C.J. Nitkowski

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C.J. Nitkowski \nit-COW-ski\

Christopher John Nitkowski (twitter: @CJNitkowski)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 9, 1973 in Suffern, NY
School: St. John's University (Queens, 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 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Astros/Braves/Yankees/Rangers/... 1995-2005

Final Game: June 7, 2005 (Age 32)
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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
1994	21	CIN-min	AA	6	3	.667	3.50	14	14	0	0	0	0	74.2	61	30	29	4	40	0	60	4	5	2	318		1.353	7.4	0.5	4.8	7.2	1.50	CNG · SOUL
1995	22	CIN-min	AA,AAA	4	4	.500	3.46	14	14	0	0	0	0	78.0	67	36	30	4	30	0	73	2	2	1	324		1.244	7.7	0.5	3.5	8.4	2.43	CNG,INA · SOUL,AA
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	68	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	68	1.856	12.1	1.6	4.6	3.0	0.65
1996	23	DET-min	AAA	4	6	.400	4.46	19	19	0	1	0	0	111.0	104	60	55	13	53	1	103	3	1	6	471		1.414	8.4	1.1	4.3	8.4	1.94	TOL · IL
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	64	2.190	12.2	1.4	7.5	7.1	0.95

1997	24	HOU-min	AAA	8	10	.444	3.98	28	28	0	1	0	0	174.1	183	82	77	10	56	2	141	6	3	6	738		1.371	9.4	0.5	2.9	7.3	2.52	NOR · AA
1998	25	HOU-min	AAA	0	1	.000	6.00	5	3	1	0	0	1	15.0	22	12	10	1	7	0	18	2	0	2	75		1.933	13.2	0.6	4.2	10.8	2.57	NOR · PCL
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	110	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	DET-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4		1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	9.0		TOL · IL
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	87	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-HOU-STL-min	AAA	3	5	.375	4.75	49	1	17	0	0	2	47.1	53	28	25	4	20	1	43	5	1	2	220		1.542	10.1	0.8	3.8	8.2	2.15	OKC,NOR,MEM · PCL
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	184	1.756	7.2	0.0	8.6	9.2	1.08
2003	30	TEX-min	AAA	5	4	.556	4.09	33	6	12	0	0	2	81.1	88	40	37	6	31	2	53	5	1	5	356		1.463	9.7	0.7	3.4	5.9	1.71	OKC · PCL
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	70	2.586	15.8	0.0	7.4	4.7	0.63
2004	31	NYY-min	AAA	0	0		1.42	16	0	1	0	0	0	12.2	8	3	2	0	3	0	11	1	0	2	50		0.868	5.7	0.0	2.1	7.8	3.67	CLB · IL
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	78	1.697	10.9	1.1	4.4	7.1	1.63
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	97	1.600	9.9	1.4	4.5	7.2	1.60
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	61	1.846	12.5	0.7	4.2	6.9	1.67
2005	32	WSN-PIT-min	AAA	4	2	.667	2.50	45	0	13	0	0	6	54.0	42	20	15	3	16	0	42	5	0	1	218		1.074	7.0	0.5	2.7	7.0	2.63	NOR,INA · PCL,IL
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	56	2.100	13.5	0.0	5.4	5.4	1.00
2006	33	PIT-min	AAA	5	1	.833	2.97	58	1	18	0	0	4	60.2	57	20	20	4	28	4	57	2	1	7	258		1.401	8.5	0.6	4.2	8.5	2.04	INA · IL
2007	34	FKA	Fgn	1	1	.500	3.18	46	0		0	0	0	34.0	25	14	12	1	21	2	24	8	1	1	153		1.353	6.6	0.3	5.6	6.4	1.14	FKA · JPPL
2008	35	FKA	Fgn	2	4	.333	4.64	39	0		0	0	2	42.2	43	25	22	1	19	2	31	5	3	1	193		1.453	9.1	0.2	4.0	6.5	1.63	FKA · JPPL
2009	36	SKK,DOO	Fgn	4	8	.333	3.78	19	13				0	69.0	63	33	29	3	33		47						1.391	8.2	0.4	4.3	6.1	1.42	SKK,DOO · KBO
2010	37	WOI	Fgn	2	6	.250	6.68	9	6		0	0	0	32.1	38	24	24	3	17	0	25	5			150		1.701	10.6	0.8	4.7	7.0	1.47	WOI · KBO
2012	39	NYM-min	AAA,AA	0	2	.000	5.68	21	0	3	0	0	1	19.0	25	15	12	1	12	0	21	1	0	2	92		1.947	11.8	0.5	5.7	9.9	1.75	BFL,BNG · IL,EL
10 Yrs				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	108	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	97	1.600	9.9	1.4	4.5	7.2	1.60
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
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	56	2.100	13.5	0.0	5.4	5.4	1.00
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	61	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	110	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	94	1.430	8.9	0.8	3.9	6.2	1.58

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1995	22	CIN	NL	32.1	9	7	25	6.96	4.69	0.22	0.16	95.9	4.45	-9	-0.9	1.9	-0.0	-0.6	-6	.402	.495	$109,000
1995	22	DET	AL	39.1	11	11	32	7.32	5.08	-0.38	0.19	103.0	5.82	-6	-0.6		-0.0	-0.2	-2	.446	.496
1996	23	DET	AL	45.2	11	8	44	8.67	5.23	-0.47	0.10	102.8	5.97	-14	-1.2	.3	0.0	-0.7	-8	.391	.493

1998	25	HOU	NL	59.2	43	0	27	4.07	4.76	0.00	-0.36	97.4	4.28	1	0.1	1.3	-0.1	0.6	7	.503	.501	$185,000
1999	26	DET	AL	81.2	68	7	44	4.85	5.33	0.19	-0.12	102.5	5.15	3	0.2	1.1	-0.1	1.0	13	.503	.501	$300,000
2000	27	DET	AL	109.2	67	11	79	6.48	5.42	0.03	-0.10	96.1	5.09	-18	-1.6	1.4	-0.3	-0.8	-4	.476	.490	$950,000
2001	28	DET	AL	45.1	56	0	30	5.96	5.06	-0.21	-0.38	97.3	4.76	-6	-0.6	1.2	-0.1	-0.3	-1	.489	.496	$1,200,000
2001	28	NYM	NL	5.2	5	0	0	0.00	4.20	-0.00	-0.31	93.6	3.65	2	0.2	.6	-0.1	0.2	3	.547	.501
2002	29	TEX	AL	13.2	12	0	4	2.63	4.79	-0.11	-0.36	102.3	4.64	3	0.3	.8	-0.1	0.4	5	.525	.502
2003	30	TEX	AL	9.2	6	0	8	7.45	4.98	0.43	-0.37	107.2	4.48	-3	-0.3	.8	0.0	-0.2	-2	.450	.498	$550,000
2004	31	ATL	NL	20.0	22	0	11	4.95	4.71	0.28	-0.35	100.0	4.09	-2	-0.2	.3	0.0	0.0	-0	.491	.499	$375,000
2004	31	NYY	AL	13.0	19	0	11	7.62	5.24	-0.53	-0.39	100.6	5.42	-3	-0.3	.6	0.0	-0.2	-2	.483	.498
2005	32	WSN	NL	3.1	7	0	3	8.10	6.03	-0.02	-0.46	93.4	5.23	-1	-0.1	1.6	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.484	.499
10 Seasons				479.0	336	44	318	5.97	5.12	-0.04	-0.14	99.3	4.99	-55	-4.9	1.1	-0.8	-0.9	1	.485	.498	$3,669,000

DET (5 yrs)				321.2	213	37	229	6.41	5.28	-0.09	-0.08	99.7	5.27	-42	-3.8	1.2	-0.6	-0.9	-2	.482	.495	$2,450,000
TEX (2 yrs)				23.1	18	0	12	4.63	4.87	0.11	-0.37	104.3	4.58	-0	0.0	.8	-0.1	0.2	2	.500	.500	$550,000
NYM (1 yr)				5.2	5	0	0	0.00	4.20	-0.00	-0.31	93.6	3.65	2	0.2	.6	-0.1	0.2	3	.547	.501
ATL (1 yr)				20.0	22	0	11	4.95	4.71	0.28	-0.35	100.0	4.09	-2	-0.2	.3	0.0	0.0	-0	.491	.499	$375,000
CIN (1 yr)				32.1	9	7	25	6.96	4.69	0.22	0.16	95.9	4.45	-9	-0.9	1.9	-0.0	-0.6	-6	.402	.495	$109,000
WSN (1 yr)				3.1	7	0	3	8.10	6.03	-0.02	-0.46	93.4	5.23	-1	-0.1	1.6	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.484	.499
NYY (1 yr)				13.0	19	0	11	7.62	5.24	-0.53	-0.39	100.6	5.42	-3	-0.3	.6	0.0	-0.2	-2	.483	.498
HOU (1 yr)				59.2	43	0	27	4.07	4.76	0.00	-0.36	97.4	4.28	1	0.1	1.3	-0.1	0.6	7	.503	.501	$185,000

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
1994	21	CIN-min	AA	14	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	1	0	0		CNG · SOUL
1995	22	CIN-min	AA,AAA	14	11	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	2	0	0		CNG,INA · SOUL,AA
1995	22	TOT	MLB	20	10	10	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.200	.200	.200	.400	7	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	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1995	22	DET	AL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1996	23	DET-min	AAA	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		TOL · IL
1996	23	DET	AL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1

1997	24	HOU-min	AAA	28	26	24	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	15	.042	.042	.042	.083		1	2	0	2	0	0		NOR · AA
1998	25	HOU-min	AAA	5	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400		1	0	0	0	0	0		NOR · PCL
1998	25	HOU	NL	43	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	69	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1/D
2000	27	DET	AL	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2001	28	DET-min	AAA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		TOL · IL
2001	28	TOT	MLB	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2001	28	DET	AL	56	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
2002	29	TEX-HOU-STL-min	AAA	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		OKC,NOR,MEM · PCL
2002	29	TEX	AL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2003	30	TEX-min	AAA	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		OKC · PCL
2003	30	TEX	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2004	31	NYY-min	AAA	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		CLB · IL
2004	31	TOT	MLB	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2004	31	ATL	NL	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2004	31	NYY	AL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2005	32	WSN-PIT-min	AAA	45	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000		1	0	0	0	0	0		NOR,INA · PCL,IL
2005	32	WSN	NL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2006	33	PIT-min	AAA	58	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		INA · IL
2007	34	FKA	Fgn	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		FKA · JPPL
2008	35	FKA	Fgn	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		FKA · JPPL
2009	36	SKK,DOO	Fgn																										SKK,DOO · KBO
2010	37	WOI	Fgn																										WOI · KBO
2012	39	NYM-min	AAA,AA	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		BFL,BNG · IL,EL
10 Yrs				337	16	15	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	.133	.133	.133	.267	-29	2	0	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.133	.133	.133	.267	-29	1	0	0	0	0	0

DET (5 yrs)				214	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
TEX (2 yrs)				18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						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)				22	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	7	2	0	0	0	0	0
NYY (1 yr)				19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
HOU (1 yr)				43	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0

AL (8 yrs)				251	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
NL (5 yrs)				86	15	14	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	.143	.143	.143	.286	-24	2	0	0	1	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1995	22	CIN	NL	9	10	-1	-0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	0	-0.0	.499	.500	-0.0	0.0	0	$109,000	/1
1995	22	DET	AL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0		1
1996	23	DET	AL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0		1

1998	25	HOU	NL	43	5	-1	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$185,000	1
1999	26	DET	AL	69	1	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$300,000	1/D
2000	27	DET	AL	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$950,000	1
2001	28	DET	AL	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$1,200,000	1
2001	28	NYM	NL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0		/1
2002	29	TEX	AL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0		1
2003	30	TEX	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$550,000	/1
2004	31	ATL	NL	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$375,000	1
2004	31	NYY	AL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0		1
2005	32	WSN	NL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0		/1
10 Seasons				337	16	-3	-0	0	0	4	1	0.0	1	1	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.2	1	$3,669,000

DET (5 yrs)				214	1	-0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.500	.500	0.1	0.2	1	$2,450,000
TEX (2 yrs)				18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$550,000
NYM (1 yr)				5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0
ATL (1 yr)				22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$375,000
WSN (1 yr)				7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0
CIN (1 yr)				9	10	-1	-0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	0	-0.0	.499	.500	-0.0	0.0	0	$109,000
NYY (1 yr)				19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0
HOU (1 yr)				43	5	-1	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$185,000

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards
1995	TOT	MLB	22	P	20	18	0	71.2	15	5	8	2	0	.867			1.63	0.65	.959	1.81	1.80	13	6	32%	30%	4
1995	CIN	NL	22	P	9	7	0	32.1	6	3	2	1	0	.833			1.39	0.56	.957	1.84	1.83	7	1	13%	30%	0
1995	DET	AL	22	P	11	11	0	39.1	9	2	6	1	0	.889			1.83	0.73	.960	1.78	1.77	6	5	45%	31%	4
1996	DET	AL	23	P	11	8	0	45.2	7	2	5	0	0	1.000			1.38	0.64	.960	1.77	1.76	5	5	50%	30%	3
1998	HOU	NL	25	P	43	0	0	59.2	11	1	10	0	2	1.000			1.66	0.26	.961	1.86	1.84	3	4	57%	32%	1
1999	DET	AL	26	P	68	7	0	81.2	25	5	17	3	0	.880			2.42	0.32	.952	1.69	1.66	4	4	50%	33%	1
1999	DET	AL	26	DH	1	0
2000	DET	AL	27	P	67	11	0	109.2	29	7	21	1	2	.966			2.30	0.42	.956	1.62	1.60	7	3	30%	30%	4
2001	TOT	MLB	28	P	61	0	0	51.0	10	2	8	0	0	1.000			1.76	0.16	.956	1.75	1.74	6	1	14%	30%	1
2001	DET	AL	28	P	56	0	0	45.1	9	2	7	0	0	1.000			1.79	0.16	.956	1.75	1.74	5	1	17%	29%	1
2001	NYM	NL	28	P	5	0	0	5.2	1	0	1	0	0	1.000			1.59	0.20	.960	1.75	1.72	1	0	0%	33%	0
2002	TEX	AL	29	P	12	0	0	13.2	2	0	2	0	0	1.000			1.32	0.17	.955	1.71	1.67	2	1	33%	32%	0
2003	TEX	AL	30	P	6	0	0	9.2	5	0	5	0	1	1.000	1	21	4.66	0.83	.956	1.77	1.72	3	0	0%	30%	0
2004	TOT	MLB	31	P	41	0	0	33.0	8	1	6	1	0	.875	-1	-6	1.91	0.17	.958	1.77	1.74	2	0	0%	28%	0
2004	ATL	NL	31	P	22	0	0	20.0	5	1	3	1	0	.800	-1	-10	1.80	0.18	.964	1.84	1.82	2	0	0%	28%	0
2004	NYY	AL	31	P	19	0	0	13.0	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	0	0	2.08	0.16	.947	1.66	1.65	0	0			0
2005	WSN	NL	32	P	7	0	0	3.1	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	0	0	5.40	0.29	.960	1.62	1.73	0	0			0
	10 Seasons			P	336	44	0	479.0	114	23	84	7	5	.939	0	0	2.01	0.32	.956	1.73	1.71	45	24	35%	31%	14
	10 Seasons			TOT	336	44	0	479.0	114	23	84	7	5	.939	0	0	2.01	0.32	.956	1.73	1.71	45	24	35%	31%	14
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Errors Committed as P s c a p y 1999 AL 3 (5th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1999 AL 3 (5th)

Similarity Scores

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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 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 a player to be named later. 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.
July 13, 2012: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.
November 3, 2012: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1995	22	Cincinnati Reds	$109,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1

1998	25	Houston Astros	$185,000	2001 Joint Exhibit 1
1999	26	Detroit Tigers	$300,000	2001 Joint Exhibit 1
2000	27	Detroit Tigers	$950,000	2001 Joint Exhibit 1
2001	28	Detroit Tigers	$1,200,000	4/6/01 USA Today

2003	30	Texas Rangers	$550,000	4/3/03 AP
2004	31	Atlanta Braves	$375,000*
		Earliest Free Agent: 2013
Career to date (may be incomplete)			$3,669,000

Disputed Salaries
*2004 - $350,000 - 4/7/04 AP -

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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