C. J. Nitkowski
Cincinnati Reds 1995; Detroit Tigers 1995–1996; Houston Astros 1998; Detroit Tigers 1999–2001; New York Mets 2001; Texas Rangers 2002–2003; Atlanta Braves 2004; New York Yankees 2004; Washington Nationals 2005
Percentile snapshot
No qualified season. This player never reached the qualification floor — 3.1 plate appearances, or one inning, per game his team played — in any archived season, so there is no season population to rank him inside.
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | -2.8 | 6.8 | .182 | -1.0 |
| 1996 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.9 |
| 1998 | 43 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -123.1 | -100.0 | .000 | 0.8 |
| 1999 | 69 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -120.4 | -100.0 | .000 | 1.3 |
| 2000 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.6 |
| 2001 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.1 |
| 2002 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.5 |
| 2003 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.2 |
| 2004 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.1 |
| 2005 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | -0.1 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 53 | 35 | 31 | 11 | 71.7 | 6.66 | 1.800 | 3.89 | 5.91 | 131.5 | 67.3 | -1.0 |
| 1996 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 41 | 38 | 36 | 7 | 45.7 | 8.08 | 2.190 | 7.09 | 6.62 | 131.6 | 62.2 | -0.9 |
| 1998 | 43 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 25 | 23 | 44 | 4 | 59.7 | 3.77 | 1.207 | 6.64 | 3.92 | 95.6 | 108.8 | 0.8 |
| 1999 | 68 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 39 | 45 | 66 | 11 | 81.7 | 4.30 | 1.322 | 7.27 | 5.10 | 105.2 | 112.8 | 1.3 |
| 2000 | 67 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 124 | 64 | 49 | 81 | 13 | 109.7 | 5.25 | 1.578 | 6.65 | 4.74 | 98.6 | 91.5 | 0.6 |
| 2001 | 61 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 28 | 34 | 42 | 7 | 51.0 | 4.94 | 1.725 | 7.41 | 5.52 | 129.3 | 86.3 | 0.1 |
| 2002 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 13.7 | 2.63 | 1.756 | 9.22 | 3.86 | 81.0 | 181.1 | 0.5 |
| 2003 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 9.7 | 7.45 | 2.586 | 4.66 | 4.54 | 92.1 | 66.2 | -0.2 |
| 2004 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 21 | 16 | 26 | 4 | 33.0 | 5.73 | 1.697 | 7.09 | 5.03 | 114.4 | 76.9 | -0.1 |
| 2005 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3.3 | 8.10 | 2.100 | 5.40 | 3.59 | 88.2 | 50.3 | -0.1 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995-07-08 | LAD @ CIN Gameday | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1995-07-17 | CIN @ SD Gameday | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1995-06-03 | STL @ CIN Gameday | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995-06-06 | PIT @ CIN Gameday | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995-06-11 | CIN @ HOU Gameday | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999-09-25 | KC @ DET Gameday | 6.1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| 1996-07-30 | LAA @ DET Gameday | 7.0 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| 2000-04-04 | DET @ ATH Gameday | 6.0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| 1995-06-11 | CIN @ HOU Gameday | 5.1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 1996-08-04 | SEA @ DET Gameday | 5.0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.