C.J. Nitkowski

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 185lb (188cm, 83kg)

Born: March 9, 1973 in Suffern, NY us

Draft: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1st round (9th) of the 1994 MLB June Amateur Draft from St. John's University (Queens, NY).

High School: Don Bosco Preparatory HS (Ramsey, NJ)

School: St. John's University (Queens, NY)

Last Game: June 7, 2005 (Age 32-090d)
vs. OAK 0.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1995 season

Full Name: Christopher John Nitkowski

Pronunciation: \nit-COW-ski\

Twitter: @CJNitkowski

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.0

ERA

5.37

336

479.0

347

WHIP

1.633

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1994	21	-3.0	Chattanooga	SOUL	AA	CIN	6	3	.667	3.50	3.62	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
1995	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	CIN	4	4	.500	3.46	4.15	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
1995	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	DET	2	7	.222	6.66	7.16	20	18	0	0	0	0	71.2	94	57	53	11	35	3	31	5	2	2	338	1.800	11.8	1.4	4.4	3.9	0.89
1995	22	-5.2	Indianapolis	AA	AAA	CIN	0	2	.000	5.20	5.20	6	6	0	0	0	0	27.2	28	16	16	3	10	0	21	1	1	0	120	1.373	9.1	1.0	3.3	6.8	2.10
1995	22	-2.1	Chattanooga	SOUL	AA	CIN	4	2	.667	2.50	3.58	8	8	0	0	0	0	50.1	39	20	14	1	20	0	52	1	1	1	204	1.172	7.0	0.2	3.6	9.3	2.60
1995	22	-6.8	DET	AL	Maj	DET	1	4	.200	7.09	7.32	11	11	0	0	0	0	39.1	53	32	31	7	20	2	13	3	0	1	184	1.856	12.1	1.6	4.6	3.0	0.65
1995	22	-5.9	CIN	NL	Maj	CIN	1	3	.250	6.12	6.96	9	7	0	0	0	0	32.1	41	25	22	4	15	1	18	2	2	1	154	1.732	11.4	1.1	4.2	5.0	1.20
1996	23	-3.4	Toledo	IL	AAA	DET	4	6	.400	4.46	4.86	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
1996	23	-5.3	DET	AL	Maj	DET	2	3	.400	8.08	8.67	11	8	0	0	0	0	45.2	62	44	41	7	38	1	36	7	0	2	234	2.190	12.2	1.4	7.5	7.1	0.95
1997	24	-2.6	New Orleans	AA	AAA	HOU	8	10	.444	3.98	4.23	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
1998	25	-1.5	New Orleans	PCL	AAA	HOU	0	1	.000	6.00	7.20	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
1998	25	-3.3	HOU	NL	Maj	HOU	3	3	.500	3.77	4.07	43	0	11	0	0	3	59.2	49	27	25	4	23	2	44	6	1	3	250	1.207	7.4	0.6	3.5	6.6	1.91
1999	26	-3.2	DET	AL	Maj	DET	4	5	.444	4.30	4.85	68	7	7	0	0	0	81.2	63	44	39	11	45	3	66	3	3	4	349	1.322	6.9	1.2	5.0	7.3	1.47
2000	27	-1.9	DET	AL	Maj	DET	4	9	.308	5.25	6.48	67	11	7	0	0	0	109.2	124	79	64	13	49	3	81	4	1	3	497	1.578	10.2	1.1	4.0	6.6	1.65
2001	28		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	NYM	1	3	.250	4.94	5.29	61	0	14	0	0	0	51.0	54	30	28	7	34	8	42	5	0	1	241	1.725	9.5	1.2	6.0	7.4	1.24
2001	28	1.3	Toledo	IL	AAA	DET	0	0		0.00	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
2001	28	-0.5	DET	AL	Maj	DET	0	3	.000	5.56	5.96	56	0	12	0	0	0	45.1	51	30	28	7	31	7	38	5	0	1	220	1.809	10.1	1.4	6.2	7.5	1.23
2001	28	-0.9	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	1	0	1.000	0.00	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		3 Teams	PCL	AAA	HOU-STL-TEX	3	5	.375	4.75	5.32	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
2002	29	2.1	New Orleans	PCL	AAA	HOU	1	2	.333	2.78	2.78	24	0	7	0	0	2	22.2	21	7	7	1	7	1	20	0	1	1	95	1.235	8.3	0.4	2.8	7.9	2.86
2002	29	2.1	Memphis	PCL	AAA	STL	1	2	.333	9.82	11.05	16	1	7	0	0	0	14.2	24	18	16	3	9	0	12	4	0	1	82	2.250	14.7	1.8	5.5	7.4	1.33
2002	29	2.1	Oklahoma	PCL	AAA	TEX	1	1	.500	1.80	2.70	9	0	3	0	0	0	10.0	8	3	2	0	4	0	11	1	0	0	43	1.200	7.2	0.0	3.6	9.9	2.75
2002	29	0.3	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	0	1	.000	2.63	2.63	12	0	2	0	0	0	13.2	11	4	4	0	13	0	14	0	0	0	63	1.756	7.2	0.0	8.6	9.2	1.08
2003	30	2.9	Oklahoma	PCL	AAA	TEX	5	4	.556	4.09	4.43	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
2003	30	1.4	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	0	0		7.45	7.45	6	0	0	0	0	0	9.2	17	8	8	0	8	1	5	0	0	0	52	2.586	15.8	0.0	7.4	4.7	0.63
2004	31		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	ATL	2	1	.667	5.73	6.00	41	0	14	0	0	0	33.0	40	22	21	4	16	0	26	6	0	5	160	1.697	10.9	1.1	4.4	7.1	1.63
2004	31	4.1	Columbus	IL	AAA	NYY	0	0		1.42	2.13	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
2004	31	1.8	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	1	0	1.000	4.50	4.95	22	0	10	0	0	0	20.0	22	11	10	3	10	0	16	2	0	3	95	1.600	9.9	1.4	4.5	7.2	1.60
2004	31	2.0	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	1	1	.500	7.62	7.62	19	0	4	0	0	0	13.0	18	11	11	1	6	0	10	4	0	2	65	1.846	12.5	0.7	4.2	6.9	1.67
2005	32		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA	WSN	4	2	.667	2.50	3.33	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
2005	32	4.8	New Orleans	PCL	AAA	WSN	2	2	.500	3.62	4.18	27	0	8	0	0	4	32.1	36	15	13	3	7	0	24	5	0	0	141	1.330	10.0	0.8	1.9	6.7	3.43
2005	32	5.2	Indianapolis	IL	AAA	PIT	2	0	1.000	0.83	2.08	18	0	5	0	0	2	21.2	6	5	2	0	9	0	18	0	0	1	77	0.692	2.5	0.0	3.7	7.5	2.00
2005	32	2.8	WSN	NL	Maj	WSN	0	0		8.10	8.10	7	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	5	3	3	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	17	2.100	13.5	0.0	5.4	5.4	1.00
2006	33	5.9	Indianapolis	IL	AAA	PIT	5	1	.833	2.97	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
2007	34	6.0	Softbank	JPPL	Fgn		1	1	.500	3.18	3.71	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
2008	35		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		3	5	.375	3.65	5.08	53	0		0	0	6	56.2	54	32	23	1	22	2	41	5	5	1	252	1.341	8.6	0.2	3.5	6.5	1.86
2008	35	6.9	Softbank	JPPL	Fgn		2	4	.333	4.64	5.27	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
2008	35	9.2	Softbank	JPWL	Fgn		1	1	.500	0.64	4.50	14			0	0	4	14.0	11	7	1	0	3	0	10	0	2	0	59	1.000	7.1	0.0	1.9	6.4	3.33
2009	36		2 Teams	KBO	Fgn		4	8				19	13	2	0	0	0	69.0	63	33	29	3	33	0	47	9	0	0	301
2009	36	9.3	SK	KBO	Fgn
2009	36	9.3	Doosan	KBO	Fgn
2010	37	9.8	Nexen	KBO	Fgn		2	6	.250	6.68	6.68	9	6	0	0	0	0	32.1	38	24	24	3	17	0	25	5	0	1	150	1.701	10.6	0.8	4.7	7.0	1.47

2012	39		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	NYM	0	2	.000	5.68	7.11	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
2012	39	11.8	Buffalo	IL	AAA	NYM	0	2	.000	7.53	9.42	15	0	2	0	0	1	14.1	24	15	12	1	8	0	13	0	0	1	73	2.233	15.1	0.6	5.0	8.2	1.63
2012	39	14.3	Binghamton	EL	AA	NYM	0	0		0.00	0.00	6	0	1	0	0	0	4.2	1	0	0	0	4	0	8	1	0	1	19	1.071	1.9	0.0	7.7	15.4	2.00
2012-13	39	11.0	Gigantes	DOWL	FgW		0	0		0.00	0.00	4	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	8	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.5
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (10 seasons)					Majors		18	32	.360	5.37	5.97	336	44	55	0	0	3	479.0	519	318	286	57	263	21	347	36	7	20	2201	1.633	9.8	1.1	4.9	6.5	1.32
Minors (12 seasons)					Minors		39	38	.506	3.85	4.27	303	86	66	2	0	16	729.0	711	346	312	50	296	10	623	36	14	36	3124	1.381	8.8	0.6	3.7	7.7	2.10
Foreign (5 seasons)					Foreign		6	12				112	6	1	0	0	6	125.0	117	70	59	5	60	4	91	19	6	3	563
NPB (2 seasons)					NPB		3	5	.375	3.99	4.58	85	0		0	0	2	76.2	68	39	34	2	40	4	55	13	4	2	346	1.409	8.0	0.2	4.7	6.5	1.38
KBO (2 seasons)					KBO		2	6	.250	6.68	6.68	9	6	0	0	0	0	32.1	38	24	24	3	17	0	25	5	0	1	150	1.701	10.6	0.8	4.7	7.0	1.47
All Levels (18 Seasons)							63	82				751	136	122	2	0	25	1333.0	1347	734	657	112	619	35	1061	91	27	59	5888

AAA (11 seasons)					Minors		29	33	.468	4.04	4.44	275	64	65	2	0	16	599.1	610	296	269	45	232	10	503	30	8	32	2583	1.405	9.2	0.7	3.5	7.6	2.17
AA (3 seasons)					Minors		10	5	.667	2.98	3.47	28	22	1	0	0	0	129.2	101	50	43	5	64	0	120	6	6	4	541	1.272	7.0	0.3	4.4	8.3	1.88
Fgn (4 seasons)					Foreign		6	12				108	6	0	0	0	6	123.0	117	70	59	5	60	4	90	18	6	3	555
FgW (1 season)					Foreign		0	0		0.00	0.00	4	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	8	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.5