Nick Wittgren

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 216lb (188cm, 97kg)

Born: May 29, 1991 in Torrance, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Miami Marlins in the 9th round of the 2012 MLB June Amateur Draft from Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN).

High School: McCutcheon HS (Lafayette, IN)

School: Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN)

Debut: April 19, 2016 (Age 24-326d, 21,085th in major league history)
vs. WSN 0.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: August 14, 2023 (Age 32-077d)
vs. SEA 0.2 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER, W

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2016 season

Agents: John Shinn

Full Name: Nicholas James Wittgren

Nicknames: Toothy or Witty

Pronunciation: \wit-grinn\

Twitter: @N_Witt

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.9

ERA

4.04

314

329.1

300

WHIP

1.254

Summary of 42 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 2 walk-off, 2 tying, 5 go ahead

4 Tms
CLE	27
MIA	12
KCR	2
STL	1

Platoon
vs RHB	26
vs LHB	16

Home/Road
Home	24
Away	18

Outs
0	19
2	12
1	11

19 Opps
DET	6
MIN	4
KCR	3
BOS	3
MIL	3
TBR	2
STL	2
TEX	2
CIN	2
NYY	2
BAL	2
NYM	2
WSN	2
CHW	2
COL	1
SDP	1
PHI	1
HOU	1
MIA	1

35 Batters
J.D. Martinez	2
Yoenis Céspedes	2
Miguel Sanó	2
Nick Castellanos	2
Eddie Rosario	2
Wilson Ramos	2
Orlando Arcia	2
Brad Miller	1
Ryan Schimpf	1
Charlie Blackmon	1
Adam Engel	1
Lorenzo Cain	1
Jiman Choi	1
Cam Gallagher	1
Willi Castro	1
Randal Grichuk	1
Jake Marisnick	1
Ramón Urías	1
Jackie Bradley Jr.	1
Miguel Cabrera	1
Daniel Murphy	1
Willie Calhoun	1
Jose Siri	1
Martín Prado	1
DJ Peters	1
Ryan O'Hearn	1
Jorge Soler	1
Tyler Naquin	1
Tommy Pham	1
Gleyber Torres	1
Gabriel Guerrero	1
Lucas Duda	1
Brian Goodwin	1
Robbie Grossman	1
Brett Gardner	1

14 Parks
Progressive (CLE)	16
loanDepot pk (MIA)	6
Yankee Stad3 (NYC)	2
Busch Stad 3 (STL)	2
Citi Field (NYC)	2
Comerica Pk (DET)	2
Camden Yards (BAL)	2
Guaranteed (CHI)	2
KauffmanStad (KAN)	2
Target Field (MIN)	2
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	1
Am Fam Field (MIL)	1
Nationals Pk (WAS)	1

Where Hit
9	16
89	8
7	7
78	6
8	5

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	9
1	7
4	7
5	7
3	6
7+	4
6	2

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	40
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	30
1--	8
12-	2
-2-	1
1-3	1

57 Runs
RISP	4
0 on	30
1 on	9
2 on	3
Any on	12

Inning
5	5
6	5
7	5
8	15
9	9
Extra	3

4-6	10
7-end	32

RelScore
+4..	5
+3	5
+2	4
+1	8
Tied	5
-1	2
-2	3
-3	2
-4..	8

Ahead	22
Tied	5
Behind	15

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	7
0-1	6
2-1	5
3-2	4
1-2	4
3-1	4
2-0	4
1-0	3
2-2	3
1-1	2

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
LF	10
CF	7
DH	6
1B	4
SS	4
2B	3
C	3
RF	3
PH	1
3B	1

OrderPos
8th	8
5th	6
4th	6
3rd	5
7th	5
6th	5
9th	3
2nd	3
1st	1

Leverage
High Lev	6
Medium Lev	7
Low Lev	29

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2016	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2016-05-14 (1)	Wilson Ramos	WSN		MIA	ahead 4-3	b 6	0	---	5,(1-2) .FBFFX	1	7	2	11%	85%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
2	2	2	1	2016-06-20	Charlie Blackmon	COL	@	MIA	ahead 4-3	t 9	1	---	6,(1-2) BCFFFX	1	1	8	9%	93%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF)
3	3	3	1	2016-06-28	Nick Castellanos	DET		MIA	ahead 5-3	b 5	1	1--	2,(0-1) FX	2	5	5	11%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); V. Martínez Scores
4	4	4	1	2016-07-29	Tommy Pham	STL	@	MIA	ahead 9-6	t 6	2	-2-	2,(1-0) BX	2	7	8	8%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); J. Hazelbaker Scores
5	5	5	1	2016-08-26	Ryan Schimpf	SDP	@	MIA	ahead 4-2	t 5	2	---	4,(1-2) CBFX	1	5	4	9%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
6	6	6	1	2016-08-29	Yoenis Céspedes	NYM		MIA	tied 1-1	b 10	2	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	3	7	47%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
2017	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	2017-04-07	Yoenis Céspedes	NYM		MIA	behind 1-7	b 8	0	---	5,(3-1) BBFBX	1	3	7	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
8	8	2	1	2017-05-16	Jake Marisnick	HOU	@	MIA	ahead 8-2	t 5	1	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	8	8	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); M. González Scores
9	9	3	1	2017-06-20	Daniel Murphy	WSN	@	MIA	ahead 6-3	t 8	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	5	4	3%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
10	10	4	1	2017-07-01	Orlando Arcia	MIL		MIA	ahead 7-4	b 5	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	8	6	5%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
11	11	5	1	2017-07-06	Randal Grichuk	STL		MIA	ahead 3-2	b 6	1	---	5,(2-2) BFSBX	1	7	7	11%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
2018	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
12	12	1	1	2018-09-22	Gabriel Guerrero	CIN	@	MIA	behind 0-5	t 8	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	8	PH	2%	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
2019	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	2019-04-24	Martín Prado	MIA	@	CLE	behind 1-2	t 8	2	---	4,(1-2) BCCX	1	2	DH	24%	41%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
14	14	2	1	2019-06-18	Willie Calhoun	TEX		CLE	behind 1-10	b 9	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	5	7	0%	0%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); N. Mazara Scores
15	15	3	1	2019-06-26	Lucas Duda	KCR	@	CLE	behind 1-5	t 9	1	---	4,(2-1) FBBX	1	6	DH	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
16	16	4	1	2019-07-04	Cam Gallagher	KCR		CLE	behind 3-8	b 9	0	---	7,(3-2) .CBFBBFX	1	8	2	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
17	17	5	1	2019-07-17	Nick Castellanos	DET	@	CLE	behind 1-3	t 8	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	9	9%	17%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
18	18	6	1	2019-08-13	Jackie Bradley Jr.	BOS	@	CLE	tied 6-6	t 10	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	9	8	37%	80%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
19	19	7	1	2019-08-17	Gleyber Torres	NYY		CLE	ahead 5-4	b 6	1	---	4,(2-1) BBFX	1	5	6	11%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
20	20	8	1	2019-08-25	Jorge Soler	KCR	@	CLE	tied 3-3	t 8	0	1--	5,(3-1) BBBSX	2	2	DH	28%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); W. Merrifield Scores/unER
21	21	9	1	2019-09-15	Eddie Rosario	MIN	@	CLE	behind 4-6	t 7	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	7	11%	24%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
22	22	10	1	2019-09-21	Brad Miller	PHI	@	CLE	ahead 6-4	t 9	0	---	9,(3-2) BBCFBFFFX	1	7	7	5%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
2020	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	2020-08-07	Adam Engel	CHW		CLE	ahead 1-0	b 8	0	---	1,(0-0) ..X	1	9	9	7%	94%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
24	24	2	1	2020-09-05	Orlando Arcia	MIL	@	CLE	behind 2-3	t 8	0	---	5,(3-1) FBBBX	1	6	6	24%	50%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
25	25	3	1	2020-09-12	Eddie Rosario	MIN		CLE	ahead 5-4	b 8	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	7	12%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); N. Cruz Scores
26	26	4	2	2020-09-12	Miguel Sanó	MIN		CLE	ahead 7-4	b 8	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	5	3	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
2021	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
27	27	1	1	2021-04-11	Wilson Ramos	DET	@	CLE	behind 1-3	t 7	0	---	4,(2-1) ..BCBX	1	6	2	12%	31%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
28	28	2	1	2021-05-08	Tyler Naquin	CIN	@	CLE	behind 1-9	t 9	0	---	10,(3-2) ...FCFBBFBFFX	1	6	7	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
29	29	3	1	2021-05-24	Willi Castro	DET		CLE	behind 3-6	b 7	0	1--	6,(3-2) SB1FBBX	2	9	4	19%	36%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); V. Reyes Scores
30	30	4	1	2021-06-06	Ramón Urías	BAL		CLE	ahead 17-3	b 8	0	---	5,(2-2) .BCBCX	1	8	6	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
31	31	5	1	2021-06-28	Robbie Grossman	DET	@	CLE	behind 4-13	t 8	2	---	7,(2-2) CFBFBFX	1	3	7	0%	0%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
32	32	6	1	2021-06-30 (2)	Miguel Cabrera	DET	@	CLE	ahead 3-1	t 5	2	---	2,(0-1) SX	1	4	DH	9%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
33	33	7	1	2021-07-23	Jiman Choi	TBR	@	CLE	ahead 5-4	t 9	1	12-	3,(2-0) BBX	3	2	3	13%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); K. Kiermaier Scores; J. Wendle Scores
34	34	8	1	2021-08-01	Brian Goodwin	CHW		CLE	tied 1-1	b 9	1	---	5,(3-1) BSBBX	1	7	9	42%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
35	35	9	1	2021-08-26	DJ Peters	TEX	@	CLE	behind 5-9	t 8	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	7	4%	7%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
36	36	10	1	2021-08-28	J.D. Martinez	BOS	@	CLE	tied 2-2	t 10	0	1-3	4,(2-1) S*BBX	3	3	DH	27%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Duran Scores/unER; K. Schwarber Scores
37	37	11	1	2021-09-05	J.D. Martinez	BOS		CLE	behind 3-6	b 6	1	1--	2,(0-1) FX	2	3	DH	19%	37%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); H. Renfroe Scores
38	38	12	1	2021-09-08	Miguel Sanó	MIN	@	CLE	ahead 1-0	t 7	2	---	4,(2-1) BBFX	1	6	3	14%	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
39	39	13	1	2021-09-17	Brett Gardner	NYY		CLE	ahead 3-0	b 7	0	12-	3,(1-1) .BCX	3	8	8	3%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); G. Torres Scores; G. Urshela Scores
2022	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
40	40	1	1	2022-05-29	Lorenzo Cain	MIL	@	STL	ahead 6-0	t 8	2	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	8	8	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); O. Narváez Scores
2023	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
41	41	1	1	2023-06-11	Ryan O'Hearn	BAL		KCR	ahead 10-3	b 8	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	3	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
42	42	2	1	2023-07-15 (1)	Jose Siri	TBR	@	KCR	ahead 5-1	t 9	0	---	2,(0-1) .FX	1	8	8	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)