C.J. Nitkowski

C.J. Nitkowski [Christopher John Nitkowski] is a former Major League Baseball Player who was active in the Majors between 1995-2005. His last Major League Baseball season was with the Washington Nationals in 2005. Nitkowski is 53 years old and was born on March 9th, 1973 in Suffern, New York. He played his high school baseball for the Don Bosco Prep High School Ironmen in Ramsey, New Jersey. He played 2 years of NCAA Division I College Baseball for the St. John's University Red Storm [Big East Conference] and for the Florida Atlantic University Owls. Participated in the D1 NCAA Tournament in 1993 [Regionals]. Drafted in the first round (9th overall) by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1994 MLB Draft, receiving a $675,000 signing bonus. Ranked by Baseball America as the #87 MLB prospect in their 1995 pre-season Prospect rankings and ...

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he was also ranked as the Cincinnati Reds #3 Prospect by Baseball America in 1995. Made his Major League Debut on June 3rd, 1995 at the age of 22. Debuted as a relief pitcher for Cincinnati Reds against the St. Louis Cardinals, throwing 1 inning, did not allow a run or a walk He did not factor in the decision. The first batter he faced was Ray Lankford, who grounded out to first base. His most frequent teammate throughout his career, based on statistics listed below was Tony Clark [6 seasons]. Nitkowski played 5 seasons with the Detroit Tigers organization, 3 seasons with the Houston Astros, 2 seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates, 2 seasons with the Cincinnati Reds, 2 seasons with the New York Mets, 2 seasons with the Texas Rangers, 1 season with the Atlanta Braves, 1 season with the Washington Nationals, 1 season with the St. Louis Cardinals and 1 season with the New York Yankees. Led the American Association (AAA) with 141 Strikeouts in 1997.

Awards: Named Big East Conference All-Conference Team in 2x [1993,1994]. Named Big East Conference Pitcher of the Year in 1994. Named Big East Conference Player of the Year in 1994.

Career Transactions: Traded from Cincinnati Reds with Dave Tuttle and Mark Lewis to Detroit Tigers for David Wells on July 31st, 1995. Traded from Detroit Tigers with Brad Ausmus, Jose Lima, Trever Miller and Daryle Ward to Houston Astros for Doug Brocail, Brian Hunter, Todd Jones and Orlando Miller on December 10th, 1996. Traded from Houston Astros with Brad Ausmus to Detroit Tigers for Paul Bako, Dean Crow, Mark Persails, Brian Powell and Carlos Villalobos on January 14th, 1999. Traded from Detroit Tigers to New York Mets for Kyle Kessel (12/13/2001) on September 2nd, 2001. Signed a None-year free agent contract for None worth $Nonem with the Houston Astros on December 21st, 2001Signed a minor league contract with the St. Louis Cardinals on June 7th, 2002. Signed a None-year free agent contract for None worth $Nonem with the Texas Rangers on July 29th, 2002Signed a minor league contract with the Atlanta Braves on November 18th, 2003. Signed a minor league contract with the New York Yankees on July 19th, 2004. Signed a minor league contract with the Minnesota Twins on January 24th, 2005. Signed a minor league contract with the Detroit Tigers on April 6th, 2005. Signed a minor league contract with the Washington Nationals on May 27th, 2005. Signed a minor league contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates on January 5th, 2006. Signed a minor league contract with the New York Mets on July 13th, 2012.

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year	team name	league	level	mlb	#	age	tbc+	w	l	era	g	gs	cg	sho	gr	gf	sv	ip	h	r	er	hr	bb	so	wp	bk	hb	whip	h9	hr9	bb9	so9	ra9	so/bb
1993	St. John's	BigEast	NCAA-1	So		20		6	3	2.71	16	9	3	0	7	0	2	79.2	79	37	24	0	28	65	0	0	0	1.34	8.92	0.00	3.16	7.34	4.18	2.32
1994	St. John's	BigEast	NCAA-1	Jr		21		5	4	1.59	9	9	8	2	0	0	0	73.2	48	21	13	0	31	80	0	0	0	1.07	5.86	0.00	3.79	9.77	2.57	2.58
1994	Chattanooga Lookouts	Sou	AA	CIN	-	21	104	6	3	3.50	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	74.2	61	30	29	4	40	60	2	5	4	1.35	7.35	0.48	4.82	7.23	3.62	1.50
1995	Chattanooga Lookouts	Sou	AA	CIN	-	22	127	4	2	2.50	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	50.1	39	20	14	1	20	52	1	1	1	1.17	6.97	0.18	3.58	9.30	3.58	2.60
1995	Indianapolis Indians	Amer	AAA	CIN	-	22	103*	0	2	5.20	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	27.2	28	16	16	3	10	21	0	1	1	1.37	9.11	0.98	3.25	6.83	5.20	2.10
1995	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	CIN	49	22	74	1	3	6.12	9	7	0	0	2	0	0	32.1	41	25	22	4	15	18	1	2	2	1.73	11.41	1.11	4.18	5.01	6.96	1.20
1995	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	DET	36	22	74	1	4	7.09	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	39.1	53	32	31	7	20	13	1	0	3	1.86	12.13	1.60	4.58	2.97	7.32	0.65
1996	Toledo Mud Hens	IL	AAA	DET	-	23	108	4	6	4.46	19	19	1	0	0	0	0	111.0	104	60	55	13	53	103	6	1	3	1.41	8.43	1.05	4.30	8.35	4.86	1.94
1996	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	DET	48	23	79*	2	3	8.08	11	8	0	0	3	0	0	45.2	62	44	41	7	38	36	2	0	7	2.19	12.22	1.38	7.49	7.09	8.67	0.95
1997	New Orleans Zephyrs	Amer	AAA	HOU	-	24	107	8	10	3.98	28	28	1	0	0	0	0	174.1	183	82	77	10	56	141	6	3	6	1.37	9.45	0.52	2.89	7.28	4.23	2.52
1998	New Orleans Zephyrs	PCL	AAA	HOU	-	25		0	1	6.00	5	3	0	0	2	1	1	15.0	22	12	10	1	7	18	2	0	2	1.93	13.20	0.60	4.20	10.80	7.20	2.57
1998	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	HOU	47	25	109	3	3	3.77	43	0	0	0	43	11	3	59.2	49	27	25	4	23	44	3	1	6	1.21	7.39	0.60	3.47	6.64	4.07	1.91
1999	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	DET	49	26	110	4	5	4.30	68	7	0	0	61	7	0	81.2	63	44	39	11	45	66	4	3	3	1.32	6.94	1.21	4.96	7.27	4.85	1.47
2000	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	DET	49	27	97	4	9	5.25	67	11	0	0	56	7	0	109.2	124	79	64	13	49	81	3	1	4	1.58	10.18	1.07	4.02	6.65	6.48	1.65
2001	Toledo Mud Hens	IL	AAA	DET	-	28		0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.00	9.00	0.00	0.00	9.00	0.00	0.00
2001	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	DET	27	28	89*	0	3	5.56	56	0	0	0	56	12	0	45.1	51	30	28	7	31	38	1	0	5	1.81	10.13	1.39	6.15	7.54	5.96	1.23
2001	New York Mets	NL	MLB	NYN	40	28	89*	1	0	0.00	5	0	0	0	5	2	0	5.2	3	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	1.06	4.76	0.00	4.76	6.35	0.00	1.33
2002	Oklahoma RedHawks	PCL	AAA	TEX	49	29	100	1	1	1.80	9	0	0	0	9	3	0	10.0	8	3	2	0	4	11	0	0	1	1.20	7.20	0.00	3.60	9.90	2.70	2.75
2002	New Orleans Zephyrs	PCL	AAA	HOU	-	29	100	1	2	2.78	24	0	0	0	24	7	2	22.2	21	7	7	1	7	20	1	1	0	1.24	8.34	0.40	2.78	7.94	2.78	2.86
2002	Memphis Redbirds	PCL	AAA	SLN	-	29	100	1	2	9.82	16	1	0	0	15	7	0	14.2	24	18	16	3	9	12	1	0	4	2.25	14.73	1.84	5.52	7.36	11.05	1.33
2002	Texas Rangers	AL	MLB	TEX	38	29		0	1	2.63	12	0	0	0	12	2	0	13.2	11	4	4	0	13	14	0	0	0	1.76	7.24	0.00	8.56	9.22	2.63	1.08
2003	Oklahoma RedHawks	PCL	AAA	TEX	49	30	98	5	4	4.09	33	6	0	0	27	12	2	81.1	88	40	37	6	31	53	5	1	0	1.46	9.74	0.66	3.43	5.86	4.43	1.71
2003	Texas Rangers	AL	MLB	TEX	43	30		0	0	7.45	6	0	0	0	6	0	0	9.2	17	8	8	0	8	5	0	0	0	2.59	15.83	0.00	7.45	4.66	7.45	0.63
2004	Columbus Clippers	IL	AAA	NYA	-	31		0	0	1.42	16	0	0	0	16	1	0	12.2	8	3	2	0	3	11	2	0	1	0.87	5.68	0.00	2.13	7.82	2.13	3.67
2004	New York Yankees	AL	MLB	NYA	40	31	88*	1	1	7.62	19	0	0	0	19	4	0	13.0	18	11	11	1	6	10	2	0	4	1.85	12.46	0.69	4.15	6.92	7.62	1.67
2004	Atlanta Braves	NL	MLB	ATL	40	31	88*	1	0	4.50	22	0	0	0	22	10	0	20.0	22	11	10	3	10	16	3	0	2	1.60	9.90	1.35	4.50	7.20	4.95	1.60
2005	New Orleans Zephyrs	PCL	AAA	WAS	-	32	101*	2	2	3.62	27	0	0	0	27	8	4	32.1	36	15	13	3	7	24	0	0	5	1.33	10.02	0.84	1.95	6.68	4.18	3.43
2005	Indianapolis Indians	IL	AAA	PIT	-	32	177*	2	0	0.83	18	0	0	0	18	5	2	21.2	6	5	2	0	9	18	1	0	0	0.69	2.49	0.00	3.74	7.48	2.08	2.00
2005	Washington Nationals	NL	MLB	WAS	47	32		0	0	8.10	7	0	0	0	7	0	0	3.1	5	3	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	2.10	13.50	0.00	5.40	5.40	8.10	1.00
2006	Indianapolis Indians	IL	AAA	PIT	41	33	105	5	1	2.97	58	1	0	0	57	18	4	60.2	57	20	20	4	28	57	7	1	0	1.40	8.46	0.59	4.15	8.46	2.97	2.04
2007	Fukuoka Softbank	Jap Pac	Intl		-	34	99*	1	1	3.18	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	34.0	25	14	12	1	21	24	1	1	0	1.35	6.62	0.26	5.56	6.35	3.71	1.14
2008	Fukuoka Softbank	Jap Pac	Intl		-	35	96	2	4	4.64	39	0	0	0	39	0	2	42.2	43	25	22	1	19	31	1	3	5	1.45	9.07	0.21	4.01	6.54	5.27	1.63
2012	Binghamton Mets	East	AA	NYN	-	39		0	0	0.00	6	0	0	0	6	1	0	4.2	1	0	0	0	4	8	1	0	1	1.07	1.93	0.00	7.71	15.43	0.00	2.00
2012	Buffalo Bisons	IL	AAA	NYN	63	39		0	2	7.53	15	0	0	0	15	2	1	14.1	24	15	12	1	8	13	1	0	0	2.23	15.07	0.63	5.02	8.16	9.42	1.63
Tot:	MLB (10 yrs)		MLB					18	32	5.37	336	44	0	0	292	55	3	479.0	519	318	286	57	263	347	20	7	36	1.63	9.75	1.07	4.94	6.52	5.97	1.32
Tot:	NL (5 yrs)		NL					6	6	4.46	86	7	0	0	79	23	3	121.0	120	66	60	11	53	84	7	3	10	1.43	8.93	0.82	3.94	6.25	4.91	1.58
Tot:	AL (8 yrs)		AL					12	26	5.68	250	37	0	0	213	32	0	358.0	399	252	226	46	210	263	13	4	26	1.70	10.03	1.16	5.28	6.61	6.34	1.25
Tot:	Minors (12 yrs)		Minors					39	38	3.85	303	86	2	0	217	66	16	729.0	711	346	312	50	296	623	36	14	29	1.38	8.78	0.62	3.65	7.69	4.27	2.10
Tot:	AA (3 yrs)		AA					10	5	2.98	28	22	0	0	6	1	0	129.2	101	50	43	5	64	120	4	6	6	1.27	7.01	0.35	4.44	8.33	3.47	1.88
Tot:	AAA (11 yrs)		AAA					29	33	4.04	275	64	2	0	211	65	16	599.1	610	296	269	45	232	503	32	8	23	1.40	9.16	0.68	3.48	7.55	4.44	2.17
Tot:	College (2 yrs)		College					11	7	2.17	25	18	11	2	7	0	2	153.1	127	58	37	0	59	145	0	0	0	1.21	7.45	0.00	3.46	8.51	3.40	2.46
Avg:	MLB - 162 Inning avg		MLB					🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	162	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒
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2006	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB Spring Training	Spring	33	1	0	3.12	10	0	0	0	10	1	0	8.2	8	3	3	0	3	9	0	0	0	1.27	8.31	0.00	3.12	9.35	3.12	3.00
Tot:	Spring (1 Yrs)		Spring		1	0	3.12	10	0	0	0	1	10	0	8.2	8	3	3	0	3	9	0	0	0	1.27	8.31	0.00	3.12	9.35	3.12	3.00

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year	team name	league	level	mlb	#	age	pos	lnp	tbc+	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	sb	cs	bb	so	hbp	sh	sf	ibb	gdp	tb	pa	xbh	1b	avg	obp	slg	ops	seca	iso	babip	bb%	so%	so/bb	ab/hr
1994	Chattanooga Lookouts	Sou	AA	CIN	-	21				14	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	33.33	0.00	0.00
1995	Chattanooga Lookouts	Sou	AA	CIN	-	22				8	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	50.00	0.00	0.00
1995	Indianapolis Indians	Amer	AAA	CIN	-	22				6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	66.67	0.00	0.00
1995	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	CIN	49	22	1/	9		9	10	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	.000	.000	.500	0.00	60.00	0.00	0.00
1997	New Orleans Zephyrs	Amer	AAA	HOU	-	24				28	24	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	15	0	2	0	0	2	1	26	0	1	.042	.042	.042	.084	-0.042	.000	.111	0.00	57.69	0.00	0.00
1998	New Orleans Zephyrs	PCL	AAA	HOU	-	25				5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	.000	.000	.333	0.00	40.00	0.00	0.00
1998	Houston Astros	NL	MLB	HOU	47	25	1/	9		41	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	60.00	0.00	0.00
1999	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	DET	49	26	1/	9		5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00
2005	New Orleans Zephyrs	PCL	AAA	WAS	-	32				16	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	.000	.000	1.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2006	Indianapolis Indians	IL	AAA	PIT	41	33				58	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00
Tot:	MLB (3 yrs)		MLB							55	15	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	2	16	0	2	.133	.133	.133	.267	.000	.000	.400	0.00	62.50
Tot:	NL (2 yrs)		NL							50	14	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	2	15	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	.000	.000	.400	0.00	60.00
Tot:	AL (1 yrs)		AL							5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000		0.00	100.00
Tot:	Minors (6 yrs)		Minors							135	46	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	27	0	5	0	0	2	3	51	0	3	.065	.065	.065	.130	-0.022	.000	.158	0.00	52.94
Tot:	AA (2 yrs)		AA							22	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	42.86
Tot:	AAA (5 yrs)		AAA							113	34	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	21	0	3	0	0	2	3	37	0	3	.088	.088	.088	.176	-0.029	.000	.231	0.00	56.76
Avg:	MLB - 162 game avg		MLB							162	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒
Avg:	Minors - 162 game avg		Minors							162	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒

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