.000 4.66 0.83 .960 1.77 0.48
2004 TOT MLB 31 P 41 0 33.0 8 1 6 1 0 .875 1.91 0.17 .962 1.77 0.46
2004 NYY AL 31 P 19 0 13.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.08 0.16 .933 1.66 0.45
2004 ATL NL 31 P 22 0 20.0 5 1 3 1 0 .800 1.80 0.18 .980 1.84 0.47
2005 WSN NL 32 P 7 0 3.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 5.40 0.29 .950 1.62 0.46
10 Seasons P 336 44 479.0 114 23 84 7 5 .939 2.01 0.32 .959 1.73 0.48
10 Seasons TOT 336 44 479.0 114 23 84 7 5 .939 2.01 0.32 .897 1.73 0.48

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1995 DET AL 22 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 CIN NL 22 9 7 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 DET AL 23 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 HOU NL 25 43 0 41 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 DET AL 26 69 0 5 68 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2000 DET AL 27 67 0 5 67 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 DET AL 28 56 0 3 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 NYM NL 28 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 TEX AL 29 12 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 TEX AL 30 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 ATL NL 31 22 0 20 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 NYY AL 31 19 0 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 WSN NL 32 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 337 7 95 336 336 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1995 DET AL 22 197 82% 37% 3 67% 0 2 0 1 6 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1995 CIN NL 22 165 79% 31% 2 100% 0 3 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1996 DET AL 23 246 67% 25% 4 50% 0 2 0 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1998 HOU NL 25 261 72% 33% 9 100% 0 1 0 1 11 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 3 100%
1999 DET AL 26 364 69% 30% 18 89% 0 6 0 6 17 13 2 3 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 100%
2000 DET AL 27 512 74% 34% 19 100% 0 7 1 5 22 12 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 100%
2001 DET AL 28 229 67% 26% 6 100% 0 2 0 1 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
2001 NYM NL 28 22 68% 45% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 TEX AL 29 66 59% 23% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2003 TEX AL 30 55 76% 35% 5 100% 0 0 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
2004 ATL NL 31 100 72% 32% 5 80% 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
2004 NYY AL 31 66 70% 32% 3 100% 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 WSN NL 32 17 76% 29% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
10 Seasons 2300 72% 31% 79 92% 0 24 1 19 86 56 8 7 1 3 3 2 5 4 4 1 17 82%
MLB Averages 74% 30% 90% 83%

* 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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