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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1981 LAD NL 21 P 17 0 26.0 6 4 2 0 0 1.000 2.08 0.35 .950 1.97 0.68
1982 LAD NL 22 P 55 0 69.2 8 1 7 0 0 1.000 1.03 0.15 .950 1.96 0.70
1983 LAD NL 23 P 66 0 94.2 17 8 8 1 0 .941 1.52 0.24 .953 1.92 0.68
1984 LAD NL 24 P 33 0 47.1 7 1 5 1 0 .857 1.14 0.18 .957 1.88 0.67
1985 LAD NL 25 P 64 0 106.1 15 8 7 0 0 1.000 1.27 0.23 .953 1.92 0.68
1986 LAD NL 26 P 60 0 80.0 20 9 10 1 1 .950 2.14 0.32 .955 1.93 0.66
1987 TOT MLB 27 P 60 0 68.2 14 7 6 1 2 .929 1.70 0.22 .957 1.86 0.66
1987 LAD NL 27 P 15 0 16.1 5 2 3 0 1 1.000 2.76 0.33 .960 1.93 0.62
1987 BAL AL 27 P 45 0 52.1 9 5 3 1 1 .889 1.38 0.18 .956 1.84 0.67
1988 BAL AL 28 P 52 0 59.0 9 3 5 1 1 .889 1.22 0.15 .967 1.78 0.67
1989 SEA AL 29 P 25 0 36.1 13 6 5 2 0 .846 2.72 0.44 .962 1.86 0.66
1990 STL NL 30 P 52 0 65.0 12 3 7 2 0 .833 1.38 0.19 .967 1.80 0.58
10 Seasons P 484 0 653.0 121 50 62 9 4 .926 1.54 0.23 .957 1.89 0.66
10 Seasons TOT 484 0 653.0 121 50 62 9 4 .926 1.54 0.23 .883 1.89 0.66

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1981 LAD NL 21 17 0 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 LAD NL 22 55 0 55 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 LAD NL 23 66 0 66 66 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 LAD NL 24 33 0 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 LAD NL 25 64 0 64 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 LAD NL 26 60 0 60 60 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 BAL AL 27 45 0 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 LAD NL 27 15 0 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 BAL AL 28 52 0 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 SEA AL 29 25 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 STL NL 30 52 0 52 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 484 0 362 484 484 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1981 LAD NL 21 112 83% 20% 5 100% 0 5 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1982 LAD NL 22 314 72% 14% 10 100% 0 2 2 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1983 LAD NL 23 378 75% 17% 8 100% 0 8 0 7 8 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1984 LAD NL 24 213 67% 13% 4 100% 0 1 0 1 6 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1985 LAD NL 25 430 70% 15% 5 100% 1 9 1 8 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 LAD NL 26 355 76% 19% 13 92% 0 9 2 6 11 7 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 80%
1987 BAL AL 27 243 75% 19% 4 75% 0 6 1 5 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1987 LAD NL 27 73 73% 22% 3 100% 0 2 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
1988 BAL AL 28 258 76% 16% 5 80% 0 3 0 2 5 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0%
1989 SEA AL 29 176 82% 25% 9 67% 0 6 1 4 5 5 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 33%
1990 STL NL 30 295 80% 27% 9 78% 1 3 1 2 7 4 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 67%
10 Seasons 2847 75% 18% 75 89% 2 54 10 38 64 44 2 9 0 5 4 7 3 0 1 2 23 78%
MLB Averages 78% 28% 91% 87%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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