Tom Niedenfuer

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 225lb (196cm, 102kg)

Born: August 13, 1959 in St. Louis Park, MN us

Draft: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 36th round of the 1977 MLB June Amateur Draft from Redmond HS (Redmond, WA).

High School: Redmond HS (Redmond, WA)

School: Washington State University (Pullman, WA)

Debut: August 15, 1981 (Age 22-002d, 14,477th in major league history)
vs. ATL 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 20, 1990 (Age 31-038d)
vs. PHI 0.2 IP, 0 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1982 season

Agents: Leigh Steinberg

Full Name: Thomas Edward Niedenfuer

Nicknames: Buff or Buffalo Head

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1981 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.3

ERA

3.29

484

653.0

474

WHIP

1.266

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Team Record in Appearances: 3-6

Days of Rest

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1981	NLDS g2	Oct 7	LAD	@	HOU	L,0-1	11-GF(11)		5	0.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	5.60	3					0	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	6.02	-0.185	101.13	-1.71%	-0.61	11b 1-3 1 out tie	11b end d 1
2	1981	NLCS g2	Oct 14	LAD		MON	L,0-3	7-7		6	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4.10	3	10	7	2	0	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.37	-0.029	12.44	-0.64%	-0.90	7t --- 0 out d3	7t -23 1 out d3
3	1981	WS g1	Oct 20	LAD	@	NYY	L,3-5	5-7		5	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.87	10	24	19	5	3	1	9	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.14	0.023	7.38	0.65%	1.34	5b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d4
4	1981	WS g4	Oct 24	LAD		NYY	W,8-7	5-6		3	2.0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	3.31	10	35	23	1	4	1	8	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	1	0	0	1	.99	-0.155	60.39	-6.14%	-1.16	5t --- 0 out d2	6t 3 out d3
1983 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	1983	NLCS g1	Oct 4	LAD		PHI	L,0-1	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3.76	4	13	9	3	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.033	18.59	0.67%	0.45	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
6	1983	NLCS g2	Oct 5	LAD		PHI	W,4-1	9-GF	S(1)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	1.26	3	13	9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.05	0.139	58.18	2.16%	1.42	9t 12- 0 out a3	9t end a 3
1985 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	1985	NLCS g1	Oct 9	LAD		STL	W,4-1	7-GF	S(1)	2	2.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.00	1.18	8	30	23	5	4	3	3	0	2	0		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.66	0.150	17.36	2.16%	1.71	7t 12- 1 out a3	9t end a 3
8	1985	NLCS g5	Oct 14	LAD	@	STL	L,2-3	9-GF	L(0-1)	4	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.00	5.68	2	8	5	1	0	0	1	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.96	-0.372	81.12	-8.49%	-0.79	9b --- 0 out tie	9b end d 1
9	1985	NLCS g6	Oct 16	LAD		STL	L,5-7	7-GF	BL(0-2)	1	2.2	3	3	3	2	3	1	0	6.35	6.57	13	51	32	6	6	3	3	0	1	2		1	1	1	0	0	11	0	1	1	0	0	0	2.99	-0.803	134.57	-21.81%	-2.67	7t 1-- 1 out a1	9t end d 2
											13.1	11	6	4	5	9	2	0	2.70		56																			3

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