Year | W | L | Sv | Hold | IP | H | BB | SO | ER | ERA | WHIP | Rate |
2024 proj | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 35.0 | 37 | 12 | 25 | 20 | 5.14 | 1.400 | -1.7 |
2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29.0 | 30 | 11 | 18 | 16 | 4.97 | 1.414 | -0.9 |
2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 29.0 | 35 | 10 | 17 | 19 | 5.90 | 1.552 | -5.1 |
2021 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 62.3 | 61 | 17 | 61 | 35 | 5.05 | 1.251 | 2.3 |
2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 23.7 | 18 | 6 | 28 | 9 | 3.42 | 1.014 | 27.0 |
2019 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 57.7 | 47 | 15 | 60 | 18 | 2.81 | 1.075 | 33.4 |
2018 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 33.7 | 29 | 15 | 31 | 11 | 2.94 | 1.307 | 13.5 |
2017 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 42.3 | 46 | 13 | 43 | 22 | 4.68 | 1.394 | 5.2 |
2016 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 51.7 | 50 | 10 | 42 | 18 | 3.14 | 1.161 | 19.7 |
Date | News |
4/27/24 | Former McCutcheon, Purdue baseball standout Nick Wittgren signs with Minnesota Twins. Nick Wittgren, a 2009 McCutcheon graduate and two-time All-Big Ten pitcher at Purdue, has pitched in 8 MLB seasons. He signed with the Twins Friday. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/former-mccutcheon-purdue-... |
5/23/23 | Royals add RHP Nick Wittgren, option RHP Max Castillo. The Kansas City Royals selected the contract of right-hander Nick Wittgren from Triple-A Omaha on Tuesday and had him swap roster spots with right-hander Max Castillo, who was optioned. Wittgren, 31, has seven years of major league experience, most recently last season with the St. Louis Cardinals. He is 19-15 with a 3.96 ERA in 287 appearances (one start) for the Miami Marlins (2016-18), Cleveland franchise (2019-21) and Cardinals. Castillo, 24, was 0-1 with a 5.14 ERA in four relief appearances for the Royals this season. He's 0-3 with a 5.74 ERA in 18 appearances (six starts) for the Toronto Blue Jays and Royals the past two seasons. --Field Level Media Source: https://www.saltlakecitysun.com/news/273840411/roy... |
6/19/22 | [FanGraphs] - Sunday Notes: Nick Wittgren Almost Caught For the Cardinals. Plus David Bell's glove, Kasper on Kopech, Kotsay and Marmol on managing, Austin Davis on his first gopher, facts and stats galore, and more. Source: https://sportspyder.com/mlb/oakland-athletics/arti... |
3/14/22 | Cardinals add another bullpen arm, reach deal with Wittgren. The St. Louis Cardinals added another bullpen arm, reaching a deal with free agent right-hander Nick Wittgren that pays $1.2 million while in the major leagues and $150,000 while in the minors. The 30-year-old Wittgren, whose deal was anounced Sunday, was 2-9 with one save and a 5.05 ERA in a career-high 60 games for Cleveland last season. In six seasons with Miami and Cleveland, he is 18-15 with five saves and 3.75 ERA in 258 games. Source: https://wgnradio.com/sports/cardinals-add-another-... |
3/14/22 | Cardinals sign reliever Nick Wittgren to compete for late-inning role. Cardinals plunge into swift-moving reliever market and sign righthander to a one-year deal, giving him a look as a potential setup options. Source: https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professio... |
3/13/22 | Cardinals add another bullpen arm, reach deal with Wittgren. The Associated Press The St. Louis Cardinals added another bullpen arm Sunday, reaching a deal with free agent right-hander Nick Wittgren. The 30-year-old Wittgren was 2-9 with one save and a 5.05 ERA in a career-high 60 games for Cleveland last season. In six seasons with Miami and Cleveland, he is 18-15 with five saves and 3.75 ERA in 258 games. Source: https://www.sacbee.com/sports/article259366014.htm... |
9/20/21 | Cleveland Indians relievers struggle to find the strike zone in 4-2 loss to Kansas City Royals. Game two of Monday’s doubleheader between the Indians and Royals was a bullpen game for both clubs, but it was Cleveland’s relievers that had the most trouble throwing strikes. Royals hitters collected a pair of early runs and held on to hand the Indians a 4-2 loss and a doubleheader sweep at Progressive Field. Acting manager DeMarlo Hale tapped right-hander Nick Wittgren for his first career start out of the bullpen after Cleveland dropped Monday’s opener, 7-2. Source: https://www.cleveland.com/tribe/2021/09/cleveland-... |
8/10/21 | Cleveland Indians' bullpen falters, offense goes silent in 4-3 loss to A's in 10 innings. The Indians were eight games back, but they played up to the competition. The Indians and A’s have played four games this season, three have been decided by one run, one by two. Nick Wittgren (2-5), who pitched two scoreless innings Monday night against the Reds, allowed the winning run in the 10th on a double by Jed Lowrie. Source: https://www.cleveland.com/tribe/2021/08/cleveland-... |
7/26/21 | Cleveland Indians pitcher, family reportedly receive death threats after tough loss: 'Absolutely inexcusable'. The baseball team soon to be called the Cleveland Guardians lost to the Tampa Bay Rays Friday night, prompting angry fans to send death threats to pitcher Nick Wittgren, his wife has said. Going into the ninth inning, the score was tied 4-4, but when Wittgren took to the mound, things fell apart quickly and the Rays scored six runs. The final score was 10-5. Source: https://foxlexington.com/sports/cleveland-indians-... |
7/25/21 | Cleveland Indians pitcher, family reportedly receive death threats after tough loss: 'Absolutely inexcusable'. The baseball team soon to be called the Cleveland Guardians lost to the Tampa Bay Rays Friday night, prompting angry fans to send death threats to pitcher Nick Wittgren, his wife has said. Going into the ninth inning, the score was tied 4-4, but when Wittgren took to the mound, things fell apart quickly and the Rays scored six runs. The final score was 10-5. Source: https://www.localdvm.com/sports/cleveland-indians-... |
7/24/21 | Cleveland pitcher Nick Wittgren reportedly receives death threats after rough game. Nick Wittgren wrote, "There is nothing normal about threatening someone and their families lives." Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/cleveland-pitcher-nick-wi... |
7/24/21 | Cleveland Indians pitcher, family reportedly receive death threats after tough loss: 'Absolutely inexcusable'. The baseball team soon to be called the Cleveland Guardians lost to the Tampa Bay Rays Friday night, prompting angry fans to send death threats to pitcher Nick Wittgren, his wife has said. Going into the ninth inning, the score was tied 4-4, but when Wittgren took to the mound, things fell apart quickly and the Rays scored six runs. The final score was 10-5. Source: https://fox2now.com/news/cleveland-indians-pitcher... |
5/24/21 | Cleveland Indians pitcher Nick Wittgren talks about life as a dad and reveals what he binge watched during the pandemic: 'Beyond the Dugout' interview. The segments air weekly on GO! in the morning on channel 3 and here on WKYC.com. Due to the pandemic, Chudowsky did not travel to Arizona this year -- but that is not stopping him from asking the tough questions you want answered. Source: http://rssfeeds.wkyc.com/~/653102970/0/wkyc/news~C... |
4/28/21 | Cleveland Indians designate Oliver Pérez for assignment; Nick Wittgren rejoins club from paternity list. Manager Terry Francona said he was having a tough time figuring out how to use the 39-year-old reliever in a bullpen mix that features several hard-throwing righties. For the most part, he was kind of pitching when we were in games that were spread out,” Francona said. That doesn’t necessarily fit the role you want for kind of a lefty specialist. Source: https://www.cleveland.com/tribe/2021/04/cleveland-... |
4/22/21 | Peralta triples in 10th, has 7 RBIs; D-Backs beat Reds. Rougned Odor’s two-out, two-run single broke a seventh-inning tie — and maybe jarred New York from its hitting funk — and sent the Yankees to a win over Cleveland in the opener of a four-game series. Odor was batting just . and in a 3-for-28 slide when he came up against Nick Wittgren (0-1). Source: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/article25... |
3/24/21 | N&N: This is a post that contains a positive Jake Bauers fact. Plesac and Clase gave up a run per inning yesterday, but Nick Wittgren, Phil Maton and Bryan Shaw followed with 2.1 scoreless. On the hitting side, Jake Bauers of all people had 2 of the squad’s 5 hits. Seems like it was a real dud of a game. Source: https://www.letsgotribe.com/2021/3/24/22347883/n-n... |
2/06/21 | Over/Under 2021 Preview: Nick Wittgren. Based on ZiPS projections, Nick Wittgren is expected to finish 2021 with the following stats: 4.11 ERA, 4.23 FIP, 9.63 K/9, 2.84 BB/9, 57 G, 57.0 IP Read what our writers think, then vote in the poll below and drop your own opinions in the comments and on the Let’s Go Tribe Discord. Matt Lyons’s Prediction: OVER If Nick Wittgren performs to ZiPS’ projections, he would finish 0.2 innings behind his career-high for a season, and he would also have his highest ERA since 2017. Source: https://www.letsgotribe.com/2021/2/6/22268298/over... |
12/23/20 | N&N: Nick Wittgren gets some money. Wittgren was very good again last season, although Sandy Alomar seemed to think he had magic jam-exiting superpowers, which got the Indians burned a couple times. I would expect another good year from Wittgren in 2021, although relief pitchers are as hard to predict as any pro athletes. Around baseball • Sam Fuld is now the general manager of the Phillies. Source: https://www.letsgotribe.com/2020/12/23/22196849/n-... |
12/22/20 | Cleveland, Nick Wittgren avoid arbitration with $2 million deal. Cleveland has successfully avoided the messy arbitration court process with at least one player after agreeing to a $2 million deal to keep Nick Wittgren in town through 2021. Wittgren, 29, was acquired prior to the 2019 season after being designated for assignment by the Marilns. In two years and 81.1 innings since, he has been a consistent success for managers Terry Francona and Sandy Alomar Jr., even quietly being a weapon in clutch situations for the team. Source: https://www.letsgotribe.com/2020/12/22/22196010/cl... |
11/10/20 | Scott's 2020-2021 Offseason Plan, But For Real This Time. Nick Wittgren (pick-up): I thought he was a low-key steal from Miami and would like to see him continue to be found money for the bullpen. Contract options: Carlos Santana (decline): This one hurts. In my pre-saber days I thought Los was deadweight, over time I came to appreciate his hidden value as a master of the walk and underrated defense at 1B. Now, I love the guy. Source: https://www.letsgotribe.com/2020/11/10/21497296/sc... |