Tom Niedenfuer
Thomas Edward Niedenfuer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 225 lb.

Born: August 13, 1959 in St. Louis Park, MN
High School: Redmond (Redmond, WA)
School: Washington State University
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1980. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 15, 1981
Final Game: September 20, 1990
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1981 21 LAD NL 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 22 LAD NL 55 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 -23 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1983 23 LAD NL 66 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1984 24 LAD NL 33 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1985 25 LAD NL 64 10 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .111 .111 .111 .222 -37 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1986 26 LAD NL 60 5 4 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 186 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
1987 27 LAD NL 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1990 30 STL NL 52 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Seasons 362 30 26 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 9 .115 .148 .115 .264 -25 3 0 0 3 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 13 12 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .115 .148 .115 .264 -25 1 0 0 1 0 0
LAD (7 yrs) 310 27 23 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 .130 .167 .130 .297 -15 3 0 0 3 0 0
STL (1 yr) 52 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1982 22 LAD NL 4 3 0 0.0 93 .000 .000 .263 .250 .326 .000 .383 .250 .709 -23 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .333 .333 .000
1983 23 LAD NL 4 4 0 0.0 96 .000 .000 .262 .000 .330 .000 .388 .000 .718 -100 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1984 24 LAD NL 4 4 0 0.0 92 .000 .261 .000 .326 .000 .379 .000 .705 -100 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1985 25 LAD NL 10 9 0 0.0 92 .167 .111 .256 .111 .324 .111 .382 .222 .706 -37 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .125 .000 .000
1986 26 LAD NL 5 3 1 9.0 91 .667 .500 .253 .500 .322 .500 .382 1.000 .704 186 .793 0.4 0.0 1.000 .000 .000
1990 30 STL NL 3 3 0 0.0 98 .000 .000 .264 .000 .331 .000 .397 .000 .728 -100 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
11 Seasons 30 26 1 1.0 93 .176 .115 .259 .148 .326 .115 .384 .264 .710 -25 .071 -4.4 -0.4 .174 .038 .000
162 Game Avg. 13 12 0 1.0 93 .176 .115 .259 .148 .326 .115 .384 .264 .710 -25 .071 -4.4 -0.4 .174 .038 .000
LAD (7 yrs) 27 23 1 1.2 93 .188 .130 .258 .167 .325 .130 .383 .297 .708 -15 .087 -3.6 -0.4 .200 .043 .000
STL (1 yr) 3 3 0 0.0 98 .000 .000 .264 .000 .331 .000 .397 .000 .728 -100 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .000 .000 .000

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1981 21 LAD NL NLDS HOU W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 21 LAD NL NLCS MON W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 21 LAD NL WS NYY W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 23 LAD NL NLCS PHI L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 25 LAD NL NLCS STL L 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (5 Series) 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 NLCS 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1982 22 LAD NL 4 0.0% 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.00 2.00 75%
1983 23 LAD NL 4 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.00 100%
1984 24 LAD NL 4 0.0% 75.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
1985 25 LAD NL 10 0.0% 30.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.0 2.00 60%
1986 26 LAD NL 5 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.0 2.0 1.00 60%
1990 30 STL NL 3 0.0% 66.7% 0.0% 0.0% 1.5 0.00 0.00 33% 0% 100%
10 Seasons 30 0.0% 30.0% 3.3% 0.0% 0% 9.00 2.9 13.0 0.00 1.43 57% 0% 100%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1982 22 LAD NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 23 LAD NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 24 LAD NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 25 LAD NL 0 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 26 LAD NL 0 0 50% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1990 30 STL NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 0 0 50% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1982 22 LAD NL 4 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 23 LAD NL 4 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1984 24 LAD NL 4 25% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1985 25 LAD NL 10 50% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 6 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1986 26 LAD NL 5 40% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 3 2 67% 0 0 0 0 0
1990 30 STL NL 3 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 30 33% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 6 0 0% 5 0 0% 16 2 13% 2 0 0% 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1990 30 STL NL 2 6 3.00 6 100% 17% 17% 50% 0% 67% 67% 60% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 1 0 1
1 Season 2 6 3.00 6 100% 17% 17% 50% 0% 67% 67% 60% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 1 0 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1982 22 72 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 -23 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 23 138 8 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .125 .000 .125 -62 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 24 171 12 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .091 .000 .091 -72 0 0 0 1 0 0
1985 25 235 22 19 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .053 .100 .053 .153 -56 1 0 0 2 0 0
1986 26 295 27 23 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 .130 .167 .130 .297 -15 3 0 0 3 0 0
1987 27 620 54 46 4 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 14 .130 .167 .130 .297 -15 6 0 0 6 0 0
1988 28 310 27 23 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 .130 .167 .130 .297 -15 3 0 0 3 0 0
1989 29 310 27 23 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 .130 .167 .130 .297 -15 3 0 0 3 0 0
1990 30 362 30 26 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 9 .115 .148 .115 .264 -25 3 0 0 3 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1982 22 55 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 55
1983 23 66 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 66
1984 24 33 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 33
1985 25 64 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 64
1986 26 60 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 60
1990 30 52 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 52
6 Seasons 330 27 26 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 9 .000 .037 .000 .037 1 330
162 Game Avg. 162 13 13 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 .000 .037 .000 .037 0 330

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