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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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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 22 TOT MLB 2 7 .222 6.66 20 18 0 0 0 0 71.2 94 57 53 11 35 3 31 5 2 2 338 67 1.800 11.8 1.4 4.4 3.9 0.89
1995 22 CIN NL 1 3 .250 6.12 9 7 0 0 0 0 32.1 41 25 22 4 15 1 18 2 2 1 154 68 1.732 11.4 1.1 4.2 5.0 1.20
1995 22 DET AL 1 4 .200 7.09 11 11 0 0 0 0 39.1 53 32 31 7 20 2 13 3 0 1 184 67 1.856 12.1 1.6 4.6 3.0 0.65
1996 23 DET AL 2 3 .400 8.08 11 8 0 0 0 0 45.2 62 44 41 7 38 1 36 7 0 2 234 63 2.190 12.2 1.4 7.5 7.1 0.95
1998 25 HOU NL 3 3 .500 3.77 43 0 11 0 0 3 59.2 49 27 25 4 23 2 44 6 1 3 250 109 1.207 7.4 0.6 3.5 6.6 1.91
1999 26 DET AL 4 5 .444 4.30 68 7 7 0 0 0 81.2 63 44 39 11 45 3 66 3 3 4 349 114 1.322 6.9 1.2 5.0 7.3 1.47
2000 27 DET AL 4 9 .308 5.25 67 11 7 0 0 0 109.2 124 79 64 13 49 3 81 4 1 3 497 89 1.578 10.2 1.1 4.0 6.6 1.65
2001 28 TOT MLB 1 3 .250 4.94 61 0 14 0 0 0 51.0 54 30 28 7 34 8 42 5 0 1 241 86 1.725 9.5 1.2 6.0 7.4 1.24
2001 28 DET AL 0 3 .000 5.56 56 0 12 0 0 0 45.1 51 30 28 7 31 7 38 5 0 1 220 77 1.809 10.1 1.4 6.2 7.5 1.23
2001 28 NYM NL 1 0 1.000 0.00 5 0 2 0 0 0 5.2 3 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 0 0 21 1.059 4.8 0.0 4.8 6.4 1.33
2002 29 TEX AL 0 1 .000 2.63 12 0 2 0 0 0 13.2 11 4 4 0 13 0 14 0 0 0 63 181 1.756 7.2 0.0 8.6 9.2 1.08
2003 30 TEX AL 0 0 7.45 6 0 0 0 0 0 9.2 17 8 8 0 8 1 5 0 0 0 52 68 2.586 15.8 0.0 7.4 4.7 0.63
2004 31 TOT MLB 2 1 .667 5.73 41 0 14 0 0 0 33.0 40 22 21 4 16 0 26 6 0 5 160 77 1.697 10.9 1.1 4.4 7.1 1.63
2004 31 NYY AL 1 1 .500 7.62 19 0 4 0 0 0 13.0 18 11 11 1 6 0 10 4 0 2 65 59 1.846 12.5 0.7 4.2 6.9 1.67
2004 31 ATL NL 1 0 1.000 4.50 22 0 10 0 0 0 20.0 22 11 10 3 10 0 16 2 0 3 95 96 1.600 9.9 1.4 4.5 7.2 1.60
2005 32 WSN NL 0 0 8.10 7 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 5 3 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 17 50 2.100 13.5 0.0 5.4 5.4 1.00
10 Seasons 18 32 .360 5.37 336 44 55 0 0 3 479.0 519 318 286 57 263 21 347 36 7 20 2201 86 1.633 9.8 1.1 4.9 6.5 1.32
162 Game Avg. 3 6 .360 5.37 60 8 10 0 0 1 86 93 57 51 10 47 4 62 6 1 4 394 86 1.633 9.8 1.1 4.9 6.5 1.32
DET (5 yrs) 11 24 .314 5.68 213 37 26 0 0 0 321.2 353 229 203 45 183 16 234 22 4 11 1484 84 1.666 9.9 1.3 5.1 6.5 1.28
TEX (2 yrs) 0 1 .000 4.63 18 0 2 0 0 0 23.1 28 12 12 0 21 1 19 0 0 0 115 105 2.100 10.8 0.0 8.1 7.3 0.90
NYM (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 0.00 5 0 2 0 0 0 5.2 3 0 0 0 3 1 4 0 0 0 21 1.059 4.8 0.0 4.8 6.4 1.33
ATL (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 4.50 22 0 10 0 0 0 20.0 22 11 10 3 10 0 16 2 0 3 95 96 1.600 9.9 1.4 4.5 7.2 1.60
WSN (1 yr) 0 0 8.10 7 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 5 3 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 17 50 2.100 13.5 0.0 5.4 5.4 1.00
CIN (1 yr) 1 3 .250 6.12 9 7 0 0 0 0 32.1 41 25 22 4 15 1 18 2 2 1 154 68 1.732 11.4 1.1 4.2 5.0 1.20
NYY (1 yr) 1 1 .500 7.62 19 0 4 0 0 0 13.0 18 11 11 1 6 0 10 4 0 2 65 59 1.846 12.5 0.7 4.2 6.9 1.67
HOU (1 yr) 3 3 .500 3.77 43 0 11 0 0 3 59.2 49 27 25 4 23 2 44 6 1 3 250 109 1.207 7.4 0.6 3.5 6.6 1.91
AL (8 yrs) 12 26 .316 5.68 250 37 32 0 0 0 358.0 399 252 226 46 210 17 263 26 4 13 1664 84 1.701 10.0 1.2 5.3 6.6 1.25
NL (5 yrs) 6 6 .500 4.46 86 7 23 0 0 3 121.0 120 66 60 11 53 4 84 10 3 7 537 93 1.430 8.9 0.8 3.9 6.2 1.58

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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

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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

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Transactions

June 2, 1994: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1994 amateur draft. Player signed June 3, 1994.

July 31, 1995: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds with a player to be named later and Dave Tuttle (minors) to the Detroit Tigers for a player to be named later and David Wells. The Cincinnati Reds sent Mark Lewis (November 16, 1995) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.

December 10, 1996: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Brad Ausmus, Jose Lima, Trever Miller and Daryle Ward to the Houston Astros for Doug Brocail, Brian Hunter, Todd Jones, Orlando Miller and cash.

January 14, 1999: Traded by the Houston Astros with Brad Ausmus to the Detroit Tigers for Carlos Villalobos (minors), Mark Persails (minors), Paul Bako, Dean Crow and Brian Powell.

September 2, 2001: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with cash to the New York Mets for . The New York Mets sent Kyle Kessel (minors) (December 13, 2001) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.

October 15, 2001: Granted Free Agency.

December 21, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

March 25, 2002: Released by the Houston Astros.

March 28, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.

June 6, 2002: Released by the Houston Astros.

June 6, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

July 21, 2002: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

July 29, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

September 30, 2002: Released by the Texas Rangers.

November 15, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

September 29, 2003: Released by the Texas Rangers.

November 18, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.

June 29, 2004: Released by the Atlanta Braves.

July 19, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

October 29, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

January 24, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.

March 31, 2005: Released by the Minnesota Twins.

April 6, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

May 26, 2005: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

May 27, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Nationals.

October 3, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

January 5, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

October 15, 2006: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1995Cincinnati Reds$109,000
1998Houston Astros$185,000
1999Detroit Tigers$300,000
2000Detroit Tigers$950,000
2001Detroit Tigers$1,200,000
2003Texas Rangers$550,000
2004Atlanta Braves$375,000
Career (may be incomplete)$3,669,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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