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C.J. Nitkowski PTigers

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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
11 336 479 18 32 3 5.37 -1.1
Birth Date3-9-1973
Height6' 3"
Weight210 lbs
Age51 years, 1 months, 10 days
BatsL
ThrowsL
WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
Multiple stints are are currently shown —Click to hide.
YEAR Team Lg G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA- WARP
1995 CIN 0 9 7 32.3 1 3 0 41 15 18 4 100 11.4 4.2 1.1 5.0 0% .322 1.73 5.14 6.12 110 6.24 127.7 -0.1
1995 DET 0 11 11 39.3 1 4 0 53 20 13 7 103 12.1 4.6 1.6 3.0 0% .326 1.86 6.54 7.09 122 9.20 188.4 -1.4
1996 DET MLB 11 8 45.7 2 3 0 62 38 36 7 97 12.2 7.5 1.4 7.1 0% .377 2.19 6.61 8.08 125 8.28 163.4 -1.1
1998 HOU MLB 43 0 59.7 3 3 3 49 23 44 4 99 7.4 3.5 0.6 6.6 0% .260 1.21 3.92 3.77 95 4.69 97.2 0.4
1999 DET MLB 68 7 81.7 4 5 0 63 45 66 11 99 6.9 5.0 1.2 7.3 0% .232 1.32 5.09 4.30 103 4.83 93.8 1.0
2000 DET MLB 67 11 109.7 4 9 0 124 49 81 13 86 10.2 4.0 1.1 6.6 0% .317 1.58 4.73 5.25 93 5.41 104.0 0.7
2001 DET 0 56 0 45.3 0 3 0 51 31 38 7 101 10.1 6.2 1.4 7.5 0% .317 1.81 5.80 5.56 109 6.63 137.4 -0.6
2001 NYN 0 5 0 5.7 1 0 0 3 3 4 0 91 4.8 4.8 0.0 6.4 0% .214 1.06 3.18 0.00 91 3.21 66.6 0.1
2002 TEX MLB 12 0 13.7 0 1 0 11 13 14 0 102 7.2 8.6 0.0 9.2 0% .306 1.76 3.86 2.63 117 6.13 131.6 -0.1
2003 TEX MLB 6 0 9.7 0 0 0 17 8 5 0 109 15.8 7.4 0.0 4.7 0% .436 2.59 4.54 7.45 114 7.27 152.3 -0.2
2004 ATL 0 22 0 20.0 1 0 0 22 10 16 3 94 9.9 4.5 1.4 7.2 0% .297 1.60 5.09 4.50 107 5.19 106.9 0.1
2004 NYA 0 19 0 13.0 1 1 0 18 6 10 1 106 12.5 4.2 0.7 6.9 0% .386 1.85 4.92 7.62 103 4.79 98.8 0.1
2005 WAS MLB 7 0 3.3 0 0 0 5 2 2 0 84 13.5 5.4 0.0 5.4 0% .385 2.10 3.58 8.10 105 4.51 97.1 0.0
1995 TOT MLB 20 18 71.7 2 7 0 94 35 31 11 102 11.8 4.4 1.4 3.9 0% .000 1.80 5.91 6.66 117 7.86 161.0 -1.5
2001 TOT MLB 61 0 51.0 1 3 0 54 34 42 7 100 9.5 6.0 1.2 7.4 0% .000 1.73 5.51 4.94 107 6.25 129.6 -0.5
2004 TOT MLB 41 0 33.0 2 1 0 40 16 26 4 99 10.9 4.4 1.1 7.1 0% .000 1.70 5.03 5.73 106 5.03 103.7 0.2
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Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
Minor league stats are currently shown —Click to hide.
YEAR Team Lg LG G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA-
1995 CIN MLB NL 9 7 32.3 1 3 0 41 15 18 4 100 11.4 4.2 1.1 5.0 0% .322 1.73 5.14 6.12 110 6.24 127.7
1995 DET MLB AL 11 11 39.3 1 4 0 53 20 13 7 103 12.1 4.6 1.6 3.0 0% .326 1.86 6.54 7.09 122 9.20 188.4
1996 DET MLB AL 11 8 45.7 2 3 0 62 38 36 7 97 12.2 7.5 1.4 7.1 0% .377 2.19 6.61 8.08 125 8.28 163.4
1998 HOU MLB NL 43 0 59.7 3 3 3 49 23 44 4 99 7.4 3.5 0.6 6.6 0% .260 1.21 3.92 3.77 95 4.69 97.2
1999 DET MLB AL 68 7 81.7 4 5 0 63 45 66 11 99 6.9 5.0 1.2 7.3 0% .232 1.32 5.09 4.30 103 4.83 93.8
2000 DET MLB AL 67 11 109.7 4 9 0 124 49 81 13 86 10.2 4.0 1.1 6.6 0% .317 1.58 4.73 5.25 93 5.41 104.0
2001 DET MLB AL 56 0 45.3 0 3 0 51 31 38 7 101 10.1 6.2 1.4 7.5 0% .317 1.81 5.80 5.56 109 6.63 137.4
2001 NYN MLB NL 5 0 5.7 1 0 0 3 3 4 0 91 4.8 4.8 0.0 6.4 0% .214 1.06 3.18 0.00 91 3.21 66.6
2002 TEX MLB AL 12 0 13.7 0 1 0 11 13 14 0 102 7.2 8.6 0.0 9.2 0% .306 1.76 3.86 2.63 117 6.13 131.6
2003 TEX MLB AL 6 0 9.7 0 0 0 17 8 5 0 109 15.8 7.4 0.0 4.7 0% .436 2.59 4.54 7.45 114 7.27 152.3
2004 ATL MLB NL 22 0 20.0 1 0 0 22 10 16 3 94 9.9 4.5 1.4 7.2 0% .297 1.60 5.09 4.50 107 5.19 106.9
2004 NYA MLB AL 19 0 13.0 1 1 0 18 6 10 1 106 12.5 4.2 0.7 6.9 0% .386 1.85 4.92 7.62 103 4.79 98.8
2005 WAS MLB NL 7 0 3.3 0 0 0 5 2 2 0 84 13.5 5.4 0.0 5.4 0% .385 2.10 3.58 8.10 105 4.51 97.1
2012 BIN AA EAS 6 0 4.7 0 0 0 1 4 8 0 1.9 7.7 0.0 15.4 0% .167 1.07 2.98 0.00 75 2.85 59.4
2012 BUF AAA INT 15 0 14.3 0 2 1 24 8 13 1 15.1 5.0 0.6 8.2 0% .451 2.23 3.92 7.53 99 8.16 169.9
2012 GIG Wnt DWL 4 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.5 0% .000 0.00 3.63 0.00 0 0.00 0.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2011-07-15 2011-07-15 FA 0 0 Left Shoulder Surgery Stem Cell Therapy - -
1996-08-11 1996-08-29 15-DL 18 17 - Low Back Strain - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2003 TEX $550,000
2001 DET, NYN $1,200,000
2000 DET $950,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
4 yrPrevious$2,700,000
4 yrTotal$2,700,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
6 y 72 d

Details
  • signed 1-year contract with Softbank Hawks of Japan 11/06
  • signed as a free agent from WAS 12/05 (minor-league contract), 1 year/$0.5M (06) (split contract-$72K in min)
  • optioned to Triple-A 6/05 signed as a free agent from MIN 5/05 released 3/05 signed as a free agent from NYY 1/05 (minor-league contract) contract purchased 8/04 signed as a free agent from ATL 7/04 (minor-league contract) designated for assignment 6/04 signed as a free agent from TX 1/04 (minor-league contract), 1 year/$0.375M (04)
  • designated for assignment 4/03 contract purchased 3/03
  • 1 year/$0.55M (03)
  • contract purchased 8/02
  • signed 8/02 signed 6/02 (minor-league contract) signed 3/02 (minor-league contract) released 3/02 signed as a free agent from NYM 12/01 acquired in trade from DT 9/01 sent outright to Triple-A 8/01

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR BABIP WHIP ERA DRA VORP WARP
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